SCOTT FITZGERSLD

the WU agent told me this new requirment, started 25/9, will take time to spread all over

yes WU cost here amounts to 10% of the amount sent. a rip off. should never be used

is money gram better rate?

EFFECTIVE for what? to start a war? that neighbour caused many problems, for example he used to walk his dog at 3 AM daily. than allways "lose" him and start calling him loud. or that his sons use to bar-b- que until 5 or 6 in the morning, in the yard, where all the hood can hear and smell them. but since it is a very - VERY- quiet neighbourhood, with quiet and religious people, nobody confronted them as they were used to in their previous hard hood, nobody was angry with them, everybody just smiled and wellcomed them, until one day, around a year later, they stopped all the nonsense and became also quiet and considerate. i guess they started hearing their noise and got ashamed of themselves.

the COE for sandbox is for min. 14 days. what you do after that is not their concern, so the embassy only want to see insurance for 14 days. if you will stay later without insurance is not the embassy concern. also immigration does not require to see insurance for non-O extention. so just show the embassy a 14 day insurance and get your COE.

we had a neighbour like that, but not in thailand. he came new near out house, and rumor had it that hehas a criminal record and hisbrother was in jail. than his sons allways parked in our private parking. we had to go and ask them nicely to move their car. and they would do it. again and again and again, for allmost a year. than they stopped it. you see, some people are just like that. they want to show they are the boss. they want to provoke you. to start a fight. and when you do not respond, and just talk politely and respectfully, one day they will wake up and stop it.

opening the borders of the country is one thing, and opening the country's economy and shops is another thing. not many tourists will come when all shops bars and restaurants are closed. right now there is a strict alcohol ban, so the streets are empty. tourists who came here feel sorry and cheated, everything is closed so why did they come? to sit in the hotel and watch TV?

yes. most banks will be much cheaper for this amount, and SWIFT will be much cheaper, even after the exchange rate benefits. however, need to check the exchange rate the bank in thailand will give. and see the difference.

the bank cannot tell if it was the same money that was sent from the UK ...money has no smell...what counts for the bank is where the customer is resident. if he will reside in thailand for few years than the bank will see the source.

it might be trivial to the bank but very significant to the customer. depands on the customer profile with the bank, even 1000 can be an issue, if the customer is flagged as high risk.

the ones who will benefit will be banks. however as you mentioned, there are many cases where people need urgent cash, like tourists , so this is quite an aggressive and surprising move from WESTERN UNION thailand, who anyway is considered a rip off with their much worse exchange rates.

western union have a new restriction on getting money, started yesterday and only foreigners with pink card / work permit/ thai driving lisence will be allowed to receive money. same also with TRUEMONEY - can't register anymore with just passport, must have work permit / driving lisence too... the photobelow was taken at western union branch. will WISE and other payment services will follow suit?

STRIKE is for U.S. residents only. by the way, western union are intoducing new rules now, and only foreigners with pink card / work permit/ thai driving lisence will be allowed to receive money.

why not? if they can go to their embassy than they can get it. you warch too many movies

to be honest, i never use the app. only website. safer.

do not worry. most IO;s will accept it

no you don't. you only need to get SMS

YOU know some strange people

very interesting discussion here from some very experienced folks. but mind me asking about the bottom line: WHERE DO I GET COVID -19 INSURNCE for non-O VISA ?

i once asked a woman from isarn what do the poor people of isarn do if and when they get sick, and they can't afford the healthcare. she answered in her naive straightforward way: THEY DIE.

expensive. why won't you try SAFETYWINGS.COM? 4 USD a day for 250K coverage

from covid?

what we are seeing in those photos is an amazing medical experiment on humans. if there is a pandemic and a highly contagous virus, than this crowd should result in mass infections. if there won't be so many infections, than it simply means that there is no pandemic, just open the whole country and forget about this corona nonsense.

yes you need international roaming. wifi has nothing to do with it. the roaming SMS is free to get (only calls are expensive). so all you need is a valid thai sim card. you can pay for one year validity . AIS is 290 baht. TRUE 700 baht.

I happaned to see ,few days ago, an online ad from a billionaire called Thaksin, offering a get rich quick scheme from interest on bitcoin deposits,or something like that. do you think it is a good investment?