Dart12

She's fast and she's agile.  Caught him from behind while also dodging flying chairs.

Can't believe a witness didn't have this fight on record lol

4 hours ago, Caldera said:

Yes, the 5000 baht charge includes everything that is required. You just give them your passport/docs and make yourself available for your visits to the DLT.

I found that service to be a rip off for what is done (dr cert, residency cert, and taxi driving).

But understand that for some doing the homework can cost more than spending the 5k.

I mean, I pay essentially 2k plus the 1900 for agents just to go do my 30 day extension.  Not for the ease of paperwork, but for avoiding that office, the headaches, and the all day lines.

4 hours ago, DrJack54 said:

Say what. 

Name of agent.

TikTok in Pattaya charge 1500 just for certificate of residence. 

VIP charged me 800 or 900 to get residency I believe.

Yeah, if that 1000 included dr and residency that a heck of a deal too, even without the handholding at the bureau!

20 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

My massage lady takes falang to get driving licences for 1000 baht, agents charge circ 5000 baht

Nice.  I didn't use an agent when I found out they can't help in any way with drivers licenses.. 

They don't get you to the front of line or keep you from having to go twice or any benefit except one stop shop to also get your residency cert and physical cert.

I still used the agency to go to immigration to get my residency to keep me away from immigration.  A little homework and I found a clinic that charged 100 for physical just going in and out to get the paperwork.  First clinic I checked wanted like 800.

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

how much?

to get my 30 day extension it was 3500 baht total.

But I know you guys are talking about something different here so that won't apply.

but they were cheapest to do/ get driver licenses and residence certs too.

they answer pretty quickly on their channels:

https://web.facebook.com/vipvisapattaya1

or LINE VIPVISA11 

website seems to be hacked so don't go to it.

VIP Visa is usually lowest price for standard services in Pattaya (that I've found).  They do door to door service.

**although last time I had to travel to Immigration and take photos in front of the building (eliminating door to door at least for one required visa trip).  Something new it appears.

 

even with Lazada and Shoppee, I've learned you MUST video opening the package as your proof if not sent the right item, a broken item, the right number of items, or even any item at all.

No video, no refund.  You lose.

FB is individual sellers.  Send money after your own research if viable company or not.

so they had 1000 leads that lead to 9 people doing wrong and convicted.  

I guess I don't write interesting articles.

Just end the wine tariffs please

5 hours ago, Dart12 said:

Non o conversion 20k for 3 months in pattaya is my next visa, which may continue on to an ED visa for additional 12 months.

3 separate agencies gave this option.

Convert to Non-ed 3 month then take 12 month extension @ $X per 3 month (2 actually require full year payment)...or go home after 3 months and when I come back repay for the 3 month Non-ed.

^The reason going home is mentioned is I've intended to fly back to the states for the fall season.  But may hold off for one more year until qualify for the retirement visa when headaches become much smaller for exiting and re-entering.

I'm not going to argue with you on if possible/ not possible as I'm not a Thai VISA expert.   

However, this IS what multiple agents are offering and the one I'll go thru is respected here and been in operation 18 years or more.  No reason not to believe him in my book.

Amber Heard is swiping right...

Non o conversion 20k for 3 months in pattaya is my next visa, which may continue on to an ED visa for additional 12 months.

is there a breakdown of nationalities that they rounded up?

28 minutes ago, Polar Bear said:

According to posts on FB, he's already been found and has a flight back to the UK today. 

You have a link to the actual post?

10,000?  to hold down and detain...which would likely require some "softening" prior.

Sounds more like they less interested in getting him back and giving him a good *ss-beating that would be illegal for the parent to do back home to deliver, and be able to give him an "I told you so" as well.

I have a longer history now as well, was going to Ban Pakkard when agent driver saw my passport, he freaked and said I couldn't go thru there (little late as we were already 2 hours into the drive.  I also triple checked with the agency themselves that everything would be ok and showing them my passport and visas.).

