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Gambling and booze are not a good combination . I would go to a Thai casino . I also pop over to Cambodian casinos occasionally . I generally stick to the slots because I do not understand most of the Khmer tables . MIL won 4.5 million baht on the slots about 15 years ago . I reckon she must have given it all back by now .She goes there at least 4 times a week . I would like to know if there will be any regulation on slots payouts in the new Thai casinos . Or throughout Asia nut I doubt if there is any regulators / inspectors .

I am surprised that you say drinks earn the profits . Maybe if the price is hiked up by 4 or 500 % , as is the case in some Thai tourist areas . For a business to survive on just wet sales is almost impossible , hence why most bars have some sort of catering . My ladies restaurant is 90% Thai customers and caters for mid range priced food . Cannot compete with low priced street vendor food . BTW our beer prices are , small bottle Chang / Leo etc is 45 baht . Large is 80 baht .When you factor in refrigeration costs there will be little if any profit

Totally agree . People who post anonymous emojis have little intelligence , otherwise they would leave their reasoning . Constructive criticism is fine but going incognito is gutless .

But not too many expenses for street vendors . Amazes me when they park their rig outside of a restaurant to sell their food . It seems to me that less wealthy Thais get by on eating noodles or rice alone . Very high rents in popular areas are the main cause of closures , IMO . A 500% mark up on say a small beer that costs 30 baht to the business to buy but retails in some tourist spots for 150 baht is astonishing but even a hike like that cannot always save a business in touristy areas .

very informative video , thanks for sharing

An investigation already ? I doubt it , probably an excuse by the builder . Unless you have a link ? The building design and specs would have taken the Thai climate into consideration but whether the specs were complied with is another doubt . I digress but road construction is a prime example of the low quality of some Thai construction with corruption as the main cause . Near where I live in the north east of Thailand the newly built roads have much resurfacing every year . I am not a civil engineer but in the UK construction , when structural concrete is poured , there will be a test cube taken . Do you think that happens in Thailand ?

Correct . If internal walls not built and no window casings = no bracing

Ordinary Thai domestic houses are mostly built with cheat building blocks and only a single wall . No double walls with a cavity . They will have little resistance to any earthquake . The high rise that collapsed looked to me , when I first saw the video , that it was built above a sink hole because it dropped vertically . Then I saw the support pillars which to me looked to be too small and certainly not earthquake resistant .

I use the same cream for any new shows and catching them early works well . I also have had many growths removed mostly by freezing and 3 operations on my arm , forehead and the last one on my ear , where the surgeon cut a top section of my ear away . All ops under local anesthetic in the UK . Growths on ears are common because they are exposed to the sun most of the time and me , once a keen golfer I use to wear those baseball hats but they do not give sun protection to your ears . In Thailand where the sun is strong a sun barrier cream is important as well as a broad rimmed hat . Skin cancer treatment in Thailand is not easy to find , as it seems that Thai folks do not get skin cancer to the extent that Westerners do .

I have dined at Nickys and had good food . Is 99 baht todays price cos when I looked it was 2023 . Our breakfast is similar but we have large pork sausages and thick fresh home made thick bread / toast . Most of our customers go for our small b/f cos cannot eat all of the larger one . We have only compliments and no complaints . At such a low price I cannot see Nickys making much profit . It must be a loss leader cos I know they have a varied menu with more realistic prices . Nickys is my number one eaterie in Pattaya.

My lady runs a restaurant up in Issan . 99 Baht breakfast ? What's that ? cornflakes ? Our English breakfasts are 150 or 200 baht . We have many 5 star reviews . Running a restaurant in Thailand is not easy to make money . Most go bust . A lot of competition around . Employing good reliable honest staff is a challenge . You have to pay staff , no matter if you have customers or not . So on a bad day you lose money by being open . Electric bills can be high , especially if you have air-con as we have .Not to mention the rent . Buying good quality food is a mine field . Working in a kitchen in Thailand is far too hot for me , especially in the Thai hot months , My ladies business has been going for nearly 20 years and she has some good customers but that did not happen overnight . Are you prepared to lose money in the first year ? cos that is what almost certainly happen .

me too plus I am happy to pay using my Bangkok Bank transfer app

Thailand does discriminate against non-Thais / foreigners . Following recent legislation by the government, public hospitals in Thailand are now legally permitted to charge expats higher rates for treatment. With four tiers of rates, the new pricing system means working expats on non-immigrant visas and retirees will pay more for public healthcare services – up to double the costs charged to Thai nationals. The four tiers are as follows: Band 1: Thai nationals Band 2: ASEAN nationals (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) Band 3: Expatriates on non-immigrant visas Band 4: Tourists and retirees A pal recently had a hernia operation in a Thai gov; hospital at 50,000 baht which he was told was 25,000 baht for Thais but I could not understand that because I thought that Thais were covered under the 30 baht scheme . Also there is a set fee for every procedure /operation across the country in Thai government hospitals .

Yeah , I guess once bitten twice shy . I have had 2 refunds paid to me by P/P within 1 day of complaining about the seller . Using a Q/R code to pay is ok and doing a payment by bank transfer too . But giving your card details to an unknown company is dangerous . Similarly , I have heard of some restaurants that take your card , for payment , to their cash till area and copy / clone the card . Having your card details , including the 3 digit security number on the back of the card , gives them access to illegally use your card . Also card details are sold to third parties online . Also I never use an outside wifi without using my VPN .

When making an online purchase , are you happy to pay with your credit / debit card ? Especially if buying from a seller that you have never used before . When doing online banking I always use my VPN , do you ? If making a purchase from a new seller I always use Paypal as it has decent security . What protection do you use when making purchases online ? ?