Bangkok Barry

I've only once bought something via FB and it was fake. But I'd paid by PayPal when we were allowed to use it in Thailand, and they got my money back. Since then I have never used FB as a market place. If a business isn't professional enough or too lazy to have a website then that is a red flag to me. A basic website costs little to set up and run. As for FB, no, they don't seem to care. The response to the OP leaves no doubt at all about that. Thailand is quite hot on computer crime though, and maybe the case should be brought to the attention of the authorities, especially as the scammer has seemingly admitted to their actions. The police wouldn't even have to leave their air-conditioned office......

More corruption by men in uniform, it seems.

The final paragraph is probably behind it. Now he'll have to go and play soldiers. As Spurs player Son Heung-min had to do - but he accepted his fate with grace.

Brake failure in Thailand means the driver is unable to correctly judge the stopping distance and was going too fast to stop in time. Nothing to do with mechanical failure. Surveillance footage showed the bus from route 558 speeding down Rama II Road No vehicle should be speeding in a built up area, ever. In most countries they understand that.

Happened with a Chonburi politician a few years ago. Exactly the same. Spent about one night in prison and then..... Then, of course, it vanished from the news so he probably either spent the rest of his prison term there or, more likely, was quietly released out the back door when no-one was looking. But then we would expect nothing else, would we.

What is racist about stating a fact, one that everyone is aware of and something that is exposed in the news every single day? It has been revealed on this site that well over 80% of Thais are fine with corruption, as long as there's something in it for me me me. I moved here so that my wife could be close to her numerous family and friends, well over 25 years ago. Back then it was a very different country in many ways, although at the same time one you only really got to know after a period of time spent in the country. Then you got to read of the daily murders, corruption, the deadly road toll, the total and complete lack of any logic or common sense. That takes time to discover. I hope that has unbaffled you.

My bold. You made that up as there is no mention of her not having her purse with her. But okay. You pay your way and I'll continue to use the method that has worked perfectly for me every single time for the past 60+ years. If something isn't broke I don't try and fix it.

Wouldn't surprise me.

She doesn't need a phone to use cash. Always. And I was recently behind someone in Villa trying to pay via his phone. He tried, the cashier tried, wasting five minutes before he paid by cash instead. That worked instantly, as it has done for hundreds of years. And it's far from the first time I've seen that happen.

Well, if all nationalities could be trusted in equal measure to be truthful, yes. But the reality is that they can't.

More proof that cash in king. Works all the time. Always.

Just part of the culture that Thais are so proud of. Corrupt from top to bottom. I'm not sure I would trust even my local noodle seller. If there's a scam to be worked then a Thai will work it.

There is a very good reason that Thais need a visa to visit Germany and many other countries. They are very well known by the authorities to favour saying what is advantageous to themselves rather than the truth. Each application to visit must be examined and scrutanised - and the embassies and consulates have heard their stories a thousand times before.

One thing they need to clarify is who is a 'resident'. Few of us are residents in the eyes of immigration and therefore the government, but short-term stayers who require a visa and must report ourselves to the authorities every 90 days. In the eyes of TAT, also part of the government, every foreigner who enters the country is a tourist, so there are no foreign residents.

Not everyone can 'maintain' a UK address, for any number of reasons.

They reopen it, usually with a new name and with 'new owners'. We all know that.

The baby survived.

Both pickup trucks were involved, with one heading from Sakon Nakhon towards Kalasin, likely attempting a dangerous overtake resulting in a collision with the oncoming four-door pickup from Kalasin. Yet more proof that, no matter how carefully we drive, we can be wiped out in an instant on Thai roads.

A reason that I'm very, very careful who I mix with here.

It's probably quite difficult to overturn a 10-wheel lorry. I don't know as I've never tried it. But Thai drivers do seem to have a remarkable talent for it. I've had three overturn within 300 metres of my house, including one in a ditch right outside. But there's always a tractor or crane handy nearby to sort it out, probably because such events are expected.

Yes. Perhaps TAT forgot to speak with Immigration about 'benefits'. You know, stuff that actually matters.

HSBC began this years ago, but as an existing and decades long customer I was allowed to keep my account. They have a Thai address for me and sent me some forms to sign about 2-3 years ago, witnessed by a lawyer. I didn't get their first communication because the local postman was burning the mail instead of delivering it, but a second attempt slipped through. I called them as the deadline for returning the forms was near and they were very pleasant to deal with.

You miss the point. This one isn't being allowed to operate after being raided by those boys in brown. Same as all those other 'many' establishments we read of that they raid and close down. That's how we hear about them, by the police closing them. If they didn't, we'd hear nothing.

Anyone is allowed to have children, no matter how sick and warped and mentally unstable they are. Less qualifications needed than to work in 7-11. We're a strange species, us humans.

Reversals of policy happen all over the world when a new government takes over. Often, that is why the new government is elected by the people, as they want a new direction. Not that that applies to Thailand of course, a country which has the government it is given and not the one people voted for.