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Which is exactly why I use a visa agent, well worth the extra few baht

Hi all, just be careful when ordering your food, one shop I was using had been overcharging me for goods and even charged me for delivery twice, to be fair when I confronted them about it they refunded me, I’m so used to trusting people that I rarely bothered to check my invoices, of course I got the usual ‘did you order from the latest price list’ <deleted>, I ordered from the latest price list you gave me so I assumed the prices were correct, only to be told the prices change at point of sale!! And another company who are proving hard to contact have charged me for two items that weren’t even packed in the box. Start checking your deliveries people as you are probably getting ripped off but you are unaware of it

@kwilco thankfully this forum has a facility to block people, so off you go!

A very sad but not entirely unexpected turn of events, I’ve had 5 years of my wife’s family wanting this and that can they borrow money, can we pay for their scooter repairs, can we buy school uniforms and shoes for the kids and on and on it went, now I have lived here for two years I put a stop to all of it, and now with the exception of her brother, none of the family talk to me…as soon as the money and support stops they just cut you off! I’m not bothered by it and don’t really care to be honest, as a foreigner here in Thailand you are only ever seen as a cash cow.

@kwilco you need to re read my post, I said scooters pulling out onto a main road without looking, I drove in California for 8 years and more recently in france for four years so I think I’m pretty well educated regarding turning left or right on red lights. Also trying to find where I said I was angry I don’t need to analyse what’s going on around me, you need to be able to read what’s been posted correctly.

Sad that these people died, but I’ve been driving in Thailand for almost two years now and they just don’t give a toss about safety, regular occurrences are scooters pulling out of side roads onto main roads without looking or stopping, scooters without headlights or taillights on the road in complete darkness hoping you will see them, cars cutting corners on junctions instead of positioning them selves properly, I was following a saleng the other night it was impossible to overtake him because the junction was fast approaching, he had no light at all on the saleng, next think i know the impatient driver of the Toyota pick up behind me decides to overtake me, completely unaware of why I was driving slowly, as he overtook me the saleng decided to make a right turn, no indication, no brake lights, and no headlights or taillights, did he get wiped out by the overtaking Toyota pickup? Yes he got wiped out….did I stop?, no, I kept on going before the police turned up and put the blame on me as a foreigner. Unfortunately many Thai people cannot be educated it’s to late for them, let’s hope the younger generations can make changes to save lives

The Eva flights are not direct, from france it’s Charles de gaull airport to Vienna, connecting in vienna to Bangkok, and the return to france is the reverse

Hi all, got to plan a trip from france to Thailand and return, Eva air are offering the lowest economy fare at the moment, just wanted to check on their reliability etc as I’ve never flown with them are they ok….they seem to get good reviews.

Thank you all very much for your help and suggestions and the recipes to make the rubs..all very helpful ????????????????

Hi all, I’m struggling to find decent bbq sauces and rubs here in Thailand, anyone know where to buy the rubs and sauces from America or Australia? , I’ve contacted a few places in both countries and they are reluctant to mail stuff…

Thanks mrbojangles that’s good piece of information, I hadn’t taken that into account, but the Irish embassy issue a letter for immigration confirming you have enough funds to meet the required 40K baht a month…I’ve done a few 90 day reports now and haven’t been asked to show funds with a bank letter

Hi all, apologies if this subject has been done to death, I’m a Uk citizen and hold a Uk passport and I’m here on a non o based on retirement, I’m also the holder of an Irish passport ( obtained because my father was Irish) my extension renewal date is the 24th may 2023 I’m going to renew that extension as based on retirement, at some stage this year I will get married to the gf, is it possible to leave Thailand in say December this year to have Xmas with my family in the Uk, then return to Thailand and enter on my Irish passport and get my extension based on marriage stamped in my Irish passport, I want to use my Irish passport as the Irish embassy are at the moment still issuing letters for immigration to confirm I have funds every month to meet the monthly income method of 40,000 baht. when Ieave to go to the Uk I will not get a re entry permit so it will kill off the extension based on retirement, do you think it’s best to apply for a non o based on marriage from the Uk using the e visa or should I just enter on a visa exempt 30 days and then apply in Thailand.. any help or advice greatly received

Immigration just doing their job, they have the right to ask you questions and request your travel documents regarding your travel to and your stay in Thailand, it’s no different than any other country, and even if your paperwork is correct they can still refuse you entry, even those that live here are not guaranteed that their yearly extension of stay will be approved. But now you are here enjoy your stay

