NanLaew

Only if you don't think outside the box or roll over on the previous owner's recalcitrance. Since the OP suggested "...unless something threatens his peaceful holidays here", I just offered another avenue. For a long time, foreigners were using the Thai company 'loophole' for property ownership but this is coming under renewed scrutiny (again) as the government, like many others, goes on a tax/cash grab. One of the requirements is having the nominee Thai shareholders identified with a tax ID and ensuring their taxes have been paid, as well as checking on the company's tax business. While I agree that some of these companies get full service from the law office that set them up, plenty lawyers made a fast buck and the foreigner thinks it was a one-off solution. As suggested earlier. Maybe it is a legitimate Thai company but a foreigner can't be the majority shareholder so maybe that's why the guy feigned ignorance of the procedures to offload the pickup? Seems strange that he was savvy enough to form a company but not all companies are formed by businessmen for doing business. However, if this guy insists 'speak to my lawyer' and the OP insists on getting this vehicle transfer fully legal, then he needs to get a lawyer as well. Having said that, the truck only cost 145 k so probably not worth the hassle unless the OP wants to sell it.

Handy to have. You can then try pot luck with the wi-fi at a Dynasty Group hotel or the Marriott and use your pocket gadget as a backup. My hotel recommendation is Parkroyal Suites (formerly Phachara Suites) on Soi 6, opposite Dynasty Grande. On a recent stay, their internet was better/faster than when I stayed long-term back in 2011 when it was Phachara. However, like a lot of newer commercial-grade wi-fi systems for hotels and businesses with higher traffic, there's an auto-disconnect function to keep bandwidth up. I found I had to re- log-in a couple of times on both my devices so ended up mostly using my always-on AIS internet on one and hot-spotting.

The OP has already explained that the 'bribe' was offered by a third party AFTER the IO rejected him. Nobody asked the OP about proof of adequate funds. The stamp with annotation referencing section 12 (2) of the immigration Act is their go-to rejection, regardless if there's proof of funds or otherwise as it's easy for them to say they never saw it. It's Thai immigration's equivalent to the 'broken tail light' excuse used by most US police forces for a traffic interdiction. The UK cops like to use 'you ran a red light' apparently.

We used to have pigeons roosting in the car port on our rental. They only seemed to target our house. The reason was the two small bowls of dry dog food left out. A bit of self discipline and better management on dog feeding times including taking the bowls inside after feeding and the pigeon 'problem' flew away.

Also the 'delivery guy' could be from one of up to half-a-dozen "delivery partners" so unless 'bundled' by a multi-item seller, each item will have it's own delivery charge. When the online multi-item purchases are made, the price per item/shipping (for collection if COD) is displayed.

I have stayed in several hotels on the bottom end of Suhhumvit and in my opinion none have offered consistently good, fast or reliable internet. It's not their primary revenue stream. Maybe trial AIS and DTAC data packages on your smartphone, pick the best one and go standalone, either via your smartphone or additional personal/pocket wi-fi hardware. https://store.ais.co.th/en/accessories/pocket-wifi-home-wifi.html?limit=all https://www.dtac.co.th/en/dtac-athome-plus

Maybe the lawyer is his wife or the one who set up his company. I wonder if his company are current with their Thai tax obligations?

Looks like a handy tool for existing HSBC customers. From the headforpoints forum, "I did several tests exchanges to compare rates and currently HSBC comes first, Fineco UK second, Starling third and Wise fourth."

You pays your nit-noi money, you takes your chances.

If the OP's 'pyro pal' teaches him to "burn off safely", then pyro pal will be out of work. The OP think too much.

You're asking this of someone you don't even know?

For decades, most old mongers quietly accepted their own lack of firmness and underperforming. Then along came ED drugs and testosterone shots, the bane of every young bar girl who now have to put up with old and wrinkly "rejuvenated" blokes who still think they're God's gift while all red-faced and sweaty with a boner like a tire iron. That's probably what the bloke in the OP is going through. Sad.

He wrote 'USED' in mangled English.

And after he moves to Thailand full-time, his Thai wife will withdraw her services while her brother drives around in the Fortuner. Winning.

