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i think i got off on the wrong foot with my landlord, she wanted a deposit as soon as i informed her i was interested in renting one of her condo's, ok it was only 2000 baht but this was a new one to me, i paid up as i was interested. then when we had chosen a condo she asked for another deposit, and i was a bit miffed as i had gone past several ATM's on my way to her office, and i had not been informed before hand, so i asked why was i not told before ? to which she said i told your wife? instead of escalating this problem i tried to make a joke of ''after 16 years married we do not talk that much'' when i completed the deal all was ok but after six months i found that the contract only had 7k as deposit when i had paid 14k ? now my wife said no i think that is right (i find Thais are scared of any Thai who they think has big money or a uniform) so rather than make a big fuss i let it slide, does anyone know an honest solicitor in Pattaya i know two and one is English but it would probably cost as much or maybe more, and this landlord knows and plays knowing the Thais will back down in most cases, so it would my word against hers.

every time i see a report of an ''acedental'' death of a Farang i am reminded of my close encounter with one. i am on the phone to my daughter in the UK, in those days there was no mobiles like there is today, so i was on the hotel front desk phone. a young lady rushed up to me and shouted for help ? i looked about and could not see anything wrong? there was quite a few people waiting for the lift, and i scanned them but saw no obvious threat? the next min the Thai lady on the desk told me in good english that the lady was upset as her and her boyfriend have been fighting and there was no problem. i informed my daughter there was no problem and hung up and went to sit with my friends. a few hours later there was a leak comming from the direction of the lift ??? i did look at it and it was water. the next day we were told that the lady who had shouted help to me had killed herself. this small lady had somehow got out of the lift top and threw herself down the lift shaft ? ? ? no official ever contacted me, and it was down as she killed herself, this was about 20years ago, and nothing has changed from what i have seen.

well me and others could not read 16 red stamp and on top 27 blue stamp , no month , nothing? last year my trip to uk had absolutely nothing in my passport i rang the Airport, ''Bio Data'' ??? was all they said. he has gone back to Phuket and said he near fell over as he got an apology, but he also said with co-vid ect he had approx. 11 A4 forms and documents /taxi/hotel/vaccines x 3/pcr testx2/-Evisa /sandbox /Thailand pass , said he had more documents than shirts.

talking to a friend this morning and he had a right twist on ? he said he had applied for a visa while back in the UK, he said all went well until he checked his passport as he was due to go to immigration (for an extension of stay , with his none- imm- o as he has been here 60 days) it turns out the immigration officers at the airport had not validated his visa ? he says he is going to immigration as he has been told if it is an error in the stamping at the airport immigration the immigration in Pattaya can fix it. but another lad said it will cost him ? but surely if it is an error (he swears he handed his E-Visa document to the staff at the airport) then he should not be fined for their mistakes. has anyone had any similar instances of this type of things.

talking to a friend this morning and he had a right twist on ? he said he had applied for a visa while back in the UK, he said all went well until he checked his passport as he was due to go to immigration (for an extension of stay , with his none- imm- o as he has been here 60 days) it turns out the immigration officers at the airport had not validated his visa ? he says he is going to immigration as he has been told if it is an error in the stamping at the airport immigration the immigration in Pattaya can fix it. but another lad said it will cost him ? but surely if it is an error (he swears he handed his E-Visa document to the staff at the airport) then he should not be fined for their mistakes. has anyone had any similar instances of this type of things.

me and the wife had a strange episode last night, we left our hotel and atempted to withdraw money from the ''ATM ROW'' opposite the soi near our hotel. after the wife keyed in the amount the machine went dead ? she tapped a few keys and after a few mins the machine released her card. we went to another machine and she withdrew 5k Baht and we continued to the resturant two doors down the soi. the wife all of a sudden jumped up and said something is wrong after looking at her phone ? and she showed me two messages relating to her withdrawl and her attempted withdrawl. she had been charged twice? the resturant owner went with the wife to check the machine and then to the bank the bank did nothing, said something about phoning in ten days? they acted as though this was normal? and the ''Faulty machine'' was left as it was for the next PHUKET tourist's to test their luck.