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A Bangkok tenant says a landlord went from asking 25,000 to almost 40,000 baht of a 48,000 baht deposit, charging for light bulbs, a sofa mark and a window scratch (15,000 baht plus 2,000 for a lock). A foreign renter moved to a worse unit says the owner is delaying the deposit. A Pantip dorm tenant who finished the contract was told no deposit back plus extra utility and cleaning fees.

The Nation reported on Oct 3 that residents in flooded estates said earlier aid had not reached them and some pooled their own money, while the team admitted it might not reach every lane. About 2.6 million people were affected, and one company packed 650 relief kits and 6,000 water bottles for City Hall.

Bangkok restaurants reported sales down as much as 80% in late September 2026 because customers, staff, deliveries and riders could not get through. Rent, salaries and utilities continue; the Restaurant Operators Club chair said smaller venues face a liquidity crisis after about two weeks. Owners are cutting hours to noon-6 PM and trimming perishable orders by guesswork.

The Bangkok Vendors Association said in March 2026 that holy basil went from 35-40 to 50-55 baht per kg and limes from 3 to 4.50-5 baht each; vendors usually raise a dish by 5 baht and many delay to keep regulars. A Moo Baan Nak Kila market report says a basket went from 4,000 to 7,000 baht since January. A vendor told WIEGO: 'If I raise prices, customers won't make purchases.'

LINE MAN keeps about 30% of each order plus 7% VAT on that cut, so a 100 baht dish listed at 100 pays the shop 67.9 baht. A Pantip post says listing at the in-store price x 1.48 breaks even. One smoothie seller reported 45 baht taken from a 150 baht order and felt they were losing money. Owners are working out the markup themselves in forum posts.

A man living with parents aged 70 to 75 says they take turns falling sick almost every week, so he takes leave for hospital runs, wakes at night to mix medicine, and drives to the ER between midnight and 4 AM. He has microsleeps at the wheel and nearly crashed, but cannot quit because he is the only earner. Another poster describes an acquaintance who works, hires a day carer, picks up a primary-s

One Pantip poster was told by the district office to get a disability certificate at the hospital, and by the hospital to file at the district office. Others can't tell the disability card (800 baht a month) from social security disability pay (about half of average wages), or worry that holding the card will cost them a job. Bangkok opened free adult diapers (3 a day) on Traffy Fondue in August 2

A teacher who runs her school's lunch program says she now does more lunch paperwork than lesson prep: photos of incoming ingredients, cooking, finished food and every tray, posted to the school page daily. Her example is 120 pupils at 24 baht each, 2,880 baht a day, with about 600 baht going to labor, gas and transport, while pork is 100 baht a kilo in the official price system and 130 to 150 at

A 67-year-old man with no savings asked Pantip where free food is handed out (September 2025). A jobless woman asked in January 2025 if Wat Khu Bon would give rice in exchange for cleaning after going 10 days without eating. In July 2026 a worker with 165 baht left until payday on the 3rd asked how others survive. Meanwhile a poster in October 2025 asks what to do with alms food monks cannot finis

A Thai Chamber of Commerce University survey of 1,243 riders found 64.2% use no ride app, citing hassle, not knowing how, and extra cost, and they say customers stopped walking to the win; riders on apps earned 1,741.95 baht more a month. Riders average 974.81 baht a day, but fuel, bike installments and vest rent take about 11,634 baht a month, and 69.4% carry debt of around 185,858 baht. In March

The Khlong Kao housing community in Khlong Sam Wa has a credit union co-op of about 2,000 members that did not file annual reports or financial statements for 7 straight years (2014 to 2021) and is now in liquidation, with over 1,000 residents caught in a creditor dispute over more than 300 million baht. A Nonthaburi housing co-op that grew out of a 102-person savings group has no savings entries

In December 2024 the OCPB received 99 condo complaints, 34% of its housing cases, and the top reason was refund requests (50), followed by requests to check the project (21). Thai PBS reported more than 400 buyers in one LINE group who signed in 2019 for a condo that was delayed, with the company unreachable and losses over 100 million baht. In July 2024 the OCPB published a draft standard booking