Dario

1 hour ago, Wobblybob said:

There is a choice in Wise's menu that does it automatically for you, but it doesn't work for me so I have to log into my Bank Acc to manually transfer the money.

As you can see in my post, I also do it manually. I also have to log into my bank account to transfer money to Wise.

5 minutes ago, Wobblybob said:

Mine transfer is instant, I do a manual bank transfer to Kasikorn.

What does a manual transfer mean? Probably with a credit card. I transfer from my bank account in Germany, just across from the Swiss border. And you probably transfer from the UK? And do you transfer via Wise app?

Well, the money did finally arrive in my Bangkok Bank account at 15:31. I was just worried because it was my first transfer with Wise.

Well, it's now 14:55 the next day and nothing has arrived. I wonder where my money is.

For many years I have relied on Xendpay to transfer my pensions from Europe to Thailand. Transfers were relatively quick. I usually received my money the same day in the evening in my Thai bank account. Xendpay also had good conversion rates and very low transfer fees. But now that Xendpay is in receivership I had to look for an alternative and today I made my first transfer with Wise. They promised that I would receive my transfer within 6 hours in my Thai bank account. So far, after 7 hours no money has arrived.

My I ask my co-members how long it usually takes for you to receive your EUR transfers? Some answers might give me some insight. Your help is much appreciated.

Probably he saw the article surfaced today about the North Korean leader begging his nation's women to bear more children

I just read an article in the Financial Conduct Authority. They state that Rational Foreign Exchange Ltd. (Xendpay)  has entered special administration. The directors of the firm concluded that the firm was insolvent and applied to court for a special administration order. In other words: Xendpay will not return. They are insolvent.

Now I have to find another way to transfer my pension from Europe every month.

The problem is that Wise also starts to screen customers in Thailand and don't accept their selfies with passport. So, which company now to take for Euro transfers to Thailand?

2 minutes ago, worrab said:

Rational FX have sent out the same!!

They are the same company.

Since Xendpay stopped two or three days ago, I tried to log in to Wise  and they sent me an email to my old mobile number. Finally, I found a link how to change my mobile number. Now they ask me a selfie holding my passport. I sent them already 7 times and seven times they tell me that cannot read my upload. Sev en times! I sent them clear photos, exactly the way they want.

It's like Bitkub, same problems. I'm at the end of my Latin, how we say in Switzerland.

Yesterday  Monday, NOV 28 I wasn't able to access Xendpay, in fact, the whole day long. This morning the same. When I delved in more I got this message: 

Dear visitor.

Xendpay Limited are currently not accepting new customers or accepting new funds. 

We are also currently not able to return customer funds with Xendpay Limited. We will continue to keep customers updated.

Well, that's disappointing. I have been a customer of Xendpay for many years.

On 11/24/2023 at 2:56 PM, KhunLA said:

@Dario If you want a decent inexpensive vid drone, then it's going to cost around the ฿7000 / $200 USD price point.  Decent 3 Axis camera & GPS.  Not expensive, but not cheap either, and need to decide if you'll actually get some use out of them.  

 

Two I have and would recommend;

... MJX Bugs16 Pro  (power vs high winds)

... ZLL 906 Beast Pro 2  (Sony sensor camera)

 

Anything less, and it's basically a toy.  

This drone was actually meant to hover above our home and get a view from above. The idea to see the harvester move over my wife's land came later.

For me this is not worth to spend 7000 Baht.

Hi everyone,

a few years ago drones were expensive, several ten thousands for one. Today you can buy a drone with a 8K camera for around 1'000 Baht. So, I bought one from Aliexpress, this one.

I wanted to video tape when the harvester cut my wife's rice. But I wasn't able to connect the wifi.

I live in northern Surin province, somewhere between Tha Tum and Rattanaburi, Is there somewhere not too far somebody with a drone (I would also go to Buriram if necessary) who could show me how to connect the wifi correctly. I add the instruction sheet. 

