Haha, were you watching that old agent on Buzzin Pattaya YouTube channel, weren't you? You do realize no visa agent is gonna have nice things to say about the DTV? It kills their business!
idiots, really. There's reports some old guys in Pattaya are in trouble after failing to satisfy requirements when they also attempted to do an extension.
I've said this before and I'll say it again: only a complete moron would attempt to do an extension of the DTV. It blows my mind you would take so many trips to the immigration, spend so much time on paperwork, when in that times you could gone to Cambodia or Malaysia or wherever and be back with a fresh-no-questions-asked 180 stay stamp!
If $300 is too much for you then perhaps the whole DTV may not be for you. I had my first application cancelled in August but I simply reapplied without hesitation to another consulate and was approved.
Why are so many people replying "No"? Haha! Guys, technically it's possible. Many people have already done, exited Thailand, and came back in with the DTV without issue. Should you do it? Probably not. Do I condone it? No, but fact of the matter is it is possible!