liveinlos

I had an account with them when I applied for CC, they checked account and gave me the CC that was all there was too it

First of all Thai's as a whole do not buy used housing so ask yourself what percentage of foreigners do you have left as buyers?<BR><BR>Secondly, glutton of condo's all over Thailand that never sell.<BR><BR>Third, I think is a proven fact once all the units are sold, the condo owners scram and do very little if any upkeep to the building. They simply run off and build another one, leaving the first building to complete deteriorate. Look around at some condo building 10 years old or less and see for yourself.

I can put you in touch with a thai gal with her own leather shop

Her handmade leather products are out of this world, excellent quality and cheap price

She can custom make anything

PM if you need the info

If you cannot get a hold of her to talk to your son, where are you sending the payments?

Maybe if you withheld the payment until she let you talk to your son you would hear from her?

Thailand is very close to China and Chinatown in Bangkok serves as the central distribution point for all of Thailand

China is the worlds # 1 counterfeiter

Memory sticks have been counterfeited for years here probably ever since the first one came out

If you visit shops like Zeer Rangsit, Pantip etc, you will find chinese countfeits of Blackberries, IPODS, Creative Labs MP3 Players, Sony PSP players and a host of other things

Why do you think there are so many working class Thais with Blackberries?

My neighbors bought their daughter one and after holding it I could immediately tell it was a fake, same as their sons PSP player

This is life in Thailand

If you are not buying from a 100% credible source like Central or Siam Paragon, buyer beware

Kiosks and other sellers are the main culprits

You get what you pay for

There is a flood of Condos on the market in 2010

You may not be able to sell them at all in this market

Only people that do not live in Thailand could vote these places the best

I guess if you are coming from some dark, dreery, rat hole in the UK, any beach would seem like heaven

Almost unbelievable at times

Samui is filthy...

Habitat for Humanity homes can be found doing a google search

Former US President Jimmy Carter was just here in Thailand building homes for Habitat for Humanity

Any Thai builder can build you the basic house

the best thai building forum is teak door com and their construction forum

How do you plan to build them a house? Do they already own the land?

Thanks for the list, very usefull

I was curious why so many foreigners here are working as lawyers or in legal number 38 in this indeed a banned field?

People get desparate when they have bills to pay and their pockets are empty

And I believe , in this economy, more and more people are faced with no money at all

Pattaya has been sliding further and further down hill over the years

This type of Thais believe where there are masses of farangs, there is easy money

Doing sound financial business projections, a risk analysis and a 3 year plan can tell you right away what your chances of success will be.

There is always risk and that is why we do these predictions and carefully analyze the data

An unstable political situation makes this risk analysis even more important

Signing a long term lease is not the smart move in my opinion

Sign something you can absorb the financial loss on at worse case (6 months or 1 year) and have a renewal clause for 3 years

The key to surviving shaky 3rd world ups and downs is to limit the monthly expenses as much as possible so that you are not forced to make money to survive when there possible is none

Instead of expanding, look at other ways you can use your current space, homes, etc to increase capacity while adding zero cost

After you have a track record for a year that the additional business is in fact there, then go ahead and expand to something you can afford to absorb the loss on

This way you will not gamble and lose it all like so many others before you

It is not just the protests that are a risk

The world wide economy will have an effect on Thailand

In previous years SARS had a serious effect on Thailand

There are many hidden risks that destroy businesses every year

#1 keep the expenses down where you are not forced into a no win situation

Expanding in an uncertain economic and political climate is probably not a smart move

Electronics is 20% of the total value

The last time I flew on them, they were using B767 that had no inflight entertainment on board so bring plenty to keep yourself busy

Other than that, it was pretty uneventful

Yes do you get what you pay for

Money is power in Thailand, not politicial positions. The political position by itself has no power. Hence, these politicians join politics to line their own pockets, building up millions and millions of funds to give them the power and control over others. Stamping out corruption in Thailand is impossible. The politicians tasked with upholding the law are the worst of the worst. There is no bonafide system of checks and balances to keep these politicians in check such as there is in the UK and the USA. The politicians know with the amount of money they have accumulated, they can buy their way out of any legal problems or threaten others if their case is not swept under the rug. It is downright igorance to think that a government MP that makes 100,000 a month can accumulate 300,000,000+ as a politician and not get caught. This is because now he has enough power NO ONE will dare to mess with him.

Other posters are correct. These politicians do not give one shit about Thailand or Thai people. They send all their kids off abroad to go to school and get educated. No need to improve the Thai education system when the people in charge of education are having their kids educated in the UK and USA.

