BobinBKK

19 hours ago, jaiyen said:

Years ago people would tell me never go to Vietnam, it's a communist country and not safe !  It is a lovely country with very nice people, great for tourists, no speeding mini vans and coaches, efficient travel around the country and plenty more bonuses. Thailand will never even be half as good.  Seriously, Thailand is only worth going to a couple of times to see all the tourist sights and then that's it. Never need to go again.  Now there is still the appointed for life dictator in charge of a huge bunch of dummies and bum lickers who are making it impossible for anybody to go there, and moaning about the lost income ! And as for TAT !  What a joke.

I also found Vietnam very welcoming especially as being an American. I was greeted by name at immigration and welcome to the country. Everywhere I went the people would want to talk with me. Once they found out I was an American more people would the conversation and have so many questions. So polite and so friendly. Many asking why I live in Thailand instead of Vietnam. If they had a retirement visa I would be there in a heartbeat ????

23 hours ago, ChipButty said:

Turn it into a tourist attraction

Will there be dual pricing? ????

7 hours ago, Mama Noodle said:

Good god thailand is like an infatuated teenager when it comes to China. 

 

They are literally at the core of every economic thought they have. 

 

 

I keep imaging their lips firmly sealed around the rectum extracting golden butt nuggets ????

On 10/17/2020 at 11:07 AM, KhunKenAP said:

I am sure if you can't use your Reentry permit due to bans on travel imposed by Thailand, Thai Immigration will gladly refund our money. lol

 

I usually get one each year after my December Retirement visa renewal, but decided to wait and see what happened. Was a good decision and will probably make the same decision this year.

Yes good decision on your part. My annual renewal is in October but I got screwed out of 6 months on the multiple re-entry permit. I asked about a partial refund earlier this month. The IO smiled and said "no". ???? Never again will I pay anything in advance!

I am on my 3rd non-o 1 year extension based on retirement, no insurance required. Do NOT apply for the O-A retirement visa as that one does require insurance.

On 10/17/2020 at 8:42 AM, Xonax said:

If you are not testing people, you won´t find any cases of Covid 19, as most cases are free of symptoms. Thailand is definitely not testing in large scale like the western countries.

Yeah these people are full of ????

18 hours ago, Mr Meeseeks said:

I think we're flogging a dead horse here.

 

Up to the Thais who they let in at the end of the day as harsh as it is for those trapped overseas.

 

Perhaps a wake up call to those of use that think they have any sort of permanence here.

The government and banks have your money and property now. Your screwed. Case closed. NEXT!

On 10/14/2020 at 2:14 PM, KarenBravo said:

I don't let anyone, Thai, or otherwise cut in front of me unremarked.

"Because it's their country" is a very weak excuse and doesn't excuse that kind of behaviour.

I simply walk right on top of them without slowing down ????

12 hours ago, webfact said:

"We must use all our "charms" to get lots and lots of them to come".

Utter ????????

12 hours ago, fruitman said:

That's another pic of him without a mask or proper clothes.

The sight of his face makes me sick ????

18 hours ago, Huckenfell said:

But "No money honey"

No farang no satang ????

21 hours ago, Trolling4warlords said:

The dumbest thing is to sell work permits to multi millionaires. What a genius move!! I am already a multimillionaire. Why would I work in Thailand? Government has no clue except dominate and control the population.

I agree as I was thinking the same thing. I'm not a millionaire but I do have a nice retirement fund and living very comfortable in Thailand is easy for me. Why would I want to stop enjoying life and start working again? 

22 hours ago, taxin said:

I don’t see anywhere in his comments where he “slams” the government, simply saying they are not communicating together is not slamming.
 

Now if he said the people in charge are a bunch of monkeys who have no idea what they are doing, this would be slamming (and a lot closer to the truth).

I'm not so sure about that. I think monkeys are much more organised and intuitive than anything I have seen so far.

20 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

yes follow me for a day and make sure i don't stray. 

 

A holiday girlfriend perhaps?

