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I was there a couple of weeks ago, Nice venue inside, lots of exposed brick, couple of huge projection screens. The DJ booth is basic - a bench from memory. The DJs the night I was there were ok and mixing up some nice tunes - not standard CM hiphop thank god. There's to much white lighting and lots of lighting spill from the bar area. The drinks are more expensive than Spicy 1. Also there is a 100 Bt cover charge and you get a shot of cheap Tequila at the door.

I was there on a Saturday night and it was fairly quiet. Has lots of potential but needs some decent lighting.

A smoke machine, better lighting and a couple of lazers would make it a nice small club.

I don't know the pricing and suspect it may be out of what you are looking at but I find the 24-105 f4 L a useful everyday lens.

The supplied kit lens is nice when you need wider.

Other than I carry a 70 - 200 f2.8 L and 300 f4 L with one or the other bolted on to the second body and they get me out of any situation.

I can't fault the Kiss2 (EOS 450D) so far. some minor adjustments needs for colour saturation but that's normal.

Outstanding, affordable DSLR and one that will cause a drop in sales of the EOS10 for sure.

Indonesia and Viet Nam both have requirements almost identical to this. Nothing unusual or special. happens in lots of other countries as well.

As some people have pointed out that is the reason why accommodation houses take passport details.

I owned a property in Indonesia that had guest rooms and we were required to fill a form on every guest - Indonesian or foreign - who stayed in the premises and once every month the local police would get on a boat and head out to the island and collect the papers (along with a little tea money and a free soft drink) and stamp the book.

rodcourt49 sums it up nicely:

>> As per usual the other members have jumped the gun and run off at the mouth without giving it much thought.<<

It's about time some of the old crusties who inhabit this forum got off their high horses and refrained from setting themselves up as judge, jury and executioner so often.

It's quiet appalling to see so many people readily jumping in to condemn someone and pronounce them guilty based on a newspaper report.

The number of positive reports and comments posted here about Roxanna Brown should at least serve to teach some people to ensure their brain is engaged before putting their mouth into gear in relation to news reports.

I'm just back from Vientiane and no problems with the double entry (my first).

Funny thing while passing through Thai immigration to leave though and something that served as a good reminder. The person in the booth looked at my passport and then directed me "you go inside the office." This was the overstay office.

I looked at my passport and the arrival stamp and the gonzo at the airport had just stamped it with the standard 30 day stay period used for visa exempt entries despite the fact I held a non-immigrant B that was valid for a three month stay.

Must admit that I had never really taken much notice of the entry stamp before that. Only looked at the arrival date and counted the days.

Inside the office the officer behind the desk acknowledged that my previous visa was valid for three months and for a three month stay and also acknowledged that the airport staff had made a mistake.

After making lots of photocopies and putting lots of new rubber stamps in my passport and amending the old date it was fixed. No hassles, no problems at all. Very efficient and courteous.

Now I check to make sure they put the right details in my arrival stamps

I did notice that Thai Immigration have a sheet that cross references arrival date with 30, 60 and 90 day periods. Even a single day overstay will be picked up. A Fiipina girl ahead of me was fined Bt 1,000 for a two day overstay,

Just for the benefit of anyone making the trip for the first time:

I left from Chiang Mai and got to Udon Thani where there was a connecting bus to Nong Khai (about Bt 30)

Met up with some other people doing the same thing and we got off the bus at the road junction where the bus turns to head into Nong Khai and the sign points to the Friendship bridge in the opposite direction. We grabbed a tuk-tuk from their for Bt 50 for the three of us.

Bus across the bridge was Bt 15 from the ticket counter after passing through Thai Immigration (eventually)

Despite the delay at the Thai side I met up with my travel buddies in the line waiting to go through border control on the Laos side. While they cued I paid my $30, filled out the visa applications (1 photo) and then joined up with them again.

Don't forget to pay your Bt 10 border fee after passing through Laos border control.

We got a mini van to take us from Laos immigration to the Thai consulate. Small cue waiting to submit documents but a large one waiting to pay. The driver waited and then took us down by the river where we got a hotel. Cost for the mini van was Bt 200 each if two people and Bt 150 each for the three of us.

The Orchid Guest House has clean if some-what basic rooms. A/c rooms with a private bathroom for Bt 600 and fan rooms with a shared bathroom for Bt 350. Bathrooms clean and all the rooms have cable TV.

