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Chinese tourist killed by a pickup truck on his first day in Thailand
FarangFB replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Some people might think you're joking but it does actually make sense. There are not only drivers that don't stop but no matter how many zebra crossings you got (Pattaya beach road for example) there are still tons of pedestrians that will cross anywhere they please, even there are zebra crossings less than 40m away. -
It was probably better to not have sent this email. She will likely be reprimanded for leaving her duty to take of a problem that has nothing to do with the business and cost them time and money from other potential customers.
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Power Bank Explosion Causes Panic on AirAsia Flight
FarangFB replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Exactly. The main thing I was looking for in the article is which Powerbank model/brand, but of course is nowhere to be seen. It should be a specific ban like they did for the Galaxy Note 7 years ago. But yes, more likely it will cause a widespread ban on good powerbanks just because of ONE out of many millions that fly every year. -
Exactly, tour buses just seem to drive and park wherever they please, it looks like they're totally above any traffic laws.
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Thai Airways sues over passenger’s flight diversion criticism
FarangFB replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
Nah, screw that. If I paid for a flight to a specific destination that's where I want to go. If bad weather is an excuse it better be a damn typhoon at least. -
Phuket taxi driver drives away foreign woman over air conditioning dispute
FarangFB replied to webfact's topic in Phuket News
The pump assistant look like a 15 year old kid. Not really his job to confront an enraged adult taxi driver, is it?- 158 replies
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My pet peeve with Lazada are the products that are using brand names while being fake. They add "Panasonic", "Philips" etc in the title and description and sell random generic low quality stuff. Lazada completely ignores my reports on these products and often delete my negative reviews too - I guess this is why they can keep close to 5 stars average on reviews.
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I've researched and it was a cargo airplane carrying 270 tonnes. Part of this very heavy weight wasn't secured and "went through the bulkhead and disabled two hydraulic systems, making the aircraft uncontrollable." Still, nothing to do with a small (and fixed, not shifting) imbalance between passengers on different parts of the plane. They just want another way to charge more money, that's it.
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So how is it possible that in like 100 years of commercial flights passengers haven't being weighted and I haven't heard of a single airplane crash in which the cause was a bad weight distribution?
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It's quite rare nowadays because everyone has a smartphone, but you're right. I have a friend who worked in the Pattaya tourist police around 2010-2012 and it wasn't that uncommon for tourists to unpack asap and head out for the bars without making any note of the hotel name. Then they would turn up at the police station asking for help.
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TikTok user spends 13 hours locked in bathroom (video)
FarangFB replied to webfact's topic in Bangkok News
Intentional mistake, so that more people engage by commenting. -
Weighing passengers to become standard for Bangkok Airways
FarangFB replied to webfact's topic in Thailand News
I glanced at the paragraphs and for a second I thought they were talking about the passengers -
Student loan - how to confirm if it's real?
FarangFB replied to FarangFB's topic in Higher Education in Thailand
Checked the website, turned out there was a student debt around 37k in there. The court order she brought didn't say anything about seizing assets. I was about to start checking to pay part of the student debt but then she also mentioned (for the first time) she had pawned a car and needed to pay 25k. Since she wasn't honest about her debts at first then nothing was paid. -
Student loan - how to confirm if it's real?
FarangFB replied to FarangFB's topic in Higher Education in Thailand
Based on the answers here it's pretty much impossible for her student debt situation to demand an immediate payment of 50k, correct? (She said the deadline is on Aug 4th). Is it possible that the debt is so old that they would be after her parents' assets? I thought at most it should affect her ability to get credit in the future. -
There is a person asking me for a significant amount (50,000). She says it's to pay off student debt as it's already way overdue and her parents' assets will be seized if she doesn't pay SOON. If it's true I will help. However, I'm a bit skeptical on this. I don't know her well enough (no, we don't have any relationship). If catch her in a lie I will decline. I am supposed to discuss it tomorrow but I'm planning to ask her an hour before the meeting (so she won't have time to forge stuff) to bring the papers from her university and something that confirms the loan debt. I saw that there is a website called https://www.studentloan.or.th/th/home Are all Thai student debts registered in there? If yes, then I can easily check on the meeting.
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Wifey asked for a new washing machine. We went around town at different big retailers, I got photos of 3 models (around 28-33k) that she wanted and came home to do a little bit of research. I am ok paying let's say 10% more at a physical shop because I can see the product and mostly because they'll install it for me. However, found the same models at Lazada at the manufacturer store for 7-8k cheaper on each model. That's like a 25% premium they're charging. At this point it's just offensive. Similar thing happened when I wanted a nice TV last year, they asked for 55k at the shop and I managed to get it online for 36k. They were upselling for over 50%! Just had to let it out, thanks!
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Resort Owner Shocked As Power Bill Soars Over 700,000 Baht
FarangFB replied to webfact's topic in Eastern Thailand News
Great way to get rid of customers. If a hotel/resort charged me for electricity I'd make sure not to go back there and tell my friends. -
Just updating: I made it past the passport control. The booth officer immediately sent me to the table in the back and a very friendly lady asked to see copies of my son’s birth certificate and my wife’s ID (I had both with wife’s signature) then I called the wife on FaceTime (she was still at the airport) and after a couple basic questions about the trip we made it through.