Rampant Rabbit

4 hours ago, Maestro said:

 

Was this also at the Mukdahan immigration office?

Hua  Hin been doing them for 15 years

5 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

I'll keep this short as I already did a thread regarding this. Way back I was offered an account at a 'Credit Union' paying 6% interest. The first year immigration accepted the 'Credit Union' as a bank and accepted my 400,000 Baht invested as being acceptable for my 'Marriage Extension' deposit. The following year they refused saying a 'Credit Union' is not a bank. A 'Credit Union' definition is open to question along with a 'bank'.

but surely that rule  book clearly states  all that.......surely

6 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Did that. But after arguing my side of the dispute there was no clear definition as to who was in the right. So we compromised. No loss of face.

The problem was what is the definition of a 'bank'.

a  hilly knoll obviously, everyone knows  that, unlike the word banker which can easily  be misconstrued especially with immigration officers  as mentioned

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Agreed, but where did it get you?

1  why does it  have to get him anywhere

2  she  initiated it by driving on the wrong side

10 hours ago, kwilco said:

Amazing in this day and age that some silly old men still think its rational to indulge in victim blame. 

you mean like when the ex  coup leader Prayut mentioned about foreigners  dressing in bikinis a few  years  ago

2 hours ago, webfact said:

values of mutual respect and understanding that are integral to Thai society

Yes theyre  right, I see that respect daily when driving.

2 hours ago, webfact said:

It reflects not just a personal failing but a systemic issue

Yes  I agree, shame on you Thailand..........oh  wait do they mean us?

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

Beat you .......we have 400 rai....

u c  why its a waste of  <deleted> time posting on Asean Now ok Ill, delete it  all for the people who werent  talking  <deleted>e

1 minute ago, Will B Good said:

So have I.... keep catching my knee on that b****y bedside cabinet.

twaddle

15 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

It will do nothing to stop lower frequency sounds I'm afraid......too late now, but never buy in Thailand.....it's so cheap to rent and then you have the option of moving.

Youre  correct congrats

14 minutes ago, Will B Good said:

It will do nothing to stop lower frequency sounds I'm afraid......too late now, but never buy in Thailand.....it's so cheap to rent and then you have the option of moving.

On 12/6/2023 at 5:36 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

Hopefully your solution solves the problem. Please report after all is done. 

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On 1/5/2024 at 3:20 AM, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Would it not be simpler just to move out of a condo and into a house?

 

That is really the only fix.

 

Moving into a house, instead of a condo, was my last resort, and I am thankful every day, these days, that I decided to make the move.

 

Unless you live in a BrownStone in NYC, like Sherman McCoy, a house is better.

 

 

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This  is  funny as I recently changed  all my  lightbulbs in a  condo my wife owns which I renovated and added about 10  more LEDS ( way under circuit limit) prfeviously one central hideous grandma circular fluorescant tube. They flickered............but  only between 6am and 7.30 am rest of the day and night all  fine, scratched head for ages  on this......... then one morning whilst sleeping there went outside into the general corridor  area (common area).............. all the lights  there were flickering as  well!!

Case  closed! Told wife if  renter  complains tell him  to ask  the condo manager as the whole  building was doing it

safe  to say it  was  the tyres

16 hours ago, John Drake said:

Many people are in such debt that it doesn't matter how much the government and banks tinker with things, they're never going to get out from under what they owe.  Need something drastic like lopping off a zero or two from the amount each person owes.

It wouldnt matter  if  you zeroed  their debt, within a  short  time theyd  be  back in debt, due to their own stupidity, live within your means whether it be a mansion or a  jungle  shack or neither.

did my own gate  work myself, motor  thai watsadu as mentioned, foresee remote control, gate  made by Thai friend 2 gates 4.5metres  each 100k total (50k each) delivered, motor 9k alsao 2  ir  sensors tro stop an idiot closing the door  on their  car, work free....done  by me also got a  stainless  motor  cover to go over the plastic  motor cover as  plastic and sun always ends badly in time, cost 1000 made  locally

Ultimately the responsibilty lies with the borrower, but responsibilty is a  dirty word in many countries  now especially Thailand.

