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Spin · 03-09-2006, 09:57 PM

^ good idea, I wanna know if the 13 year old escaped those savages

RDN · 03-09-2006, 10:15 PM

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Originally Posted by buadhai

...But, yeah, Lopburi3 knows his stuff; and not just about visas. The problem is that they hold themselves out as THE source for Thailand visa information and then let all sorts of misleading, erroneous crap get posted.

Their moderators spend a vast amount of time worrying about keeping posts politically correct and financially lucrative but they pay scant attention to accuracy.

I'm not saying that each and every post ought to be vetted for fact, but in the "serious" sections which embody their raison d'être they ought to make sure that erroneous or misleading posts are quickly identified as such.

Couldn't agree more. I once asked lopburi3 (when I was a mod and he wasn't) if he'd like to write a summary of the current requirements for the different visas and pin the topic for all to see... and he said "No". He didn't have the time. I think he'd rather answer the same questions over and over again by the newbies after all the ignorant cretins have had their say, and get the praise for being such a font of knowledge.

It may also be a ploy of TV's to keep the subject shrouded in uncertainty so they keep getting hits on their site. It would be quite an easy job to sort it out and pin it at the top of the forum. But as baudhai says, the mods are much more interested in making sure nobody slags off another mod or uses the "p" word than make their site easy to use.

dirtydog · 03-09-2006, 10:30 PM

Believe it or not I sent a couple of emails last week to a couple of the visa agents in Penang asking them to do a write up on the issuance of thai visas, obviously on that they could spam their services but that would have been one less subject that keeps cropping up about the same thing and could have been stickied, none of the bstards have replied yet

So if any of you know an email addy of one that you have successfully used please pass it on to me, I get bored of the yearly rumours of no more non imm visa from penang bullshite.

buadhai · 04-09-2006, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by RDN

It may also be a ploy of TV's to keep the subject shrouded in uncertainty so they keep getting hits on their site. It would be quite an easy job to sort it out and pin it at the top of the forum. But as baudhai says, the mods are much more interested in making sure nobody slags off another mod or uses the "p" word than make their site easy to use.

I think that confusion and obfuscation are part of the TV business model. I also suggested a sticky "FAQ" and was told several times that the mods just didn't have time for this.

Search on "Retirement Visa"? 24 pages of threads. Might as well just click on that Sunbelt Asia ad. $Kaching$ $Kaching$

Spin · 04-09-2006, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by RDN

It may also be a ploy of TV's to keep the subject shrouded in uncertainty so they keep getting hits on their site.

If it were my site, it would definatley be a ploy.

On the other hand a simple flow chart could be written with questions and answers, eg......are you over 50? yes-go to question 4. no go to question 3....Is you name Smeg?, no- go to question 12. yes - go home immediatley.

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