General Reports

[Mishwar]

Does any one know what is the best way to call overseas from Thailand, Pattaya to be specific, I use IP cards in China and it is soooo cheap, any thing like that in Chick land?

[Daddy07]

Thanks guys, I think maybe the salons will do a better job on pedicure than the foot massage place.

Good idea! And while he's there he can have is hair color highlights retouched.

[Csun213]

I always have my feet done at hairdressing salons. Most of them do pedicure.

Go to August Salon, on Sukhumvit between I think Soi 7 and 7/1.

LBM

Thanks guys, I think maybe the salons will do a better job on pedicure than the foot massage place.

[LittleBigMan]

Go to August Salon, on Sukhumvit between I think Soi 7 and 7/1.

LBM

[El Culion]

So I thought I would ask the members here if anyone know where he could get a pedicure in Bangkok. He will be staying at Majestic suite (my recommendation) so anything around there would be great. Thanks

I always have my feet done at hairdressing salons. Most of them do pedicure.

[Csun213]

There are a gazillion foot massage shops all over Thailand and BKK in particular, (one or two on every block). Your pal can get a nice pedicure in any of those places.

Thanks for the quick response. So basically all the foot massage have pedicure? I just never had a reason to get a foot massage in Bangkok. There are just better parts of my body I want to get massaged.

I will pass the information on to my friend. Thanks

[Daddy07]

...So I thought I would ask the members here if anyone know where he could get a pedicure in Bangkok. He will be staying at Majestic suite (my recommendation) so anything around there would be great. Thanks

There are a gazillion foot massage shops all over Thailand and BKK in particular, (one or two on every block). Your pal can get a nice pedicure in any of those places.

[Csun213]

I have a friend who will be going to Bangkok in a couple of weeks. He is not a member of this forum nor any forums (that I know).

He has being going to China mostly and this is his first trip to Bangkok. He was asking me if he could get a pedicure in Bangkok. I have never looked for a pedicure in Bangkok but I know that they are all over the place in China.

So I thought I would ask the members here if anyone know where he could get a pedicure in Bangkok. He will be staying at Majestic suite (my recommendation) so anything around there would be great. Thanks

[The Scout]

I posted this in the Pattaya thread, but thought I'd link to it here in the General Reports in case people were looking for the best deal from your bank. Here are the posts.

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[FreebieFan]

Do the rings still sound funky even when the phone is off? That's a dead give-away, if someone's phone savvy.

In many countries this can be a weak point. Indeed!

Case in point. A mate of mine had told me that he was going on a Management Seminar in our home country.

I called his number a few days later and got the " subscriber can't be reached " message that indicated to me he was definately not in his home country but was enjoying some action in Manila.

He freaked when I told him that I knew where he was. Was VERY nervous his wife would make the same deduction if he wasnt able to answer her calls.

[Traveler1234]

1. Get a Skype account, then a "Skype to GO" number, in the country, area, and location where you reside now. ($20, it works for almost everywhere.)

Great suggestion but I don't think you mean 'skype-to-go' number. You need a skype 'online' number, available in about 20 countries: http://www.skype.com/intl/en/allfeat...ber/#countries

[Daddy07]

Daddy07 - Actually this is wrong. You can (as others attest below) buy sim cards at 7/11...

Run Mann & Stew2,

Thanks for the lesson ... (Sim cards at 7/11 for 99 baht ... that's cheap!)

[Jgm005]

In the event anyone is not aware if you have a True Move Sim you can use '006' for even more discounted International calls than '009'. I have 3 SIM cards, one with True Move and two with AIS (1-2 call). Using based on where I am and whom I want to have known that I am local. It is 3bt per minute I believe to 13 different countries. They also have a International SIM where the cost is 1bt per minute.

[David 2]

Ok, well, you've convinced me, I think I will take the risk of not turning my cell phone off (at least, others say it's a risk) and forward to home voice mail, because sending and receiving texts is kind of crucial to maintaining my cover.

What do you do about call waiting? I'd hate for someone to get routed to the Thai phone agency if I'm on another call. I'm guessing if I have call forwarding on then, even if I am on another call, the second call will still get forwarded, do you know? Should I turn call waiting off, or leave it on?

And yes, actually I am using an iphone. I was planning on just leaving the default "international data roaming off". Is that what you did? Is it enough? Or did you play it safe and the 20mb package?

If your phone is forwarded all calls go to the forwarded number...even if it's call waiting. The AT&T computer only knows to forward all calls, it doesn't differentiate between call waiting and regular calls.

As far as international roaming goes, AT&T suggests the following..

1. Turn data roaming off
2. Utilize Wi-Fi instead of 3G. I actually found this very easy as my hotel offers free wi-fi
3. Turn Fetch New Data "OFF" This is the most important one for me as I get SO many junk emails, and if you happen to be at a place where you're on 3G instead of Wi-Fi the costs keep mounting without you knowing it.

I didn't buy a package because I go down to the hotel's business center or to one of the many internet cafes to check my email. My hotel has 4 new computers in its business center, and they are complimentary for hotel guests. I actually prefer the internet cafes because there are usually some very good looking women in them, the connections are quite good, and the displays are large enough for easy viewing. They charge 1 baht/minute which is about $1.75 an hour. Great cheap entertainment, and they're open 24/7

[Stew2]

I don't think you can buy a sim card (the device which stores the number memory on your phone) for 50 baht at 7/11, but you can buy 1,2, call cards there for 50 baht, 100 baht, or 300 baht, which give you your calling time. You can buy sim cards at Tuk.com or other stores that sell phones.

Daddy07 - Actually this is wrong. You can (as others attest below) buy sim cards at 7/11 - I did it about two months ago. Brought in a cheap phone I had purchased in Cambodia and only went one place to get set up, so I am certain it was 7-11. I was astonished at how cheap the sim card was. The nice lady at the store actually installed it in the phone and got me started with my minutes card as well, so I didn't have the chance to ask a random target to help me figure it out.

I second what The Pro says below about using 009 to call internationally. I didn't know about that at first and was running my minutes down too quickly until someone told me to ignore the instructions in the brochure that came with 12call and use 009 instead. It cut the cost of calls significantly.

One more thing Mong - don;t b e afraid to bargain at MBK. There are dozens of stores there selling the same stuff. They should be willing to compete with a bit of a discount for your business.