4MyEgo

If you ask me, i.e. if I read the story correctly, the guy shot his neighbour, because his neighbour asked him to move his vehicle which was blocking the road, an argument ensued, e.g. because the guy blocking the road, said he would move his car when he was finished unloading, which is selfish. As mentioned above, if I am reading this correctly, the guy with the axe, the neighbour wanting to get through should have had a gun and shot the guy blocking the road, to which I would have no sympathy for.

You contradict yourself, you say you are not friends, you say you know him from business. Sounds like a troll to me.

If you don't want to go, then don't go. Sex for money, where have you been, all women want money for sex in one way or the other. Sex tourist, well, sex is part of life, I recall going to Europe in the 80's and 90's having sex with a few girls at the time, sex is not something that should be frowned upon, sex is the best, I love it, it's like food, I can't get enough of it, even in my 60's and married for over 15 years, I still eat on the side....LOL, can't eat the same thing all the time. So what if the kids know she was a bar girl, it's part of life and survival for not just her, but for many. There is nothing to think about, you sound very naïve and borderline stereotypical in my opinion. Perhaps you should judge yourself before you judge others, there is no perfect in this life. If he is not a friend, then it is none of your business if you think she is going to fleece him, move along, don[t go to the wedding, sounds like your only in it for the business anyway.

I can hear Elvis's song playing in the background, "I'm feeling so lonely" . So another lonely guy with poor social and women skills, a recipe for disaster IMO. He stands to lose in this game of love because it sounds like he is going all in. Let me guess, love you long time Tiruk ? The bar girl title doesn't phase me, nor the tattoos, just tells me she is, or should be street wise. As for the drunk, well that's a worry, which woman doesn't love money, and social media. She stands to win in this game of love because she isn't investing anything financially, ah, "the power of the pussy". He is already too far in and is about to go all in, as for the kids, yeh, nah fat chance of that happening, and if it does happen, and the marriage goes south, he is going to be in a heck of a lot of pain, kid/s and all. I have seen plenty of these types of guys lose everything. It is your duty as friends to forewarn him, I had my mates back home gently tell me of their concerns when I introduced them to my wife of 16 years now, which I appreciated, and respected, however I told them of my plans, i.e. a prenuptial in place and only going in 10%-20% when I would retire in Thailand 8 years later, if things went according to plan, which they did, now living here 7 years on and 20% in. It's not that they disliked my wife, it's the fact that I was moving real quick and they didn't really know her that well. She was there on a tourist visa and marrying her after 3 months was the only way she could stay vs her having to go back to Thailand for 6 months and then reapply for another tourist visa. She did work in a bar, so you could call her a bar girl, as I said, the title doesn't phase me as I have picked up a lot of women in bars back home, and at the end of the day, they are all looking for that pot of gold, albeit it that they don't ask for money as they had real jobs, so to speak. From my experience, its the character of the gal, that and also the character of the guy, if one is prepared to wear his finances on his sleeve, then he will lose in the game of love, and if the girl is demanding financial wise, she will also lose in the game of love. If he plays the game of love right and doesn't go all in, he will end up winning, regardless if his marriage fails, because he will have his fall back position, i.e. his money, which will get him back on his feet, as they say, don't go all in, because if it doesn't work out, you lose it all, that is in any game when it comes to finances. Whether he listens or not doesn't matter, most won't, but it is your duty as a mate to tell him of your concerns, and if he doesn't like what he hears, you did your job as a mate, end of story.

As I've said before, they are not addressing the issue. Remove the police from collecting the money at checkpoints and the problem is solved. Police issue the tickets only and the person receiving the fine pays it within 21 days or elects on the reverse side of the ticket to have the matter heard in a court of law if challenging the fine. Problem solved, but won't happen because it takes the gravy off the gravy train, doesn't it.

