Thaivisa survey: Half of expats have considered leaving Thailand in the last year

[seancbk]

2 hours ago, mania said:

 

 

We also did consider it & then decided we would leave.

We were worried because back in 2014 when we left for 3 weeks we were very anxious to get back to Thailand

so were not sure if we would like it.

 

I will say the first month to a 45 days we thought we made a big mistake.

It was similar to 2014 ....we felt out of place & out of step. Although we live in such a beautiful place there...

we just felt we made a mistake & started planning to return to Thailand.

Even went ahead & made our previous tenants a sweetheart deal to move back into out home there & they jumped at it.

 

As luck would have it they ran into a problem & we ended up staying on.

Very happy we did though because right about 60+ days into our return things really started changing.

We started really noticing the positive differences & just wondered how we missed it initially.

A few more months on & we are so comfortable & thankful for many things we had forgotten about.

 

So.....to make a long story short I would just say if you should choose to return/ re_enter somewhere .... give it some time.

Initially it will be the same as so many describe when going back for visits etc. (feel wrong & you will want to get back to what you knew)

I guess it is human nature to resist big  changes & stay with what has become comfortable

 

There are many great places in the world & Thailand will always be special for us as we have Thai family & friends.

But at this time we are more than happy with our choice.

So where did you go back home to?

 

 

 

[madusa]

On 05/11/2016 at 5:19 AM, Mitkof Island said:

Totally agree with you about the majority of expats and tourists are not high quality foreigners. To put it kindly. Many are alcoholics, they date and marry bar girls, after living here for years can not speak any Thai. They depend totally on the bar girl for help. Bad bad bad idea. Anyone with common sense understands their future is all down hill from there. They bitch and moan about everything Thai. They rarely eat Thai food. They never spend anytime getting to know the locals . Ofcourse they can,t because they can,t speak Thai. They dress like total slobs, never smile and look miserable. Ever visit Ban Huay Yang ? Lasted there barely an hour .It was a freak show. They treat the Thais like crap . Scowl City. My policy is to keep a safe distance from most foreigners and the towns they live in. Guess what? Rarely if ever have i had a problem with the Thais. If you can,t handle it here please leave. More room for what few good foreigners that are here.

The truth hurts please don't say anymore of this stuff.

[chiang mai]

3 minutes ago, madusa said:

The truth hurts please don't say anymore of this stuff.

 

How would either one of you know, I mean really!

[soalbundy]

I must be one of those rare creatures who is never home sick, i have worked in many European countries and have always enjoyed where ever i was ( with the exception of my home country England which i have always found to be terribly boring). Thailand suits me just fine, i have my family here,have a good German pension that increases every year, speak and read Thai and live out in the country which i much prefer to cities. There is plus and minus where ever you are, it's up to you to find it, i tried hard with England but it's so bland but that is my fault, lived in the wrong places possibly but hey who cares i am usually happy where my hat hangs and it's hanging here.

[Naam]

5 hours ago, Bob9 said:

Why would I keep 800K (+ 3 months of 100K/mth so that it is above 800K for the 3 months) in a Thai Bank (risk heaps/reward zero) which I cannot transfer back - when I can transfer over whatever I need (and when the exchange rate is up) and earn decent interest on the money invested back home.  The interest I get on $30,000 is about $1500 a year, and although I am fine financially, it would be stupid to not keep it back home. Again - you lose.

these 5% interest in your home country are paid by the tooth fairy?

[SheungWan]

12 hours ago, Thaiwrath said:

If only I had left, and gone back to the UK.

I could be having snowball fights in the street right now !

 

Maybe not snowballs, but it is certainly getting colder.

[Bob9]

10 hours ago, mcfish said:

Anyone freaking about interest on a measly 800k for just 3 months doesn't have the money you know it, I know it and that's why you failed to make it here , it's always always about the money.. Enjoy your welfare
 

 

6 hours ago, mcfish said:

You run back to mommy's while I continue to prosper here in this wonderful country, I rest my case! Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.. What loser.
 

 

6 hours ago, mcfish said:

As always people will take a swipe at anything and anyone on the way out to the miserable life they failed to leave behind. Not a single failed expat has so far said.. I couldn't do it, I failed.. On the contrary they are all wealthy investors and stock brokers...apparently, bahahaha

 

 

What an absolute tosser you are mate.  Clearly angry and frustrated at being stuck in Thailand - and abusing people who decide to move on/out.

