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I get charged 300 baht a year for the ATM card.  That is all I get charged so I don't know what the other fee is that some people are talking about. 

I'm also set up for online banking, so even though I haven't been in Thailand for quite awhile I can go online and see the fee being taken out.

Astrazeneca is Astrazeneca.  It does not need to come from a UK approved Astrazeneca factory as far as I know.  That is only required for their domestic supply.

6 minutes ago, rott said:

Well get busy then, prove yourself. 

And you did specify hypocritical whining, not the standard sort. 

Sure, I will get right on compiling a list of things that are right in front of your face.  Just as soon as I complete the numerous requests for internet links that people can find themselves by spending 10 seconds doing a google search.  Would you like anything else sir?

5 minutes ago, rott said:

Beaking off - new one that, to me anyway. Sounds sort of Ruritanian. 

I look forward to some examples of this hypocritical whining, as and when they appear. 

That's a pretty heavy lift.  It's just so hard to find whining in this thread and on this board.  Boy howdy you sure have me in a corner on that one.

1 hour ago, Enzian said:

I follow these posts/"stories"/fantasies because I want to come back from California to BKK in December to renew my Non-O for one more (probably last) time, and to work on the gradual removal of my money, stuff, heart from LOS. But if the three biggies-quarantine, ins., COE-are still in place I may just wait till next year. It will be a slow motion separation.

That sounds more like what someone who is trying to quit drinking would say.  "I'll just have this one last bender and then I am quitting for good."
 

You should create yet another "I am taking my ball and going home" thread where you all can go and continue to bash Thailand some more.

38 minutes ago, wasabi said:

Navigating a labyrinth of documents, being put in a Covid prison and forced to pay for insurance I don't need does not make me feel Welcome. Try again.

One less farang around as I am sitting on the beach.  Tell your friends.  None of you will be missed.

1 minute ago, ukrules said:

If you believe Phuket is some kind of success story then for you everything must be moving along nicely right now ????

 

Another compelling argument, backed by even more hard data.  I feel so owned.  

8 hours ago, RotBenz8888 said:

Short term side effects. 

These are fairly common side effects for all of them.  I got all this after 1 shot of Astrazeneca.  Only lasted a few hours.

2 hours ago, Daffy D said:

Problem with Internet phone is when the Internet or power goes down so does the phone 

Municipal Fiber typically doesn't use amplifiers, or any other active components, so it should theoretically be less prone to power problems.  Unless of course the power goes out at the telco building where the lines terminate.  Also, it's immune to electrical interference.  So fiber is much better in theory.

Of course you will need a fiber modem in your home and that needs power, but you could hook that up to a UPS.

7 hours ago, huyuli said:

Jomtien Palace Hotel

So that would be a little past Soi 11.  A fair ways down the road. 

9 hours ago, HappyExpat57 said:

I lived in Jomtien for years, then last June moved to Pattaya to be closer to my friends. I'll be moving back to Jomtien at the end of my contract and taking a Bolt when we want to (and are eventually allowed to) get back together for a few suds. For me, riding a pushbike is what I do, and Pattaya just doesn't offer the same quality of roads. The convenience of being closer to Fascino/Makro/Big C et al isn't worth the trade-off. I wouldn't say I'm bagging Pattaya, instead my druthers are Jomtien.

There is a Makro near Jomtien and a Big C not far from that, so you don't need to move to Pattaya to be near those.  Not walking distance but minutes away by scooter.

9 minutes ago, Emeraldisle said:

"Wise". Formerally know as "Transferwise" is the best that I have found to send money to Thailand. Don't know about the Philippines. Way better exchange rates than W.U. and lower fees

You need a receiving bank account # to use Wise.  You can't send cash to someone for pickup like WU.   Remitly is a cheaper alternative to WU that you can use to send cash for pickup.

2 hours ago, IamNoone88 said:

The Sandbox has killed the greater economy. There may be a small credit of the Sandbox side but more than half were returning expats who chose free and easy Phuket to ASQ Bangkok, so net that off revenue as that point has been ignore. The debits - Sandbox killed the greater economy, no domestic travel, we can't run our pan-Thailand businesses, airlines lost revenues, small businesses remain closed. So in what way, apart from major hotels, has this benefitted the broader economy? Stop the spin and open up the greater domestic economy so 90% of the business can survive and not few choice hotels.

 

So now you doom mongers are trying out a "the sandbox is too successful" narrative?

????

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

By my calculations - if accurate figures given above - after accommodation and potentially enforced medical bills, each tourist has only spent 28,000 on their entire 'holiday'. If they are in quarantine and staying a few weeks, then the revenue is about the same as them all shopping daily at 7/11's.

 

Clearly false promises have been given to the locals on expenditure about to flow into the country. This amount of income wont even cover the costs of covid protection measures imposed of restaurants and shops !

You need to stop buying those cheap chinese calculators that seem to pull numbers out of thing air.  Strangely, it always results in a number that suits your "thailand bad" narrative that permeants every single one of your posts.

1 hour ago, LoVeFuN said:

Thanks, before at the Nong Bua Daeng branch it was just passport.

Because I will initially be on a visa exempt or T visa they may not accept my girlfriends address to get certificate of residence.

Those days of just being able to show your passport are long gone as far as I know.  They haven't allowed that for years.  I believe it is gov't mandated so all the banks need to comply.  I think Bangkok bank was one of the last to fully comply several years ago.

Just FYI, there are websites where you can purchase throwaway onward tickets for just this purpose.  It's all legit as far as I can tell.  I know people who have done this.

https://bookonwardticket.com/
https://onwardticket.com/
https://bestonwardticket.com/
https://aironwardticket.com/
https://onewayfly.com/

You can also book last minute from popular websites like Expedia and Orbitz that have free cancellation within 24 hours.  Some airlines also have free cancellation within 24 hours if that gives you enough time.

As far as I know you need a residence certificate and a permanent address that is not a hotel or a mailbox or whatever.

Not sure if they want to check your visa or not.

At one point, Bangkok Bank didn't check for the residence certificate and didn't verify the permanent address was actually yours.  So it was much easier to set up an account there. I think they check all that stuff now.

Why are all these stories just mentioning Hua Hin when it also includes Pattaya and a few other places as far as I can tell?

9 minutes ago, AgentSmith said:

Well said. One thing has to be mentioned though. You do have a higher chance of serious and rare side-effects when you get a combination of vaccines. This is due to the simple reason that you're exposing yourself to two different sets of risks. That's a teeny weeny catch though. One in 1000 women taking contraceptives develop some form of thrombosis but no social media taught self-proclaimed expert ever complained about that.

Yes and no.  Some of the side effects happen on the 2nd dose of the same vaccine.  For example, the heart inflammation caused by the mRNA vaccines usually happens with the 2nd dose.  I think the blood clot issue with AZ sometimes happened with the 2nd dose as well.

So it's not simple math of 1+1=2x more side effects.  By mixing you are actually reducing the likelyhood of some things.