Anyways, he then took me to Ban Laem and I was given VIP treatment for 2k more, no problems.  
Although the gentleman with me had half a second of problems and was being denied before the VIP concierge tapped her on the shoulder and told her to let him thru that his passport is fine.

I just went to Ban Laem a second time with no issues using an agency  from Pattaya that only goes there.  It was 3000 total.
Good service.

Cause:
Ease of ready to eat fast processed foods
all of which are full of sugar.
Which is denser in calories
Which is unfulfilling as nutrients which causes you to eat more and more often.

Plus, (which relates to the above), which might be number one here...all the delicious flavored sugar teas, milks, coffees, energy drinks which are nothing but high count, BAD/TERRIBLE calories...that induce more hunger as well.

and being an addictive-like drug, it draws people to eat MORE sugar causing a looping cycle of going back to get more easy to eat unhealthy snacks.

Part of all this starts with being too lazy for someone to be cooking (even if they have the time).  

Sure, you can out exercise your calories (see Michael Phelps who ate 15,000 a day of just about anything he could get his hands on), but most people are not doing that kind of work.  Especially women historically.

so, there ya go.

19 hours ago, rwilem said:

Hey, there you are. 

OK, entry stamp for a 45-day visa-exempt was in the now-expired passport. The new one had the 30-day extension. And so when exiting at the land border, they copied the entry stamp into the new one? And at a charge of 500 baht. 

 

Been in the same situation at the airport, but I don't believe the expired tourist visa/entry stamp was transferred (I was also on a 30-day extension to the tourist visa). Nope, at the airport just could see immigration was updating their record of my entry/exit history on the now-expired passport and connecting it to my new passport number. Took a few minutes, but no problem, on my way after that.

 

At a land border, certainly more 'discretion' comes into play. What all did they do in your case? Seems that nothing should have been required to be put in the new passport, that seems odd. But maybe a case of 'make work/play for pay?'

 

Well, at least you did beat the agent!

I had my Entry transfered into my emergency PP  Then I had my extension stamped into my emergency PP

That PP was then canceled when my official PP was ready (which of course was blank).

I did not think anything needed to be transfered either?  (why?  the stamp was done and it was shown to exit).

However, the officer handling my departure looked at my PP's and waived over a guy that said I needed it and took 500 and 30 minutes waiting.

they weren't busy. 

I think it was a money grab too personally...but I don't care really about $15 as long as I have zero troubles leaving and coming in.

Even after that she took 4x the time to let me thru as she did any others that went thru her.  But that's why I went with the vip group pass lol..."I got people."

It cost me 500 baht at the border to get it done when crossing.

And if I wanted my agent to do it at local immigration she was charging 900 baht door to door service.

Hope that helps ya some.

same article last year but with better looking gal seller?

12 hours ago, xylophone said:

Thankfully after trying fosfomycin, with a backup of doxycycline, the problem has not returned and it has been more than a year now, so I'm very thankful for the advice I got from the professor I contacted.

 

Sadly he recently passed away, so my avenue to him is no longer available, but as I said, I don't have the symptoms anymore, so thank you Professor and RIP. 

I've GOT to give this a try.  I've gone thru a horrible year with this.

I can find this over the counter in Thailand at a pharmacy?

11 hours ago, lkn said:

I don’t think 7-Eleven accepts Rabbit Pay.

 

As per the image below, they accept TrueWallet because both 7-Eleven and TrueMoney are subsidiaries of the Charoen Pokphand Group. This also seems to be why they do not accept Thai debit cards, even though they do take international cards, and I believe there is one bank in Thailand which cards you can use, because it is also a subsidiary or partner of the CP Group.

 

I personally use my Wise VISA card via ApplePay in 7-Eleven for cashless and contactless payments. It’s a bit ridiculous though, that they do not accept PromptPay or Thai debit cards…

 

 

yep. thailands #1 chain says <deleted> to thai banks and people.  But doesn't seem to be hurting them one bit though does it? lol

i'll have to double check within the 7-11 app.  I thought it was rabbit they had in there and I started teh process but they wanted info I didn't have while outside the home.

