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On 11/1/2022 at 5:07 PM, Tropicalevo said:

Methinks that Khun Chuwit may be having an accident soon.

I do wish him all good luck though. Always entertaining.

Beat me too it, but I might add, Hope he has an armoured car, he's gonna need one.        Peace

20 hours ago, Neeranam said:

My wife wants a crocodile to guard our house. 

Youi can feed it Village Soi Dogs, solves two problems at once...................Peace

1 hour ago, Gknrd said:

As soon as he takes over.. All immigration officers will report for real estate sales training.

If an expat is wanting a one year extension , it will be mandatory to sit threw a 3 day seminar on the"Joys of Owning a Condo in Thailand".

If you spend 5-10million Baht you get a 5 year tourist visa, that will be re-evaluated in 5 years. And if you buy before the 3 day seminar is over you will get fast tracked.   ????

This is Just a joke, I am sure he would make a great leader.

 

 

Yes he would make a great leader.............Unfortunately we have seen what happens to Business Men that become PM in Thailand, and relatives of Business Men as well - they don't last long - become Coup Bait.................hard to imagine a Thai PM without a uniform on.

3 hours ago, Cake Monster said:

Wow !

Not too many Financial issue going on in Thailand right now.

Any 2 or 3 issues as stated above would put many Banks into some kind  of panic, but Thailand has a full House and there is little reaction to the issues.

I guess " responsible Financial Innovations " means the Banks can carry on lending ridiculous amount of Money to people that have little or no way of paying it back, only to lend it to them for longer payback periods.

Already its 99 Baht Deposit for a Car and pay back over 7 Years 

99 Baht Deposit for a House and payback for 40 Years 

Amazing Thailand 

Are they talking about Thailand??  Sounds like the USA in the early 2000's..................lend money to people that have no way or intention of paying it back, then the Govt bailing out the institution................TIT  

France is doing the same, my sister in law just bought a new electric car  -  she doesn't have a steady job due to the poandemic and is on Govt welfare.............but still able to buy a car?? - pay off is 12 years             Peace

2 hours ago, shackleton said:

Corruption  and brown envelopes are a big part of the police and some government officials  pay packets

This will not change as embedded in Thai society  for greedy people to make a easy $????

I think brown envelopes have been replaced with Bitcoin Debit card, very hard to trace..................I saw a Bitcoin ATM in Siam Square once - boggles the mind.         Peace

10 minutes ago, bradiston said:

Take your point, but in 2 weeks anything perishable is going to go right off. I had that experience recently. Had to throw away meat and veg and all dairy.

Oh, well I donated all food to Staff before I departed.................Peace

19 hours ago, bradiston said:

Hope you don't get a power outage with those fridges running.

The most important one has all the beer and Vintage Drambui in it................????..........Management cleans and checks every two weeks...............

18 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

Hmm mine went from 6500 to 7900...

I know, it ain't a fair comparison, I am not in-country at this time, so only the fridge's are running  ????????????????????  but my place is smallish, only 60 sq meters and even when running all aircons never went cost more than 22-2800.............Peace

On 10/19/2022 at 1:42 PM, nobodysfriend said:

Better provide an EASY tourist visa good for a 6 month stay .

That will certainly help to attract the old and rich folks to spend the winter month ( and their money ) here .

Yeah, my electricity bill has gone up from 185 baht to 245 baht - a whole 60 baht more a month.  Don't know how I will be able to stand for that....................Peace

On 6/9/2021 at 5:03 AM, madmen said:

Communists Thailand 0% Vietnam 100%

????

I would say Vietnam is a Communist/Capitalist Country............the people are not Communist minded, only the Government, the people are capitalist...........big difference.  mind you, I have only been living/associated with Vietnam since 1999 so what do I know. ????  I don't count the two tours during the War '69 & '71-72...........was a little busy to worry about politics back then.     Peace

8 hours ago, RandiRona said:

Why do they always need Tycoons to save poor Thais??

Because they know how to make money!!!   Something thwe current administration hasn;t a clue, they only spend it.     Peace

17 hours ago, andreww said:

Folks, sorry to hijack the topic, but since I can see some knowledgeable people in here, maybe someone can clarify how much making a will or POA cost here? I asked couple of lawyers, and was invited to pay 25-50k thb, is it real for what is basically a templated document? 

 

Also, can foreign residents (i.e. my overseas relatives) be included in my will? Or I can draft a simple power of attorney allowing them access to assets? Will Thai banks accept such document? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

I used this office, they had people that spoke 6 or 7 languages, and their prixces are reasonable, then again, what price is love worth??   http://thailawoffice.com      Scandanavian Law Office in Jom Tien, Pattaya.  They have affiliates in a few other major cities in the Kingdom.   For my piece of mind it was worth the 12,000 baht I paid for my will, it is ironclad.  

SCB told me directly, Banks fall under different 'rules' - a will doesn't automatically grant someone ownership of your account, you need to make them a co-owner, as @Jim Grant sugests, its better to make the party a C0-Signitaory on the account.   We will do that on our next trip back to Thailand.

I only did it when a Aussie owned bar I used to  frequent owner died, he didn't have a will, his mia noi (???) came out of the woodwork with a video of him saying (rather drunkingly) that he would leave her something when he died..........she got control of the bar from  a judge..........bar went belly up because no one would frequent it after that, but you get my drift.

