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  1. Smaller selection but might be easier if you want local stuf and you live north otherwise probably not worth the bother, my wife wont entertain even looking at it!
  2. No never go to the walk but there is one downstairs in the basement at BIG C last time I looked, AIS and DTAC are the same now do not know it they are or will be moving over to the new Central.
  3. BIG C is almost back to normal with footfall tells you all you need to know.
  4. No its on the main road past BIG C, past McDonalds and then U Turn at the next set of lights AH1 I think the roads is.
  5. No its on the main road past BIG C, past McDonalds and then U Turn at the next set of lights AH1 I think the roads is.
  6. We went to the Central Mall yesterday and thoroughly underwhelmed by it. The signage is poor, boards tell you what is in the place but not on what floor. The Banks will be there next month. The food court is not as big as Big C and more expensive. The ranges seem to be smaller than other Centrals I have been to and that goes for TOPS as well and no Burger King as their website said there would be, maybe it will appear later. V Square/Big C seems to have better offers and a wider range. Yamazaki bakery offers bread in Big C but not at Central, just cakes.
  7. Just have to wait and see what happens by about March 2025, otherwise its pure speculation. Thailand has 61 double agreements with other countries and they all appear to be different and the wording in some is ambiguous. Tax authorities want their share of your money, your home country gets first grab and now maybe Thailand wants another go and then its up to you to try and get a refund, meanwhile they get the interest on the contested amount. I have a Thai tax ID for claiming back interest at the bank but I guess a lot do not so you wait and see if they get in touch, same as me next year. If you have a wife, maybe she does not have a Thai tax ID, nudge nudge, wink wink. For those of you with T/F then you are probably better positioned.
  8. Just a point of information and about access to the site if you coming from the south past BIG C, go through the next set of lights, the 117 turn off, you will then come to a U-Turn but this is just before the entrance to the new Central Plaza, you will need to go to the next st of lights to do the U-Turn..
  9. Its opposite McDonalds, southbound carriageway. There will be a Burger King and a lot of the other usual Central Group shops, Tops, B2B, Powerbuy, Sports whatever it is. Expect it to be very busy getting in and out for the first 3 weeks, I must have my photo of being there you know how it is. I also notice there is now a Makro at the Lotus complex just north of Nakhon Sawan on the KKP /Tak Road, southbound.
  10. Central Plaza in Nakhon Sawan due to open 31st January.
  11. The price of wine here is way to high and I cannot understand that in relation to spirits. The wine also available is of generally very poor quality, too sweet and stuffed with local fruit to degrade it even more. On a recent trip to the UK I could buy a bottle of wine that knocks Berri Estates offerings into a cocked hat for the equivalent of 242 bts. A fair quality bottle of wine say from South Africa or Chile in Waitrose can be had for 350 bts. A bottle of Bells is cheaper here than in the UK!
  12. Many counties have a tax agreement with Thailand where you will not be double taxed. home country and then again when you transfer money here, they all seem to be different and in my view open to interpretation. Your home country treats you as a non-resident citizen but resident for tax purposes, they want the money. Whilst if you spend more than 180 days out of your home country you would be classed as non-domicile unless you have a residence in that country you can use, I suspect that many here have given up any residence in the home country. Thailand then says that if your main residence is in Thailand and you are here for more than 180 days you could be liable for tax, which I can see because they want the money. At the moment our taxes are taxed at source where they have originated and now Thailand is looking at the 180 days and the place of residence, how this will end up is uncertain, I would suggest anyone takes a look at the tax agreement your home country has with Thailand and see what you make of it which may not be the way the Revenue service here sees it but if you are going to be asked to pay tax here then you should be able to re claim what you have paid back home although it might be slow and painful to get it. When I first arrived here there was talk of a 0.5 % land tax per annum and nothing happened so we will have to wait and see what comes out of the mist. Plan for the worst and hope for the best.
  13. I have recently returned from a UK trip with Thai airways, they were at the time the best price and timings, 78k for the 2 of us. Food and crew good apart from breakfasts which were both dreadful but a good trip overall and about 6k less than Emirates on this occasion. One thing I did like was aa new proc at Heathrow, it took us just 25 minutes to leave the aircraft and get through security to pick up the luggage where the staff had removed the cases from the carousel, a simple but time saving job. Thai did a good job on this flight with a 777-300ER pretty full to LHR but a some empties coming back. I looked today for my next year trip, prices at 43k each and claiming that return seating is either full or almost full. Emirates were 37k with a good choice of times and dates so I might be looking there. Qatar times are ok but even with using 59k of my avious points they still require 49k BA still not flying the route switch to Qatar ( who are the major shareholder in the IAG group ). With the trouble in the middle east I cannot see oil prices coming down in the near future and a return to pre covid airline tickets seems a long way off.
  14. I tried the telephone number as mentioned in the DM article with no success, after the announcement that I had reached the DWP the call was disconnected so will now write to them.
  15. An interesting article and the telephone number is not the one I already had. Its interesting reading some of the comments from people in the UK, some real hate there and I do find it odd that a lot use the reason of not circulating our pension in the UK economy, do they think UK pensioners who moved to the EU or the USA come to shop in the UK! They also seem to think that we do not pay tax in the UK same as they do and what do we get for it? Ok all set now but blimey the prices for flights and hotels is staggering from pre covid times.
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