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Just now, IvorBiggun2 said:

It's in our nature. If things ain't right we let others know. Unlike Thais who rarely complain and accept any siht (anagram) thrown their way. Good luck if you wanna live like them.

Why does it have to be one way or the other? I take something from all of the different cultures. So I am a lot more accepting, tolerant and respectful. But when I do complain, watch out. 

It's no different from the racism practiced here every day. An example: All of the Nigerians I know are very conservative and highly educated. But by the stories and attacks you read here, you would think they are all criminals.

Dogs are treated the same here by the same kinds of people. They want everyone to think the same so that we all hate the dogs, blaming them for having Rabies and attacking children and.... just hysterical man children who cannot cope with sharing the space with another life form.

Hey I hate mosquitoes and will happily eliminate all in my immediate vicinity and beyond. Dogs, they don't mean me any harm. So I am not going to join in the hysterical and heartless crusade.

11 minutes ago, clivebaxter said:

They don't have rabies, bark at night or <deleted> all over the place, attack kids or stand in the road though do they?

No, they simply continue to corrupt with their filthy and depraved practices, thinking their money can buy anything, spread disease and show scant respect for the locals and Thailand in general.

If you don't know any people like that, then snap; none of the dogs that I know fit your description either.

But we know that some dogs might, just like some foreigners will fit my description and worse. We also know some of them attack kids(we call them paedophiles) and stand in the road(we call them idiots). Happily most of them have toilets in their homes, though some will still use the street after a few beers. Most won't have rabies, just like dogs.

Do you think most of the tourists coming to Pattaya enjoy the sight of the fools with their noses hanging out above their masks? Do you imagine that they are consider desirable by the natives?

So, I ask you again, why not the same solution? Why not get rid of all the undesirable foreigners? Do you think that because they have money to spend we should overlook all of their transgressions?

I am certainly more disgusted by the acts of some foreigners here than anything I have seen or read about dogs. 

8 minutes ago, clivebaxter said:

No need to starve, just shoot them. Those doggie charities are just peeing in the wind only slowing down the population growth. Different on Islands where it's easier, but in the country as a whole there are more strays. Even if they are not breeding, a wild dog is still a health and safety pest, no better than vermin.

What about the filthy sex tourists spreading disease? Same solution?

6 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 

Sure, when Pattaya cheap, people could overlook the nasty.  

 

Now, Pattaya is not so cheap, but the nasty still remains.

 

Think back to the high season just before covid.  It was the quietest high season I have seen.  Tourists were already going elsewhere.  Nothing to do with HiSo.   

 

If they can't even take care of a stray dog problem, why would tourists bother to come here? 

 

This is Thailand; not Switzerland. If you want Switzerland, go to Switzerland.

"Nasty" still remains on this forum; I see it every day, yet we still cannot get rid of it.

16 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

 

Lot of hugging going on .. maybe they should get Huggy Bear to do a promo with his best fur coat and fedora on .. 

He used to work with us. Haven't been in contact for a while now.

Just now, Surasak said:

So, explain how they charged my Thai visa card when I have NEVER used that card for international payments, only ever local. The only company who has my card details is Lazada. Your thoughts please?

Post ALL of the details here and I'll try to work it out for you. Ridiculous.

Presumably you meant a Thailand VISA debit card.

Remember the OP wrote PHONE (BILL), not debit or credit card. So you case looks like a case of card fraud, as opposed to a debit on a telephone bill.

If of course the £45 charge was to her card and nothing to do with the phone at all; then that would be the OP's misreporting, wouldn't it?

Clearer now? Yours seems like a simple case of your card details being sold or just used by someone who got hold of them.

19 hours ago, Max Brok said:

Bangkok Bank refuse me a bankaccount, I have a yellow tabien baan and pink ID I am Married and my wife have a account at Bangkok Bank. I have now the Krungthai without a problem but the no international source of the transfers

As suggested, try another branch or contact head office and let them know of the errant branch.

On 6/20/2021 at 3:00 AM, Gilltom said:

7000 bt transfer.i pay £25  with santander thats for £10',000  wise charhe £52

Can you rewrite this in English? I have no idea what any of it is supposed to mean.

The exchange rate you receive using Santander will be somewhat different from what you get with WISE.

Work out the final amounts and don't get bamboozled by the fee amount.

57 minutes ago, DavidH555 said:

I've owned every Samsung Note since the note 1.

The Note 10 was the worst phone I've ever owned.

I bought a second hand Huawei P30 pro. Best phone I have ever owned.

Samsung??

This is the 18185 service that you can set up: https://www.18185.co.uk/rates-mobile#t

3.5p per minute with a 4p connection charge.

Would have to dial 0808 1 703 703 to access the service and then dial your number. Once dialled if all ok, will hear a tariff message stating the call with cost 3.5p a minute to your mobile. If happy with that wait to be connected. If not, hang up immediately.

