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7 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

Not new. But maybe they are doing what the announcement stated now that says it is one per calendar year.

Announcement dated October of last year. http://vientiane.thaiembassy.org/en/news/announce/detail.php?ID=621

Once per calendar year means back-to-back ed is no issue assuming you study for a year...Guess that's why I had no issue

On 7/23/2019 at 12:01 AM, Lovethailandelite said:

If you have had a previous ED from anywhere in the previous 12 months, you cannot get another one in Vientiane. You basically need to wait 12 months from any previous ED visa before applying there.

Is this new? I received a back-to-back education Visa about two weeks ago from Vientiane with no issues at all. (First year combat school, this year Thai language school)

Received a tourist visa in penang a couple of weeks ago via Jim. There was no requirement for a return ticket to your home country, he just suggested making it to Singapore or somewhere further than say Penang. This seemed to be somewhat based on how many visas you had in your passport already however (I only had one and a 30 day entry). Also needed accommodation proof, such as booking.com printout (which can be cancelled) or letter from the person you are staying with. Very straightforward if your passport isn't already loaded with tourist visas. 

2 hours ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

 

I swear I never experienced this since I moved here.  Like I said before, 10 years ago it happened to me maybe 30% of the time, but I guess I was an easy target with a huge backpack. I get my rides mostly from the airport, Ramkhamheang road, fashion island, Seacon, Mega Bagna, and On Nut.....4 years on it didn't happen once the taxi driver didn't turn the meter on. Swear.

 

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I don't speak thai, but I do always give my location in Thai.

It depends on the location. Bargaining doesn't often happen out that way but they can still refuse fares. Lower sukhumvit at night I can go through 10 taxis all demanding 200 or 300 baht before I find a metered one. When I lived in suk soi 11 I had three agree to a meter, drove around the corner waiting until I got comfortable, then say no meter. While it does happen to Thais as well, it's obvious why the scummy ones all hang out in the farang areas. 

Update: Chose a friendly looking immigration lady and explained the situation. She said no problem and gave me a 30 day stamp. 

Ok thanks guys. Will print out my flights and hope for the best

Have a valid single entry tourist visa but want to enter Thailand on a 30 day entry stamp initially instead of using it (want to use the tourist visa the next time I enter which is before the visa use by date.)

I'm presuming they don't force you to use the visa and it won't become invalid? I won't write the visa number in the arrival card obviously. Anyone have experience of doing this? 

Thanks

My Thai friend was also scammed by this guy for the same IPTV service. He will give you every excuse in the book. Let us know how you get on. I'll get the details from my friend and follow-up

Lazada are a nightmare to deal with in general I find. I always pay by credit card so I don't have to be there for delivery.

Currently I'm still waiting on a delivery that was supposed to be delivered on the 8th at the latest. Haven't received any calls about this one, their tracking system is not working, and support is telling me next few days (no apologies as per usual.)

A separate order is trying to be delivered to me which they seem to HAVE to call early in the morning and wont deliver unless I answer the phone (I call back once I'm up and get no reply). I've tried telling them that they can happily deliver to the the condo reception like every other <deleted> delivery company but it seems to fall on deaf (dumb?) ears.

All in all they are incredibly painful to deal with. So unless you speak fluent thai and can sit by your phone and in your condo all day awaiting delivery my recommendation is to avoid.

$349 = 11014 baht. 16900/11014 = 1.53 so 53% mark up is my math.

Regardless, fairly crap battery life is a deal breaker for me. Needs a 3K bat at least like the g2

I guess my point was that it is not possible to purchase the GNex 5 for $349, one must add shipping and handling, and any applicable sales tax - and if re-shipping to Thailand, add the re-shipping fees and any potential VAT/Duty/Excise. So your maths are not particularly valid.

Agree that if you use LTE the bigger battery may be necessary. And if you want to run year-old software (4.2), need a uSD card and need all the LG crap-ware, you should buy the G2, especially given the minimal 3,000 baht price difference.

The comparison is being made between the price you can get it for in the states, and the price you can get it here. And technically you can get it for 349 in the states if you price match at best buy (free shipping) and live in a tax free state.

No SD card on the g2 but u do get the 32gb model for 19900 so has to be considered better value overall. Main thing that puts me off is the ugly LG UI (tho functional and guess u can rom it anyway) and the cheapo feeling hardware (ugly shiny plastic back)

Shame they had to cripple the N5 with a sub-par battery (for me) else I would have bought. Will continue with the gnex for now which still does the job fine tbh

$349 = 11014 baht. 16900/11014 = 1.53 so 53% mark up is my math.

Regardless, fairly crap battery life is a deal breaker for me. Needs a 3K bat at least like the g2

I guess my point was that it is not possible to purchase the GNex 5 for $349, one must add shipping and handling, and any applicable sales tax - and if re-shipping to Thailand, add the re-shipping fees and any potential VAT/Duty/Excise. So your maths are not particularly valid.

Agree that if you use LTE the bigger battery may be necessary. And if you want to run year-old software (4.2), need a uSD card and need all the LG crap-ware, you should buy the G2, especially given the minimal 3,000 baht price difference.