Nice Vietnamese restaurant called Coffee Restaurant upstairs on top of the Music House Pub along the riverfront road serves a reasonable steak and great Vietnamese coffee. Little bit hard to find because they are upstairs and just have their menu on a stand at the bottom of the stairs. Their neon sign has a display that looks like it's from a fast-food restaurant. Excellent food though. I think the steak was 25,000 kip and the coffee 12,000 kip.

Little bakery down the side street just after the mini-market and next to the ARB agent called Café Croissant d'Or serves great baguettes, a good American breakfast (25,000 kip) and has a great range of made on the premises cakes and pastries. Also good coffee (12,000 kip). Also some very pretty staff

The same driver was on-time the next day and we went back at 12.30 pm Friday and the joined the predictably long cue of people waiting to collect their visas. As previously mentioned in this thread it's probably better to go to collect at 1.30 after the initial rush.

Back to the bridge and through Laos immigration.

Picked up another mini van there and five of us paid Bt 200 to be taken to Udon Thani. Through Thai Immigration with no great delay and a waltz through Thai customs and drug control check points where the dogs were asleep and the agents chatting amongst themselves and back into the van.

The country's first train line will be tested at the end of this month and they expect it to be operating in June for passenger services. It's 3.5km long and been paid for by the Thai Government with 70 per cent of the cost in the form of a loan to the Laos Government and 30 as a gift.

The implication is that once passenger services start you'll be able to catch a train over the bridge to Thanalaoeng station.

Hope this helps anyone doing the trip for the first time.

If not for pressing matters at home I would have stayed in Vientiane longer. Reminds me a lot of what Ha Noi was like 10 years ago. Good French baguettes, pastries, and dairy product. Laid back and relaxed with a nice breeze blowing through the city. And thankfully no Mc Donalds, KFC or similar abominable fast-food outlets. Lets hope it stays that way.

Thanks for that. Hopefully it will be the same tomorrow. Nice fast in and out will suit me fine.

I'm heading over to Laos tomorrow. I've downloaded the form from the Thai Embassy Laos website.

Can someone tell me if I need one form or two?

And what to put in the section "name, address and telephone number of local guarantor" and guarantor and address in Thailand" ?

Thanks. I'll post a report when I get back

>>"The chief of police said to me: 'What is it about you Aussies that when you drink, you always have to fight?' "<<

Unfortunately the summation is absolutely true. The British might go on a rampage in Europe in football season and some Canadian ice hockey fans have been known to go on the rampage but young Australian males are a pain in the a***.

While I was running a news service in Indonesia I also owned a restaurant, bar and nightclub on a small island. Thankfully we never got a lot of Australians. We used to dread the overnight stay some of the "live-aboard" surfing tour boats made. The only time we had fights on the island was when their was a group of young Australians travelling together.

A similar situation exists in Bali. Nine times out of ten it will be young Australians walking the streets while drinking, vomiting in the street or fighting in the clubs.

The terms "responsible drinking" or "drink to enjoy" are yet to form any meaning in most young Australian (males and some females) minds.

Have you tried creating a new profile in Firefox? Sometimes the profiles get corrupted. The Mozilla support forums have details on how to this for either Mac or Windows.

Reinstalling Firefox may not help if you don't delete all the files first and the old profile remains

First option though is to delete the prefs file and restart Firefox. I use Mac so can't help you on the location of your FF prefs file in Windows. Again, check out the Mozilla support forums.

Ive deleted the prefs file a couple of times and also created new profiles and both have improved FF performance.

Also look at what plugins you have installed.

One final tip. If you end up creating a fresh profile make a copy of it so it's easier to replace it in the future without having to use the profile manager.

Hope this helps.

Yes, yes. It's the third travel trip where the benefits come in and I guess it depends how much you are paying for travel. But for the purpose of the exercise if you exclude travel costs because they are dependent on where someone is located and just look at the visa costs then it's actually more expensive to get the 2 x entry TV.

Then you need to factor in the on-ground transport costs in Laos and how often you want to travel.

I also guess it depends how permanent anyone is, ie, whether they have work that they know will continue past 90-days.

To obtain a 2 x entry TV you need a Laos Visa $35

A 2 x entry TV costs Bt 2,000 ($62)

A 30-day extension costs Bt 1,900 ($59)

Total (excluding travel) for a bit less than 90-days = $156

To activate the second entry you need to enter Laos $35 and you get another 60 days

To get the extra less than 30-day extension you then pay another Bt 1,900 ($59)

Total for the second 90-days (excluding travel) $94

Cost for a bit less than 180 days (excluding travel costs) is $70 plus Bt 5,800 ($181) or a total cost (excluding any travel) of $250

For a single entry visa the cost of the Laos visa ($35) plus Bt 1,000 ($31) for 60 days (Total: $66)

Multiplied by 3 for a full 180 days = $105 plus Bt 3,000 ($93)

Total cost (excluding any travel) is $ 198

To activate the second entry you still incur the travel costs. If the travel costs aren't that high then it's about break-even buy the time you take the on-ground costs in Laos into consideration.

