I strongly suspect, and no doubt Sunbelt will confirm, that the key words are "permitted time". I think you will find that the 3 entries previuously discussed is correct, because each time you are PERMITTED to stay for 30 days. If you choose to leave after 3 days that is your business. You have used up the first 30 day entitlement with two more to go. This is what Sunbelt said before, and I cannot see anything that changes this. The reasopn they have used the word "several" is because some VOA's only give you 15 'permitted' days, so presumably in that case you could get 6 entries of 15 days.
Hope I'm wrong
That would be unlogical, since it means that you can't even stay in another country and make frequent visits to Thailand, unless you take the time to visit a Thai embassy now and then. Very inconvenient sometimes, and not always possible on a short notice.
I was thinking about moving out and doing just that, since there are things I have to take care of on a frequent but not regular basis here, but that would of course stop it very fast. Applying for visas is time-consuming and it costs money. If they, on top of that, put a lid on multiple entries as was stated in another thread (Penang was mentioned), it's getting very complicated for a lot of people. Those that they really want to get rid of, the more or less criminal elements, will always find a solution.
On the other hand, this is Thailand after all. Maybe they don't want frequent visitors.
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