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01-17-19 22:09 #10147
Posts: 53Pond Fishing in Pattaya.
I will be in Pattaya 3/30 for two weeks, am interested in fishing from the shore, any input would be appreciated. I have seen advertisements on the internet with varying impacts. Cheers.
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01-17-19 20:44 #10146
Posts: 200Sex resorts!
Can anyone throw some light on the sex resorts in Thailand. I would love to go there on VIP package.
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01-17-19 18:34 #10145
Posts: 204Workaround
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
Edit, forgot to mention the license also is valid all of ASEAN and if you move normally can be converted in the other countries.
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01-17-19 11:09 #10144
Posts: 341Transferring Money using Schwab Brokerage account
It is a little simpler for me from Schwab than what has been detailed here so far. I make international wire transfers from my Schwab Private Client account. They don't allow me to make International transfers from my checking account but can do ATM withdrawals.
I don't know if there is a limit on how much you can transfer but I think it only depends on the amount of cash and a percentage of the other instruments in your account. I transfer $10,000 each time. The Schwab normal fee is $25 but it is waived for me. It is actually charged but then immediately credited back to my account.
I have been using Kasikorn bank but I also have a Bangkok bank account and the fees are the same. 025% of the transfer amount up to a maximum of 500 baht. So the more you transfer the better. The exchange rate is very close to the actual rate and is posted on their website.
Forgot to add it is a simple on-line form to fill out takes less than a minute. Sometimes they call to verify sometimes not. the transfer takes less than a day. I usually do a transfer at night in Bangkok while the bank is open in the USA. The money arrives in the account within 3 hours of the bank in Bangkok opening the following morning.
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01-17-19 07:30 #10143
Posts: 3394Originally Posted by HorseTrader [View Original Post]
For my last transfer of AUD800, I paid $6. 76 all up in fees.
If I wanted to transfer AUD1000 to Thailand today, I would pay $9. 69 in fees and the recipient would receive THB 22,463 tomorrow.
If I wanted to transfer USD1000 to Thailand today, I would pay USD 11.90 in fees and the recipient would receive THB 31,313 tomorrow (note the higher USD fees are specific to me because I am not in the US).
I've also found it very useful for making payments in strange circumstances (eg paying a USD invoice in the Philippines).
I'd agree that everyone's circumstances are different but for some this maybe worth investigating.
Cheers, G.
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01-17-19 07:02 #10142
Posts: 1692Originally Posted by EihTooms [View Original Post]
I'm starting to think that I might become a Thai Snow Bird. Live in Thailand (Hua Hin, Phuket, Krabi, Samui) from November through April and then keep a small summer home at a northern lake in Wisconsin or Minnesota. An old Thai girlfriend of mine snapped up a USA corporate officer and he built her a beachfront house south of Hua Hin. Maybe I'll rent that place from her after her divorce and the farang gets sent packing.
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01-17-19 05:52 #10141
Posts: 17That stripper really liked me.
Wasn't sure where to post this as it not really a report.
My friend is currently in Bangkok enjoying the sights. He messaged me today telling me how this massage girl had "fallen for him". I tried to tell him, "no, dude, that is just her job". He's like, "no, she gave me her number and wants to hang out".
Same friend was once convinced that a stripper (US) liked him because she sat with him and didn't ask for a dance.
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01-17-19 05:51 #10140
Posts: 5451Originally Posted by HorseTrader [View Original Post]
I have a Bank of America account in the USA into which all of my pension, rental property checks, IRA transfers and so on are deposited. I also have a Bangkok Bank account in Thailand. I think I pay 600 baht service charge per year to keep it, although I believe that is also an insurance policy of some kind where I am entitled to 3000 baht of emergency medical/hospital coverage at virtually any hospital in Thailand or something. I have not used it yet, almost did once, but I am ok with having it on hand.
As an ACH (Automated Clearing House) system transfer from Bank of America, I have established myself as a regular transfer recipient from my Bank of America account to my Bangkok Bank account. As it happens, there is a New York Branch for Bangkok Bank. That means I am actually making a domestic USA transfer to myself at the NY Branch of Bangkok Bank but using my account number from my local Bangkok Bank. I don't have an account in the NY Branch exactly, only a Thailand account. But the transfers will begin by going to the NY Branch of Bangkok Bank with my Thailand Bangkok Bank account number attached to it.
