joekicker

A newbie who wants to get a taxi should go to the taxi desk where the fares are printed and fixed, and get a chit. If it were me I'd go to the limo desk, frankly -- it's easy, it's fixed fare and it's a step up from the taxis, which are pretty comfortable anyhow, for one person or two with normal baggage. .

ka-ching!! There was one funny looking sort of thing... but naah, the head wasn't big enough. .

Ditto, only emphasing the part about fixed prices at the airport. Pre-book if you WANT to pre-book and possibly (probably?) have a guy standing somewhere around the airport with your name on a sign. Christmas is an ordinary working day for Thailand, kids go to school, parents go to work, including parents who are taxi drivers. .

You haven't been to Mininova recently, then? You won't be downloading any more games from there. I don't think I'll be downloading ANYTHING from there. And ThePirateBay.org is none too healthy either although still in business for the mo. .

Oh jacko, for heaven's sake -- it turned out Amazon was selling pirated books. It deleted them from Kindles, just like the REAL.... er, just like the novel 1984. No censorship involved. Mind, you certainly can argue it was very unpleasant to learn that Amazon can take anything they want off YOUR Kindle any old time for any reason at all including censorship if it pleases them. .

Generally, if you simply go to Amazon.com, the Kindle is big, front and centre. It's pretty light, fairly well lighted, fairly easy to read and of course it stores lots of books, each of which you can ONLY buy from Amazon. But it's simply not like reading a book. I figure they are still at least one generation from an actual reader that will actually catch on, plus they are still way above a good price that consumers will pay. The new Barnes and Noble one supposedly is a step up from Kindle, but still not far enough, and they have to do better than $250 for something that paperback publishers don't charge you for at all, eh? You can download gazillions of free books to read on your computer, in several formats including a new one called epub -- which requires an online or client reader. It's still not like a book, not that a computer ever will be. .

At that point, where that girls signs for you, it's just a matter of paperwork, satisfying the bean-counters. Toyota are the hardest people to do this. You might do better working the other end from a finance company. .

You can nitpick it but it's really not bad at all. Good link, lots of easily digested info, worth a look especially by newbies. .

Mmmmmm, research isn't quite that difficult or time-consuming these days, nope. GIYF. Mind you I don't *_KNOW_* what PV the OP had in mind, but I'm satisified. I doubt she'll be back with a follow-up or explanation. .

Yes but it has no Fiesta Americana hotel. I think the OP got very badly lost. Notice that was his Post Number One. hmmm "her" I guess. .

It seems to be Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. .

In addition to agreeing with all comments above... I presume you mean that the price you charge me up-front would be a different rate per day. I don't care. I want to know how much the stay is. Just like I don't care the cost of each leg of my flight, I just want the fare from A to Bangkok. If you mean I am going to wake up each morning wondering what today's rate is, well, heh. that isn't going to happen. The second sentence is simply wrong. Extending my stay would depend entirely on the state of bookings. If you have a half-empty hotel and you're suddenly going to double my room rate because I didn't book it three months in advance, dream on -- that isn't going to happen. This "plan" needs quite a bit of work. .

It's not proof of income if it comes from overseas. That's true in just about any country. In the US, people REFUSED to do a credit check on me outside the country. Thailand is the same. If you have monthly income and can show it for some months, you may convince some credit companies though. Never say "never". 30 per cent is a decent down payment, about standard in Thailand for your first car with no trade-in etc. If you gal has ANY regular income from any regular job, she can be your guarantor in the majority of cases. I wouldn't give up if I were you, but sounds like you need to do more shopping. .

Proof here, as if any were needed, that there are things in this world far more disgusting than four ladies having a drink. .

This is a good point, but generally you get credit by having a credit history -- in Thailand or anywhere. The dealer doesn't want to RE-sell the car, and it's highly unlikely he would give the credit at all -- he'd sell the credit contract and get his money and that's that for him. And the finance company/bank doesn't want to repossess it. Yes, definitely there are exceptions. But people give you credit because they think they're going to get their money, not take back a used car/whatever. The OP's problem seems to be he doesn't have a credit history AND he doesn't have anything to guarantee he'll meet the payments, such as a job. Money in the bank isn't much of a guarantee - the day after he takes the car he can go spend that. People giving credit want to see income, not possessions. You can sometimes bribe them with a bigger down payment, as you say. I've done it myself in the US in fact, although never had to do it in Thailand. .

You can usually get credit by being employed. Since you're not, and since you're (getting to be) an old fart, you'll almost certainly need a co-signer for decent credit such as from a bank or finance company. The co-signer needn't be a Thai necessarily but (s)he'd have to be a reasonably secured farang. The chances of getting credit without at least a work permit just "because I'm a good credit risk" are very slim. AS ALWAYS never say "never". If you persevere in Thailand, you can *almost* always accomplish what you want. But your getting credit is likely to be quite a slog. .

Yes, as others say. If it is a 220V device, it's perfectly safe to plug it into the Thai mains. If it's NOT a 220V device, it's not. From Oz, it is probably 220, but double check of course. .

heh. Good one. Sort of like, "I'll bet you the world won't end in 2012" - tough to lose that bet. You can't answer, or you won't try? It has nothing to do with the first delivery at all. Boeing has/had contracts stipulating delivery in the fourth quarter of 2009. When do you think or know these deliveries will be made? So far as your deking and feinting, according to SeattlePI.com, Boeing's all new 787 Dreamliner, which is already two years late.... So there's your two years right there. Me, I'm starting to think the correct answer is "never". I know big companies can be absolutely relentless but this whole project is doing much damage and no good that we can see right now, surely? .

Sure. But this thread is all about comparisons. You probably just forgot to mention when the 787 deliveries scheduled for the end of 2009 will be made?? .

For what? Breathing? Having the gah dam NERVE to reply to your idiotic d-deaded post? For what? Is there something untrue about that post I made? Is there something defamatory about it? What the hell are you on, so I can avoid it? .

yep. Except that North America doesn't use 0. Americans and Canadians are trained to either put a "1" or nothing before their three-digit area code and seven-digit phone number. Putting the "1" there seems to be the lyric to the music that soothes the savage breasts of Air Asia techies. .

Why didn't you quote me blaming Americans for anything... d head? Because you couldn't? I said roughly what you said, except that I didn't "blame" the Americans or mention them. If you want to take the blame, that is very big of you, but blame for what? .

A lot of North Americans go through a life without seeing a brown egg, struth, let alone actually using one. In some places, sharp merchants charge (quite a bit) extra for them. Thus, every white egg is assumed to be a fresh chicken egg by such terribly deprived people, and the only "regular" eggs are white. .

This seems to be the funny story of the month. Or a put-on of course. Except they're *all* brown -- no fresh, white hen's eggs. .

Oh, well, then, if a Boeing spokesman says it! I'm not shooting the messenger BidD, but I hope no one is swallowing this guff without a handy chaser nearby, along with a large container of salt. .