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Even at 9 Baht KWh that's extreme for that amount of usage. I hope the OP will give us more insight. 2,000 Baht per month would be more realistic based on stated use - so long as the OP is paying MEA/PEA rates and not inflated rates by landlord.

6 hours ago, n00dle said:

unless you were careless and didnt monitor the lady drinks finding their way onto your bill.

LOL. Sounds like someone speaking from experience.

On 2/17/2024 at 6:12 AM, Sydebolle said:

........ and the Number One reason is (you are not prepared for this) ............

the bureaucracy of getting a work permit, a Thai taxpayer number which, legally speaking, can be applied for only once the alien is in Thailand. Stars arrive max. 24 hours before a performance and are out of town the day after - in most cases. Department of Labour - mental note on that! 

Bang on! Not only that but remember when there was talk of F1 motor racing coming to Thailand and the revenue department wanted to tax the cars (that would have only been in the country for 5 days at most)? Also, the governor of Bangkok at the time, changed laws making it impossible ever to host a street circuit motor race in the city. Singapore wins on both counts. I see what Singapore did, as a good investment to the properity of their state and citizens. Thailand needs to wake up. Only after the fact do they "eye a-list performers". You snooze, you lose. And they did.

On 2/22/2024 at 5:44 AM, Will B Good said:

I miss lockdown.......soi 11 was the best....Jewellery Bar and the ones either side.....run by the local constabulary....

Orange Bar was epic. Always a good night there until sun up.

On 2/17/2024 at 8:24 AM, Crossy said:

 

I'm beginning to suspect the router too, it's odd that after WiFi "vanished" the tech reset the router and it's all OK again.

 

Channel conflicts/interference are also still on the board, but our OP will have to do a WiFi survey to check. 

After reading this far into the thread, I suspected the "elephant in the room" which, until @Crossy mentioned it, would have been my next move. I just had and ASUS Router die on me for no good reason. It would power on, I could access the setup pages but just could not get it to sync with the internet no matter how many factory resets. Ditched it for another (ISP provided router) and internet worked again immediately at full speed.

2 hours ago, joonchan said:

It’s not discrimination the government is fed up with people from Thailand coming here under the guise of tourism and overstay to work here becoming little ghosts. A Thai reporter did a report on this and called the little ghosts out and he got crucified by the netizens.

I was on pretty much the last flight out of Seoul to Bangkok on 12th March 2020 as Covid panic was truly setting in. It was absolutely full of "little ghosts" returning home to Thailand. Quite surreal really.

6 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Is that something like the pot and the kettle?? Many Thais abused their visa for overstaying in S Korea and stayed to work there.. Wondering why there are stricter measures now for Thai??? Thailand is doing the same with other countries too

...and Thai PM Srettha wants visa free access for Thai citizens to Europe and Australia? IF (big if), that ever happened, I would expect a lot more stories such as this about lengthy questioning of Thai travellers on arrival.

41 minutes ago, ChipButty said:

Looks like they trashed the place also, wonder where the owner is? Personally I would never had rented it to 5 guys asking for trouble, 

When my Thai ex wife used to rent our Bangkok condo short term, she had several rules. Couples, families, ladies and same sex couples were all fine. But no way were single males offered rental. Neither were Thais! She knew that Thais would bring all the family from upcountry and camp out ten people in two rooms. Never got our place trashed thankfully.

3 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Is that an Airbnb? trashed it, 

Looks like it was a pretty nice condo before the fighting started. Well trashed by the look of it.

Used PayPal both in the UK and Thailand (accounts both countries). Used to use E-Bay a lot, mostly for buying but occassionally for selling unwanted item. After PayPal advised imminent shutdown of foreigner usage in Thailand, I closed that account. Since then I closed E-Bay and UK PayPal accounts. Not missing them.

Jeez! He must have been flying to cause that much damage.

Good to see that security Suvarnabhumi airport stopped this live export of endangered animals (and likely saved the lives of these critters).

We are all aware that baggage cases get scanned before loading onto planes. They are not just looking for explosives or stuff that will endanger an aircraft. I had first hand experience of this 2 years ago. Flew from Bangkok to London. On arrival, my passport would not work in the e-gate. Went to counter with passport. Immediately was accompanied by customs to a holding area. This was before collecting baggage. Was questioned then taken to retrieve baggage. Baggage was thouroughly searched and intense and repetitive questioning for nearly an hour. What were they suspicious of? In my cases was about 25kgs of massage balm brought for a friend who owns a Thai massage spa. Also, the item they were really interesd in, was an urn of ashes of a deceased aquaintance (brought back for his family and I had all the required paperwork). They scanned it but would not open the box - I told them he wouldn't complain! They didn't even swab for narcotics but it looked like organic on the scan. They let me go with no issue. Clearly, London had been tipped off by Bangkok that there was something suspicious in my baggage. When asked this, the officer wouldn't say.