If you want people to read and understand your calculations, it would pay to simplify them somewhat.

Here's some factors you failed to consider.

1. Not everyone needs to pay for a Laos visa. ASEAN nationals get in free. A lot of visa runners to Laos are Filipino.

2. Travel to Vientiane is very time consuming and costly for most people who live quite far from there.

3. It requires at least a one night (usually 2 nights) stay in Laos to get the visa. A lot of us are going to want to stay in 1000 baht plus hotels. Not all of us want to stay in backpacker type accommodation to save money.

4. Getting the visa requires a lot of effort - queuing up at a very busy consulate for possibly many hours. Returning the next day. Even the return trip through the immigration check points can take hours depending on how busy it is on the day. All in all it's a hard 2 day's work.

5. Laos visas vary in price. I pay $30 as an Australian and $31 after hours. If a person doesn't have dollars the cost is far higher.

6. Getting single TV's when doubles are available fills up the pages of a passport far more quickly and also draws more attention to the fact that a person maybe living (too long) in Thailand on TV's.

Having double the number of TV's in a person's passport could present more of a problem when applying again in the future. With a double entry TV a person could get away with one TV every 9 months if they do 3 x 30 day entries in between them.

Having said that, I save a lot of money and bother by paying an extra 1000 baht for a double entry. I won't bore everyone with precise calculations but the savings for me are considerable.

PS. Where do you get an exchange rate of 32.26 baht for a $US?

Thanks. Some very valid points to consider. Like I said it excluded travel costs and obviosly the time and cost of that depends on each persons location but factored in the cost of Laos visas.

The exchange rate came from a desktop widget that updates constantly.

Number of TVs in a passport is an obvious issue I had overlooked.

Thanks for the information. Greatly appreciated.

The photo looks OK to me. Some of the people are looking at the snapper but most are looking at something happening to the left of the photog. Doesn't look "touched-up" to me. Also it is an AFP pic and they aren't known for touching up pics.

Cigarettes always seem to survive these calamities. And yes the monk and the soldier are both smoking.

Yes, yes. It's the third travel trip where the benefits come in and I guess it depends how much you are paying for travel. But for the purpose of the exercise if you exclude travel costs because they are dependent on where someone is located and just look at the visa costs then it's actually more expensive to get the 2 x entry TV.

Then you need to factor in the on-ground transport costs in Laos and how often you want to travel.

I also guess it depends how permanent anyone is, ie, whether they have work that they know will continue past 90-days.

To obtain a 2 x entry TV you need a Laos Visa $35

A 2 x entry TV costs Bt 2,000 ($62)

A 30-day extension costs Bt 1,900 ($59)

Total (excluding travel) for a bit less than 90-days = $156

To activate the second entry you need to enter Laos $35 and you get another 60 days

To get the extra less than 30-day extension you then pay another Bt 1,900 ($59)

Total for the second 90-days (excluding travel) $94

Cost for a bit less than 180 days (excluding travel costs) is $70 plus Bt 5,800 ($181) or a total cost (excluding any travel) of $250

For a single entry visa the cost of the Laos visa ($35) plus Bt 1,000 ($31) for 60 days (Total: $66)

Multiplied by 3 for a full 180 days = $105 plus Bt 3,000 ($93)

Total cost (excluding any travel) is $ 198

To activate the second entry you still incur the travel costs. If the travel costs aren't that high then it's about break-even buy the time you take the on-ground costs in Laos into consideration.

I'm heading across to Vientiane next week but I don't see what the advantage is in a 2X entry TV at Bt 2,000 + Bt 1,900 for a 30 day extension (which will give your less than 30 days) compared to a 1X entry TV at Bt 1,000.

Given that you need to make a border run between the first 60 days and the expiration of the visa period you are still going to end up paying $35 for a visa into Laos just so you can turn around and come back and use the extra entry.

Perhaps I'm missing something here but if you are not planning to leave Thailand in the first 90-days then there isn't any monetary saving at all. In fact it works out more expensive. All you save is having to go to the Thai consulate in Laos on the 58/59th day and applying again as you still need to pay for the Laos entry visa.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong please.

