louse1953

My immi has heaps of different forms available for free.I just take a handful of what i need.

29 minutes ago, transam said:

Think we are talking about the price of a small beer at Swampy..The 200bht is not an under the table tea money payment.............

Well,you mad if you pay that for a beer.

1 hour ago, dbrenn said:

Are you serious, or are you pulling my leg?

 

I've managed a business in Thailand, employing 60 people in a factory, as well as finance and admin, customer service and sales. What are your credentials?

 

A small minority of the Thai workforce as a whole - supervisory, managerial and professional staff - get paid a great deal more than 300 Baht BUT we are not talking about such people when we talk about people who fill in forms. They are rank and file, who make up the majority of the Thai workforce, and they do get paid 300 Baht as an entry level. Hence, since I was referring to a group, it was a reasonable statement of fact to say that such people get wages of 300 Baht. So, I wasn't 'insinuating' anything, I was stating it.

 

On to your next point, that a business needs to make a profit, this is indeed true BUT gross margin for contracted temporary labour is no more than around the 100% mark (which leaves around 75% after SG&A). In this case, however, the gross margin is:

 

Assuming it takes a very generous 5 minutes to fill in a form,

* That's 12 forms per hour, lets call it 10 forms to allow for down time

* The revenue per hour would be 10 x 200 = 2,000 Baht

* The labour cost for that hour would be 300 Baht per day divided by 8 hours worked = 37.5 Baht

* The gross margin would therefore be (2000/37.5) x 100 = 5,333% an ENORMOUS profit by any measure and one that is impossible to justify when the same service costs 10 Baht at the land transport department (because it actually takes a lot less that 5 minutes to fill in a form.

 

In what way does a 5,333% gross margin on a form filling service, which is secondary to the main revenue earner (the Re-entry Permit) seem reasonable to you?

 

Your figures are based on farangs queueing up out the door,for 8 hours.This is not the case.What if nobody comes in that 8 hours.Somebody is down 300 baht.

6 hours ago, crazygreg44 said:

myself, I am going to do a  3-week trip to visit my girlfriend by June this year. Then by October, I will again enter Thailand for a four month stay.

 

I am on a One-Year permit of stay on retirement purposes.  During my last extension in January, I wanted to save money and left the extension procedure with an only single re-entry permit.  So if I want to keep my extension live, i will have to buy another re-entry permit before I leave Thailand in June.

 

I got two choices:  Buy the re-rentry permit at the airport and pay 2100 THB, or do a 140 Kilometer trip by my own car to visit Sisaket Immigration, for a re-entry permit stamp at 1900 THB.

 

I guess you don't ask me why & which option I will choose to be the better one

What about when your gf has to report you living with her within 24 hours or you have to report yourself.You can go with her and do re entry then.

41 minutes ago, 4jasmin said:

The main Question is, what can you do, if one of a Member in your Thai Family or Thai Friends is in such a Situation?

 

If this "Emergency Treatment Right" is a Law, could one not inforce it by asking the Police for help?

 

The second Question would be, what Insurance you would need to cover such Accidents?

You haven't been here long,have you.

4 hours ago, robblok said:

Your right Thailand has a real bad tax base, but they could try to spend their money better.. less on the army more on the health budget. Still your right a big group of people does not pay any taxes even though they are not poor.  Its hard to collect from people with their own business (as a private person). They just don't file all their income. Also too much is given out to the farmers.. that could go to the health budget too.. those 500billion of YL  in the rice program is TWICE the anual budget of healthcare. Not really fair that such a small group receives so much while others who pay in the system don't get much. 

No farmers driving BMWor Merc out my way.Most people go to the fields on a clapped out motor bike and do the whole process by hand.Then barely break even.Mostly women,many over 60.The man is in Bangkok working,he may come home to help.If they don't get a handout from the govt they will have to sell up,which is hard.The crunch is gunna come in the next 10-20 years when the oldies die and the next generation wont do it.Either they have jobs or are too lazy.

On 04/04/2017 at 3:02 PM, Pinot said:

Donates his salary after being called out for not doing it. Cheeto Jesus is the worst President...ever. When you consider how horrible GW Bush was, that's saying something. 

Plenty of more time to prove you right.G W took 8 years to reach that status.

42 days does seem a tad lienient Roman,for raping a minor.

On 03/04/2017 at 2:41 PM, darksidedog said:

I have been to S-21 in Phnom Penh and it is the most harrowing place I have ever visited.

You could see, just by looking at visitors faces who was waiting to go in and who had just come out.

I didn't go to the Killing Fields, as I had seen enough. Such brutality, even to small kids shocked me to the core.

No one should ever forget what happened under Pol Pot.

Whatever is decided upon, these people deserve a worthy memorial place.

My missus wanted to go to the resturant opp for lunch.1st time in my life,i wasn't hungry.I came to Thailand 1st time in 76 and to think this horrible tortue was going on next.I didn't know anything about it.

55,is now in the process of getting a licence.Insurance companys wet dream.

4 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

BMW bikes are getting to be a more reasonable choice. Good dealers are now to be found - these come to mind -

TART Motorrad BMW Service Station
Tha Sai, Mueang Nonthaburi District, Nonthaburi 11000
Phone: 095 597 4917
GPS: 13.869743, 100.510430
MAP: goo.gl/dbkBhU

 

Motorrad Cave / Tart Motorrad, Lampang:

18.204384, 99.3896012
Contact Jay directly at 093-2952495

 

Long time Beemer riders recommended
 

I was actually thinking about spares but you wouldn't need too many with a BM.

