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On 7/29/2023 at 7:11 PM, Jacques Clouseau said:
It's a strange move.
Usually when what's on offer doesn't sell, you lower your prices, right ?
True, so maybe it is selling? 2022 they had 5000 new applications but that was almost exclusively in a six month period when Covid restrictions eased. So far in 2023 they've had 10 000 applications (50% of the cumulative amount of holders since 2014) and expect well over 20 000, doubling the amount of holders in one year.
One visit at the Elite offices would show you it is exploding, when I first got my visa in 2016, and for years, it was always empty, they knew me by name, now there is queues of people there and sitting in every seat filling applications
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7 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:
He will now find out that scamming can work both ways meet the professionals ????
American swindles, manages to make it about Thailand on the very first reply TV never disappoints
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8 hours ago, fredscats said:Misunderstanding LOL,imagine a farang going through this 10 mil at least
Err.. no. I had covid here and was given the breakdown of all the costs at the start.
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1 hour ago, Skeptic7 said:
And yet another angry and violent Thai "man" who can't deal with a little thing called LIFE. Only surprise here is that he didn't murder her outright. These infantile, unstable pea-brains are brought up this way in Asia and especially here in Thailand. Male child-rearing ways here need an complete overhaul.
Yes yes clearly a "Thai man" thing no such thing could ever happen in other countries like the UK...????
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9605107/Woman-suffers-injuries-face-acid-attack.html
THose are just the first links that came up, there is plenty more. But have your little cry petal btw if you hate them so much but you are still here surrounded by them because you have nowhere better to go, what does that say about you and your own country? think about it for a minute
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11 minutes ago, Leaver said:I think it fair to say most people would refuse to pay for drinks that they didn't order, but then faced with where they are, and the fact that police will make them pay anyway, they usually pay, despite not ordering the drinks. It's the reason many pay as they go here. It's an old scam. This guy decided to stand his ground.
I hope the bar is named so it can be avoided.
Weird how we are there almost every night, never had our bills padded, half of Pattaya goes to Tree Town every night at the moment never heard of anyone even disputing a bill, it is generating big cash as one of the few places open during the restrictions but the aggressive drunk Irish guy on St Paddy's they scammed so they could make a couple hundred baht?
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20 minutes ago, Leaver said:
You forgot the thing that started the whole incident.
- criminal bar girl and cashier add drinks to farang's bar bill and then get security guards to collect on the scam.
You forgot what everybody that has been here long enough has seen countless times
- Obnoxious drunk farang refuses to pay bill, walks away without paying, starts fighting with people trying to stop him, carries on when security arrives, gets a slap. Plays the victim-
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5 hours ago, 2long said:A U-turn flip flop in Thailand!?
AMAZING, and 'unprecedented'! ????????
American company PayPal is doing the U-Turn stop using every single opportunity to have your obligatory little "Thailand waahh waahhh" cry
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22 minutes ago, unheard said:
Zero chlorine in the water?
No doubt that UV and ozone systems sound quite sexy and "advanced" but...
They're not considered to be the safest...
Agreed. I have a UV system you still need residual Chlorine as bacteria doesnt get destroyed until it goes through the lamp and in some parts of the pool might be hours while bateria from the swimmers who just jumped in the pool also not destroyed until hours later . It is also suppose to destroy Algae but with the heat here I found it impossible to control algae with UV alone . Now I just leave it on as a secondary system to have very clean water but keep levels of chlorine as I would without
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28 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:Reporting in Thailand is not very good and many details are left out. He was instigated and provoked by multiple drunk Thais who bit off more than they could chew with the young crazy foreigner and ran to the police.
Of course that is what happened Liam, you know because you were there or more likely you just have to have your little cry about Thais and make up a story because they hurt your feelings and need to have a little dig to feel better even when it is a clearly a Farang who was being an idiot
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7 minutes ago, LiamB80 said:No Thais wanted to take him up on his challenge either. They all backed down and called the police.
They didn't "back down" if they never confronted the idiot, they did the right thing by calling the police but you seem to share part of the psyche of the offender and think taking up the challenge is being tough. Pathetic
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So many allegedly(s) for something very certain. Thaivisa Farang apologists and clickbait Thai trolling since 2002
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9 minutes ago, tezzaaa said:Interesting post (+ good to know), does anyone know/recommend any Thai insurance that would cover costs if found positive?
AETNA (Ex Bupa) covers it too.
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8 hours ago, fusion58 said:...but not before stopping at the nearest ATM.
Why would they need to do that? There is a functionning ATM inside Thonglor station
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Just now, robblok said:
Your opinion is based on YOUR experience. You extrapolate that because you were scammed everyone will be scammed. I am 100% sure I am not on the wrong side of this argument. You forget 1 really important thing, but then again you think your so smart and your right. What the hospital did with you was because you had an insurance, this is something that indeed happens in some hospitals at times. However this guy had no insurance and was sure to question the bill as he had to pay. So you are saying you two case are the same ?
YOU claim that they will charge him more for a room in the dorm then in a quarantine hotel. I dispute that, they could never ever do that for covid treatment. It would cause a riot if pictures of a bill like that would be made public. Just totally impossible no way they could justify it.
Anyway you just keep believing what you want ill go with logic. So far it has served me well.
I don't need to "believe" I KNOW the dorm is more since I was in both unlike you who is reading about it. I also KNOW other cases with and without insurance, samui is a small place and we had plenty of time to talk about it. My insurance Aetna/Bupa knows even more and they agree.
I've been operated for deviated septum at Bumrungrad, broken foot at Samitivej, appendicitis Bangkok hospital I've always been ok with prices here you are given no choice.
