Pappiklon

yes you can buy power leads and adaptors in thailand

Yes of course I know this. I realised this was a bit of a noob question but as I hadn't specifically looked in Panthip for one of these clover plugs before and I didn't fancy being in BKK for long without my Netbook I thought I check. 2 pins are more popular than 3 in Thailand and as I already have to carry my proprietary Dell 3 pin powerlead anything I can leave behind is most welcome.

Its excatly the same as the power lead on my Acer notebook which was bought in Pantip plaza

Thinking ofr buying a wireless all in one printer (print, copy, scan fax) but there seems to be few models here. The cheaper inkjet models seem to be very expensive per print in ink cost and I haven't come across any laser models that aren't really expensive. Have searched the Thai internet shops to little avail.

I'm also wondering whether I'd be better getting a All in One network printer as opposed to the wireless, and simply connecting that to my router, would that be difficult to do for a non tech person, I have 2 PC notebooks running here, plus a PC desktop (all running XP) and a Mac Mini running OSX 10.4.11, all have wirelesss connections to the router but I'm not set up as a network.

Has anyone got any suggestions on what I'd be better off doing before I make any foolish purchases.

Many Thanks

What can I do if I just have a series of money exchange slips (from exchanges at banks, money exchange boxes etc.) - will that be sufficient or what else can I do to 'convert' that to a FETC?

You specifically need to state the money was for the purchase of a condominium and state which one. BTW changing a suitcase load of cash is possibly going to be more difficult in future.

Hi PTRV, curious as to why you make the last statement about it becoming more difficult to change 'largish' amounts of cash here, are you aware of new 'laws' coming in?

Although I never became involved in retail banking some of the processes seem similar to the markets. We are seeing an exploration of what Farangs need to operate financially in Thailand - even down to articles such as this in 'The Nation'.

http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2008/06/26...ss_30076519.php

Before you can 'mass deploy' you sort of go through a beta process first. This hints at stricter controls in future for cash (I would suspect large cash deposits may now be being monitored behind the scenes), but possibly taking some controls off for personal monitoring of bona fide electronic transfers to Thailand (perhaps allowing online banking, it seems now to sometimes be possible) it will be interesting to see.

Thanks PKRV, I see where you are coming from

Back in 2005 I was given 100,000 Iraqi Dinar as a jokey type Birthday Present - kind of like giving someone a lottery ticket - I checked it's value in Jan 2007 it was 'worth' £38.84 today its 'worth' £42.70 that means it's appreciated by about 10% - of course my paltry 100k would be pretty difficult to exchange, if you treat it as a fun purchase and forget about it in the long term you might have a nice surprise in 10 years time - however another thing to bear in mind if you were simply going to buy the physical currency is that this is the currency that was printed after the US invasion to replace the 'Sadam' notes and any future government might decide to dump it because of it's associations and change to another and if you have actually forgotten about it the notes could become worthless

What can I do if I just have a series of money exchange slips (from exchanges at banks, money exchange boxes etc.) - will that be sufficient or what else can I do to 'convert' that to a FETC?

You need the Foreign Exchange Certificate in order to purchase a condo....the money has to be transferred in from another country in the original countries currency as well - you can't change it into Thai Baht in US or Uk and transfer that in - the certificate can only be issued by the receiving bank in Thailand - the only way you can get the certificate is transfer or take the money out of Thailand and TT (telegraphic transfer) the money back in with it specifically stating on the transfer 'For Condominium Purchase' - you cannot get the certificate with your exchange receipts alone

What can I do if I just have a series of money exchange slips (from exchanges at banks, money exchange boxes etc.) - will that be sufficient or what else can I do to 'convert' that to a FETC?

You specifically need to state the money was for the purchase of a condominium and state which one. BTW changing a suitcase load of cash is possibly going to be more difficult in future.

Hi PTRV, curious as to why you make the last statement about it becoming more difficult to change 'largish' amounts of cash here, are you aware of new 'laws' coming in?

Hello,

I'm considering buying a condo in Thailand. Should I decide to sell it one day, will I be able to buy a new one after that, considering that for condo purchases, it's required to a) make a direct transfer of funds from a foreign bank or to prove that the Thai Baht were changed from a foreign currency (by showing the receipts)?

The weirdest thing would be if I'd be required to change back the sales price to foreign currency, then change this foreign currency back to THB just to be able to "prove that I changed the currency correctly"…

thanks!

