ChaiyaTH

Oh please, like they would wanna miss out on the ads revenue from Thailand, SE asia has huge amounts of watchers. It's like the news nowadays is such a low level, they post this garbage.

Well fair enough but you would hear the same as soon you mention things like: forex trader, making 25% returns as a private trader etc. Only difference being crypto is new, young people go into that easier than stocks, as barriers are lower.

Looks very <deleted>, especially for that price. If you add 50-100 baht per gram more to your budget, you would have like 5x better weed.

Well most people have no clue what the business model or details are, of any stock they hold, either.

To add to my rant: they said they will take action on the heavily over-crowded prisons where 80% of the convicted are drug users or small time drug sellers, with often double the amount of maximum in 1 cell. X months later in the news: they arrested 40,000 drug users and 20,000 other small-time sellers or gun keepers. The conspiracy? They just released a similar amount of prisoners under a pardon, remember... Under Thai law drug offences need to be brought to court within 48 hours after arrest, how are they gonna tell us, in a country where not using computer systems at all properly, they do the paperwork of 40-60K people, who are real new arrests? Judges work 24/7? Man, the amount of <deleted> that comes from politics or in the news nowadays is just insane. Might as wel ignore it entirely except for the financial markets.

It's just so laughable, most arrests made are drug users or sellers, they have zero interests with APEC, likely don't even know it is happening. Then overstaying people. I mean get real here, if anyone wanted to do something it is most likely a sober legit Thai or a foreigner flying in for this specifically thus having a valid visa. If they are actually so concerned, they are foolish, they would need this level of mobilized every day, as everyone does dislike politics. Anyway, its likely just a request from the security detail of visiting parties to fill up with as many guard looking bodies. They also do that with people like lady gaga or beyonce when visting mexico, there will be 1000 agents in the stadium, but the real bodyguards are just 2-6 people.

America is just crazy, I read about those areas where they just raid stores on a daily basis, as you won't be arrested for anything under 700-900 dollars per time. And even when you are arrested, it now is a minor thing and if the police cell is too full, they release you, which happens all the time now as everyone does this. After release they can't re-arrest or prosecute you either. One would almost think to book a flight there and earn 100K in 30 days, doing 3 stores per day. They basically have facebook groups and just go together with 20-50 people at once, so nobody is ever arrested at all. If i were those owners I made a armored warehouse, display only 1 item of each product behind plexiglass, and people can get the real item after they paid.

Bought some before it crashed, as it was not technical at all but al related to the FTX thing. As we seen so many times in the past, if that causes the price to crash, just as easy it is going to make it's recovery, and after that, it still is gonna go up quite a bit higher again, to it's cost price of around 23K USD today average. So yeah, I bought more already, and will keep adding more too. Just don't do that if you need it back in dollars within a few months already. Excellent for a 6-12 months or longer. I mean, you get 0.10 BTC for just 1600 dollars, that's cheap as chips. I find the negative people to also always think you need to buy a whole BTC, and therefore you must be crazy as it's right away a 15K plus investment. Funny as even 160 dollars is worth it.

I assume that many people, including myself, used to kind of look at him in a neutral or positive way. Also because he previously did come in the news supporting foreigners in a good way, but then today this. I saw it even being posted on bloomberg yesterday. He is now on my negative list.

800k is only retirement single people, for most it is just 400k which you can still invest 9-10 months a year. Also way more easy as it does not need to be a international transfer. Anyway, the 15K he mentioned is the cheapest possible agent in PTY to do it without money, today that be 20K. So let's say 500 dollars to be fair compared to the average of 350 dollars in cambodia, while you are then in half a slum with homeless glue sniffing kids, and a lack of many facilities, places and services. Prices and inflation didn't stand still in Cambodia either, the old 250-300 is now 350-400. With other words, you still end up paying another 350 dollars a year, just because many things are more expensive there, or because you need to go abroad to get them once a year etc. If you ask me, the real real complaining people, they could not even arrange the 20-30K visa fees, so they actually should really not be living here, right now. Those who not want the agent, but also not have the 800K, and not wanna marry to get 400K option, are the issue themselves.

Vietnam wins of all of them but the visa over there, long-term, is even harder. To be honest I think people miss out big time by saving on the additional flight from TH to VN and then going to Cambodia or Laos instead, as it can be reached by land. Well vietnam too via cambodia of course but nowadays you don't see the 6-12 month real backpackers that often anymore, people became way more static or do multiple trips, maybe that changes back now flights are expensive, over time.