On 04/04/2017 at 9:34 AM, Richard-BKK said:

Lets assume that the Kawasaki Z900 is manufactured in Thailand, the story you read about that the Z900 will be imported as CBU (Complete Built Unit) from Thailand is also strange.

 

While India and Thailand have a free trade agreement, it doesn’t include motorcycles, that means that it will be charged with the full import duty – India has for imported vehicles similar high import taxes as Thailand – so probably not the best option.

 

Other motorcycles we know Bajaj Auto (Kawasaki India) is importing from Thailand are imported as CKD (Completely Knocked Down) this turns them for India customs into imported automotive parts, which are covered in the free trade agreement with India and Thailand… Making nearly import duty free…..

Pity they don't bring in Enfields,CKD.The Thai price is outragious compared to the Indian price.If it was near Indian price i would buy 2,one to ride and one for parts,they are that cheap.I met a Thai bloke in Kashmir who stores his RE500 in Kolkata and rides it all over India,what a daredevil.

Buying a BM will just be jumping out of the pan into the fire,pricewise.Get a Jap bike.

On 05/04/2017 at 0:20 AM, Destiny1990 said:

What is your urge as a farang to be on a stage during a Thai funeral?i would be perfectly happy being on the background.

The urge is to pay respect to his nearly mil.

On 26/03/2017 at 8:18 PM, sanemax said:

Its not all about you, though , is it ?

Your GF was there for Her Mothers funeral, and She probably had other things to be concerned with .

   Family members she hasnt seen for a long time, organisation and cost of funeral and the bereavement .

  This wasnt all about you, you should have just taken a back seat and let the family get on with the funeral

  

Nothing wrong about walking up the stairs by yourself,i would have done.Everybody there knows who you are.The question is,did she hit you up to help pay or did you offer to help.Funerals are expensive in Thailand.

On 05/04/2017 at 7:06 PM, tiocfaidh said:

I prefer the bus. Safety, seat belts as well as cost. Downside is after you get dropped at terminus, the Pattaya vultures aka taxis circle to rip you off. I usually walk, don't bother haggling with the low life.

 

 

 

 

Just walk across the road for a songtaew,get you a lot closer,maybe to the door.

On 04/04/2017 at 7:11 PM, Skeptic7 said:

Absolutely NOT always the case and never once for me. I do know people who have been 'taken for a ride' like you, but can speak from vast experience that not all of us overpay. Admittedly, sometimes it takes more than once...ever...but I just laugh at them in return and hail the next in the endless procession and isn't usually long before I'm on my way for B1000. 

Exactly,enough taxis in Bangkok to play the waiting game,never too long.Pattaya taxis dont even enter my thought process,same mini vans.

On 04/04/2017 at 0:23 PM, johng said:

When will the Pattaya taxis be made to use their meters and not "their own price structures" for trips around Pattaya city ?

Never,so no money from me.

51 minutes ago, ilostmypassword said:

O'Reilly is not addressing the issue and the reason is he really can't. Most likely he has a signed agreement with the woman he paid about 9 million dollars to not to case aspersions on her because if he did, she could have the recording she made of his damaging remarks to her made public.

What's really bizarre though is that O'Reilly's ratings have gone up since the NY Times broke the story.

Not really surprising,same audience that voted for Trump.

Err,shouldn't the police be doing that.

13 hours ago, starky said:

Yes every community, country should look to improve itself and those improvements should come from those with the ability to initiate change. However no progress can or will be achieved by any falang in Thailand. Especially from impotent rantings from anonymous avatars on TVF. Most countries expect immigrants if not to totally integrate to at least accept the rules, laws ( or lack of them) belief systems and customs of the country in which they now like to call home. Its up to the Thais to progress as they see fit in what I hope will be their  best interest. 

Well that is one of the problems.We are not immigrants,nearly all of us a non immigrants.If the govt invested a bit more thought into our situation,maybe a lot of the moaning will stop.Doesn't really matter to me,i am in for the long haul.I haven't burn't my bridges,but things would have to change drasticularly for me to fo.

15 hours ago, CharlieH said:

You'll never "fit in" you are tolerated by Thais, and you learn to be tolerant of Thais, if you cant, then you might as well F.O.

That's only your opinion and far from the truth imho.I'm a FI,makes life easier.Actually i thought it meant,fly in,fly out,for Ozzy mine workers.

2 hours ago, mfd101 said:

Monks are (appropriately enough) for deaths, not marriages.

I must have gone to my own funeral,i didn't look that bad.That was 9 years ago,so  have recovered well.

2 hours ago, mfd101 said:

Monks are (appropriately enough) for deaths, not marriages.

Who were those 9 orange robed freeloaders sitting in front of me?Having a grand old sing song,holding up the beer drinking?

On 05/04/2017 at 6:44 PM, tuktuktuk said:

Let's face it, Thailand's not ready for a modern approach to safety.  You see it everywhere, not just with vehicles.  I feel a chill run down my spine every time I see someone riding a motorcycle while wearing flip-flops.  What about babies sitting in mom or dad's lap on a motorcycle?  We bought a car seat for my wife's granddaughter.  Her mom and dad used it once and decided to leave it behind since the baby didn't seem to like it.

Worse is child standing between parants with rear parent holding on to the ankles.That'll work.