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I find the drivers in bkk, good, aircon is on, rides are cheap, you say <, METER, or you can arrange a fare, so the driver can pocket it from his boss..

no problems.. TUK TUKS are a rip off,..

now, london cabs! talk about expensive! jesus..

usa too,

taxi drivers are charging heaps in the west.. &lt;deleted&gt; rip off actually and they still complain!
I took a cab in LA, went about 5 minutes down the street, cost 20 bucks.. so a cabbie is making 20 bucks for 5 minutes work!

they act like its a hard profession, low money, long hours!!! &lt;deleted&gt; OFF... go and wash dishes in a restaurant for 10 hours then you'll know hard work

the indonesians might have executed him! or is that only if you try and leave with the drugs! LOL which really makes no logical sense.

I mean you are LEAVING the country which were bought in your country! and taking them to another country to sell to people there..

why would you give a shit, so in return you kill those people!

now, selling drugs in your country, to your native people, YES, I get it.. punish the people..

now 200 extacy pills, what a scam really, the cop was out there looking to arrest a small fry guy, acting like a buyer, basically motivating someone to fill your order.

when this guy tells you he has your order, you arrest him with the large quantity , and you act like you have arrested this big fish LOL

meanwhile slave owners are keeping slaves on boats, pimps own whores, people are murdered, and these people do a couple years tops.

really messed up..

BIG pharma exes must read this news and JUST LAUGH! the shit those guys are pushing daily on people, and meanwhile the so called evil bad dealers on the street

selling the FUN drug, go to jail for life, what a joke..

he was the owner of a sail boat business! and was in thailand almost 10 years!

and NOW, he has found his new home, the prison on phuket island where he will live out the rest of his life!

IDIOT!!! been in Thailand 10 years, and he pulls out a knife and stabs someone to death!!!! LOSER!

Europe is in a serious cultural ethnic diverse movement! from Sweden to Italy to the UK, the Muslims are moving in VERY fast, the way they are leaving their countries and moving eventually Islam will be the main religion of the future.

500 years from now, Europe will be under Shiria law. hahhahaha

I think Asia will still be safe though.

if that was the presidents son, or someone in their family, a pardon would of happened.

but look, so what.. they put them to death by firing squad! jesus what is this, 1815? come on..

and what will this prove? try and smuggle drugs and you will be killed? so what!

it doesn't prevent others from trying.. we know this.. because it's been happening for decades! and it still happens.

so you are just killing people in a barbaric way. why not just hand them back to their countries!
call up MR ABBOTT, and say take your trash home! and let the Australian government deal with him for trafficking.

why do we allow other countries to kill our citizens?

We need to clarify what they mean by "high speed train", anything over walking pace is high speed to many in Thailand.

They cannot be talking about real high speed trains as they need regular quality maintenance to keep the system safe, otherwise we will be reading about some exciting train crashes.

what a stupid thing to say!

look at the record of thai airways! look at the construction of bangkok, the skyline,

first, really sad indeed , young girl going on an OE south east asia!

visits the place where the Brits had died as a part of the trip..

and now she is dead!

NOW.. guessing..

she had a suicide wish, decided to do it where the brits died?

coincidence she fell il and died there?

murdered? copy cat murder?

the same person? this will obviously vindicate the Burmese and open a HUGE police inquiry into why the burmese were eveb suspects in the first place!

death penalty!

but the thai police should just get a confession, and then take him outside on camera, line him up and shoot him in the face!

let that be a lesson.. instead tax payers will have to pay for him in prison.

so bangladesh,india,afganistan,pakistan,iraq,iran,libya,egypt,saudi arabia,yemen,somalia and many other countries is better then thailand? haah

this is pure bullshit.

This is not about the quality of public transportation, but about womens safety on public transport!!

Who do you think are of risk of getting groped?? (since all contries you mentioned are muslim, apart from India)

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I can tell you know will be groping me and asking me to buy her drink!

what about the harassment men have to go through! walking in shopping markets or walking past redlight areas, massage palors, no one talks about that!

LOL

and no one tried to stop the shooter,, people didn't react, notihng, and if you watch the tape, there is an edit in at the 5sec mark, something is missing.

idiot! wouldnt it be funny, if cops started doing selfies! and holding up signs like "LOOK WE CAUGHT ANOTHER IDIOT WHO JUST through his life away for A FEW HUNDRED DOLLARS" cheese!

this idiot thought he was cool in france, probably did some drugs back in France, thought he was cool, came to thailand and thought he was still cool..

now I bet he is crying in his cell, calling his parents, and wishing he was back in france now ! LOL

so he couldnt afford a hooker? jesus

basically the cops are trying to say it wasn't a thai! LOL

these kids are gonna hang for this!

so after all this banter, nothing has changed then.

its still the usual 30 days, or the 80 days if you got it through the embassy before you arrive.

people who wish to stay still enrolling in dummy education courses, using accountants and lawyers to set up dummy businesses to get work visas.

sounds like its same ole same ole ..

But... police said a thai would never commit such crime?

the police never said that!

and the thai government execute plenty of thais every year who commit serious crimes.

remember the guy they caught last year who was that child rapist killer? thats just one which comes to mind.

the thai police know their people are capable of doing it. they just dont like it when its done to foreigners!

So this article repeatedly quotes the police as claiming multiple assailants.

