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It doesn't really matter, the bottleneck with cash or card, is Somchai entering a 10 digit telephone number slowly on the numpad or worse communicating verbally, always takes at least two attempts, plus a reconfirm from the cashier, to collect 7/11 points for the 8 baht bottle of water... Thais can make card transactions slow though, you would think authorization would be instant given locality, however it's not unusual for a Thai CC card to take in excess of 20 seconds to authorize, where a UK card take takes a second or so.. For extra pain watch how slow card Thai CC transactions are in Tesco Lotus, average auth time must exceed 30 seconds, I don't know exactly who's is at fault here, but I doubt it's Visa/Mastercard themselves. #1 for slow auth times.

To be fair, all to be expected, even the drunk somchai that crash their vehicles tonight somewhere in Thailand injuring innocent bystanders and run away, will be "invited" to attend the police station in the coming days, for fear of an eventual arrest warrant... TIT..

Nightmare, I think many of us with a bike have been guilty of nipping the shops without a helmet especially if you've adopted Thainess and will take the bike 350metres rather than just walk, becoming more conscious of it recently with the amount of attention local accidents are getting on social media.

They generally don't eat I find, and they don't say nothing, and they never invade your armrests or legspace due to you know what, you know you've got a winner when you see a young double masker or N95er eyeing your row! I had one the other month, it didn't say a thing and even refused water, made themselves into the most compact little thing possible and they weren't small, to me it felt like an upgrade to premium economy...

You can use Rabbit card at the small Tesco Lotus express stores and the pink one MaxValue, even for beer, don't think you can at 7/11 though unless its hidden

I also do my food shopping at 7/11, and 110baht is usually my bill, unrelated trivia 2 big cans of singha at 7/11 is...

I think the idea is to push TrueWallet which the parent company also own or have a big share in I believe, I've linked my credit card to that after learning about this limit, and been paying with that recently. There's no other option for foreigners beyond truewallet other than cash for less than 200? However today the till woman paused as on the true barcode scan screen it says the source of funds is "Credit/Debit", she asked someone else and they said ok, surely its counts as TrueWallet and the source of funds isn't their business? See what tomorrow brings

Find a positive? wouldn't be fighting over the armrest at least, all those germs from someone else's skin..

It's a lottery. Apple Pay - tap phone doesnt work on the white ones but does on grey ones. I don't think 7/11 accept the normal QR payments, possible Thai guy paid with TrueWallet or another options?

This what Samut Prakan told me last extension. If you lying about living here you will be deported. If we come when arranged and you not there you will be deported. We will speak to your neighbors and security. They were polite, and non threatening about it, but they were insistent on the point, it was probably mentioned five or six times. They said many people living in Bangkok apply in Samut Prakan and not live in Samut Prakan.

Open your laptop, and find out if it's NVMe or 2.5" SSD, buy another drive - 500-600thb (e.g. 240gb ADATA ssd or 240gb nvme), it takes a few minutes to change drives over, easy to experiment with no risk to your existing setup, the omg dual booting borked my system is all too common External drives are generally rated slower, then the issue of USB bus speeds, cable, power if not latest setup... risks giving you a bad experience, although as freeworld notes with everything lined up perfectly it can potentially work. Also I wouldn't start with Arch derivative if you're just testing the waters and have no prior exposure to arch ecosystem / arch ivory tower

I wouldn't knock this too much, this type of pervasive lax of enforcement of any cabling rules, has allowed Thailand to embraced real FFTH upgrades much earlier than most other countries, large availability of FFTH approaching nearly a decade in some areas, and with current state of affairs with 300mb-500mb symmetric available for around $15-$18pm with multiple competitors fighting over the last mile - rather than virtual. In the UK the biggest cost in rollouts has always been the last mile, even today, FFTC (fiber to cabinet) and then copper delivery is still the best compromise for a significant portion of the UK. It's ugly for sure, but I want my fast internet, can tidy it up later

At least in Bangkok, most Thais in any office job are earning more than 20k, of course, even with a decent wage many are living outside their budget, 51k salary, 20k a month BMW lease as one example.

I think it probably comes down to what's going to cause more work, can this person sort themselves out - do they have resources and finances to sort it, or are they just going to be a nuisance and end up back at my desk pleading for help in an hour, in which case probably best put them in detention and let the airline representatives deal with it. It will probably depend on nationality too, and if you have luggage and associated headaches with collecting that, someone arriving from central Africa probably doesn't have the luxury of jumping on any available flight to Malaysia with almost guarantee no-quibble entry. But indeed nothing is guaranteed, ask, plead, persist as discretion clearly exists...

