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Toyota ... having a problem simply keeping the wheels on their EVs. Not any more. 2,700 cars quickly recalled and the problem remedied after only 264 went to customers. Toyota provided replacement vehicles while they were being sorted, offered $5,000 compensation and offered to buy the affected cars back.

Which comparable Chinese cars are "poor quality" in your experience?

I'm guessing that you've not seen the most recent Camry as you're referring to looks. They are good-looking cars, Teslas aren't anything special aside from the potential performance that most people will never use, or need.

"...syphilis test" You have a concern?!

Happened to me , I had a minor cut that got infected which quickly spread because I was unable to get to a hospital and when I got to a hospital they were considering an amputation but they would try some anti biotics first and they wouldn't give my any treatment at all until I had paid . I was in a hospital begging for an injection to take the pain away ........................and then I had to go outside to find an ATM to make a withdrawal to pay . The infection would have killed me, had I not paid You have my sympathy, but I was asking him because he said that he knows of "so many cases in which emergency care" was refused. I went to Camillian Hospital with a ruptured appendix, a life-threatening condition, and was given immediate assistance. In the Emergency Room while the initial examination was being made I was asked how I would be paying. I told then with cash and showed USD500 that I had on me. They didn't take it but were perfectly happy with that to proceed even though it was nowhere near enough to cover the emergency surgery and subsequent hospitalisation costs.

I would report overstayers, child abusers, yaba dealers and murderers. "...child abusers, yaba dealers and murderers". Irrelevant to this thread and my question and is just an attempt to deflect and derail the thread. You also avoided the other question I asked that is absolutely relevant to your attitude towards law breakers whom you would report, but, just to remind you... "Have you ever broken any Thai law, however minor, or taken advantage of lax law enforcement in any way, since you've been here?"

I would report overstayers, This about overstayers only; how is another person's visa status any of your sodding business?

I know so many cases where emergency care was refused unless patient coughed up money up-front. "I know so many cases..." Do you? Personally? Any examples that aren't hearsay, conjecture o speculation?

I do hope that you are not condoning overstay - or other illegal activities................................ Did I say that I condone them? But, regardless of whether I do or do not, why would you hope that I, in particular, would not condone them when there have been so many other posters in various threads recently fully supporting overstayers and calling out IB officers for doing their job that you have not expressed your hopes about similarly?

He'd go to hospital, then it would be up to the hospital staff. Under Thai law hospitals cannot refuse treatment to anyone for the first 72 hours of emergency care.

Is it just the Immigration law transgressors that you'd selectively report or those who break any laws here? Have you ever broken any Thai law, however minor, or taken advantage of lax law enforcement in any way, since you've been here?

How would you ever justify sticking your nose into his business by reporting him to Immigration apart from the pointless and vindictive "if I have to do it he should also" attitude?

The locals could only know that if the passport holder made it common knowledge. Why the slur on the locals ("grassed up by"...) when it would be the expired visa/passport holder who actually deserved your derision?

Same here in 28 years, apart from one traffic stop. It may have been different, though, if I (or your good self), had been on overstay! Sod's Law.

Any previous proven incidents that back your assertion or is it just barstool hearsay and speculation that the police routinely steal seized assets?

After they have been auctioned and that's only after the assets have not been proven to have been legally acquired.

Can you use a phone? 02 018 0000. You'll need to know how to click the correct option, though.

Not likely if you've been told that TP would be handling this part of the delivery.

I had a phone call from the Thailand Post office for my area yesterday (they used to send a notice by post), told me that a parcel from Japan was there and there was B1,020 duty to pay. Has to be paid in cash and I took it home with me.

Only if you disregard the report that it was the solar cells that combusted!

Sounds highly unlikely to me.

An inane assertion posted by someone who knows nothing about the business. The insurance industry is highly regulated and if it was a scam wouldn't still be around. Somewhere in the region of 90% of all insurance claims are paid out to the claimants/policy holders, and when you need it, you'll find that it isn't a scam

Let me guess, you are an insurance agent! I was in the insurance and associated business and was a broker for a few years.

It said solar cells, could that be different from solar panels...I've no idea, you may have?

The rest of the world wants to go electric, what could possibly go wrong?