Kaopad999

agents are charging 20,000, 30,000 THB to open an account. Crazy prices.

It's not a problem, provided that the account was actually opened by you, your passport details match the account information, and your phone number is registered under your own name

Ohh shut the F*** about this crap

"You Falang, you big moneyyyy"

Yes, agree. best practice, just don't go- same with all the national parks too.

I just simply don't go to them anymore for this reason.

His problem and now he has to face the consequences

then should not be in the country-

No excuses to overstay in Thailand. Many different Visa;s for all ages now.

Sounds great. Thailand has tunred ino a joke in many ways over the past 10 years. I visited Vietnam the other week, was my first time there after living in Thailand for nearly 12 years. people always told me that Vietnam was not friendly like Thailand, but in actual fact, i found the people there to be friendly, and far less immature than people here in TH. Another thing i noticed is that the younger generation of Viets were super easy to have conversations with as their level of maturity appread to be quite high along with their English skills.

I agree - Out of curiosity, did you return to your home country or relocate to a neighboring one?

Came here to say the same thing, Buddy. 20k is a joke - Just attracts the usual riff raff. 100k should be bare minimum for 2-3 monmths holiday

Shoud be more than that in my huimble opinion - no less than 100k in savings.- might weed out the cheap charlies and beggers. No way 20,000 is enough for a 3 months holiday in Thailand for people spending actual $$$

F*** Idiot

Drinking is a not a necessity. Comapring an expsnive part of Bangkok for rent is irrelevant when you look at the average rental costs in Thailand and oher areas of BKK. Thailand is still super inexpensive. How many othr places in the world can you easily find rent for a clean and safe room for as little as 3,500 THB per month? Where else are you able to find a Condo for a little as 6k per month with security, swimming pools gyms etc? Food is still super cheap- 40 -50 THB per meal to eat outside.. 3 of thsoe per day - 150 THB to eat well every day.. it's really nothing Again, as i stated in my previous post, Thai people live wayyy above their means! No one ever put a gun to their head and told tem they have to take a loan out to buy a brand new car, buy the latst Iphone, or eat in Shabu Resturants 3 times per week...