Middle Aged Grouch

What about the tax issues that are pending against foreign pensionners ? No fear at all on a tourist visa.

Better to plainly avoid comming here, if possible, during the hot season that runs from march to october.

Wow...drug dealers and murderers have got out with far less and sometimes with no jail time. Guess they want to get back at the rich maybe ? But what about all those fine young ladies of 30 years old who scam the guilable falang retiree boyfriend-sponsor ?

The main point should be is to look how much cheaper is the cost of living in the Philippines, compared to Thailand that is getting more and more costly day by day.

Can one have a LTR retiree visa and use it only for a few months each year and thus not be subject to the new tax rules ? Or does the fact plainly to have a LTR pensionner visa mean that the tax lads will be after you even if you don't stay more then the 180 days ? Is it 180 days for the fiscal year that is from jan to december or how is it counted ? Thank you.

Use Bolt if you can, cheaper and more available in outer parts of Hua Hin. If you are say in Hin Lek Fai area near Black Mountain, you may have issues as they are often rather reluctant to serve that area.

Biden is a disaster for global peace and prosperity. Even a fool would know that.

What is it with all these farangs who need to pay just for company ?

Once living long stay in Thailand foreigners here are get more aware on how they get cheated, no doubt on that.... and it happens in every non fully developped country. But one also gets aware that in Thailand one needs to avoid even more the falangs here as there are many many dodgy foreigners all fleeing their issues back in the west, who have set up base in Thailand. Not all obviously, but many and mainly those running businesses.

Funny because hotels are all starving to get foreigners as most are only partially booked.

Should rather legally hire foreigners in shops for instance due to local sales staff who often cannot speak a work of english. Or at most hire all the bar stool girls as sales staff, who have great language talents.

Try the local soapy, they all tend to hand out around.

Don't think the home owner was a foreigner. Best thing is to name and shame the crooked developper all over foreign social media from abroad of course and in the newspapers in the hometowns of the dishonest developpers.

sorry but we don't click on unknown links from strangers...our dads said not to do so...so sorry...

Then how come the local sports TV pub is still full ?

Cant really blame Spain....now if they could do the same and boycott Thailand with the Chinese, that would be so kind of them.

quite a few in top notch tailor shops of BKK

Whatever the choice, it is always a better deal to buy from the local thai shop selling only aircons because they know what the local dynamics are and are street smart. Flee from the malls as they are just out to make a quick sale with bad after sales service usually.

Screen also all the falangs legally living in Thailand, in Hua Hin, Bangkok.... who run businesses and cheat foreigners in overcharging or with crappy quality deliveries. Mainly in the real estate business, tailor shops or restaurants.

Lots of property being sold off by retirees who do not wish to get taxed on their pensions. Also many properties sold off in beach towns due to faulty construction delivered by irresponsable developpers. Heard many bad experiences from people on social media mainly in Hua Hin or Hin Lek Fai areas with badly finished villas with swimming pools from so-called reputed developpers. Major defects that were not visible to the naked eye during the hand over of the properties. And as a foreigner, good luck to get any justice in the courts, so the only resort the victims have is to warn others in Asia or Europe.

Disgusting how Ukraine refused to present condoleances. It just shows how those people are and the US and European Union are supoorting them. Full respect for Thailand's decency.

Foreigners will not invest in real estate any more with all the crooks who sell defective homes in major beach towns like Hua Hin

The Bangkok or Hua Hin garbage dumps at the shores have hopefully not (yet) polluted these lovely areas. But mass tourism definately will do so soon.

What about the many crooks in real estate who sell houses to foreigners on leasehold and do not deliver the property with the proper quality or safety standards ? No serious legal protection for the foreigner who has put in money. Better thus never to buy in Thailand unless you put in what you do not mind to loose.

Ok one could perhaps trust a global trade show but how to trust those local gem or gold joints that are all over ? They could very well either push in fakes or upgrade the quality of lower grade stones or gold. I would never trust a jewelry shop for such valuable pieces in Thailand. It's like buying a "genuine" Rolex at Bangkok MBK mall !!!