20 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

few years ago the thai baht was 26, 27, or 28?

this must be many many years ago, cause no chart show those prices.

thai baht now is at ALL TIME HIGH, and by all times i mean the highest point in

the past 15 years.

It was at 25 baht to the dollar before 1997 when they devalued the baht. The high was about 60 or 70 baht back then. It hovered around 40 baht for a few years after that.

It was as high as 36 baht a couple of years ago.

 

 

14 hours ago, JAZZDOG said:

Of course not

YOU can get any type of visa stamp on your passport,  

if you only hand over an envelope  with the right amount.

but  there is no assurance that it will be a real visa stamp.

which means, you can walk around for years proud and happy with the FAKE  visa stamp

in your passport, 

but one day, when you will want to leave the country, 

you might discover, with the help of an airport immigration officer,

that it was a FAKE stamp.

and than, guess who will have to sit in jail and pay hefty fines?

You guessed right - YOU !!!

14 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

It was at 25 baht to the dollar before 1997 when they devalued the baht. The high was about 60 or 70 baht back then. It hovered around 40 baht for a few years after that.

It was as high as 36 baht a couple of years ago.

 

 

THB  was at 25 to the USD for decades, until it crashed in 1997.

it was 35 just 2 years ago, and spiked to 29 for few weeks in 2013. 

the reason for the 30-32 range is to help USD exports after the 2009 crisis.

now that the US had recovered, emerging markets currencies , including THB, are

expected to weaken. 

the trend is going for devaluation of emerging countries currencies.

brazilian real, for example, lost 12% over the past few months.

argentinian and south african currency also lost to the USD .

 

predictions for the thai baht is to get to 34 by 2019.

might be even lower, 35-36 easily.

 

4 minutes ago, SCOTT FITZGERSLD said:

YOU can get any type of visa stamp on your passport,  

if you only hand over an envelope  with the right amount.

but  there is no assurance that it will be a real visa stamp.

which means, you can walk around for years proud and happy with the FAKE  visa stamp

in your passport, 

but one day, when you will want to leave the country, 

you might discover, with the help of an airport immigration officer,

that it was a FAKE stamp.

and than, guess who will have to sit in jail and pay hefty fines?

You guessed right - YOU !!!

Thanks, going to move that up to #678 on my list of things to stress over. Besides the fact it would be picked up the first time you reported 90 days, change of address etc. It is more likely a cop puts a kilo of blow under the seat of your M/C while you are getting pissed in the liquor bar. surprise,surprise!