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You do nothing. You are not involved. You have no rights in this situation. YOU don't touch him. YOU don't touch his stuff. You're just an acquaintance of a guy's mom who also lives in his mom's house. There's a mom and another son, and probably other family in the village. You find a hotel for the weekend. They can handle it.

Without a work permit, which I believe I recall from threads about this at the time. Authorities were investigating the seminar/training without a work permit, and found naughtiness was going on in Pattaya, leading to more serious charges. https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/russian-oligarchs-mistress-arrested-over-12102059

You conveniently chose to ignore

Is this some installment plan thru the seller where they charge your card each month? In that case, sure, you'll get your VAT back, but only the amount you actually paid. You prolly won't get a refund for future VAT payments.

https://news.yahoo.com/belarus-model-arrested-thai-sex-seminar-pleads-guilty-123417432.html "self-styled sex guru Alexander Kirillov, a co-defendant, were giving a class in sexual relationships"

I read somewhere that the latest Thai reg is for main breaker RCBO. Not worried if I lose all power. If it trips at night, I have flashlights. I can switch off all the MCD's and go from there.

I'll look into ABB, but for now the choice is between Chang and Schneider.

I've got 10 MCB's in the house unit, selection of Schneider, Square D and Chang, with a 2P 63A Schneider main breaker. Would like to replace the main breaker with a 2P 63A RCBO unit. Chang and Schneider appear to be interchangeable. Chang is available locally, Schneider is a bit of a drive. Not sure if I want to order online. No desire to switch out the 10 MCB's. Can live with one RCBO to rule them all. Any reasons NOT to go with the Chang instead of Schneider?

Just how much did you pay for these "bags"?

Isn't it clear? Running a workshop is "work". The event site would be your "job".

Ummm.............YOU asked. "Where is the definition of "occupation" or "job" then? "

Where is the definition of "use"? Where is the definition of "strength"? Where is the definition of "intention"? Where is the definition of "other"?

As I 'member from the news last year, you shirley DO need a work permit to run seminars.......................by a sex training coach.

Hahah, for the three "confused" members. Many of our local riders buy a full-face helmet, but only wear it when approaching known tea-money stops. At all other times the helmet is worn on their wrist or elbow........to protect their thinkin' parts.

Read the first couple pair of graphs:

Before we get our pantyhose in knots;...... I'm sure most of us have WISE convert from USD to THB, send THB to our local bank. This notification is for USD sent via SWIFT. If this were the send THB fee, it would be cheaper for me to send a free SWIFT from my broker, let Bangkok Bank convert to THB.

https://wise.com/help/articles/2946451/sending-usd-to-countries-outside-the-us

Had wrong item delivered a couple weeks ago. Went to my orders page to submit return request . Seller didn't respond, system timed out after a couple days. Lazada scheduled pickup (no charge) and full refund was issued, including delivery fee, before returned item was received by seller. Not a store credit, not a voucher. Just plain old baht to the wallet, with no expiration date and no requirement to use at the same store. Over the next week, used those baht to place orders with three other sellers. When you go to checkout, select "lazada wallet" as method of payment. Unfortunately, you can't "top up" without having a bank account linked, and lazada doesn't have the option of partial payment from wallet with remainder cod.

Refund goes to the wallet, but as of now, still no way for foreigners to transfer from wallet to bank account. Wallet balance can only be used for additional purchases.

Riders around here are smarties. They know their noggins are hard and dense, but their wrists and elbows are weak and delicate.

Imagine being trapped on a boat with a thousand retired ex-pats. Always the same crowd in speedos at the pool drunk by 8am, and always the same Chinese retirees at the shrimp buffet. The only question is, will it by you on the promenade shaking your cane yelling "git off muh poop deck!"

To be fair, when the OP says he bought from a "tent," one assumes the worst, that being the small lot on the outskirts of town selling cleaned up beaters, literally "polished turds." We all read the stories of lot mechanics filling springs with tennis balls to fix the transmission, JB-welding cracked transmission cases, and repairing rusted out frames with duck tape and spray paint. They'll make all sorts of promises, but once it drives off the lot, it's the buyer's problem.

I speculated based on the OP Not 100% sure on the number of guests, but I get 15 adults and some kids from the OP's rant, each adult ordering a coffee, and assumed an average 50 baht for a coffee. Unknown number of waters at 10-15 baht per bottle. So there's my guesstimate for about 750 baht minimum. Pretty decent haul for a small shop. If the staff had to clean up a mess, well, that's their job. Better that than spending the day facebooking and tikkytokking. Not really sure why it matters, though. It's a coffee shop. The Chinese bought some coffees. If they ate food not available from the shop, so what? The employees and management apparently had no problem with it.

Tent guys are just resellers, basically flipping cars. They may have a one-bay shop in the back for quick fixes and minor repairs. Wouldn't expect them to have a qualified tech on hand. If the light wasn't on when you when you went to see them, nothing they could do if they didn't have a scanner. No telling if they had one and found a fault and didn't want to tell you. Find a neutral party dealership or repair shop to scan your engine. Ask around for a recommended garage.