I should ad that I'm leaving from Chiang Mai but irrespective of where you are, you still need to cross a border after 80+ days so you still need to pay the transport and border crossing fee and the extra 25+ days costs Bt 1,900 compared to Bt 1,000 for a new 60 day visa.

Thanks

>>But of course, if you are not going to risk wasting an air fare or petrol money to Pai because it's possible that no-one else may die in the latter days of this horrific episode impacting the general public, well, that's your decision, yes? An ECONOMIC decision, right?! <<

I drove four hours on a motorbike to another location (and four hours back) one month ago based on the "credible" reports made by members of this forum who live in Pai to investigate these same accusations against Pol Sgt Unthai at another location. The result. Nothing. No foundation to the accusations at all - as verified by foreigners living in the town where the actions were alleged to have occurred.

I think a few people here need to get a grip on reality. This is third world. If you want a Western style legal system and a Western style police force then live in a Western country.

>>An ECONOMIC decision, right?!<<

Wrong. It's called newsworthyness and Canadian editors are not interested enough in the death of one individual in a far-off land to devote publication space or pay for someone to write the story.

So Andrew or I can write the story and then what? It doesn't get published because there are significantly more important events occurring in Canada (and the rest of the world) to maintain the interest of Canadian editors.

In case you haven't noticed, neither Andrew, I or any of the other journalists in Thailand wake up each morning and put on saffron robes and have our meals and living expenses donated to us. We either have publications who will advance or guarantee costs, or we pay for our expenses out of our own pockets. We are not charities at the beck and call of every every gin addled expatriate in Thailand.

I also haven't seen one response to any of the people with the big mouths on this forum who are prepared to stand next to Andrew or I and take photo's of a drinking, drunk and possibly armed Pol Sgt Unthai. But that's ok. The world is full of armchair critics who are happy to point the finger at others while gripping their can off Chang or sipping a G&T with the other in the comfort and safety of their own livingroom.

The next time this becomes newsworthy is (1) the anniversary of the shooting; (2) when the matter proceeds to trial; (3) if the same police officer commits a similar offence; (4) the matter doesn't proceed to trial in the normal time-frame of the Thai judicial system.

In the meantime, proper, credible reports stating time, date, location and the names of witnesses to any new indiscretions by Pol Sgt Unthai should be collected and coordinated by people so concerned. If these were to be presented to the officer in charge of Pai police, or to the Government, by expatriates or a local NGO demanding action be taken then it would be newsworthy again.

But one outrageous claim by someone who joined this forum on the same day they made the claim and has not made any posts since, nor filled out any personal details in their forum registration, does not in my opinion count as a credible claim.

Because Google's web crawlers have done a good job at identifying "KITV 4 Hawaii" and "KITV 4 Hawaii won't pay" from this and a couple of other forums I feel I need to add a closing post on these dealings for future reference by others who might find themselves in the same situation.

In spite of the hurdles thrown up regarding payment, KITV 4 made payment today via PayPal. The money is now (almost) in the bank.

I think the fact that they were named and shamed on this and another couple of forums also helped push them into being more reasonable - that and the fact that they had used the vision to start with.

Forums such as this are one of the few low-cost tools freelancers have at their disposal in a situation like this and I'd especially like to thank the moderators for not censoring the names or identities in this thread.

While I've learnt a lesson about when it comes to dealing with new clients, though I stress I've supplied many new clients and never had this problem before, there was some valuable information from some posters on b-roll - particularly regarding the roll the US DA could play - that I think are of benefit to every freelancer.

If we're professionals then we deserve to be paid as professionals and should not be forced to scurry around like chickens scratching for crumbs in the sand.

Every time someone accepts the crumbs they undermine every other professional freelancer. I've never heard of a station or publication reducing advertising rates.

Thanks again to those who provided supporting comments. :cheers:

>>So A.Drummond Esq had better show responsibility and put out another story fast<<

***flame removed***sbk

What responsibility has Andrew Drummond got? To who?

He's a journalist the same as me. Are you the one who's going to stand in front of and take photo's and video of a drunk and armed (if these claims are true) Pol Sgt Unthai ?

Hey, I'm happy to come up to Pai and write the story. You can take the photo's and video.

Andrew or I can write all the stories we like. But someone has to give a dam_n and want to (1) pay for them and (2) publish them.

