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41 minutes ago, proton said:

 

You are amusing tax is paid upfront, I would have thought it's at the point of sale

VAT is paid at point of sale (retail), but the wholesalers and/or retailers pay import duties when they take possession of goods.

1 hour ago, proton said:

Not seen even a one baht reduction on anything so far, when is this going to start?

Well, one would assume that the current stock on the shelves in your local shop were purchased weeks or months prior, so can't expect the retailers to just take a loss for your benefit. However, it would be interesting to see by how much prices go down in 7/11 et al next month. I will be surprised if they go down at all.

Can think of many countries where the PM or president has time to care about or comment on entertainment deals regarding pop stars 🤪

25 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

 

So, only because they could not spot the husband on CCTV, and because she 'frequently travelled to Thailand', they "...speculated that she concocted the story..."? - What if the husband used another immigration line (and there were many Indonesians lining up)? Did they question IOs in their investigation, or check their computer system? If so, why wasn't that mentioned in the report? 

No, not only that. The next paragraph that you quote clearly states that she was in Thailand for 13 days (contrary to her claim). So it's fabricated.

I'll save everyone the trouble. This thread will be posts along the lines of:

1) This rule is stupid. 

2) If you think this rule is stupid, then you're an alcoholic

3) Thailand is technically not a Buddhist country by law, why not have bams for other religious holodays? 

4) You can still drink, just not buy. Again, stupid rule. 

5) Real religious people won't drink anyway. 

6) Stock up in advance. 

7) My local mom 'n pop still sells. 

😎Tourists will be pissed (angry or drunk or both?) 

9) Don' t forget, you're an alcoholic for questioning this rule. 

10) This rule is stupid, but TIT. 

2 hours ago, Simon1287 said:

I do see a very small number of Thai's wearing them now but that is a very recent development indeed.

 

In previous years you would have to have held a Thai down and forcibly put a pair of the things on them and then give them 6 months pay to walk even 100 yards wearing them. If walking past anyone they knew then a years pay would have been needed, for the humiliation.

 

I imagine 99.99% of Thai's still feel the same way now though it may be changing. Slowly.

 

As someone just pointed out in another post, any farang wearing a pair is instantly viewed as a cheap charlie. Actually, much worse than that..

 

Over the years I have tried a pair for a laugh that were intended to be a present for a farang in farangland, on a couple of occasions.

 

Never again, which is a shame as they are actually super things to wear in the Thai climate, but I could see I was instantly transformed from a foreigner with money into something the cat dragged in the eyes of any Thai that saw me. 

 

If you must wear them then stick to backpacker ghettoes. The Thai's there are experts at hiding their disgust, for obvious reasons.

 

Simon

It might be where you are - sure, the Bangkok crowd aren't wearing them to the mall but in my family's hometown they're seen everwhere and the shops that sell them aren't targeting foreigners. They're not that "new" either. My father-in-law is nearly 80 and very conservative "old school" Thai. He's been wearing them around the house for years (as long as I've known him. They're comfortable. 

They better be careful. Isn't amending laws tantamount to treason these days according to the constitutional court?

Absolute garbage from Tulsatith Tabtim. It starts with this nonsense:

"No outsider can really tell who is right and who is wrong." 

and gets worse from there. Do yourself a favour and don't click on the link to the original (very long) article by the pseudo-intelectual Tulsatith. 

2 hours ago, retarius said:

Looks to me like last week's acquittal of Pita was only to avoid being accused of double standards.

 Indeed. It's unfortunately unfolding as I prediced last week:

"Cleared of this, which shows the court to be neutral . This sets it up nicely for a party dissolution next week which then surely wouldn't be political because the court is "neutral". "

Wish I had been wrong. 

4 hours ago, flyingtlger said:

It seems like most gals wear shorts under their skirts in Thailand....

Struggling to sell your videos?  

Cleared of this, which shows the court to be neutral . This sets it up nicely for a party dissolution next week which then surely wouldn't be political because the court is "neutral".