jacko

No, it is in the other Spankys thread.Here I wish I could get a consistent review of this place! I had added as a place to try, but you seem negative about it.

Yes, but why would the only potential buyers be Thai...?Thailand has created a 2 tier market, for many things from condos to baht buses, and it seems to tick along quite nicely. The tourists are going to keep coming, in larger numbers likely, and some will be in the market for condos, the Russians are buying, they get 90 days on arrival. The Thai scene is adapting to them, even Sweethearts has a sign in Russian, one day the music inside may be too! Europeans, penniless, bankrupt, begging bowl in hand off to China!

If it was 6/baht, then became 7.17, in say a year, that is a loss of 15% in baht terms.... you would be losing by making 8% interest. I grasp that you have expenditures in Hungary, but so far this year you have needed Thai baht. I too lost the value of a small car or two, when I gambled on a falling £ and bought US$ some years ago, currency speculation is not for the faint hearted. Anyhow, this thread is about Georgia, which seems economically more steady..... and I wished to establish how well you know the OP, after all, people with something to sell generally are affable!

They can end up in a Thai company name... owned by whoever owns the company.They are also seen as an investment for Thais who do have some money, not all are penniless from the village. They are marketed cheaper than the foreign-owned 49%.

George Clooney

I prefer the guy who actually wrote it.....

Ask BigD to fetch stuff over........ due here in April.Most USA guys could probably source what you need and bring it over next trip.

Looks like you are right, I just looked at Etihad and 33,300 baht (£680) came up.

Well in Jan 11 it was around 1.78 and at the end of the year 1.66/$ so yes it has appreciated...... and it does seem to be holding there . I had to get data from your link as Yahoo doesn't seem to be able to go back very far. Are you proposing that I can open a Georgian bank account, in £STL, and it can attract interest at 10-15% p.a.?

I would be careful sticking my neck out like that Gabor...... how well do you know the guy, how many times have you met him?Have YOU invested money? That is the problem with these emerging countries and their desperate interest rates, there is high risk and the money is based in a falling currency. Sure there is money to be made too....if the currency recovers. Your 8% in Hungary, if based in the Hungarian Forint, currently worth £0.00, has cost you. Let us be relative to Thai baht, where you spend a lot of your money these days. Over the last 12 months, the forint has fallen from about 0.163 to 0.140 baht... that is a fall of 14% in baht relative value. Add on your 8% interest and you are still losing. Better to have bought Thai baht and got 2% interest and an appreciating currency. If your deposits are in $, well I apologise, I would certainly chase a US$ based account offering 8% p.a. Right, we have one poster to support the claim... ...anybody else, particularly investors.

Are you saying you still buy your tickets ex UK?I stopped doing that some years back, about when the cheaper ex-LOS tickets stopped being cheaper. The long validity tickets (ie 10 month) surely work out pricey.... short stay ones (up to 3m) bought in LOS, may well save you money.

Good ass too............Edward Woodward.

You might notice that the OP is over 4 year old. Sadly the poster is no longer with us, and the link no longer works.

I just saw this on the news. A satisfying story........ the news article didn't mention the fact that he reversed back over him and did it again!

Well I sort of agree, but I have turned up without my Toom booking, and as I know my way around town that also is not an issue.There was a thread or two in the past discussing this matter and the mention of having insurance was cited as a reason for the legit taxis.

Britt Ekland

I too got the email, but I don't agree that Etihad are the most expensive. I just bought my next ticket from them as they were the cheapest, well of the carriers I will consider. (Biz class to UK). The new earning ratios are: Cabin Fare Class Earning Ratio Coral Economy Class E, U, V, L, Q, M, K 50% H, B, Y 100% Pearl Business Class W, D, 130% C, J 175% Diamond First Class R 180% A, F 250%

Yes I will cash in my Greek Bonds and send some money straight away!

Christopher Lee

Dennis Waterman

These were very popular for UK guys years ago as they were easily obtained at a particular consulate. I had a few myself and was very happy.....If you are over 50, you can get a conversion from another type of visa, ie a tourist to a Non_Imm O in Thailand, in preparation for the retirement extension. I agree looking at the requirements in the USA for a Non-Imm O Multi it doesnt appear they want to give them out easily. There has been some tightening up on issuance of these visas.

Yes, but we are talking of Thailand with a modern new airport, not 3rd world UK and that ancient dump Heathrow.

My post was directed at the person I quoted, in support of your comments.

Not sure why you can say that, here is the actual form.thaivisaUSA.pdf

Yes similar to the UK... for some strange reason the USA application requires these references of someone in Thailand.( Try Daeng c/o Corner Bar, Soi 6)