Well, at last I got ' a round tuit ' following Monsterman's suggestion for re-lining our Roof helmets. I posted our helmets by EMS to Star Antinoc last friday, the 28th of September. The lady at S A told me not to send any money yet because of the rate of helmets ' lost-in-the-post ' which did not exactly inspire me so I added EMS insurance to cover the 20,000 baht value of the helmets. This actually added an extra 200 baht each way onto the postage price. We tracked the parcel and low and behold, the helmets were delivered in Bangkok the next day, saturday the 29th. I was then instructed to send payment on the monday together with a faxed copy of the bank payment which I duly did on the monday morning. A quick telephone call confirmed receipt of payment so all was going smoothly. What really surprised me -- actually, amazed me was that the lady ( Onanong Singh ) said she was just about to go to the Post Office to send back the helmets, the re-lining having already been done. That was at 09:30am on the monday morning. And today, the 3rd of October, the helmets are now back in our house. What a service !!! If the rest of Thailand was as quick and as efficient as Star Antinoc then Thailand would shed it's third world title ( but of course, it's not ). The price for re-lining has gone up a bit, it's now around 600 baht per helmet. Do I have any grumbles ? Well, a small one in that the re-lining isn't exactly the same as when the helmets left the factory but that's all.
If you need your favourite comfortable helmet re-lining, here are the details you will need. Don't try and Google Star helmets etc., it'll return a zero. You need to search for the company ( not it's brand ).
Thai Antinoc Trading Co. Ltd.,
385-391 Luang Road,
Thepsilin,
Pomrab,
Bangkok.
10100.
Telephone: 0221 4358 or 0222 4727
Fax: 0221 7566
Finally, thanks to Monsterman for the original information and suggestion. I am a very happy chappy and would recommend this company's services.
Errr, and finally, you'll need someone who speaks Thai to do the phone calls if like me, you are not fluent in Thai.