Pumpuynarak

17 hours ago, kingofthemountain said:

The best option is to use an internet site like Agoda (595 in the Opey actualy for one night saturday 30 to sunday 31 may, that was the OP request for his friend from Bangkok) then phone call to the hotel before coming to confirm the reservation.

I booked a room (cancelable) at the LK Metropole through Agoda a few weeks ago so i thought i'd call the hotel and check if they are in fact open. A lady answered my call and when asked if the hotel was open she replied "NO", i then said well i've booked a room through Agoda and she replied "if you book a room through a booking agency then YES we are open"

The mind boggles lol

Just now, possum1931 said:

Ok, so why did you not take legal advice? It seems that you just allowed  the DWP to take what they say you owed them from your payments.

Because there was no doubt that i owed them the dosh, i had been overpaid as i was resident in Thailand not the UK and the amount was correct. As i said in a previous post i inadvertently omitted to inform them immediately of my Thai residency and by the time i got around to it i had been overpaid by the said amount. They recovered it as is their right under social security law, see the letter i received from them. 

8 hours ago, possum1931 said:

Can you honestly say that this is the UK state pension that you are referring to and not a pension  credit or whatever it is called?

Yes no question.

20 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

i also would like to know the answer to this question. 

 

has there been a announcement from the government about allowing non essential travel yet?

 

  

and so would i.

About a week ago the Bangkok Post stated in one of there boxed articles that inter provincial travel was restricted but gave no details. Now i see that buses are running from Bangkok to north and north eastern provinces, so does that mean the restriction has been lifted and its now a free for all.

Anyone got any or a source to definitive information ? Thanks in anticipation. 

6 minutes ago, Tanoshi said:

 

Interesting letter, but I'd dispute their last line.

You can in fact appeal if the deductions would cause financial hardship.

When my state pension represents less than 15% of my total pension income i think i'd have a hard job to convince anybody that i would suffer financial hardship lol

I just could'nt be asked........

8 minutes ago, Expattaff1308 said:

And the rule states you shouldn't be claiming to be living in the UK when you are actually living in Thailand.

If you want proof, call them and tell them ...I have been living in Thailand for x years but I tell you I live in the UK is that ok...any bets on what the answer will be?

As I already said its upto you what you do but please dont sell the theory that it is all legal and above board.

BINGO

6 minutes ago, izod10 said:

DWP only act on what you tell them,that's it,nothing more. If you voluntary told them a date,informed them,yes they will go to the date you informed ,simple as that. They will not "fine"  you,will not come looking for you....  few things here, DWP state they will not investigate an alleged "fraud" in most instances....it is impossible for a OApensioner to be held liable on his own pension of a fraud,...and if a fraud is undertaken by another OApensioner on partner of OAP maximum that can be done is any other benefit attached to the OAP maybe adjusted.....and so on

Yes i wrote to them and they FINED ME 50GBP's.    

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

I'm calling BS on your post.

You admitted agreed to paying, is totally different from them discovering and taking.

You can think what you like my friend, i can assure you its not BS, just for the avoidance of doubt i DON'T post lies but facts based on what happened to me.

I never agreed to ANYTHING they just told me thats what they were going to do and thats exactly what they did.

4 minutes ago, Peterw42 said:

The places they stay will do tm30 reports, they may have to do a return home TM30 (in person or online) just before they visit local immigration for an extension etc.

 

So why does'nt the hotel that reports your presence tell Immigration how long you are staying for or is that too easy lol

16 hours ago, SooKee said:

Simple fact of the matter is, the fact that you haven't been charged intermediary fees doesn't mean that others haven't. The fact that others have means that it's not 100% correct that HSBC have only ever charged £4 up to now. If you can't be bothered to check the facts or choose to ignore them, matter for you.

and if me aunt had balls she'd be me uncle lol

1 hour ago, lungbing said:

I've had a reply from HSBC to just this question.  They told me to delete the payee and re-enter the  payee as a new one.  Make  a note of your payee details and delete it. I did this and the transfer went through no problem.  The only thing to note is that when I entered my bank details last time for Kasikorn Bank I gave the  SWIFT code as  KASITHBK.  Now it has to be KASITHBKXXX

TFP, yep i eventually got the same.

6 hours ago, SooKee said:

Certainly not 100% correct. I and numerous others got hit by intermediary charges from HSBC from around 2 years ago. The precise reason we stopped using them. Or maybe we just imagined it. The issue about transfers to Thailand from HSBC was discussed on another forum at the time. So it depends who you were transferring to.

 

One of the discussions in this very forum:

 

https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1009774-hsbc-and-bangkok-bank-a-warning-to-all/

 

Well i did a transfer last month from HSBC to SCB and i was charged 4GBP by HSBC and nothing more and that is all i have ever been charged right up to the date of ceasing to use them (middle of last year) and moving over to TW, my reason for moving was the crap exchange rate offered by SCB.

If things have changed why have i only been charged the same 4GBP last month or perhaps i imagined it, lmao ?

1 minute ago, kevinmartyn said:

Any bank globally will not admit to anyone or anything that it did anything wrong!

and i hate the banksters with avengence but they're a necessary evil imo.

20 minutes ago, sandyf said:

I have been transferring from HSBC nearly every month for years and it has only ever been £4 since they reduced it from £17.

100% correct

On 8/3/2019 at 8:11 AM, Pumpuynarak said:

Well i've been trying to do an HSBC Swift transfer to SCB for the last 24 hours with NO success, they keep saying their system is down and to try again later, perhaps what the OP is experiencing is related to my problem and they have withdrawn the facility whilst they sort it out. I have messaged them and am awaiting a reply, its just not good enough.....

Here's the reply guys, can you believe it ? No prior warning was given......

I can't see any reason why not, its money being transferred into Thailand for living expenses irrespective of the source, but i could be wrong.....

10 hours ago, sumrit said:

It is irrelevant if IO's in other areas interpret things slightly differently, their interpretation will have no effect whatsoever on your application in your local office. If you want to know what the requirements are at your local office, GO ASK THEM........ ie: don't ask or worry about Chang Mai's interpretations if you go to CW, its irrelevant to your application. 

Bingo, i went to my local office (Korat) and saw the boss lady and showed her monthly copies of my SCB account showing the credit transfers coupled with the TW PDF's all tallying up, she was happy and said don't worry you won't have a problem when you renew your retirement extension in Jan 2020.

26 minutes ago, SooKee said:

21 hours ago, Tanoshi said:

When doing bank to bank transfers, their is usually a standard charge by your bank which is charged separately to your account. Thereafter there may also be an additional Intermediary bank charge, which again is charged directly to your account.
The full sum is transferred, but the receiving bank may also charge a receiving fee, which is deducted from the incoming total.

Yes I'm well aware of exactly how the fees are applied and by who. The SPECIFIC point of the HSBC transfer this time was to see if they are still using Intermediary banks which will result in the funds being depleted en route over and above their flat £4. A few years ago HSBC weren't using Intermediary banks. Then their arrangements changed. Then transfers were being hit. The one I did recently wasn't. But I'm not sure that that can be relied on seeing as another poster transferring from HSBC also to BKK Bank a day or so after me did get a £35 charge.

Just a point of info, HSBC international Swift transfers are currently down and have been since friday am, i've emailed them and am still awaiting a reply.

My mistake guys, thanks for your help.

Here's what it says guys, it leads me to believe its a Swift transfer from TW to my SCB account, but i may be wrong.

Guys is anyone using the TW Swift system for their transfers, does it get coded as a foreign transaction ?

Thanks in anticipation