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4 hours ago, keithpa said:

A wallet containing 100 , 1000 bt notes was found , Rimhart Condo, a few years ago, and handed to security.

Not sure what your point is here. That people often do return money? Yeah that's right. Even taxi drivers.

But these two decided they found money and planned on keeping it. Had they turned the money in they'd have found out right away that it wasn't real.

1 hour ago, keithpa said:

What rubbish. Did they say they found money every day, does no one ever lose money?

Not $1000 in $100s. 

They now posted on the Gofundme that it was Cambodian spirit money and the word copy was covered in dirt so they didn’t see it. 

5 year olds come up with better excuses when they get caught eating sweets. 

2 hours ago, hgma said:

It is time for a nation wide crack down on illegal gun possession! 

RIP

They might not have been illegal. It’s not difficult to get a gun here. Just very expensive. 

12 minutes ago, 2008bangkok said:

I dont think the BIB would arrest them if they found a fake note and tried to exchange it, but having 5 or 10 thats a different story. More like they already had them and probably good fakes and thought the Thai's wouldn't notice more like.

But hey Im not Columbo so what do I know.

 

It was $1000. Probably fake $100s.

3 hours ago, mick220675 said:

Thais can feel superior with their environmental attitude as they hold their had out and take the Chinese money, but the Chinese are the masters now.

 

If Thailand wants ever increasing tourist revenues it will have to accept the ways of their powerful Chinese friends. The Chinese do not care what TAT says.

The TAT should breed starfish and then toss a bunch into the water before the Chinese bus unloads. Problem solved! 

On 2/15/2018 at 2:21 PM, Pattaya46 said:

Which witnesses?

Sources please?

From the first message of this topic: "Ms Sangsuwan [the waitress] said that while it may have looked violent, her and Mr Robb were in fact “just joking” and that at no time did she feel threatened by the Australian. "

Not sure if I’m allowed to link here but it’s in the Thai news. They interviewed all of the bar staff. She said she was lifted in the air by Robb and that it didn’t hurt but she couldn’t breathe. Then the American guy came over to help and they fought. 

4 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Good to see there is now CCTV coverage, and also credible witnesses to debunk the crap about the victim lifting and choking the bargirl.

The idiotic self defense plea should also be shown to be just typical victim blaming to try to excuse extreme violent behavior. 

There are also credible witnesses that said the waitress was choked and lifted up in the air. Including the waitress herself. 

I would take these witness statements with a grain of salt. Many people were drunk and there are lots of conflicting reports already. First that it was a group attack. Then that it was one guy who stomped on the Aussie over and over with chairs being thrown. Then the attack was over in 20 seconds. Then a Darth Vader choke. Now the choke was just a little playing around. 

Not all of these can be true obviously. 

Let’s see what the video says. 

The brakes were clearly working as anyone can hear from the video. 

It was a faulty brain at work here not faulty brakes. 

3 hours ago, theguyfromanotherforum said:

 

Actually Taxis are just as dangerous. You should use a bus which is quite safer and also much cheaper.

Except when the driver falls asleep or there is brake failure. 

There is surely more to the story here. I’m sympathetic to the guy not seeing his kid but painting such a one sided story doesn’t do anyone any good. 

Article glosses over that he was in jail for “another matter” and suggests only that his wife was the owner of the handmade gun and that’s why he was deported. 

It could be the unspecified other matter which ended in him being deported rather than the gun.

And why would he permit an illegal gun in his house to begin with? It’s not difficult for a Thai to get a legal gun, it’s just expensive. But given he was spending money on various cars it doesn’t seem money was a problem. 

He he plead guilty because he couldn’t understand anything? He fired his lawyer because the lawyer was expensive? And didn’t bother to hire at least a translator? Seems everyone around him was always in the wrong except him. 

And as far as the land is concerned foreigners can’t own land in Thailand so it’s always a risk putting it in a wife’s name as if the relationship ends the land goes. 

If it was an accident it’s a bit of a strange reaction to leave and check into another hotel. 

Wonder what name he uses. Mr. J Bond?

17 hours ago, mitsubishi said:

It was a decent way to invest in before it hit the roof, now though it is terrible advice as you say.

To be fair the same could be said about any investment. Impossible to predict when the highs and lows are unless one is manipulating the market. 

