Surasak

Some tried to disguise themselves with leaves.

Was that Fig leaves?

And may I remind you all. Adam and were the first people ever NOT to read the Apple terms and conditions.????

Pipat said he didn't want the Phuket Mafia putting a spanner in the works.. Don't worry Mate, the Mafia have a monster great tool box. One spanner indeed.

6 hours ago, WineOh said:

dear lord.

 

Those in charge haven't got a bleedin clue!

No and wouldn't know how to put a plaster on it??

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Wont be long before they start saying that they cannot do the 2nd jab when required and the vaccine you had be useless and you have to start all over again

Now wouldn't that be a surprise.????

Just another double cross as per. What's new?

7 minutes ago, Eindhoven said:

 

Post ALL of the details here and I'll try to work it out for you. Ridiculous.

Presumably you meant a Thailand VISA debit card.

 

Remember the OP wrote PHONE (BILL), not debit or credit card. So you case looks like a case of card fraud, as opposed to a debit on a telephone bill.

 

If of course the £45 charge was to her card and nothing to do with the phone at all; then that would be the OP's misreporting, wouldn't it?

 

Clearer now? Yours seems like a simple case of your card details being sold or just used by someone who got hold of them.

Thanks all the same, but it is in the hands of the Thai bank. I'll leave it to them to sort. I clearly stated it was a Thai card

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

ATM fraud is most likely, your card was scanned by a fake ATM front.

Possible, except I don't use the card in any ATM. I always use another card from an internet bank, and never in my KrungThai bank ATM always Aeon, its cheaper.

12 hours ago, Eindhoven said:

 

You cannot order by phone with Deliveroo. Also not aware that they can make a charge to someone's telephone/Internet bill. That doesn't sound right. 

So, explain how they charged my Thai visa card when I have NEVER used that card for international payments, only ever local. The only company who has my card details is Lazada. Your thoughts please?

13 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Ok, so I assume from that, the mother uses a landline, in which case no it wont work.

 

Heres an idea, get a UK skype number, she dials a local number (cheaper) and you can have it ring (divert to) whatever number you choose.

 

 

I'll hop in here and say, I call my sister in the UK using Skype. I have a UK Skype number @£38/year, then I pay £10.OO maybe two to three times per year for calls @1.3p per minute. Last month, same as the op, a payment to Delivroo  for 29,750Baht appeared on my KrungThai A/C I called the call centre in BKK and it turns out this was taken from my KT card with the security number. It is being investigated as I type, and intend to call today to check the progress with the ID number I was given. If and when I get any info, I will keep you posted.

Doesn't take much for greed to raise its ugly head. I want and the rest of the country can go hang. They're like spoilt kids in a candy store, doing a tantrum because they can't have what they want.

5 hours ago, mfd101 said:

I'm Australian, age 72, and I speak reasonably fluent French. Will that be OK?

Can I suggest young man, give it a go. If you don't ask the question, you may never know the answer.

6 minutes ago, itsari said:

Come on Surasak , you only know to well that there is no UK citizens of that age in Thailand . Therefore we must congratulate you on your good sense of humor . 

I don't know actually, but I'm creeping up that way myself. If I make it I'll let you know.

7 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

So long as your mum accompanies you to the hospital

 Don't ask for credit unless over 99 years of age and accompanied by both parents.  We may then make an exception, but don't hold you breath.

8 hours ago, Thailand said:

I expect the UK will soonbe offering the same service to British expats over the age of 97.

Make that aged over 107 and you will possibly be somewhere near.

A lone voice crying in the  wilderness.

Very well done, I'll be ready with the flags but hold off flying them, I feel I've wasted enough already.

£80,000, That's 3,000,000Baht. If they can raise that amount it would be better spent here, than to have the added trauma of flights and what possibility of care in the UK.  £30,000 would get good care in a General hospital with private room. Aim for the top of the mountain by all means, but if you only make first base , make the most of that.

Its been a long time since I was in Phuket, but as I remember, many of the hotel staff were not local people they were from up country. It would be interesting to see how they cope, if there should be as many visitors as is hoped for.

15 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So conceivably one could travel from Dark red zone to Dark red zone with no worries and no restrictions other than what the CCSA has put in place.  Good to know that travel is back on, well within parameters and safety concerns addressed, like wearing a mask while driving.

We get lots of visitors from Bangkok on a daily basis, Business would go under if we didn't.

15 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Years ago in Scotland the pubs didn't open on Sundays

Right. And the same in Wales as I remember, That was the 70s.

I opened a bank A/C at Kasikorn bank last Friday in Baan & Beyond Khon Kaen, no problems at all. It took about an hour of form filling, many signatures and my Thai ID card and passport, then a call to head office for confirmation for some reason. Biggest problem was setting up the phone app. it can't be done using your internet connection, only via the phone company internet. Here's the best bit, 958 swipes on the calendar to input my date of birth.

"reopening target could only be met if the vaccines are delivered according to the committed schedules".

That part of the statement is his, 'Get Out Of Jail Free Card'.

15 hours ago, phetphet said:

Nothing new. They have been doing it for years with the photocopies of application forms on the back of other peoples passport and other document copies.

Which is why I put two thick black lines on the reverse side of all papers presented to Immigration since my first renewal some years ago.