Peace 

18 hours ago, andreww said:

Folks, sorry to hijack the topic, but since I can see some knowledgeable people in here, maybe someone can clarify how much making a will or POA cost here? I asked couple of lawyers, and was invited to pay 25-50k thb, is it real for what is basically a templated document? 

 

Also, can foreign residents (i.e. my overseas relatives) be included in my will? Or I can draft a simple power of attorney allowing them access to assets? Will Thai banks accept such document? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

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18 hours ago, andreww said:

Folks, sorry to hijack the topic, but since I can see some knowledgeable people in here, maybe someone can clarify how much making a will or POA cost here? I asked couple of lawyers, and was invited to pay 25-50k thb, is it real for what is basically a templated document? 

 

Also, can foreign residents (i.e. my overseas relatives) be included in my will? Or I can draft a simple power of attorney allowing them access to assets? Will Thai banks accept such document? 

 

Thanks in advance. 

On 10/11/2022 at 7:40 PM, Mickeymaus said:

You want that they use your ATM card to withdraw money from your accounts when you are dead? I think this is not a good idea since legally they are not the owners (yet). 

It is actually ILLEGAL in Thaland to use someone elses ATM Card - with permission of not..........I already tried that with my bank account,   My wife is from Vietnam, I asked for a 2d ATM card for her, they said sahe could not have access to my account as it is against Thai Law, she would have to qualify for her own bank account.  Of course, nothig to stop her from using it if she has my Pin, but technically, it is against the law.         Peace

On 9/24/2022 at 3:13 AM, Keith5588 said:

Thank you @Farmerslife but please read my original post. I stated that I wrote the Wills and then signed then in front of witnesses who then signed the Wills.  They are not beneficiaries, I was aware of that.

Without going into too much detail I think I made very good clear Wills, including my gf's ID, her registered address in her village where she owns a house etc.  etc.

These Wills where written and signed by me and 2 witnesses almost 2 years ago. 

The UK Will I am happy with.

The Thai Will is in English language only.

Plain and simple, The Thai Will that is in English language will have to be translated into Thai.  Otherewise it is not worth the paper it is printed on.  We have had stories on this forum over the years of wills being contested - with success - because they weren't properly adjuducated - and you should be aware, a will for any property in Thailand has to be lodged with the Ampur's land office where the property is.   Do you think any Ampur will accept a will not in Thai??   One poster suggested you have a Legal office write (or re-write) your will in Thai - don't know where your property is, but my will was (re-written) by the Scandanavian Law Office in Jomtien, Pattaya..........had it read by a Thai lawyer friend, he said it was "perfect"    Save your girlfriend a big headache after you die, and do the due dilligence with the Wills.         Peace

On 10/7/2022 at 4:28 AM, Jingthing said:

Well you went there.

Yes the Russians if they do would start small.

But the west would definitely respond strongly  even without nukes.

That would be the critical decision time for Putin that could start the end.

I think Moscow would be a parking lot in a coupe days, it is not only the US that would respond.  Any sane person would realize we have most of his weapons caches locked on by conventional weapons by now..............myself, I hope the winds blow across the pacific ocean, and get sucked up thru the ozone layers into space.   If full nuclear, it's end game, almost no hope of planetary survival.  South America would be a better bet than Thailand though.   Peace

Still say her Aunt is much hotter looking..............????       This gal looks like she has weekly visits to the local Botox lady.......    Peace

Looks like this post is going sideways, I will refrain from commenting - Oh by the way - Rest in Peace little ones, if there is real re-incarnation, I hope you come back as you were, innocent children - and the perpetrator, damned to hell if there is one, or comes back as a nasty animal as he was...............RIP...............Peace

1 hour ago, Bday Prang said:

A second drug test 

but in the form of an autoposy as the article says:  Pol Gen Damrongsak Kittiprapas told reporters this afternoon that a second autopsy will be carried out to determine whether Pol Sgt Panya Kamrab was acting under the influence of drug when he went on a rampage at a day-care center in Naklang district.  

This indicates other than a normal drug test..........deep forensics into liver, kidneys would produce any drug use up to 30 days

On 10/6/2022 at 12:09 PM, Guffman said:

On Tuesday I went to immigration, the post office and Makro. I didn't wear a mask and nobody said anything. Those in charge are forcing the employees to mask up, but not members of the public. Doesn't make sense at all.

Hawaii was the last State in US to drop the mandatory mask,  Tourists don't wear them, but most locals wear them in crowds, on buses, even in movies - almost all vendors, resturant workers, cashiers, etc etc etc still wear masks.  Now this is just my observation, all the Mask...Defenders in Thailand ansd rest of the world, drop the rhetoric, its a personal choice............I have learned to smile with my eyes while masked.   Carry one everywhere, and if the situation insists, I'll put it on.      My Lady remembers SAR's all too well, lost a few friends to it, she wore masks on all public transportation for hyears after SAR's was over, she may had been the only one walking thru an airport masked up for years..............then came Covid.  She didn't catch SAR's in Singapore, Ebola in Africa, and won't catch Covid in Asia.  Try to convince her that masks don't work, I dare you.   ????????????????   Peace

On 10/5/2022 at 7:09 PM, Guffman said:

On Tuesday I went to immigration, the post office and Makro. I didn't wear a mask and nobody said anything. Those in charge are forcing the employees to mask up, but not members of the public. Doesn't make sense at all.

????????????????     Peace