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Many expats live in Thailand on less than 45,000 baht a month


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1 minute ago, donmeurett said:

How do they come up with enough money to renew their visas every year?

 

 

how long you are in Thailand ..? never heard about visa agents who borrow short time (24 hours) the needed baht & stamp service for a price ...

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1 minute ago, suzannegoh said:

That's a  good point. Current spending may not be reflective of net worth.

That is the main reason to become wealthy or even rich ...

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1 hour ago, darksidedog said:

Bit negative in the reporting I thought. After all 75% of us are doing very nicely, Thank You! Two in ten are getting by, with only a fairly small fraction on the floor, or very close. Their numbers are probably fairly accurate, but I personally believe that we should not all be written off as broke, just yet.

...and those who need more can always apply for monkhood. 

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1 minute ago, vinegarbase said:

This article almost seems to be some type of propaganda psy ops in order to try to program foreigners to want to start spending more money in Thailand or feel shamed that they are not spending enough in Thailand...

Or a creeping sign of things to come: higher requirements for visas and visa extensions. Soon the propaganda ministry will be able to announce that they have (almost) pushed out all the pesky non-Asian foreigners. Heil!

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the survey does not stipulate country of origin, age groups etc. hence makes it not transparent. as for my wife and me both 62 yrs. we are living on 35 k monthly in pattaya. the house was bought in 2008 .  health insurance is 80 k thb annually for both of us paid out of thb 35 k monthly. im not on pension the monthly funds are retrieved from foreign currency td dposits outside thailand. i m living here permanently since 2012 married to a thai for 25 yrs, we own a car isuzu mux.

 

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2 minutes ago, StayinThailand2much said:

Or a creeping sign of things to come: higher requirements for visas and visa extensions. Soon the propaganda ministry will be able to announce that they have (almost) pushed out all the pesky non-Asian foreigners. Heil!

keep your retirement ext. connected year after year and you keep be "grandfathered " …., there are a few still on the 200 000 baht requirements …(but very old ones ..)

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8 minutes ago, suzannegoh said:

That's a  good point. Current spending may not be reflective of net worth.

But people who stop working after they earned 20 baht, or spend it right away, never saving for the future, won't understand that. 'Sha-la-la-la-la-la live for today' mentality to the extreme!

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1 minute ago, david555 said:

keep your retirement ext. connected year after year and you keep be "grandfathered " …., there are a few still on the 200 000 baht requirements …(but very old ones ..)

There's no guarantee that they will continue doing that indefinitely. Also, some members here aren't even 50 yet... ? 

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1 minute ago, StayinThailand2much said:

There's no guarantee that they will continue doing that indefinitely. Also, some members here aren't even 50 yet... ? 

true no guarantee but always still the rule .,  future can change …. so can also the condo /house company rule , the usufruct , or even the foreign name condo rule …. future is never sure for change ….just comparing those in it ?

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1 hour ago, coulson said:

Didn't know 7/11 paid so well

I guess that is a truth related to how far down you want to go on the ladder that stands for less than, right?

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I wonder what the farangs living on 45,000 baht a month do for health insurance......I guess they don't have any as that's a pretty big expense over here now days. Thailand is not a cheap place to live anymore in my opinion, of course that depends on the lifestyle you choose to maintain.

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6 minutes ago, wombat said:

for instant believability  or no...

what did the TV poll say about Hilary winning?
 

 

 

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38 minutes ago, CLW said:
46 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:
They have more earners in the same house and considerable debt. So please stop spreading you have a moderate lifestyle on 25k. You compare yourself with Thai minimum wage earners. You have to live (more survive) here because in your home country you would be very, very poor.

Come down from your high horse

Not a high horse a moderate horse. The lowest paid Thai in my company earns 60k a month, others way more.

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Thais have many more opportunities to work where as Non-Thais are intentionally oppressed and therefore by this fact the few jobs they can do are over supplied and the incomes low.

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18 minutes ago, david555 said:

That is the main reason to become wealthy or even rich ...

Different people have different outlooks on that. I know a guy in Chiang Mai who has a liquid net worth in excess of $1M due to an inheritance. He lives in a crappy apartment and claims to spend less than $1K per month on average.

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5 minutes ago, sammieuk1 said:

My income falls daily every time Boris the toss pot from the Bank of England or some other muppet opens their gob?

Small price to pay to  get your country  & freedom back ….? ??

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3 minutes ago, suzannegoh said:

Different people have different outlooks on that. I know a guy in Chiang Mai who has a liquid net worth in excess of $1M due to an inheritance. He lives in a crappy apartment and claims to spend less than $1K per month on average.

must admire him to keep up his life standards...?, keeps him alive and not a target ….

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49 minutes ago, BEngBKK said:

WRONG!!!

2 Years ago I worked in BKK, Earn 80.000 / Month, Rented a 2 room appartment (60m2) in a nice middle class neighbour hood, went to  saxephone 1 time every week.
I used about 30000 / Month without thinking about money .........

Sorry.....

What did you pay for rent, health insurance? 

What sort of food did you eat?

Besides the saxophone did you do anything interesting?

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31 minutes ago, Snow Leopard said:

 

I resent this comment. Its sour grapes.

I am not a criminal.

I have not had massive stock investments or real estate deals.

I don't have a state pension either.

 

Maybe if you worked hard and stopped pissing it up against the wall you might have enough money and decent income to last you through your old age living in Thailand.

 

Life is full of choices and people make the wrong ones. The problem is that most people live for today and forget about tomorrow and then complain about the people who have done that. I chose not to go down the party 24/7 route. Work hard and plan properly. I have had no gravy train either. Make wise choices. Simple as that.

Sorry, Dad.

 

I wasn't talking about myself and certainly not you, pal.

 

My experience in living here for many years is that you have 2 types of 'expats' say below retirement years, either the ones that work here on modest salaries, or the dodgy types, ie criminals...if you disagree crack on fella. I think you shouldn't get yourself so wound up with other peoples opinions on a message board. For such a successful guy like yourself I'm surprised you're so angry and resentful of other opinions. Was your somtam too spicy this morning or something?

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