Postede similar question on 23rd July, this thread should answer your question

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=196194

Hi All

I'm selling a condo here, it is in my name and when I purchased it I transferred the money in and got my Foreign Exchange Certificate. I want to use some of the money from the sale to buy another condo here, in order to make that purchase do I need to transfer my baht out of Thailand and back into £UK and then back in again to show the funds arrived from abroad, or can I use the original foreign exchange certificate as proof of foreign incoming funds to buy the new condo bearing in mind that the certificate is now 3 years old.

Thanks in advance for any help on this.

My understanding is that the Amendments to the Condominium Act that come into effect on July 4th 2008 both impose further legal responsibilities on Committee members and also change the rules on voting at AGM's and EGM's amongst other things, I recently took on a post on our Management Committee and would like to know where I stand, despite asking the juristic person for a translated version nothing has been forthcoming, I have searched Thaivisa and read dozens of posts on and off topic but nothing definitive....does anyone have further info on the changes or better still a link to an English Version.

Many Thanks

Papi

I've searched thaivisa and the WWW for a copy of the new amendments that come into effect on July 4th and can't find an English version anywhere, does anyone have a link for this - In English

Thanks in advance

As mentioned before you just need to inform your bank you want the funds transferred as £sterling, it will get converted this end at a much better rate. I use Bangkok Bank and they do have the option of opening a foreign currency account though I believe there is quite a high initial deposit requirement, its a while since they told me the details but I think it was about £10,000, but after the initial deposit you can run it down to a minimum £100, this would allow you to draw funds out into local currency as you needed and at a rate you had some control over, I think there is also a monthly charge for having the account of about £6. I'd suggest you check out the other banks main branches because they probably operate similar accounts and maybe have less charges or a smaller initial deposit requirement.

I live on the river just across Saphan Taksin from the Shangri La hotel. There is new condo going up next to ours, about 6-8 floors high but I've no idea what it is, next to that I've heard there going to be a new Accor Hotel, there is the Watermark seemingly structurally completed further down Chareon Nakorn, but now between the Watermark and my place there's another high rise condo going up, no idea what it is, there seems to be another one near the Watermark just completed, theres the River to my left and over the road from the Peninsula theres a project called the Lighthouse. I presume apart from the kudos, view etc of being by the river the extension of the skytrain over Saphan Taksin has made all these more attractive projects...and I suspect theres more in the pipeline along this extension.

Would appreciate any info on what the projects are along this stretch of the river and what sort of prices they are selling for. I've heard the River is going for around 200,000Bht PSM....are the others out there too?

Thanks in advance for your responses

Just spoke with a lawyer who said yes a foreign company could buy it.....but as with many things here I kinda have a feeling there may be complications when it comes to doing the deed....any other experience on this would be most welcome

Many Thanks

Depends on what you want to transfer the money in for, as a previous post has said if it's for a condo purchase you have to TT it to a Thai Bank (pretty similar TT exchange rates) getting the UK bank to transfer it in as £UK and specifically stating on the TT 'For Purchase of Condominium', you can then get a TT3 - Foreign Exchange Certificate from the bank which means you can take it out of Thailand again no problem. Do NOT convert to Thai Baht in the UK you'll get a lousy rate and end up losing a lot. Always TT in in £sterling. I used to TT in my money in chunks of about 10-20k at a time, but the time it takes to arrive varies greatly, I've had it 4 days later and almost 30 days later, because of hugely fluctuating rates I sometimes got rates very different from what I had hoped to get because of the different rate between when I asked for the transfer and when it went into the account. Mostly nowadays I bring it in in cash (In 50's it's not that bulky) and change it at my favourite exchange dealer near Central World...this means I have control over the rate for the date I'm exchanging at and don't have to change it all at once...plus they generally give a better rate than the TT rate at the bank.

I hope your not suggesting to him to bring it to thailand in a suitcase!!

No not on the 70k, I believe you have to declare amounts over $10,000 anyway on entry, which I'd be wary of doing. On smaller sums though like £10k (me and my wife) it's by far the most economical way to bring it in and ensure you get the best rate. As for security I'd much rather walk down the street here than in the UK with 10k in my pocket

Depends on what you want to transfer the money in for, as a previous post has said if it's for a condo purchase you have to TT it to a Thai Bank (pretty similar TT exchange rates) getting the UK bank to transfer it in as £UK and specifically stating on the TT 'For Purchase of Condominium', you can then get a TT3 - Foreign Exchange Certificate from the bank which means you can take it out of Thailand again no problem. Do NOT convert to Thai Baht in the UK you'll get a lousy rate and end up losing a lot. Always TT in in £sterling. I used to TT in my money in chunks of about 10-20k at a time, but the time it takes to arrive varies greatly, I've had it 4 days later and almost 30 days later, because of hugely fluctuating rates I sometimes got rates very different from what I had hoped to get because of the different rate between when I asked for the transfer and when it went into the account. Mostly nowadays I bring it in in cash (In 50's it's not that bulky) and change it at my favourite exchange dealer near Central World...this means I have control over the rate for the date I'm exchanging at and don't have to change it all at once...plus they generally give a better rate than the TT rate at the bank.

