PATTAYA POSTAL SERVICES & POST OFFICE OUTLETS
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PATTAYA POST OFFICE: The second Location and easier to get a park is follow the Naklua Road from the Dolphin /Kiss corner and drive approx 3kms past 2 sets of lights and turn right at the next set where you see the Phillips Electrical sign on the right opposite corner at Soi Sawang Fa -- turn right. The Post Office is approx 300m on the right side. There are also numerous photo copy shops around this P.O. if you need.
Many nice restaurants and sea food places in Pattaya. Check our Restaurants out.
POST OFFICES IN SUVANNAHBHUMBI AIRPORT
1) 4th Floor (Departure Hall) -24 hr SERVICE
2) 2nd Floor (International Transit) -24 hr service letters, cards but no parcels
3) A counter sevice at The center of Post office SVP
(Mon -Fri 10am-6pm)
(Sat- Sun and holidays off 10am-5pm)
WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR IN PATTAYA: 2009 many foreigners are being taken for a ride
1/. If buying pills try not to buy on Pattaya Klang Rd as the prices are dear (you are paying their high rents). Some shops are framchises and many pills are generic copies that you may find not suitable. Avaoid all the main Bar streets for pharmacy stocks.
2/. Avoid the large Noodle shops on Pattaya Klang and 2nd road etc especially on the left side before TOT & 3rd Road. They are tourist traps & prices for Thai food very high. Better to find in the side streets which are good Thai places and outside 7/11s and Foodmarts but if not sure ask the price before you eat???.
3/. Copy shops charge 2-3 baht each so again avoid the Kodak shops unless you really have to use. Good copy shops near the Naklua P.O. or near schools.
4/. As a newcomer you will find prices in Pattaya are a little higher than Chiangmai for instance. Many shops are geared up to take your money if youre unwary but its worse in Phuket.
5/. Remember the TOT installation crew. Question about inlets and a surge protector which you do not need and can buy in Tesco or Carrefour etc.
6/. Remember also if you have a problem in Banks or TTnT & they say have you tried your Bank -always say yes and that they told you to go to them? This puts them on the spot to help you. TTnT may say you cannot cancel the phoneline if in Chiangmai & you have to go back to CM but just say Chiangmai already told you that Pattaya can send a fax to Chiangmai to cancel?? many outfits like TTnt have terrible help line but its true. Chiangmai will cancel a Pattaya line so whay not the other way. . The fax is OK as thats what Chiangmai told us but its also good to make these companies follow up on customer support.
7/. With more unemployment hitting Thailand Pattaya is a mecca for rip off merchants and young gangs of bikers so be careful at night and watch who is behind you. Most crimes are Thai on Thai but a few foreigners end up getting assaulted as well.There are many scams so be careful. But overall Pattaya is relatively safe to be in.
Good to see UK patronage in Pattaya
8/. Power outlets: http://www.kropla.com/electric2.htm or in Thailand we use 220volts, no earth and either flatpins or round pins.
9/. Getting your hair cut from a barber in Pattaya the average cost is 50 baht- 60 baht but for the full treatment & light massage you will be expected to pay 100 baht. It does feel good however.
10/. Having your Honda deam or Wave fixed. Get a quote first before you get anything done as the price will change. If you have a newer bike be careful of the backstreet boys. These guys are monkey mechanics & they will charge if you are a foreigner. Better still get your Thai friend to take the bike but try to use the Honda dealership. Tell themn you also want a proper Receipt eg. 3rd Road Pattaya Nua intersection as they will do a perc job for themselves then charge you??
11/. Buying anything apart from set prices ask first the pricer before you go ahead.Make sure you get a receipt in case you need to change what you bought.
12/. Getting yourself a spot on the sundeck chairs at the beach the price is 30 baht for the day. After about 2-3pm you can get for 20baht but ask first. Watch the seafood if cooked as can give you jelly belly.
13/. Of course you may get accosted with a good idea by a foreign friend whose accosted you during your stay. Remember this: " A person who tell you a good idea to invest into but does not have the money to back yours --- its just an idea? If a person who has an idea and can back up with money to compare with your input then it becomes more than an idea.? The moraql of this story is --- Thailand has many brilliant minds who know everything and ways to make a fortune. However these same people have been here; lost most of what they brought and are on the lookout for an easy touch.
14/. Well we don't need to tell you about wearing jewelry in Pattaya like gold 2 baht knecklaces etc. Do so at your own peril as those incoming Thai boys love to snatch them off you..
15/. Lock your House: If you have gated premises keep the gates locked all the time. In April 2009 a maid allowed 2 taxi drivers into her employers compound. They used the excuse they were friends of the owner. These 2 Thais killed 5 people including the maid--motive robbery.If gates are left open it is amazing how people will just walk in unannounced even walking inside your house?? Talk to people behind your gates and never open even if they say they are Police etc but you feel uncertain.
16/. We had a girl ring our bell at 3am in the morning saying she lived at the end of our Soi and needed money to pay for her sister who just came off her bike and was in hospital --we refused of course but these things happen. Turned out she never lived in that house???
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