madmen

Rule number 1.

Always rent near a bts so you don't have to deal with taxi scum

I understand AirBNB has been declared illegal in Thailand, also that the authorities are cracking down on condo rentals shorter than 1 month. Be careful.

It’s good they find in a remote
place 
shame the can not find the black men in Bangkok soi 4 soi 11 soi 13 
and many other soi 
selling drugs openly 
and with them the black women 
selling their bodies 
they do not stand out like a pork chop at a Jewish wedding 
but I’m sure the police and immigration will find them one day [emoji39][emoji39][emoji39][emoji39]

Show me any pub in Oz where you can buy a decent meal for less than 3-4 times the price in an equivalent restaurant in Thailand. Show me any pub in Oz where a schooner of beer is not double the price here. Show me an apartment with a swimming pool in any capital city in Oz where a week's rent is not the same as a month's rent in Thailand. Yeah, I know - go live in Dubbo for the cheap rent. Simpleton? You can't even spell the word "barely" correctly. Go troll somewhere else.  

 

 

See how easy was that? Rather than give a smart Arse response to my post like you did you actually engaged your brain to put some comparisons together. Well done! Your the spelling police now as well? Grow up !

Nothing wrong with dubbo. Far better then renting a room out in nahkon nowhere

Pub grub is not that different to the pub pricing in BKK where I live. But I would rather buy lamb chops and a nice red with a cheese platter at home in oz.. At least triple the cost here. Pensioners eat in RSL clubs which are cheap

If beer is top of your list then your a heavy drinker so it's a bonus but please don't compare Chang to Ozzie beer.. It's cheap for good reason . I only drink wine and that's 3 x the price here

I own a condo on lower Sukhumvit so don't pay rent and can spend freely so that's a bonus.. but let my tell you quality rentals say 100 sqm condos in Asoke are Expensive! and the new condo prices in BKK are off the charts on par with Sydney. The newest addition next door to nana bts, the Q condo starts at 1 million to 5 million USA DOLLARS! and it's a red light area

To summarize.. Thailand is cheaper for desperate pensioners living in a cheap fan room in Pattaya or chiang mai but if you want to maintain the same standards of living like you did back home like I do in BKK then it's not that much cheaper.

Your supposed to come live in a 3rd world country as a step up in lifestyle yet most farang take a step down but only themselves to blame for a life wasted and that is you my friend as you mentioned on another thread "you would starve to death in oz" sad [emoji16]

How hard is it to open an international bank account (not home country)?

Hi thanks for your reply, i don't have any connecting flight, i will take a bus from Suvarnabhumi to go to Pattaya. Do you know how much is the shuttle ? Is there any bus from Don Muang to go to Pattaya ?

 

Cheers

Taxi. No buses from there

I'm pretty sure I read that they are looking for an "average" of 65k per month into a Thai bank, from a foreign source.
If you live in Thailand for 8 months you would need to remit 97,500THB each of those months to "average" 65,000THB.
If you bring into Thailand more than you need, you can always take cash back to your home country when you return.
 

Based on what you were yearning for I would have thought Spain would be a lot cheaper than Australia, so I assume you miss Australia too.

Get the pain under control. Dicofenic plus predisinone helped a lot when my hip gave out

You are incorrect. It is paid on a 4 weekly basis. You will get 13 payments for the year

I am married and can live on 28K a month.
 
Need to find out more about the Reserve Bank in Australia transferring over pensions. Do they do this every two weeks or just once a month?

Yes, all of my credit card accounts are U.S. based and I have used them all extensively here in Thailand. All of my retirement benefits, including Social Security are direct deposited into my U.S. based Federal Credit Union.
 
Another kind forum member suggested marrying my Thai partner which would reduce the 65k baht to 40k baht and would essentially solve the problem of needing to transfer some money back to U.S. account every month. It would also open the possibility of using the 400K seasoned in a Thai bank option. It would also make my Thai partner happy (not a small thing...Lol). 
 
Hope you find a workable solution, my friend. [emoji846]    
 

I don't see it 

Average is only for Marriage, not Retirement... AFAIK.

 

Section 2.22

"For retirement extensions of no more than 1 year evidence of average monthly income of B65,000 is required.

1.       Evidence of pension. Same as 2 above,

2.       Evidence of income from a foreign embassy or consulate."

Why asking? There is no "average" for the 65k, but transfer "no less than 65k"

 

'For retirement extensions of no more than 1 year evidence of average monthly income of B65,000 is required.'

It's in the OP attachment

What does an average of 65 k paid monthly mean? How can you average it out over 1 month? I would have thought perhaps over 12 months

Happy ???? they are gone! Most were set up before 10 pm. Not 2 am 

Nigerians and lady boy numbers have been drastically reduced since the bars are gone. Nobody misses the drunk tourists staggering around at 6am. 

All good! 

 the Thais have organised massive rallies right around the country as I'm typing. I can't believe what I'm seeing on TV.. All stations! 

Oops I was day dreaming again. 

Thais couldn't give a rats. They love the general and that's a fact 

If this is for heart burn then save your money. Baking soda available in supermarkets is very effective. Just a teaspoon in a glass of water 

Google it 

You keep beating this drum, which has a BS rhythm.

Just a simpleton who can barley even put more than a few words together to form a sentence

Show me where I'm wrong? Take your time now forest it's not a trick question [emoji137]

Over to you.