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3 hours ago, DrPhibes said:

I can understand 2x, 3x price difference, but about 7.5x low season is nuts.  Thanks for the input everyone.

It's been an absolutely terrible low season for hotels in phuket especially the ones without contracts for the big chinese tour buses.....How do they make up this windfall....charge more money...I looked at joining the local golf course here in phuket last year and the membership and daily play rate has skyrocketed....I asked why so high now she said less members so everyone have to pay more...It's the thai way!!!

As someone in a similar position I would say you would have to be pretty silly to buy the elite visa!! No one knows what thailand will be like in a few years time it has already gone downhill fast in just the last 6 years. You can buy a 1 year business visa for vietnam for 450usd that is multiple entry as well, no need to get re entry permits. The other option is to do a ED visa here for a year if you want to stay and not leave. End of the day with the sort of money you are earning it would be far better to just spend 3 months in thailand and the rest of the time in Vietnam or even Malaysia!!

Sure I would date her, Would never marry her, Nor would I be stupid and buy her anything big like a car or put any property in her name etc....Take her out to dinner few times a week buy her a dress or some shoes 1-2x a month....Cheap for thailand 3-6k

thb a month....Much cheaper then marrying lol

On 11/2/2019 at 11:25 AM, Suradit69 said:

You used the right term. It  was a story. And you are now using the unlinked, vaguely recounted story as if it were fact. 

 

There are many stories posted by people who are confused about what happened to them or intentionally edit the stories they tell to enhance the drama and their victimhood.

 

Hoping to fear monger, other posters then refer to these situations as being  "the same as you."

 

 

 

 

you could be correct either way he and many others HAVE been denied at bangkok recently. There is a risk albeit small that the poster will be denied at bangkok airport...IT has been confirmed multiple times that it is much safer to fly into chiang mai instead.

7 hours ago, krey said:

yeah I thought about this as well as it was something that was talked about several times.  When I brought it up with Thai Elite they said that this would not work, that my visa expires  Feb 2020 and thats it, I can't do a slip out and come back just before it expires.    At least that is what the last two reps have said to me. I would love to hear if someone has actually extended to the 6 year somehow as an actual fact.  They told me that I would not get a one year stamp but instead it would be a stamp up to the day of my expired visa date

of course they would say that...that want you to buy it again and not get a free year. I would just try and do a quick out and in before it expires...or worst case just do two land border runs and extend them both.

So what people are saying is "Remove your fingerprints" and you will be fine hehehe. In all reality it does not seem to matter how long you have been out of thailand if you spent a lot of time here before then you may be interviewed... No one can really say what will happen these days it seems like the wild west at immigration now and anything goes...You should be fine but one can never say, like others have said fly in from kl and then at least if you get denied head back to kl and enter by land.

of course plastic in the water is serious...where does 90% of the plastic in the water come from....5 rivers...none of them here!! I love when people say we should change back to reusable glass bottles...yeah so instead of plastic everywhere there will be broken glass everywhere instead!! The world does not have a plastic problem...It has a inconsiderate human problem. banning bags from stores will just mean people chuck out a big garbage bag with a few items every night instead of a small bag they got from the store....Stop saying ban plastic and come up with a reasonable alternative that won't make the situation worse!!

6 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

They will not ask for ticket out of the country at that crossing. It is seldom asked for at other crossings.

Same for showing 10k baht in cash (visa exempt entry requirement).

If you actually have a extension of stay issued by immigration and not a 90 day entry from a non-b visa they may asked to see a termination letter a the Mukdahan crossing before you leave the country.

I am thinking of doing the same but satun border my current non b is an ed visa and is an extension. Do I need a letter from my school for this?? I am just wanting to do a visa run so that i get an extra 30 days to sell up all my stuff.

3 hours ago, Skallywag said:

 

And normal girls never act crazy and selfish as the one referenced in the OP? 

I like the idea that a sex-worker could claim PTSD and get on some type of disability for it.   

Just life itself can cause psychological damage, according to psychologists.  haha

I have dated many normal girls here....They just as crazy as bar girls...Now I only date foreigners!!

I am just finishing up a 1 year ED visa but looking to stay 1 month more to get rid of all of my stuff before I leave. A border run to satun seems the easiest way these days with airports cracking down. I have never ever done a land entry before so would it be the safest option and what would i need to do one, ticket to fly out within 30 days? 20k cash? And has anyone got a voa at satun border recently?

4 hours ago, tominbkk said:

if every biz just started charging 5 baht a bag people would start bringing their own for sure.

point here being EVERY....the smart businesses would give them out for free and see a surge of customers...I know if i have 2 options to shop i choose the place with free plastic bags EVERY time and I am not alone....Seen many a shop here try to stop plastic bags and even though they started offering them again a few months later their businesses have never fully recovered.

8 hours ago, robblok said:

Thaivisa is not hate speech though there is a lot of Thai bashing going on.

 

Of course certain things should be banned, be-headings stuff like this shooting. Seems logical to me. Total free speech is crazy  

The only problem with that is peoples curiosity gets them and they want to see it. As soon as i heard all the gov's were banning that video i wanted to see it and so did all of my friends. Not because of what was in it but because the gov was telling you "no you cannot see this". What happens then is the government end up driving people to find a lot worse stuff than the video they were trying to stop people watching.

1 hour ago, canopy said:

Don't forget Thailand got along just fine before plastic bags came along. So did every single country in the world. This is the beauty of the whole thing. We know life without plastic bags works--we used to do it before, no one complained, and it would be even better now with improved organic materials and 21st century packaging. Better than plastic. Don't worry though, nobody wants that.

 

Don't forget Thailand got along just fine before cars and motorbikes and trucks came along and these are far worse for the environment then plastic bags...TIME TO BAN THEM we know life without cars works  - we used to do it before, no one complained and it would be much much better for the environment ????

This is just the reality these days, Everyone has noticed it. 5 Years ago in phuket there was young stunners everywhere in the bars...These days most are 30-35+ and very hard to find a 8 or a 9 let alone a 10. Our theory is all the really hot ones have basically moved on to using social media especially instagram to make a living instead.

I refuse to shop at any of the stores that refuse to give away plastic bags. If bigc or tesco want to be stupid and ban plastic bags then people will just shop at their competitors instead. Because people are always trying to get them banned I ALWAYS ask for plastic bags now I don't care if it is just 1 bottle of milk or something that I will eat straight away I get a plastic bag for it anyways!! THIS IS WAR PEOPLE!!!! Don't let the no plastic bag whimps win ????

19 hours ago, Mango Bob said:

No matter what a Thai government hospital charged I would never use one.  I been to one with my wife  The doctor was an idiot.  I knew more than he did.

Private ones are not much better, I went to a private one in phuket and saw a Specialist...2000thb for 30 min meeting and the whole meeting was him telling me i knew nothing and he knew everything until he finally googled what i was saying to learn i was correct and he was not.......and still thought he knew better afterwards....

Fly to vietnam even with the airfare and accommodation it is WAY cheaper!!