redwood1

Please tell us all about it...

Lets say your profit was 45 baht a beer.... 39 million baht divided by 45 baht = 866,666 beers you need to sell to break even and this does not include overhead cost...

Interesting....Looks like they knocked 50K off the application fee..But left all the other very very high bar requirements......I agree its strange.....

And the Thais should be bashed and bashed severely for how they destroyed a beautiful walkway and turned it into a flat boring parking lot of a walkway.....With only loads a shadeless bloody Palm Trees...

I agree with all of this....The beach walkway has been a gold mine for many a decade now for the contractors... They have destroyed any possibility of making the walkway nice again by covering the whole thing with concrete.....That means no new plants, shrubs, flower or Trees can be planted now.... And Yes folks the entire walkway needs to be ripped out again including all that new concrete......So they have some earth to work with to plant living things... I hope I see it in my life but I am not holding my breath...

The timing on raising the price on the Elite visa was 1,000% no accident....They knew of the tax announcement well ahead of time...The timing was just too perfect.... The Elite visa lost money almost every year since its creation.....It had done well for the last few years then this tax insanity came along....I bet they have sold very very few this year..

Old guys sitting around a food court chatting with other old guys, soaking in free air-con while nursing a single coffee for hours....... Why this is just terrible I tell you....lol...... Guys give it a rest...

I use to have them gill up some food in the meat department and eat in the food court....But they raised the meat prices sky high now....I no longer shop for meat at Big C, I now go to Makro...... I think the best bet now is to get a sub at subway and eat in the food court....That is if you dont mind all the dirty cheap charlie expats....lol

I have eaten at Big C extra food court for many a year on and off.... Most of the food there is Thai food for Thais....Not very appealing for farangs.. Covid killed the few places that were leaning more towards a farang taste....But I have not been there for 6 months so maybe its better now..?? The food court gets a zero for atmosphere... But The food court get a 10 for value that is if you can find at least somewhat OK food there...

There is only one solution....Bring back smoking on all airplanes....

I have take a lighter through security many times in the past...

This whole tax insanity is very much like most other murky unclear unenforced non respected laws in Thailand.... Take vaping its illegal but vaps are openly sold in markets everywhere... Or The restricted alcohol selling hours....Its ignored by almost everyone except supermarkets and maybe 7-11 sometimes....etc etc I dont remember even once in the USA a new law was murky unclear and open to all kinds of interpretations.... Something as vastly vastly massively complicated as this nonsense tax will NEVER be made clear Ever ....Everyone here will be 6 feet under the ground and this thread will still be going 50 years from now I predict.....

Moreover, Microsoft pledges unwavering support towards Thailand’s eco-centric endeavours, with commitments towards net-zero emissions and renewable energy integration. Psychobabble

This just proves my point the Russians Chinese and Indians dont plan on pay a 35% tax on anything now or EVER in the future, not one baht....The 35% tax is only for retired western expats worry wart hand ringers.....lol

I think Yingluck is about to develop some health problems and need a private hospital suite too...

The percentage (in total value) of goods shipped to Thailand that are valued at over 1,500 baht must make up well over 99% of all shipping..... The under 1,500 baht shipping is hardly worth the trouble......Sure the tax would add up to many millions of dollars.....But the cost and time of mucking around with 20 50 100 baht in taxes on packages would also be in the millions of dollars.... No one wins here...

Yes Pattaya officials HATE HATE HATE anything green but Palm trees......They would LOVE to bulldoze Pratumnak hill I am sure...

Has anyone seen the drink prices for the Indian Clubs? 330 baht for a Chang beer.....@#$^^@# Add in loads of fat birds and awful music....And yet these places are packed...WHY?

7-11s always busy lol...l am always standing in line to check out....

I dont know where your home is but in the USA dental prices are about 4X 5X higher than Thailand...

Very very very very easy....

If retired expats dont also get 10,000 I will stop drinking Chang and Singha and start drinking San Miguel light....

I tried kratom once....I did not care for it .... A few mushrooms would make for a more interesting experience..

Where is all this money coming from to pay for this endless orgy of construction projects that drag on and on and on and on? And after a project is finished its time to dig the road up and do it again...

99% of people who gamble end up losers.....In the short or long run 99% of people have worse lives because of gambling....