What I am saying is new cars hold there values here first and foremost, i.e. providing you maintain it and keep a log. The reason I say the above is because consumer laws here regarding 2nd hand vehicles is pretty weak and from what I have seen twice is, a guy I know flew to Bangkok to buy a one year old car from a dealer which had low kilometres, i.e. 17,000 kilometres and he was bosting how he was 150,000 baht better off than buying it new. Six months down the track he's speedo stopped working so he took it to the local dealer who said to him after inspecting the speedometer, that the speedometer was not the original one, he asked how they knew that and they said, the number on the back of it don't match up with the records they have on the car. He contacted the dealer and they said, that is how they purchased the car, end of story, and then when he went to register the car he had to pay commercial rates on registration, which he sorted out later and had it reverted to private use, i.e. after he found out that the car was previously owned by a courier company, suffice to say we all know courier companies use cars to travel a lot of distances so he really doesn't know how many kilometres the car had as it was also sold with no log books which record the dates of services etc. The other guy I know purchased a 3 year old car with low kilometres and the motor packed it in after the 3 month 2nd hand warranty expired, so he was up for a new motor. What I am saying here is, you DON'T know what your buying with 2nd hand cars here, however I am sure lots of people have had good experiences buying 2nd hand cars here, however I can't tell you of any, apart from those that I know who have purchased 2nd hand cars have had to outlay for the usual wear and tear, comes with age, but those cars are older. The above said, that is why I opted for a new car, and no regrets, even if I was going to lose if I sold it and returned to my home country, if things didn't work out here when I moved here, however things didn't work out. I was protected with warranty for 3 years, I knew who was servicing the car for those 3 years and if there was a problem, warranty would cover it, but not the labour, sure I paid a bit of a premium for the servicing, but that is part and parcel of having the warranty remaining in tact. After the 3 years warranty I purchase my own oil (premium grade) and go to a local mechanic who changes the oil for me every 15,000 kilometres and charges me 200 baht for his labour and 200 baht for the oil filter that he supplies. In the 7 years that I have owned the car, 2 sets of tyres replaced, and a couple of minor things with kilometres that required changing are the only things that I had to pay for, plus a battery. It's all a matter of what you want, and how much you can afford, for me, it's reliability and back up with warranty in a foreign country verses it looked good & it smelt good at the time I purchased it, but it ended up being rotten to the core on the inside, isn't something I want to experience, if you get my drift. Some can say I'm a snob, but without strong consumer laws here from what I have heard, I went with a new car and it has paid off for me, as I take the kids to school every day and collect them (no mad minivan drivers thanks), that drive is 20 minutes each way, and we have travelled almost all over Thailand with the car, like I said absolutely no regrets, even if I don't get much for the car when I sell it, it has served it's purpose, i.e. it has proven to be very reliable & comfortable, still to this day and hasn't aged in my eyes. The only difference is that I purchased it outright with no loan, that said, I don't know if you are aware, loans here are usually loaded, like in most countries, i.e. they load the interest to the front of the loan, so if you pay it out early, you will pay most of that interest. To end, it is your choice, all I can do is tell you of my experience and my reasoning for purchasing new vs 2nd hand. The rest is up to you, however if you do buy 2nd hand, buy it with the log books, showing the full service history and kilometres of each service, oil change during it's warranty period and after if possible. EDIT: As for renting, it's dead money. Best of luck.

Looking to start an argument over something your incapable of understanding, good luck with that one.

Sometimes it makes it worth while to read the entire post. I could say refer to the bottom of my post where I wrote about purchasing a 2nd hand car, as the old saying goes, "you can lead them to water, but .....

Really, wow, I did the math on buying a new car 8 years ago just before I purchased my new car back then. It went like this: Car cost 800k baht with a years registration and 1st class insurance, plus some other things thrown in. 2 sets of replacement tyres, oil changes, and a little maintenance. I didn't include services, registration, insurance and fuel costs as they are normal costs associated when driving the car. So if I added 200,000 to the purchase price that would take it to a mil baht, now I would say I could get 400,000 baht for the car as it's a one owner and well looked after, that said, the cost for that car would be 600,000 baht over 8 years = 75,000 baht over 12 months = 6,250 baht or 200 baht per day if you like. That to me is better than renting one for 16,000 baht per month, because you own it, you drive it, you maintain it and you know your cars reliability. How much would a lease cost you per month, noting that none of it would be recouped at the end of the lease. Much much less, really, what 50% plus associated running costs, please enlighten me as to cost of your lease for an 8 year period for example. It's easy to spew out words, but the math and a lot of others factors shows a clearer picture. Well we don't know about that, because he could buy a 2nd hand car that is well maintained like mine and continue to enjoy it for a few years to come, e.g. 2, 3, 4 year and more. If he purchased it for 400,000 baht and resold it 4 years later for say 100,000 baht, he would have spent 300,000 baht excluding the other associated costs that I mentioned that are standard with driving a car. So doing the math, it reverts back to what it cost me per month, i.e. 6,250 baht per month or 200 baht per day, now I will wait for those leasing figures of yours per month thanks ????

