The Deerhunter

25 minutes ago, GOLDBUGGY said:

The Term "Buyer Beware" was not invented in Thailand. It actually comes from Latin. It applies anywhere in the World, and also not just in Thailand.

 

I am not sure where you comes from but I am sure that in my own country, and if you offer a big enough Pot of Gold, I could bride a Public Servant there to. I never tried it, but you would have to be pretty naive to think otherwise.

 

Having said that, as long as you have the Law on your side, I feel you will always stand a chance of winning.Perhaps finding a good honest lawyer here is the first important step. He doesn't need to be in Thailand to claim half of the property he owns with his wife.

 

If he can get this to court he has a fare chance of winning. But if he doesn't know this, or thinks he has no chance and gives up, then he will lose by default. If you don't show up for the game you still lose it.    

Caveat Emptor is I believe what you are referring to.  From my 13 year old latin class.  Mensa Mensa mensam etc,.  Do you live here or not?  If you spent time here you would have come across many stories of falangs in the right who failed to get true justice.  It also applies to poor Thais when fighting rich or connected people.  Yes, corruption happens everywhere including my "back home" country.  But certain countries put corruption and bribery onto a whole different level.  This is one of those places.  And when it comes to trying to right wrongs the risks of death are so much higher. There are many people who have died here while involved in litigation.  Yes you may have a chance in theory and pure law, but can cost 5,000 baht here or even less to have someone killed.  It all depends on how rich or well connected the people you are fighting here, are.    To succeed in getting justice here under some circumstances you may have to be rich, committed, careful, brave, AND LUCKY to live to benefit from your efforts.    Better to just leave the money at home if you would need to fight at all costs to win it back here.   Rule (1) (in several places above) applies.

2 minutes ago, Happy enough said:

why back home. he's retired and got pension. probably living in a neighboring country. i know those reporters didn't go to Europe to interview him

And a better new Cambodian, Lao or Burmese shoulder to cry on?   I hope so for his sake.

Just now, BEVUP said:

Not true

Agree.  Corruption always finds a way here.

1 minute ago, 473geo said:

 

A Thai guy I knew (28), enjoyed a lavish wedding to a wealthy Thai lady (50)

 

Didn't last 6 months...apparently she was too demanding on the sexual side

 

 

Probably his girlfriend couldn't wait. for the wife to die.

4 minutes ago, gadget monger said:

SUCKER!

 

Live and learn you old fart.... Warnings about younger thai ladies scamming older falangs are almost on every internet site regarding young thai girls and old men relationships.  You did not heed these warnings so "Welcome to the Land Of Scams". You deserve what you received from this witch.

 

Why would any person marry another person 20 or more years their senior.  Would you marry a lady 20 years or more older than you?

 

 

Many do if she is rich enough.  Happens all the time.  Even here. Particularly here.  Older "used" women who have assets have to do it all the time or grow old alone. It''s happening right now in my family.  I have tried to warn her but nothing has changed.  He is younger, almost no money of his own and not even Thai.  But he is Asian!!

1 minute ago, GOLDBUGGY said:

There is plenty of ways he could have protected his land investment, like through a "Usufruct". The beauty of having full use of the land, as unlike a car, the land can't be moved. With a "Usufruct" attached to the land title, it cannot be sold either, or leasted out, and to get a mortgage with that attached in near impossible.  

 

Under his present circumstances, and if what he says is totally true, he would still have a hard road to walk and uphill all the way. Which all may end in a Dead End Street. I hate to see this happen to anyone, but it does happen all over the world. I think we all have a brother, uncle, or cousin, back home, who we know happened to them this way also. 

Re the first part of your reply.  Unfortunately anything impossible becomes possible here when dealing with public servants and the right size bribe.  How else did all of this National Park land end up illegally in private hands?

2 minutes ago, 473geo said:

My wife bought land - apart from the recent increase in value highlighted by the sale of plots nearby, the land means our children have a place to build a home in the future. In my opinion thoughtful and sound judgement.

I agree

  As long as it it is not all or the most part of your nest egg.  S#/t happens.

3 minutes ago, Kaoboi Bebobp said:

 

Lack of detail in Thai stats leads to disbelief. The Viets do it right. In Vietnam, tourist arrivals are soaring, year over year and month over month. First 11 months, up 28%. Lots of Chinese and Koreans but the numbers are up double digits for Europeans and North Americans. 

Yes exactly.  If I was not married to a Thai who owned her own land........   BTW, if you look hard enough even the pictures can nearly looks like the same person. Re: Vietnam..... probably full of 65 y.o. Americans looking to see if any 35 to 40 year old part Vietnamese look like them.  555

1 hour ago, torrzent said:

Never wear a coyote outfit when crossing the road

"Beep beep."     "

39 minutes ago, Khun Paul said:

His first mistake was to pay the Police to make the charge relating to the gun go away.If it was not his why pay anyone.

