teriyaki

Never thought about getting a PO box, but it could indeed be of good use especially for important deliveries, i'll see to get myself one. By the way, i finally managed to get my parcel, the postman finally got it back and delivered to my place. Took only 4 visits to the post office and half a dozen phone calls ???? On a positive note tho, no custom duty, as opposed to last time i ordered from this shop.

First time i had issues with the post service, but here's what happened. International order from an online shop in Australia, they ship with regular post; I already ordered from the shop in the past with no issue, and in fact, my order was split in two separate orders because one items required a few more days to become available, and the second smaller parcel arrived without issue. Normally when there's a delivery i get a phone call, and if i'm not home the delivery man leaves the parcel at my condo's office. I got no phone call for this one, and one day the parcel was marked as delivered, but it wasn't in the office, so i went to the post and asked about it. They sent me all the way to the building where the postmans work to talk directly with the postman who made the delivery..they checked on their terminal where we could see where the item was delivered and who picked it up (they had a photo), and it was a staff person in an office, which is not my condo's office. Basically, they delivered the parcel to the wrong place, but they couldn't tell me where. The adress i wrote down was indeed correct, i write that same adress everytime, i received dozens of parcels both nationally and internationally without issues. I even went to a couple condos near my place, but they did not have my parcel, nor their office was like the one in the photo. I showed the street view on Gmaps satellite to the postman, which confirmed me that "yes i go inside here and go straight"...which is weird because if he went straight on the road i showed him there would have been a wall, and the road would end, with no office to deliver to. Long story short, and 3 trips to the post office later, nothing is solved, i spoke with another staff who spoke better english, which told me, twice, that she would talk with the postman and contact me back, only to never contact me back at all. I gave her another call some 30 mins ago, telling here that they don't need to call me, but they need to go recover that package and bring it back to the post office so that i can pick it up, and again she said she talk to the postman and contact me back "wait a moment na", and she disappears. I tried to call again and she don't pick up the phone, as she did 3 days ago when she told me the same thing. What am i supposed to do? The parcel is worth several hundreds $, i can't just let it go, and asking a refund from the shop is likely going to be problematic and time consuming, especially because the parcel is marked as delivered; also i need that stuff, i would rather avoid waiting weeks for a refund and order again. Is there a place where i can go to make an official complaint? Shall i go to the police? The post office in question is the Chaiyaphruek Post Office, in Pattaya.

Hello everyone; i've been living in Thailand for a few years, and i would like a change of scenary at least for a while, and i always liked to visit the Philipines, so i am planning to come on a holiday first, and if i like it, relocating there for an undetermined amount of time; could be 6 months, could be 5 years, who knows. However i recently came aware of this new presidency, and i see people are worried, so i would like to ask if this is something an expat should be worrying about. I am 28, i work online from home, i don't intend to buy any property there, nor open any business. For all intents and purposes i would be like a tourist. Can this political situation impact my staying negatively, especially in concern to safety? Thank you for your feedback