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If you arrive at the domestic terminal of Phuket Airport, is it possible to book a taxi using Grab, or are you required to use the official airport taxi queue? Does anyone have the most up-to-date information on this?

I understand from Thai food vendors at the market that attempted non-payments are currently a major problem. The scammers create fake payment screenshots, sometimes editing in the correct recipient using Photoshop. They scan the QR code, tap around on their phone for a bit, then show the vendor the doctored screenshot. Because the market is often busy and noisy, sellers may not hear the payment confirmation sound on their phones. As a result, many now connect a speaker to their phones to ensure they can hear when a payment comes through. It's possible the Russians had prepared such a fake payment screenshot in advance and had to negotiate the price to match what was shown in their fake proof of payment.

I clearly remember the days when businesses that handled large amounts of cash were forced at gunpoint to open their safes. Gas stations and 24 hour convenience stores were robbed multiple times a year. That doesn’t happen anymore due to the absence of cash.

Looks like the perpetrators used that to cover his eyes. Or it is his, and he was about to go to bed.

Why not crack down on police corruption, which facilitates both foreign and Thai criminal behavior?

Why is this in Cryptocurrency News?

It is called compensation or an out-of-court settlement. It is not illegal and is a common practice to avoid cases going to court. You don’t ‘bribe’ a victim; bribes are given to officials to make them turn a blind eye.

You can look it up: For Android: Go to Settings > About phone > Status > IMEI information. For iPhone: Go to Settings > General > About, and scroll down to find the IMEI number. Then take a screen shot and upload the picture to your Google Drive.

To deposit money through an ATM, you don't need to use a card; you can simply enter the account number. It seems that's what happened in this case. The machine counts the money and displays an overview: X times 100, X times 500, X times 1,000, along with the total deposit. You then have the option to Confirm or Cancel. The person didn't press Confirm, and the couple after him canceled the transaction. This allowed the money to be taken out again. I have no idea what 'sensor' they are referring to.

I heard Benz dealers are also lobbying to implement this scheme.

This is why most service staff take a photo of your phone showing the payment confirmation. It's likely not a requirement from the owner, but it serves as evidence in case the owner claims the payment was not received. Or, it might have been a requirement, which is why the waitress was held accountable. There was no picture because the guest pretended to be busy talking on the phone while walking out. A young waitress is most likely not going to physically stop a customer from leaving.

So now these mules have to open a bank account AND buy a SIM-card! Smart. I really hope this doesn’t get implemented. Otherwise, I’ll probably be forced to confirm my identity with an app that, of course, won’t work. After struggling for a few days, I finally get through, only to find out it only accepts Thai ID card numbers. So, I head to the bank, where an employee has to consult their supervisor, who also has no clue what to do. They point me back to the app, and that’s when my wife has to step in to explain that foreigners can’t use it. The bank staff then call Customer Support in Bangkok, and after a 45-minute wait, they hand me their phone with a big smile, saying, "Speak Englit." You get the idea.

Not for an arrest, no.

"Good guys in, bad guys out" is just a propaganda slogan, not a real policy. And somehow I can imagine why certain people in power prefer a Russian 'businessman' in Phuket, who provides monthly envelops, over Hermann living in Roi Et with his 30.000 Baht German pension. So bad guys in, good guys whatever.

Kudos. It's not a common occurrence to capture a misunderstanding in progress on video in its natural habitat.

Thank you. When I search for them on Google, I can see that they are located in Bangkok, but unfortunately, their website is not functioning. Nonetheless, I would still prefer a local recommendation.

I am aware that there are numerous art studios where one can commission paintings, such as portraits, landscapes, and abstract works. I am interested in having a landscape painting done. It doesn't need to precisely replicate a photograph but should not lean excessively towards expressionism either. Could anyone recommend an artist based on personal experience? Additionally, I would appreciate a rough estimate of the pricing. I have a painting in mind of 1 by 2 meters.

He says he has never seen his attackers before. The Italian man says he first met the twin brothers at a beach restaurant in the area about a year ago and they had become acquaintances. So we have to pick one?

It's quite amusing how whenever corrupt politicians are caught in the act, with clear evidence of their wrongdoing, they quickly begin to cry out that the accusations and/or legal actions against them are driven by political motives. Unfortunately it often works.

Since when is that?

Plus many Thais prefer to employ illegal Burmese as they are much cheaper than Thai staff.

My assumption was made because I personally know five other foreigners who have faced the same issue as me, where their additional KYC requests were rejected. Interestingly, my Thai wife and her daughter have not yet been asked to provide any additional KYC information. I asked my wife to inquire among her Thai friends, and none of them have been contacted by Bitkub. Based on this, I speculated that the authorities may be making it, for whatever reason, difficult for Bitkub to serve non-Thais, similar to what happened recently with PayPal. So nothing to do with Thais-do-not-want-us-here. Surely it is a matter of new rules and regulations imposed by financial authorities that requires Bitkub to jump through some additional hoops. Bitkub is probably not happy with that, as it will cost them customers and turnover.

Yes. They asked for everything they already had, which I nonetheless delivered all again only to be rejected. Looks like they have been told to get rid of the foreign customers?? My Thai wife hasn't been asked for "additional" KYC (yet).

So was this guy a look khrung or are women in the US used to state officials speaking poor English?

Just checking whether posts of people who realize that this is April's fool are deleted.