johng

UOB to start charging 100 baht from 11th August ( thanks to Syd Barrett for the heads up )

or maybe not as the date is 11th August 2008 ??

ohh poo...........

ehh hold on it says 11th August 2008 ???

The UOB has ATM's for free use until August 1st.

Where did you find that snippet of info Syd ???

Lvxpat's post and ATM receipt is a pretty clear indication that Ayudhya is charging the 150 baht ATM fee now

Maybe Just for Dollar transactions...??? As I and at least one other person ( jubby ) are not being charged when

using a Pound Sterling Visa card.

AEON ATM's are also fee free you can find them in Tesco Lotus,Carrefour ( wasn't working last time I tried )

and Homeworks.

Ayudthaya is for some reason not charging me 150 baht when I use my Nationwide Visa debit card..but shuhhhh don't tell them that

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Thai-Banks-S...78#entry2792778

22-May.-09	 Cash Bay/Thanon Pattaya Tai BR CHONBURI.	  10,000.00THB	at 54.124.	 £184.76
3-Jun.-09	  Cash Bay/Com Building Pattaya CHOLBURI.	   5,000.00THB	 at 56.091.	 £89.14
5-Jun.-09	  Cash 200000008/Uobt ATM BANGKOK.			  5,000.00THB	 at 54.716.	 £91.38
8-Jun.-09	  Cash Bay/Carrfour Pataya Klang CHOLBURI.	  500.00THB	   at 54.112.	 £9.24
8-Jun.-09	  Cash Aeon Credit Sy/South Lotu BANGKOK.	   1,000.00THB	 at 54.141.	 £18.47

So i will call HOAX !

Not a hoax.

This from the isaanlawonline web site.

Sor. Por. Gor. 4-01 (S.P.G.. 4-01), is an allotment of land from the Land Reformative Committee, and under no circumstance may this land be bought or sold. It confers the right to occupy only and be transferred only by inheritance. It seems that the land may be used for agriculture only.

I'd take up residence in there if there were apartments for rent.

Well when ( if it doesn't collapse first ) they finish the Hilton Hotel you could rent an executive suite there, and be only an elevator ride away from all those overpriced designer clothing outlets.

last night I ventured in to the Central Beach Mall and survived a showing of Terminator Salvation

and then dinner at the HotPot restaurant where the light fittings where swinging noticeably and the plate glass windows flexing, it even scared the cockroaches out of the kitchen they took refuge near to the dipping sauce

johng - I am sure that YOUR credit is too good to have a card downgraded

Thats exactly what they said at the branch when I opened the account and asked for the Cirrus card...

My card is a Nationwide Cash Card with a Cirrus logo

Ahh well then may I recommend you try using the Government Savings Bank ATM ( they are the pink ones )

I bet your card works in them...

My local branch successfully downgraded the card on one of my accounts to a CIRRUS cash card and the card arrived today

Chaimai while you're there could you downgrade mine too ?? just joking of course....

I tried my Nationwide Cash card in the branch near the Friendship Supermarket in Pattaya this morning and got the warning about the 150

Well after reading that worrying news

I rushed to the Ayudthaya ATM attached to ( not inside )

the branch near Friendship ( the big Friendship near to 3rd road not the little one near to Walking street )

and with my Nationwide Visa debit card withdrew 500 baht no mention onscreen about a 150 baht charge.

maechanman is your card Visa debit, Visa credit or Cirrus ?

This morning I went out looking for and found the GSB ATM on Pattaya North road

tried my Nationwide Visa debit card and as expected it said "comunication error"

I must now conclude that GSB ATM's won't work with my card.

Here are the results so far of my transactions using the fee free ATM's

22-May.-09	 Cash Bay/Thanon Pattaya Tai BR CHONBURI.	  10,000.00THB	at 54.124.	 £184.76
3-Jun.-09	  Cash Bay/Com Building Pattaya CHOLBURI.	   5,000.00THB	 at 56.091.	 £89.14
5-Jun.-09	  Cash 200000008/Uobt ATM BANGKOK.			  5,000.00THB	 at 54.716.	 £91.38
8-Jun.-09	  Cash Bay/Carrfour Pataya Klang CHOLBURI.	  500.00THB	   at 54.112.	 £9.24
8-Jun.-09	  Cash Aeon Credit Sy/South Lotu BANGKOK.	   1,000.00THB	 at 54.141.	 £18.47

Cash Bay is Ayudthaya Bank.

