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29 minutes ago, tonray said:

We're in Nonthaburi and use a company called Grand. It costs us 4000 per year and that includes soil treatment and I believe they come 4 times per year. Seem competent, do outside and inside inspection each visit, drill small holes for example under staircase and inject prevention chemical, we have underground tubing already installed and twice a year they flood with chemical for soil treatment.

 

027346970 if interested.

Tks.   Is it Grand Pest Control?  I see different phone numbers but will try that one.

We used GBO company for years but they got quite expensive so we are getting a quote from a company called Nemesis.  anyone used them or can recommend another company

We live Pakkret, Nonthaburi.   tks

Still if Lotus runs out of plastic bags we now know where we can be sure to find a few 

Try using this https://www.mindphp.com/tools/car_tax/index.php?lang=en

It seems to work for me 

3 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

I seem to remember hearing about this when it changed many years ago.  They had some expat retiree chap on the radio saying "Who's going to look after my wife when I'm gone?"  What I thought was more likely the case was that part of the deal of him finding himself a pretty young Asian girl a third of his age, was that she would continue to get his pension after he copped it.

 

I think a quick village cremation and "accidentally" forget to tell ol' Blighty anything about it.

I get asked every year if I am still alive by the pension people so that is not really an option for long.

3 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Please don't leave large empty spaces on your posts. I had to scroll through a very long way to get to the end of your post.

Do you think I did that on purpose… if you report it a mod might fix

4 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Is she a Brit citizen. 

My wife is.  His wife isnt

I never considered that my wife would receive a government Widows Pension even though she is a British Citizen, now aged sixty five.. She never worked when we lived in the UK neither did she have an NI Number.

A friend his circumstances are :-

Now living in Thailand with Full UK Pension, he is aged 75.

His wife lived in the UK and did get ILR and I believe had an NI Number

His wife has been out of the UK for a few years so will have lost her ILR, as I understand.  Someone can confirm?

His wife is well under pension age. 

He thinks that she will be entitled to a widows pension.

Can anyone advise on this as he needs to set up for the time when he is dust.

tks

17 minutes ago, Nickelbeer said:

That's why I use an agent. I am not importing 65 thousand baht into Thailand merely to get an extension. Agents mitigate that problem quite nicely. While paying 500 dollars to be allowed to spend your money in Thailand is a ripoff, it is my only option until the Covid insanity ends and I can move to more welcoming shores.

How do you manage to spend less that 65,000 each month, we have a house and car and no finance to pay but rarely spend less than that. However I have just checked and yes we did spent less in each of the two previous months. But it hasn't been much fun!

If one had a suspicious mind one might suggest …..  to stop/delay an uprising of the masses.

11 hours ago, pedro01 said:

I have anecdotal evidence.

 

Last year I got an MB -  but was looking at Benz & BM and a big fat discount. At both - when we were checking prices - the question came up "how much do you want to finance?". I asked at BMW what the norm was and it was 80%. When I said that I'd probably pay cash - they reacted in a way that made it clear this was unusual. That was on a 4 million Baht car with about 600k off - so the 3.4M area. Might be different on higher priced cars. 

 

This year - I ordered a BM and the discount was 300k off a 5m car. When the girl came to the house to sort out the paperwork and seal the deal, the paperwork she prepared had financing - I can't remember how  much but I think 60-70% (it's been a while). I told her I didn't want any financing and she tried to take away the discount. In the end she left after many calls to her boss and feeding us a "cannot" line about max discounts allowable by BM ya de ya de ya. Of course - she didn't really leave - she went up the road and parked up waiting for us to call her. She was back in an hour.

 

This isn't the highest end - but at that level - financing was presumed. This could be down to my personal appearance of course.

 

Now - another thing - I do know a rich Thai with a number of cars and I have the impression that he could pay cash - but he says he prefers to pay each month. 

