gilamonster

or, did he finally post the proper bail, and he is now free in Cambodia and the suicide talk is all official bs cover-up?

If your card has the VISA logo on it, VISA does the currency conversion and its fee is already calculated in the rate. If your bank charges you a foreign currency conversion fee, you are being scammed since they did NOTHING. It is just another ordinary visa card charge to them. By the bye, VISA's rate for THB is almost always better than TT's exchange rate, for example. For THB, Visa is Better than MC. VISA's rate changes once daily on weekdays at 7am THAI time. Friday's rate isalso used for Saturday & Sunday withdrawals.

"Dynamic conversion" is a banking scam. The bank is essentially asking for a 1,000b tip if you are getting the 30k maximum withdrawal. ALWAYS DECLINE.

Does anyone know a current buyer of worn 9k gold bracelets in Pattaya?

This fee tells tourists the Thai government feels there is a good chance that you will be shot dead or maimed/killed in a boating/bus/motorcycle/mugging event or just electrocuted on the street or in your hotel room from random acts of careless wiring.

Good move! Since the ONLY criminals in Thailand are retired westerners, he MUST control them more tightly if the Thai people are going to be safe from their predations. Tax em, frisk search em, watch their every sly move. Only the RTP & Immigration warriors are honest and diligent enough to do this.

I knew a German who spent a month in the immigration jail in BKK several years ago. Very crowded, filthy, HOT. Sleep on the bare floor, no bathing facilities, food inedible, you need a debit card (no cash permitted in jail) so you can order outside food. He had a cellmate from Africa who had been in there 18 years!! since he had no money for a first class ticket back to Cameroon. A russian had been here 12 years, another German 8 years. All awaiting deportation but without funds. Yes, embassy can visit, but pointless. You could be stuck there forever with no set release date.

I knew a German who spent a month in the immigration jail in BKK several years ago. Very crowded, filthy, HOT. Sleep on the bare floor, no bathing facilities, food inedible, you need a debit card (no cash permitted in jail) so you can order outside food. He had a cellmate from Africa who had been in there 18 years!! since he had no money for a first class ticket back to Cameroon. A russian had been here 12 years, another German 8 years. All awaiting deportation but without funds. Yes, embassy can visit, but pointless. You could be stuck there forever with no set release date.