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    Electric Toothbrushes

    in Health and Medicine

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    Hi,

    Any idea where I can get top of the line electric toothbrushes? IE B6000+, not the 500 baht peices of <deleted> you get some places.

    thx

    Location - ?

    In Pattaya, Boots the Chemist offers the range of Braun stuff, from the standard one at about 1000THB (good enough) up to some swanky model with extra gizmo's at about the 6000 THB mark

    I think the Watsons chain has other products on offer - similar

    Sunderland Forum

    in Football forum

    Posted

    What a spectacular underperformance against Colchester today! Yes, the 17 match unbeaten run has come to an end. Oh well ... we always lose at Colchester ... even if it's the first time we've played there.

    On the bright side we have Burnley at home and Luton away to come. At the present time, I would prefer these 2 fixtures to those that Derby and Birmingham have to come.

    Sunderland (82): (H) Burnley (A) Luton - prediction of 4 points

    Derby (81): (A) Palace (H) Leeds - prediction of 4 points

    Brummies (80): (A) Wolves (H) Sheffield Wednesday (A) Preston - prediction of 5 points

    Prediction of final positions - 1 Sunderland 86 2 Birmingham 85 3 Derby 85 (but inferior goal difference)

    Too close to call ... squeaky bum time and if we must face the play-offs, then so be it.

    No ! No ! not the playoffs again .................... ! I just can't take the pressure.

    The Lads'll just have to take the six points !!! (pleeeeeaaaassssssseeeeeee !)

    Uk Banks Block Their Debit Cards After 1st Use In Thailand

    in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments

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    I have had a running battle with Barclays over ATMs blocking my Visa debit card whilst on 2-3 month trips to Thailand, even when I let them know -- by telephone in advance -- where I am going. There has never been any fraud on the account. They are just ridiculously over-cautious and said all UK banks are doing this in Thailand.

    The reason is, of course, card cloning but their policy is a huge inconvenience for bona fide travellers relying on their UK cash cards for travel funds. It means phoning them to get the card unblocked, sometimes twice in a trip, having already told them in advance my location and date of return to UK.

    On complaining to my branch on return they supplied me with a form to write my exact travel dates for next trip. However I doubt this will be any better than phoning their card services in advance of travel. The card just seems to get blocked at random, and even Barclays seems powerless to stop it, until the customer phones in from abroad requesting a manual release.

    In-bank withdrawals with passport do not seem to be affected by this policy, but it's a pain being left short on an evening or weekend.

    What a farce! Have other Brits experienced this, or any other nationalities? A Swiss friend never had any problems with his card, but then they are world-class bankers.

    HSBC (UK) had a habit of doing this to me, a long term resident who occasionally uses a UK bank card. It was becoming more frequent, and I had to phone on several occasions to get it unblocked.

    After the last "blocking" I wrote a snotty letter to the bank stating if they didn't stop doing this I would take my custom elsewhere.

    They wrote back to state that they had removed the "Automatic" fraud protection checking software from my account and as such this will never happen again. Leaving the onus on me to ensure the security of the card.

    I guess if It does ever get cloned then it's all my fault and I'll have no recourse with the bank.

    However, ubtil now (2 mths later) they ave stopped blocking my card.

    So, I suggest you consider using the same instruction to the bank - remove the software checks.

    cheers

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