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Reply to THAKKAR. No defence, i don't feel i need to defend myself against the PC mob, attack yes. My vitriol, as you describe it, wasn't directed against the Chinese but against the ultra-liberal people like yourself which is turning parts of my country into something like a suburb of Bangladesh.
A good friend of mine (Chinese) who i met in the design department of a firm in Germany where i once worked invited me to his home in China. I stayed 3 weeks ( i fancied his sister like mad) It was OK (they were/are Hi-So's ) What i disliked was having to wipe of/brush of the dried phlegm from my trouser bottoms and shoes every evening, i was always scared of getting TB.
The Chinese don't need defending, they feel themselves superior to anything and everything on Gods earth.
If you only meet lousy Chinese and go to lousy places in China, it is your own luck.
"The Chinese don't need defending, they feel themselves superior to anything and everything on Gods earth."---- this was written by YOURSELF.
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You choose what you like to read from my post. And you add your illusion. You don't need to represent others' opinion. I also don't represent other Chinese. Just my personal view.
From where you can see I am "racist " to westerners ? Can't I just list the facts?!?!?!? I'm not annoyed when you say SOME Chinese have slant eyes and SOME are extremely rude and vulgar and stupid. It is a solid fact.
Oh, you lived in China for one year. Does it matter ? I know many who lived there for over 10 years but still don't know much about China and its people. Same as many poor Chinese smuggled in to the west and live there for decades but still know little about the local society.
Communism ruined China for many generations and it has serious problems now. Takes time to cure. But this is NO excuse for SOME your guys to be racists against China.
Your post is shameful and stubborn and stiff.
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It's time for me to say something.
FOR ME, this is just an ad. How people comprehend it, it's another story.But, some people's posts , are incredibly rude, stupid, narrow minded, ignorant, and yes, racist.I'm a Chinese, I state again. And a mainland Chinese too.Although I hate the communism in China, I love China. From the past , into the future.For those racist foreigners, I can only say they have ill education about history and politics of other countries.It's not rare that China was ruled by other races, like the Yuan Dynasty (Mongolians), Qing Dynasty (Mandarin), and the People's Republic of China (once controlled by the communist Russians....)Look at the things with a long term view, not narrowly for only a few decades, eh?Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, are full of Chinese. And in Thailand, most rich people and top management people are from Chinese families. In the international Olympics for Maths, Physics, Chemistry, always the Chinese students win the medals.Chinese are able to master the western things, like classic music (Lang Lang, Yo Yo Ma, etc) and technology; But how many westerners can master Chinese things like Yi Jing, TCM...... I can write here in English (German, Japanese too), can you write back in Chinese to show your racism ?!?!?!This is an old race. I like to be a Chinese, for its rich culture and intelligence and wisdom.Bad luck that China is often destroyed by savage powers (buts still lucky, it did not disappear like other ancient civilisations ......).As Ying and Yang theory goes, situation always changes from time to time. My generation, and the next generations, will change China into a better country, and correct the mistakes done by our stupid and brutal ex-generations.And how about you, racist farangs? You are lying on the achievements from your great-great-granapa generations and think you are the number one. Fine, keep dreaming. -
I'm a Chinese. I saw that ad in Central. I don't think that involves racism etc. In fact, I felt quite amused when I saw that.
PS: Most people in North and West have slant eyes, like the clay soldiers in Xi An. People in East and South don't have much slant eyes. Some people in south China look more like Thais...
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We just inspected it a few weeks ago, and there have some to rent even now in high season. Surely they have apt available in low seasons like Aug.
You can browse their website and call them. They have price for daily/weekly/monthly.
As for cot, that seems a problem. Maybe you can prepare in advance. Like using the Pattaya Little Monkeys group on Facebook to ask if you can rent from someone for a short period.
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Hello Jingthing!
I'm not so familiar with 2nd road. Could you give me some hint how I can find Fumanlou?
I live in Naklua area. Is there any big remarkable building next to Fumanlou so it's easier for me to find? Like Avenue, Central, Royal garden etc ?
Thanks a lot!
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I gave up, ok ?
If some of you think being late, not keeping promise, beating around the bush etc is the normal attitude of working, then I will not reply to this kind of posts anymore.
Why so many big companies in Rayong use Bangkok agents for relocation of their expats/families ? Chance favours the prepared mind. High end market can't tolerate low class mistakes.
Used to work 3 years as regional sales manager in Bosch. Criticism was never something bad for me. If it was right, I must improve; It wrong, then why would customer have this wrong impression? What could I do to avoid it ?
