Robert24

We are also shopping for a New Pickup.
 
Already spoken to Mitsubishi and Isuzu, but Mitsubishi only lets you test drive for max 10 minutes and that is IMHO way too short for a decent test drive.
 
Isuzu on the other hand is more then willing to let you have a decent test drive.
 
But Mitsubishi offer (at the moment (and haven't spoken to Toyota yet)) the biggest discount and most freebies (Free insurance for example which Isuzu doesn't offer)
 
Next stop next week is Toyota.

Yes, it has been a bit of an eye opener how there's a total lack of due diligence by the government agency trusted with the stewardship of vehicle ownership and what appears to be a relatively easy and possibly quite common way to commit fraud. It appears that obtaining a power of attorney either doesn't require the involvement of a lawyer or mandates that a lawyer needs to verify the truthfulness of any PoA which he drafts, witnesses or affixes his signature.  After that, getting the Transport Office to arbitrarily change ownership of a vehicle under finance and even under another individuals ownership is quite easy without contacting that owner directly. Getting a loan based on a vehicle title acquired by fraud looks like being the easiest bit.

 
You did read the OP didn't you?

The 1st step of changing ownership from company to get name seems unclear to me. Did she fake some signatures too?

All in all seems like a case for the police and lawyers to deal with.

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Here's just my view. The Triton is a good pick up, good value for money. A friend of mine is an architect, does a lot of km per year and loves it. I have driven with him as a passenger and it's a nice vehicle, albeit he has the manual gearbox.

However just an aside. I wouldn't leave the decision about cars/pick ups to the wife. That's something I would decide myself. If it's mainly for the farm, I probably would go for an Isuzu, maybe a second hand one as it will suffer anyway from carrying the loads etc etc

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GLE is a nice SUV. To big for my wife. Maybe the GLC is already pushing it. She is very much inclined toward the GLA for its smaller size, and maybe we end up there due to my fear of issues with GLC. 
In principle the car will mainly be used to bring our son to kindergarden, but I would like the car also to handle the occasional trip upcounty. GLA can do that, but with 4 pax in our household the GLC would be better sized. I think?

Not sure if I understand the issue. "Significant lock applied " meaning that your steering wheel is turned to the max, i.e. do U turn?

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if people are willing to wait upto a year for one of these government pigs they must be good!
said pig have you bred her yet, how long did she take to come into heat? (this is how i judge the gilts) ie bought at 240 ish day bred by day 260.
i was reading about a farm/set up just north of bangkok some years ago,  here they use a danbred breed/mix  that they import then mix with ducro, ect... they get very good results ie 30+ weaned on a farm that has around 2000 sows, most live in open sided barns, they pride themselves on the fact that the sows can life and produce very well in the heat here, the boss had worked for banbred for many years before starting this operation, it is very well established now...... i think it was on the pigsite.com

says it all really, a que to buy gilts....... set the price at what you want......
just being noseyyy... what did it cost to get that duroc into your farm then? (dont say if dont want to...) vaccination history? age? kg?
over the years i have had a growing interest with gilts (what can be acheived with good stock ect...) the few gilt farms that were set up around the wifes area have all closed down and turned into finish farms as they all said there was not the money in "bringing the gilts on" i was lucky to get to have a look at 1 working gilt farm, same sort of set up as a finish farm, in layout, it was just up to the people how much time the boars spent in front of the gilts, and of course getting the right amount of weight on in time frame.
the last 6 or so months i have seen a change in direction from the gilts the wifes farm has been getting, gone from 200 ish days old to now 250 ish days old still same target weight of 145kg. still no heat history, but can not have it all.... to early to see if things will change, ie into heat quick and then onto a steady climb up the parities. from what i can make out the company must have been/is loosing crazy money in the gilts in this area due not coming into heat/culling of early parity sows.

Hi Robert would you have a three or four gilts that you could sell to me and if so what is your location .
thanks  " Brendan "

Hi Isaan Aussie , would you have any contacts on where I could purchase a couple of good breeding stock gilts , we are an hour south of Khon Kaen but don't mind driving a while to get good stock.  cheers

Just 2 points based on my experience:

1) the TE is a great option. No immigration hassle. 90 day reports you still have to do in case you stay longer than 90 days in Thailand. However in most cities (Not sure about Samui) TE will do the reporting for you - or an agent from them.

2) taking over a company who holds the property you are purchasing is an option. But not risk free. There is still a possibility that in future they do a review and consider your company a nominee. Especially if you have no other activities in this company. So you need to have a plan for such a scenario. I.e. you sell the shares to a Thai, sell the property etc.

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Stupid question but what happens if you don't pay it

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Back home to the USA. Bought a house already. Waiting for my husband's contract to end and then we move back.

 
The OP is pretty well worded to put most farang into one group. I get what he is saying about how some of it is ourselves that causes us to leave. That is a fair enough point but it doesn't completely absolve Thailand of some things that are driving people out.
 
Maybe I am just getting older but I am not a fan of garbage everywhere, the traffic was always bad but is now at insane levels and it qualifies as a legitimate public health crisis. Not a fan of having my freedom of speech limited or being afraid of what I say. 
 
