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View Talay 6 has a few lazy security guards that you can easily avoid by taking the stairs up a floor before the elevators or there's almost never one at the security desk by the garage elevator. Unixx has a keycard access side door through the garage with no security.

Boyfriend of the mom, not the girl. People really need to learn to read before commenting.

You're the one that doesn't make sense. He's a boyfriend of the mom. What does it matter if he had sex with the mom or not. Whether he actually tried to rape her or not, in many countries, even just luring a minor to a location alone is an offense.

Only positivity and compliments thankfully. But I am far from fluent.

It's your permanent address, you've been living there several years, you don't need to do a TM30 every time you leave and enter the country if the address is the same. And if you are leaving the country every 90 days anyway, the TM30 is only asked for/enforced when you go to immigration to extend your permission to stay which you say you don't need to do. As per your other question, technically it's the landlord's responsibility but some argue it's the "master of the house" that is responsible to do it as well and the landlord or tenant can be fined for not doing it if it's found out you haven't when you visit immigration for an extension of stay. It sounds like the landlady has been scamming you though and pocketing your 500 baht each time for doing basically nothing. Do you even get a new TM30 notification slip from her each time she supposedly does it? If you don't, then she 100% has been scamming you.

If the overstays were recent, rejection possibility is high but you don't have to pay until you get approved so no harm in trying anyway.

Anything to inconvenience people to push them to use agents.

I meant I could definitely see why it would be asked forwhe n selling since I've seen on the news people getting caught selling very passable fake gold mixed with real that was uncovered only when the gold was about to be melted down. But ID for buying due to money laundering regs as the user stated above does make sense as well. I personally have never been asked for ID when buying or selling in the 15 years I've been here.

For buying in cash, I don't see why ID would be a requirement and it hasn't been the case for me recently. For selling, definitely though.

It's not an independent country's embassy's job to check or prosecute for overstay in a foreign country so as long as the person applying meets all the requirements and provides all forms and documentation for a new passport, there should not be an issue. Whether the receiving staff decides to report the overstay to immigration or not, nobody can guarantee that one way or another.

Yeah sure and then after getting the money, the payment will eventually chargeback/be reversed and the person is out $600, no chance bud.

Taxi drivers have stabbed people over much less than 1600, I don't find it strange at all.

Corner units are great as well for avoiding noisy neighbors and bonus if they have a great view.

Not noisy at all thankfully, I don't think many people live full time on my floor. A huge relief as the previous condo I was in was the worst with some idiot smoking all day and leaving his door open with the tv on full blast and the smoke would stink up my unit and the hallways. Also had some guy who I suspect was mentally ill constantly laughing and making weird noises that would echo through the hallway.

Majority of "Farang" managers do not have work permits and are on a student visa etc.. And yes, I've heard their salary is low but they also receive a percentage of sales as commission I've heard which is their incentive to make the bar successful.

I personally don't see a need for them but if you're asking honestly, yes they are paid a salary and they are there the same reason the ladies are there in a way. Some guys who come alone want someone to chat with who can speak conversational english, they sometimes give out free shots of the cheap stuff to keep the customer hopefully coming back/loyal to the bar, if they speak Thai, they can act as translator, handle social media for the bar etc..

Police holding the 80,000 baht as evidence of course. Pretty sure that's the standard operation when someone throws 50,000 baht off their balcony. I'm sure that 30,000 baht will be safe in their hands. Once he gets out of the hospital, he'll surely be able to claim the 10,000 baht back.

Same. If I don't catch it and it's a small amount, just tell myself that I will pay closer attention next time. Although, you will find often that when you return, they will immediately just hand you the money they have to the side with no argument if they did it intentionally. I have also pointed out and returned money more than a few times when too much change was given back.

Yes, 7 days max but you need to do it in person after the due date has passed I believe.

As said below, you need a letter from your school confirming your studies have ended and when.

You said you left with it cancelled, can't you show immigration the proof that you did?

Jomtien is pretty much little Moscow besides the more luxurious and expensive builds I guess.

Back on topic after all this pointless arguing and dick measuring. I've seen pics of some of the units and the state of The Base and agree with the OP that it's in a bad state for a newish condo and wouldn't want to be an owner of a unit there at the moment. I've stayed in Unixx for long periods and it's about 8 years old or so and is in great shape and maintained well in my opinion. Only issue is the slow ass elevator trips and it's not as central as The Base or The Edge. Btw I'm also on Elite as being under 50, it was the only option for me to stay here long term and hassle free but I agree with anyone who says it's a glorified tourist visa, overpriced and certainly wouldn't use it to show off or actually feel like I'm anything special for having it.

Next step is to get the location where exactly the funds were collected from Moneygram then. Western Union/Moneygram are frequently used by scammers in certain countries where either an ID is not required and you only need the transaction code, they possibly use a fake ID or they are in collusion with corrupt pick up staff.

How were you given the transaction code by your parents? If via email, Facebook etc.. it's possible either your or your parent's devices are compromised. Moneygram should be able to tell you at which location the money was picked up which would be helpful for you to know.