vpi78 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 If the OP was also ex-SAS, I think I met him once at the On Nut beer garden. Excellent. But although he spells like a Brit, he uses $ as a currency reference, maybe he is also ex-CIA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 If the OP was also ex-SAS, I think I met him once at the On Nut beer garden. Excellent. But although he spells like a Brit, he uses $ as a currency reference, maybe he is also ex-CIA? Well looks like he's been sussed out, he's gone awfully quiet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 If the OP was also ex-SAS, I think I met him once at the On Nut beer garden. Excellent. But although he spells like a Brit, he uses $ as a currency reference, maybe he is also ex-CIA? Well looks like he's been sussed out, he's gone awfully quiet. Maybe he's left traces when going commando and he's trying to hide his tracks SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 If the OP was also ex-SAS, I think I met him once at the On Nut beer garden. Excellent. But although he spells like a Brit, he uses $ as a currency reference, maybe he is also ex-CIA? Bet he used to work for MFI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StreetCowboy Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 If the OP was also ex-SAS, I think I met him once at the On Nut beer garden. Excellent. But although he spells like a Brit, he uses $ as a currency reference, maybe he is also ex-CIA? Bet he used to work for MFI How did you put that one together? Are you guessing he's got a loose screw and sticking drawers? SC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valdezugar Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 OP; I'm a newbie. How did you do it, man? I'm so jealous. I want to be rich and an a$$hole just like you ... please PM me your great recipe. I've also got a great idea but no capital ... why not venture some of your millions and I'll make you even richer with my idea ... I'll PM you my account number ... Shhhh! Don't tell anyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welsh1 Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 OP; I'm a newbie. How did you do it, man? I'm so jealous. I want to be rich and an a$hole just like you ... please PM me your great recipe. I've also got a great idea but no capital ... why not venture some of your millions and I'll make you even richer with my idea ... I'll PM you my account number ... Shhhh! Don't tell anyone! The best way to double your money,,Is to fold it and put it straight back in your pocket Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 OP; I'm a newbie. How did you do it, man? I'm so jealous. I want to be rich and an a$$hole just like you ... please PM me your great recipe. I've also got a great idea but no capital ... why not venture some of your millions and I'll make you even richer with my idea ... I'll PM you my account number ... Shhhh! Don't tell anyone! Don't encourage him,he might just Pm you his latest useless get rich quick scheme! which was probably all his Post was about,in the first place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) OP you state you are working 20 Hrs per day How did you find the time or the energy to make Kids. Are you kidding? Don't know about you but I can do that in my sleep............................ So my missus tells me.... Edited September 5, 2011 by WarpSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kinnock Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Well I'm a newbie to TV but not new to Thailand .... and I reckon the best advice would have been more like;' don't take the forum or yourself too seriously'. My first impression is that the specialist forums are really useful .... especially motoring, bikes and photography. The Ladies in Thailannd section looks useful as well and erm ... advice on visas is handy! But the general forums seem to be about pointless political bickering and fairly obvious trolls with too much time on their hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) and fairly obvious trolls with too much time on their hands. Hmmmmm.......Food for thought, some maybe even work as much as 20 hours per day.. ... Edited September 5, 2011 by WarpSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valdezugar Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 OP; I'm a newbie. How did you do it, man? I'm so jealous. I want to be rich and an a$hole just like you ... please PM me your great recipe. I've also got a great idea but no capital ... why not venture some of your millions and I'll make you even richer with my idea ... I'll PM you my account number ... Shhhh! Don't tell anyone! Don't encourage him,he might just Pm you his latest useless get rich quick scheme! which was probably all his Post was about,in the first place. Please God no! I'm already spammed enough. OP; just send the money ... Or shall I wait a year or two until your wife cleaned you out and you'll be asking for advice on what to do here ... from all these (old) wingers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
differentbutsamesame Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 (edited) Investing over a million dollars in these cheap looking trying to look slick excuses for condos, imitating so called "American or European life" style, that get old tatty and discarded the minute the last unit is bought, are just a waste of place that spoil Bangkok horizon line, is a total waist of money The sheer concept of a Champagne bar is such a nonsense nouveau riche and vulgar it's not even funny. Funny, you exactly match the type of person i described in my previous post. Maybe the sticks is a better place for you to live in. Edited September 6, 2011 by differentbutsamesame Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edthesock Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Totally WEIRD. Many of us have worked our guts throughout our lives and now enjoying the fruits of our labours. So what`s wrong with that? Nothing at all. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke06 Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Oh dear, looks like I hit a nerve…here’s the deal and this is what I am selling, people can come to Thailand and make a better life and they don’t need to be retired to do it…period. I have no issue with retirees, I have issue with retirees who demand that you must work in the west till you retire and then come here and to do anything else would be a huge mistake. I have issue with ‘business experts’ who have never actually run a company or even worked in Thailand but insist that the only work you can do here is to be a teacher that no other job is possible and the people who insist that you need to leave your ambition on the plane. There is a significant population on this forum who take pleasure in pushing people’s ideas down primarily, it would seem, because they have nothing better to do. The thing is that success breeds success, the more people that come here and are successful the more people that will do the same, the better and more successful the country will be. I won’t respond to the comments, suffice to say that very few actually deal with the point and some of them seem so upset they didn’t even read the post properly. If people want to come here and start a bar let them, it may be the best bar in the country and they open a chain that spreads to the whole region, if they want a guesthouse encourage it, maybe they will do the same, if they want to start an export business through ebay, go for it. There are a huge number of expats that are extremely successful in this country (no, I don’t count myself amongst them) and they on the whole don’t have the interest or time to post anything. Sadly this allows the others a free run at the ground. In addition there are also a lot of people who genuinely want to help or assist, sadly they are getting drowned out. Those others need a reality slap. If this thread makes one of those experts think…well actually what do I really know about running a business in Thailand – have I ever owned a bar, managed a guesthouse or run an export business, etc., then it has been a useful thread. If not, well it made me smile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
