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Same for me, knowing I also came here at a young age already so it was not really about a budget, just whatever I can make each month. If everything is going good, I often also do more fun things which results in higher expenses. While if I am very busy, or when money is low (which would result in getting busy too), my costs can be low. In terms of budget it doubled from what I used to need but that is also because I now have a child and pay rent for a bigger place etc etc. Otherwise I could still live on almost the same figure as I could 10 years ago. Mainly because I also know much more places, or where to get what for the best value etc. Also confident that if I lived this same stage of my life back home, my wife would need to work fulltime too, and we would still live way poorer than we are living here while spending average. If something is way above my expected budget, it is the time you can lose for little things like bureaucratic stuff, visa. stuff etc. That's not money but time is money so yeah whatever.

The german lady had approached his parents in the past for doing business together in their sea food business. The parents felt something was off, specially as no money was paid upfront and it became quiet, so no deal was ever made. The parents later on learned that the german lady now still got in touch with their son, and the son claimed he made some profits on a land sale in the south of Thailand with that lady. The parents then stopped paying attention to it. So he likely got to know Olaf via the german lady, could indeed be that he is innocent and used or forced. At least this is what was reported before in the news.

I recently had a issue with them too and stopped using it entirely due to my old iPhone being broken and I didn't have the backup for the 2FA key there (as i used it rarely and didn't have active holdings, more to transfer in usage). Instructions to recover or reset it seemed super reasonable and so I did, twice, to at the end get to hear I have to do it again because I not reply their final email within 24 hours, even I did and proved I did. This is Thailand.

Yeah they are all normal nice guys, the same with the former president that died after he married in Pai right. That there are some normal people in it too, or in home countries, says zero about this specific club and them in Thailand.

Not at all, he was seen going there on CCTV.

Even a browser takes a lot of resources nowadays, the laptop is just <deleted>ty. That your virus scanners says nothing is no guarantee btw.

Just shoot him after 10 years in prison. What a idiot btw, to hide there in a motorbike club.

I had a friend who was also asked this weird thing in Malaysia, to book an entire 60 days somewhere upfront. When he supplied the same documents in Laos, they said this was not needed at all. It's ever changing and confusing for tourist visa, just a mess if you ask me. Specially knowing everyone just makes fake bookings or cancels them after anyway.

Is depends, let's assume a less busy and for that reason also more reasonable rent area: If they are open 24 hours per day and would get 15 customers per 1 hour on average, spending only 100 baht each average, this would be 36,000 baht turn-over per day. Let's say the franchise owner receives 30% of this as a margin, that is 10,800 baht. He would then need to pay 6 staff 500 baht = 3,000 baht per day, electric 2000 baht per day, rent 2000 baht per day. Total: 7,000 baht per day costs and a profit margin of 3,800 baht per day. Just a random example, there would also be some additional income from ATM's and stuff potentially. Or for providing all the payment services. 15 customers per hour with 100 baht isn't that much too, even in my quiet area there is easily 15 per hour at night hours. Still have to consider you first have to obviously invest to have a 7/11 too, so depending on that cost it earns zero until that is paid back. And as of investing, it requires 'significant' cashflow, which might be risky (but that is doing business), depending on your net worth.

Sherlock homes here in action, who would think each savings account uses different identification. its not as if you stash millions on offshore account lol.

Thats a joke right? Of course they dont, thats maybe only for very few in big cities. To even be able and do it you need a yearly fresh up course too.

So they have girls too?

I think so, i saw one of those garden cutters with the evidence too, so suspect they first did fingers or toes. Maybe he died by accident from torture when the money wasn't enough. Dumb and dumber regardless, just kidnapping him would been less jail.

Millionaire? Rent and a cheap car alone are easily 1500 a month already, that's 18K and another 12K you do not have to spend on food, entertainment and that kind of stuff. Not that expensive or crazy at all.

Why would someone wanna open a 7/11 franchise in the first place, you can make much more profit opening your own grocery shop.

First the Dutch transgender won in Thailand and now in Netherlands, woke politics decision for sure.

So what happened? What a useless post without any information.

That's the entire reason we have this problem, we did not have proper songkrans during covid years. Now we pay the price.

I don't know what kind of guys you talk about, might matter where they are from or that they simply pay someone. Or they have been simply lucky so far, sounds unlikely to me, with all the jealous thais around it too. But caught working illegally = bye bye Thailand fast.

I just wonder if the same thing was done but with 'normal clothes' on, would it be an issue to that point? I doubt it. And then let's say a girl would have done it, but she wear a very short dress or a very short mini skirt on, it is totally fine. Even you see just as much flesh. Super stupid in a way to do this somewhere in public regardless, he could just have done it from his hotel room.

She rents the stall from JJ for 1800 baht per month, she doesn't own a square centimeter. So the point is that they usually would sell their spot for ''key money'' or ''goodwill money''. You never really own it, just as long JJ keeps renting them out only. No you can't run a stall yourself of course, you are a foreigner. Anything a Thai can do, they need to do. You can only be the owner, or be for example the manager in a bar, you can't actually make drinks or sell t-shirts yourself. You could be supervising, checking up, delivering stock, and do that kind of stuff, if you also have a company and work permit. Otherwise you would basically need to just be (silent) owner.

They are not even using both application windows as designed, it is just one person who seems to need and do all time consuming work. If they actual had 2 windows they could proces easily 80-100 people between 09:00 and 10:30 alone compared to the super slow and busy day I experienced. Would be much better if they also had the appointment system, then they can also limit the amounts of specific visa types on a daily basis. But TIT.

Disagree, they treat people like animals and they did hassle my friend, who had no tourist visa abuse history and all paperwork / proof. They seemed to allow over 10-15 people in front of us, who looked like homeless eastern europeans, behaved very bad too, were loud, who came via a agent and all were accepted. But my friend was refused, he attempted the next day again as well, with his actual detailed travel plans, as that all was they had to bring as an argument (even hotels booked/paid, flight back europe booked/paid, money proof), but refused again. Question is also in those terms what they now consider to be a 'tourist', I met plenty of people who would always come to Chiang Mai for 3-5 months a year, not work, but be static. This as my friend is similar, he booked the same place 2 months. Consulate guy didn't like that it seems. Same after all the years, still not a single improvement on providing some shade for waiting people. Or to actually use the seats with a simple queue system, could be realised in a day time and the guard can hand out printed numbers equal to the seats available. Keep the rest out the gate. But yes, for non-o people it all seems hassle free somehow. Personally I would rather go to Vientiene or Hanoi on appointment. But guess it makes sense for those living in isaan.

You are not offered to buy stalls at all, you are offered to pay key money on them and take over paying the rent for it. Whatever you then decide to do with them, or sell at them, nobody cares. If you want to work yourself, work means work permit. Otherwise be a business owner and have staff, simple as that isn't it. Obviously smart to have in a girlfriend name too, then she can run.

Yeah except you are not him and if your opinions and views were any good you been loaded.