The thing that really pissed me about Thai corruption it that it is so blatantly obvious and the people behind the corruption give a reason that is too stupid for anyone with any common sense to even believe, yet these corrupt politicians, military, police actually think the whole country is that stupid to believe it

The Army's latest airship is one that just totally amazes me. An blimp that was priced 40 times higher than it should be. Not designed for combat. Not able to fly in wind above 25 knots or rain. Limited to 3,000 altitude. The blimp company could not get US DOD clearance to sell the security cameras that the blimp was suppose to use for surveillance in the south. So in essence in excess of 650,000,000 was spent by one Chief of the Army, even though previously a committee voted it down for all the reasons I have listed. The army ends up with 2 blimps that can absolutely no function what so ever now with no cameras, the Army Chief is retiring in September and there is 600,000,000 in corruption money lost someonewhere. How the whole country can be afraid of one man is beyond me. In any other country in the world this guy would be in jail, Army Chief or not.

The Army Chief's new plans is to have helicopters equipped with cameras fly along the blimp that will be up in the doing absolutely nothing because it has no surveillance equipment and can perform no function benefitting the Army. Are Thai people that stupid to believe this?

We see Thaicom shares bought and sold in one day from average trading of 82,000,000 to 1,350,000,000. Hundred of millions of baht was made by politicians in this insider trading scam. Yet the Finance Minister who is suppose to control all of this is one of the people implicated.

YOU CANNOT HAVE A FOX GUARDING THE HENHOUSE

That is exactly what is wrong and why Thailand corruption will never be solved.

It is funny Thaksin got convicted and no one else?

There must be a mechanism some where to get convictions if they really want to solve the problem.

Check the battery voltage

Might need a new battery

I have to replace the one in my wave when it sits around for a spell without being uses

Everyone that ever starts a business says the same thing.

I have experience, drive etc and will never fail

One look in the news tells you that is not true at all with failed businesses in every field at an all time high.

First of all a bonafide professional business plan would prove the percentage of success instead of my son has this idea concept.

Never take anyone's word or idea over a bonafide professional business plan

Better to lose a few bucks on the professional business plan development than everything you own later on

Secondly, if he does not make it your life is essentially over here.

It is not worth the risk in my opinion.

The problem with todays youth is they forget all about the essentials of business 101 which is a bonafide business plan.

Too many people have the notion, "Gee I will go into business and when it fails they have no clue what when wrong when in fact the business plan would have pointed this out before they even got started.

If real estate is that hot a market in the UK and your son is as good as he thinks he is, he should be able to make enough money selling houses to have the cash to start his own business

Since he has not done that, the risk to you is way too great.

First thing to learn in Thailand.

Never try to change Thailand, it's not your country.

Curious to know how many cows you need for 2000 liters of milk per day?

Does anyone know the answer or the output in liters of 1 cow per day?

Smack down on the poor street vendors while govt and military corruption run rampant.

It always the pot calling the kettle black

I wonder if the Deputy Finance Ministers bank account matches his salary????????????????????????????????

Not 12" but I use a Acer One with 2gb of ram and the 6 cell battery.

The battery lasts forever on this thing.

Loaded with factory Windows XP Pro, MS Office, Photoshop, FTP, Adobe Acrobat PDF has everything I need to do any job

Also with crystal eye built in webcam and microphone, MSN video chat or Skype video chat is crystal clear and easy to hear with no extra wires to carry around

I have a Western Digital 500 gb passport USB portable hard drive and I save all data on that and not directly on the PC

PC is never bogged down with downloaded junk and runs extremely fast

Never had a problem yet.

The Acer was around 12,000 baht and the HD Passport hardrive around 3,500

For me the perfect lightweight travel solution

There is also external USB DVD/CD drive reader available for 2200 baht.

It is only 30 baht where I live, but then again it is not a tourist area or the islands

I don't do much shopping in Bangkok so i would like to know, where's the best place to buy an ipod? Selection, price and not gettin ripped off!

Cheers.

Any large mall like Siam Paragon has APPLE Official I-Studio Stores

Outside the official stores you take your chances getting a chinese counterfeit copy

All Sportsworld stores sell these

I was in Vientienne last week and they were sticking right to the letter of the law for what documents are required.

The girls behind the counter where you file your documents had the document requirements checklists printed out and made a check mark for each document you submitted and you needed to have them all.

If you were short a document, they rejected the application

My advice is to call or have someone call directly to the Laos Embassy for the current requirements list before you get over and waste your time

All the heresay floating around won't help you if you do not have everything they require

Since when does any bar in Thailand follow any rules?

A friend of mine owns a club and plays all the music off a 160 gb IPOD connected to the sound sytem