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I ordered some coffee from a place in chiang mai supposed to be delivered by Kerry on the 6th December but still waiting, on the tracking section of the app it shows it as being in the Khon Kaen hub…the seller has chased them up as well but so far no delivery…if it’s not here by Monday I will go for a refund if possible

Why does this news not surprise me…Thailand as always leaving it to the last minute thinking they will get a discount, you couldn’t make it up bunch of ass hats in charge. if they don’t succeed in getting the football then some of the money raised would be better spent on helping the poor of the country, maybe even clean out the drainage pipes so the cities and towns don’t flood

Hi all, looks like I may be in udon Thani for two nights back end of November, looked at plenty of hotels but didn’t fancy anything too near the bars ( I read the reviews of a few hotels and they mostly complained that the noise from the bars was an issue) I’m looking at the centara hotel as it’s near the shopping centre and not to close to the bars…but regarding the bars I did look at a few on line like the ‘brick house’ and the ‘Aussie bar’ interested in having a few beers and some western food and probably grab an English breakfast or two..so, any recommendations regarding bars and western food and any idea if you can get draught beers in the bars and what the prices are. sorry if this has all been done to death before, looking forward to some recommendations. many thanks for any help.

Instead of saying contact someone it’s ‘reach out’ its not history anymore it’s now ‘back story’ god knows what ‘doubling down’ means, mostly used by Americans

@ubonjoemany thanks for the information..

Hi all, apologies if this subject has been done to death already. im a Uk passport holder and I also have an Irish passport, I’m here on a non immigrant ‘O’ visa based on retirement, my extension of stay is due on 22 may 2023, I need to leave Thailand in September 2023 as I have a rental property in france that will go on the market after the summer season so I need to go back to sort that all out, in between all that happening I will be getting married to the gf June or July 2023 and I’m going to use my Irish citizenship to do the affirmations of marriage stuff, so I want to enter Thailand using my Irish passport I will arrive in a 30 day tourist visa waiver and then extend that for 30 days then apply for Non immigrant ‘O’ based on marriage, so how long does the 400,000 baht have to be in the bank for before applying for the non ‘O’ ? I’m then thinking of doing the monthly income method because the Irish embassy still issue letters for immigration to say I meet the monthly income demands. im basically wanting to change to using my Irish passport as it seems easier to use than my Uk one, ie: the Irish embassy issue income letters that satisfy immigration, and I can apply for a new passport online rather than going to the embassy, and my mrs will find it easier to travel with me to Europe by being the partner of a European citizen. what are the thoughts on doing this? Anyone have experience of doing the same? I look forward to your replies.

An interesting update, I usually use my iPad to do the transfer from wise, but it got damaged a while back and it is slightly bowed and on occasions the keypad can stick…I just tried transferring a smallish sum of money but using the wise app on my android phone, the transfer went ok and I got a message saying they had received my money and would pay out tomorrow by 2.13pm….I won’t know until tomorrow if it arrives with the FTT code or not but I will update tomorrow when I know. I sent the money and the reason selected was for ‘ long term stay in Thailand’ it could be my iPad playing up or it could be an Apple software problem…anyway I will report back here tomorrow

@scubascuba3 I’m going to message wise and see what’s gone wrong, I will transfer a smallish sum using your suggestion and see what I get back

My last two months transfers are just showing as ‘ from another account’ not FTT as they were showing, I’ve transferred money successfully for the last 9 months showing in my account as FTT but September and October it doesn’t

@scubascuba3 when I have transferred before and done the transfer as ‘ long term stay in Thailand’ the money would normally not arrive untill the next day, but these last two have transferred into my Bangkok bank account within 5 minutes, normally if I wanted money quickly I would tick any of the other reasons in the drop down box because it arrives in minutes whereas the long term stay one generally takes 24 hours

Hi all, for the last 9 months or so I have been sending lump sums of money to cover the 65k baht per month for my visa non O retirement so I qualify for the monthly income method, all has been fine and my transactions have been showing up as a international bank transfer, but September and October transfers are just showing up as transfer from another bank what ever way I transfer the money it does not show up as international any more, my bank in Thailand is Bangkok bank, any ideas? Have wise changed they way they do things now, I’m putting in the drop down box that the transfer is for’ long term stay in Thailand’