Longwood50

This should be a capital offense. At the very least the wife should get life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

Yes, that is why I posted the question. It would seem that manufacturers would have "model years" So a car built in late 2019 might be the newer body style, etc compared to the same car built in early 2019. In the USA the one built early in the year would have a 2019 Title, the one late in the year after the manufacturer changed model years would have a title of 2020. The year of first registration means nothing. A dealer could have a car on its lot for 3 years using it as a demo vehicle and not registered. The fact it was just sold and registered would not make it a current model year car. Seems like the car book would be the controlling instrument but cars built late in a calendar year would not have any way of being shipped and sold before the start of the next calendar year. That is why the USA typically cuts off typically in September or October and cars built after that model changeover date bear the next calendar year. However when they do that, any features of the next model year are incorporated into the ones built late in the preceding year. One minor example might be color changes or perhaps different alloy wheels. Those built early in lets say 2019 get the old style wheels and color options, Those built after lets say October 1, get the newer style wheels and color options. Here is Thailand it seems to be a pattern to call the car the year it is first registered even if that car was built some months if not years before. i saw one car that was labeled a 2018, when I inquired as to why it appeared different than other 2018 models the dealer told me the car was built back in 2015 but only sold in 2018 and that was the older style. Seems deceptive.

Perhaps they should check the deceased for Covid. If he had Covid his death could have been a Covid death and the lack of oxygen was complicated by his contracting the virus.

It seems as though there are divergent opinions on what year a car is. Some dealers advertise a car based on what year it was first registered. So if the car was built in lets say November 2019 but not sold and registered until 2020 they are calling it a 2020 Model. I am from the USA and typically some time in the Fall each year the car companies change over model years. All new car titles that transfer ownership are then changed to reflect the new model year. So in the same situation the car built in November 2019 would likely have a 2020 model year stamped in it and be sold in 2020 and recorded as a 2020 car. In Thailand do all the cars built in 2019 even those built late in the year like December 2019 show as a 2019 car in the book. Finally in Thailand what is the correct way to describe the car. The year stamped in the car book or the year it was first registered.

Thank You. Don't know if it is going to help either but it is one more thing to check out than I had before.

I didn't know there was a lifetime warranty. I thought the warranty period was like 3 years. I contacted Phonak directly. They just said to take it back to where I purchased. I don't know which part of I was from the USA living in Thailand and needing to get it fixed here was so confusing for them.

I have a pair of Phonak rechargeable hearing aids. One of them the battery is exhausted and it needs to be replaced. The closest Phonak dealer is in Bangkok and they will not service a hearing aid that they did not sell. Does anyone know a hearing aid service store here in Pattaya. It would seem that any hearing aid store should be able to just replace the battery. I would think the batteries are common across numerous brands. Even if not, I could order a battery from Phonak and provide it to them to replace.

He is just very frugal and good investor.

When you purchased via the auction were you charged for or responsible to pay VAT. I know private sales do not have it but not sure about auctions.

True but if the car book is coming from a private party or perhaps a finance company that repossessed it would that not be the same as not buying from a retail dealer?

Thanks, that does make sense although in the USA any sale is considered taxable. If you have a new car it is taxed, when sold from one private party to another it is taxed again, and sold again taxed yet again. All taxed on the price the new purchaser paid for the car. That is one reason why leases particularly on expensive cars are popular. You pay the VAT/sales tax only on the amount of the payment. So if you keep the vehicle for only lets say 3 years you pay only a fraction of what you would have paid had you purchased the car, paid the full sales tax and then sold it. Do you know if this applies to Auctions? I would not think they would be taxed because they are not a retail dealer

Do you know about if you buy from an Auction?

I am confused on the VAT on a used car in Thailand. Is the 7% VAT charged on the purchase price of a used car. I bought one last year and was not charged a VAT. It could be the dealer just had the car on consignment from the bank who repossessed it. I was told if it was a purchase from a private party there was no VAT but even a used car purchased from a dealer would have the 7% VAT. Can someone set me straight on what the exact answer is.