TroubleandGrumpy

Which can be easily 'broken' by 3 letter agencies if they want/need. That is standard practice these days mate - they can access anything and everything. Especially true in Thailand - no 'consumer laws' to hold them to account either.

4 more years - minus a few months. Deal with it. Get over it. Move on.

You are right - it has happened before. This is my response to another poster:- The "Crusades" were a series of holy wars between Islam and Christendom that started when the Christian Nations united and drove Islamic forces out of France and Austria - and then most of Europe. Check out the real history - it took 100s of years. Islam conquered and ruled most parts of Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Southern Italy, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Greece, and Turkey. The Christians won more than they lost in Europe and after driving out Islam they then moved on to the Holy Lands - often this part is called Crusades these days - but it all started a long time before that. The 'crusade' was to remove Islam from Europe. Whilst the modern woke version of history says that the Pope called for the invasion of the Holy Lands and that started the problems and violence between Islam and the West, the truth is that the Christian Nations were driving Islam out of Europe after Islam had invaded and conquered large parts of Eastern and Southern Europe. When Islam moved on France and Austria that resulted in Christendom uniting and taking action. The point is that it was not until Islam tried to conquer France and Austria that Europe united and reacted. It took 100s of years but they drove them out and then invaded the Holy Lands and took Jerusalem - things have been 'difficult' ever since. If Islam is not careful the next 'Crusades' as such could result in their obliteration.

The "Crusades" were a series of holy wars between Islam and Christendom that started when the Christian Nations united and drove Islamic forces out of France and Austria - and then most of Europe. Check out the real history - it took 100s of years. Islam conquered and ruled most parts of Spain, Portugal, Sicily, Southern Italy, Greece, Serbia, Bulgaria, Albania, Bosnia, Croatia, Hungary, Greece, and Turkey. The Christians won more than they lost in Europe and after driving out Islam they then moved on to the Holy Lands - often this part is called Crusades these days - but it all started a long time before that. The 'crusade' was to remove Islam from Europe. Whilst the modern woke version of history says that the Pope called for the invasion of the Holy Lands and that started the problems and violence between Islam and the West, the truth is that the Christian Nations were driving Islam out of Europe after Islam had invaded and conquered large parts of Eastern and Southern Europe. When Islam moved on France and Austria that resulted in Christendom uniting and taking action.

The Crusades was when Europe Christendom nations united and drove out the Muslims. Seems it is going the same way again.

We use booking.com and agoda - whoever has the best deals we then go with them. Booking direct is rarely cheaper but does happen. Lately agoda has been the best deals - seems in low season they have better rates. Hotel in Bangkok we are at this week was 30% below the booking.com rate and much cheaper than direct.

Ditto. But unfortunately a lot of hotels and 'customers' who never actually met, got money from the scheme. People were staying with friends and getting paid - it was a poorly organised shambles, but it worked.

Yep that is how they paint and make laws here - no fix or clean first - just paint straight on, and then again - make it look good. Does not matter if it is not good. Repeat 6 to 12 months later.

Nail on the head hit. They are who gains from this.

Tried all week and gave up. After all the reports of ripoff pricing and complicated bookings we have decided to give it a miss. Because it was scammed last time, TAT is trying to prevent it being abused this time around. As with all Thai 'systems' especially TAT, it is badly organised and implemented.

Oh look. Another mental retard to be blocked.

BS. You are her fall back guy. A safe bloke to turn to when needed. Grow a pair and grow up.

The vast majority of those imports from China are in fact repacked goods which are then exported to USA and other countries to bypass the tariffs on China. This has been going on for decades and it is about time the West shut China down. Thailand is screwed and they know it, but cannot work a deal to make the best out of it. The Thai Chamber of Commerce yesterday was demanding the Thai Govt negotiate a zero tariff with USA because the economy is struggling = the delusion is astounding.

UPDATE. I did some new transfers today and the 'Wise delays' are all on Bangkok Bank - irrespective of the amount. When I entered the transactions for 10K AUD each, I input the BB accounts as receivers. Before the final step, the Wise system said amounts 'will be received on Monday 14th". I then cancelled them both before sending. I then started two separate transactions later 10K to our Krungsri accounts, and the Wise system said that both transfers would be received 'immediately'. The transactions to me were selected as 'for long term stay in country' and for the wife they were both 'sending money to family' - so that was not the issue. Bangkok Bank take 3 days (weekend) and Krungsri is done instantly. Says it all. It is not Wise - it is the bank. Once my annual renewal is done we will be switching over to Krungsri - as long as their new Biz Online banking service is free.