Try phangan and she will see it differently but yeah, southern Thais are different, just like Bangkok when not having been a while, you need to adjust a few days. I always said the same but since having been half a year I take previous words back. It is almost an utopia on phangan actually, you see foreigners do whatever they like, run businesses without Thai staff, and somehow it just works perfectly fine. While if you did that elsewhere in TH, you be raided within a week most likely. Rarely police presence too. Maybe that is not forever as well, but as long it still is like that, that is one of the last places reminding me of the old Thailand. It is a bit like the island is a independent country itself. When entire phangan was mask free, the rest of TH still was wearing masks 6 months.

The partying might be a bit cheaper, the rest is nothing even worth mentioning. You would also pay more for the modern things you do have in Thailand, or the diversity in things you can do and things, services and products that are available. You can just as easy party your head off using anything without police around in the south of Thailand. Or in PTY, wherever. The difference? 20-30 dollars? Nah, I tried cambodia, it is fun if you are stuck at the bottom with a super tight budget only, because then it kind of sucks to be in the more expensive ones. Else you are done with it soon enough.

He is a fugutive, and for the rest, it was expected he would be released and that was the case just days later. So end of the story = your wrong again.

Ehmmm most western european countries, estonia, soon also others. Anyway, to the OP, for these issues you can use the 'calendar' function on your phone too. If you have many properties there are serviced address services too that could scan or psychically forward mail. Doubt you would get this issue by being a few weeks late, just you to blame here.

Guess that explains seeing the high tech BMW's more often again.

To add, just typical Thai behavior once again right, they never learn. During covid the agents told me how happy they were with having a little bit business at least, now they double their prices or drop you down the floor again already.

Why would you pay tax over that 800K if you had to bring it in from abroad, it would be 1 year old and tax free? Or you mean tax on the interest gain which is like zero.

That's the normal way via Bangkok bank but the costs are rarely lower, unless maybe at some lucky shop in Pattaya. 35K is usually the base visa too, you still end up paying 3-4K more for the multi-entry, and your own travel or time costs to visit them.

Interesting post, I have heard similar from people around me and now my non-o based child also expires december. My agent now suddenly wanted to have near 40K too aside of the procedure being more complicated, causing there to be additional travel costs and a night hotel too, as it's done in BKK. Decided to just do a few 45 day on arrivals, or get a new single non-o, extend that with 60 days, and before that time just put the 400K in the bank. After all I can just use the same money and refill it during most of the year. My son his school fees are big enough. All that aside, if having to pay like near 40K of having to go somewhere but still lose 10K travel costs and time, it almost equals anyway what you would get in interest or returns. Very decent even at 10% with 40K on 400K. 5% on 800K still not bad. I still not consider it impossible we leave TH over time too, and then we will need easily 400K in THB during that process too.

Lol, you again. He is still fugutive, and was on bail.

Yes, that is normal, they usually never do. You can do it yourself if you fear so much. Same with staying at many guesthouses, who not do it. The fine speaking nonsense would only apply if you would be on yearly visa extensions where you usually stay at the same place, otherwise you could still have your last stay at a legit hotel, and thus have the most recent TM30 report too. Beside the fine being peanuts. Imagine they would check each of your 365 days stay and verify it lol. For what reason even, you could still purposely fake it too. They track us down based on the phone number, if they need you.

He must have a lot of money if he didn't let anyone get the 19M in cash....

Let's talk actual numbers and patients that had something serious, and then compare that to the ongoing alcohol related issues. End of the meeting, next subject.

I would feel like a idiot condo buyer, as the view is not good in the first place and you can expect anything to happen on that size of land. I know condo's that have had a view on the green lush of bangkok and river for 20 years, to then suddenly see a huge condo develop, even it is 100 meters away, so big and tall, it blocked bottom to top units on the entire side their view. Turned valuable and beautiful units into suddenly another ordinary room with <deleted>ty view, I am sure nobody is paying what they did before. And to say you could see it coming? No, that entire area used to be developed already with old houses like you also show in your picture. Worst part being is that that new condo is not even populair or filled (way too small unit size and high price). To not forget, 2 years of noise, almost daily, even late nights. Lucky it was someone i knew owning it, not myself.