On 1/5/2018 at 10:39 PM, jadee said:

Hi, could you explain more about how to do this. I'm from the UK and live in Thailand, which bank offers ETFs with the lowest fees? I have an account with Bangkok Bank and from their homepage I went to Personal Banking, Mutual Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds - is that the kind of product you are referring to? Do I just contact the bank and say I want to 'buy some'? 

Under notes it does say: 

• Investments are not deposits and carry the risk that investors may not receive their money back in full when the investment is redeemed (the principal is not guaranteed)

Thanks for any advice you can give. 

You’ll need to open up an account with a broker and transfer cash from your bank account to your brokerage account. Then from there you buy the ETF and pay a commission for the transaction as you would do buying an individual stock. That’s all there is to it. Same process for selling. 

There is is a list of brokers on the Thai stock exchange (SET) website. There is also a list of ETFs. Most basic option is to pick one that tracks the whole Index. 

If the money isn’t already in Thailand you may want to consider keeping some of it offshore and invest there in a similar manner. 

Yes the financing can be transferred to the buyer. It's actually a fairly straightforward process. They need to be approved by the financing company then the buyer pays you some cash (assuming you have some equity) and you go with the buyer to the financing company to complete the paperwork. 

As another option maybe you can negotiate with your company to provide you an amount in cash instead of the company car. 

On 1/3/2018 at 11:48 PM, Acemaker said:

 

On 1/3/2018 at 11:48 PM, Acemaker said:

Thats total Tosh , it sounds like you havent done any meaningful research on the current Crypto market, just listening to losers in late night Bars who mock anybody whois clever enough to make money on Cryptos, Penny Stocks lol, what an ill informed person you are.

I've done a fair amount of research actually, and would buy in if I saw anything that looked promising and had any sort of substance. I've also got two friends who made huge sums getting in Bitcoin early- one cashed out a while ago and another seems to be cashing out now. So I don't look down on anyone who has made money on cryptos. Far from it, good for them. 

But getting in *now* is a different story. It's gambling- and poor advice for someone who is older and needs a secure investment. 

On 1/3/2018 at 2:42 PM, seancbk said:

 

I totally get it.   However, the OP is hardly old, he's only 57.    As I said no need to put a lot of money into it and no need to do it immediately.   Instead he could start doing some research, learning about the differences between rubbish projects and genuinely good projects that will dramatically change industries and business in a few years.   I wouldn't recommend someone with no knowledge just throw money at crypto expecting to get rich. 

However there are some great projects and people will make very nice profits by investing in them.    Lots of resources online to learn about it.


 

I meant older as in it looks like he won't be working again, so he very much depends on maintaining his nest egg. The theory is that younger people don't rely on the income and can absorb more volatility as they're still generating income and savings and could choose to work longer if necessary.

Any particular projects you recommend? I checked out a couple including one in my industry that was getting some press but unfortunately it turned to to be nothing more than snake oil. Lots of buzzwords about combining the Internet of things with digitisation and the blockchain but no actual product.

You press the buttons to move the stick back and forth until it's the same distance from you as the other stick.

Not easily done if one has one eye with worse vision than the other. One used to be able to cheat at this test by watching the shadows but they covered up the box so all you see is the tops of the sticks now.

The good news is if you fail you can go to the back of the line and do it again. A lot of people fail. A trick is to pay attention to the amount of time people press the button who pass. 

24 minutes ago, seancbk said:

 

Why?  He's going to have plenty of time to do research into the best project to back.   No-one is saying he needs to put 160K in either.   He could choose 10 small cap coins and invest 500-1000 pounds into each.   

But each to their own.    

As one gets older one’s risk profile decreases as they depend more on the nest egg. Putting money into crypto is not good advice at all for OP given it’s so risky. 

It’s no better than trading penny stocks on margin. Could turn one into a millionaire but odds are one will probably lose the whole thing long term. 

With the $200k buy some ETFs linked to indexes. Very low fees and you should clear another 20k Baht per month keeping the investment secure. 

You have to order a ton of food at Fuji to hit 3000 Baht. Sounds like they (it maybe she) were ordering food with the idea not to eat it for whatever reason she had decided. 

Then the guy has the audacity at the end to try and negotiate a discount as if he’s at a Russian vegetable market.