It's a big story **in Pai**

As other people have pointed out. It's not uncommon for people charged with murder to be out on bail.

And everyone writing with such venom on this thread about the Thai police and Pol Sgt Unthai are conveniently overlooking the three New York detectives cleared this week of shooting and killing a man with 50 shots on his wedding day in November 2006.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/am...oom-815870.html

The one's who should be applying pressure on the Thai government are the Canadian Foreign Ministry.

I've already done one wild goose chase to get photo's of a supposedly armed and drunk Pol Sgt Unthai based on "credible reports" from people on this forum only to find it was a load of &lt;deleted&gt;.

The maxim is, believe half of what you see and none of what you hear.

This was written by someone who boasted at having attended an Ivy League College and who claims to be the holder of a PhD.

>>Ever since the investiture and elevation of Her Majesty Queen Sirikit to the highest rank of queenship alongside His Majesty the King more than 50 years ago, Her Majesty has tirelessly engaged in countless projects to improve the lives of her regional poor.<<

This was written by professional journalist and editor.

>>Since her marriage to His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej and investiture as Queen more than 50 years ago, Her Majesty Queen Sirikit of Thailand has undertaken countless projects aimed at improving the lives of Thailand's poor.<<

A queenship? I know of warships, sailing ships, sunken ships and perhaps even ghost ships, but a queenship?

Just because you can speak English and just because you went to an Ivy League college and have a PhD doesn't make you a writer or an editor.

Can't help with any doctors in Thailand. I had it done in Australia about five years ago at Royal Darwin Hospital after crawling my way on to a plane and declining to have the procedure done in Indonesia.

Doctors at Royal Darwin first cut the duct to let the 12mm stone pass. Then they decided a couple of days later that the gall bladder may as well come out too.

I was told to expect a three day hospital stay. I spent 25 days in Royal Darwin with a suction bag sucking between .5 and 1l of blood a day out of me. The Gall bag had lesions attaching it to the liver and various other bits that it shouldn't and the surgery was more complicated than the scans showed.

Had a huge haematoma for about six weeks post-surgery.

The surgery is normally a fairly simple procedure but like any, complications can arise.

dam_n painful complaint too. Even morphine tablets didn't do much to stop the pain from the blocked duct prior to the surgery.

If anyone needs an example of poorly presented English text they need look no further than the product and supplier descriptions in the new Thaivisa food section. With examples such as the following I doubt if anyone has bothered editing this material before it was thrown up on the web.

So typical of many Asian firms. Spend a lot of money on a project and them scrimp and save when it comes to the the proofing, editing and English language text or promotional material and then wonder why they fail to get their message across.

Whoever wrote these probably thinks he or she is fluent in the English language too.

>>Chicken Burger 125 gram 1/4 pound made from finely ground chicken breast select herbs and spices a chicken lovers paradise just add your favorite salads and sauces and you're on your way. Easy to cook and a convenient fast prepared meal

Whole 22Kg Australian Lamb Spit Roast delivered to your door with the spit and the cook ideal for all those special occasions will feed up to 35 people the Lamb is slowly roasted on a electric spit over volcanic rock the taste is absolutely exceptional you will impress all your family and friends for an all up cost of only bt12500 delivered (Bangkok area only at this stage!!!) Or if you want to buy a whole lamb email us and we will give a good price.<<

Without dwelling on the capitalisation, punctuation and grammar, I wonder how the cooks feel about being delivered all over Bangkok? And all those exclamation marks?

For the benefit of other freelancers who might find themselves in similar situations the latest update on this is that following the threat of laying a complaint with the US District Attorney and highlighting the penalties KITV 4 could face the following email was received overnight.

The matter of a Social Security number and their inability to pay by TT/Direct deposit have been addressed in a return email. It's very simple, I'm not a US citizen so don't have a Social Security number. I am an independent supplier of goods and services. They've been told payment in seven days by Paypal (which allows use of the corporate credit card) or TT or the complaint gets laid with the DA.

After being insulted and treated in a rude and obnoxious manner by Shayne Enright, I'm not in a very diplomatic mood with KITV 4.

Oh the threat has also seen the real News Director brought into the picture as you can see. Ms Enright I think has been removed from the picture.

>>Dear Mr. Le Fevre,

Thank you for your assistance on the story. I realize that your images were above and beyond other stringer or freelance type video or information we normally receive. But it is my understanding that you did not communicate the price of your material during those initial conversations and that there was no “contract” for a specific payment.

However, KITV is more than willing to pay a fair price for the images we received from you. May I suggest that we agree on the $500 you requested later.