 

You go ahead and enoy your miserable life - keep sucking down that piss and enjoy the occasional farm girl desperate enough to earn money for her family the easy way. 

And dont bother replying using your SC-01D using Tapatalk 

 

[Bob9]

1 hour ago, Naam said:

these 5% interest in your home country are paid by the tooth fairy?

Last chance to keep your credibility - in my eyes.

Read this report :  http://www.superguide.com.au/boost-your-superannuation/top-10-performing-super-funds-2015-2016-financial-year-past-10-years

My Super Fund is usually in the top10 list - it actually averages 7.1% annual return over the last 10 years.

Now you know what to do .................. come on, you can admit it :)

 

[SheungWan]

2 minutes ago, Bob9 said:

Last chance to keep your credibility - in my eyes.

Read this report :  http://www.superguide.com.au/boost-your-superannuation/top-10-performing-super-funds-2015-2016-financial-year-past-10-years

My Super Fund is usually in the top10 list - it actually averages 7.1% annual return over the last 10 years.

Now you know what to do .................. come on, you can admit it :)

 

 

There is somewhat of a difference between funds making an investment return and savings generating interest.

 

[mcfish]

 
What an absolute tosser you are mate.  Clearly angry and frustrated at being stuck in Thailand - and abusing people who decide to move on/out.
 
You go ahead and enoy your miserable life - keep sucking down that piss and enjoy the occasional farm girl desperate enough to earn money for her family the easy way. 
And dont bother replying using your SC-01D using Tapatalk 
 

Oh deary me Bobby, still posting around the clock whilst out of the country.. How <deleted> sad is that!!!

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[Bob9]

3 minutes ago, SheungWan said:

 

There is somewhat of a difference between funds making an investment return and savings generating interest.

 

 

My retirement 'savings' are all invested in my Super Fund so I get the 5% that was disputed by Naam (more last few years - maybe little less this year).

[The manic]

On Saturday, November 05, 2016 at 2:41 PM, Johnniey said:

I'm every year about half of expats consider leaving the country.

 

The long-term newbie with 5 years fall off their pink cloud. The long-term expats learn how to have an attitude of gratitude and accept things as they really are.

 

The main reason they are unhappier as they realize after a few years that the somewhat exotic dark-skinned Issarnite is not in fact desirable anymore.

 

 

As this is border line racist incoherent rambling could you explain what you mean when your not drunk.

[SheungWan]

Just now, Bob9 said:

 

My retirement 'savings' are all invested in my Super Fund so I get the 5% that was disputed by Naam (more last few years - maybe little less this year).

 

When someone refers to savings generating interest it is generally understood to represent a fixed interest return eg with a bank. Investments generating returns are best not referred to as the former otherwise confusion may ensue.

[Bob9]

I hear you and agree.  But my earlier statement was why invest 800K in a Thai Bank and take that risk and get stuff all interest, when I can leave it in Aust and draw down what I need when I need to. Perhaps that point was lost in the subsequent posts. That tosser I was 'debating' referred to my recent request for advice regarding getting a retirement extension. I chose the option of an income letter, rather than have 800K in a Thai Bank for 3+ months.  For the record, my current permission to stay runs out very soon, but we are going to Aust early next year so I need to renew it.   

[mcfish]

I hear you and agree.  But my earlier statement was why invest 800K in a Thai Bank and take that risk and get stuff all interest, when I can leave it in Aust and draw down what I need when I need to. Perhaps that point was lost in the subsequent posts. That tosser I was 'debating' referred to my recent request for advice regarding getting a retirement extension. I chose the option of an income letter, rather than have 800K in a Thai Bank for 3+ months.  For the record, my current permission to stay runs out very soon, but we are going to Aust early next year so I need to renew it.   

What risk dummy? You lost a fortune leaving your money in Oz!! If you had a brain you would have bought baht!!

You chose an income letter because you know there is no proof required. LMAO

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[Naam]

8 hours ago, Bob9 said:

Last chance to keep your credibility - in my eyes.

Read this report :  http://www.superguide.com.au/boost-your-superannuation/top-10-performing-super-funds-2015-2016-financial-year-past-10-years

My Super Fund is usually in the top10 list - it actually averages 7.1% annual return over the last 10 years.

Now you know what to do .................. come on, you can admit it :)

 

if you had mentioned AUD and used the expression "yield or return" instead of "interest" i wouldn't have asked. besides... only laymen value liquid immediately accessible cash at par with with an investment in funds.

 

looking at your forex loss of ~30% over a period of 5 years speaks volumes.

