ChaiyaTH

No you remain Bob Smith, but you would just see replies from names you already know, not knowing they are AI generated. And other users do not see those too, this is actually a real thing on many parts of the Internet. For example news websites where you think to share your thoughts, and you get some likes and replies, not knowing that in reality it is censored already.

What is next: minimal foreigners investing and spending here if staying here 180+ days and a very good exchange rate for us in the coming years.

I prefer suggesting to apply the dead internet theory to your account on this website, you keep posting and think we read, while all the views and comments are in reality AI generated.

I doubt they will, they are record holders in being naive and lazy in the beautiful north. Even most business owners still seem to not get that they have to offer better prices and promotions, (as well as girls), to get it ever back on track there, aside from pollution even. They all say; yeah we will if have more customer first, yeah doesn't work that way. I don't get it to be honest, they all want 80-100-120 baht for a bad small beer there too, while they could easily sell for 60 baht and make profit on volumes, just like they do in plenty of other places in TH. Seems they rather sell 5 beers for 80 baht than they can sell 30 beers for 60 baht (225 baht profit margin VS 750 baht profit margin). Not to mention that having a few people in a bar, also attracts more people, and that in return again attracts more freelance girls. Anyway, CM is a lost case since 2016. Most places even further increased their prices, offering like for example <deleted>ty box wine in a garden, with a staff that doesn't care for 220 a glass. That same place used to do 120-140 a glass and prices really didn't go up that much to justify it. Result? Even fewer customers....

Except for locals in nearby provinces etc one must be quite silly to fly to CM during pollution in the first place.

He didn't leave him behind, he just left him at the gate.

As of being in between of passports and visa's I am currently back here on a 30 day on arrival visa. I checked this e-extension again and knowing my visa ends during songkran, I decided to give it a shot, as that is still better than sitting around immigration for 4-5 hours (if lucky) with 40 celcius sun. So I am supposed to get my stamp in '3 minutes' tomorrow but so far I have still not received any final confirmation. They asked me to re-upload photos the second day already, my entry stamp was not clear enough according to them. Fine, after the website failed 5 times, it seemed to have worked, but I could not verify after that. Secondly I could not reach them in any other way, their email address even bounces return to sender sometimes. I then got a new email again yesterday... The TM30 was fine, but as there is no end date (on purpose, its my house), I needed to fill another TM30 again, with an end date, any date.... So I did again, and silence since. There is no way to see my current uploaded documents, they do not confirm to have received the new files as well, they just leave you in the dark essentially. To then bounce emails back while the email is the only contact solution, no words left. To conclude: I am seriously starting to doubt I even get the stamp tomorrow, if at all, so that could be 1900 + 500 baht down the drain and forcing me to still do the entire process and pay again, at the local office. But if it did work out, I will for sure let you guys know. Just unreal how poor developed that system is they use with VFS Global, as a programmer, I could make something way better in like 3-4 weeks time. Guess someone became a millionaire hiring Indians. The documents needed for these online applications are: 1) Photo of passport cover (do not ask me why, they never ask this anywhere else) 2) Photo of passport bio page 3) Photo of the entry stamp page as a photo showing 2 pages total, else not good enough 4) Photo of TM30 report with start and end date, regardless of your plans 5) Photo of yourself, basically a photo of a visa picture

Maybe you forgot you were drinking with him last night until the late hours and left him behind, no wonder he scolded you then if you send him on his way without breakfast. Next time at least offer some rice soup.

Imagine what would happen to Thais if they got visa free access to Europe / USA, they would witness 25X worse on a daily basis, if not falling victim themself there too lol. Guess we should be happy they didn't need to go to iraq or afghanistan too, as she claim to have PTSD now already.