I believe that from 6th of June Nationwide started to pass on the 0.85% Visa transaction fee

so that will have effected the rates as well as the dollar regaining a bit of ground.

If you could post the exchange rate that the Ayudhya ATM gave you

Yes I will, probably wednesday though.

and I'll have onother look for the GSB ATM on North Road.

AEON upstairs near the food hall and it liked my Natwest Visa debit card

oops that should be Nationwide Visa debit card...not Natwest.

Right then, I found the GSB ATM on the 4th floor of Central Festival Pattaya Beach exactly where jgm005 said it was

( how did I miss that ??? ) tried it and got the "comunication error"

So then I went to Tesco Lotus and tried the AEON upstairs near the food hall and it liked my Natwest Visa debit card.

no mention of any fee.

Then it was off to Carefour to find that the AEON ATM downstairs was out of order

and that the GSB ATM upstairs was also out of order

I used the Ayudthaya ATM upstairs in Carefour and it did not indicate 150 baht fee.

Also had a quick look for the GSB ATM on North Pattaya road and didn't see it...but anyway it looks like they don't like my card so I'll be using Ayudthaya,AEON and UOB in that order of preference.

GSB ATM at Central Festival here are specific directions.

Thanks I'll have another look for it tommorow.

try the g.s.b on north pattaya road

I'll look for that one too..

the reason you got a crappy rate is because the pound is again falling against the dollar

Yes I understand that..but Nationwide says that the exchange rate for their Visa debit card is set by Visa and on the day of the UOB transaction I should have got 55 baht to the pound acording to the Visa web site.

http://corporate.visa.com/pd/consumer_serv...er_ex_rates.jsp

maybe I got charged the .85% on the UOB transaction but not on the Ayudthaya one ???

Be careful with Ayuthha, although says no fee....when you get your statement from the UK 150 baht has been charged for each withdrawl

Realy ? my statement shows no 150 baht fee for using Ayudthaya ATM's in Pattaya and no mention of a charge on the ATM screen.

22-May.-09 Cash Bay/Thanon Pattaya Tai BR CHONBURI. 10000.00THB at 54.124.

3-Jun.-09 Cash Bay/Com Building Pattaya CHOLBURI. 5,000.00THB at 56.091.

I used a Nationwide Visa debit card at the UOB ATM Pattaya Branch ( on second road ) and got a crapy rate

5-Jun-09 Cash 200000008/Uobt ATM BANGKOK. 5,000.00THB at 54.716. ( should have been at least 55 )

I used the same card at the Ayudthaya Bank ATM in Tukcom 2 days earlier and got a better rate

+ no 150 baht charge.

3 -Jun-09 Cash Bay/Com Building Pattaya CHOLBURI. 5,000.00THB at 56.091

Every time I try to use a Government Savings Bank ATM I get the " comunication error " do they not like Nationwide ???

Could not find a GSB ATM at the Central Festival Beach Pattaya mall.... I looked on all 6 floors.

So next time I'm in Carrefour I'll try the AEON ATM hope it works with my card or I'm stuck with just Ayudthaya.

Does anyone know what colour the GSB ATM machine is ?

They are pink.

Monty can you clarify please.

if we go to a Sukhumvit test center for the technical checkup ( MOT in the UK ) will they also issue the tax disc at the test center ?

or do we have to go to the Land transport office for the Tax disc ?

or can we go to the post office after being issued with the MOT ?

or maybe the test center sends a "runner" to the land transport office on our behalf ( for a fee of course )

:D

Do we have to do a road worthiness every year?

if the bike is older than 5 years..then yes ( I think )

do I still need to go all the way out to the Transport Office or can I do this (vehicle licence renewal ) at a post office?

Yes that would be usefull info.

I have heard that you can pay motorbike tax and incurance at some office opposite TT&T so you don`t have to go up to regency any moore.

Anyone have any more info on this ? it would be much easier than going to the regents.

Never had a problem yet, just sometimes takes a few weeks.

not a problem if you don't mind wasting 2 days doing 150km round trip on both occasions not to mention the very unhelpfull government employees at the Chonburi office that seem to delight in sending you off for another copy of this and that

document..luckily for me my better half delt with the bureaucrats ....I did the driving and payments.

Yes I know now that we should have taken the offer at the office out by the regents school ( Pattaya )

when they said they would to do the transfer etc for 800 baht.

The insurance company has NEVER required this

Yep sorry, my mistake the TorRorOr is needed for the tax not for the insurance.