Middle Aged Grouch

It seems like a stream on PrnHub ????

As long as many attempt to claim there is no corruption and the system does not straightforwardly sack the corrupt (and no more transfers to "inactive" posts), the party will continue.

They call it LoS because they smile when they are able to cheat the naive farang.

All depends on which branch. People have opened bank accounts just on visa exempt in Phuket and on showing just the passport.

Why all the bother ? Just start looking to move to Vietnam or Cambodia or Malaysia, the Philippines, or even India...

New era ? So the Police will stop the racket and try to extort to take money fine foreigners on every road block all over Hua Hin or Bangkok on any excuse ? Let's see

Yes I understand what you mean, but the rent I was referring to where they were charged for stay and separare bill for electric and cleaner was a hotel style rent scheme of pool villas in Hua Hin. Imagine you going in any hotel in Thailand and they charge you separate...it would lead to an uproar all over social media and give bad publicity one the visitor is back home.

April to november are the best despite the rain. Prices are a whole lot cheaper, everything goes on discount rates, services are highly more available, better service and attention everywhere and the place is not over crowded with tourists or expats.

In Thailand never buy. Always rent. And even renting can end up as a nightmare with sudden costs that can surge. I knew a family who rented a pool villa in Hua Hin. They were charged for the rent, separate bill for electricity and another one for getting the house cleaned at their departure.

His staff should send out a memo draft to all banks, immigration every govt office, saying that any foreigner who has a blue book, has purchased property in Thailand must not be harassed and stop asking for absurd residence certificate or proof or residency. Any Tom Dick and Harry in a brown uniform or bank clerk or DLT office clerk invents his or her own rules depending on the mood of the day when dealing with a foreigner. This has to Stop now please. ????

If he gives out on all the obvious that everybody knows, it's the other party who will sue him on defamation. ????

The biggest cheats are the credit-debit card goons of the banks abroad, who scam the naive customers who think credit cards are the solution. Cash ont the other hand is risky to carry, fully agree, but remains the best and cheapest option if you want to avoid those hateful commissions. Not to menton the risks of getting your card skimmed in Thailand...

For the retirement visa the lucky ones making 80k a year in pension (mainly those from Europe and Switzerland etc) do not need to have any further investments. The health care is top level in France, Switzerland and few other european countries for all it's residents no matter how much they earn. They are the quality retirees Thailand wants to woe with this scheme.

Legalize it but highly put tax on the casinos and make them controled by the authorities to avoid tax evasion. Use part of the tax to dispense due therapy or social aid to the addicts who always will end up loosing their lives. Many rich people all over the world have ended up paupers in the streets due to their gambling addiction. But keeping it illegal will just continue to feed corruption and make the fortunes of mafias and top level people of power, getting their commissions under the table. So obviously, it will never get legal as there is far to much money to make in maintaining it illegal. But the government is loosing billions in tax money.

Expect overrated "common fees" monthly like some housing spaces in Hua Hin who charge absurd common fees per month around 4000 THB that is far to much. Community fees are to cover expenses and not make money for the project managers. But that is another story on a whole.

Were you ranting similar "comments", just before COVID and before the war in Europe and before the many US financial crashes ?

Full of female east european cabin staff who can be quite cold and indifferent to passenger needs.

I always use mac computers but each mac computer I purchased always had to be bought back after some months or during the warranty for hardware issues. I still use them as I just hate the PC computers. But never think Apple products are trouble free because that is not the case at all.

Not to mention the <removed> Thai Police all over the place from Bangkok to Hua Hin to Pattaya to Phuket. They just love to stop farangs and take money. Of course there are also many farangs who do not respect the laws and think they can do what they like in Thailand. We also have our friends the driving licence people at the DLT who in many cities will make it a point to make a fuss on driver foreigner driver licence conversion and many offices have rude staff who just love hushing foreigners away and find some excuse not to do the foreign licence conversion for Thailand.

Wrong. If you go with somebody who knows someone at the bank, they won't ask for anything else then your passport etc. Absolutely no hassles. That's why it is all so absurd as they invent rules that are plainly brushed aside on the next moment.

He hates foreigners and will do anything to make like more difficult for all the visa red tape. If he is nominated, foreigners, expats retirees would be better off to shift to Vietnam or Cambodia.

The green and other environmental left wing terrorists are plainly destroying europe and the west. All with the complicity of the european or american politicans in power who see big bucks in the current dictatorship of the green-environmental terrorists and the other pro climate extremists.

With all the global instability and even western banks who go bankrupt, I would think only once before putting in 800k in a Thai Bank. Getting back your money from the government if a bank is bankrupt in the west can be a hassle. But in Thailand, where a falang has practically no rights in court, it can be risky.

In Thailand and in the real estate business, the farangs cheat you as bad if not worse then the locals. Mainly in those pool villa developpments like in Hua Hin, Phuket, Pattaya and of course Bangkok etc. All looks nice when the house is built but quite often there are issues in electricity and short circuits, bulbs getting regularly fused after a few days, electrical surges that can wreck your electrical appliances, bad materials used, flaws in the construction. low quality paint used that cracks indoors and outdoors....not to mention the overcharging on basic services like cleaning or the community fees and so on. Wonder how long such business will survive with the current climate where people will not put in money any more for such rubbish....Once you pay, these farang developpers just don't care anymore and only try to lure you to pay exorbitant costs in all kinds of upgrading. Same with many falang restaurant owners in beach towns. They think they are in their home country with all their roasts, football nights and do not make other foreigners or tourists feel welcome. They want to remain within their own falang beer drinking clans This gives a bad image of Thailand who is open to all visitors and foreigners and does not like these falang clans to take over and only want to cater to their own communities mainly in Hua Hin, Pattaya or Phuket. So one can understand these steps. Try going to some english or european country, sports bar. If you are not one of the, their own staff can be rude and badly serve or plainly make you wait for hours before they serve you or worse, serve others who arrive after. Of course this is not something in general but happens now and then in places like Hua Hin or other beach towns. The point here is that better perhaps to have some jobs reserved for Thai's as rather get cheated by a local then a farang. (and also cheaper).

Sorry to ask but what is this inverter used for ?