Video Farang washing cars to make a living - says he's making 6,000 baht a day!

[tifino]

2 minutes ago, cleverman said:

As to him cheating the tax man, you are all so off beam. His wife has a business and he helps out, for free. That does not affect his OAP. 

That is a little twisted! Someone not drawing a salary from a profit based business is not the same as an unpaid volunteer at a Recognized Charitable Organisation!

[TKDfella]

2 minutes ago, cleverman said:

As to him cheating the tax man, you are all so off beam. His wife has a business and he helps out, for free. That does not affect his OAP. 

Nowhere in my comments did I say he was 'cheating'. I have no idea if he is or not since I am not Australian. I did say 'conning' but that was in reply to comment made by giddyup talking about other people misusing the system. Please read comments fully before accusing any poster(s).

[bwpage3]

6 hours ago, thequietman said:

Most likely on retirement - so no WP.

 

How dumb do you have to be to let this go national and pose for photo's.

 

There may be trouble ahead.

Yes and the Sky MAY fall.

 

Ridiculous.

[bwpage3]

6 hours ago, mercman24 said:

you stupid old man 6000 a day ? no way, i fear his working days are going to come to an abrupt end soon. should have kept under the radar, cant deny anything with photographic proof

You fear?

 

Comments like this really bring out the jealousy 

Edited November 12, 2018 by bwpage3

[Retiredandhappyhere]

6 hours ago, anterian said:

If the business is in his wife's name his participation will probably be overlooked by the law unless some Thai makes a formal complaint. Even working for free is against the law on a retirement visa. 

"Overlooked by the law"?    My word, you are an optimist.  If  the work permit situation is overlooked, as you suggest might happen, someone in uniform will soon be round for their cut.  Also, after hearing of the alleged revenue, a copy-cat Thai will be opening an identical business nearby within the next day or so.  

 

When my ex-wife opened a coffee shop, against my advice, in a small village and initially seemed to be doing quite well, a neighbour opened up another one in competition just across the road, thereby making sure that neither could possibly be profitable.  She lasted about four months, having spent a lot of investment cash in her business, whereas my ex-wife's business survived but still does little more than get by.

 

[bwpage3]

It is amazing the jealousy and negativity aimed at a 70 year old washing cars.

 

99.9% of the posts negative.

 

Arrested, deported? Really? 

 

Boys in Brown heading over to his house? Big Joke?

 

All of you must have a very poor life if you have to rail on someone washing cars to make a few baht.

 

Think about all this hate and bitterness over someone you don't even know, but jealous because he stated 6,000 baht a day.

 

You all made your own lives in Thailand and if you decided to live there with next to nothing it is your own fault.

 

The jealousy and bitterness with zero facts is simply appalling.

 

 

[TPI]

6 hours ago, mercman24 said:

you stupid old man 6000 a day ? no way, i fear his working days are going to come to an abrupt end soon. should have kept under the radar, cant deny anything with photographic proof

"It was all because of jealousy, jealously!"

[TKDfella]

3 minutes ago, bwpage3 said:

It is amazing the jealousy and negativity aimed at a 70 year old washing cars.

 

99.9% of the posts negative.

 

Arrested, deported? Really? 

 

Boys in Brown heading over to his house? Big Joke?

 

All of you must have a very poor life if you have to rail on someone washing cars to make a few baht.

 

Think about all this hate and bitterness over someone you don't even know, but jealous because he stated 6,000 baht a day.

 

You all made your own lives in Thailand and if you decided to live there with next to nothing it is your own fault.

 

The jealousy and bitterness with zero facts is simply appalling.

 

 

99.9% posts negative....have you actually counted them? I doubt it. And I wouldn't say these posters are 'negative' because to me they seem more like concerned over the man's future. That is hardly negative. Strange that you are being negative towards other forum members, Ha!

[wvavin]

Hi mate, I am afraid to say you would very likely be in trouble with the authority for doing this.

