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4 minutes ago, Nick Carter icp said:

Bit rich of you to accuse other countries of disproportionate responses .

Your right both the USA & Israel suck in that regard 😉 

IF your wife is Thai & she is experienced traveler fine...IF not highly recommend Korean Air (usually 2hour easy connect in Incheon )or even Japan airlines. (Tokyo )

Reason being yes China Air lands in Taipei but it is a hurdle even for experienced travelers.

You need to take a Tram from one terminal to another & also time is tight when you see the lineup to get thru mid checks at Taipei

21 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Your post suggests that the government is trying to disguise Value Added Tax by using another name, what name do you claim that they are now using?    Value Added Tax is an undisguised tax.

Did you read the quote? "but continue to exempt import duties. " All I was saying is call it this or call it that a tax is a tax...But never mind it was never meant to be so serious 😉 

41 minutes ago, webfact said:

The Israeli-Iranian conflict poses a significant risk to the.....

World

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

However, plans from the Finance Ministry intend to enforce VAT collection on all imported goods, regardless of their value, but continue to exempt import duties.

A rose by any other name is still a stinkin tax 😉

After many many years here I am afraid this is no longer usable. It is a pity as there is useful info gained & given here. But as of today it was almost impossible to use. Even as I type this I am being slammed by pop ups. I am using the newest version of Chrome browser in case that is of any interest to support?

I will check back from time to time but as of now this is no longer usable

14 hours ago, rumak said:

After a hundred years ( slight exaggeration )  living around CMai I also am selling .   

Wow I know you have been in CM a long time. If I may ask was it the burn seasons that finally convinced you? In any case good luck to you. We have sold on our own before in CM also but it was just a condo & was sold very quickly just by posting on FB

When I was in the same situation I did not need a return ticket. The airline is the only one that asked when departing USA. When I said I plan to retire & extend to yearly they had no further questions.

1 hour ago, Robert Paulson said:

Can anyone name a single reason how a United States taxpayer would benefit from sending funds to Ukraine and Israel? There is no reason. It’s obviously a heist. This is what they do. I mean are we seriously going to argue that Americans would not benefit more from spending this money at home? That argument does not even exist! And yet people still buy into it. 

Hear Hear ! 👏

6 hours ago, CartagenaWarlock said:

because apparently I linked the bank using two micro deposits

Same thing I am experiencing. Supposedly for the same reason my bank / micro deposits...yada yada

Also it has something to do with Wise partnering with PLAID

Now they want you to basically allow another firm your data/info in my case my Bank/Credit Union is not a part of that

If you check with PLAID & see I think you will find your bank also is not...But on the good side...Even though the transfers now take 5-6 days they do honor the rate originally quoted..At least so far they have

"That’s why Wise has partnered with Plaid to allow you to move USD funds from your Wise account safely and seamlessly — to Chime, Mercury, Robinhood and 6,000+ more apps and providers."

13 hours ago, rainyday said:

Despite that, I had to pay the fine to get my tax-sticker.

A classic TIT moment

Things like this do happen & you cannot reason & logic your way out of it...Trust me I have tried 😅

At the end of the day right or wrong means nothing during a TIT moment

It the price of the Thailand admission ticket (no pun intended)

No ticket... no show 😉 

11 hours ago, Soondae said:

Out of the question these days, due to US intel banking laws change a few years ago, only way to use the BBL ABA in New York is for SSA payments and treasury payments such as US Tax return.

Thank you for that info! It had been years since I used that domestic wire to BKB NY 

I do remember reading something about  when they had a change to ACH systems or something along those lines...using the IAT? format etc

On 4/13/2024 at 3:16 PM, Tropicalevo said:

What fool would want to live forever?

We all have a 'sell by date'. Accept it.

Someone may have already mentioned it but  

Yes we all know that I'm sure but when most folks talk about longevity it is about being functional for what ever time you do have.

Surprising how many sit around saying their old so their done. The last 5-10 years of their life they may be in more & more pain to just do simple things.... then they will wish they were done 😉 

Just wondering but Wise charges about $142 for 800k Baht / 21,800USD

What does a SWIFT cost these days for same amount? Lastly is Domestics Wire Transfer from US Bank to Bangkok Bank NY out of the question these days?

13 hours ago, treetops said:

Thai immigration will see his history on their screen regardless of whether he has a new passport or not

Just out of curiosity I wonder if that is true? Since a new passport has a new PP number..  not that it matters was just wondering. I guess these days the biometrics page has all the info regardless of PP number

21 minutes ago, Shoeless Joe said:

WTF?

IFR = Instrument flight rules are rules and regulations to govern flight under conditions in which flight by outside visual reference is not safe. IFR flight depends upon flying by reference to instruments in the flight deck, and navigation is accomplished by reference to electronic signals.

Thailand......Land of short railings & Long falls

Taurine only as a side of Magnesium Taurate & yes it is useful

but....Try NMN if your over 55-60 the results are quite good.

1 Gram powder under tongue (sublingual) per day

Swadee Pee Mai / Happy New Year George 🙏

The odd smell of nuns robes in catholic school as they paddled me for spending my lunch quarter on baseball cards🤣

Boy Scouts & the weekend camping

Schwinn Sting Rays

Making a canoe out of scraps when we were 9 & using it in a giant reservoir later sinking it near shore so none could find it & retrieving it every time we ( a bunch of kids) rode our bikes there

The Beatles first appearance on the Ed Sullivan show & my dad saying look at that hair!

Music from that time onward

Ham Radios & using Morse code to talk to folks all over the world & exchanging QSL Cards

My first paper Route & the $$$ I made

Mini Bikes with lawnmower engines then

My first MX Race Bike a Yamaha 125 later a Honda Elsinore when they built their first two stroke MX bike & how ahead of its time that bike was.

So many things thanks for a cool thread

😉

This is so funny I had to post....

So as I said they answered my one email with that canned answer to which I replied....just wondering why the difference of 40k baht to stay with Non Thai vs 400,000 to stay with Thai...perhaps it is an error?

Their reply

Please stop spamming our email.

In this case I would suggest to apply for NON-O staying with Thai family which is YOUR WIFE family.

555 I ask one question of their canned answer & that is spamming hahahah Two emails total! Hahah

Then the answer is to just use the 400,000 baht visa to visit 90 days... PERIOD

Not the usual 40k baht (which BTW you can use to visit non Thai's???)  yeah I will jump right on that 😉 

Stick a fork in me..It'll come out clean... I'm done 🤣