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4 hours ago, Foreignheight6foot2 said:

The royal thai embassy page states you need to have a flight exiting within 30 days, and if you dont have you might be refused.

Correct, although can't say I remember any reports of this ever happening at a land border. The issue with that rule is airlines may well refuse boarding (as they are responsible for removing you if refused entry). In those cases an option is to buy (or have it all setup on your phone to buy if challenged - "booking confirmation" is emailed within minutes) a throwaway/fake ticket for around US$12-15 from one of the many places that sell them such as:

https://onward.flights/

https://bestonwardticket.com/

https://onwardticket.com/

https://onewayfly.com/

etc.

It is a legitimate flight for all intents and purposes other than obviously you can't fly i.e. if someone checks on the system it will show as a genuine booking - which is likely the reason you don't hear about it at land crossings, I doubt they have the capability to check flight bookings like airlines have.

https://www.skyscanner.com/

3 minutes ago, Foreignheight6foot2 said:

So just to confirm specifics. If i go to the border in mae sai, go out and come back in, I will get 30 days?

Correct.

10 minutes ago, Clarkey611 said:

And to whom was the very big brown envelope addressed?

"To whom it may concern", sneaky huh ????

6 minutes ago, Foreignheight6foot2 said:

I thought border runs were 15 days not 30, or do you mean border run, fly back to?

15 days is old news, was raised to 30 years ago,.

9 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Apparently, it was a popular model as one of the office girls wanted it after I got a new one. 

Yep, an iconic phone for sure. Resurrected in 2018 (?) with a more rounded version around 2022, still available with a massive 31 day standby time!

https://www.nokia.com/phones/en_int/nokia-3310?sku=A00028228 

18 minutes ago, dingdongrb said:

I just tossed mine last week

Mines going to be heading to a recycling box next time I'm out. I actually used it for years even after I got a company phone (way bigger so just used the SIM in my Nokia) until I managed to swing a Sony Xperia Z from work (the fact it was waterproof in the shower swung it 555). Still remember the bar owner at my "local" in Bangkok totally freaking out after one of the girls spilled a beer on it on the bar, I thought she was going to have a heart attack when I grabbed it and leaned over to wash it under a running tap!  Lost it on another trip to Thailand, extremely pissed off as I ended up in KL for four days on the way back without contact details of friends there.

Was still in mourning about losing years of contact details when work eventually replaced it (another Z) and was ecstatic to find out that as it was a company phone they'd synched contacts with Outlook; they didn't actually tell us that but not long after firing it up my contacts all appeared (soon changed the settings as some of the nicknames I used may not have been "work safe" nor did I appreciate, after the joy wore off, the invasion of privacy).

45 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I got my first one in 1999/2000. It was a Nokia, and as I remember, it was something over ฿18K

We got it roughly around the same time. I hated them originally, vowed never to get one, but I got a freebie and the rest is history.

In fact ... yep, still got it (I really need to get around to cleaning out my "just in case" bits and bobs drawer 555).

Can't remember when I changed the cover to black though, always preferred the red. Miss the size of it to be honest.

41 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Apparently some just had a handset that they pretended to have a conversation on, to give themselves status.

Many moons ago I was chilling in a peaceful café on the shores of Lake Geneva relaxing with a coffee and a delicious pastry and drinking in the view when some <deleted> pulled out his phone from a briefcase (similar to the brick in the OP pic with the ariel you had to pull out) and started chatting loudly, obviously trying to impress the patrons (based on the way he was looking around and the smug look on his face) but just pissing us off ... until it actually rang, startled the crap out of him and he very quickly sheepishly legged it to the counter to pay and leave as the rest of the patrons pissed ourselves laughing 555

25 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

I have not analysed that yet as it is only recent !

I wouldn't bother as it's <deleted>. The judge never worked for the VP nor her step-daughter who is only 23.

The judge's daughter has been involved in left-leaning campaigns, including some work on the VP's campaign.

12 minutes ago, scorecard said:

1. Perhaps Greece is one of the countries Australia has a reciprical pension agreement with. If true maybe there's a different agreed process.

There is: https://www.dss.gov.au/about-the-department/international/international-social-security-agreements/current-international-social-security-agreements/australia-and-hellenic-republic-greece-frequently-asked-questions

Which is ironic weird given, from memory, Greeks where one of the reason the rules changed (or at least a lot of finger pointing, lots of bitching about Greeks heading back to Greece to live after getting the pension in the media back then, why the hell shouldn't they if they wanted to was my opinion then and now).

23 minutes ago, pomchop said:

yes but that doesn't mean that a guard or a hitman might get to him....contrary to what the right thinks there are a lot of people who don't much care for the don.

Actions have consequences, join the secret service, stand outside a cell for a couple of years ????

9 hours ago, Mavideol said:

nor u nor any of your friends have ever been asked a bribe/some change for coffee by IMO.... are u sure u are in Thailand, u and your friends must be the exception to Thai IMO rule,.... but I could be wrong 

At arrivals? Never, nor do I know anyone who claims such.

2 hours ago, 1ricardsvp said:

I thought there was a limit of 2500 baht for this type of fine

Overstay fine is 500 Baht per day with a max of 20,000 Baht. The fine was correct - with or without a receipt 555

Good to see leniency and understanding from your IO.

16 hours ago, WHansen said:

Strange. The longer a tourist stays, the more money they spend

I guess that's why the term "2 week millionaires" was coined and long termers bitch about them 

4 minutes ago, SportRider said:

In 30 years of coming to Thailand regularly, I have *never once* had to show an onward ticket at arrival immigration.

Nobody has, because those airlines that insist on it won't let them board until they rectify the issue. Thai immigration don't care.

8 minutes ago, sandyf said:

False information.

A tourist visa is in the $30 - $50 range.

It's $40 for single entry, $200 for a METV hence my question to determine whether he was just talking <deleted> or his "friend" is just too dumb to plan a multistop vacation that would negate the need for a visa.

4 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

As things stand, he needs to apply for visas at USD 200/stamp which will add USD 1'000 on the trip costs which he is not willing to pay ........... your call!

So he allegedly intended popping in and out of Thailand in that 6 weeks did he? 

31 minutes ago, bluejets said:

Brought this up a couple of times previously without any real satisfactory answer.

How does one go about this when it is a requirement to have a return flight booking within the 30 day period?

By purchasing a throwaway ticket for around US$115. There is no need for a return ticket, just a flight out.

31 minutes ago, bluejets said:

Fine, change the stay options, but then there is the above problem plus any inter-connecting flight/travel bookings that need to be rescheduled.

Usually at a rather large cost and inconvienience.

They didn't change it per se, the title is just a dog whistle they didn't "reverse" anything, a "special offer" reverted back to normal, as scheduled. The "problems" you alluded to are not much of a problem, now or in the years past.

31 minutes ago, bluejets said:

Better all around to get a 60 day visa entry, which, as pointed out before, means Aus passport has to do a minimum "to Sydney and back" round trip also at additional cost.

Lost me there, as mentioned the outward flight can be to anywhere. Most real tourist (in the traditional sense of the word) do in fact go back home after a holiday so not sure the relevance of a round trip comes in nor why it would be at "additional cost"?

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