khunron13

To all you Apple haters, go ahead and boycott all you want. My AAPL stock has gone from 138 to 663 in the last five years, and I hardly think your childish boycott will make a difference.

Wouldn't a warning against buying counterfeits in Thailand, and then taking them home to Farangland, be more relevant ?

Either way it's the stupidest policy ever enabled or the journalist completely misunderstood the entire story.

Take your pick.

I particularly liked, that the announcement will be made when the plane is inbound to Thailand, and it's already too late to leave at home, one's French/Italian/British knock-offs of famous Thai products !

There will be an "amnesty" box at the door to drop off your fake goods. Once it's full everything will be taken to lower Sukhumvit where you can buy it back!

Thank you so much....I needed a good laugh!

Much welcomed news, but those capacity numbers are pretty iffy! If for no other reason that people won't move away from the door to let others inside, thereby reducing capacity by at least 1/4!

Thailand, the Hub of Reviving Failed Schemes!

Well done, PTP!

Below your question is a link to Agoda.com!

Straight out of the rice paddy!

Thailand - Crackdown Hub of Southeast Asia!

How do you get from "Bangkok police have more than 50,00 unsolved cases" to bulletproof vest being donated to Pol Colonel Thanakrit Chaijaruwut facing punishment for not ensuring that a policeman shot and wounded in the line of duty received proper care? The literary excellence of The Nation never ceases to amaze me!

Just my two satangs worth, but wouldn't it be better to increase police patrols in those 112 locations which have been determined to be so dangerous? Sorry, just caught myself trying to use some common sense!

Okay!

Something to think about...how are you going to get money into that account? Bangkok Bank offers a relatively easy way to transfer funds from a U.S. bank to their NYC branch, which is automatically transferred to your local account.

It's asking for the Administrator password. If you don't know that, then you need to go back to the shop you bought it from.

As long as your card is not in the machine at the time, why should you care if "criminals take the hole ATM away with a iron rope and a pickup car"?

It might be the one that has his money in it.

I hope you're joking!

As long as your card is not in the machine at the time, why should you care if "criminals take the hole ATM away with a iron rope and a pickup car"?

There are plenty of good restaurants on Soi 8. Det. 5 Bar & Restaurant is my favorite.

"Does anyone else feel this is coming?"

No and food prices are much cheaper here than the USA unless you buy imported foods.

I would modify that somewhat, and say "unless you buy Western-style foods", regardless whether or not they are imported.

For example, 79 baht for a loaf of sourdough, baked at Big C (formerly Carrefour), is about par for similar at a supermarket in the US (although Big C's version is not as good).

Still, if you buy local staples, fresh market meat and vegetables, it's still WAY cheaper than the US. Digging slightly deeper, however, the trend is toward higher prices, partly due to energy prices which have been held artificially low. That can not last forever.

Comparing Thailand and S. Korea is fraught with danger, because they are not even close to the same economic standard. S. Korean productivity has risen disproportionately and they are a modern, technological economy. Thailand's productivity, by any measure, will not approach S. Korea's in even the distant future, for reasons that are beyond the scope of this thread, I suppose...

I'd have to agree, there is no comparison between Thailand and Korea.

I'm guessing you're a foreigner, but what about the customer? If he's another foreigner then threaten to go to the police and immigration. If he's Thai, then forget about ever seeing your money!

I stopped reading at "When we arrived i decided to invite him to some rounds of whislky at my room". If this is for real, then you're lucky to still be alive, but I seriously doubt anyone can be that stupid!

I transfer money from offshore to Bangkok Bank monthly and pay my rent via funds transfer and never had a problem. Setting it up was a bit of a task, but it just took some patience and it was done.

Your branch of SCB should open at 8:30, so I recommend you go ask them.

It's not April Fool's day yet!

They don't like it up 'em!

What is that supposed to mean?