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Does anyone know if a JD would be counted to them as a master? Waiting for an answer from them as well

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6 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

--Grab Mart for access to the major supermarket chains.

 

--Foodpanda for their access to the major supermarket chains.

 

--Tops Online for a sometimes different selection of things they stock that may or may not be listed on Tops' locations on Grab or Foodpanda.

 

It's very strange, I've found, in that for a given supermarket company, what products are listed for offer via delivery may vary from Grab to Foodpanda to the store's own company online presence -- for the same store location.

 

One thing I really came to like about Happy Fresh, before it died, was their feature of allowing the shopper to select saved back-up choices in advance in case a particular item shown as available online ends up being out of stock in the actual store. That, and, they wouldn't actually charge your bank card until the order is completed, and they'd only charge you for what was actually available, accurately reflecting any substitutions or missing items.

 

Foodpanda, on the other hand, charges your card for the full original order upfront, and then when things offered online invariably end up being out of stock in the store, the customer has no ability to pre-select backup items. And when your order cant be fully completed, they end up later having to process a separate card charge refund for the value of the missing item(s) -- which is annoying!

 

With Happy Fresh, you could actually exchange text messages with the person fulfilling your order to work out any problems about substitutions or out of stock issues while they were preparing your order. Can't do that with either Foodpanda or Tops Online...and only to a limited extent with Grab.

 

With Grab, Foodpanda and Tops Online, you may not find out that something or things that you ordered online aren't available and won't be delivered until your partial order actually arrives...and it's pretty much too late to do anything about it at that point.

 

Tops Online, for example, has an option when ordering online to call you midday and advise if any items are going to be missing from the later delivered order. But, unfortunately, when they call you with the news, they have no current ability to allow you to choose substitute items at that point or increase or decrease the quantities of things. They're telling you, but there's absolutely nothing you can do about their news, at that point.

 

Sadly, I had started using Happy Fresh more and more in the past year because they provided a higher level of personalized service, and thus increased the odds that I'd actually get what I needed, one way or the other. And that I'd only be charged upfront for what they actually delivered...

 

Only to see the whole thing suddenly disappear into the void.

Agreed about the great qualities of HappyFresh. Really made things so convenient

Apologies if this has been discussed already, but what are people using for grocery deliveries now? Have people just switched over to grab?

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1 hour ago, DrJack54 said:

You can only do TWO visa exempt entries via land border per calendar year. 

Thanks.  Plus extensions?

On 10/13/2022 at 7:15 PM, DrJack54 said:

Correct.

You can obtain one 30 day extension per entry to Thailand.

Your border bounce provides a new entry. 

It just hit me that THIS is the point of border runs hah

So in reality, you can obtain your first visa exempt entry, then get your extension, leave the country and start the process all over again? So as long as you're leaving the country, you can keep on obtaining the visa exempt entry extension in perpetuity?

This has probably been explained ad nauseum, but what visas/situations are border runs acceptable for, and how many times can you do it?

Is it for people who want to come here on a tourist visa and stay in perpetuity? Or just people in a pinch?

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1 hour ago, richard_smith237 said:

Do you know this for a fact ??

 

There are many memberships which permit a ‘hiatus’ due to circumstances.

i.e. Wife takes out Gym membership for 12 months - we go to the UK for 3 months, she can pause the membership.  It’s worth asking Thai Elite if they can do something similar.

 

I don't hold much hope for the Op getting what he wants, but ultimately it comes down to a ‘decision maker’ who’ll agree or disagree - it just depends how 'service minded’ they want to be.

Hah I assumed I'd have zero chance of being able to "pause" it so that I could change my visa back to a non-immigrant B (and thus not have wasted the 600,000 baht) but figured it was worth asking

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Just out of curiosity, if in Thailand on an elite visa and a job opportunity arises, what happens if you switch to a non-immigrant B? Any chance the Elite visa pauses or does the 5 year clock continue?

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Thank you. I usually go to bumrungrad for things but wasn't sure if there was a specific rehab center outside of a hospital

Are you aware of any doctors in particular that focus on lower body surgery recovery?

Unfortunately I just tore my Achilles overseas, and with surgery / initial recovery I need to delay my imminent return until I can put pressure on my foot (hopefully the end of September)

Any recommendations for where to continue with my rehab/checkins back in Bangkok? Preferably along Sukhumvit if possible

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I'm on the 23rd floor of a fairly recent building, and every morning and night I get a sewage odor coming out of the shower drain and the kitchen sink drain. I've searched about it here and it seems to be a fairly common problem.

Despite the threads, it doesn't seem like there's an agreed upon solution (assuming there is one). Is there anything in particular that works to at least help alleviate the issue?

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On 3/4/2022 at 7:39 AM, sikishrory said:

I have seen orzo but i recently ordered pearl cous cous and my agent couldn't find it. They did find freekah which surprised me 

Any places in particular where you've seen it?

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Does anyone know where I can find either in Bangkok?  Have checked multiple gourmet market, villa and tops, and somehow they all have every single type of pasta but orzo, while they have everything from Bob's Red Mill but pearl couscous

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Awesome.  Thank you

Rejected.  Lovely

Is going to Muang Thong on Monday. Is i going to be as painful as I assume it'll be? Or is 90 day reporting not as terrible as visa renewal?

Sorry for the repeat question, but if I submitted my 90 day application online, am I covered if they get to it after the 90 day deadline, as long as it was submitted within 90?

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I'm sure this has been answered thousands of times, but if I submitted my 90 day application on line, am I covered if they get to it after the 90 days?

Should I still go down to immigration tomorrow just in case? Send something out by registered mail?

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7 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Extending your work permit at the Department of Employment has nothing to do with 90 day reporting that is done by immigration.

I assume you also applied for new extension of stay at immigration.

A extension of stay application has nothing to with 90 day reporting unless it is your first application for one.

You report is due 90 days from the day you entered the country.

All great to know.  I moved here early 2021 on a non immigrant B permit, and when I initially extended it (where it became multi entry one year), I was told that this counted as my 90 day check in.  Had no idea that it was only THAT time, so thank you.

Soon after the lockdown I left the country so this is the first time I've actually had to report

Phew, good thing I remembered to ask

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Came back to Thailand in November and I renewed my work permit in December.  Did the work permit renewal extend the clock or do I have to report based on when I came back to the country?

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Hey all,

Will be making this pilgrimage in the next few weeks.  Been doing as much research as I can, but are there any sights / restaurants I absolutely can't miss on my ride?

Thanks!

All of this being said, there were multiple great Filipino restaurants within about 10 minutes from me in Manhattan that I dined in pretty often

8 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

The bar for food in SE Asian countries is high. It would be hard to vote Filipino food as not being at the bottom of the list. I think Thailand is #1, followed by Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma, Cambodia in that order. I spent 24 years living in The Philippines and don't mind some of their dishes but they are not as good as those other countries.

I agree with every single part of this post (especially that the bar for food here is high).  But your order is spot on

Have a portable gas burner and thus the butane cans for it.  Once they're finished, what's the appropriate way of disposing them?  There might be the tiniest bit left in there and I don't have a puncture tool so I obviously don't want to just throw them away.  Would the place of purchase take them back?

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