Ms Tigger

In the West this would be known as a (commonplace) "settlement out of court'. Here, of course, it's a "bribe ".

And yeah, I guess although they're both more or less the same thing, one might be regarded as more face saving than the other if one is the plaintiff and really going for it!

TBH the Swiss guy has been a complete and utter 🔔end and deserves to be thoroughly castigated, on the other hand the Dr (if the account is true) has been wronged and deserves justice. Look's like it's more like going for a pound (and a half) of flesh now though. Maybe a fans only account will follow, who knows, got to make hay while the sun shines🤔🙄.

I'd be grateful if someone could clarify this for me please. Is Wise just a method of transferring money from one account to another, or can you set up an account into which, for example, pension is paid and direct debits etc can be paid from. And then draw upon those funds in the normal way?

I'm just thinking what if my UK bank account were to be closed, as seem's to be happening more frequently, what would my alternative be?

Many thanks for any clarification!

I used to use EvilBay quite a bit a few years ago, mostly for buying and selling guitars and amps, and found it ok, mostly very good experiences. PayPal I found to work well once I'd managed to set it up. 

In Thailand I wouldn't really bother with eBay at all, there's other avenues open.

I pay for YouTube Premium cos I watch a lot of different stuff on it from  concerts to documentaries and a load of other stuff and it's worth it to get rid of the annoying ads. For example in this world of no instructions being included in, say, a new printer, there'll be a YouTube vid on it, like most other things. Plus, as has been mentioned elsewhere, you get YouTube music, which I also use a lot, so to me it's well worth the money.

I brought 2 guitars in (Levinson Blade and a Gibson Les Paul) and noone was bothered. I don't know if there'd be questions asked if you brought in, say, 5 or 6, where it could be construed as bringing in to sell?

Acer Chromebook with a 17" screen, had all sorts of laptops in the past (Toshiba, Dell, HP), but I'm very happy with the Chromebook.

Wondered why I hadn't seen any posts from Joe for a little while. Many thanks on a personal basis, for the valuable advice you have given me in the past, you will be sorely missed by more people than you can possibly imagine.

Thank you Joe????☹️????

I've used Hua Hin Cab for various trips and can recommend them. Always on time and a friendly, reasonably priced service. https://huahincab.com/

Thanks for all the comments people, whether they be positive or negative they're appreciated, thank you????

I need to think about replacing my old laptop in the near future and was considering a Chromebook. Has anyone had any experience with these, upsides, downsides etc? I mainly use my laptop for listening to music, storing pics and music, emails, stuff I need to do on t'interweb, youtube etc, so will need to be able to do the same on a Chromebook.

I wonder what the street food vendors will use when the ban is total? Styrofoam containers that don't seal and spill all over, and produce more litter and waste?

Thank you everyone for your thoughts and suggestions, and thanks Ubonjoe for clarifying Clause 7, I did wonder if that's what it was referring to.

I notice there's some folks still a bit confused over insurance, I am aware that it's only (currently) needed for O/A and not the O.

Thanks again, seems like I'm pretty much on the right track.

I'm a bit confused about Clause 7 on the link, which seems to supersede Clause 5 in that all you need is proof of 800k in the bank (Clause 7) and none of the bank letters etc in Clause 5.....unless I'm reading it incorrectly!

7 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

You missed the first step of getting the one year extension of stay based upon retirement.

You will first need to apply for a 90 day non immigrant visa (category O) entry at immigration. You would only need the 800k baht in the bank on the date you apply. See: https://division1.immigration.go.th/download/1551323081128.pdf

If you were able to get the bank account opened quickly you would only need one visa exempt entry and possibley the 30 day extension of it.

Then during the last 30 days of the 90 day entry from the visa you could apply for the extension of stay.

Thank you for your kind reply Ubonjoe. I was under the impression that the 800k had to be in the Thai bank account for 2 months prior to applying? But I may well have got my wires crossed on that one! I still think opening the bank account will be the hardest thing, especially as I don't know anyone there, so I might have to enlist the services of an agent just for the opening of the account, if they provide that service (not for the loan of 800k though, I've got that covered!).

So basically as soon as the account is open and money transferred, I can apply for the O visa based on retirement (as long as I've got the rest of the stuff mentioned in the link as well), they give me a 90 day stay and then I apply for the 90 day extension of stay 2 weeks before the end of that first 90 days, is that correct?

After visiting Thailand a number of times over the years I'm going to be (hopefully) making the move permanently this year, so I'd be grateful if it could be confirmed by the visa gurus that I've got all my ducks in a row regarding step procedures. And if I get extension of stay and visa mixed up please don't rip it out of me! I'm probably going to travel visa exempt and the do one extension at immigration, followed by one border run, this is purely to do with the hassles involved in applying for SETV or METV and the fact that it might be a very quick move.

1. Book flight with return or cheapo onward flight within the 30 day visa exempt period.

2. Book hotel at destination (Cha Am) for couple nights.

3. Travel.

4. Once arrived find somewhere more permanent than hotel to live (plenty round Cha Am), and make sure have rental contract and have been registered with immigration by agency/owner.

5. Get certificate of residency from immigration.

6. Open bank account (this would seem to be the hardest part of everything) and transfer in 800K plus bit extra, ensuring that it shows as foreign transfer. I think this would have to be done within first 2 weeks as it has to be in account for 2 months before applying for extension of stay based on retirement 2 weeks before 3rd visa exempt runs out, is this correct?

7. Extend visa exempt at immigration/border as necessary to get to point where can apply for  extension of stay based on retirement.

8. Get Thai driving licence.

9. Relax and call for wine waiter.

Anything else?