[chakatee]

6 hours ago, Pete1980 said:

Probably.

as playing golf is the n.1 sport practiced by people on the dole, likely because a small white ball and a metal stick is cheap enough even for people on the dole

[WorriedNoodle]

Watching the video of the Thai presenter at 1:49 I am reminded why I never watch Thai language TV.

[Scott]

Troll post removed.

 

Edit:   Reply to removed post also removed.

 

[Basil B]

Well with Brexit around the corner I was wondering where all the car washers were going, our local pub car park seems empty without them.

 

 

 

 

Edited November 12, 2018 by Basil B

[sambum]

2 minutes ago, bwpage3 said:

It is amazing the jealousy and negativity aimed at a 70 year old washing cars.

 

99.9% of the posts negative.

 

Arrested, deported? Really? 

 

Boys in Brown heading over to his house? Big Joke?

 

All of you must have a very poor life if you have to rail on someone washing cars to make a few baht.

 

Think about all this hate and bitterness over someone you don't even know, but jealous because he stated 6,000 baht a day.

 

You all made your own lives in Thailand and if you decided to live there with next to nothing it is your own fault.

 

The jealousy and bitterness with zero facts is simply appalling.

 

 

I don't really think that it's bitterness or jealousy. I think that a lot of posters on here are "BSL's ("Bar Stool Lawyers" that like to let everybody know how much they know about the Rules and Regs in Thailand - as per one of the first comments that simply said "Work Permit?". It may sound crazy, but you need a work permit in Thailand even for voluntary work. And many jobs are prohibited for foreigners. I don't want to list them all here, but to a foreign eye, the list looks ridiculous - some examples (hopefully without appearing to be a BSL!)

 

33. Cigarette rolling by hand;

34. Tour guide or sightseeing tour operation;

35. Street vending;

36. Typesetting of Thai characters;

37.  Silk reeling and twisting by hand;

 

Can't see anything about car washes, but it is probably covered by:-

6.  Shop/Outlet attendance;

 

 

However, TIT (This Is Thailand) and these are the rules we have to play by!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[happy chappie]

I can see a couple of Thai car washes opening up in the same street in the next few weeks.

[purcho]

5 hours ago, 1337markus said:

You dont know much about the Australian government then. Any eligible pensioner who is absent from Australia more than 6 weeks has the pension stopped.

Not true

[giddyup]

1 hour ago, TKDfella said:

You obviously have a crystal ball to know what the other variables are and what the Australian rules are was is not in dispute. So you are quoting out of context. And you think that dividing by 4 in no way goes towards any of those variables you mentioned. Even dividing by 6 ( for six unknown variables) he would still be over your quoted limits. If six unknown variables is not enough for you then you (he receives 1/6) then I suggest you tell the OP not to make such inflated headlines in the future.

Once again you assume too much to try and reinforce your argument, Wasting your time and the time it takes me to read your nonsense.

[TKDfella]

3 minutes ago, giddyup said:

Once again you assume too much to try and reinforce your argument, Wasting your time and the time it takes me to read your nonsense.

Please name the assumptions...5 days a week is a usual working week isn't it...Oh I get it, I assume that there are 52 weeks in a year. What planet are you on then? No assumptions just examples...which you didn't refute on sound logic. I can reinforce my argument with standard arithmetic and you can't. Get over it and move on.

[fasteddie]

7 hours ago, Pete1980 said:

I just dont like people who live of the taxpayer. Unless they are disabled, then fair enough. 

He's a pensioner, just how is that living off the taxpayer?

[Peterw42]

32 minutes ago, sambum said:

Can't see anything about car washes, but it is probably covered by:-

6.  Shop/Outlet attendance;

Its covered by

 

1.  Labour work

 

A broad category that covers digging holes, washing cars, sweeping floors etc

[thequietman]

1 hour ago, bwpage3 said:

It is amazing the jealousy and negativity aimed at a 70 year old washing cars.

 

99.9% of the posts negative.

 

Arrested, deported? Really? 

 

Boys in Brown heading over to his house? Big Joke?