Any help would be very much appreciated.

I'm a tennis afficionado. Are there any fellow members who watch The Tennis Channel and Tennis Channel Plus?

Moderators, please be so kind and close this thread. Thank you.

For the last 15 months I have been a subscriber of Motion TV, a provider of streaming IPTV. I became a subscriber on the recommendation of one of our fellow members here.

I am a tennis afficionado. So, last year I was on the lookout for a service which included the famous Tennis Channel. MT offered just that for $15 a month. On 28/10/22 they charged me $150 for a 1-year subscription. They had my credit card details, so they felt free to push a 1-year subscription on me.

As I knew that Motion Tv would push for a renewal of this subscription this month, I looked closer at my subscription and noticed that I was given a 1-year 6 connections subscription. I don't need 6 connections, as we have only 2 TVs in our home. I found out that they do offer a 1-year 2 connections subscription for $120. I opened a support ticket on OCT 10 with the request to change my subscription to 2 connections. As by OCT 18 the support ticket had not been answered, I opened a 2nd ticket with the same request. Also that one was never answered or followed up.

So, yesterday was the due day to pay. This situation turned in my head last night and at around 02:00 I called my credit card company to cancel the card Motion TV has on their file. Luckily they still had not attempted to charge me, but it is obvious that they would have charged me later the same day.

I wrote this message to inform my fellow members not to use this service because of no customer support at all.

3 hours ago, herfiehandbag said:

There is a few Baht difference in cost. I use all purpose when I can't get bread flour - I live out in the sticks. It works OK. Bread flour is supposed to help the dough rise, cake flour is too sticky in a dough I find.

 

The biggest problem is getting yeast ( I live out in the sticks). A couple of stores sell bread flour, neither sells yeast - one sort of goes with the other really!

You can order yeast from Lazada, not more expensive than from your local supermarket. I use this one, Mauripan from Australia 95 Baht for 500 g, you won't be ruined and have good dry yeast.

On 9/7/2023 at 2:15 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

This is the third time I have purchased a “leather” desk chair, and the ones I am getting in CM typically fall apart after a year or two of use.

 

The first one, I sent to the bin, or had a junk-man/scrap-dealer take away.

 

Now, I am wondering if there is any very simple way to cover the “leather” of the chair, with something, so that I can continue using it; the metal mechanism, the gas lift, and the wheels seem in good shape. And the wheels needed replacing anyway with softer wheels to protect the wood floor.

 

Is there some easy way to cover this chair with an alternative to leather, such as a slipcover, or using some other quick solution?

 

This is not my chair, but an image of a similar almost identical chair.

 

Also, the chairs I buy are cheap, about Bt.8000 or Bt.9000. This means that one should not expect to get leather for this price, and instead, they give you:

a. BONDED Leather (This kind of material has just GOT to be the WORST!)

 

b.  PU Leather

 

 

c.  Bicast Leather and another type made from scraps of leather bonded together using some type of adhesive

 

Please Note: It's hard to guess why leather is expensive when there are so many people eating beef, these days. One would think there should be plenty of hides available...

 

 

Not so many people eating beef today in Thailand. Can't find any beef in both of the Lotus's I shop every two days.

For me this situation leaves open 2 questions:

1  What is the role of Prawit Wongsuwon now ? Does he still have any say in in this upcoming government?

2  When will the parties choose their ministers? Is there a time set already or is there a set timeline?

The best investment in small time money was definitely a pressure water. I use it every two, three days. It's never in its box. Many brands available and probably equally good. I have mine since about 12 years.

1 hour ago, Eric Loh said:

The caretaker PM will seat in as the interim PM until a new PM is elected. 

Who is the interim PM? And which entity appointed him? Probably the senate.

If you use a True sim dial 00600, I think it's 1 or 2 Baht per minute.

What baffled me the most is that during the July 14 vote, all Democrat party members did not support the Pita democratic alliance.