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7 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

No such thing as a 2 month holiday so that would be job abandonment (after the 3rd day no show) which is great as it weeds out the good from bad which means no severance pay when you  lay them off.

In many sectors they do not seem to care much about that, they are job hopping all the time. Specially in hospitality and tourism where they can earn 15K a month without having a degree on as little as 7 hour days. 

Many jobs they do not even get official contracts let alone severance pay so they lose little with that, most cases one leaves the day after salary payout. Business ownership also changes with a high rate so they can often even get back to the same place after 2 years.

4 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

pay peanuts get monkeys.

Agree but at the same time, even when offering 3x peanuts you often still get monkeys. Or they simply consider that as additional profit and take off for a 2 month holiday after 4 months working. Lol.

Just now, Don Mega said:

Plenty of 30k jobs outside of BKK, not Gov or senior level.

Plenty on the 70 million population, dreams on ???? It is a small bubble of people, similar to central BKK, 10K people you always see in all the restaurants, bars and clubs. Meanwhile most eat noodles off their 9-12K salaries.

3 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

wow only 16k... did not realise it was that low !!

Well that is about normal after graduation, not to mention they usually need 4K a month for their education debt, 15 years long. So then the real net is even lower than that.
BKK might offer them 18-19K baht but also has higher living costs.

Those with the good paying 30K up jobs are a minority or senior level in gov jobs etc.

6 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

Whats the average wage ?

 

I suspect many at my work are living above their means but the carpark is full of new Ranger Wildtraks and Fortuner TRD's.

 

I do know their salaries but am interested to hear what you think an average wage is.

The real average wage is no more than 16,000 baht a month. The exceptions are small numbers, population wise. Regardless, even if earning 25,000 a month you should not be paying 7,000 on a car, which often is minimum with official dealers. It should go to a mortgage or savings.

A catch is that many go to tent dealers, who offer 3,500 finance deals with huge interests and endless contracts, enabling many to have those 1MB up Rangers etc.

Or they just live in a 2000 baht shoebox room with fans, eat noodles, to pay the car as a couple.
Always makes me smile to drive on a paid off motorbike tho, specially around traffic jam, as they not only waste money but also a lot of time (and nobody actually cares about them).

I would say almost everyone in a car (and many new motorbikes on minimum wagers too) in TH is living above their means, given the knowledge of the average wage and the average monthly costs.

You know many are tight as they only fill their car up with 100-200B gasoline.

We used to order once a week via McDonalds or Grab and recently noticed the price hike.
It is always crappy food obviously but now really not worth the money anymore.

It is that expensive it is cheaper to order foreign food from a restaurant instead.
Thai solution is simple; only buy when there are promotions.

Guess the best deal would be to rent a townhouse instead, they offer you the space needed and will be available from 10-20K a month.

I found office prices in CM very unattractive, most people I know rent an apartment for it.

Pick-up is the next working day.

20 minutes ago, DLock said:

Yeah, kind of what I expected. China are just so dominant in low-cost manufacturing of everything, that I guess you are competing with the Mother Ship that can offer lower-prices and free shipping on a scale that no one can compete against.

Worst is, when you know to have the honest best wholesale prices, and Lazada / mothership factories Fk everyone over by decreasing the prices with 10-15% and no prior notice.

Think about that on a million baht in stock.

I would say the chance is very small, more likely that she is a temporary toy.
 

That said, there are enough crazy Germans. I once met a farmer with quite some money, a huge house and a Benz, he insisted on finding a wife within 2 holidays and kept his word, he married the first bar girl being nice to him, after a week with her and they now still live in Germany 4 years later. Got a kid too.

He is getting tired of her now though, I notice him liking Soi 6 bar girl photos on Facebook.....

Generally a visa office or translation office would be able to get both the translation and MFA stamp to legalise done a bit faster for a premium. Not sure about Bangkok but do know they offer it in CM.

3 minutes ago, Xonax said:

Free trade is not Fair, as long as China has all the advantages, like for instance Free international postal shipping!

Same in Europe yet it takes them forever to do something about it. In Netherlands they already own over 30% of the market due to this and taken out most small shop owners.

Interesting in Thailand is, it is worse, as the products are already in Thailand too but at the similar price levels. So then people buy from them even more as waiting is just a day longer or same speed.

On 12/25/2019 at 7:43 AM, mickey rat said:

99.9% of the locals have no idea who Pol Pot was, much less Hitler. 

So true, I was quite shocked by that at first as Cambodia is their right door neighbour.

On 12/23/2019 at 5:47 PM, teacherofwoe said:

I'm just curious as to who goes to these restaurants. How many have you even heard of?

I don't know any of them and was surprised that some very good ones I did visit are not in it.

Would not pay 200-300B for Thai food as well, can find as good for under 50B a meal.

Well the double pricing as usual, as much as I have to pay 200B instead of 100B for Thai parents to visit a small dinosaur place that you walk trough in 15 minutes. 

Have to say, I like those hot springs so will certainly visit this one some day in low season.

Pick up last week was between 16:00 and 17:00. 
I would recommend keeping another day on reserve as people sometimes get delayed for additional paperwork,

would save you a missed flight in potential. As well carry enough USD as they want to be paid in USD at embassy.

On 12/19/2019 at 10:02 AM, tjo o tjim said:

Boy, someone needs to take business classes.  The cost of acquiring a new customer is vastly higher than retaining an existing one.

Most of the success of Alibaba and Amazon is exactly that, reselling and up selling. They clearly do not get that here, it is more as if they can start treating you worse and worse if you come more often, or let you wait longer for food as you are the 2 year 3x weekly returning customer (I would know to value that one). 

It is part of a reason I often change the places I go to every while, as service otherwise starts lacking (even the service levels are often merely average already). 

19 minutes ago, thaitero said:

If no name on the card should one use given name middle name surname or given name surname format ?

 

Name Surname.

11 hours ago, EbhB said:

You must have a thai partner? Could you solve the problem with an invitation letter stating that you need a 90 day visa to set up the company, signed by the thai partner?

 

At least that was enough for me in my homecountry, signed by my other non-thai partner as a director. We did really work on the wording, and used an agent that the embassy is familiar with for the actual filing. Copy of company seal and the letter was all I needed to provide.

 

Also beware of the requirements for getting the final, 1 year work permit. The first month before applying should show a turnover of 200-300k baht, if under this they will now give out 6 month work permits, or even for the duration of an underlying 90 day visa...

 

 

You can not own a Thai company, only 49% of the shares in one. So without a Thai partner you are nowhere unless it is a BOI company.
For a WP you also need 4 Thai staff members unless you are married, then it is 2.

40 minutes ago, NCC1701A said:

what are you going to do with them?

Got some nasty soi dogs in my village lately. No NYE lol.