frantick

Update:

I just wanted to update the info regarding using the phone app for Swift transfers. 

So, I had them scan my face as I mentioned in a previous post. I think they just took a photo; why, I don't know. Anyway, phone app says I can transfer ฿200k. I tried it earlier this week for ฿100k. App brought up an oblong circle with me, from my phone camera, in the center. Tried a couple times, too dark, blah, blah, call 1333 or something like that. 

Instead of calling, I reduced the amount to 49k, and was successful in sending the Swift transaction. (It doesn't do the face scan under ฿50k) Waited a day to see if it showed up in Wells Fargo, and there it was pending. The next day sent ฿49.5k more, no problem.

Leaving about ฿80k in Thailand although not sure if I'll ever return. I might try another transfer using my Thai phone from within the US. If that works, I might grab some of it, and transfer the remaining to a few 'friends' in Thailand. If it doesn't work, Bangkok Bank will be happy one day I suppose. 

1 week to go. 😭

11 hours ago, GinBoy2 said:

Ok @frantick one last food thing before we revert to money.

 

The Thai ladies here love Storming Crab at Rushmore Crossing, and I do too. Their fresh oysters are amazing. Of course my wife is tasked with providing the Thai chutney and chili sauce!

Menu looks good! Will have to get myself a poboy and some gumbo. 

15 hours ago, Pattaya57 said:

Ok, well that would be proof of source of funds and maybe why they insisted you go to your home branch where the funds came into?

 

I'm screwed. I opened Krungsri in the Avenue, it closed and I was transferred to big C branch on 2nd road which also closed. No idea where my new branch is now as they never told me 😆 

 

But I don't know if they even looked at that, or know that the Wise Foreign deposits came from America, let alone, from my personal account. (I made many large transfers to a Thai account before. Don't ask, 555.) 

You should be able to go into any K bank and ask where your branch is. 

Funds showed up this morning. Show Pending, but Wells Fargo puts "sure things", like pending Social Security payments into your available account balance. That was quick, and relatively easy. 

3 minutes ago, Pattaya57 said:

I'm amazed by this. Everything I've read and been told is that it's impossible to transfer significant baht out of Thailand without a work permit or proving original source of funds. For me buying a condo 14 years ago I've pretty much written off ever selling it to send cash out as I no longer have any tranfer in source records.

I guess we'll know in a couple days. Of course, BB would have the 5yo records of my 2 Wise transfers to fund the account, don't know if they looked at that. 

1 minute ago, Pattaya57 said:

Well done getting the baht out but what documents did you show to meet these requirements posted on the Bangkok Bank website?

 

Do I need to provide documents to declare my purpose of sending funds abroad?

The Bank of Thailand requires every commercial bank to obtain documents from customers outlining the reasons for sending the funds abroad before completing the transaction. For example, you may need to provide an invoice if you make a funds transfer to pay for goods or services.

 

If you are foreigner, you will need to bring a document declaring the source of your income (e.g. certification of salary) to complete your overseas funds transfer.

No documents. I just provided the routing codes and reason for transfer as "repatriation of funds". She had a long form I partially filled out with names and addresses, routing, account, etc. Signed a small form as both sender and receiver, but that was it. 

My BB phone app gives me the option, scroll over to other services, then down, to send up to ฿200k per day in the Swift transfer option. Haven't tried it yet though. I'm on a retirement visa. 

So, to update this thread, here's what transpired:

Went to Buakhao location. First in line for the desk clerk. (I like this location because they seem to speak English better than my experience at Klang, but it's been 5 years) 

Anyway she tells me to go to a counter clerk to close/transfer, but then realizes it's the Klang location so I must go there. 

I scooter over to Klang, and indeed, as @treetops posted, it's still open. Busier than the Buakhao location, I get a ticket for one of the desk ladies as I also want the face scan done. Long wait... Then she tells me, in better English than 5 years ago, that I need to go to the counter, but she can do the face scan. Her camera doesn't work, so we interrupt the 2nd desk clerk to take my picture. I don't know if this is what I'm looking for, ie the scan required to xfer more than ฿50k from my phone, but whatever. (Other falangs were getting their personal phone cameras zoomed in and out on their faces, but I just got a pc camera pointed at me, so not sure.) 

I go to the counter, where she closes my account and transfers, hopefully, my 800k to the US. Says it'll take a couple days, so here's hoping. 

