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My wife says it's a term of endearment when Thais call us farang but I don't think so.  It is a lazy way of pointing out the obvious which is you are a foreigner and I find its use discourteous sometimes.   In the UK we wouldn't usually use such generalisations like foreigner or worse alien when referring to someone within earshot preferring instead the more polite 'lady' or 'gentleman' but things are starting to get confusing over here nowadays with the various gender misfits who we are all supposed to be conscious of and not offend.  It won't be long until everyone is called 'Ms'.

5 minutes ago, Wuvu2 said:

Remember Jack and the Bean Stalk? That was just one plant. Nuf said. 

Good going RTP.

Hehe great minds think alike

Yes it was just one plant but it was 300 feet tall, her son Jack got the seeds from a peddlar in the market in exchange for the family cow.

You need not only a passbook which has been updated within last 24 hours showing a balance in excess of the amount they require but also a letter from the bank (you have to go to a branch and request it but they are used to doing it and will charge about 100THB) to pass to immigration and of course signed photocopies x 2 of everything.

If Thailand actually made Test & Go simple for fully vaccinated tourists i.e. one PCR test before you arrive and you're in (i.e. with no hotel and no day 5 test) they could do very well with British tourists especially as Spain and the rest of the EU seem determined to make entering their countries difficult to us right now.

Even if the guy had insurance most policies have small print which excludes claims if you are intoxicated which from what I have read they clearly were.  Not sure I'd have turned out to a friends funeral in shorts either.

4 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I always stop for pedestrians on the zebra crossings and red traffic light crossings but it's dangerous, I always pull to the left and look in my mirrors because very few drivers stop. 

 

Makes me a little anxious, worried if I'm going to get hit from behind 

Once stopped at a crossing on a wide road in BKK when an old lady pedestrian wanted to cross the 4 lane street.  3 lanes of traffic stopped for her but the last lane was empty and in the mirror I could see a pickup speeding towards the crossing and it flashed through without even slowing down and missed her by inches. I closed my eyes and waited for the thud which luckily never came.

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

 

I don't have "mobile data". Never had a need for it.

Then you will not be able to follow their instructions as without wi-fi or mobile data connection there is no internet access.

If you disable wi-fi then you need to turn on your mobile data to be able to connect to the internet. Presume you did that?

SOLVED:-  My problem seems to be solved now.  I refreshed my browser bookmark/favourite  for the K-BIZ website and deleted my old one then went in and was able to set-up a new funds transfer recipient.  Could resolve other issues people have with the site so worth trying that out folks.  Good luck

30 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I used to get my pensions to KBank directly. I could only roughly guess when it would arrive, how much I would get and what forex rate would apply.

 

Now I use Wise and I know when it will arrive, how much I will get, how much it costs me and I know what forex rate I will get.

Wise are brilliant I use them now. It'll be good when they can actually get a bank in Thailand as it would be even more flexible then.

4 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Great news. For me the only thing that has really changed is the main page that had the forex rates on. 

 

The replacement page is here.    https://www.kasikornbank.com/en/rate/Pages/Foreign-Exchange.aspx

 

 

At those exchange rates I'm surprised if they do much business.  The design style for the Forex page still reflects the 'old' version then.

Central Festival Food Hall (in basement) usually have a good selection of Xmas crackers and probably drinks too  map here and in the same mall Marks & Spencers too but pricey.

1 hour ago, Yorkie said:

I rang them twice yesterday Each time there was "no-one available to take my call".

If you do manage to get through to them can you mention that setting up NEW funds transfer recipients does NOT work currently please.  They replied to my email but just said I must phone them. Not a good policy.

9 minutes ago, billd766 said:

I have just paid 4 bills with online banking through my pc and other than getting an OTP for each transaction it was not much different than before.

Thanks for confirming that paying bills is OK.    I've tested funds transfers to existing recipients, top-ups to mobile phone and they both work fine too.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

Note: the alcohol is to preserve the fruit.

Yes but why one quart?   

Update:-   Just tested transfer of funds to someone i'd already saved the account details for and that seemed to work fine.  Therefore seems to just be an issue setting up 'new' fund recipients. No reply to my email so far so if someone who uses Facebook messenger or is prepared to phone their Helpline number locally I'd be grateful if you'd do so.

8 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

If it's that important set up a facebook account, don't need to use your photos, can use different name, the app is easiest to use

Thanks for the advice. I managed to find their email address in the end so have sent them a message that way. Prefer not to do my banking on the mobile if possible.

3 hours ago, maechanman said:

Just tried logging in and can't get passed the terms and conditions page, you need to tick the 'I Agree' box to proceed and it won't let me tick that box. Tried it on four different browsers on my laptop.

Anybody else having similar problems ? Anyone have any ideas?

Were you able to login all right or is this T&C page before the login?   Which URL/Link address are you using?

You may need to scroll through ALL the T&Cs to the end before it will let you tick the the box.  Try that.

3 hours ago, stubuzz said:

I have just logged in and all of my transfer recipients are gone. I tried to add a new one but I was also logged out.

Thanks for confirming I'm not the only one with issues. I'd be obliged if you can report this to KBank so they get someone fixing it as I have some transfers to do but can't right now and reporting it is difficult from outside the country.

Well the new K-Biz website opened for business on 11th December 2021 taking over from the old K-Cyber site.  Initially I believed everything had transitioned correctly and I was able to login on my PC using my previous details without issue, carry out mobile phone top-ups, view statements, verify direct debits were still being processed.

Today however I tried to set-up a new recipient ready for a funds transfer to them but whenever I tried to add the person by adding their account details and hitting CONFIRM the system just logged me out unceremoniously. I've now tried this four times without success.  Would like to chat with them online but they only offer a Facebook messenger or a telephone number.  As I refuse to use Facebook and I'm out of the country right now I thought I'd just check amongst the membership for anyone else who uses K-Biz via a PC and ask whether you too are experiencing issues in this area please?

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

They're already using K-Plus as verification when logging-on to K-Cyber, have been for some time.  Logging in to K-Cyber on my laptop generates a "do you want to log in to K-Cyber" message on the K-Plus phone app.  Clicking "yes" allows 'Cyber use to continue.

Interesting but as I never installed K-Plus on my phone I've never seen that message and just use username/password to log-in instead.  My problem if they are changing it to force people to use K-Plus I won't be able to access K-Cyber due to the problem I explained in previous posts. That is why I am nervous of this planned update.

Guys I don't know why some people are receiving the Announcement/Notification of the planned changes when you logon and other people are not.   I was trying to be helpful by giving people advanced notice.  It may all pass by without a hitch and K-Cyber may continue to be available without interruption.

If as seems to be the case from reading between the lines they are going to be using the K PLUS for verification instead of 'just' SMS OTP messages then I shall have a problem as the K PLUS app will not install successfully on my mobile phone in the UK even though it has a Thai SIM and Data Roaming turned on.   This was also mentioned in another post  (see below).  

2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

you are over complicating things, just login as usual before 9 Nov and you'll still be able to access online banking

As things stand I have no choice but to wait and see and hope things carry on regardless as you suggest.