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13 hours ago, Jimjim1 said:

Every time I arrive in Thailand and indeed any country I do so with a folder full of details regarding my travel insurance and a letter from my insurance company confirming that I have £10,000,000 of full cover, I have never yet been asked for it but it is available for any official to peruse, so the matter is easily checked.

It's all those "details" in most any insurance policy that requires someone to be able to read all the fine print and check exclusions and often in a variety of languages.  Next they need to check the time period covered to see if it matches the length of stay and your travel arrangements. 

While I have no doubt yours is in order I also have little doubt that many many more folders would be a total mess that would result in all kinds of extra staffing, training, waiting in lines etc which would not be so simple as saying here is my policy so all good. 

If they ever do anything re travel insurance the best system would be to take part of the arrival fees to purchase insurance to cover all visitors....and of course that could well open another can of worms as to which company would be selected, amount of coverage, what specific injuries, illness, pre existing conditions, length of hospitalization is covered, and on and on.  And even then people who already have a good strong travel insurance policy would complain about having to pay for even more insurance.

Not at all as simple as many imply.

12 hours ago, DPKANKAN said:

Simple. Collection booths on arrival, pay and receipt before going through customs. Only if no travel insurance.

and exactly who will check all the travel insurance policies written in dozens of languages with page after page of fine print, limitations, exclusions, and legalese? 

Not so simple a task.  Lots of arguments over what travel insurance would be accepted, validity dates matched to travel records, etc etc.  And if passenger refuses to pay...which some no doubt would do... and is denied entry that would mean the airlines would have to check the policies before allowing boarding as they would likely be lilable to fly people out if they are refused admittance.  Good luck with that.

17 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

It's a lot of money, this money could of been spent on better things within the community. 

 

Just another stupid publicity stunt. 

 

 

What a pathetic comment.....

14 hours ago, bobbin said:

Jeez.. sometimes you just have to shake your head..

 

Somebody does something good for the less fortunate and the majority of the responses just show how many of the posters here are bitter and cynical.. as if their comments are worthy of sharing.

I knew the second i saw the headline that many of the responses would call him stupid or worse.  What a sad bunch that can't either say nothing or say something positive. If this guy saves one or two kids lives it is something to be praised. 

Will some of the helmets get sold?  yes.  Will some of them not be used? yes  Will some of them maybe save a kid from serious injury?  yes.

6 hours ago, DjSilver said:

That is true, it also comes to the lowest expat community, that visits bara.

 

During my 7 years in Thailand, the only time I ever visit a bar, was a pub in Phrom Pong. Not sure what the name is, but it looks like a brittish pub, and I only wanted a Guinness draft beer and paid overprice for it 🤣 and this was around 2018 🤣

so you have been in one bar in seven years but you are an expert on what happens in the bars?  Do you know how silly that sounds?

19 minutes ago, BigBruv said:

 

 

Not rocket science but, like the white guy in the video, they probably had to pay 400 or 900 baht for that lesson.

In other countries civilisation prevails.

But TIT: Hub of Scams & Scammers

 

Some have to learn the hard way and many never learn period.

  Thailand is far from the only country where you can get scammed....ask some of bernie madoffs clients about how to get scammed big time...or any number of conmen who abound in the usa and around the world.

2 hours ago, newbee2022 said:

It's not old age. And if he loves his job, why to mention? 😶

He certainly seemed to be enjoying his job the day i watched him for 30 mins or so.  Lots of smiles from people and from him....he was not pushy at all about selling them and seemed to me to just like what he did and the smiles he brought to a lot of faces, especially kids.  Actually sort of enjoyable watching an old thai guy doing what he seemed to prefer doing...prob better than sitting home all day.  

18 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

How long does the renewal take?

if you pay the extra $60 expedite it is less than a month from time embassy receives it...otherwise for $130 may take up to 12 weeks....

The fee for regular service is $130 usd....expedited service is $190.  That is the US passport office fees.  Easy to do yourself.  Fill out forms on line...attach a 2 inch by 2 inch photo, a check for the fee, and your old passport.  All explained on line.

On 4/26/2024 at 12:29 PM, Robert Paulson said:

Its ability to think for yourself.

 

take Biden supporters for example. Zero intelligence. Anyone who can support that is obviously not capable of thinking on their own terms. All they do is ingest what others spoon feed them. That’s lack of intelligence 

If you are not a comedian you should be.

juries are picked as much as possible by the prosecution to convict.....juries are picked as much as possible by the defense to find "reasonable doubt"....the prosecutor has to convince all 12 to convict while the defense only needs one to let him walk.....nothing new about that ....if donnie is so very very innocent then it should be a slam dunk to find one person out of 12 to side with him.....since donnie whines over and over about how innocent he is then stop with the delay delay BS and put it all in front of a jury then he and his legal eagles will no doubt have the chance to demonstrate how very weak the case and evidence are.

9 hours ago, kingstonkid said:

We all appraise houses You have to do is look at the 2008 bubble burst to see that many houses were over valued and over appraised by real estate and banks.

not once did i ever think/claim  my 1000 sf condo was 3000 sf.

The jury will decide. 

Unlike the other cases where the judges have no gonads and are allowing trump and his lawyers to delay delay delay in the hope that trump will get re elected and the public will never get to hear the evidence.

Never has an innocent man who claims he is totally innocent been so afraid of letting the evidence see the light of day.