Yes, but I don't think it's a solid policy, so your mileage may vary. My experience is that they will let you through the transfer security check - how you get from arrivals to departures - with just proof of purchase, even just receipt on your phone, they grumbled a bit but I think it's pretty common, but you'll then have to convince the transfer desk to issue you a boarding pass which might be problematic depending on the airline, their policies, and if they are even manned at the time. That ticket you purchased 30 minutes earlier in arrivals is then a dud. Your best bet is to choose an airline and destination that doesn't have a document-check so you can generate the boarding pass right there and then, thus no worries about detention, you'd have to check what airlines are doing that now. For example AirAsia will do document check (which means no eboarding pass) for Vietnam but not for Malaysia for non Thai passport holders in my experience, there is no indication prior to purchase though.

Yep I didnt think you'd get a denied entry stamp. Give it a day or two so your stay in Malaysia looks legitimate and then off to Sadao with the minibus and you'll likely get in, hopefully they don't notice back to back exit and entry from Malaysia. I would as a precaution get 20k from the money changer on Chulia, and print off a reservation for hotel in Hat Yai, as certainly at PB in the height of knocking people back this has been asked before. Try to choose a bloke, preferably older and sluggish, at Sadao too, just to increase your odds.

Must of been a long 7 years of committee meetings https://bk.asia-city.com/city-living/news/bangkok-ugly-wires-disappear-thanks-bill-gates, just another 10 to go...

Pot. Kettle. Black. Always read the full post.

I doubt it, what would flag up in another country? Did they mark your passport with denied entry? Years ago when I was turned around at the border, the Malaysia officer on the other side of no mans land just laughed, said i was third one today they must be having a bad day over there and promptly undone my exit stamp. I'd leave it a day or two and try again via land border, I dont think you need to wait weeks or months if you didn't formally get denied entry stamp.

Are you sure it hasn't just faded away? I would be surprised if there was a fake melatonin market, best buy one from Watsons and Boots and compare for your sanity if worried. That said I've just looked at the Ginkgo Biloba I ordered off Shopee and the triangle with PP on the base is barely stamped vs another one from the same brand I got from boots is clear and embossed correctly. you might be onto something...

It's possible he didn't get a denial stamp, and just told to buy a ticket back out, I'm not familiar with Phuket airport but at large airports you can usually make your way back to departures via the transit check with a boarding pass on your phone. Will be interested to hear. Padang Besar is stricter than Sadao, but both can be a lottery. At one point at PadangB, any foreigner with a tourist visa was shuffled into the office on the left hand side for questioning where the boss land had to do the entry. You're better using Sadao as that where all the minibuses of sweaty penang backpackers go through once they got their tourist visa on Chulia. Once you get to Hat Yai a taxi to airport then onwards to whereever you need to go domestically. Book a minibus anywhere on Chulia for around 300baht rather than arrange yourself, at 2hrs to border, 30 minutes messing about and another hour to hat yai town center it's just about bearable.

My understanding is you're fine whilst it's under consideration, there were people complaining that approvals were being a week late a while back at even CW directly and being told not to worry.

Unfortunately it doesn't say what happened to this person, he could of been released 30 minutes later for all the clapping internet knows - in which case likely consider a win? Fast tracking deboarding and upgrade. Was he banned from future Thai airways flights? Was the return part of his ticket canceled? Was he charged?

Had deposits returned minus a late arriving internet bills, but I served the terms of the lease, left the places immaculate, and didn't expect anything otherwise. It's unreasonable to expect deposit return, or certainly full amount, if breaking the lease.

The security deposit is also used to offset the costs of early termination, of which they are considerable especially if the situation is you just stay 30 days on a 1 year lease - how long have you stayed? is 75k the only amount you've paid in total? You've already mentioned an agent involved so there would of been a commission paid by the landlord to the agent to consider. I would fully expect the landlord to involve the police, as he should if you deliberately damage his property! You did not rent for 30 days or rolling 30 days. Break the lease you lose the deposit - same world over, unless you're a really nice person and the landlord is a real gent and returns a small portion of it as a gesture of good will for your professionalism in handling unforeseen lease break - maybe enough for a taxi to the airport.