@Steve ******

Sadly, some people, who are well settled here with a family and so on, don't have the money and need to go the agent route. So 1,250 a month or so is not a problem, but the 800,000 baht is.

@Neil *********

Yes, that's it.

@Neil *********

A BKK agent will do it for 14k. 25k is a diddle, and that agent is Nissan who I have used in the past. It's 14k a year after the first year. I don't know what his initial setup cost is, but maybe it's that 25k.

@Hugh *******

hmm, not so sure about less dickheads when you see the way they drive ...

@Joe **********

well, a large Chang here is the equivalent of about £1.50 and Tesco in the UK sell them for about 99p or 40 baht. That’s after a 6,000 mile journey so no, beer isn’t cheap here at all.

@Steve ********

more like idiots.r.u.com

So my eldest son who wants to come with his wife and two adult children will have to have £51,200 in the bank for six months beforehand? Totally unviable for almost everyone. Typical lack of joined up thinking again!

@Raquel *******

Well, you won't be able to anyway. And have you seen what's happening in Thailand? It's not a good time to think about moving here at all, especially with such little knowledge.

Wait a few years until the economy starts recovering.

This is about the 94th post on this topic I have seen recently.

Please note that the only viable job you can get in the short term is teaching English. That is unless you can find work with a US or other company based in Thailand. That would be better researched in the States to see who has offices here. It's highly unlikely you will get a job in sales because you don't speak Thai.

Read here and think again -