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32 minutes ago, JusticeGB said:

Certainly absolutely no booze available in Pattaya city not even in Mom and Pop stores . A couple of bars selling drinks under cover in my condo block have been fined 100,000 baht. The only easing I have seen is that BigC has now opened up it's kitchenware and mobile phone areas. Clothing and bedding are roped off.

I am told by a Thai that if you ask the Big C staff you want to buy something from the roped off areas they will say OK. This in a large BKK Big C.

Same 7-day deadline for returns when I bought a fake "Kingston" USB Flash drive from Lazada. Found out after trying it after 10-days. Lazada would not take any responsibility and claim they vet all their vendors to prevent counterfeit products. Sure, which is why I can buy fake products on Lazada today and prove that they are fake.  

4 hours ago, topt said:

I have a sort of linked query. I tried to send back a faulty laptop battery to China about 4 weeks ago. I wasn't sure if they would take batteries normally anyhow although I received it from China in the first place.

 

2 different POs told me cannot and one suggested that I could only use what sounded like UPS......presumably normally any courier would be ok but that would make it uneconomical to send so did not pursue it.

 

Anybody know for sure about batteries outside of the current covid situation?

Some time ago I tried to send a Chinese mini iPad back to China using Thailand Post. 1st PO said I cannot send it because of the battery. 2nd PO accepted the parcel but after a few days sent a notice saying they could not send it and asked me to go to the PO for a shipping refund (which I did). I just gave up on it.

On 3/26/2020 at 11:59 AM, Daffy D said:

Yea! I bought a ticket for the 1st April draw 

 

Will that ticket be accepted for when the lottery starts again 

 

Just my luck, one of the few times I buy a ticket, not only do I not win,  the whole lottery is cancelled 

 

According to 2 lottery ticket sellers here at Cha-Am, if you (like me) bought a ticket for the 1 April draw, this ticket is valid for the next draw. Well, that's what they told me.

So how do I get back the 80 baht I paid for a ticket for the 1 April draw? Bank transfer?

AUSIRIS sell 99.99% gold bars here made by PAMP in Switzerland. I have 100 gm and 1 Kg bars.

On 12/9/2019 at 11:18 AM, BritManToo said:

I'm not convinced they discriminate between an expat and a tourist.

We're all tourists to them.

We are not "tourists" to them, We are "Aliens."

On 12/3/2019 at 10:10 AM, ianh68 said:

It is worth remembering that the Labour Manifesto is not just the product of Jeremy Corbyn's brain - it is a distillation of policy democratically decided at Labour Party conference.

Assuming Corbyn has a brain, that is. Perhaps he's borrowed Abbott's and/or McDonnell's. 

Is it LEGAL to drive in Thailand using a UK driving licence?

I thought that only an International Driving Permit (IDP) from your home country is legal, or a Thai driving licence,

Important consideration regarding insurance.

We are all sugar daddy's here, but some may not admit it. My advice is to hide your ATM card. and plead poverty.

I have used Thailand Post "Economy Air Mail" (ISAL) to post hundreds of padded envelopes to the USA and Europe and as far as I know none were lost You can obtain special "Economy Air Mail" stickers at the PO.

I do warn recipients that it might take 3+ weeks to reach them since ISAL sends items to the main airport in the receiving country and then by surface to the final destination.

If anyone knows of a cheaper option, please let us know.

Is the dual track system Standard Gauge or Metre Gauge as used (mostly) throughout Thailand? I thought they were going to use the existing Metre Gauge for the dual track project.

I have seen workers replace wood with concrete ties on the Metre Gauge, and they used the most primitive tools only, such as a crowbar and shovel. Not sure I would want to travel 160 KPH on Metre Gauge tracks which have not been aligned properly. 

I have shipped hundreds of small packages using Thailand Post "Economy Air Mail" also called ISAL (International Surface Air Lift). All arrived even though they were not registered. However, for one-off items which cannot be replaced easily I would register. The PO has "Economy Air Mail" stickers to attach to packages.  

Suggest you get a Thai speaker to phone the government health hot line and ask about this. Sorry - I don't have the 4-digit number at hand.

I did contact Samitivej Hospital but they said none of their doctors were approved.

I did go to the local Amphur to ask if I could obtain a medical marijuana health card, and this seemed possible but involved getting copies of my passport translated into Thai and authenticated by the British Embassy and Chaeng Wattana, which was jumping through too many hoops for my liking.

Please let us know if you manage to find an approved doctor who can issue prescriptions/certificate for medical marijuana.

How much did the Huff Post pay her?

Other TV posts say that TransferWise use 3 local banks, namely Bangkok Bank, Thai Military Bank (TMB), and Kasikorn Bank. I made a test transfer using TransferWise to my Bangkok Bank savings account. The online Statement says "International Transfer." I don't know yet what the passbook will say.

22 hours ago, geriatrickid said:

How did your car, bike  and condo get paid for? You paid for them right?

Put those costs into a monthly basis over their lifespan. It irks me when people talk of their minimal expenses, but then add, I have a car, condo  and bike. That puts you  into a different socio economic demographic than someone who only has 30K a month. You have assets with value. they do not. 

What does a modest decent secure condo go for today? 10 million baht?  Let's say someone has been living in a condo for 10 years and we value the condo in today's value, this works out to about 80,000 a month. If one stays longer, the incremental cost is less, if one is a new owner, it is considerably more. Even if it is a budget condo at 5 million, that still works out to  40,000 a month if 10 years old. The point being that many of the people saying they have  limited budgets, do not, and are far wealthier than they realize.

 

Quality food, is not the processed stuff chock full of sodium  and additives that we know is not good for us. Its the produce sourced from the produce vendors who are not using  the dangerous pesticides that are restricted elsewhere. It is the poultry  purchased from the butchers who do not purchase from the monopoly which relies on hormones and antibiotics and who don't inject water into the carcasses during processing to plump them up. It is the fish purchased from retailers who obtain fish from clean zones, e.g. not the klong, and it is bread from  bakers who don't destroy the  dough with sugar, corn syrup and other crap. And mostly it is being able to maintain a western quality lifestyle eating things like smoked  wild salmon and not the disgusting farmed salmon.

 

 

How do you know you are buying "quality food"? Surveys have shown even the supposedly organic produce contaminated by pesticides etc

11 hours ago, gaff said:

 

In Thailand there is not credit card protection and Lazada usually does not accept foreign credit card, knowing how easy it is in some country to cancel any purchase.

 

 

Nonsense -- I recently had an unauthorised charge on my Thai credit card and they immediately reversed the charge which appeared on the next monthly statement. They also cancelled the card and sent me a new one for security reasons.

Suggest Foundation for Children. I've supported them in a small way for many years and left simething in my Will to them. As you say, better than iPhones etc.

On 11/22/2017 at 6:15 PM, edwardandtubs said:

I see Xiaomi have a service centre in Pantip Plaza now so I'll go there if Shopee keep ignoring me. Wish I'd bought it from Lazada...

I bought a new boxed Xiaomi phone at MBK. After a couple of years took it to Xiaomi at Pantip Plaza. They directed me to a service center co in Pantip. They would not fix it because the phone was a gray import (from serial number), even though I was prepared to pay. Bought a Samsung as replacement.

So, I have learnt my lesson. Only buy from an authorized phone dealer or phone manufacturer outlet.