Lemsta69

Where I'm from we don't need to bother with all that. Lebanese charcoal chicken, garlic sauce, tabouleh and hot chips from Western Sydney beats your country roast hands down.

You'd have yourself a lot of trouble if you learnt how to use Google Lens live translate function. I'm lost in Thailand without it.

as opposed to a bleu business? ????????????

They're happy to leave consenting adults alone, just don't shout about it from the rooftops like foreigners are wont to do. Plus the other 'considerations' that come with the territory.

This one make me cry. Won't somebody think of the zombies?! https://youtu.be/sRjNA5WdJbE

Well if you get into a pickle and need the spindoolies what else are you going to do? Sell a kidney?

I think Bogs is slowly unraveling. Should we send the men in white coats yet, or enjoy the trainwreck for just a little longer?

sounds like the bent IOs have pumped the price following the Chinese visa debacle, as expected. so why are you blaming the agency and making false claims about them holding you hostage? you're free to use a different agent any time you like. 18,000 is a reasonable price given the circumstances. in Pattaya it'll cost you 12,500 + 1,600 if your Bangkok Bank branch is not in Patts/Chonburi. if you don't have a BBL account then it'll cost another 3,700 or 5,000-odd depending on your age to open a new account. I forget the age ranges, maybe up to 60 for the cheaper price (because bank insurance). 90 day reports are 100 baht. of course you've got to physically present yourself in Pattaya for the renewal and you'll have to mail your passport to the agent for the TM47. If you're in the south then obviously there are travel costs, so all up you probably won't be better off by using a Pattaya agent rather than your current one.

It's August now, the concert is three months away on November 18!

Start by educating yourself.

Taller than you nok noi.

No it is not. Period.

My guess is because it's a Samsung, is a known issue for that brand. I experience it on both my S21+ and S22+ devices, no known fix. If I'm not mistaken the OP just bought a new Sammy phone.

Only for Cheap Charlies.

Yeah, better to spend your money on cheap hotels in one horse towns and then claim it's as good as a villa in Tuscany.

Yes she is.

Same here. This poor lady was unfortunate, wrong place wrong time.

"HH" ????????????

True, except that it's not a mystical outside force that is responsible for that, it's just cause and effect. If you're clever enough you can get up to all sorts of no good and nothing will come of it.

Yes it's a very big risk and one that I reckon a lot of geezers won't be able to recover from. If it does go South then luckily "my friend" has enough readies to flee to Cambodia ????

So ALL agents do it that way? Yeah right. "My friend" just hands over his passport and ฿12,500 and Bob's your uncle. Just like not being asked for an onward ticket at BNE, your experience is not universal.

You don't use an agent so how would you know what they do?

If you go down this route then you need to be aware of the implications of what you're doing. If you don't understand the nuances then maybe it's not for you, or maybe you need to read some of the dozens of old threads on this subject. As @DrJack54said, sounds like TVC. They usually send your passport upcountry for the stamps so that should give you a little insight in to how it all works. PS. I'm not against the use of agents so don't lump me in with the resident morality police ???? PPS. Could using Wise to transfer the ฿800k get around the need to return to the USA to initiate the funds transfer?

Don't forget that the OP has spent the last little while driving around the kingdom visiting all the one horse towns and eating 50 baht slop and pronouncing it as good, or better than Nobu. Oh, and avoiding farang like the plague. But he secretly wants to be loved by his fellow whiteys so now he is overcompensating by spamming us with his "interesting" and "too derp for you" inane topics ????

So it's nothing to do with bacteria, you just want to show us all how superior you are because you cook your own food. Thanks for the virtue signaling.