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Is Accident Insurance a Requirement in Thailand
If you don't and have a accident, I hope you have very deep pockets to find your hospital treatment. I for one won't be contributing to your crowd funding because of your negligence. -
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THB35 Customs charge on package from UK.
Also note - in Thailand, Customs determines Duties and Tariffs on the "CIF" value of a shipment. Cost (declared value of the shipment) Insurance (regardless if the shipment was insured or not) Freight (the shipping costs to get the order to Thailand) The total of those 3 is the "CIF value" that they then apply the applicable Duties/tariffs to. And I found out (the "hard" way) that even if your order has no insurance and "free shipping" - Customs is allowed to "estimate" what those values "might" have been, then add them to the declared value of the order and then assign the Duties/Tariffs. I had a (minor) discussion about that once at the Customs House in Laem Chabang with an order I received from AliExpress that was "free shipping". I even showed them the "invoice" on the AliExpress site for the order where it said "free shipping". Didn't matter. They basically just added some small percentage of the value of the item I'd ordered as a "shipping" fee and a smaller percentage as the "estimated" insurance and then applied the Duties to the total. (I think it added about 300 baht to the "CIF" value on a shipment valued at just over 2600 baht.) And then they charged me a 40% Duties and Tariffs fee (the scheduled amount for "new motorcycle parts"). I went through that a couple times with them. (I now know the route to the Laem Chabang Customs House quite well in fact.) Usually it's only when it's a large item (like leather saddlebags for a motorcycle) or has a "higher" declared value. Smaller items (and cheaper ones) used to either go to the Chaiyapruek post office - or slip through without any additional fees at all. I had it worked out a couple years ago. It seemed that packages worth less that $75 US sailed right through. Packages valued at $75-150 would get hit with additional fees about half the time and packages valued at over $150 would always have additional fees imposed. (Unlike what the courier companies like FedEx, UPS and DHL do, where they charge the FULL, maximum amount on any shipment, regardless of value - and then add their own handling fees on top because they know even if you refuse the shipment - you STILL have to pay the Customs duties - and then the courier company can "destroy" - or keep - your package. You've already paid for it and the shipping and they don't have to return it to sender - especially not at their expense - so they are "supposed" to destroy the package(s) that get refused.) I looked that up a couple months ago when FedEx was jerking me around on a package they had in Bangkok. After a week of dicking around I was ready to tell them to stuff the package and I looked into what would happen if I refused to accept it. Basically, you'd end up still having to pay the Duties, and no refund on the shipping, and it wouldn't go back to the sender so you'd lose the package as well (and couldn't claim it as "lost" in shipping) so you'd end up with nothing. And the courier companies KNOW that, which is how they get away with it. With that FedEx shipment, I spent almost 2 weeks jumping through hoops before they finally delivered it and I ended up paying nearly 3,200 baht in extra fees and charges for a shipment valued at 3,600 baht. (I kept the paperwork.) And of that 3,200 - only 746 was actual Customs Duties !! And frakken FedEx made me "register" with Customs and send them a copy of my "registration card" - and THEN charged ME an additional 1,400 baht to "amend the waybill" because on the shipping label it had my first and last name - but on the "registration card" it had my first, middle and last name !! So yeah, avoid using courier companies if at all possible. Order smaller amounts if need be or have someone ship stuff through the regular postal system. Otherwise you could get shafted by the courier companies. -
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Help needed with one question about UK frozen state pension.
The problem with your scheme is that about every 2 years, at random, a form is sent to you to return to DWP. It must be signed by you and also witnessed with the witnesses official stamp. While you are in Thailand and have vacated your new official address in the Philippines, the proof of life form will go unanswered and your pension will be stopped. -
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So the U.S. elected an autocrat -- what to expect next from a Hungarian perspective
Western leftists, it's not going to be good for you here on out. You had a few decades to revel but now everyone is done with you. You need to stay in the few pockets you still have (Western metropolitan areas) and even your chronically online habits are about to become redundant as with the rise of bots, AI and CGI people are starting to ignore online activity as nothing more than a joke. And the icing on the cake? Most of you guys don't breed meaning your nonsense ends with you. -
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Help needed with one question about UK frozen state pension.
Thanks for the information and links @ballpoint I have a query about one point. In your post you state "And, in order to "unfreeze" your pension, you must return to the UK, not to one of the agreement countries, such as the Philippines." Can I ask where this came from? Because we have conflicting conclusions I am wondering if to permanently increase your state pension to a new current frozen amount amount this is true and so going to the Philippines for 185 days would not work but going to the UK would? -
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Help needed with one question about UK frozen state pension.
Thanks for the information and links @ballpoint I have a query about one point. In your post you state "And, in order to "unfreeze" your pension, you must return to the UK, not to one of the agreement countries, such as the Philippines." Can I ask where this came from? Because we have conflicting conclusions I am wondering if to permanently increase your state pension to a new current frozen amount amount this is true and so going to the Philippines for 185 days would not work but going to the UK would? -
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'Deception and denial': Voter views reveal dark truth about Trump's 'mandate'
As the election winner is based on the absurd electoral votes system, the percentage of votes cast for any particular party is irrelevant. -
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Shore thing: Foreign couple shamed by locals for public sex on Phuket beach
Sex on the beach.. No.. Don't do that. But ffs... Taking photos then requesting video of the couple! Oh come on. Thai are a strange bunch.
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