TroyinEwa/Perv Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I've heard of this, as well...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unit731 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I'm fortunate enough to have been employed my entire working life. And I paid my bills on time. And I never 'applied' for a credit card. My first Mastercard was sent to me when I initially applied for 'overdraft' protection on my one checking account. The bank just sent me a Mastercard. Later, as years went by, the credit card companies would send me 'Pre-approved' for credit card. Just sign and mail in. Well, I did. I added them up one time. I have over US $97,000.00 in available charging with my credit cards. Not all have cash advances but most do. So in theory, I could 'cash in' around US $90,000.00. How long would that allow me to live in Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Munchmaster Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 631 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I'm particularly intrigued by the concept of suicide by bargirl. Woman commits suicide after alleged argument with boyfriend Pattaya, December 14 [PATTAYA ONE NEWS] : A couple of hours before sunrise on Sunday morning police and rescue services were called to a rented room in an apartment complex on the eastern side of Jomtien after reports that a female had been found hanging from a length of rope. At the scene the police and Sawang Boriboon volunteers inspected the body of a 29-year-old Thai female. She had apparently hung herself by threading a length of rope over the top of the internal bathroom and then pushing herself from a chair. Police had been called by the woman’s 22-year-old boyfriend. He claimed the pair had gone to sleep earlier in the night but when he awoke he saw his girlfriend had committed suicide. Police were concerned about bruises on the dead woman’s arms and upper body and under questioning the boyfriend revealed he had inflicted them himself. At this stage there is no suggestion he was directly involved in the woman’s death. Journalists interviewed the deceased’s mother who told them she had spoken to her daughter a few times by phone earlier in the day. Her mother said her daughter sounded distraught and claimed to have been beaten up by a customer at a hotel in central Pattaya. Her mother suggested this was not true and she had been attacked by her boyfriend. Her mother believes she committed suicide because she had a broken heart. From www.pattayaone.net, story seems to have been removed now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyinEwa/Perv Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 This being Thailand, the police will rule this a suicide and promptly arrest the boyfriend for causing her to do it based on the mother's statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 My original card has a $2000 limit but it goes back to the mid 90s and I doubt anyone could walk off the street and get this these days. Even in these difficult times $2000 (Oz or US) is a very low credit limit and wouldn't be of much use to anyone. I'm pretty sure a CC with such a limit would be easily obtained. A lady from Barclays Bank called me the other day and said that as I was a premium account holder they'd like to offer me a credit card free for one year (not sure what free means? No annual fee? No interest?). Anyway I explained to her that I didn't have an account with Barclays' date=' to which she replied, would I still like to have the credit card![/quote'] Agreed, it's peanuts Munchie, but it came in handy once when I was waiting for my divorce/property settlement to come through. I scored enough in a tax free earner to keep me in style in the Philippines for a couple of weeks so used the card to pay my fare up there one Christmas. Probably saved me from cutting my throat at a really bad time in my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 He said "suicide by bargirl", not a suicide BY A BARGIRL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 So he did,so he did. A different concept entirely. Right.... yes.... errr... WTF does that mean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 Shagging yourself to death? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FAT_AUSSIE Posted December 23, 2009 Report Share Posted December 23, 2009 I did see on another forum once recently, a farang talking about how his wife pissed off somewhere and took his credit card with her and spent up, she was eventually sentenced to a prison term for credit card fraud. Handy having a CC sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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