CartagenaWarlock

Sure why not? They also have aspirations, hope, and desires to send their children to expensive schools, buy fancy cars and keep their mia nois happy. It's not their fault that they were born in Thailand without any means to earn in dollars.

So, get a tourist visa and enter and extend it. Easy peasy. Posting in this forum will not resolve anything, I can bet on it.

Not difficult if able to grease agents' hands.

My take is all are pro-weed but not for recreational use, only for medicinal use. But I bet it won't be too hard to get a medical certificate to buy for recreational use.

Thanks for your unrealistic future predictions. Please keep your money in cash under your pillow to save humanity from this calamity in the future while I rake up 2-5% in cash reward and live my life using OPM.

Credit Cards now may have close to 30% interests. In fact I never care to check it. All my credit cards are in full payment on auto pay, except the one that offers one year cash at 0% for a 3% fee (basically, at 3% for one year). I really don't care if I die in debts but for me it is now a remote possibility but I know friends who have accumulated 100K in credit card debts and then declared bankruptcy. In most states you will be able to save your primary residence, 401(k), IRA, and Social Security. Please consult a lawyer before declaring bankruptcy.

I never pay cash in 7/11. Always use credit card offering 100% fraud protection, 2% cash reward, and using other people's money (OPM) interest free for at least 25-days. Why will I use cash?

Why he is reading the list?

Hmm. In the USA it will be difficult to buy by offering cash. It will look like drug money and an attempt to launder money. It also needs authentication that the bills are genuine. And when you want to deposit the money in the bank, bank will inform the FBI and you may get a visit from the FBI.

If I am not in need of cash, I would also sit for the prices to go up. I did not sell my Las Vegas home in 2019 and waited and collected an additional 100K USD in 2022 compared to the 2019 prices.

I can bet never in my lifetime at least. It is a constant source of some decent incomes for people unfortunate to be born in Thailand and not have any access to earn in dollars.

My hunch is that if Military tries to interfere with the election results, Baht will crash.

I was asked for a forward ticket from a schengen country in Switzerland with an USA passport .

And how much one has to pay for a "legit" medical prescription? The election results will strengthen Baht and I hope any military intervention to thwart people's choice result in weakened baht.

On my American credit cards, I get 100% fraud protection, 2-3% cash back reward, at least 25-day interest free loan to purchase stuff. And I also get cash transfer order for one year at 3%. I borrow the money and put it in bonds paying 9%.

Thailand is ok for illegal drug because the country is corrupt and in most cases one can get out of the situation immediately when caught with small possession for personal use. Not sure why this person ended up where he is now. May be his attitude or not able to bribe the cops when caught due to lack of fund or sheer stupidness.

I read most shops are financed by foreign money. I believe it will be available but illegally with police harassment and bribing, thus driving up price. Legal thai bricks are available now for 300 baht/package (in 20 gram packages), and it used to be 1,000/baht for 20 gram packages when illegal.

I completely agree with you. But wondering what would have been your reaction if the person was a Chinese or Indian, considering all the Chinese and Indian bashing in this forum?

They want to keep foreigners under control as much as they could. Most posters in this forum have no clue why the IOs do what they do to create hassles during extensions. They will often say that IOs don't like foreigners. It is not that they don't like foreigners, but they want to keep foreigners under control. That is the exact same reason why they don't want to give extension for more than one year to the married people even. If you have money, you can apply for an LTR visa to avoid harassment during the extensions.

Dangerous stuff. Be careful.

Lots of countries are at least willing to pay partially in Yuan to settle their transactions. Nothing new.

Wealthy Arabs will go to London, Paris for sex orgy and let the people who are priced out in their own lands by their own kinds come to Thailand for cheap hanky panky.

Is it not the fault of foreign countries that allow to set up secret police stations?

I don't see hordes of female farangs migrating to Thailand at their old age to survive in a foreign land with colonial attitudes that they are spending money in Thailand so it is their divine calling to bash Thai people (not to mention China, and India).

That is BS. Farangs contribute for their survival. In return they get wives, a place to stay and in some cases even a family. Without this contribution they will be reduced to misery in their native lands, alone as no women from their own lands will entertain them and forget about even getting a family. So it is not a contribution, it the tribute they pay for the lives afforded to them in Thailand.