 

Edited November 9, 2016 by Naam

[Naam]

8 hours ago, Bob9 said:

My retirement 'savings' are all invested in my Super Fund so I get the 5% that was disputed by Naam (more last few years - maybe little less this year).

you joined Thavisa three months ago but i dispute some of your claims since a few years? 

[Bob9]

15 minutes ago, Naam said:

if you had mentioned AUD and used the expression "yield or return" instead of "interest" i wouldn't have asked. besides... only laymen value liquid immediately accessible cash at par with with an investment in funds.

 

looking at your forex loss of ~30% over a period of 5 years speaks volumes.

 

 

Little miss little miss cant be wrong eh?  Had a teenage girlfriend like you - she was much more fun though.

 

Whatever.

 

[transam]

1 minute ago, Bob9 said:

 

Is it the alcohol or the IQ? or Both?

I came here in October 2012. Qantas QF23.

Been suspended many times - account cancelled twice - because I start 'debating' with posters like you.

But I dont wrestle with pigs any more - they love it and I just sheeitte all over me.

Goodbye.

I can assure you that Naam is no drunk, if you have been here many years you would know that...

[Ace of Pop]

Ex Pats,isn't that someone who made it in the World,then came here to relax..or is it someone who came here to early .Perhaps that's non P.C., to the ENTITLED generation


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[seancbk]

44 minutes ago, Bob9 said:

 

Is it the alcohol or the IQ? or Both?

I came here in October 2012. Qantas QF23.

Been suspended many times - account cancelled twice - because I start 'debating' with posters like you.

But I dont wrestle with pigs any more - they love it and I just sheeitte all over me.

Goodbye.

 

What a charming chap you are.  

Can't say I'm remotely surprised that your account has been suspended before and cancelled twice.  Hardly something to be proud about.

Suspect you'll be heading towards future suspensions pretty quick with your unfriendly attitude.

 

 

[Naam]

3 hours ago, Bob9 said:

 

Little miss little miss cant be wrong eh?  Had a teenage girlfriend like you - she was much more fun though.

Whatever.

 

facts and money talk, rubbish claims walk. little boy diversions don't work.

summary: you lost big... period!

[moe666]

Most people are not happy where they are, they think that moving will make them happy. The new feeling last about 2 to 3 years and as the new wears off they become unhappy again. Moving is only a short term solution you need to take a really good look at yourself to discover your deep seated unhappiness.

[Rimmer]

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[Naam]

4 hours ago, moe666 said:

Most people are not happy where they are, they think that moving will make them happy. The new feeling last about 2 to 3 years and as the new wears off they become unhappy again. Moving is only a short term solution you need to take a really good look at yourself to discover your deep seated unhappiness.

a lot depends on individual circumstances. over the years i lured six friends to Pattaya. two of them couldn't cope at all and returned after a rather short time. another two are spending 6 months here and 3  months in their home countries (Germany and Switzerland) and 3 months travelling. the remaining two have completed 2, respectively 3 years and are quite happy.

[Ace of Pop]

That about sums it up for most of us


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[SheungWan]

On 09/11/2016 at 5:42 AM, moe666 said:

Most people are not happy where they are, they think that moving will make them happy. The new feeling last about 2 to 3 years and as the new wears off they become unhappy again. Moving is only a short term solution you need to take a really good look at yourself to discover your deep seated unhappiness.

 

There's nothing quite like taking a good look at oneself in the mirror to discover one's deep seated unhappiness. I personally recommend Penhaligon's Bayolea Facial Scrub, though where one would get this in Pattaya I really don't know, so probably a justified reason for moving out.

 

Edited November 10, 2016 by SheungWan

[mcfish]

Most people are not happy where they are, they think that moving will make them happy. The new feeling last about 2 to 3 years and as the new wears off they become unhappy again. Moving is only a short term solution you need to take a really good look at yourself to discover your deep seated unhappiness.

Good post. The reason given by most for leaving is they feel unloved by the thai people. They are in for a big shock when they hit home turf...

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[Stargeezr]

Reference of my friends house, of  course it is in his Thai wife  name,  Have you forgotten that we are talking about

Thailand. If he or she try to sell, they will lose money. The market for this kind of a house is fully loaded.

Geezer

[Canceraid]

All of those farangs who love thailand so much as says all the other expats who are leaving are poor losers etc......well I hope that one day you become the receiving end of what is really happenning in thailand these days. Watch this video and listen to what the guy says in thai.