redsongthaew

On 7/31/2022 at 9:12 AM, Sparktrader said:

You must talk to somebody

Depends where I am working. Sometimes I can go days without speaking to people.

2 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with

I'm a loner. How does that apply to me?

Wouldn't it be easier to get another 18-ish percent of the vote and elect politicians one third of the country do not want to take up arms against?

Or am I really, really naive?

I would like to bet bitcoin on one thing... None of the Zipmex company executives had any assets frozen. Be interesting to know when they and their families cashed out.

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

This is all down to fickle fashion...

This is all down to fickle follicle fashion...

1 hour ago, swissie said:

...in a world that is already overburdened with dept, like never before.

For every debtor there is a creditor, so the money must exist somewhere.

On 7/13/2022 at 10:02 AM, Catoni said:

  “Baht bus..”  That’s the same as a Songthaew, am I correct? 

You are correct.

8 hours ago, ThailandRyan said:

So about a half a baht jump, or 2 Satang more.

2 Salueng more.

55 stone is 350 kilograms or 770 pounds.

14 minutes ago, Don Dunkelblum said:

...on their way to one of the nearby three hospitals.

What was there first? Were the hospitals built after you moved there, or did you decide to live in an area with existing hospitals?

3 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Que the "Thailand preppers Association" ...55555
????

Also known as TP Ass.

2 hours ago, cmjc said:

...but what's next:  Canine Uber?

Uber doesn't operate in Thailand any more. Grab, however does...

2 hours ago, Baron Samedi said:

Utter scam ! Period.

You have been given numerous solutions but you choose to ignore them. Instead you continue to talk about ATM fees in a country where you are not present.

Have you seen the prices of food in places like Villa Market?

16 minutes ago, Baron Samedi said:

That being said, it might be about time for Thailand to enter the 21th century and offer decent digital payment options. I should be able to pay street food vendors with my phone in 2022.

 

The root cause of this nonsense is laziness.

Legacy businesses not willing to embrace technology because... well... let's keep fxxxxxx people up the xxx, it's so much easier.

The root cause of all this is that Thailand is a developing country and not a highly developed country. Not that long ago Thailand didn't have widespread distribution of electricity, surfaced roads or mass transport.

NFC payments are just starting to emerge, which is a key driver in terms of the adoption of electronic payments and micro payments.

It's not about laziness at all.

1 hour ago, Baron Samedi said:

It's funny though how "customer" becomes specifically synonymous with "tourist" when it comes to pay the equivalent of the daily minimum wage in fees to "maintain the ATM network" ????????????

 

The nice thing is that you have options if you do not want to pay the ATM fee.

1. You can set up your own international card processing and ATM network.

2. You can get a bank account with a bank that does not charge ATM fees of this kind, such as this one that has no foreign transaction fees and unlimited ATM fee rebates.

3. You can bring cash with you and exchange it at a very competitive rate. Many people do this.

4. You can use fintech. You said that you, "Can't wait for day fintech is gonna disrupted all this". Come to Thailand and convert some crypto directly to cash with a local user. However if you do this you know as well as I do that you will be paying 5-10% of the trade to do this, which is going to be massively more than 220 baht. So much for crypto and fintech at this time.

5. You can design your vacation in a way that only requires card payments, so that you can avail yourself of the standard mastercard/visa rate.

Lots of choices, from the almost impossible to the highly possible. The most important thing is that you can take action and solve your problems with the advice given in this topic, instead of being victimized for 220 baht by very bad corporations.

14 hours ago, Baron Samedi said:

Yeah right, cry me a river ????

 

Card processing systems aren't cheap either you know. Yet nobody is charged 200THB to be able to use them in shops and restaurants.

 

That ATM fee is BS. Can't wait for day fintech is gonna disrupted all this. It's coming and those lazy idiots won't be prepared for it.

 

I'm wondering if the same amount would be charged if the card is chinese... ????

I don't know how fintech is going to disrupt ATM networks in Thailand in the near future.

Someone, somewhere has to pay for the ATM network and that someone will always be the customer.

Fintech will undoubtedly kill off ATMs that dispense cash eventually, but not just yet. Thailand is heavily cash dependent, with a considerable percentage of people with no bank account. NFC payments in Bangkok are still in their genesis.

Copenhagen Syndrome.

On 2/25/2022 at 11:06 AM, Nemises said:

I wonder if proof of ownership of those will get me in? Probably not from what you say!

I sincerely doubt it. Entrance is for members and guests only.

Your best bet would be to find a member and ask for an invite.

Are you a member of any clubs in Australia? There are a few clubs that have reciprocal membership. Details on the RBSC website.