JohnnyBKK
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Discount of 20,000 THB if you buy it without requiring the "certificate of residence" from me. All the other documents are in order.
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Did you find a place ? I need one too as I can't sell my car without the residence certificate.
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Hello,
I need an agent capable of transferring my car into my gf's name without residence certificate.
If anyone knows someone capable of doing this, please let me know.
Best regards,
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Hello,
Do you guys know an agent to do the 90 days report ? I also need to get a "residency certificate" to sell my car.
I'm in Sukhumvit soi 11, if possible an agent not too far.
Thanks
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Hello,
I'm in Sukhumvit soi 11 and I need to send a fax... my bank still lives in the 1950s...
Any idea where I can go to send a fax to another country ?
Best regards,
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49 minutes ago, Dave0206 said:
I do not have that kind of money to waste and if anyone has how in the hell did they accumulate money if they buy this kind of rubbish.?
you are not traveling cattle class if spending this on visa so already got express exit at airport
Let me answer this for you as I have the elite visa. When you start "accumulating money" as you say your time is more and more precious. Meaning that you can spend money to save time as your time is more valuable than the money you are paying for certain things.
In my case it's cheaper for me to get the elite visa than any other kind of visa. This might sound atrocious to someone who has a free visa, but that free visa came with strings attached like visits to the immigration, documentation, re-entry permits, long queues at the airport to enter the country and get a taxi and so on.
When I paid for my elite visa it took me no more than 5 minutes of my time, when I arrive or leave Thailand my chauffeur is ready, I go directly through the diplomatic entry/exit, I check in at the business counter even when I have an eco ticket at the airport in Thailand, no questions asked when I come or go anywhere. Just big smiles. Never a visit to the immigration in the last 5 years. I travel in an out of Thailand at least 10 times a year, for me it was worth it to pay for the elite visa and I'm sure that many other people feel the same. Now I'm just 34 years old, if I was 50 or more maybe I would have opted for another kind of visa, but for under 50s it's not such a bad deal. Only issue is the driving license that has to be renewed every 2 years.
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On 11/1/2012 at 3:38 PM, richardt1808 said:
About 7 years ago I sued my Thai landlord for a measely B 20,000 depost - same issue (scratched floor). I used a small legal company and he charged me B10,000 in legal fees, including issuing the summons. The whole process was quick - about 4-5 weeks from the first meeting to the court date and I must say, nothing will beat the satisfaction of seeing the Landlord counting out the cash to give me in court after winning the case. Given inflation, your amount is higher than mine was, so its do-able for sure.
Sorry, I dont have the contact info anymore, but as mentioned above, you can start with Siam Legal or there are loads of small law offices to choose from.
Best of luck
Very interesting indeed, could you try to remember the name of the law office ?
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I must say I've had an issue only with a foreigner too even if it's a thai landlord on the lease, the foreigner is "taking care" of things and he has found every excuse possible to keep my deposit. Never again will I rent anything with 2 months deposit. NEVER.
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Just now, jackdd said:
In which country would a wife have to pay tax if she gets money from her husband? Never heard of this.
In many countries depending on the amount there will be taxes on such gifts after a certain amount.
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6 minutes ago, ThaidDown said:
I'm also sure she did not pay any tax since no tax would be due.
Interesting, so I can send tons of money to Thailand, transfer it to my wife, she gets to buy tons of properties free of tax ? Very interesting if true. How do you declare that money in your annual taxes ?
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1 minute ago, FritsSikkink said:
Pretty stupid advise as he will go to jail for defamation. If you give somebody a bad name it will be defamation and be a criminal case.
It's possible that those giving such advise are the landlord's themselves trying to set me up, who knows. I've been long enough in Thailand to know to never name anyone, there is no way to identify this landlord from any of my posts and this will never change. I'm not here to public shame anyone, I'm here to collect ideas to get my money back legally without causing unnecessary trouble.
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2 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:
You or your lawyer can't open a criminal case, the police needs to do this.
