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What bar does Rubicon work in?

Or... they send a message to the other venues to ensure envelopes are exchanged in a timely fashion.

Taiwanese companies that can (e.g., TSMC) are diversifying location to hedge a possible invasion, and I would expect that Thailand will continue to be an attractive destination. On the flip side, once the investment is made, the company benefits from a stable currency. To wit, some US international companies are having their profits ravaged by exchange rates.

I think I pay 345 baht per pint at Foodland in Thong Lor. An outrageous price, but I think nothing of it. I generally eat about 1/4 of that pint in any sitting, so about 80 baht for a wonderful treat. I am simply grateful it is an option. Last pint was New York Super Crunch.

There is an entire industry on the dark web where account passwords are marketed. I have had a number of accounts fall into this market. In each case, changing the password on my Google (or other) account fixed the problem. Until it was "hacked" again. It is not entirely clear to me how this hack occurs. There is no way there is a keyboard sniffer on my computer, so I suspect brute force bots are pounding away until they meet with success.

@Crossy is absolutely correct: "Task A is to contact the card provider and talk to them." No bank wants to absorb a credit card default. CCs, by definition, are "unsecured" debt, meaning the bank has no access to collateral, and the options for resolving the debt are all undesirable. Most often, if you are communicating with the bank about your situation, and offering reasonable alternatives that suggest you will ultimately pay the debt, the bank will want to work with you. In the end, if you default, your credit score will be destroyed, and you are likely to be hounded by debt collectors (that acquired the debt from the bank for pennies on the dollar, or satang on the baht). But I do not believe that this can affect your immigration status. And it is not a criminal offense.

With no work permit? I believe without that you have no access to labor laws.

Companies are not charities. Whatever costs go into their production will be reflected in their prices. Hence, their customers will pay. Economics 101.

As efficiently as Thais adapt, and it impresses me often, this is an organic problem that takes time to resolve. With the wages paid for these service workers, they cannot afford to be commuting across Bangkok for this job every day. They need to be in affordable accommodations near Khao San. When covid hit, most returned home to ride out the storm. The problem is that most of these folks went through their savings, and now they need to have a deposit and one month's rent to return, as well as the first month's expenses while waiting for a paycheck. Not easily acquired.

Did they all succumb to a Thai girlfriend?

Virtue signaled. Nothing in the OP struck me as racist.

60+% of all global trade is still in USD. It will at least a decade or two before there is any meaningful change.

enough said

Good job teachers.

Report the date and location of the "active" (entry with no exit) stamp in your passport.

I use my KPlus mobile app to send money to a US bank. Exchange rate acceptable, fees acceptable, happy overall.

Rose Lane has an excellent burger. Love their Samurai burger. And their buns are excellent.

I forgot to add that I actually rented a box from this outfit: http://www.safedepositboxbangkok.com/ I really liked them. The company is owned by a Brazilian woman that reminded me of a stern mistress. While I was waiting to ask questions, another foreigner was there with his Thai girlfriend. He asked the owner, "Can I allow access for my girlfriend?" The owner looked at him like he was a lost puppy. Her response: "No. Only you can access." The foreigner pressed on saying that he really wanted his girlfriend to have access. The owner said "Look for another business. We never allow more than one person to access." I immediately signed up.

It popped just over $1,900 per ounce in August 2011. However, USDTHB was 29.90, so the price for one baht of gold here would have been roughly 28,000 THB. Currencies make gold interesting. While gold was experiencing a decline in price in USD, in other currencies it was either flat or actually up (up a lot in some weak currencies). I never think of gold as an "investment". It is not. Gold is an insurance policy against insane governments or central banks. You should own an amount that can help you survive a crisis. It can help with inflation over the long term, but I think there are better vehicles for that purpose.

I could be wrong.

In BKK: https://cblockers.com/

I only trust FedEx for documents as fast as possible. Two deliveries, both took three days to central BKK from Michigan. Both were pre-COVID.

Computer shops will often give you a few hundred baht for an old computer, as they will usually be able to profit using parts in repair jobs. If you give it to them for free, I think they will always accept it.

Likewise. When I wanted to transfer just $1,000 USD from my account in the US to Thailand, I was prompted for a copy of my passport. Okay. Fair enough. But, I am logging into my account, which I feel should adequately verify my identity. Then they required that I explain what I am going to use the money for! W_T_F?!! What business is that of the bank? I answered: "I don't trust US banks". Answer accepted, money transferred.