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Not true, I bought something from Amazon using my kasikorn virtual debit card last week - it was initially flagged as a fraudulent transaction, I spoke to kasikorn and they said subsequent transactions will be allowed. I did notice that Amazon doesn’t use the 3 figure code on the back of the physical card to confirm purchases like most places do, I thought that was the initial issue. Also, got to say, Amazon, what a sheet show. I placed an order, the component that’s essential for my smart home, is made in Germany and the company only supply via Amazon US. I got a message 10 days later saying my goods are in the country, a couple of days later the app said my goods would be delivered by 8:00pm by a courier I had never heard of. Nothing for 3 days, I called the courier, a Chinese company with a Filipina manned helpline, was told that the package was empty and I wouldn’t get my item, order cancelled. I should have had an email from the Thai office, still no email, and I should contact Amazon. My Amazon account says I am waiting for a refund. In the meantime it suggested I purchase again which I was forced to do. I tried to contact Amazon - everything is AI, there was another option to get a callback but I skipped over that thinking I could chat with a human, seems impossible to request that now. if you can order from ali or lazada life is so much easier.

I have a series of problems with my next door neighbor and its his intention to make my life hell, its been going on for 2 years already. He's a bully, and I presume a racist, as he goes around the village telling everyone he hates "farang". To cut a long story short, I filled an area of land, looking at the photos, unintentionally, we covered the post. then in the subsequent months we removed a little soil to expose 6 inches or so and allowed rough grass to grow up around the area. Now I have come to clear the area with a view to turfing it, my gardener pulled the grass up and started breaking up the soil with a hoe. After clearing the grass I put up a string line, (to mark a no-go area of land that belongs to the neighbour) The top of the chanote marker is broken, the post is still under the ground, there is just a metal bar reenforcement protruding above ground. I presume the elements just destroyed it, I dont think anyone worked around the area in the past. He's now going off at the wife saying our gardener has smashed the top of the post, when he was working the soil, which is not true, it was broken even before we pulled weeds. He wants us to go to the land office and get them to come and replace it. Does anyone have any experience in this? Does the land office come around and replace the post? I read a couple of Thai sites and they said that some times the land office will ask to see a picture and decide, but I dont want to waste my time sitting there for a couple of hours if the answer is "that's ok, the post is under the ground." The post is touching his boundary wall, my wall is in line with the marker, there is a gap, the same distance as the post for the length of the garden. The is no confusion, he built his wall first before I built the land, the post hasn't been moved and we have had a visit from the land office when we combined some chanotes and they remeasured the plot. Its all rather unnecessary tbh. tldr - does the land office go around replacing chanote markers that have minimal damage?

The first series are great, later series take a dive - last one wasn't too bad, I wish they would make another series of King Gary - I found that as funny as'

I bought a Teka oven from Boonthavorn. The thing just stopped working as it should after a year. I spoke to Teka and they said they would get someone to me within 2 months. I went a little crazy and in the end they sent some generic repair man who told me he was around the corner at 1:00 PM and finally showed up at 7:30 PM. He got sent away. Boonthavorn gave me my money back and I bought an Electrolux oven from them. This also went wrong couple of months back, rats nested in the wiring, when we were living in a rural rental. They referred us to a guy, he said he was busy, he finally showed up after 2 weeks, took away the oven and then returned it - before he left it was working, just couldn't touch it without a shock. He returned it and it and the thermistor wasn't working, it didnt turn off. When asked why, he said, he just serviced it, at a cost of 2000B, 800 which is service fee, I complained and refused to have the clown back in my house. They sent two guys from another district and they were good, took the oven away for 2 weeks. I find Electrolux on par with all other companies - in the past year we have had dealings with LG, Hitachi and Electrolux - LG were the best. If you are really unhappy, speak to Boonthavorn, they are pretty good at solving issues imho.

Logitech MX Master 2 - Im sure 3 is better but could never come to part with 3000B +.

