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As others have said, send via EMS not courier. My wife ordered some herbal organic supplements (so literally just plant based) from Australia and they were sent via courier. We had to go to customs office where we were told they were medicines and we needed an import certificate, but they would be kind and waive this in return for a 30% import fee plus VAT plus handling charges etc which cost us more than the supplements were worth in the first place. She won’t be doing that again ????????

My condo is in a similar situation, developer still owns a few condos and the freehold on a number of units that are leased to foreigners. He has decided to just stop paying service charges on them all and owes millions. Some of the residents are trying to take him to court but I doubt he will ever pay up. Sad world when people can just cheat like this and get away with it. 

39 minutes ago, Tounge Thaied said:

I suspect the thai "authorities" have figured out that people are not dying in the massive numbers that was touted by the media and was attempted to be predicted by computer models. The "experts" got it all wrong. And, I suspect that Thai doctors were not "incentivized" financially or pressured/advised to diagnosis Covid19 based upon signs/symptoms alone. Countries like Italy and America are diagnosing Covid19 erroneously, based on symptoms alone. I'll let you come to your own conclusion why that is. I see that Thailand has handled this whole "pandemic" very well. They did not over react in the beginning, made reasonable lock down rules, based upon the fear models by the WHO and are now realizing this is not the emergency we were all led to believe it is or was going to be. IMO, other countries have high numbers because they are creating those numbers. We now know that Covid19 is not as deadly as even the Flu. And I see it as a good thing that everyone doesn't get tested. Those tests do no test for the specific SARSCoV2 virus. There are too many false positives and negatives on that test. The test is nearly completely unreliable. Just read the fine print in the image... way too many caveats for this test to provide any fundamental basis of diagnostic efficacy. 

Tell that to my best mate who lost his mum and sister to COVID within a week of them catching it 

One other thing that seems to be overlooked is that with so many people off work and having little cash, they won’t be able to afford holidays - but even if they can afford one, they won’t have time as they will all be back at work trying to get finances sorted. The company I work for has basically banned anyone taking holidays when the pandemic is over - if the whole company suddenly goes on holiday when we are allowed to travel we will collapse completely. Most companies I know are doing the same. 

I still don’t really understand this: I am a UK citizen, a HK Permanent resident but have been in Singapore for the last two weeks. 
 

So can I come back to Thailand? It says HK travellers need a visa, but I am not on an HK passport. UK travellers need to self quarantine but I haven’t been in UK for nearly a year. Doesn’t say anything about Singapore but I am only a tourists here.
 

I guess the only way is to go to the consulate and ask, or book a ticket and see what happens. Anyone able to understand this better than me?

Many thanks !

On 2/22/2020 at 10:11 AM, SupermarineS6B said:

Can't be that smart........ No news of the Red Bull heir then ?

It’s smart enough to look the other way!

Thank you so much for your kind replies, I have found some thin foam wrapped in silver foil in a size of 0.9m x 4m called Sunshield for a flat ceiling, have bought 4 rolls to see what happens. Having looked in the roof space there is no way I am going up there at my age so now I need to find a thai builder In Krabi to pop up there for me! ???? thanks again, I really do appreciate it. 

Hi everyone

have searched the forums but can’t find an answer I am afraid so asking for some advice please. We have a single story house that has a brown tile roof and from what I can work out, absolutely no insulation in the loft space so it’s basically an oven. In the UK we have fibreglass wool insulation rolls to keep in the heat, and over here I have seen silver rolls of reflective insulation  in homepro, but this is not my area of expertise.

Could anyone please advise me how I can insulate the loft? Should i use the silver rolls, but do I lay them on top of the room ceilings? Or glue them to the underside of the roofing tiles? Sorry to sound like an idiot but honestly clueless.

thanks everyone

6 hours ago, Sambotte said:

That's the main point imo.

I am a traveller, but find Thailand the best place, and want to be able to live in maybe 6-8 months a year, variable, free (no planning).

 

And the Elite visa is not necesarely more costly in fact.

 

Could some "Elite members" confirm there is absolutely no known problem with this Visa ? 

Never had problem with mine either. Great service 

If it helps, I have a card from 3BB, I just pop into their shop once per year and pay for 12 months, get some discount and a free gift that I usually decline ????

just did it yesterday as it happens 

39 minutes ago, Aachen said:

What an interesting and important "comment". Thank you for sharing.

It’s called “sarcasm”, something that you maybe did not understand. It’s what we are all thinking .... this PR is dillusional. 

Doesn’t it make us all feel welcome here to know that the government encourage locals to spy on us and report us - just for seeing us wandering around, even if they have no idea who we are and whether we are here legally or not. Just horrific. 

Or send to a UK bank account and transfer it from there?

not answering the OP but related question, I am in the same boat re needing to top up UK pension. Is it worth it? Or is it just a waste of money? Many thanks.