You should probably think about your yearly income vs that of the shop owner before you begin haggling.
Also if you are like me and prefer to spend your money in local shops rather than lazada, you can still use Lazada to help you understand what something could cost with negotiation.
some people do this crazy thing called budgeting where they have one pile of money reserved for one thing, and yet have a completely different pile of money that they reserve for something else.š¤·
I always book a return flight 5-6 months after my arrival. A round trip ticket, but since I am getting a 30 visa exempt entry the return date is clearly well outside my ability to stay in the country (without a border bounce or other uncheckable factors)
And I have been doing this since 2017 and I have never even been questioned.
I suspect it helps that I speak thai and have impeccable thai style manners, but only at the thai end of the flight.
When I get on my flight here in the states they never even ask me about it either. š¤·
perhaps you aren't fluent in English, but I never said I stay more than 180 days.
As a matter of fact I have never stayed more than 180 days in Thailand.
And I noticed you didn't even try to answer the question I posed.
If I am not a tourist, and I don't work when traveling, and I maintain a house in my home country, and I am not retired, and I am planning to return home to work when my money runs out, if I am not a tourist, then what am I in your philosophy?š¤