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2 hours ago, Mavideol said:

once Chinese have a negative image about a country it's very difficult to change it.... look at their Ressentiment  towards Japan

Wish they would get a negative image of the UK. we're infested with them, 

21 hours ago, bignok said:

Bob is alive!

Oh no, well at least we had a few days without his BS and drivel. Was hoping he had been given the red card, never mind 

23 minutes ago, geisha said:

The fact is real tourists stay less than 2 weeks, and take holidays when the kids have holidays, summer and Christmas. This is the world over. 
For long stay tourists or snowbirds ( people staying through the western winters) there could  be a 90 day visa which can be extended once at immigration, and this visa should be available online !!! No running to Thai embassies or  waiting ( sometimes endlessly) for the sticker to arrive. Lots of countries have an online system, Myanmar ( when one could travel) Cambodia, Indonesia, Australia etc . Thailand technology is not capable of doing a simple online application visa online !! Hell, get in the foreign tech experts , do something that works for once !  Nobody is worried about getting an online visa if it is a simple process. 

Tourist Visa application has got much simpler since November 2023. Have a look. Its a doddle 

There OK, I mixed them up with my sleeping pills ended up having 40 w@nks. 🤣😂🤣

3 hours ago, Iron Tongue said:

No Chinese blue collar or lower middle class people are thinking about vacationing abroad.

One of China's biggest wealth management firms, Zhongzhi, just declared insolvency, with over $64 billion debt vs under $30 billion assets.  This is the beginning of China's Banking & Financial Services collapse, which is following their Real Estate bubble bursting.

Few want to spend money when everything is up in the air about their future. 

 

Oh dear I'm absolutely heart broken 

6 hours ago, LALes said:

Yeah, it's gonna keep dropping.  My recent experience at immigration renewing retirement visa only adds to my feeling that falangs are not wanted here.  Grade A tourist, 15 yrs in, plenty of money, never a problem for the authorities and they are giving me the 3rd degree treatment like I'm a common criminal and they are just looking for something, anything to trip me up and give them their "gotcha" moment and out I go.  One can only take so much of the abusive attitude here.

Should have stayed a Snowbird Tourist. 6 months about. Best way 

1 hour ago, worrab said:

I can only but disagree with you I am afraid to say. I do apologise but this is why.

Back in 2014 I came for a holiday to Thailand with the flights all done on my Lloyds Bank card which automatically included travel insurance. I met my future wife in BKK and flew up to Chiang Mai. Long story short, I contracted diverticulitis which involved MRI and CT scans, 2 major life saving ops in Lanna Hospital, missed flights home, which were rebooked, hotel charges, bank charges and exchange rate charges. Total bill came to over £7k! 
On return to UK I submitted all the paperwork from the hospital, itemized bill, flight bookings for me and the then g/f, who was returning just to BKK, all bank charges and within 2 weeks had that amount plus extra back in my bank account. Absolutely sterling service and these are the ones that people do not hear about! Only the misfortunes are shouted about.

As far as I'm aware Lloyds of London is not a Thai bank. Read the poster's headline 

The Thailand underwear shop. 🤣😅🤣

On 11/12/2023 at 7:50 AM, expat_4_life said:

 

Good post ...
Contrary to a lot of speculation on the topic, threads like "Change in the tax law does target expats living in Thailand" ... I actually think they are after bigger fish, multi-national companies that do annual remittances of last years off-shore earnings.

I don't see it effecting a lot of pensioners as you have pointed out DTA's, who knows the eventual outcome?  Perhaps to avoid complicating things for us and themselves, they will simply leave retirees alone - some combination of they don't want to discourage current/future retirees and it more trouble than it is worth.

Only time will tell ....

More trouble than it's worth 🤣😂🤣 don't worry they'll gouge every baht humanly possible. Nothing new there business as usual 🤣😁😅

Here we go again, give the BS a rest, suggest you get some sort of treatment. Unfortunately I fear you are beyond help. 

Here we go again, give the BS a rest, suggest you get some sort of treatment. Unfortunately I fear you are beyond help. 

If bullsh#t was music you'd be playing in the London Philharmonic. 😅🤣😅

1 hour ago, LoudHailer said:

Chang is Carlsberg by a different name. Delicious. In their former joint venture, Carlsberg took the venture while the partner took the joint. Goodbye Carlsberg, hello Chang. 🥹

Chang does not have the same affect on me as Fartsberg. 🤣😂

23 hours ago, george said:

Hua Hin?

Nothing there worth opening until 4 am

Don't they have dustbins down your way. 🤣😅🤣

Only answer is surgery, best £2000 I ever spent in the UK. Had the operation done many years ago, never had the slightest problem since. Whether I'd trust the Cowboys in Thailand is a different story. Recovery not pleasant especially first few bowl movements, but get it done because the alternative I know is miserable. good luck 

Wouldn't give you 50 baht for one, 🤣😂🤣

15 hours ago, proton said:

Cheese, wine and detol

Shaving foam, ridiculous price 

Who gives a toss, what's important is what I think of them 

14 hours ago, Keep Right said:

Thai men are such wieners, maybe this is why you see old crusty foreign geezers with young Thai women.

Apparently got tiny dicks as well 🤣😂🤣

4 hours ago, gargamon said:

Yes they do. It's called business class. Arrived last week. 5 minutes for immigration and my checked bags were both on the carousel within the first 30 bags. 

Btw, talking to a lady I know that rents scooters, she says very little rented compared to last year. Funny though it was quite difficult to find a condo. All pretty much full for a 5 month rental. 

Tough luck, I have travelled economy to Thailand on many occasions and twice my bag has been first to appear on the carousel 😅🤣😅

Go to your bank local branch they will run you off a statement with the date on. Submit your application for Visa the following day. Simple