 

All of you must have a very poor life if you have to rail on someone washing cars to make a few baht.

 

Think about all this hate and bitterness over someone you don't even know, but jealous because he stated 6,000 baht a day.

 

You all made your own lives in Thailand and if you decided to live there with next to nothing it is your own fault.

 

The jealousy and bitterness with zero facts is simply appalling.

 

 

I fear you may have taken what I and others have said incorrectly. I wish this guy the very best, but don't you think that it is a little naive of you to think that this won't get him into trouble?

 

After all Big Joke is chasing teachers who are doing the Thai education world a favour, yet they are pursued for their lack of a WP and their lack of a proper visa to work. This gentleman in all probability is breaking the terms of his visa and extension by working, which is strictly forbidden. Why wouldn't immigration and the labour dept. come calling?

 

Like I said, I wish him the best but rules are rules and someone will come calling, I think. Maybe to tell him to keep his head down but also maybe to give him a warning. Not being aware of the immigration laws is not a defense.

[Peterw42]

1 hour ago, bwpage3 said:

It is amazing the jealousy and negativity aimed at a 70 year old washing cars.

 

99.9% of the posts negative.

 

Arrested, deported? Really? 

 

Boys in Brown heading over to his house? Big Joke?

 

All of you must have a very poor life if you have to rail on someone washing cars to make a few baht.

 

Think about all this hate and bitterness over someone you don't even know, but jealous because he stated 6,000 baht a day.

 

You all made your own lives in Thailand and if you decided to live there with next to nothing it is your own fault.

 

The jealousy and bitterness with zero facts is simply appalling.

 

 

Its not jealousy , negativity etc, its being realistic. There is a history of people getting fined for doing this sort of work, manual labour is a Thai only occupation and many have been arrested and fined for similar.

Nobody wants him to be fined, we are not hoping he gets fined, most are just pointing out that he will most likely be fined. As many before him have been fined.

There have been cases on Thaivisa where a guy got fined for hanging some pictures in his wifes restaurant, a guy got fined for helping to unload the delivery truck at wifes bar, sweeping the floor in resturant and cleaning up etc.  All without broadcasting it on national television.

 

Not bitter towards the guy just pointing out the reality of his situation.

Edited November 12, 2018 by Peterw42

[Tweedle dee]

1 minute ago, Peterw42 said:

Its not jealousy , negativity etc, its being realistic. There is a history of people getting fined for doing this sort of work, manual labour is a Thai only occupation and many have been arrested and fined for similar.

Nobody wants him to be fined, we are not hoping he gets fined, most are just pointing out that he will most likely be fined. As many before him have been fined.

I almost what to delete my membership here..what a <deleted> hornets nest

[thequietman]

5 minutes ago, Tweedle dee said:

I almost what to delete my membership here..what a <deleted> hornets nest

You can't ..............so there!

[fasteddie]

5 hours ago, thumbthrob said:

He is entitled!

God forbid you get to a pensionable age.

''God forbid you get to a pensionable age.''

With his attitude I find that unlikely ????

[sambum]

36 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

Its covered by

 

1.  Labour work

 

A broad category that covers digging holes, washing cars, sweeping floors etc

Yes - you are quite right! 

 

"Labour work" could just about cover everything!

[Peterw42]

3 minutes ago, sambum said:

Yes - you are quite right! 

 

"Labour work" could just about cover everything!

And

6.  Shop/Outlet attendance

 

Covers the rest, lol

[champers]

Presuming 6000 Baht per day is turnover, rather than profit, it is not an earth shattering amount of money after costs are taken out.

[khaowong1]

Smart man.  Some people know how to make a living, some don't.  Same way with washing cars, some just don't know how to do it properly.  Myself, I'm pretty much an expert.

[hottrader77]

9 hours ago, Briggsy said:

Do you mean this thread or Mr Pearl's situation?

the business must have 7 thais working there before they can employ a farlang and he still will need a work permit , it does not look like he has got 7 thais working there ONLY HIM ! so he is breaking the law shame on him !