That's helpful, thanks. So I just need to go to the police station with evidence that they have more than 5 properties for rent and that they charged more than 2 months deposit instead of one and that's it.
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2 minutes ago, madmen said:
So you lose a bundle on deposit and now gift a lawyer the same and when you win in Court the landlord will a still shrug his shoulders and say " no hab "
Sounds like a plan, go for it.
That is ok, if nobody stands against those people they will feel free to do it again and again.
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1 minute ago, luckyluke said:
Apparently she has money, if she also has relations ( usually it goes together ) a good (expensive) lawyer, this could become a long-winded affair.
It's the husband's money that puts everything in her name actually, not her own money. Pretty sure she never paid a tax on all that free money she received from him neither. It's incredible how much risk people are willing to take for such small amounts of money.
I'm myself a landlord and I always refund the deposits, once a tenant spoke really bad to me because the agent didn't tell me he had an issue in the unit and when I met him he was furious. After a few minutes explaining to him that I wasn't aware of any issue and that I would fix all the issues right away he quickly changed his attitude and he even recovered his whole deposit minus cleaning fee on his checkout (that guy insulted me for a whole 10 minutes I think). That's how a professional takes care of tenants.
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3 minutes ago, luckyluke said:
I suppose you can prove she had already the 5 properties when you signed the contract.I do
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1 minute ago, luckyluke said:
A lawyer who works for free!
I have money, when I say I have nothing to lose is I wont lose my freedom over this. I don't really care about losing some money if they also lose some and in the end they have to refund me anyway.
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Just now, innosiem said:
how would it be defamation ?
if he is wrongfully withholding your deposit and not returning it to you ?
defamation, is when you make up stuff about people that will have a negative impact for them
it would only be defamation if your comments are false
Even if true you can be sued for loss of reputation as the matter had no reason to be public.
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Just now, Don Mega said:
As I said good luck, if you win and actually get you deposit back will you use that to put towards the lawyers fee's ?
It doesn't matter, I just don't want the landlord to keep my money for free. They will also have to hire a lawyer and pay as much as me.
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Just now, innosiem said:
the landlord will likely cave in as soon as they hear from a lawyer, if they are knowingly in the wrong
after the 7 day period, you may also be better to take to social media
and name and shame the landlord publicly
who is tarnishing the good name of Thailand
exploiting a stranded foreigner because his income has dropped due to covid
get a friend to translate it all to Thai tooI don't want to have a defamation lawsuit on my back, I'm not here to hurt anyone, just get my money back.
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1 minute ago, Don Mega said:
bwahaahahahahahaha, good luck !
I have nothing to lose, the one with something big to lose is the landlord. Let's see if they prefer a criminal case being opened or just refund what is mine.
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1 minute ago, Don Mega said:
A legally binding document that you willfully signed.... or did the landlord have a gun to your head.
That document is not legal as it can't override the law, it makes the whole contract nullified. I'm waiting for the 7 days to be over then I'm hiring a lawyer and I will ask him to open a criminal case instead of a civil case based on this fact. Let's see how that goes with the landlord and if they still refuse to refund my deposit.
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16 minutes ago, innosiem said:
do you have a source ?
Link above : The new safeguards are amendments to the Consumer Protection Act and apply to landlords leasing out at that lease five or more residential units.
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2 minutes ago, innosiem said:
where in that article does it say the landlord needs to own at least 5 rentals for this to apply ?
Surely the regulations apply to all landlords,
or do you have another source for info ?Applies only to people with 5 properties yes, a bit annoying to have 2 sets of laws.
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6 hours ago, Peterw42 said:
Landlord possibly charged 1 month deposit and 1 month rent in advance.
My document states it's was 2 months deposit and 1 month rent in advance. This is illegal if the landlord has more than 5 properties which she do.
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How to sell my car without workpermit
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Any luck ? I got the same issue, I got buyers lined up but nobody wants to take it without the residence certificate from my side.