On 4/29/2023 at 5:44 PM, xylophone said:

Okay, some more information for you (and thank you for your kind feedback)....... 

 

Doxycycline does appear to work, HOWEVER, I was prescribed one 100 mg per day for 90 days and sure enough the symptoms went away for about two months or so and then returned, and I tried the same again, and the same thing happened, and also again.

 

I then got a prostatic massage to try and identify any bacteria in the fluid, and none could be found (although I did have another one later and that was the same outcome).

 

I have tried just about every antibiotic and anti-inflammatory, and it was then that I found that two urology professors, one in London and one in Sydney had done a lot of research on this and came up with what they considered to be the best outcome they could find – – fosfomycin (monural) one sachet taken every two days, three times and doxycycline 100 mg one per day for a month. And if there were setbacks in this regime, they advocate the use of Methenamine Hippurate (this is sold over the counter as "Hiprex", which if you cannot find here, can be purchased online from a couple of Australian pharmacies), which acts as a sort of urinary antiseptic if you wish, but they are convinced that this can be a great help, especially for hard to treat infections

 

So I tried that regimen and it worked, and when I got in touch with the Harley Street (London) Professor and told him that the treatment had been successful, he was pleased and said that this was the combination that had been most successful for him and his fellow Professor in trying to beat this urethritis/prostatitis/cystitis type symptoms. However he also said that dogged persistence was needed.

 

I have found in my experience with urologists in the UK, New Zealand and here, that their knowledge of what causes the symptoms is very limited/cloudy indeed, and that is why many of them will go down the route of prescribing the "usual suspects" of antibiotics and because there are newer ones than fosfomycin and doxycycline, very often these are not top of mind and not prescribed. This being the case you can be prescribed a fluoroquinolone (ciprofloxacin is one) which can have quite severe tendon consequences for the patient, or indeed any number of other antibiotics, none of which seem to work that well.

 

If I were in your position I would try this combination of antibiotics and luckily enough fosfomycin is a relatively "harmless" antibiotic and doesn't cause much in the way of problems, and you take one sachet and that will be effective for three days, however they recommend taking one every two days, three times, at the same time commencing the doxycycline regimen.

 

I would give that a try and see how it goes for you, and I'd rather you did that before I gave you the names of the two professors, because they both have very expensive practices and I'm not sure they would like phone calls from around the world, seeking telephone cures, all because they helped me a while ago!! I'm sure you can understand this.

 

By all means come back to me if you need more information, or if it's of a sensitive nature, by all means send me a Private Message. Only too pleased to help if I can.

 

More info for you:- 

-- The presence of prostate stones contributes to the persistence of infection and patients with prostate calcifications and CBP are considered to have a biofilm infection and are more likely to experience relapse following antimicrobial therapy; therefore, prolongation of therapy (as already indicated here) is indicated in these patients.^38,39

 

--Urinary tract infections

“A 5-year study evaluating over 19,500 uropathogens and resistance patterns suggests the expanded use of FOM (as the tromethamine salt), among a few others, for acute uncomplicated urinary tract infections (UTI) [141]. Among community-acquired urinary tract pathogens, E. coli is the most prevalent [142]. In a study of 52 patients and in other observations, FOM tromethamine administered once every other day(3g) for three cycles was found to be an inexpensive, effective and suitable alternative in the therapy of ESBL-producing E. coli-related lower urinary tract infection [142, 143]. In the treatment of UTIs caused by fluoroquinolone-resistant strains of E. coli and in regions with elevated ciprofloxacin resistance, FOM tromethamine should be further evaluated as a first-line therapeutic approach due to excellent results [144]. A study on resistance rates showed that FOM showed the lowest overall resistance for E. coli in comparison to amoxicillin, co-trimoxazole and ciprofloxacin [145].”

 

PS. FOM tromethamine = Fosfomycin

the problem has not returned after one such treatment regemine?