NanLaew

So this nameless online trader, already made aware of your potentially defamatory earlier thread (since moderated and closed), gets in touch with you, confirms you are defaming him and/or his business and takes you to court. Did you even read this forum's definition of defamatory comment that a Moderator took pains to point out before closing your last effort? Get over it and stop this nonsense.

I watch the clock until opening time. Doesn't everyone do that?

What hasn't changed is they (still) have your money. And the bank (still ) has your money too. It's not paranoia, it's being polite. But why is it even a debatable issue any more? Yes, masks are voluntary but when push comes to shove, is it just too difficult NOT to slip a mask on if/when a local kneejerk reaction collides with your otherwise peaceful coexistence here in the Land of Incessant Wind Ups?

The USPS tracking number will appear on Thailand Post local tracking once it has been cleared through the Postal Customs Service Division at Lak Si. I have used USPS maybe 10 times and only had one package go MIA. FedEx will typically use local services for 'last mile' delivery anywhere beyond their 10 regional service centers. They have another 6 centers serving Bangkok so the OP should have no worries. https://local.fedex.com/en-th When I lived in Pattaya, they had a local office as well as their regional depot just off Highway 7 around at Pin Thong. I used to have inbound packages delivered to their Naklua office address and go collect them myself. This got around playing phone tag wit h a delivery driver. I collected one time from their Pin Thong warehouse when I found a package they had been holding for several days went uncollected (I was out of the country unexpectedly) and I had to intercept it before it went on the 'return to sender' wagon. Beyond that, a 100% success rate with FedEx inbound/outbound.

Thanks for that. It's not linked to any work, just an old man enjoying his twilight years in the Land of Smiles. The re-entry permit was issued at BKK so theoretically I could stop by the extension desk and ask them to cancel it before I fly to Vietnam. Actually, I would like the multi-entry Non-O to go in my other UK passport but I ran the gauntlet of Immigration at BKK about 7 years ago when I tried a visa waiver entry on that passport. The IO started gurning as his database showed I had the other passport, had an extension, was married (used to do Mar. Ext. so in their database), lived in Udon, etc.. His supervisor was even worse and thought that one of my passports was fake. The upshot was being told if you have a passport with a valid visa and/or extension in it, that's the only one that's allowed for entry to Thailand. YMMV TiT

Happened to me with Delta out of ATL. A very late 'technical' call resulted in a change of equipment and it was only half-way through the already delayed boarding that the ground staff spotted the seating configuration change. Worked out to my benefit in the end in that myself and three other pax who would had already been bounced of the flight for not attending Delta's arcane "pre-boarding" event where they swap your boarding pass issued by Delta elsewhere to one issued at ATL (I think it's a scam to get the infrequent flier to involuntarily give up their seat). Anyway, we got shunted to the front of the bus (turn left on entry) for the flight to Rio. Roundabouts and swings though: since ATL ground crew apparently stop loading planes at 22:00, no baggage was loaded on our late departing plane which made for a frantic hour for their agent at GIG the following morning. And some say Thai VietJet are dodgy?

Italthai. They get all the contracts.

PDF opening compulsion. Now there's a new one.

Then (again) there's that story of the chap who got chopped up by an angry taxi driver who went for the samurai rather than close any doors left jar by the petulant.

You are crediting that Thai chook with way too much intelligence here. After a "week or two", the OP will either have a pretty good aim or a bloody sore arm. Probably both.

Ridiculous it may well seem but it is a reality. If one uses a Fast Track entitlement at BKK but still need a re-entry permit, you will get the 'sideways shuffle' into the plebs Immigration Zone 2. I once had my ear seriously bent by a discomfited Fast Tracker who was obviously in a huge rush to get to the lounge for his pre-flight cocktails and canapes.

I have a Retirement Extension and associated Multiple Re-entry Permit that expires on 15 February 2023. Can you confirm that I will only be able to get a Multi-Entry Non-O (marriage) in Savanakhet in the same passport AFTER the current entitlement expires? I believe there's also an option of getting the Multi-Entry Non-O (marriage) at the RT Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City. If there's any links to a thread where this has been done recently, that would be appreciated.

Excellent, thanks. Not a fan of what Australians call a pie. These look like the real thing with cold water pastry.

Pies? Tell me more.

Wow. That's an annual check, no? You wouldn't care to share which immigration office is so keen on keeping close tabs on their furreners?

I found about about the alternative to UTH when all Thai Smile flights to BKK came up booked solid after the mid-October national holiday. There was still good availability out of KKC and it's not a long drive. There are alternative airlines of course but I prefer Thai Smile.

Oh dear.

It's only 25 quid. Now if it's a UK TV license, I can see the logic.

You never flown AirAsia?

I guess being sequestered away from the real world for 60-od years does make one a bit "blunt" and "clumsy." We need more cruelty. Henry VIII sort of cruelty. That'll get their attention.

Got to agree. She was hounding the poor woman for totally irrelevant information. You can add ignorance to the stench of "entitlement and privilege" but what on earth is an 83 year-old biddy supposed to be doing at these things anyway? Oh...hold on. Is that me being ageist?

Yes. I agree that the increase must be recent. My last search was probably over 7 months ago and I have been overseas quite a lot this year. I just trawled two aisles of power strips at a large wholesaler just off the Sam Phrao road in Udon Thani. There must have been maybe 20 different brands and all of them were the new Thai standard.

Why not? The agent acquires the same stamps and permissions to stay from he same offices as those that don't use agents.

I stand corrected but it's still mostly Chinese-made stuff and at that price, I will stick with the ones I have.

Thanks for the link.