The left lie to themselves all the time - so lying to others comes naturally - they are like many women. Just like women too, their sense of self is completely askew, and they have no concept of accountability for their actions or lies.

Fair enough - the advantages of being female are endless (as are the disadvantages).

He didn't face prosecution did he ? ( clue mental fitness) ergo he was too senile as reported and now fully exposed. Yep - he was determined not to be able to fully recall the events that lead to them being where they were found, and therefore they should not proceed with charges. Cue insert about Hillary Clinton - spin the wheel and pick a reason not to charge.

Adding to a lot of the comments, I would have to say that is was also because of the marriage laws in Australia. After being divorced and financially rap** in my late-40s I vowed to never be in that situation again. Over the years I have known a lot of blokes that got divorced and then re-married - and except for one bloke, they were all divorced again within 5-10 years and financially rap** again. So I saved up my money and looked after the kids and then retired early and looked where to retire overseas. Decided Thailand after visiting most of them and after a few years met a lovely Thai lady - best decision of my life. But if it was a bad decision I could have walked away with all my money - 10 years coming up - happy as the proverbial pig. Love the people - hate the Government.

Union is a better game when played at the top level - so much better on many levels. But watching Union being played by 'local' teams (or women) is atrocious. League is OK to watch when played by the 'locals' - still effed when women try to play it.

Laurie was very bad - but I have a worse one for you. In fact he is the greatest rugby league player of all time. Wally Lewis. There is a reason why all the great coaches of team sports were 'good' players, but not greats. The greats did what they did through extreme talent and capabilities, whereas the good players have to work out the game completely, and decide how to play based on what were their best advantages. The greats (geniuses) just did what they did and it was mainly 'natural' for them.

Trump has a love hate relationship with the woke liberal MSM. The media loves Trump because of all the clicks they get from their delusional mentally damaged base, when they publish yet another BS story. Trump, like all rational people, hates the MSM.

I here you and agree mate - the animals have taken over the farm as George Orwell wrote about and predicted. I recall saying to one of the wokes years ago 'I reject your equality delusion because I want the best cricketers to play for Australia - not 50/50 men/women and not with a mandated aboriginal player, etc etc etc'. I then went on to state that I accept that as a cricketer I am inferior and I accept that reality. Likewise, I said women are not capable of playing at the same level as men and that is reality. Needless to say they could not accept that - the mindless delusions of some people astound me to this day. PS - I am a minority - I am an Expat living in Thailand. I came here by choice and I can leave anytime - but I stay because I accept that is the situation I that am in - I am discriminated against because I am a minority. I will complain from time to time (to the wife and other Expats), but I do accept it.

Yes mate - if they put me through it again, then retirement it is - I will let you know about the letter in Oct. As you say, there is always a few 'unpleasant' ones - and complaining will only make it worse 🙂 Frankly, the 800K versus 400K is the main reason I used Marriage this time around. The money is not the problem, it is that I only bring over money when I need it because I get much better returns on the money in Australia. 400K in Australia earns me about 2000 Baht a month - a game of golf 🙂 Why sit 800K here and earn SFA interest for 4-6 months when I can sit only 400K. But if they do all that again, I will consider the lost earnings worth the price. Plus I just recalled that I was also very annoyed to find out that I cannot leave the Province or Country while the approval is 'under review' for 30 days. Next time for sure.

TAT is gonna just love this - more negatives about the country that is the Hub of Negatives in SEAsia.

Interesting. I think that is an additional factor to the possible reasons for delays. Years ago I worked for a 'telecoms aggregator' and we sold telecommunications systems and networks. We did not have any national or international services ourselves (not a carrier), but we leased 'big pipes' from all the big players. What we did was use on whatever day and time, the carrier services who were offering the best deals on that day at that time. All the BS about resilience and backup was sort of true, but the real reasons was because we could get a better profit. I think Wise are doing that - using whatever transfer system is the cheapest to send money to whatever bank in whatever country. That might be the case in many places - but here in Thailand I think the problem is more Bangkok Bank. And with all their recent BS about bank letters and all their other new rules targeting fraud, I am looking into swapping over to Krungsri for all our main banking activity.