stevenl

Scams scams and more scams from thes short sighted dishonest people.

Mark your own card with your initilas..and point this out to the greedy scamming idiots...and how much you have spent,with your receipt in hand.

It's fun seeing these people lose face.

Do the same when they forget the 1 or 2 baht change for gasoline at the pumps when filling up.

same as with the frequently wrongly totalled bill.

Chalenge them repeatedly and vote with your feet.

None of those things seem to happen to me. Maybe something to do with your attitude?

Standard fee is 400 Baht, so with 50% discount the 200 baht is correct.

The dual pricing though is a disgrace IMO, especially for people living and working here, and therefore paying taxes here.

Totally agree with your comments, point though all 3 are on 106 points.

That last lap really was incredible. Lorenzo should have closed the door for Rossi, but he never expected him to overtake where he did. Never saw a race like that, and now all 3 of them have 206 points. It is looking like an excellent series again this year.

Ok, thanks.

I don't think anyone is trying to promote the place,

2 members, each with 19 posts, and nearly all those posts inviting people to come to Moby Dick because of the nice atmosphere, good curry, cheap BBQ, etc.

I would call that promotion.

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So what, don’t read them, i don’t care if people try to get customer but you do it looks like

I don't think anyone is trying to promote the place,

I would call that promotion.

I am getting a bit fed up with the continuous promotion of this place by 2 members. For me a reason not to go there, even though I pass it on a regular basis.

To answer the OP: no, I don't take notice of the red flags, because they offer no value at all since they don't say anything about the swimming conditions, only about the time of year.

I don't believe in signs, since also these signs will be there for the whole summer/green/low season, so they also don't offer any valuable information. In potential the red flags could, provided they are pulled up and down, depending on the safety situation.

Take a red flag serious.

Since service/warrantee are lousy all over Thailand, I would buy anywhere where they have a good offer.

If the Op is coming between now and October: no reasonable to good snorkeling anywhere from the beach on Phuket, you would have to go to Phi Phi.

The one thing I would AVOID is analgesics like voltaren and celebrex etc. Aspirin I would also avoid. Voltaren cream and any analgesic creams are fine.

Some people, myself included, own their land/property through a company, with a non-majority shareholding but with majority voting rights. Is that going to be his next statement, that a Farang who provides funds to a company for the purchase of land will lead to the title deeds being revoked???

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Patak rd in Kata, think they call it beach boy, when you come over the hill from Chalong its on your left hand side, about 200-400 meters from the turn of to the beach,its a little back from the rd, dont know if they want to repair it but sure they can get you a new bike.

Noticed this morning that the checkpoint is gone again.

I'd be willing to bet 100 baht that's what happened in regards to the original post.

Demand payment and take tenants to court while you collect from your insurance company.

BTW, your posts would be easier to read if you would use the 'quote function' that is why it is available.

So Steveni would this be on the rental aggrement.? Maybe a person renting could look ?

I am sure 99% of renters would not be aware they that the insurance of the building was down to them.

If it is on the rental agreement That would be fair comment.

Really? So all of these mysterious shophouse fires on Bangla will have to be paid for by the tenants that were renting the shop? Sounds like a great racket if you own a dilapidated building, have tenants and need some cash.

I'm really surprised that we don't hear of my houses burning down that are rentals.

>>for a start i would not be in their circumstances

Does that mean that you would never rent a house in Thailand, or that you would rent a house with no electricity? Or would you have renters insurance and after the fire was declared an electrical accident, you would double up your renters insurance in case you came back to Thailand and were no found to have started the fire by a new arson investigator that was in the landlord's pocket?

Added:  Personally I don't like the whinging or begging either, but that's besides the point.

The cause of the fire is irrelevant, the were renting so they were responsible.

I have never ever heard of a renter being liable for a fire short of arson. I don't rent here but you just provided more reasons for us to buy rather than rent. I have a lot of sympathy for this couple, I do think they were shafted, I do think they had no reasonable choice but to plead guilty so that plea is MEANINGLESS (as are most in Thailand). However, I don't think they have a chance of recovering much money with that blog. They are hardly starving children in Africa. They are young Americans and most of the world thinks such people are on easy street. They may have had a good chance for a book/movie deal if they had spent 10 years in Thai prison but happily for them that didn't happen. This country is truly a mine field. To the rednecks who say som na na, I say there by the grace of God go you ...

Spot on jingthing As for liability I would have thought the Landlord should have the place Insured If the place was to be rented then Insurance should be obtained to include that liability

I did rent a House in the UK fully Insured as a Let property. The House was Gutted quite a bad fire.

My Tennant was seen runing away from the property.

My Insurance Paid to have the property repaired cost £23000 That is over 1 Million Baht 10 Years ago now.

Point is it IS the Owners responsablity.

The Insurance company did Not pursue the Tennant They told me it was piontless. Arson would have to be proven in court.

If it was, Recovery of losses from a person with little or no money = pointlessIs

Is that cover available in Thailand ?? No money = Jail.

That will not get the property Fixed only GOOD Insurance will do that. Or Extortion

extortion?????

hesse and logan were found guilty and are now telling their ludicrous story whilst begging for money

YOu mean URica and Logan? They were free to leave the country after it happened.. and were not liable the first time around.!!!!!! Many places burn due to electrical wiring here. ..

Well, they left the country, probably before everything could be sorted out properly. But also at that time they were liable for the damages to the house. They were renting, so they were liable.

I know back home the house owner is supposed to have insurance, but I always thought here the renter/lessee is supposed to have the insurance (I do for the shop anyway).

If that is the case, that means they had to pay the landlord, cigarette or electrical.

Both time motorists took off when the red numbers had counted down to zero even though the opposing lights were still green.

tried to do same b4 but got almosyt zero interest

the ones that work in the dive industry dont want to pay to dive and / or dive on their day off

maybe better to try and organise a forum trip to somewhere like sipadan in july / august and see if there are any takers for that

I snorkel everyday in a pool in Canada. I want to continue my habit while in Thailand - preferably enjoying some real ocean too. Not sure whether I can get good value fins (strap type so fit easily in luggage) in Bangkok or whether to go to my local huge selection dive shop in Canada. Of course there are many options in Canada, including craigslist second-hand. When I shopped for scuba material in Phuket, it was imported from Italy and I could have done better back home. Not sure about goggles and fins. Suggestions?

The major brand equipment is in general about the same price as all over the world, there tends to be not much difference in price for that.