Hi Donx

Thanks for the post, to answer your question about why in the name of a foreign company - I don't know, I'm the one selling the condo, the buyer is based in Europe and posed the question to me. My understanding based on the conversations we've had is it's his Company and he wants to purchase it in the Company name to live in himself when he's here.

I know the quota for foreign ownership in a condo is 49%, however is a foreign company wants to buy within that quota and they transfer the foreign funds into Thailand expressly for that purpose, can they buy just like an individual, or would they need to set up some form of Thai Company to make the purchase?

Thanks in advance for feedback

You're a dreamer. The truth is that people who think like you hang out with other similar thinking people, you have no chance of keeping the money anywhere safe, if you can even get it, Thailand has more than it's share of people just like you that think they can get money for free without consequences, there are thousands of people just like you in Thailand desperately waiting for you to arrive and guaranteed they will part you from the cash. The very fact that you posted your question on this site would indicate that you think the members of the expat community here are dodgy and would be able to help you with some experience and advice on how to fulfill your masterful scheme....so deep down you already think Thailand is full of dodgy people. Posting this on the internet shows you can't keep stum, you will have a beer or two and tell anyone prepared to listen about how clever you were in acquiring the cash for your trip. There is no honour amongst thieves, here you will be a minnow amongst sharks, you asked for advice on here, the vast majority of those who have replied are telling you don't do it, you are going to lose it.....they are the voice of experience I suggest you listen to them.

In my experience one of the problems with buying hi fi equipment is often that everyone has an opinion and then self doubt about your research and choices sets in. A few months ago I made the decision to buy 2 Bose systems for my apartment, the decision was based on looks, prcaticality and sound. I needed small speakers that could be ceiling mounted, speakers that didn't dominate my space and a pretty good sound. The truth is unless you are an absolute expert in a closed listening room you aren't really going to notice, there is always peripheral sound infiltrating what you hear, and we all don't have the same quality of hearing either. As you go for supposedly better systems the price increases dramatically and you have to ask yourself was it worth thousands of dollars to get a slight increase in quality.

I bought my Bose through EAD in Thong Lor, they built the Virgin Radio Studio and have done lots of high end installations...and they got me a discount which I couldn't get in the Bose oulet at Paragon.... I used one of their installation sub contractors to install it all. I'm not an audiophile, but have spent years in the Music industry so do have an inkling (we used Bose in some areas of our office), when I listen to my setup at home I do think 'wicked' and it looks great too. Someone will always have an opinion in the end I've found it's best just to go for what makes you happy, if you like it buy it. If anyone wants the contacts for EAD or the installation guy just PM me

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To answer my own question I have since discovered there is no limit on what you bring in but a 50,000 baht limit on Thai cash you can take out. For some local countries this increases to 500,000Bht

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Thank you all for your input and experience, by the time I went to buy it was sold, but reading your posts maybe that was a good thing!

Am now in Toyota/Honda mode.

Thanks Again

P

Looking for some help on boosting a cable TV signal. I live in a condo and have UBC subscription and pay for 2 boxes, picture quality isn't great, I've just refurbished my apartment and want to split the original signal to 4 outlets...I've done all the concealed wiring myself using cable recommended by UBC so all that is required is connecting a signal amplifier, don't want to pay the ridiculous UBC charges for doing anything....I've tried using a SLx 1 in 6 out signal booster but that just makes it worse...am I missing something here, are cable TV and terrestial TV amps different? Any ideas on what I should be using, cost and where to get it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance

Considering a used (95) Audi A4, it seems well maintained and only has 65K on the clock, am I potentially setting myself up for expensive repairs, parts and servicing? Presumably any parts would be European sourced so expensive. Is servicing European Cars here significantly higher than local manufactured cars like Toyota, Honda or Mazda?

Thanks in advance for any feedback

CTI Logistics just did a shipment for me of 5 cu metres of personal effects, a lot more than yours I know, but they arranged everything including pick up in London. My big concern was what was I going to get hit with in Import duty etc, but it was way less than I expected. Excellent Service.

I have a non network printer with a USB connection, I have a wireless setup in my apartment, is there some way I can connect it to this so I can print wirelessly from different rooms in my apartment or do I need to buy a network printer to achieve this.

Thanks in advance for any help