changraider Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Good on you for coming back Luke, it can't have been pleasant to have all of those baying hounds after your bood :-) take it easy, and good luck with yr business ventures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarpSpeed Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 (edited) Oh dear, looks like I hit a nerve…here’s the deal and this is what I am selling, people can come to Thailand and make a better life and they don’t need to be retired to do it…period. I have no issue with retirees, I have issue with retirees who demand that you must work in the west till you retire and then come here and to do anything else would be a huge mistake. I have issue with ‘business experts’ who have never actually run a company or even worked in Thailand but insist that the only work you can do here is to be a teacher that no other job is possible and the people who insist that you need to leave your ambition on the plane. There is a significant population on this forum who take pleasure in pushing people’s ideas down primarily, it would seem, because they have nothing better to do. The thing is that success breeds success, the more people that come here and are successful the more people that will do the same, the better and more successful the country will be. I won’t respond to the comments, suffice to say that very few actually deal with the point and some of them seem so upset they didn’t even read the post properly. If people want to come here and start a bar let them, it may be the best bar in the country and they open a chain that spreads to the whole region, if they want a guesthouse encourage it, maybe they will do the same, if they want to start an export business through ebay, go for it. There are a huge number of expats that are extremely successful in this country (no, I don’t count myself amongst them) and they on the whole don’t have the interest or time to post anything. Sadly this allows the others a free run at the ground. In addition there are also a lot of people who genuinely want to help or assist, sadly they are getting drowned out. Those others need a reality slap. If this thread makes one of those experts think…well actually what do I really know about running a business in Thailand – have I ever owned a bar, managed a guesthouse or run an export business, etc., then it has been a useful thread. If not, well it made me smile. That was a much better delivery then the OP and there is much truth in that post.. Edited September 6, 2011 by WarpSpeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
South Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Dear Newbies, I am writing this because I am so frustrated and overtaken by the bunch of awful people that choose to give “advice” on this forum. So its simple I will tell you how it is. I am not a retiree. I am not here because I am running away from anything. I am attractive, I am quite intelligent, I am quite successful. I came here just after the Tsunami, I did some shit jobs to get by, my first proper job I earnt 50,000 Baht a month. Last year I earnt over 100,000 dollars prior to that I earnt 35,000 USD a year at my best. My current situation does not need to be discussed, suffice to say I am in my early 30’s, I earn over 100,000 USD a year. Three years ago I earnt less than 20’000 USD a year . I am relatively successful and I did it all in Thailand. Most of the people who will respond to you on this forum have nothing better to do. They are one of several groups but overwhelmingly they are retirees from shit jobs in the west. If they were lucky they made it as far as middle manager, they were your post manager your local shop “boss” or perhaps they managed the local pub – they are not successful people but they will give you advice like they are some type of multinational senior managers. Do NOT listen to them. They will tell you that you cannot get a good job in Thailand, you cannot be successful, they are absolutely correct. They will never be successful, if you are the same as them you WILL never be successful. You are a waster, you were no good at what you did and you will never be good at what you do, you will not be successful, move on. OK now we have got rid of at least 50% of these people they will not read this far, so lets talk: Guys this is how it is. You can set up a company with relative ease or play around and start a business with little constraints. If you have a good idea play around and make it all off shore and you can do it. You can set it up and make it work. I bought an empty condo next to where I live and made it an office I turnover 300,000 dollars a year(in my second year), because I am not inhibited by the borders that inhibited me in the west I can do it and I will do it. I AM A SUCCESS THAT COULD NEVER DO IT IN THE WEST BUT I CAN DO IT IN THE EAST _ these silly old bastards that wanted to teach me so much now call me every week to try and sell me their shit investments and their shit ideas because I earn more in a week than they earn in a year but they have been here for 20 years and I have only been here for six. You can be the most successful guy that you know by moving to the east, get a good idea, follow it through and make it work. If you were totally unsuccessful in the west understand why and learn from it. Two years ago I had 20’000 dollars in my account now I have two condos (worth over half a million dollars) and 80,000 dollars in the bank and I am a speck in the eye of success. You can Do it. You will do it. Piss off these old idiots and lets enjoy being more successful than they ever were. YOU can and will do it if you are passionate, hard working and convinced , be prepared to work 20 hours a day to Make your business a success and then take the “experts” on this site out for a drink in your local champagne bar. Welcome to ASEAN – welcome to the land of opportunity – MAKE IT, DO IT & ENJOY IT. Piss off the idiots and let’s have fun by being more than they can ever be. Welcome to the land of opportunity. Yeah mate, you just keep going for it ... Anyone know where the 'Yawn' smilie is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
losworld Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 here... here... great to here something positive... one of my past girlfriends was from a successful family in Indonesia and she always said it was much easier to make money in the East than in the West... and her family did start with nothing on two occasions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgato Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 If the OP was also ex-SAS, I think I met him once at the On Nut beer garden. Excellent. But although he spells like a Brit, he uses $ as a currency reference, maybe he is also ex-CIA? Ex-Navy SEAL for sure! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 10, 2011 Share Posted September 10, 2011 If the OP was also ex-SAS, I think I met him once at the On Nut beer garden. Excellent. But although he spells like a Brit, he uses $ as a currency reference, maybe he is also ex-CIA? Ex-Navy SEAL for sure! My key board doesn't have a pound key. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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