I never say agents are rubbish. If a lawyer does a lousy job, he is also rubbish. Rubbish exist in all kinds of trade. The only difference is they always remain at the bottom.
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With regard to the OP's comment about having to pay a fee each subsequent year a Tenant renews their Tenancy Agreement, this is perfectly
You are right.
If problems occur, North Point management office can handle nicely. And we can also contact tenant & his company HR department directly. Agent has nothing do with these at all. (I've heard some people complain that their agent helps nothing since they moved in)
Yup, if we rent at 100K/M, that is not a cheap commission to pay each year.
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No, you wrong me.
I always communicate with them precisely, clearly and politely. Even "I rejected her firmly", I did in a polite way. I myself hate arrogance and egoists.
It's true that until now, 70% of the agents I met left me a bad impression. I know there are good ones too.
We lived in rented apt for 7 years in the previous country before we moved to Thailand. I know what is a professional and efficient agent is, specially in the high end property market.
If no improvement is done, cutomers will lose patience easily and change to other agents.
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Only the 9th and already the first agent bashing thread of the year rears its ugly head. OP, if you dont want to deal with agents do it yourselfe, collect rent, do contracts, take calls at 4am when there is no electric etc etc etc...your choice
No, this will not happen in North Point. Management fee is high, but the service is also good. Plus the professional support form tenant's company HR/Admin.
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With regard to the OP's comment about having to pay a fee each subsequent year a Tenant renews their Tenancy Agreement, this is perfectly standard in my home country. If the owner gets the benefit of a rental income from a good tenant each year, then why shouldn't they pay a small commission for this benefit ? No one ever stops to think that an agent has expenses to pay and needs to make a living like everyone else. Whilst I cannot comment on the unprofessionalism of some agents, please don't bracket all agents under the same umbrella. Sent from my iPad using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app
Sorry, I didn't mean to say all agents are bad. Just some.
That agent I mentioned wants to sign a one year contract (before she said the client will stay long years, so we offered cheap price ). And she wanted to show her customer to our home to have a look tomorrow. (Did not even ask if we will have time). Of course, I rejected her firmly this time.
Isn't this a waste of time on both sides?
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Am I missing something? Why would you put a property for rent up a year ahead of time? So even if someone wants it they have to wait until next year? Seems ridiculous. Also is 30 minutes late really that late? Do you ever think the people looking for the place are late and that is why or they took longer to look at a place before yours or traffic? I have done hundreds of rentals back home. People will cancel with a five minute notice and none at all. Other people just walk into an office and want to see something right away ( but not for a year from now). I know agents have a bad reputation here and elsewhere but often the general public are completely to blame. I screen potential renters very carefully before they ever get into my office/car. The people who find it annoying when I ask about their price range, why they are moving, who will live in the property, what they are doing for work, length of stay etc. I simply just put off and often won't bother to get back to. As others have said you don't have to pay a second fee at all. One last note. The fixed time of your sleeping baby sometimes has to be upset. Is the door of the bedroom being opened for a quick peek at the room really such a big deal? I also have known many a baby going to sleep often an hour later than the " fixed time" every once in awhile look at both sides. Yes many agents suck and many people looking for places suck.
In international companies, for expat contract , normally the new assignment negotiation will start 6 months before the old contract terminates; and it's also common that the staff will start the new assignment before the old contract ends (as new offer normally is better than the old one). Plus everything takes longer in Thailand. We like to give us enough lead time to sort out someone we like to rent to. And we also need time to sell car, motorbike later on. Never too early.
.......We already checked many condo/hotels near our home. Once we find the right tenant, we can move right away. We always do things in a organised way.
Client may be unfamiliar with the road. But agents know it well. Being on time is politeness.
For an apt that no one lives, sure client can come to look at/cancel at any time. But we live in the apt now and have our agenda.
Some agents just drag in anyone they can get, although we've told them clearly what kine of tenant we want........
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I must say that most of these big companies that you talk about here that place their workers in accommodations normally do it in large expensive condos such as NorthPoint etc and they pay between 50-85k per month for the wrkers rent. Normally the new workers don't get much of a choice where they want to live.
They do this for security and Insurance reasons the same way they provide them with personal drivers and do not allow them to drive themselves or even own their own bikes or cars here.
You are right! We are in North Point. My neighbour's company rents for them at 150K/per month, for 3 years. Just one more bed room than ours. And decades floor lower than ours.
Now we only contact with international relocation companies.... Enough lessons learnt.