19 hours ago, Mavideol said:

555 if I remember correctly, in the past it was published that average Chinese spend 5,000 baht during their short stay in Thailand, if it still be correct then 120 Chinese x 5,000 baht = 600,000 baht.... that supposely will save Phuket's tourism 555

IMO Thailand needs a very serious wake-up call on so many levels and topics it's not even funny. Perhaps falling into a complete economic collapse is what they need. It certainly wouldn't hurt my feelings...

On 10/9/2020 at 12:21 PM, Phuketshrew said:

So all dirty infected foreigners will be required to load this tracking App on their phones?

What about all the infected Thai people returning to the country, are they being tracked in the same manor? If I were a Thai person I would be more afraid of my own kind for obvious reasons.

On 10/9/2020 at 9:27 AM, spidermike007 said:

The regime has once again decided to protect the bigger guy, over the smaller guy. This will not go over well, internationally. Everyone will see right through this badly engineered PR stunt. When faced with jail, and who knows what else, many of us would prefer to "apologize". 

This is exactly my first thought. Intelligent people (the rest of the world) know this is being done under duress leading to a Thailand self review far worse than anyone else could give. They really don't understand the importance of "Optics" and once again cutting off their nose to spite their face. ????

On 10/8/2020 at 1:32 PM, muratremix said:

Why they call a pinoy foreigner? Pinoy is a pinoy (filipino) and farang is a westerner. Asians are not farangs, period. 

English isn't a native language to any Asian, period.

On 10/7/2020 at 6:00 PM, MRToMRT said:

Is he wrong there? I applied for ext of stay on a non O on basis of retirement and I never provided a police record or med cert??

Yes he is wrong. I am on a non-o retirement and the only requirements were/are proof of financial stability and 1,900 baht for the visa stamp.

On 10/7/2020 at 3:32 PM, Mr Meeseeks said:

They were in complete denial about the stupidity of their own actions on here shortly after the lockdown commenced. Blaming everyone except themselves for their own bad decisions.

 

It was obvious that a lockdown could happen as early as end of Feb so anyone travelling subsequent to that period took a massive risk.

 

Well, it's not really your home is it? Or are you still in denial about your status here? 

 

Some people will never learn I guess.

Soooooo you are saying where you are born is your home? Unless of course you are Thai and no matter where you are born Thailand is your home. I can think of one Thai person that was born in America, where is that person's home? 

On 10/8/2020 at 3:23 PM, johng said:

Totally agree with those 3 statements.

 

They have this setup at South Pattaya  Tesco Lotus...you can just walk in through  the  "out"  door ????

I thought "In through the out door" was a Led Zeppelin album ????

7 hours ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

When I see a newbie who sends out a message that suggests anything positive about the USA handling the covid 19 virus effeciantly and doing a great job, is either an American, who just cannot see how badly the country is doing at present, or a fake news expert who is trying to get us to

go visit the USA because they need the tourist dollars like most countries do. I know the the USA needs tourism, if only for

the Disney properties, Las Vegas, Reno, and other places that need the tourist bucks. Good luck USA, I have no plans to

visit there until the virus is virtually gone from your soil. I would take my chances to go to some tropical country

where the people are not shy about wearing masks, or trying to social distance, and be cautious. I realize that not all

Americans are anti-maskers, or anti-vaxcers , sorry for the spelling,  or such, but there are enough people I see on 

many news stories that are too red neck to mask up, that I will avoid that country.  Thailand please make it possible to

get your long term tourists to  return, and give us more choices for our 2 week quarantine without the huge costs 

of they typical 5 star hotel rates, and more of us may  come for 3 to 6 months, as long as the visa costs are not

bumped up as well, and the need to leave the country anytime no matter how long we want to visit.

Geezer

You seem to forget that we don't want you to come to America. If you don't like America you should petition your government to give back all the foreign aid package money we gave you over the years. We are sick and tired of paying for the rest of the world ????

21 hours ago, tomauasia said:

Next chair should for the banana government. Throw some banana down from the observation deck. Admission free 20 baht to see great minds at work.

400 baht for foreigner