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Way overdue. There drug, prostitution and various other street businesses are out on the open. Not one of these people standing on lower Sukhumvit have a legitimate reason to be there. If they are not curtailed the problem will continue to grow.


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I cannot believe people on TV actually fall for this.  Someone must have graduated from high school the equivalent?  Two totally awesome fake news stories today.  Three if the submarine story is also just in good humor.  I do not want to see any Thai sailors drown in a cup of water due to bad maintenance.  That's no joke.

Thanks.

I will be on a trip out of Thailand on day 93 of my latest stay. Is there still a one week grace period for the required report or should I still do it before the 90 days pass?

What I find interesting is that Thai Visa scooped almost every mention of this story in the English press.  Nothing in the Post this morning.  This smells.  The usual online news is strangely quiet regarding this story.

Nice minor victory for the consumer


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Tragic.  Too bad for the pilot, his or her family and the kids.

My exchange with the the National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission today. Also sent it to the Consumer Protection Commission

Sent: December 27, 2016 12:21 PM
To: '1200 Group'
Subject: FW: Formal Complaint Against True Visions Group Company Limited

Thank you for your prompt reply. On your advice I will wait until next week for the results of the commission meeting. If I find the terms satisfactory I will withdraw my formal complaint.

Happy New Year.

From: 1200 Group [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: December 27, 2016 12:12 PM
To:
Subject: RE: Formal Complaint Against True Visions Group Company Limited

Dear Mr.

TrueVisions would present a commission-approved compensation plan to customers on Tuesday. Please waitting for The result of NBTC's Committee Meeting and we will announce about remedial measures on broadcasting as soon as possible.

Best Regarding,
Call Center 1200
Data Operation Center Bureau
The Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
Tel. : 1200
Fax : 1200 press 6
Address : 87 Phaholyothin Rd. Samsennai Phayathai Bangkok THAILAND 10400
Office Hours : Mon-Sat 08.00-21.00 Sun 09.30-16.30


To: "'1200 Group'"
From:
Date: 27/12/2016 11:51
Subject: RE: Formal Complaint Against True Visions Group Company Limited

Dear Col Natee Sukonrat,

Thank you for your quick reply. I understand that there may be some remedial measures for the True Vision customer however that is not my reason for contacting your office. I want to make sure True Visions Group is investigated for incompetence, unfair business practices and possible criminal negligence as it would apply to the cancelling of the all the HBO Channels and Cinemax.

This is not an isolated incident. Several years ago True Visions did exactly the same illegal act by cancelling the ASN channel with absolutely no notice to subscribers. This effectively blocked consumers from American football from October through February. Again a couple of years ago True Visions lost the English Premier League games to CTH that threw soccer coverage into disarray for almost two years. These are not isolated incidents that should be allowed to be swept under the carpet only to occur again in a few short months. If not your commission who should I file a complaint with to try to stop this pattern of illegal activity by the True Visions Group?


From: 1200 Group [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: December 27, 2016 11:28 AM
To:
Subject: Re: Formal Complaint Against True Visions Group Company Limited

Dear Mr.

Col Natee Sukonrat, chairman of the NBTC's broadcasting committee, said that The committee will ask its broadcasting consumers protection department to talk with the company about remedial measures for its customers, which may include allowing customers to change or cancel their subscription packages. NBTC will announce about remedial measures on broadcasting as soon as possible.

Best regarding,
Call Center 1200
Data Operation Center Bureau
The Office of The National Broadcasting and Telecommunications Commission
Tel. : 1200
Fax : 1200 press 6
Address : 87 Phaholyothin Rd. Samsennai Phayathai Bangkok THAILAND 10400
Office Hours : Mon-Sat 08.00-21.00


Date: 27/12/2016 11:06
Subject: Formal Complaint Against True Visions Group Company Limited

To: Office Of The National Broadcasting Telecommunications Commission

This correspondence is to serve as a formal complaint citing The True Visions Group with violation of your rules regarding 30 day notification when a television channel is cancelled. Additionally, a second complaint citing unfair business practices for cheating subscribers of premium movie content, original programming while charging the highest cable and Satellite rates in the Kingdom.