Second mistake was not to get a 30 lease or equivalent on the land . Third mistake was that he trusted his wife 100% .

Sad but true .

Wife probably insisted on the first mistake before he twigged.

11 hours ago, Happy enough said:

why never get married? i've been happily married for nearly 20 years thanks. but cheers for the advice anyway

Marriage is fine if not done stupidly.  It is the other rules that are important and frequently ignored.  She loves me and says I am sexy.   Take off all your clothes and stand in front of a mirror.  That is what she goes to bed with every night.  My wife is much younger than me but I am sure she loves me and we did not meet in a bar, massage parlour or online.  But 80% plus of my money is still safely back home.  See  NCC1701A 's post earlier.

Refer to the thread of 2 or 3 days back about reasons why NOT To transfer all your money over here at once.  Let's hope he didn't for his sake.

2 hours ago, ChiangMaiLightning2143 said:

Maybe you need a remedial course of reading comprehension.

I did not say this is my country, or is your submission a just a troll post?

I said they, the foreign smokers should smoke on a beach

in their own country. It may be illegal there already for good reason. I suggested also they go elsewhere.  Cambodia and Vietnam await smokers foul body odour and breath, and wafting toxic smoke. Thailand is slowly going to become like everywhere else.  I guarantee in 15 - 20 years a Foreigner will not be able to take a prostitute here, and then we will see the back end of  the traveling farang sexpests and  mongers.  I don't want sex tourists coming here anymore either. It's called progress.

 

 

Sex tourism is just like smoking, those who partake think it is a private pleasure. And it is, unless they are doing it right in front of your face and you don't wish to or can't share their pleasure.  Wait for them to prescribe a year in jail for a quick bit of the other dirty pleasure.  555

20 hours ago, EnlightenedAtheist said:

I wonder if this is going to be announced or clearly displayed on the visa application as tourists get a tourist visa, if they need one. I doubt the amazing Thailand picture will give the whole truth. I am in favour of penalties, but 100,000 B --like others have stated-- is grotesque. Alternatively, considering smoking is highly addictive, Thai beaches should have a booth, fit with metal sheet and no insulation and no a/c, to help with going cold turkey. Kidding.

No.  Just for smoking in.  Just kidding.  As others have said.  We may hate smoking but this law is grotesque.

15 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

I'm older than many, and younger than some.

Exactly the same age as me then, to the year and day, young man.  555

Here we go again.  Sounds like the minister of sports and tourism has changed but nothing else.  Meanwhile in Cambodia and Vietnam......???????

19 hours ago, Cereal said:

I lived beside a Hells Angels chapter back in Canada for a few years. Decent blokes for the most part. They never screwed with civilians and if you showed them respect they showed it to you.

 

However, screw them and you're screwed.

 

 

Yes they are polite on the surface.  I've met many of them in retail sports and other more dangerous gang members than them.  Almost always polite.  A very clever P.R. ploy.  They've got you well fooled.. Smuggling, drugs, prostitution, fencing stolen goods, extortion, battery, murder.  Etc, etc and so forth.  Great citizens, eh????

1 hour ago, klauskunkel said:

Tourist to Pattaya Beach Authority Officer: "So, you are going to fine me 100,000 baht for smoking? Might as well add on the 500 baht for my fist in your face."

"a year in jail and a 100,000 baht fine for those breaking the law"  Perhaps they will leave the 500B fine til you get out of jail in a year????   (But I like the cut of your jib, young man!)  P.S.  However old you are, you are probably still younger than me.....

6 hours ago, Lammbock said:

If I just could write down what I really want to say....

How about; "Hopefully, just one of many, soon to be arrested and jailed, before deportation after bio metrics are taken."  (so they can't sneak back in.)

Top Thai Xmas Carol every December.

  "We are going to get tough on road safety."

4 hours ago, sammieuk1 said:

Is this a re-enactment photo with  Antonio Bagnato in a blue plastic chair?

I wish.  Scum.  Gee what a coincidence that that inquest is going on in Sydney and a big Aussie angel round up last night.  Amazing coincidence, isn't it?

16 hours ago, champers said:

2 cars siezed but no motorbikes. What sort of Hells Angels are these?

Rich ones.   70% of all road deaths in LOS occur on bikes.

9 minutes ago, steve73 said:

The choice between a dug well or a bore hole (at least for a shallow water table, of less than about 10m) is all down to the soil permeability.

If you're on a permeable sandy base, then a borehole will nearly always work out cheaper (unless it's really shallow).

