bringing household container with a OA visa

[flemmie]

Hi Michel,

After nearly 11 weeks, my shipment has arrived and I had to pay a total of 250 USD in handling and other fees here in Bangkok, quite reasonable. of course the move of the 40 ft container from Russia was somewhat more expensive

I sincerely hope that it has also gone smoothly in your case and that you were not ripped off for the duties that you had mentioned in your mail.

Let us know how it went.

Nick

[shumi330]

Originally Posted by flemmie

Hi Michel,

After nearly 11 weeks, my shipment has arrived and I had to pay a total of 250 USD in handling and other fees here in Bangkok, quite reasonable. of course the move of the 40 ft container from Russia was somewhat more expensive

I sincerely hope that it has also gone smoothly in your case and that you were not ripped off for the duties that you had mentioned in your mail.

Let us know how it went.

Nick

Hie Nick
Thank you for your concern , i am glad everything went well for you , but you had a working visa and that make all the difference , as i had a retirement visa and i had to pay 46 323 Thb ,which is far more that i would have hope , but once the shippment was gone i knew i was on for a funny ride ,anyway the agent did not charge me the extra £331 ask originaly they have been good and very helpfull ,especily the agent in name of JOY Belle Llentieno , she was very helpfull an she said that the thai customs rule are very unclear , Well that is a real statement when i was suppose to pay nothing i end up paying 1250 usd ,if i would have known i would have never done that , so my best advise to futur expat who are thinkink to do so ,Dont , not worse it ,
Anyway hope you setling well in BKK .
Take care
Keep in Touch
Michel

[flemmie]

Originally Posted by shumi330

Hie Nick
Thank you for your concern , i am glad everything went well for you , but you had a working visa and that make all the difference , as i had a retirement visa and i had to pay 46 323 Thb ,which is far more that i would have hope , but once the shippment was gone i knew i was on for a funny ride ,anyway the agent did not charge me the extra £331 ask originaly they have been good and very helpfull ,especily the agent in name of JOY Belle Llentieno , she was very helpfull an she said that the thai customs rule are very unclear , Well that is a real statement when i was suppose to pay nothing i end up paying 1250 usd ,if i would have known i would have never done that , so my best advise to futur expat who are thinkink to do so ,Dont , not worse it ,
Anyway hope you setling well in BKK .
Take care
Keep in Touch
Michel

At least your things are in and you can move on. I can understand that this is far more expensive than you anticipated, but this should have been pointed out by the shipper at home originally. Unfortunately, they often just want to cash in on the portion there and don't care too much how it goes at the final destination.

Anyway, I also hope that you settle in well. (edited)

Hope to keep in touch.

All the best

Nick

[shumi330]

Originally Posted by flemmie

At least your things are in and you can move on. I can understand that this is far more expensive than you anticipated, but this should have been pointed out by the shipper at home originally. Unfortunately, they often just want to cash in on the portion there and don't care too much how it goes at the final destination.

Anyway, I also hope that you settle in well. Have you also checked out the ThaiVisa forum? Lots of good advice on Thailand, I go there much more often than here.

Hope to keep in touch.

All the best

Nick

Hey Nick

Thank you for your good advise , and yes you are very right the shipper in the UK was rubbish all he wanted was his share of the money of the deal , in fact i never had a good answer for the £331 extra,
But like you said you have to move on ,THAILAND seem to be a nice place , except for the heat better get use to that .
(edited)
Take care
Speack to you soon
Michel

[oddball]

So you think you had a problem with Thai customs . just wait until you attempt to navigate the rest of government , it all depends on what day/office it is and the mood of the official you happen to be dealing with , LOS is far from credited to mean what you currently think it does , the Thai 'Face' is multi-faceted . Anyway , good luck in future travails , oops , sorry , I meant travels .

[Cer]

Originally Posted by oddball

So you think you had a problem with Thai customs . just wait until you attempt to navigate the rest of government , it all depends on what day/office it is and the mood of the official you happen to be dealing with , LOS is far from credited to mean what you currently think it does , the Thai 'Face' is multi-faceted . Anyway , good luck in future travails , oops , sorry , I meant travels .

Having an O-A (retirement/long stay) visum,you did all your preparations in your home country.
IF....you can fullfill the requirements (esspecially the financial) not only now,but also for the future (income quarantees/pensions),I hardly can see where you need to make "deals"
Most "deals" need to be made by "problem cases".

[oddball]

Give it time and patience , I said nothing about 'Making deals' I said "Dealing with ", a completely different aspect in what should be straight forward negotiations , but rules are made to be broken(by officialdom) , are they not ? Well TiT .