What are the costs and experiences of organized minivan border runs from Pattaya for DTV holders in Thailand?

@Adrian *********

OK change of culture then Vietnam is fun

@Luit ****************

you can better…

@Ko ******

you're right, I can better... not waste my time on your stupid remarks, but they are entertaining.

@Luit ****************

Your arguments is still ridiculous in comparison. It's only scammers who takes advantage of people in this specific way. Like I mentioned, if the "borderrun" company was offering something extra for DTV holders, it would be perfectly fine. For example, if you would catch a taxi and told them you need to go to the hospital for a surgery and they said that it would cost you double fee because it's a surgery and not an ordinary health check. With your brilliant economic knowledge, you would be fine with that, right? Just answer with a yes and you won't have me arguing anymore.

Arguing with you is useless sice you do not have the ability to see how things work in this world. Getting a 180 stamp just is different than getting a 60 day stamp. You can keep discussing about fair or not, but different products have different prices and different margins.

When you think making bigger margins is a scam, that is your good right, but then most companies in the world are scammers.

Every company in the world will try to make margins as high as possible.

You can say that is not fair, but that is not what we are discussing.

And about your example with the taxi and the hospital, it might be different how you arrange it. When you let the hospital arrange it, it might be more expensive than arranging the taxi ride yourself.

It is all about what product or service you buy.

When you hire a van to the border it might be cheaper than buy a borderrun.

The borderrun just includes extra service, which might be different for 180 days than for 60 days.

@Luit ****************

You are twisting my words to benefit your excellence in economics. I never questioned companies ability to make as big margins as possible is a scam or that different products has different prices and margins. I might just not used the same borderrun company that charge extra for something they not provide. You said it yourself in the last sentence, that extra service "might" be different for 180 days. In this case it's only the stamp that differ, wich by my experience isn't provided by the borderrun company. They only took me and the other in the van from A to B, the process of passing the border and return with proper paperwork was on ourselves no matter what kind of VISA. And your friend Dave's example of plumbers charging triple for emergency calls over the weekend is not applicable for this issue.

@Robert *********

I think you don't know how a borderrun works, they might not stamp your passport themselves, but they take care that IO stamps your passport without problems. What it needs to reach this might be different depending on type of visa.

@Adrian *********

Exactly, I understand your issue fully but Mr Economy Professor wants me to believe it's how the world works. The last answer from him even includes corruption so he builds up his own narrative. And this just proves that it's a part of a scam and that's how the world works, especially if you're eating an expensive dinner at a restaurant. If they would say that it's more expensive because they need to bribe the IO it would make sense but that wasn't mentioned because that would expose the scam. But I am thankful for being schooled by the Economy Professor on how the world works after 48 years of knowing nothing.

@Robert *********

Since you cannot see difference between 60 days and 180 days, I guess it is useless to discuss this. It has nothing at all to do with scam, different service means different price, you pay for what you get, no matter what seller had to pay for it.

But you are in good company, even the president of the US does not understand basic principles of economy and mathematics.

@Adrian *********

let me try with the most simple example I can think of right now. When I transfer and exchange money the fee is higher when the amount of money is higher. Everybody sees this as perfectly normal, but for the bank, the cost of transferring the small amount is exactly the same as for the large amount.

@John ********

brother are you dumb? Can you not read?

@John ********

more paperwork than the initial approved application and everything updated

@John ********

Like it not getting extended…..

@David *******

Good Luck 🍀 if you can do it same day. Especially with a history of staying in Thailand with Visa Exempt Entries, Tourist Visas and extensions.

@James *******

he is talking DTV mate

@David *******

understood.

@David *******

Alongside Ban Khao Din, the Thailand-Cambodia Friendship Bridge at Nong Ian, currently open only to trucks, will be officially designated as the next Thailand-Cambodia border crossing and open to foreigners, probably sometime this year.

Once this happens, it will become by far the most convenient and fastest border crossing between Thailand and Cambodia. Buses will also be using that border too, including Bangkok-Phnom Penh and Bangkok-Siem Reap services.

However, train passengers will continue to use the Aranyaprathet-Poipet border because the train passes through there.

@David *******

Aranyaprathet is the closest but not by much. Ban Khao Din is about the same distance and a far better place to re-enter the country. Also, much faster since no one uses it.

@Paul ******

thanks, yeah I read officers at Aranyaprathet can be more difficult