Henryford

My tgf stayed at many apartments. She never got her deposit back. Just assume it's lost money.

My condo has an undercover parking garage and we have banned EVs from charging there. Apart from the massive insurance costs imagine if one exploded in the garage. Not only would it destroy most of the cars in the garage it would probably seriously damage the condos above, with possibly lethal consequences. Fire fighters would not be able to access the garage. Many countries, like South Korea, have done the same. The problem of course is that they can still explode just sitting there.

Chinese are arrogant pigs. They think the Han race is superior when in reality they have far more fauilts than the rest of the world.

I've not noticed any change in prices, although it's hard to tell as every bottle has a different price. My 5 litre box of castle creek has gone UP from 1090 to 1250.

Maybe they need to reconsider the weed ban

I never sleep with the AC on, disturbs my sleep too. Try to get used to sleeping with just a fan directed at the bed.

Don't do it. Only buy a car with a clean title.

These people are scum, leaving someone to die in the road.

It is not anti cannabis at all. It is just a face saving fudge to allow the gravy train to keep flowing.

If you are a foreigner in Thailand you have no choice. Banks won't give you a credit card only one which is pre paid, which is no different to paying by cash.

I agree, it only takes one difficult immigration officer and you could have a big potential problem. Why risk it for the sake of a few minutes effort.

Agreed Pattaya has everything. A great nightlife if you want or very quiet if you are a few KMs outside. Plenty of good restaurants, shops and English widely spoken. OK beaches and good weather. Easy to get to the airport for travel around SE Asia. What more could you want.

I was given a form and am doing my 2nd visit today. Only takes a few minutes so best not to ignore it i think.

Start with all the Thais driving around in 4 million baht Mercedes.

So what happens to the villas? Are they demolished or given to the Police Chief?

But i think most of the bad news we know already, CGT, Inheritance tax etc. I would have thought the markets would have priced that in already.

What Minister in Thailand could she appoint that wasn't corrupt?

People say that but what other currency is in any better state? The Yuan, the Rouble, the Euro, the Yen ha ha. They are all mickey mouse now. No country will ever pay off their National Debt.

He might change his mind when he has to pay 1200 GBP to rent a tiny flat in the UK, or pay 2000 GBP for Council tax or even 170 GBP for the priviledge of watching the BBC.

Things must be bad if fried chicken places are closing down. That's all people eat here.

I think it's a fallacy to think migrants are going to work for minimum pay jobs. They can earn far more on benefits and/or selling drugs

None of the migrants will go home for a paltry $34,000. They probably make 10x that a year selling drugs.

My Non O retirement visa takes all of 1 hour to do once a year. One form to fill in. I see many stories on here about problems with marriage visas. The 800k is only tied up for 5 months. I would probably want to keep at least 500k here anyway for emergencies.

I hired a car once and the tint was so dark i had to drive at night with all the windows wound down.

Is the economy doing badly? The baht is certainly strong. Printing money was never the answer.