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Help needed with one question about UK frozen state pension.
@Andycoops I did state that you that you totally inform the DWP everything so they would know that you are back in Thailand. In the YouTube I mentioned it was also on the condition that you fully informed DWP of where you were living. -
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Question about extending visa before renewing passport
You are referring to 30 day extension to visa exempt entry, hence LakSi. Couple of weeks prior to expiry is the norm. You will need to have a TM30 -
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Woman and Filipino Boyfriend Hospitalised After Consuming Cannabis-Infused Cookies
My Thai wife is very sensitive to alcohol and over-the-counter painkillers. A couple of years back while working lawn maintenance alone at one house, I get a call from her boss that something is wrong with her. I drive to where she worked to find her on the ground unable to walk and mumbling something about cake. I drove her to the emergency room. But before we went in I got a call from the homeowner who explained that she had given her some marihuana brownies. The owner had explained to my wife about what was in the brownies but my wife's English was very poor and didn't understand. I drove her home. She was in a bit of a panic at first since she thought she was having a stroke. She was fine afterward and said she might try it again. She never has. -
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Pattaya's Traffic Mayhem Threatens Tourism: City Battles for Solution
Are you being ironic? I ask as your comment itself could not be more wrong..... you did say the baht buses stop (usually in the middle of the road and wherever they want to), so of course they hold up traffic. As do delivery trucks for the 7-11, people parking while they go get some noodles...samlors looking for a place to set up. It is what we expect on Buakhao and is Thailand! Might be time the congestion issue was addressed, in the meantime, planning permission for a another mega condo project can be dealt with. -
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Cheapest good weed now ? I found 350 thb/gram but not cheaper yet, any idea ?
Yeah I agree, bad photo shaded by pink curtain, grass is green, tried it last night, as good as anything I've had. 1/2 a joint gets the job done, I'll post a better photo when the light is better. -
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Trump picks former Soros money manager for Treasury Secretary
Sounds a bit homofobik, masogyniacal, rasist. -
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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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