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    Amazon

    Anyone bought anything on Amazon recently? I just bought a wallet directly from a website in the US. Shipping cost was low and they sent it by post. It did take a month but the import duty was around 10% of the item cost. I checked Amazon and shipping and duty estimate was 120% of the item...
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    Getting an e-sim online

    Anyone manage to gt an e-sim and register it online? I have a ktp but it doesnt seem to accept it. i dont want to have to go and get a tourist sim....Do i really have to go there?
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    E-VOA, e-visa, B-1 Visa on arrival

    Just going through the process of getting visa's for family visiting and the immigration department seem to want to make this as confusing as possible. I know that on arrival its extremely confusing as well and my goal here is to get the e-voa so that they can go straight through the autogates...
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    UK Election 4 July 2024

    So a UK election has been called for 4th of July. Looks like a slam dunk for Labour. Personally I'm not a fan of either Sunak or Starmer but i was just thinking that (in my perhaps biased opinion) both candidates are light years ahead of the US equivalents. A debate between the two will be...
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    Annoying Ads on the site.

    I understand that this forum needs money to survive but the latest ads that popup from the bottom are extremely annoying. Does anyone else think this or is it just accepted as the price to pay to use the site? For me on a laptop between the bottom and top ads i now lose about a third my screen.
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    Online Security

    I just heard about a guy in Indonesia whose computer and then phone number was hacked and he lost a bunch of money. They managed to access his banks, trading accounts etc. Other than obviously not downloading unknown software and being wary of clicking any links are there any other tips to keep...
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    Omicron

    Is the new variant more deadly? I saw some anecdotal comments about it infecting younger people but that seemed to connect with them also being more unvaccinated and it didnt really say how sick they got.
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    Quarantine Confusion

    As usual lots of different information out there. Seems that Luhut made an announcement that Bali will move to 5 days quarantine from tomorrow and the internet is taking this as the new policy...
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    Bali requires pcr test over christmas

    https://en.tempo.co/read/1414602/bali-issues-policy-on-mandatory-pcr-test-for-airline-passengers Basically air passengers from 18th December to 4th Jan have to get pcr. Seems like a good idea to me.
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    Tailor recommendations in Jakarta

    Anyone got any tailor recommendations for Jakarta? Not laxmi please, any others?
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    Singapore Green Lane Travel Opening

    So it seems that travel between Singapore and Indonesia for business and essential reasons will reopen but from what i read it is only for Singaporean citizens and residents as well as Indonesian citizens. So does that exclude residents of Indonesia who are not citizens? Wasn't thinking about a...
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    Omnibus Jobs Bill

    So the government passed the Omnibus jobs bill quickly and somewhat secretively, all whilst deterring protests about it. Whilst that doesn't seem good for democracy maybe it was the only way to pass it and make some desperately needed changes to employment laws in Indonesia. Saying that though...
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    Upcoming changes to home ownership laws?

    I saw this posted somewhere and thought id share. I dont subscribe to straits times so i didnt see the full page and I havent heard of this from anywhere else: https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/in-major-change-indonesian-minister-says-govt-to-relax-property-rules-for-foreign Anyone...
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    Religious education for dual nationality kids

    Recently some of the international schools have started to enforce religious education as well as Bahasa Indonesia lessons for dual nationality kids. Im just curious for the teachers on this site if this is the same in your schools and if there is an age cutoff - seems harsh to enforce religious...
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    How do you guys invest?

    Im curious for UK, Aussie or US expats in Indonesia on how you are investing. Do you use a company such as vanguard and if so do you use an address in a home country as i dont think they allow Indonesian residents? Or if not Vanguard is there another company that you use? Im a bit of a doom...
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    Online Shopping from Overseas

    I've recently started to try out Aliexpress. Bought some items and not delivered yet but so far so good. I remember some threads before mentioning the amount for duty free (ie below $XX is duty free) but i searched and couldnt find it. Does anyone know the amount? I can try to split shipments to...
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    TV Providers

    Hi everyone. I've been using tv and internet from myrepublik for a while now and I find the internet service to be excellent but the TV offering extremely lacking. I used to have first media which was the exact opposite and significantly more expensive. I do stream with Netflix but was recently...
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    2019 predictions

    Ok time to channel your inner Nostradamus….so what do you think will happen in 2019? Can be anything such as: 1. Jokowi winning election but only after the country gets dragged through a messy nasty election full of mud slinging and way too much Nasi bungkus politics. 2. Liverpool messing up...
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    Anyone here know anything about insulation?

    Ive been trying to find insulation for my house. Its ideally both for noise and to make the ac's a bit more efficient but im really struggling; partly because i know very little about it but also because its hard to find knowledgeable contractors in Indonesia. Most ones i have talked to only...
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    Another Blasphemy Charge

    Seems the woman who complained about the Mosque volume which triggered sectarian violence ending in a Buddhist temple being burned down is facing 1.5 years punishment. Just crazy...

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