notamember

5 hours ago, fisherd3 said:

Forget wondering about farang logic , a Thai Loan shark wil lend someone 200,000 thb (if their lucky) against a 2,000,000 thb property at ridiculous interest as illustrated here, and put the Chanute at the land Office effectively in loan sharks name, or someones name that removed the link to him , and a short while later when the victim cannot keep up the ridiculous payments , take the property . Job done.

Why do people make such unfavourable arrangements ??? Must be made to look doable but is a trap. Who knows TiT.

 

This is how all the farmers up north lose their little bit of land , and though still referred to as farmers implying land owners they are mostly now tenants who can't even afford the probably outrageous rent for their old land.

 

Has the government fixed loan sharks that they talk about? Doesn't look like it going by this case.

not only Thai loan sharks, they may front it but i know of one british loan shark who loans out money through his girl and her sister 

He charges 20-25% interest and laughs about the suffering it causes the debtors, he says its a gift that keeps on giving, they never get to pay it back. He is never around but i confronted her on it and she said she was helping people, i said don't try and come off like some kind of philanthropist, you are trading off your family, friends and other villagers backs with money from your falang. i hope you lose it all and finish up in a ditch with him . Usual threats were forthcoming but nothing happened. 

2 hours ago, Vacuum said:

"cut loopholes" are you serious? They  (IO) make money from this and that's the only reason they (the agents) are still  allowed. Personally I wouldn't recommend setting up a permanent relationship including house/s and car/s using agents. They won't last long.

Mr Chang, one of Pattayas original visa agents has been around for 20+ years to my knowledge. Those who do not know the name, just look to the left of the immigration car park in Jomtien.

How long do you think is ''won't last long.'' ?

8 hours ago, JackThompson said:

It's not agent-breaks which are the problem.  I don't care if they want to run a sideshow and pocket tea-money from those who choose to play that game for whatever reason. 

 

It is the "unofficial requirements" that are stuck like knives in the backs of honest applicants (and those with valid visas, in other contexts) - good folks who are obeying the laws as written - to coerce them to use agents - which is the problem.

 

They would, if they chose to look at the account-history - as they do for every in-person application. 

 

According to a statement by the head-honcho, agents are "fooling" IOs with the bank-letters - somehow using some sort of hokus-pokus to keep the agents from checking for money-seasoning, whenever an agent submits an application.

are you an American Jack?

3 minutes ago, JackThompson said:

So, effectively doing an "unofficial change" of the rules from 2-mo seasoning to 3-mo - or even 4-months, in the case of the OP. 

 

That should drive up agent-submitted faked-money applications (as designed, if history is a guide), since many using the "money in the bank" method may need to spend some of those funds "to live" during the interim.

Give it a break please Jack, after thousands of posts and your hateful attitude towards agents somehow woven into every response we get it. 

12 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Insurance company followed by Toyota dealer.

only if you paid extra for main dealer repair only

There was a 400W Q3 Mitsubishi water pump in Collingbournes auction last Saturday, Its the commercial model that when new was nearly 14,000 baht and the current Q5 model costs 20,000 baht

it provides lots of pressure in a big house, much better than the 7000 baht 300w ones

there was a bill on it for a recent service costing 1700 baht

i think it had a reserve of about 5000 on it, so it night well be worth looking at that one , fit yourself and repair the old one at your leisure

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

Does he actually offer lens prescriptions or do people mostly go in there with a scrip from a doc?

he does his own eye tests with machines and then manually with lenses like the old days

loads of Rattan furniture on offer at collingbourne auction yesterday

i was there, i saw it all, the bus did not decelerate at all

it was like a scene from movie, it just kept going until it had hit sufficient stuff to stop it

thank fully, i was not in the stuff it did hit

i would say the brakes failed based on what i saw

1 hour ago, ubonr1971 said:

not 1 answer. Is this forum dead or perhaps no one uses a dry cleaner in pats?

dead maybe but i use and recommend a dry cleaner on the road that runs on the top side of Big C extra near to the Apus condo gates on the right side of the soi

5 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Yes, thankyou for asking, where is the brothers  girlfriend ( mother & mothers daughter) gone?

 

im glad there gone,they were rude.

 

Is Dave’s brother still there? 

 

Dave was great and knew how to run the business before giving it over to his newly arrived brother.

 

 

where is the brothers  girlfriend ( mother & mothers daughter) gone?

i will not say, its a personal matter (for Thaivisa speculators it does not includes, theft, sex, alcohol, drugs, harassment, pornography, blackmail, murder or any other sullied opinion , you people with nothing better to do can make up)

im glad there gone,they were rude

i have never found them to be so 

i treat people as you wish them to treat you

Is Dave’s brother still there? 

yes

Dave was great and knew how to run the business before giving it over to his newly arrived brother.

he leases it to him as David is in a wheelchair but visits every other day or two to hold court,

i think it was a sound decision, surely better to family than outsiders

at least the books are organized and categorized now, you can find a book without spending hours looking

2 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Is that not one of the things I am referring to?

you asked, i told and that modification to Tourist Visas has been in place for nearly 3 years, hardly a recent constantly changing change you think you were referring to

25 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Ask any regular tourist who is under fifty and wants to stay in Thailand long time, say round about six months.

 use an METV or x2 SETV

10 hours ago, notamember said:

bearing in mind the recent income letter support was a declaration by the embassies not immigration, what visa rules have changed ?

struggling to think off one ffsforest1 ?

12 hours ago, fforest1 said:

Are you joking? The visa rules here are constantly changing all the time...

bearing in mind the recent income letter support was a declaration by the embassies not immigration, what visa rules have changed ?

3 hours ago, topt said:

Is Dave (big guy I think now in a wheelchair?) not the owner anymore then?

 

 

Dave owns the rooms still, leases the bookshop to his brother, the girl and the mother are no longer there and Dave is in a wheelchair and appears every 2-3 days for a gossip. 

anything else.........?

4 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Canterbury Tales bookshop changed hands last year.

I never bother going there anymore.

 

Because its so hot in the bookshop I used to like choosing my books then buying a coffee from them and sitting down at the table to choose which ones im going to buy,cant do that anymore.

 

As soon as i did the thai girl & her Mother who now run the place ( funded by the newly found farang who is the brother of the original owner) rushes over to me to tell “ “;No can sit look at books !!!!!!!!

 

“well ok “ i said, new rules? 

leaving the books on the table along with my coffee.

 

She then said ‘ you must put all books back !!!

 

yeah right ,bye bye

 

 

the girl and the mother are no longer there but i expect its still not a free library

yes they buy them but do not expect much 20-30 baht maybe

close it then Ubonjoe, it just clutters up a changing landscape even more

Use TM28 & TM30 forms to register your presence at the the house then apply for a residence certificate afterwards

if you have not done this already then be prepared to pay a fine 

13 hours ago, Henrik Andersen said:

 

Why someone not had try tell this man to retire before

Fighting make brain damage 

49 years old and still fighting sorry that is insane 

But you died as you want 

RIP 

''George Foreman at age 45, regained a portion of the heavyweight championship by knocking out 27-year-old Michael Moorer to win the unified WBA, IBF, and lineal titles. Foreman remains the oldest world heavyweight champion in history'' source Wiki

RIP Christian, better to be a lion for a day than a sheep for a lifetime

7 minutes ago, wgdanson said:

No, but we only have Hartshead Pike in Ashton-under-Lyne.

looks like a fine folly