If your prepared to wait, you might just get your wish, but the line is a long one.

Now this ban wouldn't have anything to do with the Tobacco industry losing business from it, would it ? While their at it, why not ban cigarettes, period.....LOL

Can they also look into the entire RTP force, maybe they can find the same, remember Ferrair Joe, I am sure there are many with assets well beyond their pay grade. Starting at the very top of the RTP force please.

Damn it, replace the entire RTP force.

Laos has an embassy there, I have been once before when I needed to have them stamp some docs for back home.

As you probably read in other posts, I reside close to the Laos border and will be looking at renewing mine in Laos, would the same apply, e.g. when re-entering Thailand from Laos with the new passport on a single re-entry permit in my old passport, should I get immigration to stamp my new passport ? Also from what I understand, there would be no need for a letter from embassy as it's outside of Thailand ?

They better start building more prisons then.

They probably thought it was a fake and the guy was taking the p##s, only later to be kicking themselves HARD, when they found out it's worth, i.e. if you can believe this BS story ????

We are all titled to our opinions, albeit you consider it RTP bashing, hmmmm, wonder why ????

I always carry a wallet with ID's, the apps are good, but one has to have access to my mobile, now if I was in an accident, no one could access my mobile without my fingerprint, so the wallet is a backup so to speak. The above said, I also don't like carrying a wallet, but at the end of the day, it could be a life saver, e.g. Dr's letter inside wallet, which states meds I am an, any allergies, and Tiruk's mobile number to call to collect the life insurance....????

Others have answered your question. However, from my point of view, looking outside the scope of the question, if you were, for example, thinking of investing such an amount, you would want to be able to recoup it entirely as you would any investment, over time of course, after all, buying a dwelling is a long term investment, i.e. under normal circumstances. The above said, buying land in your wife's name and then building a house on it in my opinion is a waste of money, i.e. unless the land is hers already or is cheap enough and the build is a good price. I will use my situation as an example, purchased a 1,000 square metre block with a 20 metre frontage over a decade ago just outside a village for 120,000 baht and we built the house some years later when I retired, the entire outlay was under 2 mil for a single level rendered 6 bedroom house with 3 bathrooms. If I walk away tomorrow, it's hers while the other 4 mil for arguments sake would be invested outside Thailand earning a tax free return. In other words, why would you want to go all in, especially when there is no return on your outlay, I won't call it an investment, because it's not, it's hers, best case scenario, you would get 40% back if and when it was sold after expenses, and that 40% wouldn't be on the 6 mil outlaid, it would 40% of whatever someone was prepared to offer you depending on where it is. Perhaps a condominium with some nice ocean views in your name would be a better investment, you could will it to the wife, if married ? I prefer to keep things simple, I have heard of these Usufructs and the like, but to me, if it ain't "fee simple", i.e. title is in my name suffice to say, then it's not mine and a loss I would have to consider before I went into it.

Simple solution, stop ALL cops issuing tickets from collecting the money. Do as the systems in most countries do, ticket issued, 21 days to pay to a government account, or fill in the back to take the matter to court. End of story, then any cops wanting to take money are open targets, i.e. provided that people are prepared to record and put them in. I doubt the above even has a chance because then you would need the cops to go around knocking on doors to issue summonses for those who didn't pay the fines. If they did do the above, then they could get pay rises for doing their work and bringing in an income to the government. Genius ????

Um, in case you haven't heard, this is nothing, just look at the news with the RTP, can you say no to them, I don't think so. Are cops corrupt like the RTP in other places, Thai bashing this is not, this is life here in Thailand, grow a pair.

You mean like when getting pulled over on a scooter outside a school zone for not wearing a helmet, only farangs, not Thai's, they were waved on. I found this amusing while sitting on the opposite side of the road enjoying my lunch watching farang tourists flaring up while Thai's were waved on. That was in Phuket, all tourists, not locals because the local farangs know better.

Looks like there's not enough rocks for this force, well most of it to fit under, no doubt they are all feeling the pressure, but will common sense prevail ? The more stories the better and I doubt it that they will back off because greed is an ugly beast.

Please don't be sorry about the ex, best part of my life was her being out of my life, no regrets, happily remarried 15 + years of absolute bliss. Smart guy, I like to consider myself to be streetwise.