Is this based on a possible lead or a result of the investigative process?

if you ask me.. BAN the full moon party all together.. it's out of control now..

use to be cool, now its just IBIZA in SEA, its a drinking fest!

could of been one killer easily.

the british couple go for a walk on the beach, they go behind the rocks to make out, and enjoy the quiet moment, the killer comes with the Hoe in his hand, and cracks the British man over the head knocking him out and to the ground. and then before the female can even scream is struck by the killer, WHACK, WHACK both tourists are down and no sound has been made..

while the girl is unconscious, the man drags the man into the ocean and drowns him, he then goes to the woman who is not dead yet, but unconscious and rapes her.. and then he kills her.. and he leaves..

leaves seamen, a bloodied hoe, and some dna behind? meaning probably not meditated by a someone who thought this through, but maybe some someone who was just lurking around, saw the couple and wanted a rape! and must have a fetist for murder.. which really wouldnt surprise me in thailand, criminals from all over the world has relocated to thailand and philipines to get away from their convictions in their own countries, and still have the fetish to kill..

62 years, 36???

please.. leave your daughter alone! dont try to own her..

Not knowing where to buy equipment doesn't mean you can't run one.

Why would not knowing where to buy equipment because you are new to an area have any bearing on ones success in the end ?

I am sure people have commented on this as well. But here goes. I have in the past run restaurants and bars (owned and operated) and as a business owner if you do not know much about your business area there is a good chance (nearly 100%) of failure. Upon my first venture we sat outside the retail outlet looking to buy and did head counts for one month, selecting business patterns, what time of the day was busier, traffic patterns, length of red light, sunlight angles. Then we set up shop quietly inside againg head counts, cart sizes, purchases. Next we did re-conned the area to find out where customer bases came from, looked at supply issues, equipment rentals, repair shops (if needed in a hurry), advertising advantages, etc...This all went into a business plan that took up to 2 months to prepare, having accountants look at it as well as blind tests to see if it would feasible (not guaranteeing success mind you) but just if it was feasible.

So not knowing where to buy equipment leads me to believe this person has a partner who wants to open a shop, has told them "this" is a good location all we need is the equipment and now the poster is coming here to find out if this possible.

Thank you for taking the time to respond to my query.

regarding not knowing where to buy equipment. this is a funny sentence indeed.

first, I have only been in Thailand 2 months, I didn't come here to open a business, I have a job already.

I have decided to open a restaurant as an investment. As I see huge potential in this city,

I don't know where to buy equipment, hire staff, setting up the business legally , contacting suppliers, pretty much everything associated with setting it up here in Thailand.

but, I have managed to set up restaurants in foreign countries before, when I didn't

A: understand the language

B: not knowing where to purchase the equipment

c: not knowing the rules and regulations of the country.

sure there were bumps, and headaches, but eventually I got it opened, and did what I know how do it.

RUN a restaurant, end of the day, once you are open, it doesnt matter if I am in USA, Africa, China or here.

the food is in the fridge, a person is hungry, we cook it,

all the foreigners who open businesses here with their thai girl friends,

are those girls trained in hospitality?

do they have years of experience in running restaurants or bars?

probably 90% of them, they speak the language and act as a translator of the farang.

I am starting my journey now in doing research, I am not just relying on members from this forum to give me all the information, on where I should look,.

I do have other avenues which I am looking down, I have a few friends who own restaurants here,

I have thai friends, I ask questions, etc.

I just posted here to expand my knowledge and perhaps pick up more information.

Im not rushing outside and opening a business tomorrow.

also, for those people who believe you need a solid business plan, marketing research figures, this, that, etc etc

that is still no recipe for success,

what you need to have is

PASSION, MOTIVATION, MONEY and experience.

we have owned 12 restaurants in 6 different countries in 30 years, so for us, its not like we don't know what we are doing.

sure I could just have my Thai friend ring a restaurant designer, and let that designer do it all!

I'll just whip out the check book and start to sign checks.

but that no fun.

for us, we like to be involved, go out and find stuff, for us the best part is the "CHASE",

the beginning, getting it set up, watch the creation come to life, build parts of the restaurants, not let someone else create your space.

sure we need local builders, but we want to be there among it all,

not looking to spend 200.000 dollars to build some flash, trendy place, and watch it drain the account.

looking to build something small, hand made, authentic and ours.

I'll find the equipment regardless. because I am motivated.

how can a foreigner be paid LEGALLY under 50.000bht a month? can't happen.

to qualify for a work permit, a foreigner needs to be paid 50.000bht a month.. CORRECT?

or did someone tell me BS??

There are some big second hand furniture places along Ramkhamhaeng road. They would have what you are looking for.

thank you

thank you everyone who left a positive and informative reply.

if anyone knows someone who is looking to sell off equipment, can also contact me here.

Hello,

I am looking into opening a restaurant.

does anyone know if there are Auctions? or areas in bangkok where restaurant equipment is sold?

tables, chairs, plates, glasses, stoves, fridges, frying pans, etc etc etc

Auctions would be best, but second hand resellers are good too.

also does anyone know someone in the Restaurant design and building business here?

preferably cheap, I am looking at opening something small, but still cool and trendy looking

so the budget is not that big.,

if anyone has any recommendations on any of the above , I would really appreciate it, thank you

hello,

how difficult is it to get a consultants visa?

like say, my current employer could pay my company a consultancy fee.

that way I will cover all my own taxes every month.

what do I need for this?

can I use my desk in my office as the address for my company?

do I need show staff for the visa? or can It just be me?

and if I do have to show staff, can I just have my thai friends on paper?

If you have a WP you can apply for a Thai credit card with all the benefits that follows.

And you can apply for loans with low interests.

Rubbish, I have a KTC Credit card and had no work permit.

I previously had a Work Permit and paid social security, still pay it now without working.

is it one of those pay as you go credit cards?

like where you have to have like 10,000 bht in the card first and then you just deduct from it?

or is it an actual card, where no money was first deposited as a security measure and you pay it off monthly?

also what limit did you get>?

cheers