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Yes, that's the point of the post. Riffing on the reasons for the movements, up or down.

Can you explain what you're getting at? The first part is easy enough, FX is huge. But what opportunity did the baht offer? It was becoming less valuable, as far as I could tell. So how was that an opportunity?

The bath never goes up that fast but always much slower, despite all the negative factors. The USD, however, can change quickly. Perhaps that's due to the size of the economy and all the players. But I'm pretty dumb on the subject.

That makes some sense. So complicated. So I guess USD going down against the baht is sort of happenstance? Or are big Thai players trading dollar for baht and influencing it? As SpiderMike says, it looks pretty grim here right now. But nothing new there. You only have to look at the last few years to see that it never seems to make a difference. The teflon baht slip-slides along. True I have some emotional bias in the game so maybe I'm not seeing things clearly. Sure, plenty of huge problems in the US, too.

Ok, so they're ok with the rate of inflation, is what you're saying (I can't read that link unfortunately)? But how does that influence the dollar to go down against the baht?

Didn't the US report say inflation was continuing to climb in the US? As for the Thai economy not contributing to the exchange rate, are we saying that nothing that happens in the Thai economy will affect the baht's performance? That clearly can't be true but I can see how it's more of a small boat in a big sea. Well, I know it's a very complicated mechanism and I guess I'm trying to make it simple. I suppose that's why it's such a fun puzzle to think about. Confounding.

Inflation report in Thailand you mean, correct? Meaning folks have renewed faith in the baht? As we like to say, polytetrafluoroethylene baht (teflon).

This might be on another post somewhere but I didn't find it. This is the eternal question, of course, and yes, I have USD. I'm not really asking the hows and why in general as that's an endless debate. The USD has been going up against the baht a decent bit in the last month or two. I'm just curious what might have caused the .30 drop in the last couple of days. That's the biggest movement in that time span in a long while and it surprised me as the economic signs here are not good. There must have been some news or action that prompted that movement...anyone? Thanks!

Looking at those pics, the fan in the one I have looks more like the one on the left, that is, it has a housing around it. But the lights are those LED lights. Hmm, all the talk on here that the light does not attract the mosquitos so maybe UV or LED doesn't matter? I don't know anymore. What is supposed to kill the mosquito in this thing, anyway? Just trapping them in the bottom? The cost is ridiculous. You could make this set-up yourself for about 100 baht that probably would work better. Small fan, container, screen, and a light. Hmm, I might do it! No word back yet from the seller. Does Lazada intervene in these cases or is it just between me and the seller directly?

I initiated a return. Not sure how that will go. Even if I send it back and don't get the refund, well, won't be any MORE of a loss. Just won't have that piece of garbage sitting around. Did you refuse the delivery after reading of my experience, by chance? Though I noted how light the box was, I was not quick enough on my feet to refuse the delivery.

Best to pull the engine....taking the <deleted>, of course. This seems like a lying awake in the middle of the night type of worry. I get them. I would just wrap a cotton rag around the lead.

I don't happen to have a lot of mosquitos buzzing around at the moment, strangely, so not the best time to test it. But looking at it and picking it up, seems like it should come out of a gumball machine. Maybe I'll return it, if possible. Thanks for your time.

Thanks, Lopburi. Yes, I absolutely wasn't trying to slam you in any way, nor the other poster, and appreciate the advice. I just didn't read at all the description (in Thai anyway!) and was expecting something that was bigger and more robust. Certainly seems quite expensive for some plastic and a cheap fan motor. What do you think justifies the price, if anything? I don't know if it's a UV light....the 6 purple dots where the light is coming from look to me like LEDs but I suppose I might not know the difference. The plug is a USB plug, which I'm not all that happy about. How about your version, Lopburi! Cheers, Bam

I've been lurking in the background of this thread and bought one of the first mentioned zappers mentioned and here is the link: https://www.lazada.co.th/products/portoti-pr-25mb-mosquito-pest-killer-i2446139267-s8486400578.html?spm=a2o4m.searchlist.list.22.11242510T69CT1&search=1&freeshipping=1 It just arrived about 30 minutes ago. I have no idea yet if it works or not but just wanted to mention how surprised I was at the small size and lightweight. I will admit to not reading the listing, I just went on the recommendation of the other posters and not calling them out at all. But just saying....it's about the size of a coffee can, but with an umbrella head. Just really small. And weights far less than that coffee can does. It looks like a little toy. Yeah, might be good for under your desk but can't imagine for much more given its size. It is not an industrial killing machine, I would think but happy to be proven wrong. It's just so tiny and cheap feeling. But again, this is all anecdotal and again, not complaining about it. Just pointing out the tiny size and cheap quality. Must weight about 250 grams. Cheers, Bam

In Chiang Mai, on personal property, either inside a yard or half on the sidewalk in front of a shop house. Not in restaurants...all private affairs. But some of them are big, 10-12 people. Or 3 or 4 friends having BBQ's with beer and whiskey.

How could it possibly be going down, really? When comparing it to the surging cases in the US, among most other places, where there are far, far more people vaccinated, it seems highly improbable. Of course, people's behavior is different in the two countries and there are different restrictions here than in the US, and probably more mask wearing but the restrictions are not particularly limiting and I see plenty of people getting together for dinners and drinking, no masking, etc... My impression is that this thing will not go away until the vast majority are vaccinated, have gotten antibodies from having it, or die.

Horrible. I would think drugs involved, too. Or a lot of drink. I'm sure it WAS an accident. Accident in the sense that he most likely did not want to kill her in the big picture. Something caused a snap in the brain and blind anger and irrationality came to the forefront and took over. How else can one make sense of these things? Tragic for everyone involved.