TheAppletons

Still living in Swampwater, Georgia, USA?

Final update: Within 15 minutes of sending my credit union's tracing number for the ACH transaction to WISE via email, WISE rep responded that '......I can see your money has already reached us.' Transfer is back on track and will be paid out today, a week after I initiated the transfer. I was "guaranteed" an exchange rate of 35.88 and the rate has dropped since I initiated the transfer (today it's 35.62). I don't know if WISE was slow-rolling my transaction because of that (I'd like to think not) or if it simply got "lost in the shuffle" (again, I'd like to think not.) Whatever the case, it's unsatisfactory service that appears to have been resolved, though I remain unconvinced that WISE was being entirely truthful when claiming they had not received the money.

Another email from WISE: To help us locate your money, please send us a new proof of payment that shows: Sender’s full name as the account holder Sender’s bank account details Recipient’s bank details Payment date Amount and currency sent Reference used The sender’s bank should be able to provide a PDF that shows this info. But if not, you can also send us an online banking screenshot. Seriously? WTAF? I do this monthly, same process.

Partial excerpt from WISE email response: "......Please be informed that if you're paying for transfer using ACH direct debit, it usually takes up to 4 working days for your money to reach us. You’ll see the debit in your bank account within 2-3 working days of making the transfer. However, since the money has been debited from your account, we're still waiting for your money to reach us." This is patently false. I may need to find a new way to move money over.

Doubtful but I've requested the transaction reference number so I can provide it to WISE when I call them.

I initiated the transfer - as I always do - by logging onto WISE and creating a pull from my bank account. That happened within 24 hours, as it normally does. This month's procedure was no different than any other.....except WISE is holding the money instead of sending to BBL.

The transfer in the OP was for 67,000 THB and change. It normally takes one business day from the time I send until receipt in my Bangkok Bank account. The crazy thing is I can't even cancel the transaction since WISE says they haven't received the money yet.....though it's clearly been sent via ACH from my credit union to WISE several days ago. Guess I'll have to try to call them when they open again....ugh.

I initiated a transfer on 29 Feb from a US account. Initially, WISE told me that it would arrive the next day.....but after sending, they amended that to 6 March. The money was withdrawn from my account on 1 March, the day after it was sent. Now, the WISE app is stating that WISE still hasn't received my money so it's going to take a few more days. Is this just a "me" problem or is WISE experiencing some sort of system-wide difficulty? (I'm wondering if the leap day might be a factor here in confusing their automated system.)

Doubtful, despite what your YouTube source of misinformation claims.

You need to be back in Thailand in time to do your annual renewal of permission to stay. Aside from that, stay away all you want.

This just happened to me. I set up a transfer from a US credit union account on Thursday - WISE said it should arrive by Friday. When I went to press "go", WISE suddenly informed me it would take until Wednesday, 6 March (unless I wanted to pay more to send via debit card or SWIFT transfer.)

"Works well to get rid of ladyboys too", @Big Nok, probably.

That and he's hum noi.

Slightly off-topic but tangentially related.... I obtained a multiple re-entry permit an hour ago at CNX (after passing through security.) Desk is now located right next to the departures immigration lines (right hand side.) Since I had already made copies, filled out the TM8, etc., the entire process took less than five minutes.

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"You don't understand the humour" said every unfunny person ever.

The shortage of ritalin is beginning to manifest itself in Thailand. PM has a new shiny coin that he chases twice weekly, each costing six billion THB or so. Sad, really.

Pan Am, TWA, Northwest Airlines, and Continental.

And then she's going to visit Hun Sen.

Better still, increase visa prices by 600%. That'll create additional capacity with no capital investment required.

This. ^^ Ever sit through a fifteen minute story where someone tells you they "almost got into a car accident" that day. Turns out - they didn't. So nothing happened.

"Almost denied" = nothing happened.

The article has a graphic that shows that the 19th most popular google search in Thailand was for......google. (I'm not making this up.)

Not only that, he's apparently "too busy" to record a hit single about bringing happiness to the people.

I'd have to be in the hospital and immobilized from the waist down before I would consider watching a 67 minute video on taxation.