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2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

fyi, ATMs belonging to Krungsri/Ayuthaya (the yellow bank) and the former TMB (blue bank) both allow maximum per withdrawal amounts of up to 30,000 baht (the 30K amount is even a preset option on their ATMs' withdrawal screen), assuming the home country debit card you're using has a daily withdrawal amount of $1,000 USD or more.

 

Right now, the 30K THB withdrawal works out to be about $930 USD...  But a lot of US bank debit cards have default daily maximum withdrawal amounts of only $500 or less.... But Schwab accounts typically have the $1,000 daily withdrawal limit for their debit cards.

 

PS - The major Thai banks have always set their ATM fees in unison, cartel style. Typically is done via the Thai Bankers Assn., presumably with some coordination/acceptance by the Bank of Thailand.  

 

We certainly wouldn't want there to be any actual competition between the different Thai major banks trying to differentiate themselves on the basis of lower (or higher) customer fees!!!  😞

 

 

I use Krung Thai, and it used to say to me that was the maximum it would allow daily at 20,000 baht.

I won't be trying again at those fee charges, (250 baht to Thai ATM and $15 to my Cambodian bank) I'll just save it up in my account and withdraw in USD when I go to Cambodia.

Siem Reap has a great exchange rate shop to switch USD to THB

2 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

 

fyi, ATMs belonging to Krungsri/Ayuthaya (the yellow bank) and the former TMB (blue bank) both allow maximum per withdrawal amounts of up to 30,000 baht (the 30K amount is even a preset option on their ATMs' withdrawal screen), assuming the home country debit card you're using has a daily withdrawal amount of $1,000 USD or more.

 

Right now, the 30K THB withdrawal works out to be about $930 USD...  But a lot of US bank debit cards have default daily maximum withdrawal amounts of only $500 or less.... But Schwab accounts typically have the $1,000 daily withdrawal limit for their debit cards.

 

PS - The major Thai banks have always set their ATM fees in unison, cartel style. Typically is done via the Thai Bankers Assn., presumably with some coordination/acceptance by the Bank of Thailand.  

 

We certainly wouldn't want there to be any actual competition between the different Thai major banks trying to differentiate themselves on the basis of lower (or higher) customer fees!!!  😞

 

 

OK,

Thanks for that information.

It doesn't change my bottom line though of costing 725 baht for a 20,000 baht withdrawal.

Getting fleeced at both ends.

3 hours ago, Everyman said:

 

Really? $15? Which bank is that?

Canadia Bank in Cambodia and I use Krung Thai Bank in Thailand.

Now, when I withdraw money with a card from a Cambodian account outside the country, I incur a $15 fee to my Cambodian bank and an additional 250 baht for using their ATM in Thailand.

That's 725 baht in total, roughly equivalent to the maximum amount a Thai ATM allows for a foreign card withdrawal, which is 20,000 baht per transaction.

1 hour ago, dinsdale said:

More users. Can't get dope let's do some ya-ba. Like I said very cheap and available.

Nope,

This does not work as a comparison.

9 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Dope shops closing. Ya-ba is very cheap and available. 

And what has any of that got to do with Thaksin?

You said there will be more Yaa Baa due to Thaksin, but it doesn't make any sense.

People who use weed aren't the same style of people who use Yaa Baa, as a rule.

9 hours ago, dinsdale said:

Dope shops closing. Ya-ba is very cheap and available. 

Close they might, but it won't cause everyone to move to Yaa Baa.

I can sit on the keyboard and say I want a Porsche or a private jet.

I can ask for anything, but it doesn't mean I will get it.

6 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

 

Yes, indeed, whilst we all pay, including the liars who claim they don't, of course when we see someone so obviously increase pricing to such ludicrous levels for no justifiable reason, we find that repulsive. However, it's even more repulsive to think that this girl would have sex with a repulsive looking man, if only she gets paid well and a watch. She has a clear prostitution mindset.

 

 

An old Swiss guy once said to me in Pattaya, ' Remember, you are not sleeping with that girl, you are sleeping with everyone she has ever slept with ' 

That hit home

Now, that thought is repulsive. 

17 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I love the gold diggers. 

It's only the loser guys who dislike them. 

 

 

I've got a mate never has any money, he's short, fat, bald, sickly looking, he hates the gold diggers, he's always complaining. 

 

The guy should be taking care of himself, eating well, exercising, proper grooming and wardrobe, keeping fit. 

 

 

Hehehe,

I remember a guy as you described to a tee, back in my PATTAYA DAYS.

This guy was loaded but wouldn't part with his breath; he only breathed in.

He was also teetotal and wouldn't even buy a girl a lady drink.