What are you talking about, if she is a personal owner the received rent simply becomes additional income and she will be taxed according to her income. Due after one year? Of course not, you are due every calendar year to report your income, even you only rented it for 1 week. A company can deduct expenses, a person can not. This is why being a employee sucks too with taxes. Income = Income. The Thai way? Just get your rent in cash. It can be so worth it having a company in Thailand, you can deduct endless things and even buy a company car etc etc to make taxes little to zero.

That's a guarantee regardless, same with the entire 10,000 give-a-way. It is long known that all money printed gy governments ends up with the select few rich in no time. The only benefit for all the other people is the moment they get it, right after that, everything becomes more expensive as a consequence (inflation). A cigar from ones own box. Deal with the devil, it's like agreeing to get permanently 3% less wage (consumption power) for a 1 time double wage (cash). Worst of all is they not even let you invest it or buy gold from it, no you need to spend it where they like you to do so.

''Mom and Pop shop guys'' = SME in Thailand.

For the prices they charge down there you would expect to be allowed and do anything

Fast forward: June 6th 2025 - Bangkok; Thai government enforces 20 baht additional charge at barbershops providing wet shaves to foreigners. Minister somchai said, there was one incident 29 years ago where I saw a foreigner got cut while getting a wet shave, this could cost Thailand a lot of money as some foreigners run away from the hospital.

Why? They are Chinese and Chinese sell on there for the most part, all official and big stores already pay VAT regardless too. It is just the small medium Thai sellers fked over. Like I even sold on there for gadgets and wanted to officially import everything by the rules when we started, yeah impossible, there would be like 3-5% profit margins left. So then we found out, everyone pays per KG via trucks that go over land borders, and then there is some margin. I'm talking the cheap products. But if you then now do the 7% VAT regardless, they will have like a red numbers at the bottom of the sheet. For my gf just making 15-20K a month this way, it was ideal without much other nonsense. To conclude: this is once again a grab of the elite to control even more of the pie, aside from being foolish on political level and donating the rest to China.

Usually it is the amount of money that increases the sentence drastically, in many countries.

Wouldn't say that too fast, I dated quite a few thai chinese girls of which the mothers had all kinds of other ideas if it came to the money on their old days / when passing away. To start with stuff like making huge donations to temples and the like. Anyway, serves her right to be in prison for this regardless.

Yet they still not address the fact that we / Thais can only sell within Thailand, but not to for example Vietnam or another country in SE asia, while the Chinese somehow can sell as a dropshipping business, from China, to all of the countries on platforms like Lazada and Shopee. Long story short: there was very little margins left already, as the platforms also want more and more, with this additional 7% even you would normally be exempt from having to charge VAT as a small medium business owner (up to near 2M turnover), they basically give most niche and small stuff away to the Chinese, as they will still do it without any issues, from China to here, for even 1-2% profit, as they can do volume. Like once again it seems they shoot themselves in the feet with a way too fast made decision, and this is just one of the many arguments, not to mention the lack of buying power already existing today etc etc. Guess soon the 20 baht shops are nostalgic as well then, by then they fked any traditional business type.

Chapter 4 - How to ruin a country in 365 days

At least post something worth replying on, as this otherwise would be the last I give... 😴

Just pathetic really, she got justice X100 already if you look at the consequences, and to then still now beg for attention again, and coming up with nonsense... It almost confirms what I suspected in the first place, and also think to have seen watching the video, it was barely a kick, she fell over in the sand and stood up right away in split seconds.

Yeah until strangers come around lol. If you would give them a fair but innocent push, similar to what happened to this doc, its likely same as her.

Not surprised, the bobo class of doctors, lawyers and other hi-so people here always seem to have anxiety and social issues, it's a bit like chihuahua dogs. They only seem to be able to relax a little bit once they entered a 5 star resort or hotel, country club / home.

That's a large transaction, get a proper lawyer, if you pay little there is a chance he sees money coming in from a dodgy contract later.

You mean social media, which is a drugs? Yes that is correct. And it's not westerners, it's a global thing. They are socially underdeveloped.