To process your check, could you please email me your Social Security or EIN number to asap. I will also need an address where I can send the check. Unfortunately our company does not do direct deposits for these types of transactions.

Thank you,

Tod Pritchard

News Director

KITV<<

Not a bad reference from Mr Pritchard regarding the work though

>> Where would one begin looking for work in this field ? It sounds like quite a simple way to make some additional money. I am English , semi retired and living in Bangkok at present. Thanks in advance <<

This is typical of the attitude that many people have. Just because you are a native-English speaker doesn't make you an editor, a proofreader, or an English language teacher. Journalists spend years learning their craft before they get moved to the editing tables, the same as professional English language teachers study the and meet professional standards.

PeaceBlondie is spot on when he says: "Somewhat like teaching English, you cannot simply do editing work because your Mum taught you Cockney or Hillbilly. Your grammar, punctuation, spelling, and sense of proper idiomatic usage must be 99.99% perfect."

The problem is that people who take the attitude that because they can speak English they are "qualified" to edit (or teach) are the one's who try to fill in their spare time editing or teaching for Chang money rates and lower both the standards and rates for professionals in each field.

I cannot list his website on here, but my friend (a ThaiVisa member)charges a penny a word, as I recall. He is American, very good, experienced, and works fast from English texts written by Thais.

I can never understand how people charge like this. Is that based on:

1. the number of words supplied in the original document?

2. the number of words in the final document?

3. The number of words added minus the number of words removed?

In all seriousness you could start with a 1,000 word text comprising mostly gibberish and after spending many hours on it be left with 500 mostly different words that concisely captures the meaning.

Per hour/day rates are to me the only way to charge as it accurately reflects the the skill required and the quality of the original text. Many authors are lazy with their original text when they know that it is going to be passed to an editor to tighten/clean up.

Two days for 100 pages sounds pretty fast to me also.

It indicates to me that either the original material was pretty clean to start with, or the editor put a lot of hours into it over the two days.

I charge Bt 4,000 a day but that is text editing, grammar and punctuation only. No translation. If the copy was pretty clean I guess two to three days sounds about right so I think your in the right range at Bt 10,000 to Bt 15,000.

>> 1. I have just brought a Canon S5 IS. What do you think about going from hot mid-day picture (camera) and taking it into a cold car in Thailand April/May as it is pretty hot?<<

Never a good idea for any camera. Either going from a vehicle to the outside heat or from the outside heat to the a/c vehicle. Though the latter is likely to pose less of a problem unless you're planning on shooting from inside the vehicle.

>>Do you have to put the camera in re-sealable plastic bag? << Why? If photographing Songkran festivities or in the rain yes. But otherwise not. Again I ask, why?

>>Can you put your camera into the boot (trunk) of your car and will it be better than in the cold air-con of your car after taking picture in the middle of day on a hot day?<<

Yes you can BUT unless you are repeatedly jumping in an out of a very, very cold car and wanting to take photo's immediately then it shouldn't be a major problem. The condensation is more apparent in longer focal length lenses and the viewfinder. It used to sometimes form on film as well but that was if the car was very, very cold.

Professional snappers they wouldn't normally have a vehicle that cold as the risk of leaping out of the car and collapsing like a bag of s**t from the effects of extreme heat meant the camera might end up damaged from the weight of the snapper falling on top of it

Fair enough questions though.

There is a discussion on Mack warranties here: http://photography-on-the.net/forum/archiv...hp/t-26673.html

I had to Google it because I had no idea what you were talking about. Do you seriously think you'll be able to get parts for that camera in five years? Would you still want to be using it in five years?

Personally I think the technology will have changed so much that anything beyond three years is a bonus.

At the present time they've been sent a letter stating:

1) That they have breached my copyright on the material.

2) Continued airing of the material on their website constitutes additional breaches

3) Any discount offered to them has been revoked.

4) That I intend to forward the matter to the US District Attorney along with a complain of breach of copyright - apparently they can be liable for fines of $40,000 per instance.

In addition, Shayne Enright and KITV4 Hawaii have become fairly well known due to this thread and a couple of others so I doubt that anyone else will be rushing to offer KITV4 or Mr Enright any material in the future.

But it does highlight the problem of dealing with media outside of Thailand. Then again, I think this more reflects the individual and the station as I've sold to many other "first-timers" and not had problems.

Ordinarily it wouldn't be a topic worth mentioning here. But given that Razzel started the thread I thought it fitted in.