Velleman

This has been sorted with the help of a lawyer. To the apologists like the one in the post above, i was right. Because TiT doesn't mean Thai banks don't have to follow financial laws. They must keep financial records for 5 years and be able to provide it when requested. Most banks archive these records after 5 years, you know anti-money laundering regulations and all...

Never agai nwill we deal with a Thai bank or Thai financial institution. You guys can have it. ????

15 minutes ago, guzzi850m2 said:

I think you have the bases covered.

 

Maybe a good idea to open the engine hood when the car is started, rats and other animals may build a nest and start eating the wiring.

 

Have you considered selling the car as it will just sit there and drop in value?

Yeah, i've considered it but the car already lost 65 ~ 70% of its value since we bought it new 9 years ago.
Wife also has a hard time letting go of material things... ???? haha. Nah, once the pandemic is a bit under control then we plan to visit Thailand again for holidays once or twice a year. We prefer to have our own car than renting one.

I'll look into that fuel stabilizer.

Why disconnect the battery if someone starts the car once a month or so?

And yes, it's under a roof.

Another problem: mishandling that leads to false positives.

https://www.thaipbsworld.com/improper-handling-test-kits-may-have-led-to-false-positives-at-mukdahan-school/

This is going to be a <deleted>show.

The sensitivity and accuracy of ATK testing is way below that of PCR testing. And not just that, the ATK's are made in China and of low quality as proven.

There are going to be lots of people being tested false positive or false negative.
Probably more false positive than false negative because the requirement to have a negative PCR test 72-hour before boarding is still required.

What will they do if someone tests (false)-positive with ATK? Forced quarantine and immediately follow up with a PCR test?

Force quarantine and PCR-test everyone that were seated next/front/behind the (false)-positive tested person?

What if it's a family? Quarantine everyone?

Who's going to pay for all of that if the ATK result were to be false positive after a negative PCR result? For sure not the Thai scammy insurance companies.

This government has chickenbrains. Just drop the whole testing after arrival, double vaxxed and 1 negative PCR test pre-boarding, just make it 48h and that should be sufficient! Anything extra increases the likelihood for errors and drama!

A little update on the aircon problem:

Mazda dealer mechanic says it's clogged and compressor needs to be replaced, (wife said condenser but i think she means compressor?). Total 16k THB. He recommended my wife to have it evacuated, cleaned and repaired at a specialized air con service garage, should be much cheaper.

16k is not that bad actually, i was expecting repairs to cost between 40 to 60k.

7 hours ago, brianthainess said:

 

Of course they will, all tyre places will especially if they are 4 yrs old or more, well anyway they all ways try it on with me, but as said check the walls for cracks. Has it been parked in the sun ?

Surpirise, B-quick did recommend new tyres. ????

Two other places said the tyres were just fine.

It has not been parked in the sun. In a carport, covered with a PVC carcover. I'm not sure if the sunlight hit the tyres on certain times during the say, i guess not.

8 hours ago, seedy said:

Location ?

Bangkok, preferably a bit central - sukhumvit / huay khwang / siam. But anywhere in BKK will do.

Thanks

3 hours ago, transam said:

I would get the A/C evacuated and re-gassed at an A/C place, forget the main agent. Ask around for a known good shop that only does auto A/C.

Didn't know that's even a thing, A/C garage.

unfortunately i can't find anything on google. If anyone knows of a good car A/C place (not just cleaning) please let me know.

6 hours ago, transam said:

How old is the car...?

What is the failed trans line made of...?

A/C, probably needs a top-up, but I would have it evacuated, re-gassed and oiled...????

2012 mazda 3, 1.6 L , 65.000 km.

It's quite a sturdy car, we never had any engine problems in all those years. Actually we never had to replace anything really, except for the tyres and aircon cleaning & refill.

Not sure what the failed transmission line is made of but it has already been repaired and the oil changed. less than 3500k THB total.

This was a mazda affiliated garage but they couldn't fix the aircon problem, the mechanic tried to refill it but the gas wouldn't get inside. The garage has no spare parts for the aircon unit in stock so he recommended my wife to go to the official mazda dealer.