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Thanks for all above info and opinions !
We decide to "filter" agents now. Did wrong when we listened to friend to register with more agents. ----only more harass !
We target only at customer who works in big international companies in Rayong. Now we focus more on Asian Tigers (mainly for US companies like GM, Ford ) and another big one in Bangkok (mainly for Japanese ones like mitsubishi).
And I just asked some neighbours in our condo, their companies do sign contract for 2 years or 3 years at one time. Commission fee only paid for one time . Company HR and agent do the co-work. More professional.
So from now one, ignore the petit agents. Home is not a museum
Have 1 year time go to , no hurry at all !PS：We only sign contract with companies, not individuals. So DIY won't help much.
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Hallo !
We are in the process of renting out our apt, through agents.
But something really annoys me :
1. Never on time: Can be 30 min late or more; and can also give you a very "short notice", saying they will come in 15 min. Can't they be a bit considerate and show respect to others? I've told them we have a baby that sleeps at fixed time every day.
2. Not keep promise: They said they will come. Then hub cleaned and organised apt hard. Then in the last 30 min, they say they will not come. And give excuse that no idiots will believe, like the customer has run out of gasoline on the way.
3. Not precise and clear: I don't want to mention the details. Too long. I can only shake my head ....
... the last, one agent prepared contract already, which said: if tenant wants to renew lease, then we have to pay agent fee upon each new lease contract.....This is very unacceptable to us.
Just want to seek some advice and tips on how to handle with agents here. We are not in a hurry to move out. Only rent to the ones we trust. Thanks in advance
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No, should be the one (has strong sea food smell) next to the park, near the big clock tower.
Inside the park , there is a small shop and a restroom too.
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After all of the sarcastic replies, I hope this one actually helps. At the Nuklua market, the small one, not the large commercial one, you will find a gentleman that sharpens knives for all of the vendors working there. He will be glad to do yours as well, and really does a great job. He is just inside the fence of the park, 50 feet north of the restroom, along side the driveway that passes the stalls where they cook your fish for you. He uses many stones from coarse to eventually fine. No automatic knife sharpener will even come close.
Wow ! Super ! I often go there for sea food, but never pay attention to that area. Am sure I'll find him next time. Thanks a great deal
))PS: Maybe they also sell these in Pattaya.
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Thanks for all the input !!!
Now I will raise up my ears for the wooden sound and also keep my eyes wide open for the stone in shops
Back in my country, there are pedlars wandering in communities and sharpening knives/scissors for people. Good old sweet memories .......
PS: another possible place is the open air vegetable markets where also sell raw meat. Will keep an eye on that too
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We have a knife sharpener (a stick) when we bought this whole set of knives in Index. But the stick doesn't help much.
Maybe it't time to buy a new set if I can't get the professional sharpener with stones.
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.... not for murder
))) Just kitchen knives Is there any place that they use special stone for sharpening knives?
Thanks in advance !
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Hello !
I want to deposit some spare money into bank and gain some interest.
Last time, I went to the green bank. But opening an account there I also must have to accept a visa card and pay fee every year.
Then I went to the purple bank (they have good interest rate for short term), but I could not deposit money there because my visa is family visa.
I will stay in Thailand till end of 2014. And I don't want to get a credit card and pay fee every year.
Does any one have experience to share ? Thanks a lot
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Hi,
Does anyone have a 2 bedroom apt in Sky Beach to rent? We will rent at least 8 months. Original plan is 1 year, but not sure if there will be any changes from company that makes us leave Thailand earlier.
View and floor are not important at all to us. Had enough in North Point
)Thanks a lot
Susan
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Thanks guys.
I would contact the bank today and update the story.
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Hmmmmmmm, I really feel awkward to ask... but am feeling so puzzled.
I took out 20K baht from K-Bank ATM (outside a Family Mart) this afternoon. All 1000 baht notes. But I did not count at that time.
All these notes were put in a plastic bag with some other stuff. After arriving home, I just put the bag on table and left home again.
In the evening, I counted the money and only 19 notes ....... I wouldn't think our maid has taken it. But where has that 1000 baht note gone ........
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Thai retailer apology for controversial Chinese New Year ad
in Thailand News
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Weekend is soon over. Another terribly busy week ahead. I won't have time to read and "defend" here......
Before I leave this post, I would like to say to some of the guys who posted nasty about China: you can think and talk whatever you like, but please don't pretend you "know " about China. It's painful to act, even more painful to watch.
Wish you all a nice week ahead