I treat all their  rules as a  joke knowing  full well the scale of the corruption here and  do my best not to pay into their various money wrenches inc their " new"  tax  rules.

Im not  funding irresponsible peoples bad  choices.

Dunno what the problem is, I used meth as a  kid  many times, first time I was  about 10 yrs  old although I did  have soem supervision initially until I knew  how to use it, I had very liberal parents who wanted me to learn new  things and i really enjoyed it, remember it  well, one of my friends  same age also used it.

The  good  old  days  when you could easily  obtain it, hours of  fun.  

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

Why dont you simply phone them and ask ? That way you get it from the horses mouth. 

Id  have zero faith in that having  just asked them two questions and a  day later being told the opposite, I went physically to immigration as  well not even phoned them to be sure, they still changed their answer the next day.

 Ive done the  marriage visa for over 15  years at Hua  Hin, first year had total %$^t of an Officer, wife  complained and it  got  passed as the officer said one photo did not include  ALL the bed, ridiculous what thats  supposed to prove with 10% of the bed  missing?, theyve been ok ever  since UNTIL last week , we normally  go in twice, once to check what they need the day before  "this year "and the next to actually  do it. That paper is normal now.

Went in as normal  on day before it was due , was  told  the  bank letter was  ok  from that date for tomorow and now told you dont need the witness to be there physically as  has been the case for the last 2  years.

Went in the next day and the officer that told us wasnt  in, but now it WASNT ok for either, new  bloke never  seen him before, then he starts  saying we need an electric  bill with the Wifes  name on and her name must be on the tabian baan with me ? I have a  yellow  book and she owns 10 condo;s and moves her name round when she wants to sell one, something about tax , dont ask me.

Anyway she said this to him and "eventually" it got  done. But whats normally a  fairly  quick if lengthy paperwork exercise  took 4  hours.

I think the guy was  just a <deleted> this  year but who knows......also were "offered"  one of their witnesses, so the whole  things a  farce really and  a  money making op now. In the end we  called our policemans  wife as witness and went an got her gave her 500 baht and lunch for her  time.

1 hour ago, Bandersnatch said:

I have 2 Thai friends who have solar businesses and sell almost exclusively to Thais and they are very busy. 
 

Haven’t you seen solar panels for sale everywhere? Or maybe you don’t get out much. 

 

This is the solar group my wife is in and it has 180,000 members 

 

The comment you made about my car was also incorrect. The BYD Seal was the second best selling EV last month in Thailand, they sold over 3,000

 

this  response is  so  full of  crap, i mean i have 2  friends  who have  solar  businesses  selling mostly to Thais...............WOW big surprise in Thailand who would have thunk that, and what the hell is my  commen t about  byd  seal, I asked whats its depreciation  would be, honestly this threads  so  full of <deleted>  it  defies  belief, stating stuff  I havent even said and  another gasp wow 180k members in a population of 70  million when they say evangelists  now  I know what they mean, Ill leave you to your  little  clique  club and of course call away at TROLL its the go to response KHUN La

56 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Thais have a lot more baht than farangs here/TH.  Open your eyes, as they are the ones driving the expensive cars and living in large houses, not renting condo/hotel rooms, and riding the baht buses.

 

Are solar systems & EVs for or affordable to the masses ... worldwide ... getting there.   BUT, for most folks, worldwide, living month to month ... NO.  You can never fix stupid.

 

Your ignorance and bias shines ... troll on.

 

HAVE A NICE DAY

youre  talking  <deleted>e , most  Thais  dont  have enough money until tomorrow.,

1 hour ago, HighPriority said:

The point is, respectfully… you have a very limited understanding of the systems, costings and capabilities yet you are telling people who are highly experienced with these systems that they are wrong.

Nowhere have I said any of that is  wrong,  so you  have no idea of my understandings, what I  have said is for  most people in Thailand its impractical, Jesus they havent got enough money to get through today yet here  someone posts about a  1.6million baht car   running their  house as  almost normal with a  roof  with more solar  panels  than the size of most peoples  houses and a water  collection system thats enormous...........its simply not  practical or even remotely affordable for most  Thais.

Thats guys house is an exception, a  massive exception and at a  large financial cost out of reach of most Thais.