hotandsticky

@CallumWK Euro is weak, not strong. If he sends back 800.000 baht to Europe he gets more Euros than he sent last year. Got it. I certainly didn't read his post properly.......sorry for making you spell it out. I have never bothered to repatriate funds when the Baht has strengthened but I can see that, with the rate movements over the last year, it could be advantageous to do.

I think I did. Although my point is valid for the opposite reason ie NOT transferring - and I think the shared point is that exchange rates are a much bigger factor than interest rates when making these decisions. 14 months is a long time to take an exchange rate view. In my case I needed to transfer circa £15k at a rate that was 5 Baht lower than last August (and one that I am convinced will improve when/if I next transfer - August 25). I wasn't aware that the EURO was particularly strong.........it must have been pretty dire last January.

Exactly what prompted my decision

Sattahip, branch number 341.

Sattahip, branch number 341.

Sattahip, branch number 341.

A practice that I have also recently adopted.

Anus

Last month I opened an account with Bangkok Bank with my passport and copy rental agreement. I was slightly surprised that they did not ask for a certificate of residence.

Thanks. It was me as well so I thought I should clarify. It will cost me 4,000 Baht more to use the agent's funds (if I can) - I would have lost 30k Baht at least if I had moved money from the UK.

Analogy

I didn't ask. He looked fairly solvent.

She would probably say "som nom naa, you knew what the rules in Thailand were".

As a top economist once said....... "A little bit of inflation is good for you"

Gear

Was that you......or me?

I bet that she has another pair like that at home.......😀

He is marginally more entertaining than that other clown Harris Fan.

Your view is somewhat distorted if you ever think that the Thais, in general, are better at litter control than foreigners.

I was certain that you didn't understand multitasking..............................I wasn't wrong.

LOL......I take comfort in the fact that I didn't contribute 1 Satang.....

LOL......you haven't got a point.

I guess that half an answer is the Thai way. Not criticising but the specifics are what matters. In my case I used them last year with my 800k in the bank; this year I don't want to transfer money over. Can they still do my 'renewal' on that basis? I will ask that direct question nearer the time if this hasn't gone away by then.

I have been up a lot longer than that - and if you think that is 'abuse' you have a lot to learn.

Blimey..........I had forgotten about Diane Abbot - I thought she disappeared with Marxist corbyn.