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So what?

Had they simply planted a tracking device in the cases and allowed them to continue they would not have need to suspect a drug network - they could have arrested them Instead they arrested the equivalent of the mailman - a mule.

The key word phrase here is 'reasonably priced' - these don't need handling as they sell quickly - all the time. Overpriced units however almost never sell not for the amount some moron pulled out of their ass anyway - there's just not enough suckers. A classic example of this is my next door neighbour who attempted to sell their townhouse in Hua Hin for 8 million Baht and only grudgingly reduced the price in many small steps over the last 7 or 8 years down to 4 million Baht - when it sold - quickly for half the delusional amount they were looking for. They thought it was worth far more than it was because when they first purchased the house they paid double what everyone else had paid for their houses - suckers you see - but they didn't want to admit it. Right price = sale. Greed = nothing.

Lol, wait until they find out they really like that lovely comforting A/C

It's a requirement to enter the country. Everyone is a potential victim the second they step outside the airport - they all know every arriving passenger has a little cash on them - minimum 20k Baht.

What exactly is a 'sim box' ?

Today I made a 30k withdrawal from a Kasikorn ATM as normal. No problem, from what they call a 'Savings Account' in a single transaction.

There is a chance they're individually setting limits based on account activity, balances and expected behaviour. My Mrs asked them to increase her limits and they said no, mine are essentially whatever I want to set them to - but I spend millions of Baht a year through that account - she doesn't. When denying the increase in limits request they told her (a Thai national) via message that these limits they have set are appropriate for her account usage. What they didn't know is that she was about to go into a private hospital for an operation which would cost up to 300,000 Baht - so instead of simply sending this money to her as they wanted 50% before and the remainder on discharge I had to move my own ass down to the bank and I withdrew 500k in cash, some of which was then used to pay for the operation in cash which they questioned at the hospital - she told them it's due to the banks limits as they sat there like idiots counting large amounts of cash like it's the 1980s - they had not heard this before.

Meaningless for most places, people don't generally stay out until 4am - but there will be 'hospots' which will thrive - they will be few and far between.

That's right, no SMS for me. I also found that recent changes regarding daily spending limits do not apply to me. I booked a flight for about 160k Baht and simply increased my limit to 200k and paid for it with my debit card not long ago, no problem there either.

I heard nothing new. I wonder if they altered the actual ATMs - next time I go to the ATM I will withdraw 30,000 as usual and see if it works.

They look down on ordinary Thai people like they're some kind of bug who managed to creep in from the street at certain government departments. Questions are ignored completely, complete and utter contempt. They hate everyone - not just you.

They do and the number of flights between Thailand and Cambodia doubles in the high season. Cutting them off seems like a logical move.

They've been building 7/11s in Cambodia like crazy over the past few years. The price was literally double the Thai price for the same things on sale in Thailand, more in some cases - for pretty much everything. More shocking than this is that they were popular and busy with locals in Phnom Penh - like really busy. So the last time I went to Phnom Penh, a couple of weeks back the 7/11s have almost no stock and no customers. They're dead. There's also huge posters of lots of soldiers standing in some kind of formation along the side of the highways and some blurb in Khmer - no idea what it means but definitely some kind of propaganda.

Cutting all flights to / from both Myanmar and Cambodia would seem to be a good logical step at this point.

Good, perhaps that will teach them some manners in the future.

They should shut down all the affected beaches if they're serious about this, this is one of the dumbest ideas I've ever read and I have read a lot of incredibly dumb ideas in my days.

Hilarious then that during covids heyday the world population passed the 8 Billion mark for the first time ever and it did not reduce at all since that point.

War is coming, lets not doubt that.

Of course they are, that's what all ISPs do What can you do - nothing. I use CAT - find it's faster but you're getting throttled regardless.

lol....here we go.....

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that altering your address at the recipient bank into English and asking for a statement would be a way to do it - they will do that and you can send a copy of a statement - it was enough for me to use as proof of address in many places around the world Also due to recent changes in the rules I believe the bank are liable for the loss - not the customer - hence the change in their own sudden interest in 'protecting the customer' - they're protecting themselves, not the customer - for many years people who were scammed in one way or another it was hard luck - now it's on the banks they're very interested....

Yeah it doesn't add up - why would they give a crap if you live here in Thailand or anywhere else for that matter. I'd tell them to f off, just cancel the transaction if they won't do it - but it's not grounds to cancel someone elses bank account merely for attempting to send some money to someone else abroad.

Are they idiots or something? Wherever there's a military base there's a massive influx of cashed up well paid Americans spending in the local economy.

She had a full 30 day business visa issued last week, same as me - no problem for me as I'm on a British passport - her - treated as a tourist arriving without a visa - they didn't care about the visa in her hand Now that visa she was approved for last week is a proper business visa and can be extended but they didn't care So some low level official is overriding official government policy. Now she doesn't want to stay here at all - she's done with the place and we're going to leave. The point of this post is to outline that the hate is real and it begins for Thais before you even leave the airport - they had absolutely no problem with me - I had the same visa as her as well - 30 day E type visa commonly called 'business visa' but it's not - it covers all sorts of non tourist purposes.