Qualibus

On 12/8/2020 at 4:25 PM, Cake Monster said:

 

I just have to question why its in captivity in Thailand

Maybe it was born in captivity here.

On 12/8/2020 at 2:09 PM, PatOngo said:

How does a Russian family manage to have an exotic pet such as this in Thailand???

Maybe they bought it here.

On 12/8/2020 at 12:33 PM, Somtamnication said:

Deport them!

Why?

6 hours ago, JayBird said:

I know the ones in Chinatown area sell gold.  But do they also sell diamond rings?  Is it possible to buy a gold ring with diamonds on them there?  And if so, how is the price compared to other diamond jewelry shops?

 

Bonus question:

If one wants to get a (real) diamond ring, is there a good place to get it (quality, selection, price wise).

 

Thank you kindly.

https://www.jewelrytradecenter.com/contact-us/

Many jewellry shops in that Silom area and also in the Mahesak/Sathorn area.

6 hours ago, Mops59 said:

The seller should be charges with fraud and scam for his action.

Why?   He wasn't defrauding anyone and he wasn't scamming, either.

7 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

You can't make this stuff up, farang price.....lol

Seems that you can make it up, you just did it.  You suggest that there was a lower price for Thai customers and that sure wasn't reported as being the case as the only price was the one shown on the menu.

23 hours ago, Mavideol said:

On 12/9/2020 at 1:23 PM, Qualibus said:

 

I think you mean that "if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is [too good to be true]", that's the way the expression goes.

you must be one of these " I know it all" Americans....

No, I certainly am not an American and I do know what "if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is" means.

"If it sounds too good to be true, it probably isn't" is the opposite of that.

3 hours ago, khomlong1 said:

There is no cash in road safety law enforcement. Police like to confiscate property and cars from big drug dealers. 

The police don't, and can't, do that, the ALMO is the agency that does.

13 hours ago, EricTh said:

Why should UK be given priority? Shouldn't it be apportioned equally to all countries?

It didn't say that the UK was being given priority.

8 minutes ago, Mavideol said:

1 hour ago, webfact said:

with the promised high returns.

if it sounds too good to be true,  it probably isn't

I think you mean that "if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is [too good to be true]", that's the way the expression goes.

On 12/8/2020 at 1:11 AM, Kim93 said:

Good Day!

Can you recommend a shop to help me with the maintenance of my PCX? I prefer someone who can speak even just a little english. my thai is very basic.

 

Cheers! 

Have you tried a Honda dealer?

15 hours ago, impulse said:

Regardless of what happened on paper, you don't figure the DLT guy was smart enough to know what really happened when 3 guys showed up for a 2 party transaction?   It may have even been part of the discussion. 

Yes, I am smart enough to figure out that.  What's your point, please?

18 hours ago, madox66 said:

Been to the main post office to sent 5 Xmas cards. The lady told me there was an increase in the postage

Your receipt seems to be a receipt for EMS, regular airmail letters do not get tracking numbers.

11 minutes ago, Aeiou7 said:

18 years old Honda CR-V, 2000 cc, 4WD, automatic

-- any idea if this makes it an expensive case and too old for receipts? ????

I believe that the price of the vehicle affects the province change fees also, B500 fee per B100k was quoted here some time ago.

25 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:

This is the kind of thing that really p***** me off about Thailand. So often they can't get the simplest thing right. If you are writing an article about Sukhumvit, why is it so difficult to use a photo of Sukhumvit to illustrate it? Why use a photo of somewhere else? I just don't get it.

"by Leonard H. Le Blanc III" 

That's farang journalists for you, they just can't get the simplest things right!

11 hours ago, impulse said:

Like Kwasaki, my thoughts immediately ran to back taxes and penalties and perhaps doubling up on the sales tax because (in effect) ownership changed twice.  Which would all be detailed in the receipt...

Ownership only changed once, officially.   The registered owner was the only one who was involved in the paperwork transaction/transfer according to the OP.   As far as the LTD would be concerned, the person who was physically selling the car was not the registered owner and could only be involved in the transfer on a personal financial basis with the OP, surely?  There should be no fees for his involvement. 

On 12/1/2020 at 3:46 PM, Brunovski said:

This article from 2015 says how profitable the business was and now they suddenly can't pay for some workers wages anymore. Pathetic. 
https://www.bangkokpost.com/business/803508/ifec-spends-b2-5bn-on-dara-dhevi-hotel

Suddenly?  That article is 5 years old.

4 hours ago, Lacessit said:

I'm wondering what else he was carrying, seems to be too large a fire for a fuel tank by itself.

Paint covering every surface in the vehicle, plastic bed liner, perhaps, upholstery, carpets, tyres, wiring loom...?   Having to wait some time for the fire service to arrive probably contributed also.

22 hours ago, shady86 said:

Failed oversized rims and low profile tires. Money wasted to show off instead of proper maintenance. Hope he can afford insurance lol. 

What size wheels did the pickup have fitted and how would the tyre profile have any bearing on this incident (even if you knew what the profile was)?  Are low profile tyres fire hazards? 

How would you know that this pickup wasn't serviced properly?

22 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Have they never seen a burning motor before to have to make a 4 minute odd vid' of one .. 

The fire service always video any incidents that they are called to, this one isn't anything different except that 77Kaoded chose to publish this one.

7 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

Not clear. So why did she flee the country if immune from prosecution? 

It is clear, the US government stated that her protection from prosecution would not be lifted following a request from the UK for it to be waived. 

I believe that she left the UK under advice from her government.

13 minutes ago, soi3eddie said:

 

She admitted to police under voluntary interview that she was driving on the wrong side of the road but fled the country before charges were made. Neither she nor her husband were diplomats. On review, where they worked US staff are no longer afforded diplomatic immunity. 

 

Her admission doesn't alter the fact that she had immunity at the time.  They were categorised as 'diplomats' for the purposes of diplomatic immunity due to her husband's occupation and they were entitled to benefit from that immunity.  What is relevant is that, whether we like it or not, at the time of the incident she was entitled to diplomatic immunity.

4 hours ago, ChakaKhan said:

23 hours ago, Qualibus said:

How do her scams as a Thai woman give foreigners a bad name?

Sanook reported what they described as an attractive woman with blonde hair who tried to con sales staff twice on Sunday night in the Pak Kret area of Nonthaburi.      I underlined it for you......and made it slanty

Yes, I did read that and nowhere, in any reports, whether you underline it and make it "slanty" [sic] or not, are there suggestions that she may be a foreigner so there's no chance whatsoever that this Thai woman could be giving foreigners a bad name.   

16 hours ago, soi3eddie said:

 

Are you really saying that Anne Sacoolas is entitled to valid and justified diplomatic immunity? 

Apparently she is, if she wasn't she'd have been arrested. 

Regrettably, certain members of the diplomatic community are entitled to the protection they are given by reciprocal agreement with various governments, the fact that we may not like the outcome is neither here nor there. 

The protection that she enjoyed also applies to UK diplomatic personnel overseas,  that needs to be borne in mind when demands are being made for agreed protection to be withdrawn.