I have been with True Visions (or UBC) for more than 13 years. True Visions has consistently sold its premium packages touting HBO and Cinemax, with their outstanding award winning original programming, as the "BEST" available anywhere. True Visions also sell premium packages by offering same day broadcasts as the USA for some of the original programming content.

As you read this complaint True Visions is advertising HBO as next year’s Academy Awards channel. How will True Visions provide subscribers with the Academy Awards, original programming such as Westworld, Game of Thrones, Divorce, Vice Principals and Veep? The list goes on and on.

At the very least this debacle reeks of corporate incompetence boarding on criminal negligence. How long was NBTC kept in the dark about negotiations for the now cancelled HBO/Cinemax channels? As a premium content subscriber I read about this fiasco online as a rumor yesterday.

Question need to be answered from the subscribers and the NBTC regarding good faith negotiations not readily apparent in this case. True Vision continues to cheat subscribers. I bring up the English Premier League True Visions/CTH chaos from just a couple of years ago. Who made money by failing to win the bid for EPL content? It was True Visions of course. Meanwhile your lack of intervention drove fans to illegal downloading of EPL games, illegal satellite services and exposed CTH as a company that could not provide promised services.

Do not let True Visions walk all over the NBTC again. True Visions will continue with bait and switch tactics, negligence and/or criminal activities until such time the government steps in and puts a stop to these questionable business practices. This is just another True Visions embarrassment to the Kingdom of Thailand that should not be ignored yet again.

Sincerely,

So we can get some news, live sports (so far) and a couple of hundred channels. I don't want. How will TrueVisions provide us Game of Thrones, Westworld, Veep, Vice Principals, all HBO programming? Expect a huge price reduction. Right?

I think The Nation attributed the quotes to the wrong publication.  It should probably read "High Times" a famous magazine that follows all things ganja for over 50 years.  That can be the only explanation for placing Thailand and higher education hub in the same article.

I talked to them but got a completely different response. I've seen the website before making the visit to inspect the property. Obviously the person I talked with should have passed me to someone else. Thanks for the information.

Last Thursday a friend and I went to the MahaNakhon site to check on the progress of the project. We actually wanted to get information on purchasing one or two condominium units as this project is nearing completion and is being featured as luxury first class residences in the tallest building in Bangkok. Much to our surprise and amusement there was no sales office or any information on where it was or a telephone number we could call to begin our quest to buy one or two of these high-end condominiums.

I did find the RCR website online and called the contact number to inquire where we could get sales information on the project. A very polite woman told us there really was not anything set up and advised perhaps by the end of the year there may be a sales office and renderings for us to view. I told her I thought she was joking or misunderstood. I reiterated that we wanted to contact someone in sales to purchase condominiums in the project. She said we could make an appointment with an agent and was asked the location of the office? She was quite vague so we had a good laugh and ended the call which ended our association with the whole RCR project.

I have read that a number of units had been sold and the project was not sold out. It is odd and even suspicious that we could not obtain sales information from RCR. Could this be only for Chinese investors? Buyer beware I guess.

I would have had to get a loan but my friend could have bought one or two penthouses that day.

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Returned from Europe last week.  An immigration supervisor and the guy at the counter took a picture of my "PE"" visa with their mobile phones.  Said it was for training the new officers.

Two years in the program is absolutely perfect and as advertised.  Never a problem.  Still not used to the electric car for those log trips to imigration.

 

Very simple. When you are a guest in the country and if they demand answers, you answer the questions. If they say not all questions have to be answered, follow their instructions.

If you don't like it be polite to the Immigration Officer and leave the country.

I don't understand why foreignors think like they are Thai citizens.