I mention the English speaking, not to be an ass, but because it's truly appreciated. I'm in their country after all. 

Still have 300k in BB savings that I have to move, share, party with, or whatever. 

I'll update the thread one last time once the money hits my US account. 

36 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

Actually non existent.

 

There is a Philippino store on E North St where you can get some stuff, at a price I might add!

 

What we do is make a trip to Denver every couple of months where you can get everything.

 

Lao Market on Federal Blvd in Westminster and GW in Aurora are our go to places.

 

Couple of ice chests and load up the car.

 

You can do it there and back in a day.

 

We normally do an overnighter since my daughter and our son both live in Denver

 

Let me put it this way. Unless we eat out my wife never eats farang food, which probably tells you everything!

I figured as much. Do they have kaprow (holy basil) in Denver? It was scarce in Minneapolis when I lived there. Probably the only dish I'd cook, maybe Khanna too. 

My nephew lives in a Denver suburb, so could get it from him as he visits often, or go myself since I'm retired with no reason not to go. 

90%, if not more, of the Thai ladies I've met like only Thai food with an occasional Falang offering. 

Maybe have to return to Mexican food, for my spicy cravings. 

I had read, on BB site, that I could use mobile banking to transfer up to 2m. So I'll just head to the Soi Buakhao branch next week and see if they'll close the FCD account, and move my funds into savings. 

I'll also ask about the "photo/face scan requirement", or whatever the past issue was, I read about but never needed, with transferring >50k. 

Hopefully they won't refer me to another branch. 

I'm on a retirement extension, if anyone couldn't figure that out based on the 800k amount. I don't read anything in the online transfer page regarding WP requirement. 

4 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

No penalties for early withdrawal, you just lose the interest that has accrued so far. 

 

Have you considered using Dee Money https://www.deemoney.com/ (Granted they're in Bangkok but I'm sure you at least used to be able to open an account online) ? Friends of mine use them to send money back to the UK & they seem to get very good rates with quite a low commission charge.   

12 minutes ago, LosLobo said:

I don't think you are easily able to repatriate money from Thailand, through a normal fixed/savings account as you need an international account and some documentation to justify the transfer.

I have opened a Dee Money account expressly for that purpose.

 

4 minutes ago, Mike Teavee said:

No penalties for early withdrawal, you just lose the interest that has accrued so far. 

 

Have you considered using Dee Money https://www.deemoney.com/ (Granted they're in Bangkok but I'm sure you at least used to be able to open an account online) ? Friends of mine use them to send money back to the UK & they seem to get very good rates with quite a low commission charge.   

I have read that repatriating is commonly used as a Swift reason for transfer. I also have all the codes, addresses, etc. Also I've read of others using Swift from here.

Even though I'm keeping a savings account here, I don't intend to ever send that money back. I really don't want to sign up for another service, such as Dee Money, that I'll never use again. 

29 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

Good choice. We live over in Chapel  Valley

 

If you have a Thai partner in tow we can hook her up with the local Thai ladies

Nope, live like a king here, but couldn't do that with a TL in tow. Though I might dm you for Thai food shopping advice, scarce, I'm sure. 

15 minutes ago, GinBoy2 said:

Can't help you on the banking questions, but where are you headed?

Rapid 

I'm repatriating next month back to the @GinBoy2 area. I plan on keeping my savings account, but want to do a Swift transfer of my fixed, 800k account. I believe my home branch on Pattaya Klang, just east of Big C, has closed. I've been doing my banking at Soi Buakhao branch, ie lost bank card, extension letter.

My questions (because the banks are closed until Tues and want other's experience) :

Is that Klang location really closed? 

Will the Soi Buakhao location do this for me? 

Is there a Main Branch of BB and if so, where? 

Also, but less important, how much will they penalize for early withdrawal; half year of a 12 month, and how much are swift/BB fees? 

Thanks and sorry this isn't a political post. 😅

7 minutes ago, Terrance8812 said:

Yourself. 

Yes, for 5 years now. 

2 hours ago, Terrance8812 said:

You mean a fighter like when he staged a traitorous, seditious, treasonous attack on the US Capitol building that killed a number of police officers and could have ended up killing his vice president too?
 

I'm amazed how people are able to parse reality, bend the truth, and come up with an alternative narrative to be able to see only what they want to see. 

Joined 1 month ago. Troll. 

https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/how-many-died-as-a-result-of-capitol-riot/

Please find somewhere else to propagate the lies. 

