I’m quite intrigued by the actions of another foreigner living in the same building as me who has just decided he thinks he can be an Arthur Daley -type character here in Thailand and simply trade second-hand cars privately at about one monthly intervals he says.

He has just bought his first car which is a Mitsubishi Pajero with about 70,000 km on the clock for about 550,000 thb. He feels confident he will be able to resell it after about a month and make a profit of about 100,000 thb ?

I’m quite astonished that he would even think that there are enough people out there in the market for that kind of vehicle to be able to bank on selling it at a profit it after a month. Are there any other foreigners likely to be doing this kind of thing to make an extra buck?

An Indian hawking suits in Sukhumvit told me to trust him as he "aint no Del boy".

Where his minder Terrence,

As non-Brit, I had to google "Arthur Daley"

And, I generally don't care what other people do with their money

He's going to need a Thai to transfer the car to before he can sell it again, that's where the Thai Arthur Daley disappears with the motor in his name.

He's going to need a Thai to transfer the car to before he can sell it again, that's where the Thai Arthur Daley disappears with the motor in his name.

How so? Why would it have to funnel through a Thai....

Where his minder Terrence,

He moved to UCOS (Unsolved Crimes Unit)

Why doesn't OP grab a beer, sit back, relax and watch if the nieghbor makes his profits?

chill...

He leaves himself wide open for any disgruntled customer to report him to Immigration Police, then out of the country he goes.

Just looked at a "well known" expat site and they have a Mitsu Pajero for 650,000 but it only has 35,000 kms.

If the guy has done it before in his own country he can probably do the same here. If I tried i would just lose money not easy!

Look at Stuff for sale in Pattaya on Facebook, loads of foreigners listing regularly, not sure their success rate though.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/230908950357612/

If it is so easy to do then why are there tens of thousands of cars for sale at the tents on the roadside?

Very few seem to sell and they sit there gathering dust.

I think you'd get a bit sweaty in the sheepskin coat.

If he's the Arthur Daley type, maybe he is planning on selling to the same sort of punters that Arthur Daley does. Plenty of 'em in Pattaya, Phuket, Chiang Mai...

I knew a bloke that did this in Ban Chang. He was known locally as Dodgy Dave. He used to sell old bangers to expats.