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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. a friend of the wife explained it to us, that all ''Married visa'' was sent to Bangkok hence the delay, and while there everything is checked = more work + no bribe= no like...we had an x goverment employee as witness, they no like big time. this year she will be with us from day one.
  8. they are doing their best to iradicate the ''marrige visa'' it took me three weeks last year, and every thing that could be challenged was challenged. i even had one demand that was the total opposite of what another farang sitting next to me ,who had what they said was correct, but he got denied. the wife gave them 12k everything was then ok,
  9. just move out when it suits (18 000 baht = 2 months late rent @9.000) i have had curtains done /Aircon / and a few other bits repaired after 8 years, so just swerve it. after sixteen years and never had a deposit returned saves all the arguing, don't give them the opportunity . sorry did get one when i asked a thai to take pictures of my electric meter, and the thai who had been left in charge thought i had employed an investigator, when in fact he was a Thai who had an internet shop who i knew.
  10. i am all done now re flight/Thailand pass/insurance/taxi/two RCP Tests/is and now another little problem raises its head. back in the days of Test & go type 1, the hotel told me that my wife was not allowed to stay in my hotel room , and as i had to stay in the room just for one night i can understand that, but now i am allowed to go out and all is ok as long as i sleep in my hotel, but what about the wife ? she has two jabs and so have i ,we will be out together every day but will they then try and make us book two rooms ? i asked the Expert on here about six hours ago but still no answer, and my original hotel T& G told me under no circumstances could my wife share the taxi from the airport. it seems a bit iffy if you can be in someone's company all day but you have to pay for two rooms. maybe the ''Expert'' will wake up and let us know the Rules...will not be surprised as the old test and go wasn't reeling in the dollar.
  11. i have got my Thailand pass and have booked my flight, hotel, plus taxi plus PCR tests plus Insurance/and provided receipts for everything bar my pre-72hour flight; PCR test i presume as they have still reinstated all previously granted Thailand passes? as i was granted my Pass before they had the stop-go-stop ? are they accepting these? and can i still fly on the 6th of Febuary ,
  12. i have just read a ''non imm o visa'' gives the bearer the same '' or similar rights'' as Embassy staff ? and it entitles people to gain access, (to Thailand)? but like a lot of these posts not only are they near a month old like the one i noticed, it then advertises co-vid insurance and help (100 USD) now the truth is ? or lack of it but this article talks about Farangs Thai family, once again not really explaining what benefits this grants people to travel easier than those without. does anyone know what the article was alluding to? cheers.
  13. talk about keeping your options open, my trip in Febuary is still Thai passed up, with flight/insurance dates changed but kept my hotel/taxi/ and PCR's. booked and paid for because we still do not know 100% my now latest Thai pass application is ongoing but at present i wait to see if my new Phuket sandbox along with my 7 night SHA+ hotel plus taxi/ 2x PCR's all paid for in full, will i need these? now they say 15th of January but not 100% confirmed. its like a crowd of spoiled kids are in charge. without bringing beer into this would it be so bad to just let the people who have followed all the instructions, and paid for everything , will it make that much difference just how many would be visitors does this involve?
  14. i am on my second appliction a friend is filling the details in for me, my first was done by another friend. and i am wondering if there is any truth in the rumours about the emails outlook and the like ? i used my outlook email on the first and thought i had got it wrong as no email...two weeks i looked and i thought i would see if hitting some of the boxes to see if it made any difference and up popped sucessful ? i kept trying this tatic and still no email but accepted eventualy appeared. it was like it had got stuck and my messing around seemed to unblock it ? but still no email. i have a gmail adress now and am wondering, how long to fill one out 2 hours? or more? any one know.
  15. if the Test and go was me going to Phuket it may of been a bit different, but Pattaya and Phuket is no where near each other, and all these gismo's are built so you cannot change much without the whole thing falling apart. i have not heard any goverment announcements (and i hear they are in other places) that if people have to cancel because of '' their'' changes they will make sure people get their refunds. i will ask my hotel/taxi/PCR if i can have my money back,and if any problems they can take it up with the people who keep moving the goal posts,i hear the uk goverment are asking the uk travel agents to wear masks. and that is nothing to do with co-vid.
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