[middle aged westerners]

70 million Americans voted for Donald Trump. Just what does that say about your "western education"?

[Flight prices]

Simply because they like dublin' the price...

[Yee Peng lantern release: where to watch for free?]

9 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Last year was worthless, can't see this year being any better.

Prayut doesn't like Loy Kratong.

 

Just totally out there, this comment.

 

I'm giving it a "yes"...

[Police bust gang of con-artists]

6 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

Are there actually any honest Africans in Thailand ? Never a day seemed to go buy without an African con artists story on TV.

 

Maybe they should start asking all Africans from such countries to post a 1 million baht deposit first when applying for a visa.

 

You poor, insecure little man...

[Pay tax for online sale ? shopee and lazada will report you, but do you know anybody paying tax for selling online ?]

Lazada, etc do not deduct withholding tax from your sales.

They charge VAT on the fees they charge you, and that is shown on their monthly tax invoice.

 

If your total annual sales are over 1.8 million baht, you are supposed to register for VAT.

Once you register for VAT, you MUST do monthly returns. The penalties for non- or late submission can be onerous.

 

One way that the RD knows your sales figures is the mandatory reporting of the number and size of deposits to individual accounts by banks. They must also report agglomerated data, for example, on multiple accounts in the same name/ID number. Different accounts in the same name/ID number across multiple banks are agglomerated by the RD themselves.

 

I didn't know that Lazada, etc were subject to mandatory sales reporting to the RD. I will check on this with my RD source, perhaps tonight before we turn the light off...

[Genuine friendships in Thailand.]

1 hour ago, brokenbone said:

you are right, but it doesnt necessarly have to be football

and speaking thai isnt strictly necessary either for a large percentage,

so long as you participate in some kind of group and have a common language i.e english

 

Yep, sure.

[Genuine friendships in Thailand.]

1 hour ago, federico said:

I agree 100% and in my case i wd only change football team with rockn’roll band (though i’m not too  bad on the  pitch)

555 Totally agree! I actually came to know these mates through music, then football followed.

 

With any social group, you need an "in", a route in.

 

There are many available: the two mentioned here, football and music, then use your imagination...!

 

Like I say, real friends.

 

No, I know you won't believe me, but that's your problem...

[Genuine friendships in Thailand.]

You're all crazy.

 

All you have to do is speak the language, be a nice person, and join a football team.

 

I've got lots of local friends.

 

Really.

[Corona Virus-Temperature and Humidity Dependency]

15 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

A rise in temp often means a change of lifestyle, in winter people meet/congregate indoors in close quarters, dinning, sports, shopping etc. In summer people may tend to be outside more and separated more, beach swimming, golf, outdoor dinning, outdoor markets etc. The difference between an indoor party or an outdoor bbq, swimming etc, 

If temperature is a major factor, it will be negated inside a shopping mall or office block that is heated or cooled to the same temp all year round.

 

 

You certainly make sense, Peter.

 

[Thai Gold Bars Spread Gone from 100 to 300 baht.]

Now gone to 350 at GTGold.

 

[Houses: asking vs selling price]

On 3/11/2020 at 7:08 PM, Airalee said:

1.  If you’re not embarrassed by your offer it’s not low enough.

 

I like this, and agree.

[Super cheap flights to Aus]

53 minutes ago, madmen said:

I'm booked on a 3k baht ticket and a direct flight as well 

Really? Who's it with?

 

[DIY Company Formation And Work Permit]

You're welcome.

 

[Is the 7-11 franchise out of control. A street in Pattaya has one ever 50m to 100m]

3 hours ago, Berkshire said:

Not sure why you would say that.  There's a reason franchises are flourishing all over the world.  It's because the model works. 

 

Mmmm, google "RFG", and Australian franchisor, and see what you come up with...

 

[Best place to get bin bags and how much?]

17 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Can you take small rucksacks into Big C? i know at Makro which has airport type security they aren't allowed

 

Not true. You can take bags into Makro no problem.

 

[Easiest way to get work permit]

On 10/18/2019 at 1:55 PM, Peterw42 said:

A restaurant can employ you as a specialist chef and get you a work permit etc but unless you are actually a specialist chef they will more than likely employ a Thai chef for 300 baht a day. the restaurant would need to say a Thai cant do the job.

 

Not sure I'd want to eat in a restaurant that pays their chef 300 baht a day!

[Easiest way to get work permit]

You don't need to form a company. You can just register the business at the local administrative organisation.

[Work permit with own company - any "intangible" requirements?]

1 hour ago, yankee99 said:

Social security will visit your workplace to see the employees that will receive benefits too 

 

Not necessarily.

[Problems entering with a re-entry permit on ed visa]

17 hours ago, cerox said:

... and nobody called me a liar....

 

Nobody called the OP a liar either.

 

They called him a lair.

 

Not the same...

[Marriage extension under consideration period over but no result]

On 8/30/2019 at 12:16 PM, ubonjoe said:

The under consideration stamp overrides that entry stamp you got.

 

This is all excellent info which I didn't realise.

 

Thanks.

[Searching for quality in Thailand]

22 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

And would you accept in a restaurant food which was prepared 30 minutes ago?

 

 

Well, actually, I had some wine the other day that was made 10 years ago, and it was delicious...

[Searching for quality in Thailand]

I've found really good quality pith helmets at:

 

neocolonial.co.th

 

Another great site for those with nothing much better to do:

 

delusionsofsuperiority.com

 

 

[Searching for quality in Thailand]

22 hours ago, LivinLOS said:

 

 

My current cheap Thai house up north you enter the bedroom, theres 3 different light switches, all not wired right, and the on suite bathroom switch is the wrong side of the bathroom door.. Its these kind of things that are like a daily reminder that your living surrounded by people who cant see the most simplistic problems. 

 

 

Not quite right. It's not that other people can't see these problems, it's that these issues are not problematic for normal, well adjusted people.

 

They are only problematic to anal retentives such as your good self...

[Searching for quality in Thailand]

On 8/17/2019 at 1:08 PM, Dexlowe said:

<snip> did I splash out a little and started buying Camel Active shirts - casual and smart, I still have them after 15 years and they still look great...

 

No they don't...

[Thai Music we love]

13 hours ago, jvs said:

Really like this song from the south.

 

 

Another song by Dech Issara.

 

"Lang Pho Kun", a Southern guy's lament that he can't master the proper Thai that his Bangkok girlfriend thinks he should.