If your mum is happy to dial the freephone number first, then that may be the way to go. There will be no charges on the Talk Talk bill at all.

If the are free calls included on the TalkTalk package, then you can consider Localphone. Then you can both use the same service.

If the OP has a Smartphone, he can use Localphone to call his mum @ 0.5p per minute.

If his mum has local calls included, the same service can be used to call the OP on his mobile from the UK for less than 4p per minute.

22 minutes ago, Scouse123 said:

OP I would be checking if there are any family or friends with access to your mother's phone to be ordering from Deliveroo.

You cannot order by phone with Deliveroo. Also not aware that they can make a charge to someone's telephone/Internet bill. That doesn't sound right. 

Anyway, it seems that people are not grasping that the young lady is using a landline and not the Internet.

Personally I use and have set my mum up with two options.

One is https://www.18185.co.uk which might be a little difficult for her as will have to first dial the Freephone access number and then your number.

and 

https://www.localphone.com/call/thailand which will be a lot easier once set up as their will only be a need to call one local number which then connects to you. Cost between 1.5p and 3p per minute. I'm guessing it will be the higher amount as likely you have a mobile phone and not a landline.

But Localphone will only be useful if local calls are included on her tariff. Smartphone users don't have that issue as can connect via 3G/4G/5G/WiFi via their mobile application.

So you may need to check what is included in her TalkTalk package before deciding the best way to go.

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Let's Chat. - Deliveroo

https://deliveroo.co.uk › contact

 

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Please note we don't accept orders over the phone - so if you'd like to place an order, please place it online.

 

7 minutes ago, monsieurhappy said:

I don't want to sound like I'm pushing Viber but you get 263 minutes call time for $4.99.

And you use their own number to call without having to be reconnected.

When I phone my brother I use the international number for UK 0044 the code and my brothers number. Easy

You sound like you are pushing Viber. How do you use Viber Out from a Talk Talk landline?

263 minutes isn't actually great value and likely you are referring to one way; to the UK.  The other way is more than 300% more costly.

No one can answer your question. There are too few details; as in who is her provider, how the Deliveroo charge can exist since you can only order via their website or via their application. 

So unless she has the app with her payment details attached, how can she have a £45 charge?

Where? On her phone bill? Makes no sense at all. Does it make sense to you the way you have explained it?

So try again? How is she calling you?

3 hours ago, amexpat said:

I don't really know how long it had been. I am out of the country and only use it for confirmation code when using a credit card or transferring funds. 

 

I guess I'll see in the next few days if they actually did it. 

 

They will do it and hopefully they can activate International Roaming on it too. Let them know that you are out of the country or they won't activate it and it won't work for you, even if the SIM is active.

7 minutes ago, amexpat said:

I had the same problem with the AIS SIM last week.

 

See their web site. 

 

I contacted AIS and got this: (----- is my edit).  Should have been reactivated yesterday. Topped up with BKK bank but still "no service".  Staying tuned.

 

 Mobile service #08--------(SIM#16----------) has been terminated since 15/06/2021 due to not top-up for extend the expiration date of SIM Card but we are pleased to inform that still able to reactivate this number . Please send the required documents as follows .

    1. Place your Passport  along with your SIM card (13 digits sides or any side that can see your SIM # clearly) on A4 paper.
 
    2. Write down your proposal that " I would like to renew my AIS mobile number #
    Mobile service #08---------(SIM#16------)  and use my Passport number XXXXXXXX for registration due to ***Your reason *** "

 with your handwritting then Certified with your signature and attach the document to us .
    3. Selfie with your passport and send the picture to us

    After receiving your document, we will cooperate with the related team further.

That is only one week. The OP's period is much longer. Let's hope he can have the same success anyway.

19 minutes ago, Wuvu2 said:

Only in an elevator - because everywhere else I can just walk away. I'll ask politely to please put their mask - with my foot holding the elevator door open until they do. 

 

There's been some discussion about it, but in the end wearing a mask in an elevator is common decency, it's currently the law in Thailand, and I've got unusually big feet ????

They don't get in the elevator with me without a mask. No discussion; just a no. I get some cursing, but they accept that they are not getting in regardless.

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32 minutes ago, KP67 said:

School boy error for such an important number.

 

So important that I have not needed an OTP for a transaction in 18 months, so not so much.

 

A trip to the bank is needed anyway when things return to "normal".

If eighteen months, then the number is lost. Even if you had a full year of validity, it would have been recycled perhaps four months ago.

2 hours ago, KP67 said:

The phone now says "no service", and a top up to the number won't process.  Looks like a good excuse for a visit when this sandbox business gets ironed out.

If not too long expired, try topping up anyway. If you send the number via PM I will do it for you. If it says not possible, then it's dead. If it accepts it, you can take a deep breath. So send asap.

Edit: Just noted that you already tried it, so it's gone. I can still try for you if you like or you can try calling AIS to see if anything can be done.

School boy error for such an important number.