KannikaP

My UK Bank just sent me a replacement Mastercard to my address here in Thailand, and a new card reader. Took about two weeks to get here. It is the bank and NOT Mastercard who issue the cards. A debit card is good for up to how much you have in your connected account. A Thai CREDIT card seems pretty useless to me as you must have as much dosh deposited to cover whatever limit you want, so it is basically the same as a debit card, which is used to spend money which you already have, YOUR money in the bank. A CREDIT card is just that, giving you Credit ie borrowing money which you do not have, which you can either pay off or pay interest on the balance. Would a retailer know whether it was a Debit or Credit Card....I doubt it, they get their money whatever card is used.

Strange that a previous post by JDangle asks if he MUST bring currency into the country.

Totally wrong. It must be in CASH of one denomination or another, depending on the exchange rate. A bank book, statement or credit card is no good. Don't ask me why, TIT. The OP was not talking about applying for anything, simply entering the country. As others say, they have never had it or seen it being used, but the IO could refuse entry if he did not like your looks and needed an excuse to deny entry.

They seem to be getting marijuana, hemp & cannabis mixed up in the same sentences.

What a mess the first photo is, looks like you used left over tiles. Do ceramic tiles expand & contract? You suggest a 3mm gap, but that is filled with grout. Is grout comressible?

I guess, in hindsight, you should/could have gone to the right of the motorcycle.

But that doesn't make it right that he is in the wrong!

I think you mean DOESN'T need any selfish foreigners.

I have driven a 'cut-down' Fortuna (Vigo) for over 10 years and never a hint of an accident.

The stuff I produce in my back room from Jamago concentrate or frozen berries from Makro are absolutely fine.................for me & my girl!

I thought they used Baht in Thailand.

No that would NOT exist in the 'Western world' because a law is a law if done properly by the Government. Here the laws are made but changed back if the people do not like it.

No I wasn't.

Why do you not get your pension paid into your own personal bank account, so then you can transfer to your Thai Bank, be it via Wise or Swift or other way. YOU then decide which day of the month it transfers. As an off topic aside, isn't it strange that I can do a transfer from my current account to any other account in UK at any time of the month, day or hour and it is almost instantaneous. The computers DO NOT go to sleep.

Somebody explain please! Cargo bed vs cargo rear.

No, I find 'self insurance' easy to understand. Basically you do not have an insurance policy and pay for any treatment yourself. The problem with your next sentence is that you never know what the costs from the fund are going to be until you are actually in hospital being treated or the fund refuses to pay or goes bust. How can you foresee the maximum amount you could be charged?

I did in my previous post and said that she has 'gone to seed'.

Sorry but you are wrong. With COULDN'T CARE LESS you are at the bottom of your 'caring ladder', but if you COULD CARE LESS, you are not there yet.

You will never know how 'good' an insurance policy is until they pay your claim in full.......the second or third time!

........pack fudge..........? I am English

I thought he wanted to watch (UK) TV whenever he wants. I merely suggested a very simple solution to his problem. Hope he does not read my previous post if it is going to annoy him.

Home pics = hoops.....nah.

So you prefer to download and save the TV programs to a hard drive? For £50 you can get a Fire TV or Chromecast and have more choices than you can handle.

This is a new one .0.025. ! 0.025 and 0.25 have been quoted in many posts.

Stay out, go somewhere else.