Well put except you may want to draw the line in the sand when an over zealous mid-manager makes unauthorized and unreasonable demands. Let's take next weeks challenge when Col. Whatever in the satellite immigration office in say Udon Thani now require multiple acts of sodomy by his officers on you before you get approval for your 90 day report. I would be taken aback (no pun here) and find another way to do the required report. Your "do whatever the authorities say or leave the country" may not apply in this case.

So many words written in this thread I can't help but wonder just how many of the hundreds of thousands of foreigners here in Thailand have seen this form or filled it out?

This could work if the individual's books could be thrown open to one of those ministry things charged with checking the data insuring that all taxes are paid. What a pain that would be as another bureaucratic hurdle but if you want to give 5 year visas to people sitting aground in a design center coffee shop there would have to be controls, more rules and regulations and generally stupid requirements. How about, "Attach a certified copy of your real (natural) father's mother's birth certificate".

If it were legal to have a betting pool here please put me down for $5,000 that this is not going to happen. There are professionals of all ilks here in Thailand that are on the no go list (jobs restricted to Thais) as well as professional criminals that find Thailand a safe haven. Everyone could benefit from a five year visa but I'm afraid the bar will be set too high leading to loopholes to be exploited by the true professionals.

That said, JonboyBKK and his kind should have an opportunity to get a hassle free visa but the hoops will probably not be worth the hassle.

Always wondered how many guys eat too many Viagras, overexert themselves, and end up having a hear attack and dying on the premises.

Or... slip and fall on the wet soapy floor in these places and end up getting seriously hurt.

Wouldn't that just be the most humiliating thing?

The story just wouldn't be the same without the photo of a used bed and towel 555[/quote.........

Yes, the pic is definitely appropriate and adds so much relevance to a tragic situation. Someone died. Happened at a hotel.... So why sensationalize it? Stupid media.

To answer your question, if it was not sensationalized no one would read about it. That and Mr. Bino would not be able to tell us what a superior human being he is while at the same time gloating for some reason over the manner of the victim's death. Bravo Bino! What a caring and passionate man you must be. To the victim, RIP.

He knew the risks.

100% chance Thai Visa's pack of angry older gentlemen with little or no pension armed with an internet connection would wade in with wry humor and disrespect. This noble group of uniformed (tank, shorts and flip flops) busybodies have saved the lives of many a man contemplating suicide. No one wants their families to have to read through what these elderly wisemen post every time someone dies of the Pattata Plunge. These poor, often overlooked, happy hour chasers deserve their 2 small beers tonight. Happy New Year!

CNN just reported the threat to Russian interests by IS in Thailand. Also said the Thai government rejects the threat.

Awesomely quick work!

Question. Since his boss only knew about the leaked secret document sent by Russia maybe 2 days ago, how could you clear a country of all possible IS operators in a day?

Laughing this off may not go well for the government.

Question. Does anyone believe any government spokesman anymore (if one ever did)?

I just called TOT. Could not tell me if the outages were due to the system being under attack or if the Thai government was messing with the system. The problem covers the whole TOT system and they are working diligently to fix the unknown or undisclosed problem. I'm in east Bangkok.

Except for the two dead guys I absolutely love this story! Is window licking a thing and why? Maybe "lildragon" meant widow licking?

So until this blows over take an airplane instead of a van for a visa run. It is simply the cost of living in Thailand. No amount of whining either from old long time residents or digital nomads will be effective against Thai logic. This to will pass. Predicting the demise of the Thai tourism industry for the millionth time over this is ludicrous.

I hope this fireball is not considered an enemy of the state. Can we talk about it? Will it hurt the reputation of the Kingdom? Will it cause high-end tourists to avoid the country if they happen to hear about it? Could it have come from the direction of Turkey? Can we do a reenactment?

We need answers!

Why not give you an indefinite stay visa if you own a condo or are married to a local? It would cost them nothing and can like any visa always be revoked if you commit a serious enough crime.

Only when pigs fly will there be an Indefinite Stay Visa. Marry a Thai and be allowed to stay forever will require a much higher standard. It is all about the money. Money for the government and attempting to control poor foreigners from squatting with the natives.