hotandsticky

I opened a Starling account (I think when in the UK, not sure), they closed it. A friend in Thailand ran a UK online business through Starling, they closed it.

Where are you? Manstons produce and sell mainly in the Pattaya area. All local expat food shops locally stock them. That means you can also buy them online from places like Siamsburies. Not sure if you can buy direct, you would need to contact Matt or Joe. https://www.facebook.com/ManstonFoodsThailand/?locale=en_GB

Just a boy....................????

MAKRO in Surin didn't have any earlier this year - there was a shortage.

You will not last long in Thailand applying that sort of logical reasoning.

LOL????.....I like to mix up my sayings..... I could have said orgy in a brewery........

Personally, no. But, I could very easily be wrong and my current optimism could be driven by my belief that the Thai authorities could not organise a p!ss up in a brothel Scaremongering and fantasy, is my view, fuelling the paranoia of expats with too much time on their hands so they look for demons where not exist. I am not wasting a minute of my time on the subject, nor will I lose a second of sleep over it. They can do what they like and I will respond accordingly. Let me day this - not one Satang of my money will be paid in tax, on my UK income, to the Thailand authorities. I can't even get a pink card (don't want one now) so I am buggered if I am going to accept a tax number. If the ultimate outcome is that I feel forced out of Thailand, so be it.

I wondered if you might make an appearance and comment on sausage making....????

I don't give posting directions - don't make false accusations. Torquayfan was right - these days you really are beginning to sound like you got out of the wrong side of the bed.

Stop flogging this dead horse! You are starting to sound Puritanical. When giving dual correspondence I don't know/didn't know whether I would non-UK resident. I wouldn't give a flying fart anyway - as you said, it is not illegal. I would never criticise my non-UK resident friend who just applied, and succeeded, on opening an 8% yielding savings account with Nationwide. Part of the declaration is that you are UK resident for tax purposes. I also applied for this excellent savings account.

Yes, of course, that makes absolute sense. My comment was about the difference between needing one - and wanting one. You can do without if have a pseudo bank is all you need for receiving and remitting funds. The bottom line is that any expat should (IMO) open a WISE account as a back up to whatever they currently have in the UK. If WISE is all they finish up with the things should at least be workable. Also, prior to departing the UK shores, get a stand alone credit card from the likes ofTESCO, Sainsbury, Virgin etc

Why would you need a card if you just need to use WISE as a money transfer facility. I do have one but, like 'noobexpat' I set it up from the UK. It doesn't need to be a bank. It is a financial technology company and that is good enough to receive funds, exchange them and remit them to a Thai bank account.

OK, this is how it goes down.......................... "Hi bank, I just need to update my address details. Now that I am retired I like to travel a bit - especially to avoid the worse of the British winters, so I often head to Spain or further afield like Thailand. My UK address is XYZ, which is my house/my daughter's house/my sister's house which is where I want all my correspondence sent. However, if I am in Thailand during the winter I may need something sent out to me so could you please note the correspondence address ABC, which is where I stay when I visit the Far East "

Don't hold your breath.

It is not a 'false' address, it is termed a correspondence address in the bank's records. I have two correspondence addresses with most of my banks.

I suspect that you have been around here previously. (Restos, not restys).

Yep, as I thought........................................Trolling! You have to be a bit of a retard to go on a sausage thread and slag off sausages. What did you do, get up this morning and think "Oh I think I will go on ASEAN NOW and troll a few threads"..... Get a life. Go flame elsewhere.

If you don't like the other ingredients just eat the sausages. If you don't like sausages then get of here.

Just using fancy names like 'Epicure' doesn't necessarily make a product better than, say, Prime. Manstons and Prime are as good as anything available locally.

Except they taste like sh!te.

Agree......but he wasn't here then. Pulling the puppets strings from Dubai is wholly different to what we have now. Fortunately, most of the electorate don't like it either.

As sure as I possibly can be... .......but you "T. I. T. " , Amazing Thailand is perfectly valid... ????

Thankfully that will never happen.

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