Probably just dirty / clogged up?

I ended up buying travel insurance from my country, much better policy than any Thai insurer gives.

Thanks for all the replies haha ????

The car has been checked. Fortunately the tyres seem to be ok, at least according to b-quick.

Damage:

- Oil transmission pipe is busted, leaking oil and needs to be changed. I think this is quite cheap to have replaced?

- Air conditioning is not working. Wife translated what mechanic told her. "hold system"??? I don't know what that's supposed to mean.

What could an air conditioning system to fail after being idle for a couple of years?

7 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Thais do not need the covid 19 insurance since they are entitled to free health care.

Yeah, but you know what free health care means yes? She'll be sent off to a field hospital or a government hospital, no way buddy.
We only want a private hospital if anything happens.

I just tried to get the COVID AXA insurance for my Thai wife but Thailand is not  mentioned in the nationality list.

Looks like Thais are excluded from the COVID insurance.

I know Thais traveling to Thailand are not required to get insurance, and she's covered by our EU national health insurance anyway but still... I'd feel more at rest if she has extra insurance which also covers asymptomatic cases.

I'm still unsure if any insurance at all will cover a negative tested, forcibly quarantined person.

Why isn't the TH gov. clear about this situation? It will be a <deleted>show once word gets out.
 

Situation: you followed all bureaucratic and draconian steps to meet all requirements of the Thailand pass, double vaxxed, tested negative twice but then by bad luck the passenger next to you tests positive. You then either forcibly follow a quarantine program in your hotel or hospitel for 14 days, ruining your holiday and costing you a lot of money, or standing ground and ending up in IDC immigration prison. ????

A little update.

I'm still unsure if any insurance at all will cover a negative tested, forcibly quarantined person.

Why isn't the TH gov. clear about this situation? It will be a <deleted>show once word gets out.
 

You followed all bureaucratic and draconian steps to meet all requirements of the Thailand pass, double vaxxed, tested negative twice but then by bad luck the passenger next to you tests positive. You then either forcibly follow a quarantine program in your hotel or hospitel for 14 days, ruining your holiday and costing you a lot of money, or standing ground and ending up in IDC immigration prison. ????

On 11/9/2021 at 8:44 PM, bangkokbonecollector said:

I got AXA insurance as I saw, link below, on this website that AXA provided asymptomatic coverage. After hearing a few awful stories of people being taken away to hospital, I thought I should double check I was fully covered against all eventualities.

 

I have lined AXA regarding the asymptomatic coverage and will let you guys know the result.

 

https://asq.in.th/thailand-covid-insurance

Did they ring you back?

What if you test negative but someone seated next to you in the airplane or van to the hotel tested positive? Does AXA cover that as well? Because you will be quarantined...

Does anyone know which insurer also covers asymptomatic quarantine in a private hospital? My wife is visiting TH soon but she has some serious underlying health problems. If she were to be infected with corona then it would be wiser for her to be admitted to a private hospital until she tests negative than waiting it out in a hotel room.

My Thai wife's basic health insurance (EU) covers any costs incurred worldwide, a travel/covid insurance is not really needed but to be sure i want to get her one anyway.

5 hours ago, leelee77 said:

UPDATE

finally received test and go Qr code

After speaking on the phone with them was told 

 

Gmail is the easiest for them to receive and respond to, had all ready applied for test and go using Gmail so they said to send email to them.

[email protected] 

this is the email I sent to, sending all documents again and included name, passport number, date of birth and date of arrival. 

about 1 hour later received QR code

Thanks for posting this. I emailed support and literally within a minute i received a reply with the QR-code attached.

So to anyone still waiting, just send an email to support!

Everything has worked out. It caused some stress and too much of my time but the thailand pass has been received.

I uploaded the agoda booking confirmation only to the tp website. The confirmation shows PCR-test and airport pickup is included in the total price.

FIY: The confirmation email may end up in your junk/spam folder. It happened to me, using gmail.

Check your spam folder!

Let's hope thailandpass has made some effort to whitelist their sending email addresses. It probably has already been blacklisted by microsoft (hotmail/live/outlook) due to suspicion of spam. I can totally see that happening.