Dorm is not free or cheaper depending on you having insurance or not. It is dependant on you having social security
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23 minutes ago, robblok said:
So he would be charged more because you have. In other words again B.S.
You really don't know when to give up do you. I am not disputing what happend to you as I have no proof. However in this case your argument is weak. Your a bit blinded but that is ok I think ill give up because you are almost as mad as covid deniers. Besides if that happened he could really complain.
Basically your saying because it happened tome it will happen to everyone..that is a bad argument.
Goodness me I have never seen anything like it! Even by internet standards. Unbelievable.
We were all there at the same time, for the same thing, my insurance who I have a very good relationship with was also not happy and spoke at lengh to me about it and what is going on there.
I base my opinion on being there and having first hand knowledge. While you base yours entirely on assumptions and desperatly trying to make things fit your narative because god forbid you could be on the wrong side of the argument this time. Unreal
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11 minutes ago, robblok said:
Your saying they charge the same for a dorm room at the hospital as staying private in the place that Brit CHOOSE to stay. I mean why could he then not stay in the dorm ?
Im a bit confused is that what you mean or do you mean you will still have to pay but a much lower amount ? Can you make clear what you mean ?
Nope you would be charged MORE in the dorm than Hospitel but less than private room, my first night was in the dorm and cost well over 10k because you would be charged for a host of other services like a doctor you never saw, nurse fees etc
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20 minutes ago, robblok said:
You are charged a higher then normal rate for these hotels as they have nurses and dr on site. Because everyone has covid. Sorry mate maybe you should be a bit more open minded. You assume that he is being ripped off and charged inflated prices without any proof besides the fact that you have been overcharged. That is not proof at all.
https://asq.in.th/aslq-thailand-hotels/aura-samui-best-beach-hotel-samui-extra-plus-sandbox
below the hotel that he stayed in.. look at how nice and big and you still think it overcharged ? its inclusive food an all.
Good for you but again plenty of ASQs in Samui it is not an ASQ it is a Hospitel.
You don't have a choice there is one place they have an agreement with and that is where you go.
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1 minute ago, robblok said:
Maybe you should check the prices of ASQ hotels and check the hotel online. Like others said its a really nice hotel. The price is not really that high for ASQ hotels. So they are not ripping him off. Its a normal price for that hotel.
That is cute but you are not charged ASQ hotel prices when you test positive.
You would know that if you tested positive in Samui.
Again you are more worried about being right and not being "shown up" while talking about a particular situation you know nothing about rather than maybe listening to the points someone who lived it is making and realize you don't know everything.
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4 minutes ago, robblok said:
How is the situation the same does the guy dispute having stayed in a quarantine hotel ? He is not being billed for things he did not use. Just to make things clear most of his costs are probably the hotel not hospital. So no bearing on the situation. He just stayed a day in the hospital before being transferred to the hotel. (those are two differeent things)
This is why arguing with people on the internet who haven't lived a situation is pointless.
You are still billed by the hospital, they have an agreement that they move you to a different location but they bill you, and charge you pretty much what they want.
See : "The email goes on to say they are a government hospital who follows the law."
He has a dispute with THE HOSPITAL not the hotel
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15 hours ago, dirtybirty said:
Bet the lovely clowns at bophut mafia station are rubbing their hands together. Luxury villa, ooh big 000's prop goes away.
They paid 10k each in fines, not going to make anyone rich. But yeah private villa cocaine and alcohol during a lockdown is PR for the department.
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On 8/22/2021 at 2:14 PM, samtam said:
She, like all her fellow compatriots deserve respect, (and I did not call her selfish), when they have died, through no fault of their own. What I am saying is that Covid is so insidious that protecting yourself by ensuring your "household" do not intermingle is the most secure way of doing so. Any cases we have had in our condo have come from outside, not through selfish behaviour, but through people intermingling when they go about their daily lives, whether it's someone going to their office, or a maid going to the market.
My comment that you quoted was replying to someone who called her "selfish for dying" It has since been deleted.
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12 minutes ago, samtam said:But this kinda begs the question: "someone in her household". Her family or her staff? In Covid times if people want to be safe from the virus they need to either live in isolation, (without their family of their staff), or accept there is a risk that one of these people will interact (however innocently) with someone who has Covid. For this reason I and many in my condo building have dispensed with the services of personal staff, (maids, drivers etc), if these people are not live-in, (and permanently). Heard of HMS Bubble?
They isolate once they know they are positive. Samui had very few cases until it ran rampant undetected in Black Bamboo. Anyway, it is completely besides the point, she died she deserves respect not be called selfish when she did nothing wrong.
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5 hours ago, colinneil said:What a total waste of time, if he was Thai nothing would have been done.
Around here a very small percentage of people are wearing masks, nothing is done about it.
Just another farang bashing episode, having said that the man is as fool for not wearing a mask.
Did you bother watching? He is indoor in a small space at the launch of Taco Bell and threatening to kick peoples head in, insulting everybody when they are remaining calm and polite. He got off very lightly
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People take the SAME pictures of Chaweng beach road over and over again, yes that road is deserted not only because of Covid but because they are digging it up to bury the power lines other places like Fisherman are quite busy.
Also I am looking for Hotels for sale and have found no more than 5 or 6 and none in good areas. It is bad but not as bad as it is made it out to be
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New Thailand Elite Visa packages from September 15th ?
in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
Posted · Edited by firestar
BTW some people miss the point, Elite was never meant to be a mass market program with a million people walking around with an elite visa. Their ideal scenario is around 10 000 applicants per year paying as much as the market dictates 10 000 people are willing to pay. Keeping it exclusive and making it profitable.