If there is low permeability, then you'll need a dug well just to provide some storage and to stop the pump running dry....

Once over 15m a borehole is usually much cheaper (and safer). 

Upto about 6-8 m water depth you can get away with a small surface pump.. Deeper and you need a downhole pump. Couple it with an above ground tank and separate supply pump.

But once you get over 10-15m a borehole will always be cheaper, since much of the cost is the equipment set up, whereas a dug well gets more expensive as you go deeper (for reasons previously mentioned).

 

In Rayong province, about 9 or 10 years ago my neighbor had a 6m dug well, 2m dia which was 1000bt/ring (20)... unfortunately it ran dry in a subsequent very dry season.  I had a 12m borehole drilled using 4" PVC slotted pipe for just over half that cost, and it has run without problems, pump inlet at 8m with an aboveground pump. (OK, I had a small additional cost for an above ground tank and separate pump).

Another close neighbor was "conned" into needing a 20m bore-hole with a down-hole pump. Total cost was about 60k.... His pump was totally oversized which sucked in too much sand and knackered the pump (40k replacement) after just a few years.  All these were on very sandy ground with lots of shallow irrigation ponds around so very permeable, with a 4-5m seasonal range of water table.  

 

 

Totally agree.  Our land is clay & rock.  Bore wells do not work here.  If a well is dug during wet season it will go dry during dry season as water tables vary throughout the year.  Ours goes from 5 to 7 metres between seasons.

14 hours ago, simon43 said:

The last well that I had dug (about 5 years ago) used about 20 rings and cost 30,000 baht all in.

 

Concur with LiK's comments about the hard work.  It is also a very precise skill to dig the well.  I watched the family team place the first concrete ring on solid ground.  Then one guy stood inside the ring and started to shovel out the soil.

 

As he did so, the ring slowly sank into the ground under its own weight.  Soon the top lip of the ring was level with the surrounding ground.  They then placed a second ring on top and continued the process.

 

The rings sank further into the ground as the soil was excavated and also due to the heavy weight of the rings.  The skill is to keep the bore vertical, and to dig out the soil so that the rings sink vertically.

 

After about 18 rings, the water table was reached.  Then the digger continued to dig in the muddy water , to add a further 2 rings so that the well would hopefully always have water in it.

 

Although hard work, the danger to the digger at the bottom of the well is minimal, because he is protected from collapse of the well by the concrete rings within which he stands.

Well described.  (Pun intended.)  The "OOPS's " with our guys came when they dug down too far below the bottom ring and then in attempting to undercut the stack of 18 to 80 or more rings, one ring goes sideways slightly and jams.  They really should go one ring at a time but it takes longer.  91 rings took over 3 weeks because below  about 18 rings they were constantly pumping and working in water with falling water from wall seepage (read squirting like a small boy) from above, towards the end, 20 metres above!!!!!!!  Sounds fun, does it???

3 hours ago, beechbum said:

Got an example of this type of breaker?

Sort of like this Two "knife =blade contacts that drop into contact slots.  Thai ones have a white ceramic (shock-proof)  handle joining the two contacts.  Usually it has a picture of an elephant on it.  All in a plastic case with two removable beige plastic covers covering the contacts for safety.  I can take a pic if you need it.  We have heaps of them fitted here.  Really positive in/out contacts

Digging a well changes up in price every 10 rings (three metres) that they dig down.   We started with a goal of at least 15 metres and then said "keep going" as we had to get the best result we could get.  They tried to charge for every ring that we bought as if it was dug down to place that ring.  Every time they have an oops they had to step down a ring size to cover their problem with an "overlap."  This is actually a double placement INSIDE the rings and requires no digging but it uses up rings they try to charge for as if the hole is that many rings deep.  As you will find when you depth sound the hole every night like me.   They also will need to back-fill behind the rings with grey concrete making chip to filter the water and stop subsidence.  Here is our costs to dig a 27 metre well starting at 2 metres wide:: 54x  2 metre rings, 31x  1.70 metre rings and 14x 1.5 m rings.  That gives a final count of 99 rings but 8 were used in overlaps.  The well is 91 rings deep: 91x.3= 27.3 metres.   A 1HP Franklin Electric motor with a Chinese 1.5” pump on it, controller and accessories, $14,000.   Over 25 metres of 1.5” PVC pipe & fittings, 5,000 - 6,000 baht  Concrete Rings 68,150 baht.  Digging 165,530 baht.   Total cost of the actual well & pump etc was around 253,000 baht.   Extra storage surface tanks, power connection including poles, pumps & wiring another 90,000B  Your costs will certainly be less than this for many reasons. 

P.S.Always have a big Knife type surface breaker installed to totally isolate everything during electrical storms. Lightning strike to power poles kill everything electrical.