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22 minutes ago, madmitch said:

This Government is not interested in small businesses. Their concern is purely with larger businesses, many of whom are Government "sponsors"!

I think that is true.  However you still would think they would recognize that without revenue coming into the government from sales that this would also curtail their power.   I don't think the situation is much different in the USA where large retailers were allowed to open while small shops were shuttered.  

 

What choice do these bars and even the true restaurant owners have?  They have been effectively had their businesses shut down indefinitely.  They can not pay their bills without being open for customers and even restaurants are crippled since the only place they really make any appreciable amount of money is on alcohol sales.  

What this government does not seem to realize is the trickle down impact of this.  Business owners who close can't pay any loans outstanding.  That hurts the banks.  The employees who work for them can't pay their bills.  They can't pay for their housing, food, clothing, and any loans they have outstanding.  The lack of purchasing power hurts all of the other businesses such as hardware stores, department stores, building trades, beauty shops, etc as people without money can not buy from them.  

Finally, you would think that the government would be smart enough but that is a stretch to realize that sales generate VAT and without sales that the money to the government will go down dramatically as well. 

 

Well I ran cc cleaner, a virus scan and cleared the cache on my computer.  The latter got rid of it.  Apparently it is a ghost icon that remains in the computer memory but creates no file to delete. 

I have the following image file that is stuck in the bottom of my desktop.  As I open any page any site, any application, the image appears.  I have tried to right click on it and nothing.  How do I get rid of it.  The image is of the two cars shown in the attached screen shot



 

I am looking at some cars on auction that have been repossessed but they don't have a date for when they will actually go through auction.  Apparently the leasing/finance company has to provide notice to the debtor and there is some period of time that the owner has to reclaim the repossessed car.  I am wondering if anyone knows what that time frame is.  Some of these cars have been on the lot for more than two months.  

Sounds like Joe was someone who used his money wisely and properly invested. 

15 minutes ago, Brick Top said:

For me ,  I ignore the date in the top right hand corner of the registration book , I also ignore the date the vehicle was first registered.

I always insist on seeing the service book as this shows normally on the first page the date the vehicle was sold at the showroom.

That for me is the correct way .

Well I would disagree.  A car "could be" built in 2019, used as a  demo at the dealership for all of 2020, and sold in 2021.  That in my mind would not make it a 2021 car.  

I would also not think it is totally accurate to use date of manufacture.   If a car was built in December of 2020 there is no way it could be delivered to the dealer and sold prior to 2021.   

Most cars have model changeover dates.  Cars built after a certain date in the calendar year get the "new" features, looks, colors of the next calendar year.  To me that is the Model Year.  I am looking at some cars right now that the 2020 models had totally different alloy wheels than the 2019 models.  So if you are looking at a car built in 2019 with the older style wheels it is a 2019 model.  If you have a car built in 2019 but with the newer style wheels in my mind that is a 2020 model but apparently the book would still record it as a 2019. 

It would seem simple but then again this is Thailand for the manufacturer who issues the book to put what model year the car is.  That is the way it is done in the USA.  Cars built from lets say January - August are 2019's but those built September - December are 2020.  But apparently that is not the way it works here in Thailand that there is no mid year model changeover date. 

On 6/4/2021 at 10:19 AM, thoengthaied said:

In Europe manufacturers start building new models for the next year in the last quarter of the current year. They could have major changes or very minor changes to the current model, but ARE different. Those newly manufactured cars will be the next year's "model year". 

That is the same as the USA.  The car may be built in 2020 but the title says it is a 2021.  It is indicative of not when the car was physically built but what the manufacturer states is its "model year"  So any of the styling or other features the manufacture deems to be that model year will be in that vehicle.  They may be minor such as LED versus Halogen lighting or it could be a major styling change.   That way makes sense.  

I have seen cars used as demo and customer loaner vehicles at new car dealership some for more than two years.  They are then registered.  That two year old car is not the same in terms of features or value to one built only a few months prior to sale. 

 

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

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. 

11 minutes ago, roger101 said:

don't know if this will be helpful but I use D-Med Hearing Ad Center on Sukhumvit between the 7 and Pattaya Klang going South. It's roughly where the flyover starts on the other side.

There is a D-Med Pharmacy next door.

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. 

34 minutes ago, Pdavies99 said:

I have phonak rechargeables in the UK, here they told me that never "service" a hearing aid, merely replace under the "lifetime" warranty.

 

I very much doubt you will get it serviced, sorry!

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. 

On 5/30/2021 at 3:13 PM, Kwarium said:

I have never seen a bank selling cars. I got my 2019 truck at an auction in 2020, saving about 300k.

 

https://www.appleauction.co.th/Home

 

They have an app and you can watch live and bid online.

 

https://apps.apple.com/th/app/apple-live-bid-mobile/id1166066716

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. 

1 minute ago, Gottfrid said:

1. The VAT is included in the total amount you buy for.

2. The VAT is put on top of the price you buy for.

 

VAT will definitely exist, but can be in any form.

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? 

2 minutes ago, Gottfrid said:

I will make it simple for you. VAT has nothing to do with buying new or used. If you buy something from a company as a private person you will pay VAT. If your buy something from a private person as a private person, you will not pay VAT. If a company buy something from a private person, the private person can not charge VAT. If a company buys from another company VAT will be charged by the selling company, and be deducted before taxes for the buying company.

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 

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

f you buy from a business, you pay VAT (is included in the price you pay).

If you buy from a person, you don't. 

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.