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    Some comments from typical Thai lady.

    By Anonymous, Created on: 29/01/2008, Last updated on: 25/05/2009

    » Just some comments from Thai lady side, please be known that my comments are from only my experience. Why do we look down Farang with dark woman? - They don't have the minimum standard for their wife. ( I have no complain marrying with bar girl. What the reason do you choose her to be your...

    • Anonymous commented : Hi AD, Probably not as often as you, AD, there are other places in the world to see, you know. Besides I have stated several times before that I am in this forum to learn about Thailand and not to teach Thais or farangs living in LOS how to be or do. I sometimes do disagree with you but for me that is not a problem at all. You have your opinions and I have mine. I fail to see why we should mean exactly the same about everything. I can tell you a secret AD: Sometimes I even agree 100% with Adam`s opinions. This specific time is one of the rather few times I totally disagreed with you. “Thai lady 10th ..............I am sincerely sorry, and feel ashamed at the behavior of some farang men i have seen in Thailand. Please believe me when i say that we are not all like them.” AD; I can also feel disgusted when I see the behavior of some tourists in Thailand but I do not accept that farangs in general are blamed for the bad behavior of a few. Neither do I apologize for it. Thai authorities have constantly denied fair play for constructive farangs to settle in LOS just in order to import masses of white trash on 30-days tourist visas in order to milk them for money, so exactly what do you or ”Thai-lady” expect from farang party animals, AD? Usually they drink themselves senseless, Drunk, fat, frustrated, ugly, uneducated 20-65 YO Scandinavians, Aussies and Germans are screaming in the streets with a 20 YO Thai girl in each arm. Farangs speaking lousy English and those of them being most familiar with Thailand has even picked up some kind of gutter-pasa-thai instead of real pasa thai. What a shame! But why should you or I apologize for them? I to go to Wenzhou , Xiamen and Dalian in China in April, and if I have the time I will visit Bangkok in order to straighten a few things out concerning my account in Tanakarn Khrung Theep (Bangkok Bank) . Best regards, Hans

    • 49 replies, 67,566 views

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    Baht too strong - urgently needs freedom to float

    By oldexplorer, Created on: 12/03/2009, Last updated on: 04/11/2015

    » As the massive Chinese economy begins a freefall descent in response to the Western financial collapse, the Abhisit government needs to assist Thai exports by allowing the Baht to float downwards. Keeping the Baht slavishly locked to the US Dollar is short-sighted, and will simply make Thai exports...

    • DKO commented : [quote="Ian":3j3onyjd]Dave if you look here http://www.tititudorancea.com/z/gbp_to_ ... i_baht.htm At the 30 day chart, you will see that the Pound seems stable around the 50 mark, plus or minus 1 Baht. I agree one can see clear correlations between the dollar fluctuations and also stock market activity. The Baht boat has not yet hit the rocks, the future is not clear. Hang in there friend.[/quote:3j3onyjd] It may look small Ian but the range is actually 4.6% and is up and down daily (or nearly daily). Even only 16 months ago you would not get movement like this in weeks or months. Lets put that 4.6% into perspective. When I draw my pension via ATM of 900 GBP. (no charges until 1st June when I get hit for a 1% Visa Exchange rate conversion charge but no commission charges still ) If I get my money at 49.3984 Baht to 1 GBP I would get 44,459 Baht At 51.94656 to 1 GBP I would get 46,752 Baht. A difference of 2,293 Baht I feel a 30 day difference of budget of 2,293 Baht where it is worth 3 times or so more in buying power in Thailand compared to the UK is significant. Of course the added problem is that I cannot get my money out by ATM in one day, and over the next two days it often moves down in this range costing me some 1,600 baht on average purely coz of My Bank's ATM limits of 300 GBP per day (similar to many UK banks limits). VERY FRUSTRATING trying to guess/hold out for three good ER days and not always possible if I get a big bill that has to be met.. Even then it is impossible to work out exactly what rate the ATM will apply at any one time of the day. I have tried following the pattern of Bangkok Bank T/T rates (seems closest) for when changes are applied to ATM withdrawals but its all over the place (except weekend where I have found what it is Sat morning is the same Sun morning and before 8am Monday morning. All I need is a great rate at the end of Friday then I can get all my month's pension out on that rate over the next 3 days. Am Hanging in my friend by the finger nails when Visa renewal time comes if things do not improve. More bad news I see the UK RPI for Feb '08 to Feb'09 is ZERO so NO increase to my Pension this year Dave

    • 36 replies, 213,281 views

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    Internet banking in Thailand

    By dillpickles98, Created on: 08/08/2009, Last updated on: 06/01/2014

    » Internet Banking in Thailand For the last 6 months i have tried to set up ACH banking from the U.S. to Thailand. The problem was when the trail deposits were posted from my U.S. Bank to BKK Bank of course they were only in Thai Baht. To complete verification one must enter the exact amount of the...

    • paddy commented : [quote="Silaworld":3k5cw021]I have a Euro-account and 3 ThaiBaht-accounts (in different provinces) since about 5 years without problems with Bangkok Bank. Recently I opened Bualuang Ibanking and this works entirely to my satisfaction. Transferring money from Euro to Baht or inverse is a piece of cake. Transfers happen online and you know your rate. Transfer limit is 500.000 Baht/dayly. At the beginning when I opened something new, Bankstaff always asked for workpermit... but when I told them No Workpermit, everything still Ok. Actually, many westerner banks might take some lessons from major Thai banks.[/quote:3k5cw021] 500,000 baht daily limit on transfers out of Thailand ? How does that work? I tried to transfer 200 euros from my SCB bank to my Euro bank. SCB confirmed that i could not do it at their branch (it was not authorized), but that I could do this online, to save on fees. When I tried to make the online transfer, SBC's Easynet screen requested me to prepare and submit a request form to BOT, explaining what the purpose was for the use of the funds. Yes, that was for 200 euros! I gave up, afer my bank branch said they had no reply from the BOT. In the coming months of the new year, I will have a significant amount of cash which I want to transfer to a long-standing bank account in another country.

