When you fly in, the airlines usually check your ticket as to when to leave or fly out, so when getting a 60 day exempt visa with an intent to extend it to another 30 or 60 days, would your flying out ticket be dated after the 60 day exempt and before the date of allowed extension?
Don't they require that the whole amount be deposited in a Thailand bank as the thailand US consul do not do authentication these days that you receive that much from social security?