JensenZ

We're out of luck for next quarter... It'll be the "Wild West" as usual. That foreigner with a huge pot belly wouldn't make me feel very safe in the face of danger.

Is it not clear enough on video what happened? She was knocked out cold. No matter what was said, the crime is assault. That will get him time in prison.

Why make it complicated? Some homophobic foreigners bad-mouthed a ladyboy who shouted back... that would do it. She didn't file a report - perhaps they (her and her friends) have their own form of retribution planned.

You're replying to the wrong person. I don't need your Facebook page.

I'm OK doing "basic", although it might need to be defined. A family of 4 does not require 2000 x 4. You should be able to manage 2 for 3000, and 4 for 4000 quite comfortably. It's too bad your rent cost is so high.

A new job for Visa Agents to handle, along with an increase in fees.

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No one mentioned this, but I thought I should. When you withdraw money from a foreign card at an ATM, you get a message on the screen showing the fee (220 baht) and asking for your confirmation to continue.

It's a great excuse for nearly every performance issue people might have.

Let's try stimulating your brain, which you claim needs some stimulus. New Zealand is a country, and Sydney is a city, so there are no more sheep in Auckland or any other city in NZ than in Sydney. The sheep population of Australia is more than double that of NZ. When you return to Sydney, you can find some sheep if you drive out of city limits.

I've said more than enough. Have a nice day!

I don't have permission to post here as I'm from the long list of greater nations. All this kerfuffle about a man named Tommy? It's pathetic.

The last shipment I received was earlier this year, and it came with a scrap of paper indicating where I had to make the payment. There was no QR code or a QR code on the Post Office tracking site. When did this "good news" begin? It's an option I would like to use in future.

Perhaps you live near a major distribution hub (mail centre). Such is not the case in Pattaya; my local post offices do not handle duty/VAT payments.

I'm in Pattaya, and if I need to pick up imported packages to pay duty, they are held at the Mail Center, near the floating market, past Jomtien, about 8km south of Walking Street. That is the ONLY place I can pick up my overseas mail. It is NOT a local post office. My local post offices are in Jomtien Soi 5 and in Pattaya on Soi Post Office. I'm surprised you're ignorant about Mail Centers. The main one in Bangkok is in Laksi. You'll see this listed in parcel tracking. They are the major distribution points.

What will not? You're confused. I know the current process for items over 1500 - you go to the Mail Center to pay your duty/VAT. When/if the new policy is implemented... You will need to go to a mail centre to pay the VAT on items under 1500 baht, which currently you don't have to pay. Where else would you expect to pay it? To the mailman?

Come on, that's a feeble excuse to bash Pattaya... Customs processing is not done in Pattaya. I've been importing iHerb for over 10 years (to my address in Pattaya), and only twice had to pay import duties and tax (for packages over 1500), and I often get packages with values over 2000 baht. I've imported more than 50 times over the years. Customs have been very generous as some shipments were over $80 US. This new policy will be a real nuisance as people will need to travel to Mail Centers to pay 100 baht or less VAT on packages under 1500. I can't see many overseas exporters wanting to become tax collectors for Thailand. That's a 16km round trip for me.

(feel free to ignore this response - if you need to chat with someone and don't like others to respond, you can DM them) I was responding to your suggestion that this new policy affects your mobile banking, which it does not. It's quite obvious this new process has not started yet. I don't know what all the fuss is about. Why would anyone need their banking apps to be on someone else's SIM? All SIMS need to be registered with ID now, so this is much ado about nothing. The bank can easily ensure that only your registered SIM phone can use their banking app... by sending messages to the phone number registered to your bank account and requiring a response to an SMS from that SIM. Some banks abroad already do this.

This can't have anything to do with the new policy as it has not yet been implemented. It might never happen, but what's the problem? Most people have their banking apps on their registered sim. Your situation is probably that your banking app is registered to a different number than is listed on your banking profile.

This is absolute nonsense. A street beating will not deter bad guys. Bad guys like to fight. What it does is deter good, peace-loving people from visiting. I'm sure security guards in your home country are trained and licensed. We saw beatings like this 40 years ago in Australia until they cleaned up the business. Back in the 80s there were deaths by security guards. In your home country, they would probably serve time for this (unless your home country is Zimbabwe or somewhere in the deep jungle) in addition to being sued by the victims. It does not matter how badly the customers behave.

Do you understand what a security guard is? They are supposed to be there to keep the peace. Justice is for the police and the courts to mete out. If the customer makes trouble, the correct procedure would be to detain them and call the police. Kicking a person in the head that hard is deadly force. All of those guards should be arrested and charged for assault.

We'll have to agree to disagree... The table reservation system in busy food courts works better than any other system. It's a system based on courtesy. I much prefer the inconvenience of reserved tables to those people walking around for 10 - 20 minutes looking for tables, while holding their trays full of hot food. It is easy for food to fall off these trays. I've nearly had a bowl of hot soup fall off my tray. What I find strange about this whole conversation - I've been living in Thailand and visiting busy food courts (specifically Terminal 21, which I like) for many years, and have never had a problem with people reserving tables. I've never even given it a thought. I don't reserve tables like this because, with so many foreigners/tourists in Pattaya, many people wouldn't respect my reservation and barge in, as you do, and move my stuff. At least I'm not causing you any grief LOL. I've never had too much problem finding a place if I'm alone as they have the single diner chairs in the back window area, and if with a partner, I sit while my partner gets her food first.

I live in Pattaya precisely for the reason that I blend in with tourists, so from a Thai person's perspective, I'm just a tourist, and that's the way I like it. It's a great way to enjoy living in Thailand without sticking out in a crowd.

To be clear, I was referring to foreigners who are educated in how things are done in Thailand. You of all people should be in that category as you've been around for quite some time. Let's take a commonsense approach to the logistics of ordering food at the Terminal 21 Food Court at lunchtime. Would you prefer that the people who reserved a table by placing a personal item upon it should walk around for 20 minutes with a tray of hot food, usually including soup, hoping they can find a table? I made that mistake once at Paragon and I regretted ordering the food. A bottle of water or a drink is usually sufficient to reserve a place as the Thais respect the process. The people who reserve a seat are customers who have already purchased their card and are looking for or waiting for their food, and in many cases, a minute or two away from arriving at their reserved seat. If the food court is jam-packed and you cannot find a chair, Thais will probably not get upset if you politely ask to share a table.

Everyone has a right to reserve a table before they order their food. It's the done thing in food courts when it is busy. Thai customers and educated foreigners respect this system, and so should you. They are booking their table to ensure they have somewhere to eat their food, yet you complain they have no right to do this. You are the problem.