    • Silaworld commented : I have a Euro-account and 3 ThaiBaht-accounts (in different provinces) since about 5 years without problems with Bangkok Bank. Recently I opened Bualuang Ibanking and this works entirely to my satisfaction. Transferring money from Euro to Baht or inverse is a piece of cake. Transfers happen online and you know your rate. Transfer limit is 500.000 Baht/dayly. At the beginning when I opened something new, Bankstaff always asked for workpermit... but when I told them No Workpermit, everything still Ok. Actually, many westerner banks might take some lessons from major Thai banks.

    • 12 replies, 35,102 views

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    Home Sweet Home - Thailand vs Malaysia?

    By GerBo, Created on: 08/08/2009, Last updated on: 28/04/2010

    » I live now exactly 2 years in Thailand with my Thai spouse and see the following things in this 'Land of Smile' to foreigners. I see it sometimes more as discrimination of foreigners in this country. 1. VISA-paper work to overreacting and very unfriendly; 2. Very tough to open a initial savingsaccount...

    • Jason McDonald commented : [quote="GerBo"]I live now exactly 2 years in Thailand with my Thai spouse and see the following things in this 'Land of Smile' to foreigners. I see it sometimes more as discrimination of foreigners in this country. 1. VISA-paper work to overreacting and very unfriendly; 2. Very tough to open a initial savingsaccount without a sudden visa; 3. Some banks do not give interest on a savingsaccount for foreigners; 4. Can not buy a house incl. land; 5. Can not have on a normal easy way a house-registration; 6. Can not buy a car/motorbike without a normal house-registration or Certificate of Residence; 7. Block ur savingsaccount when a sum of equivelent 10.000 EUR is getting on ur account from abroad; When u see te aboved point (and for sure I missed some) I think this Land of Smile is really a kind of paranoid. There is only one thing u may do in this country and makes them really having a smile: ACCEPTING UR FOREIGN MONEY!! No restrictions at all. huh? how can? [quote] OK yes Thailand does discriminate against foreigners especially farang. It's not going to change so you have to do things smarter to have a good life in Thailand. Someone once told me that "everything three times in Thailand". Well this turned out to be correct except for banks where it is sometimes 10 times. After 4 times I got a bank account with atm card / debit card VISA. I buy airfare tickets with this VISA card worldwide as the price of tickets is pretty much half price compared to buying the same ticket in Australlia. So there is an advantage! Oh and I do get interest on the account much to my surprise. I have a three year visa into Thailand and all of SE asia includig China which gives me 90 day stays at a time. My Thai wife has multiple reentry visa for 90 day stays into Australia so we can pretty well move between OZ and THAI easily. But that visa took about 6 goes to get. Internet banking is a bit more difficult whilst I have bualuang iPay, Bualuang internet is more difficult. So far I have tried 4 times without success. But I will get it as I don't give up and it becomes a game for me. Just keep on trying eventually the lady behind the desk can not think of anything else for you to bring in and you get it. Play the Thai game like the Thais and you will get anything you want. Just takes time and imagination. Why do you want to buy land? Get your thai wife to buy the land you take out a 30 year lease and then you build the house. You own the lease and the house. After 30 years if you're still around dismantle the house and move it to another vacant lease that you have acquired. No hassle really. Just don't kick the farmers off their rice paddy leases if you happen to "own" farmng land. If they won't let you buy a car get your wife to buy it. Most likely she will get a better price then you anyway. You will be able to use it anytime you like. I'm always borrowing the wife's family's motor bikes etc. Nobody really seems to care really. I have never transferred that amount in one go so I don't know if they block it. But I had my VISA card frozen the other day becasue of a password problem and after three phone calls to Bangkok Bank from Australia the problem was solved. So my advise don't get frustrated (some may say that I'm being very hypocritical when I say that because I too get frustrated a lot of times) just don't give up and keep trying. After 100 times they will get sick of you and you will win.

    • 13 replies, 26,852 views

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    Christmas is coming, and it’s time to celebrate!

    By prnews, Created on: 17/12/2010, Last updated on: 17/12/2010

    » [color=#FF0000:ifqmsnum][size=150:ifqmsnum][b:ifqmsnum]The Anna Restaurant . . . in Sathon Soi 6 off North Sathon Road presents . . . . . . A Christmas to Remember [/b:ifqmsnum][/size:ifqmsnum][/color:ifqmsnum] [color=#FF0000:ifqmsnum][size=150:ifqmsnum][b:ifqmsnum]‘Christmas is coming, and...

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    End of the year ideas for helping others

    By modsquad, Created on: 21/12/2010, Last updated on: 21/12/2010

    » There are many readers out there who want to help, but they do not know to whom and where to give. If you are looking for where and whom to help, here is list of worthy causes. CHILDREN - Youth Shelter: Located in Samut Prakan province, Ban Tawan Mai is a shelter for abandoned children from broken...

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    Rate increase to limit inflation

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 13/01/2011

    » Rising raw materials prices and minimum wages are pushing up costs, but price controls and interest rate increases will help limit rising prices.

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    Fuel subsidies, low energy efficiency

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 03/05/2011

    » With diesel fuel subsidized at 18% below market prices, food export revenues are guzzled up by oil imports.

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    Solar power in Ayutthaya

    Jon Fernquest, Published on 08/06/2011

    » The first 3 megawatt electricity generating solar farm of a 100 megawatt project is now operating and selling electricity. Wind power and biomass are next.

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