spirit_of_town_hall Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Whats the most you have ever heard of anyone in farang land, REGULARLY sending back to their Thai partner or girlfriend. I am aware of one case who regularly sends £1000 per calender month back to Thailand, another who sends £400 per month. I am not talking about wealthy people here, but people with regular jobs. One case is particularly horrific. STH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Hi, My wife mentioned a while back that one of her students was getting 100K Baht / month from some guy in the US. True or not I have no idea. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coss Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 And we've all heard the stories about girls at the ATM machine with 10 or 15 cards from overseas banks. And I've seen this in action. I wish I was an attractive female sometimes. Money in my furry cheque book Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 And most of them blow it as quickly as they can. Watch them sob and moan when they are older and broke and no one sends them anything any more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khunsanuk Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Hi, "And most of them blow it as quickly as they can." Yep, and it is impossible to make them understand that they should save some of it. I guess they 'earn' the money too easy and therefore it loses its 'value'. The girl I mentioned above would easily spend 5-6K Baht on an evening out, sometimes double that. Sanuk! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 To put this into perspective, remember that Pheu Thai has been babbling like a brook over a 300 baht a day minimum wage, plus a minimum of 15,000 a month for every new BA grad who manages to get a government job. So what makes these morons think that their favourite BG needs 50,000 to 100,000 a month not to "go work bar"? Hell, it's a damn good month when I make 50,000 and I've got 3 university degrees. My Mrs is a PhD and is lucky to make 35-40,000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirit_of_town_hall Posted September 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 To put this into perspective, remember that Pheu Thai has been babbling like a brook over a 300 baht a day minimum wage, plus a minimum of 15,000 a month for every new BA grad who manages to get a government job. So what makes these morons think that their favourite BG needs 50,000 to 100,000 a month not to "go work bar"? Hell, it's a damn good month when I make 50,000 and I've got 3 university degrees. My Mrs is a PhD and is lucky to make 35-40,000. That does put it in to perspective, I suppose the equivalent would be someone in the US or UK receiving a headmasters salary for not working in a pub. In some cases the senders themselves are living below the poverty line, or very near to it in their home countries. STH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Stickman years ago told me about a guy who had been sending something like 60,000 baht a month to "his girl" for several years. When Stick found out - surprise - that she was working in her bar and going out with men anyway, the poor bugger was crushed. He was just some working class guy and was having a tough time getting by on what he had left. Would the BG care about his problems? Yeah, sure she would. Unfortunately, many Thais still think all foreigners are filthy rich. Taxi drivers sometimes ask me how much I make, and they almost always start by guessing several hundred thousand. I do know a few expats who make in the 200,000 baht range - but they work for big international countries that pay them western wages here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redbaron Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Taxi drivers sometimes ask me how much I make, and they almost always start by guessing several hundred thousand Bear in mind Flash, you are an extremely distinguished looking gent. Most Thais, when talking income give me that "poor lad, nice but obviously doing it tough" look, and slip me a few hundred. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioman Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 There's so much variation here that it gets hard to generalise. I agree 50k is a dumb amount to be giving anybody every month, unless you live with them and they use that money to jointly. Here's the thing though, I know plenty of Thai's working for Thai companies making 50-60k a month, these are bachelor's degree positions nothing fancy. A good Thai friend who worked for a US company as a department manager was getting 100k+ a month. Another friend who is a mid level EGAT manager makes 100k+ Okay, not shop floor workers and not what most TG's chancing it with foreigners are going to be getting but the money is there if you are qualified and competent. Heard the one about the teacher who was taking a class of mature students and quizzing them about how much they needed a month to get by on. Most totted up food, accommodation, utilities a little saving and something for a treat. All in all they were coming in around 14-16k baht a month. All but the one girl, the obvious tart in the room, who stated a minimum requirement of 50k. When questioned what for her response was, 'for my shopping of course'! Guess its a TG thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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