On 1/20/2024 at 7:55 AM, alyx said:

As a matter of fact he has held hostage the previous committee (since 1990 ...until I took over and hopefully we will win but he is so sneaky that he confuses the courts (at least tries to) by mixing all events and twisting the facts

Our building of 99 units is pretty harmonious with decent owners. But, there's always one, and ours is a Thai owner who's a cheap charlie middle aged guy. At an AGM five years ago, he made a comment "we don't all have money like farang". I was the only farang present.

Our gym needed equipment replacing after 11 years. The cost of replacement equated to just 165 Baht per condo unit per year. Some proposed closing the gym or repurposing it into a library or common room (that's something that newer condos have and some residents camp out in the common room as they don't want to pay to use air conditioning in their own unit). I argued that although few use the gym, by not having a gym, the resale value of their unit or rental prospects might be affected. Anyway, sense prevailed and we got the gym equipment replaced.

If ever there was a genuine case for offering refuge then this is it. They should be welcomed to Thailand. 

Knowing the Burmese from my trips there, these young people are resourceful and better educated than neighbouring countries. They are also seen as a destabilising threat to the military junta in Myanmar as they are more likely to join the opposition forces and creat campaigns on social media (despite internet blocks in the country - they know how to use VPNs). Sad times for Myanmar.

7 minutes ago, noobexpat said:

After covid finished, my sister and bro-in-law retired, both early 50's.

I think a lot of people decided to make changes. I sold up and left UK.

I know many who retired early and moved here to Thailand. My plan too in next 3-4 years.

I just looked at the labour market figures from February 2020 before Covid took hold and lockdowns started. The unemployment figure is identical at 3.8%. The employent rate figure was 1.5% higher, whilst the inactivity rate was 1.4% lower than today. 

2 hours ago, uttradit said:

Then entry price should be free for foreigners.

My thoughts too. Why should foreigners pay an entry fee if they cannot win prize money!

2 hours ago, placeholder said:

Whiletechnically the UK is in recession, unemployment is very low. Inflation has declined sharply. For most people those two issues are far more important than GDP growth.

GDP should be presented as GDP per capita and not as a total number to truly reflect the sate of the economy. For any Brits in business, they have likely been aware that the UK has been in recession, albeit it not technically, for the last two years. Look at the business closures and low levels of demand. Job losses in the news every day too.

The "unemployment" figures are misleading and manipulated as to what makes an "unemployment" claim. Those who were recently self-employed cannot claim unemployment welfare benefit payments so don't show on the figures. The true state is hidden in the "economically inactive" numbers of 21.9%. If only 75% of 16-64yr olds are employed, then what about the other 25%? That 25% are not paying income taxes or national insurance contributions either and are likely claiming other welfare benefits such as Universal Credit, Housing Allowance etc.  

Source ONS

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

Anyone can access a Google map and print it without ever having been there. Ask someone to draw the way by hand, there is a better chance they do actually live there and know how to get there. 

 

Just saying.

I'd like to see the results if asking a Thai to draw a map of where they reside. Add road names too? No chance. "Professional" drivers with Bolt/Grab can't even follow GPS properly here!

As for the OP's post, others have suggested too, print your Google maps then trace it by hand. Once done, make copious copies for future years to save drwaing each time (they have accepted my copies for the last 4 years on Non-O retired in Bangkok).

1 hour ago, spidermike007 said:

These days the last place in the world you want to lose your cool, in on a commercial aircraft. In the US he would be locked up for years. Here, who knows? Likely depends on how much spare cash he has. Unless he is charged at the destination. It is likely the Brits do not fool around with idiots like this guy, and will lock him up. Good result.

Yes. He will have been arrested on arrival in the UK and the full force of the law applied to him. He will almost certainly serve jail time for this. Evidence overwhelming. He should also be banned from all airlines for life. As well as never entering Thailand again, if he could find another way to get here. No place or excuse for this behaviour. 

Generally, flying THAI Airways is chilled and relaxed. I've never seen any agression on their flights over the many years travelling this route. Only once, was there a small commotion when one laughing boy, totally <deleted>faced, went stumbling around the cabin. He wasn't a danger really, they cleared 3 seats, and let him sleep it off. He was still fast asleep when everyone disembarked at Bangkok.

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A British fraudster swapped one resort town in England for another in Thailand to escape being charged with issuing fake driving licences in the UK, leaving the authorities puzzled about his whereabouts for over three years.

So technically he is innocent as not charged nor convicted. I read the Thaiger and the AN story but could not see any mention of him being arrested in Thailand or facing extradition. Nor his visa status in Thailand. Did I miss something? Or can he continue to reside in The Land of Smiles?

All of this is terrifying. Here in central Bangkok, it's so bad. No wonder so many are still wearing facemasks.