Well, he once said to me in a fit of despair, ' Why can't they like me for me, instead of money, money, money?'

A friend chipped in, Because you're a fat, old, short arsed bastard and I've seen wounds better dressed. 

We never saw him much after that.

12 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

You have to appreciate the thinking behind this plan, this young, attractive girl is prepared to take ANY man, no matter what the looks, fat, Chinese, Indian, English, Nigerian, very old, including 70 or 80 years old, and would engae in sexual intimacy with them, provided she gets 1 million baht and a rolex.

 

Does it get more repulsive?

Yes,

She could have asked for 1.5 million baht.

That would be more repulsive.

I wouldn't give her 2000 baht.

She's a stupid little dreamer of a girl, probably with low education, trying to flog the only asset she has in a market inundated with the likes of her.

She undoubtedly spends far too much time on TikTok and social media and is just trying to attract attention.

Nothing to see here, I'll move along.

Most Thai women on offer these days aren't even worth 1500 baht; they are a spent force.

On 6/29/2025 at 3:40 PM, Smokin Joe said:

 

I've never had birds crap on my clothes in the dryer.

Or ants biting you when you take the clothes off the line to take them inside.

On 6/30/2025 at 9:52 AM, tkramer said:

Only in Thailand…

 

can a post about dying also include a discussion about ‘electric guitars’…!

You still here?

7 hours ago, Gsxrnz said:

- Bob Marley is rolling in his grave. 

What still?

12 minutes ago, Taboo2 said:

Enjoy the fish head soup and sticky rice you More Run!

That was the food 40 years ago, not now!

10 minutes ago, Kandinski said:

Let's hope he did it for other reasons than profit.

Well, it wasn't for medicinal purposes.

On 6/26/2025 at 1:38 PM, NorthernRyland said:

 

The OP can go the "soft power" route and sign up a cooking class provided he has the 500k baht in his bank but I see this like you. Is immigration really going to let people come in and out of the country for multiple years just because they signed up for a cooking class? I would expect to get questioned eventually. There's no reason they wouldn't give the full 5 year term to a remote worker but for those other categories it's hard to say.

With the DTV being granted by the MFA at a Thai Embassy, I doubt that immigration would have access to the precise category that the applicant used as their reason when applying for the DTV.

The MFA and Immigration work independently.

7 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

It kept me alive.

And me in 2005.

17 hours ago, KhunLA said:

"Mrs. Kotchakorn explained that her husband began deteriorating rapidly after collapsing earlier this year."

 

Should have been on a plane, 4 months ago, to Greece as soon as able to, instead waiting 4 months here and spending all their money.

 

Oh well .... Live (or die) with your choices 😎

It’s just baffling how people end up in these messes. You sit there wondering—how did it get this bad?

The guy had hundreds of thousands of baht at one point. That’s not nothing. He could’ve flown home. He could’ve got himself to Bangkok and accessed proper care months ago.

But no. It drags on until he’s out of money, out of options, and now we’re expected to feel shocked it’s come to this.

And honestly, I don’t even know if he had health insurance—but I wouldn’t be surprised if he didn’t.

Far too many don’t bother. “Too expensive,” they say. Or “it’s a scam.” Until they’re in a hospital corridor or stuck in a rented room, half-dead, with no safety net and a GoFundMe link someone else is now sharing around.

Where’s the personal responsibility? You move abroad, you’re not on holiday any more. You’re not 25 and invincible.

You need to have a plan. Not only that, but you need to take care of yourself, because no one else will.

I really do hope he gets the help he needs—but sitting in a bed in Rayong, completely stuck, isn’t a treatment plan. It’s a tragedy. And one that didn’t need to happen.

Whitby or Scarborough, it is then.

Unless he wants to visit Ecuador, Honduras, or Colombia, where I am sure he will fit in.

3 hours ago, rtco said:

I think that was one of the many crooked Financial Advisers who were touting the scheme and ripped off millions from investors

They did indeed.

In Kalasin, where I am, immigration is generally excellent, unlike the nightmares I've read about here.

I have been in Thailand for 30 years, although I have been here for 20 years.

I am on a retirement extension until next month, when I will switch to DTV.

Throughout all that time, I have had only one immigration visit.

They phoned in advance, but it was around the time of all that trouble when the doctor had her back kicked by the Austrian who ran the elephant sanctuary, I think it was in Phuket or somewhere, and they were conducting checks on foreigners.

They did speak to the neighbours, which was the MIL. We don't have any other neighbours.

The immigration staff knew friends of my partner, and everything was done pleasantly in 15 minutes. One of the perks of living upcountry, everyone knows everyone.

They even took photos of us in the driveway; my MIL insisted on being included as well.