The comparison is being made between the price you can get it for in the states, and the price you can get it here. And technically you can get it for 349 in the states if you price match at best buy (free shipping) and live in a tax free state.

No SD card on the g2 but u do get the 32gb model for 19900 so has to be considered better value overall. Main thing that puts me off is the ugly LG UI (tho functional and guess u can rom it anyway) and the cheapo feeling hardware (ugly shiny plastic back)

Shame they had to cripple the N5 with a sub-par battery (for me) else I would have bought. Will continue with the gnex for now which still does the job fine tbh

$349 = 11014 baht. 16900/11014 = 1.53 so 53% mark up is my math.

Regardless, fairly crap battery life is a deal breaker for me. Needs a 3K bat at least like the g2

What is new 2nd hand?

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Battery life issue for me. Would just get the lg g2 32gb for 19900 with 3k bat instead of 2300 and much better cam if prices somewhat close. Would go n5 if can get at us prices tho

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^^^ Dude, awesome breakdown. Exactly the info I wanted. even gave me a pricepoint!!

NICELY DONE!

Would look at the lenovo s920 at 9690 baht - http://www.tohome.com/product_detail.aspx?product_id=20130700097&Product_name=Lenovo%20Seine%20S920%20(2%20SIM)

quad core processor instead of dual for more grunt, bigger battery, and slimmer. Has dual sim and 720p screen too.

Lenovo respected computer brand and has android 4.2 instead of 4.1.1, but no idea which one updates quicker

Never fails to amaze me, not ONE of you have actually answered the ops question, he was very specific in asking about the imobile phone.

Probably because we didn't know the answer but had relevant information that op might have found interesting. Seems u have neither so jog on

Check out lenovo offerings. S920 under 10k is good value. K900 15k some nice value too

So basically if I get into a fight for whatever reason, and I happen to be winning that fight, I can legally have my brains blown out. Goodness me.

 

 

Legal or illegal is meaningless to the guy getting his brains blown out. Whenever you get in a street fight you can't count on everyone fighting fair or that you won't get seriously injured or killed. It's just not worth fighting. This is where Trayvon's age and experience probably did come into play. As the texts and videos on his phone showed, he was no stranger to schoolyard fights where someone gets their butt kicked and that's the end of it. At least until they meet again. If anything positive comes from this tragedy, hopefully some other young men will think twice before fighting a stranger. Sadly, the events since the verdict seem to show that the lesson learned was to gang up on strangers instead of one-on-one fights.

It's very meaningful to the guy pulling the trigger tho isn't it. In the real world fights happen all the time. They just aren't usually a problem unless cretins are armed to the teeth.

The only lesson I see is you wanna be the one packing the gun. Enjoy Wild West America

So basically if I get into a fight for whatever reason, and I happen to be winning that fight, I can legally have my brains blown out. Goodness me.

 

 

Legal or illegal is meaningless to the guy getting his brains blown out. Whenever you get in a street fight you can't count on everyone fighting fair or that you won't get seriously injured or killed. It's just not worth fighting. This is where Trayvon's age and experience probably did come into play. As the texts and videos on his phone showed, he was no stranger to schoolyard fights where someone gets their butt kicked and that's the end of it. At least until they meet again. If anything positive comes from this tragedy, hopefully some other young men will think twice before fighting a stranger. Sadly, the events since the verdict seem to show that the lesson learned was to gang up on strangers instead of one-on-one fights.

It's very meaningful to the guy pulling the trigger tho isn't it. In the real world fights happen all the time. They just aren't usually a problem unless cretins are armed to the teeth.

The only lesson I see is you wanna be the one packing the gun. Enjoy Wild West America

Also, jury heard evidence that Martin went for Zimmerman's gun and told Zimmerman he was about to die.

hahaha, please don't tell me this 'evidence' is from Zimmerman

There was no evidence that Zimmerman pushed him.

never said there was

The key to this case was whether pounding his head into the pavement reasonably caused him to fear for his life. Just hitting someone would not result in a reasonable belief of great bodily injury or death.

Let them hit you in the face a couple of times. This can quite easily cause death. Hell, bang your own head against the concrete a couple of times if u feel like it.

You saying if Zimmerman was only getting smashed in the face and not having his head hit against concrete he is suddenly guilty? Guess we'll never know but I highly doubt it

So basically if I get into a fight for whatever reason, and I happen to be winning that fight, I can legally have my brains blown out. Goodness me.

And what a hilariously easy way to commit murder - walk up to someone, push and antagonize them, until they land a couple of blows, then blow their brains out. Goodness me.

I wonder if the machete wielding taxi driver walks in the good ol' US of A? It did look like the Farang was gonna give him a handy beating so self defense surely? Oh but perhaps you are only allowed to be packing guns there and not machetes? Goodness me

I always found maiddelivery a pretty good service. Once a week 2-3 hours to clean a 70sqm 2bdrm apt - 450 baht a time. Did dishes and some ironing. Had about 4 maids from them and nothing ever went missing