In 2015, Thailand's airline regulatory body, the Department of Civil Aviation, was at risk of getting ALL Thai airlines banned from launching services to the US, regardless if they flew there or not. This was due to the DCA not resolving safety concerns raised by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) some months earlier earlier. The FAA's actions had nothing to do with THAI's safety standards in particular. At the same time, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) expressed concern about Thailand’s air safety oversight but not did include any Thai carriers in an updated list of airlines banned from flying in the European Union.

Ah.......they're broke? Broke somewhere else maybe? That flight was always chock-a-block full. Even Business Class and that was overpriced. However, Malaysian have two, cheaper flights per day, with decent transit times at KUL so I guess THAI's non-stop tit got over-milked.

That's what I just said. Sort of.

How about those strange ones that despise all things Thai but also despise and deride their home country with an almost equal level of hate.

Whenever I go to a coffee shop up in the sticks, Ill occasionally meet a farang who introduces themselves only to tell me how much they hate Thailand, how Thai people are oblivious, etc...only to then tell me that they've been here for 30 years and plan on still being here. LOL What has that got to do with the "To wai or not to wai" question? Since I am older than them, I don't wai my mother in law or her husband (when he was alive). My wife does wai me a lot though.

So the OP's mate, who I assume is a farang, got upset when his wai wasn't acknowldeged and reciprocated? Maybe best to just avoid this cultural assimilation nonsense. It's a big old nothing burger.

My very recent experience using flying Nok from UTH via DMK to SGN r/t with no checked baggage. Outbound: Red-eye out of UTH and late morning departure for SGN. Both flights on time. I had 3 hours 10 minutes between arrival and departure at DMK so I waited to be the last pax off. I did observe that the baggage was already on the carousel so that delivery seems faster than BKK domestic baggage delivery. Five minute stroll to T1 and if I had checked bags, it would have been less comfortable as there was several large Vietnam groups checking loads of suitcases and boxes. That was keeping the (only) three open check-in desks very busy. Inbound: Mid afternoon departure from SGN delayed 45 minutes but I already had 2 hours 50 minutes for the terminal change at DMK. However, immigration at DMK was very busy with large Vietnamese tour groups taking ages to get their biometrics logged (fingerprinting). I didn't pay any attention to the baggage delivery this time. Luckily the onward domestic flight was delayed 1 hour so I still managed some lounge time. That would confirm what some have offered already that morning flights should be on-time with the likelihood of schedules slipping as the day progresses. It's also worth forking out the few hundred baht extra at the time of booking to get priority boarding/seating.

So they're told or read about other, uninsured tourists enduring pain, injury and financial loss as a result of doing something that's risky and not covered by insurance and then go ahead and do it as well just to gain life experience? Sounds more like extreme Darwinism.

The font size, colour and placement is totally irrelevant. There's a declaration that states the applicant has read, understands and agrees to the all terms and coverages of the policy. If they pay for and sign something they haven't bothered to read, then there's no pretence and fraud being commited by the insurance company, only collosal ignorance and stupidity by the person signing who assumes that it covers everything. You probably can't fix stupid but you can only cure ignorance when the ignorant want to be cured.

I hate it when they supply and charge you ~800 baht for a weatherproof box with punch-outs for 5 baht sealing glands... and then just drill holes and wrestle the conductors through. It's called a gecko house.

Isn't it easier to keep the pp and extensions up to date, rather than try this 'doing a passport flip'? When I came thro BKK where you can see the IO computer screen on the next queue now they are sitting back to back, everyone as they passed through was showing two or three previous screen images of the same person, presumably from previous visits, almost instantly. The IO databases seem very fast these days. The reason I flipped both passports regularly was simply to stop one of them filling up faster and needing replacement. I never managed to get a full ten-years usage out of the regular 48-page UK passport before it would fill up with visas and entry/exit stamps from the many countries I either visit or work in. Having two passports meant I could 'spread the load' and and only need to replace them every nine-and-half years. They told me at BKK several years ago that I could only use the one passport. By doing that, one passport has had five extensions plus associated re-entry permits. So along with entry/exit stamps and a couple of "under consideration" stamps, that's over a dozen pages used up just for Thailand. This passport now has only three usable pages remaining whereas my 'new' one has twenty five totally unused pages. But the big bonus for me is reducing any dealing with Thai immigration to the officer that stamps me in/out. No more local immigration office vagaries, bank letters and address paperchases or hand-drawn maps or home visits or being "under consideration" or arbitrary requests for additional bits of paper or 90-day reports.