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818Pilot

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  1. This is the one from the same company https://s.lazada.co.th/s.Z0BMUB
  2. I bought the "Nooz Memory Foam Topper, Mattress Pad Mixed with Cool Gel, Model Ergo Coolmax the 7 Zone." From Dreamstown on Lazada and it's the best topper I've bought in my life. I've had it almost 3 years and it's holding up well.
  3. 6 month trial? Yes groups are going to complain about it going away, but if they just made it permanent they'll forget about it all together before the next lottery draw
  4. I don't drink and even I think the 2 to 5 pm ban is crazy and should have been done away with years ago.
  5. And they wonder why people think they have no common sense here, because they don't
  6. Thai logic.. ban it, no wait legalize it, no wait ban it, wait again legalize it Western world logic: Legalize it and we can tax the crap out of it and make money!
  7. Using a visa agent doesn't mean he doesn't have the 800k banked or the 65k coming in monthly, it just means he doesn't want to deal with immigration so pays someone to do it for him. I use an agent and have 800k banked. While I could easily just do it myself, for the extra 2000 Bhat for the year, I choose not to waste my day. I just show up on my given date/time at immigration, have my photo taken and leave.
  8. Using a visa agent doesn't mean he doesn't have the 800k banked or the 65k coming in monthly, it just means he doesn't want to deal with immigration so pays someone to do it for him. I use an agent and have 800k banked. While I could easily just do it myself, for the extra 2000 Bhat for the year, I choose not to waste my day. I just show up on my given date/time at immigration, have my photo taken and leave.
  9. Wait! Wasn't yesterdays story about how great things are here and tourism doing amazing......
  10. In all my years living here, i don't know why I'm still shocked how the left hand doesn't talk to the right hand. TAT: We have no tourist, people aren't spending money, we need more people our numbers are down AOT/CAAT: Let's raise fees for tourist coming to Thailand It's like watching a really poorly written comedy show
  11. I've got an idea, how about they just deny entry to those with a history of visa runs and they wouldn't need to worry about this.
  12. Not sure why everyone is up in arms, I don't see this as a bad thing at all. Actually, for those of us that live here long term, we should look at it as a positive. We all know that going to the DLT for renewals can be a headache and the place is packed with Tourist. In some cases you can't get an appointment for months. With this change we should see that greatly reduced. be eliminating all the tourist who read on the internet how easy it is to get a Thai license, but don't need one and only do it to look cool to their friends back home after holiday. The license from their country, with an IDP will work fine and is valid for the 60 days they currently get on visa exempt. I'm taking this as a win
  13. I rarely make transactions greater than 50k, but it is a bit frustrating that if I want to walk into a store, buy a large TV as an example I can no longer do it with my SCB or Kbank accounts. While I understand UOB and BB don't have these restrictions, the question is , is it just a matter of time before they do?! I've seen many say "What's the Fuss", the fuss is the point it's my money and if I'm willing to sign a waiver, like I did before, to make "large" transactions, then I accept the risk.
  14. Cry me a river, if they are out of money then they can't afford to be here anyway.
  15. Can I please get a refund for the wasted time reading this hard to read ridiculous article which said nothing ?!
  16. So someone googled "Thai Restaurants near me" and now she's going to had over 5 Bhat stickers to put in their windows even though she's never tasted the food to certify them them as authentic...lol
  17. Other countries are loosing rules and allowing more, but of course Thailand has it ass backwards again and wants to tighten rule. How about they tighten rules on all the idiots they let into the country
  18. Successful?! Being a farang I was excluded and my wife, Thai, received it the day after. I love how they always pat themselves on the back even when something doesn't work 🤣
  19. My Thai wife got the message Friday (a day late and dollar short 😂), yet I never received it. Did they send it to only Thai registered phone numbers and not farang?
  20. You've been living in Thailand abusing the system and now you wonder if you could be denied. No one knows but the IO, but you're luck is going to run out soon.
  21. So what I read was: Some old Farang that has a “little manhood” complex and thought he was cool, bought a Harley when he came to Thailand even though he’s likely never ridden much in his life. Then as he’s purposely driving in area full of hookers and expats show off and try to look cool likes he’s young and rich, runs into the back of a car and decides to blame the other guy when he clearly has no riding skills and now wants all of us to feel sorry for him. Nope, not happening
  22. I can almost Guarantee they purchased the cheapest travel insurance policy possible, if they purchased one at all. Likely they only had baggage insurance or trip protection with no medical
  23. I’m 100% with you, I see no reason for anyone on a tourist class of Visa, including visa exempt and DTV, to have a bank account. If people tried getting a bank account in other countries on Tourist they would be laughed out of the bank
  24. I had a 90 day rejected due to a 1 night hotel stay locally. CM immigration said I didn’t need one, but I’ve just made it a habit of filling one out online after any nights away. Just makes life easier and I don’t have fight city hall where everyone has a different rule

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