Maybe it is just me but there is no doubt there has been negative changes. I have enough money and will be leaving before the second year of my TE visa even occurs. So I am not struggling on a pension but feel that Thailand no longer offers a good value for money. The Thailand brand is pretty tarnished at this point.
 
To suggest that many people gave reasons other than the "real" reason implies those of us who are leaving are deceiving ourselves or liars. I came to Thailand back when it was still a relatively nice place. If you tell me for example that Phuket hasn't changed that much in twenty years and it is just me getting older that makes it seem like it has become a stinking, hunk of rubble and feces that is laughable.
 
Tell me when the bay turns green that is my imagination and not a biohazard.
 
Sometimes when something is criticized by many for being a big pile of dung it is in fact because that is what it now is. 
 
All that aside, a better question could be for those that bitch and whine incessantly, what is the "real" reason you stay? Most people that are unhappy with Thailand and have two nickels to rub together have or will actually leave. The penniless droves the OP describes are the ones that have to stay and no longer have the option.
 
 
 
 
 

I don't follow all rules neither

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My girlfriend tells me you can buy land for as low as 20,000 Baht per rai WITH chanote (Nor Sor 4).  Granted, it's in the middle of nowhere Isaan with dirt path access, and no electricity/water. Our neighbour from Petchebun tells us there is the same kind of land in her province for 60,000 Baht per rai WITH chanote.  I want to believe them, but I remain skeptical. I'm curious, has any one come across something like this? 

Hua Hin is a lot smaller and Prachuap is far less populated than Chonburi. Chonburi/Rayong is where you have the big industrial estates.

Yes less choice, a lot quieter. And very beautiful.

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I'm with Tom9999 in your case exactly for the reason you mentioned. After 5/6 years you can decide if you want to continue and buy a longer term PE visa or you just go with the yearly extensions based on retirement.

I'm in a somehow similar situation as my 5yr PE visa will get me closer to 50. I will still have a small gap but I probably could manage that somehow. However if I had to make this decision right now, I would go for the 20 yr option.

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Some good points here. My view is that if you have smaller batches of pigs to sell (less than 50/100) you should look into selling meat as well otherwise your profit is minimal. For me that worked out. We kill about 1 pig every 2 days for the meat we sell. I calculate a pro forma price of 55 baht to buy the pig from the farm business. I make approx 1000 baht per pig from the meat business (fully costed) and approx 300 baht per pig for the farm. So in total about 1300 per pig.

Larger batches (50+) I still sell to CP.

Bear in mind we have our own mom pigs and also male pigs for sperm.

But all in all it is still relatively low profit given the size of the investment and ultimate risk you run.

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tried to enter at Suvarnabhumi just with EU passport and got denied entry because of too many tourist visa/visa exemption on arrival. When asked for money proof I showed my Thai banks ATM cards but they wanted to see only cash (that I could not access before Immigration barrier)
What sort of crazy place has Thailand become ? now I will go to Phnom Pehn to see if they can give me a visa and will try to re enter just to recover the staff in my Pattaya condo and the millions baht in my stock/market and bank accounts , but I am seriously thinking to relocate. 

5 hours ago, thoongfoned said:

i asked her if she made any money at  48 baht kg? around 500 baht per pig was the answer, on 23 of them...... these ones they bred themselves, they get a mixed diet of shop bough feed and stuff they grow or mix themselves. labor cost they do not think of and they run the "farm" with no electric. the piglets/pig tend to grow out slow because of the environment and care they receive. ie piglet under 5kg at 35 day. which then I would think affect the later growth stages too. they do ok because they grow/have different animal/produce come on line most of the time.

diversity is the key for them.....

 

 

that makes a break even around 41 baht. That's great if you can produce at such a low level of cost. I looked into many times, and fully costing for me is around 52 baht which includes food cost, vaccine, cost for baby pig, electricity, labour, maintenance, depreciation of your farm etc.

based on my experience, most expats that had to leave (got posted somewhere else), would like to Thailand to live here. The only retirees I saw leaving were for health and financial reason. They certainly didn't want to leave because they didn't like it anymore.

Quality of life is pretty good here despite all the drawbacks. 

Never came across expats who say they want to return to live in Singapore, KL, Hong Kong, Shanghai etc.

Looking for some knowledgeable folk to help me in my decision process:
 
My Situation:
- 47 yr old Australian
- I own a business in Singapore, but now want to live and possibly 'settle' in Thailand.
- I want to be able to buy property (even if just a condo) and would like to be able to get a loan from a bank for this - I have good income, but minimal cash.
- I travel a lot to other countries - like 6 times per month minimum - sometimes 10-12 so I spend a lot of time in immigration queue!
- Would like to be able to lease a car also
- I am not married to a Thai, but have a Thai girlfriend who works
 
My Choices
1. Set-up a business here and apply for Non-B and then Work Permit
2. Thailand Elite
 
As I see it these are my choices. The Business set-up I have done before for another company. This time I guess I'd do it with myself and a local as shareholders. The bit I don't know is how easy/difficult it would be to obtain the Non-B and WP based on this new company (last time I set up a company it was with BOI accreditation/support).
 
Thailand Elite is a nice quick solution to most things I need, but may not be what I need as far as establishing an income here for the purposes of obtaining mortgage/car lease/loan etc.
 
Any thoughts/perspectives?