Sorry, I didnt read all the post but Just to say, keep on going - you got this, you just haven't found the way yet. Your experience is very similar to a lot of people. I got the boot from my first 3 jobs after a term. You will experience a lot of politics, a lot of prejudice. You are a female and that's a good thing in Thailand, you are a rare commodity and will never be without a job! You are correct, you know you shouldn't be touching kids, some teachers get away with it, these are the teachers who speak more Thai than English, who everyone mumbles about in the staff room, who run about the class not really teaching anything but make the kids laugh, they have a stamp pad with little stars and cartoon characters when they mark the kids books and TT's won't have a bad word said against them. Kindergarten is difficult, I prefer P1, the kids understand a little more. After primary schools, I went on to teach older Mathayom, classes which is alright. I then went on to teach Tech college, which was even better, there was less of the ceremonial crap and more "teaching". The older kids are more about the relationships you build. Find somewhere you feel happy. Dont' let it get you down.

Sorry, I didnt read all the post but Just to say, keep on going - you got this, you just haven't found the way yet. Your experience is very similar to a lot of people. I got the boot from my first 3 jobs after a term. You will experience a lot of politics, a lot of prejudice. You are a female and that's a good thing in Thailand, you are a rare commodity and will never be without a job! You are correct, you know you shouldn't be touching kids, some teachers get away with it, these are the teachers who speak more Thai than English, who everyone mumbles about in the staff room, who run about the class not really teaching anything but make the kids laugh, they have a stamp pad with little stars and cartoon characters when they mark the kids books and TT's won't have a bad word said against them. Kindergarten is difficult, I prefer P1, the kids understand a little more. After primary schools, I went on to teach older Mathayom, classes which is alright. I then went on to teach Tech college, which was even better, there was less of the ceremonial crap and more "teaching". The older kids are more about the relationships you build. Find somewhere you feel happy. Dont' let it get you down.

I wouldn't say I have nothing .. but if it makes you feel like you are better than me, then crack on .. What I do have is more invested in a country than a person who is renting a box in some apartment building. Doesn't make me any better or worse, but should be taken into account. Same as the OP who has kids here, im guessing he's putting them through the education system, that's a big enough commitment. Some kind of extension process based upon commitment might be more applicable I wouldn't say that that shouldn't be connected to financials but not dependant. Anyway, it won't change, too much money to be made on the side from retired folks who don't have the money in the bank and use other means.

That's a bit harsh, although I agree with you. I used to have 400K just siting there in an account but then I bought land for the wife for 1M and built her a house which has left me a little cash short, I have way more invested in than someone who says "renting is the way to go in Thailand" and just keeps 400K which is small money, in a bank account. I think the OP is saying he has kids and he choses to spend his money on a better life for his kids. not that he's a pauper. i kept more than 400K in a bank for a long time and repeated the process for several years. I have been married for nearly 20 years now, that may be an indication that i'm actually married, which the extension is for, its not called a "I have 400K in the bank extension".

Yeah, I get the repeat, repeat like I will understand if you keep on repeating one word, it’s just a Thai habit. Why not pull them all the time? I do, it’s the only way to get fluent. I also spent years teaching here, my wife isnt perfect but I’m proud everytime we visit other local expats where their wife uses some simple tense bar girl bastardized English language and then what’s worse, teaches their kids. 🤦 It’s also strange to see the old man speaking this language too, no one benefits.

My most hated line in Thailand is .. “can you add me on LINE” Do you ha’ - you can’t even finish the sentence without being interrupted with the thoughtless response of “add LINE” I do appreciate that it’s easier to use a photo, get a written request or send a location, but what happened to communication? “where is your shop” “add li..” no, can you tell me what area your shop is in because I’m driving down the road and will come and see you” - I have also lost track of the people I have sent location to and they can’t use google maps and we end up talking them in or going to collect, so how does it all make sense? I don’t worry about the loss of verbal communication, I just hate “add line” as a first line when communicating.

Thanks, I googled the quote and came back with the same - it also goes on to mention that you need to complete your address, business address and when you became self employed - I can see the page relates to UK CIS scheme, which I escaped by a year or so. I can see a lot of sorry, don't knows, like I say, this is going to be interesting, I kind of just upsticks and left, maybe even a big headache.

Do you have a link to the quote? .. this is going to be interesting, I haven't been to the UK in a few of decades, I have no idea about any tax information or UTR. In reality, I dont want to email any completed forms, shouldn't the process be online? I would be happy to go to a branch and get them to walk through the process in English to avoid any confusion.