I can make transfers as high as $1,000 USD. But I can make 20-30 or more of them in a single day if I want. The thing is each individual transfer comes with a cost (see below). There is a way to make larger individual transfers. But that involves getting an electronic card that produces a new PIN or password each time, that card needs to be renewed every year and can only be sent to a residence in the USA, blah, blah, blah. I really don't want to be bothered or to bother friends and relatives in the USA to help me deal with it every year. So I just make maximum $1000 USD transfers each time, pay for it each time and I am fine with that.
A transfer from my Bank of America account to the NY Branch of Bangkok Bank costs more the faster you want it done. If I don't mind waiting 3 business days for it (I add a 4th day in my estimate considering the time difference between USA and Thailand and that it is going from a USA Bangkok Bank to a Thailand one), then Bank of America only deducts $3 USD from my checking account for it. If I want it done "The Next Business Day", that will cost me $10 USD. If I want it done "The Same Business Day", that will cost me $30 USD. Again, if I choose the last two options I generally would not think I am going to see a transfer deposited into my Bangkok Bank account exactly the next or same day as I make it online from my computer. I will still add an additional day to my thinking due to the time difference. After I log onto my Bank of America online account, it takes me about 30 seconds to click on the right buttons and enter the amount in order to complete a transfer and send it on its way.
On the Bangkok Bank end of it, they will then take $5 USD out of the transfer at the NY Branch and 200 baht out of it when it arrives in my local Bangkok Bank account no matter what the transfer amount is or the speed with which I want it. I will get the current and prevailing rate of exchange for it when it lands in my Thailand account. Bangkok Bank automatically sends me an SMS Text notice on my mobile phone the moment that transfer arrives. ATM withdrawals are free from Bangkok Bank ATMs anywhere in Thailand I have used one (from Pattaya to Chiang Mai to Phuket).
So when I make a $1000 USD transfer from my Bank of America account to my Bangkok Bank account and, as is usually the case, I can wait 3-4 business days for it, I will wind up paying $3 USD + $5 USD + 200 baht to get it. Added up and at today's exchange rate that is roughly $14.45 USD or 1.45% in charges when I transfer the maximum $1000 USD.
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01-17-19 02:25 #10139
Posts: 1171Originally Posted by Crazy4Thai [View Original Post]
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01-16-19 17:22 #10138
Posts: 15924Originally Posted by Crazy4Thai [View Original Post]
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01-16-19 16:29 #10137
Posts: 558Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
Some years back there was a farang Bangkok Bank executive available to contact through Thai Visa. To help with difficulties. When I opened my account the Thai branch mgr forced an insurance policy on me that I did not want. Said if not, I could not open. I contacted the fixer. 2 weeks later my branch calls me to please come see them. I got my money back and an apology. On future business I was VIP as apparently I was "connected". LOL. In my other 99 stories of life in Thailand I am taking it up the ass like everyone else.
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01-16-19 15:08 #10136
Posts: 1222Originally Posted by Goatscrot [View Original Post]
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01-16-19 13:10 #10135
Posts: 1171Originally Posted by Goatscrot [View Original Post]
If you're from America, you can get a one year visa in Vietnam as soon as you land. You pay $135 at the airport, and that's that. See you next year.
Or go the Philippines. You get a month when you arrive. Then you get an ID card and go extend every 1 to 6 months. Can do this up to 3 years, then you cross the border once and come back and repeat. Again no deposits or anything.
Amazing what people go through to stay in Thailand in my opinion, considering it is a third world country that very obviously wants to limit the ability of Farangs to stay there.
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01-16-19 13:06 #10134
Posts: 1171Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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01-16-19 11:52 #10133
Posts: 15924Originally Posted by RickRock [View Original Post]
So when I put my old card in the machine it was saying I had to get the chip card before December 2019. Said it was free. I had plenty of time before mine expired, but figured I would beat the rush. I went down and they charged me 200 baht for a new card. I said I thought it was free? He said yes the card is free but there is a 200 baht administration fee. Them mfs!