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Post #2. midas, I have not quoted your reply to my initial (1st) post because frankly I have not figured out out how to do it yet. My point in posting was to respond to your enquiry as to whether anyone has had previous dealings with the person being "discussed". That post is further up the thread and easily referenced. Note the sentence " He respected my privacy and returned my (security) deposit without argument...". What more does a renter require from a landlord? As to my point that this is fundamentally a "failure to agree to terms", which you dispute, I maintain my stance that this is the key issue. He wanted a years rent in advance and you refused. End of story. As for your subjective impressions of his character, they are irrelevant to this issue. You were disappointed and I was not. Are your experiences more valid than mine? Considering that I actually did business with this man and you did not. Business being defined as money changing hands.

Your posts in this thread smack of "tabloid journalism". Throw enough mud in the hope that some will stick. And some may indeed stick. Not because what you say is true but simply because you say it in a public forum.

Alright, I have lurked on thaivisa for over 3 years and never been sufficiently motivated to get off my butt and make a post, even tho I have benefited greatly from other's contributions. Here goes post #1. I HAVE had dealiings with Dr. Steussi. I rented a condo from him 4 years ago on arriving in Pattaya. He was my landlord for 18 months. He respected my privacy and returned my deposit without argument when I left the condo for a larger one. I had given him 1st months rent, one month inadvance and one months rent as security deposit. After the first month I paid him month to month. Perhaps he has had some negative experience with renters since then to explain his desire for payment of one years rent in advance. I do not know. What I do know is that this issue is fundamentally a failure to agree to terms. Happens all the time. What I have not ever seen in 3 years of reading posts on many topics is a sustained personal attack on an individual such as midas is doing in this post. Researching someone's CV? Come on. I think midas will be a busy man if that is his new pre-occupation in the Land of Smiles.

Also, as I have just registered in order to post, I would draw the moderators attention to rules 1 and 2 on the registration page regarding defamatory and inflamatory posts which midas who has over 350 posts should be well aware exist.