 

So - I would say that presuming most are financed, at least at the 3-5M price range is sensible. Even then - it doesn't mean people are over-extending themselves because most people that buy new Toyotas, Hondas etc also finance them and there's no presumption they are over-extending themselves. 

 

In my opinion - I'd rather fork out the money now than have monthly payments of 80-90k a month because you never know what the future holds and I don't like being in debt.

 

Also  - even though these cars are taxed highly and therefore pricier than most western countries - they tend to come fully loaded. Lots of stuff on my cars would be extras in the UK. My theory is that Thai shopping culture is more about freebies - so the idea of seeing a price and then having to add on a ton of cash for stuff like reversing cameras, simply would not fly here. People here are used to being given stuff on purchasing - service, insurance, window film etc - is all included.

 

But relative to the west - it's expensive. But we aren't in the west. I've been here 23 years - it's just one factor of the overall cost of living. 

 

Normally I bypass your drivel but today you have a couple of fair points.

Here the price quoted for let’s say BM/MB includes the extras that you will pay a high price for in eg the UK, 

And yes we are not in the west so just accept what items are less expensive and which are more.

On 5/18/2021 at 5:43 PM, Orangutan said:

I want to buy a treadmill for me and my son to use at home. I’ve look at many, but without any reviews it iOS hard to choose. Most are computerized which begs the question, who is going to repair/service it in case of malfunction. I want a good one, without the complications of worrying about breakdowns.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations for me.

 

Much appreciated.

-O

I very recently bought a VIVA V4.0 from IRONTEC. It was on offer at 16,900. AS expected the built in pulse measurement is not often accurate but I have a Garmin watch anyway. I would expect the pulse measurement to be accurate with a belt but you would need to check.

Unless you pay a lot of money the treadmills usually have a built in slope. If that is OK with you fine, it doesn't bother me. At my age i don't run on it anyway, but find it much more pleasant with aircon and fan than outside in the heat. I only vary the speed and the slope. It has programs but I haven't even looked at them.

I used the IRONTEC branch which is near Central Chaengwattana, they have a huge selection. Be warned, they don't speak much english at that branch.  They have parking spaces. 

A budget of 30K would probably get you a 45kg babe for two months. Okay maybe you couldn't lift her one handed but socially much better than lifting boring weights on your own. 

I recently bought a treadmill form IRONTEC, found them okay to deal with and you can pay over ten months if you wish. Used my credit card so MrsM can have more points to spend.

11 hours ago, wensiensheng said:

You can use your fortuna for that

Actually it is an Everest but I suppose to the untrained eye they do look somewhat alike ????

2 hours ago, topt said:

Cayenne or Macan?

Or even in the back of the Panemera possibly?

Size of the boot wasn’t actually the only reason

10 minutes ago, FarangRimPing said:

Having a Porsche is impractical if you live upcountry as the only dealer is in Bangkok. Imagine getting service if you live in Chiang Mai or Trang.

 

There are many other reasons it is impractical.

 

Bought for face only.

One of the reasons that we don’t have one is because can’t get the golf clubs and the suitcases in.

1 hour ago, Card said:

Why the f don't you just go buy a pack? Asking people their taste is beyond belief.

Probably bought a job lot and can’t get rid of   lol   

Not sure if this is a little off topic but I seem to recall Marianne Faithful’s ‘snack in a snatch’

4 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

A lot of people scoff at the pink ID and yellow book, but my last driver license renewal it was all I needed aside from the old license.

 

I did not need a residence certificate or a visa. I did not even have to show my passport. 

I had the same years ago.   what do you want that for.   what good is it.   Driving license does everything those can
 

Many topics on the Yellow Book and Pink. Card 

A few regrets now I think

On 6/10/2021 at 1:39 PM, Kwasaki said:

My old Fireblade is reliable because if something goes wrong I can fix it myself without having to use computers.

Same with a Volvo I had for 24 years before passing it on to my son.  ????????

I think there could be an oxymoron hiding within

I googled myself      nothing