I had a colleague who was working at an international school in Myanmar, idk if there was any truth in it, but he said he was teaching kids of the generals and the financial rewards were very attractive. Im currently teaching online in an African school, although the country has been war torn for many years yet these kids wear gold watches and brand name sport shoes. Do you get the feeling you are teaching the kids of the elite? How do you feel about that?

He could .. but he’s quite adamant with his request. I have an iPhone so, CarPlay just works .. I stream music from my own home server, but the app has a radio function, somehow I it has the LBC stream without going to the global app. It also has all the BBC streams too, i kind of like the retro feel of a radio, rather than news on demand from an app.

lol .. the OP wants to listen to Chiang Mai local radio with BBC news on the hour. He has one of those wireless things in his cars, not wifi, wirelessesss. I thought they were out with square wheels and mullets but what do I know. I would thoroughly recommend a CarPlay or android auto enabled head unit.

New series of Silo starting on Friday

I was a proponent of the online system, used without issue since 2022, then at my last renewal the IO decided to “help me” and do a new 90 day at the time of renewal. Up till then my reports were about 45 days prior to my renewal, so no reason to make the change. Since then I haven’t been able to use the online system, I posted here and it seemed that I needed to post before the one week grace, I did that last time, still no love. I printed off my record of application and showed them 18 successful online applications, even changing address and reporting offices - they had no answer. Yes, I used the autofill magnifier. Yes, I could use the postal service, but why when for a few years the online system worked fine.

Yes - It’s got an interest story, the first series of Top Boy was the best with score by Brian Eno. Then picked up by Drake and in turn went to Netflix. American Animals is a great film, I have seen it a couple of times. A worthy mention.

It has probably been planned since before the election. Why would the establishment get rid of the family when they can use them? I feel that PT has lost all credibility and their use is becoming less and less, we shall see what happens if there is another round of democratic elections.

I didn’t read that .. but anyway, It’s not the first time I have heard that there are no plumbers in Thailand, hopefully if someone is building a place then they will ignore their contractors claims and search one out.

I love how you go into so much detail, but start the sentence with apparently ..

They are trafficking in Thais to all these call centers in Myanmar and Cambodia. However careful, we have nearly been caught twice. One by pretending to be customs, that was weird, the other was someone pretending to be the land office - when we got passed to a “closer” and they were wanting to add different line accounts, that’s when we knew.

Just for the record, as one is here fitting out my bathrooms and tank room. The non-existent plumber is a bit of a myth. They do exist, most work in hotels or industry. My guy has been with us since the footings, planning and advising. The issue is there are no trade schools that teach plumbing, and they aren’t cheap to employ, it’s easier for a contractor to throw a handyman at the job and tell you they don’t exist in Thailand instead of doing a vented system. Even SCG have basic diagrams on their site. My man learned on the job, working in Dubai, then hotels in Bangkok - not only does he understand pipes, but also bathroom construction - putting in metal braces for floating sinks, etc He comes from Khon Kaen but seems to spend a lot of time rolling out private villages in Chiang Mai, he won’t travel to Bangkok - anyone can DM for his number. Another thing about my guy, he’s the only tradesman that does the job, finishes and then after a couple of days rings and asks if everything is ok and can he send the bill - every other “trade” generally wants paying on the morning of the last day, before finishing.

The whole system is messed up, just by painting a few lines down, can’t make people stop. It’s probably not true in this instance, but zebras have no place on a 6 lane major route to a city center. They are for low traffic / speed restricted areas, otherwise pelican crossings with control light should be used. These are also ignored. I have experienced young people just walking out into the road, and expecting the drivers to stop - the right of way is not for the pedestrian. If the driver can stop in a safe manner, then they are obliged to, often here there is an idiot rider or driver sitting behind, the speeds on some roads do not allow for safe stopping. When I was at school in the UK, we were taught how to use zebras, you don’t just walk out onto the crossing as I have seen local kids here do. This country needs a system of education and enforcement or nothing will change, however we should be careful what we wish for, does anyone want 5km/h speed limits in residential areas in Thailand.