How much is a new key card at your condo?

[ronjomtien]

My hi-so condo wants 500 baht for a replacement key card. I lost mine. I never or has anyone I know personally paid more than 200. I told them I'll pay 500 but I'm deducting 300 from the rent. Agent said the co-owners approved 500 in a meeting for by-laws. Help!

[Airalee]

500 at the condo I’m in now.  500 at my last condo.

[TacoKhun]

Used to be 200 many years ago, now they changed to new tokens i think 500 about right

[tomazbodner]

500.

 

The cards don't cost much despite being custom printed. But they need to go and wipe your old card number out of all gate access systems, etc. and register new ones. So most of the fee is for this activity. not card itself.

[FritsSikkink]

You lose something which belongs to some body else and you want to dictate the price for replacement, get real.

[david555]

Hiso condo liking ....Hiso condo pricing ....

Your Hiso  choice ! ????

[scubascuba3]

It's a scam as they cost around 10 baht, i know I bought a fob for my front door. At my condo i paid 700 baht, agreed by committee, i complained, eventually lowered to 300 baht, still too high

Edited September 5, 2021 by scubascuba3

[ronjomtien]

2 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

You lose something which belongs to some body else and you want to dictate the price for replacement, get real.

Yes, why not, fair market pricing, not gauging. 

[ronjomtien]

7 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

500.

 

The cards don't cost much despite being custom printed. But they need to go and wipe your old card number out of all gate access systems, etc. and register new ones. So most of the fee is for this activity. not card itself.

Really, laborers make 300 for a day and these people spend 10 minutes on a computer and send someone up with you for 10 minutes and they want 500 baht. Give me a  break.

[saakura]

500 Baht at my not so hiso condo. Agreed to by all co-owners.

[tonray]

500 baht at condo I used to stay at. Next time try to keep it in your pants..always avoids trouble later (????)

[Henryford]

Those are the rules. Deduct rent ! pathetic.

[newnative]

   Time to move to a fan room if you're whining about 500 baht--which seems about right for a lost key card.

[chakatee]

500

The "profit" isn't for the condo managment company but for the owners themselves so left pocket, right pocket.

Pay and don't lose it again.

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, ronjomtien said:

Really, laborers make 300 for a day and these people spend 10 minutes on a computer and send someone up with you for 10 minutes and they want 500 baht. Give me a  break.

I doubt the job is done by rice planters, so bringing their income into it is rather irrelevant. 

[Doctor Tom]

Another small nail in the coffin of condos, one of many.  I know that I bang on a lot about how <deleted> condo living is, but living in a house is so much less hassle than the rabbit hutch condos that so many choose to exist in, run ragged by management committees, who decide how you will live, security people with a God complex, paying for parking your vehicle, government and local authorities deciding how and when  you can use pools and gyms that you are paying for,  next door people living so close that you can hear them talking in a whisper. 

Edited September 6, 2021 by Doctor Tom

[robblok]

3 hours ago, ronjomtien said:

Really, laborers make 300 for a day and these people spend 10 minutes on a computer and send someone up with you for 10 minutes and they want 500 baht. Give me a  break.

there is an other reason, if it was to cheap people would become careless and it could lead to security problems. Personally I think your a cheap skate (sorry) because you lose something and then moan about the price. Its only 500bt plus you caused this and nobody else. 

 

Take some responsibility drink a few beers less and you will be good. Maybe next time your more careful. Now you learn your lesson.

[Sticky Rice Balls]

200 for me..typical cement thai building--loso......has pretty much always been that price at other places ive rented. but im Loso--local

But they tend to get me on the 300 cleaning fee when i leave, a spotless room that I usually have to reclean when i move back in....

[FritsSikkink]

3 hours ago, ronjomtien said:

Really, laborers make 300 for a day and these people spend 10 minutes on a computer and send someone up with you for 10 minutes and they want 500 baht. Give me a  break.

Don't lose their property then.

[david555]

 

Solution ....????

 

 

 

Edited September 6, 2021 by david555

[david555]

24 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

Don't lose their property then.

their property ?  sorry i paid from beginning for the card....unless if i return it by end contract ?....you think they go give me 500bht? 

[Will B Good]

200 baht, I think.

 

Strange thing, the room number is embossed into the keycard!!!!

[tomazbodner]

4 hours ago, ronjomtien said:

Really, laborers make 300 for a day and these people spend 10 minutes on a computer and send someone up with you for 10 minutes and they want 500 baht. Give me a  break.

That's what you think of the staff that is working for you? Do you dare to tell them that in their faces?

[samtam]

1 hour ago, Doctor Tom said:

Another small nail in the coffin of condos, one of many.  I know that I bang on a lot about how <deleted> condo living is, but living in a house is so much less hassle than the rabbit hutch condos that so many choose to exist in, run ragged by management committees, who decide how you will live, security people with a God complex, paying for parking your vehicle, government and local authorities deciding how and when  you can use pools and gyms that you are paying for,  next door people living so close that you can hear them talking in a whisper. 

A house in Bangkok is unlikely to afford you noise abatement unfortunately, even if you have several acres of grounds.

[robblok]

28 minutes ago, david555 said:

their property ?  sorry i paid from beginning for the card....unless if i return it by end contract ?....you think they go give me 500bht? 

So if you get keys to a condo they are yours ? I would say a keycard like keys will not become your property and will have to be returned. About the 500bt no idea. 

[robblok]

9 minutes ago, samtam said:

A house in Bangkok is unlikely to afford you noise abatement unfortunately, even if you have several acres of grounds.

Living in a house in BKK now in Thonglor, quiet street almost no noise. We don't have several acres of ground. Location is key, not everywhere in BKK its loud. 

[ronjomtien]

4 hours ago, tonray said:

500 baht at condo I used to stay at. Next time try to keep it in your pants..always avoids trouble later (????)

I thought it was, I think it was a ghost took it just to make me sweat. I tried to take this lady from Pattaya back to Jomtien at 8:30 to my condo before I took her home, I wanted to help her out with some pills for a cough. When I got to the condo I couldn't find the key and it was 8:40 before the curfew. I looked all over the car and then had to drive her back down the beach before the curfew. I made it back at 8:59 and I could see 2 police cars warning people on the beach to go home. Gave her the pills this morning.

And it only took 10 minutes to program the card and 10 to go upstairs and redo the door. The bonus is that they gave me the secret door code so I can open it myself if I lose the card again or forget it inside. No condo eve gave me the secret code, it's only for owners they said. Thanks

[big dendrobenaes]

FREE for me to come through the two security gates !!!

i own my condos and have my own key for them........

[ronjomtien]

4 hours ago, Henryford said:

Those are the rules. Deduct rent ! pathetic.

Are you talking about yourself?

[samtam]

15 minutes ago, robblok said:

Living in a house in BKK now in Thonglor, quiet street almost no noise. We don't have several acres of ground. Location is key, not everywhere in BKK its loud. 

Sounds great. Condo living is not for everyone, but there are important factors to consider when choosing which one, (as with your house location), but also management, maintenance (24/7), security (24/7) and facilities. I enjoy it because I value the views from my 35th floor, which is a boon, living as we do in a flat delta area. As I'm on the committee I have been lucky enough to influence, (and indeed instigate policy) regarding the factors aforementioned.