8 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

While other explanations, such as speculations that SARS-CoV-2 was accidentally released from a laboratory have been proposed,such explanations are not supported by evidence.

Nor is there "evidence" it came from an animal in the wet market; Occam's razor. 

"science" is supported through tax dollars, or vested interests, just follow the money. Peer review, for this same reason, has become a joke. DEI has chosen new students, scientists, etc., not from the pool of the best, but from smaller pools of "the best from this smaller pool". 

How many verbally rejected the vaccine prior to their "side" being elected, even though it was the same vaccine? 

How many people took a newly, barely human tested vaccine even though, based on an early, "scientific" study of Covid, it only had a 1.5% mortality rate? 

Why do you trust your government, when your side is on top, as much as you do? 

68, fat, smoker, pureblood. I don't trust the government regardless of who's on top. Unfortunately, I have to depend on them for most of my pension (which I paid into for over 40yrs), which undoubtedly will be reduced in the future to support an even bigger government. 

Ok, that's my yearly rant. Have a nice day. 

I know you requested less meat, but this is all I got. 

Pattaya Bachelor's Chicken Divan recipe. (my name for it) 

2 - 3 cooked, cubed, chicken breasts. I boil for 20 minutes, or if I'm out and about and don't feel like cooking, I buy 2 gai yaang from the stall at the Buakhao food market north of Treetown; 100฿

1 can condensed cream of chicken soup 

3/4 of the emptied can above mayo

3 slices of 7-11 bread cut into 1/2" cubes. Or a cup or more of croutons if you're a real chef. 

Broccoli florets. Not sure of the amount, but Friendship sells a big bag of frozen, unlabeled for 85฿ and I use about 1/3rd of the bag. It's a steal compared to the fresh broccoli. I throw them in boiling water for a few minutes, strain. 

About 2 teaspoons of curry powder. I just throw some in, probably more than this because I like the flavor. 

Tablespoon of lemon juice. I just squirt a couple seconds worth from one of those lemon juice sqeezy things because real lemons are expensive here. 

A little milk if all that's too thick for you. I use about 1/4 cup. 

Red Pepper flakes, as in the kind you put on pizza in the West; not prik bon, but up-to-you . I used to add them after, on my serving, as my ex-TGF didn't like (optional) 

Combine all that in a large saucepan, heat, and eat. 

Notes: Original recipe had this baked in a baking pan with real croutons of course. The pan was filled with the cooked broccoli and cubed chicken. The soupy, crouton sauce part covered the broccoli and chicken in the pan. All topped with cheddar cheese until heated through. (I do without the cheese cuz I'm on a diet.) 

Can eat over rice with/without bread cubes if you're so inclined. (Not sure of bread vs rice calorie count, but this is not a calorie counter's meal.) 

This was the only falang dish my ex-TGF would eat because she thought it must be healthy having broccoli in it. 🤣

5 hours ago, TallGuyJohninBKK said:

I'm trying to understand what the main goal is here, and what's to be gained by trying to port the phone's mobile internet connection to a wifi router?

 

As opposed to, simply setting up a mobile hotspot on your phone that will make its mobile internet connection available as a separate wifi node that any nearby device can connect to? No hardware involved, and can easily be turned on or off via the phone's settings.

True if you don't need the devices to connect to each other. But if you do and you're on a newer version of Android (no idea on iPhone), the Hotspot runs in isolation mode (unless you root it and run a command to effectively make it a router) 

Thus the need for a separate router for example, to allow pc->printer, tv->pc (Plex), file copying between devices, etc. 

If wireless speeds (phone -> router) are sufficient, just look for a router supporting WISP mode and has the required number of physical ports you're looking for. Or just connect everything wirelessly to the router like one of these:

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.of1ak

https://s.lazada.co.th/s.of1Xg

I've used the cheap one for all my devices for the last 4 years; 3 phones, printer, laptop, and Google TV box. 

Good thread, I could only quickly come up with this:

23 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

NOTE:  Does anyone here recall how GREAT Novell once was?

 

What ever happened to Novell, anyway?

1. Yes. 

2. AD, Microsoft Active Directory. It was FREE! LMAO

On 5/5/2024 at 4:05 PM, Lorry said:

I tried it and you are right 

Surprising indeed

Thx

 

BTW they sell packaged coffee too, but didn't know where.  They sent me to another branch where staff was incredibly rude (I am seriously thinking of complaining to headquarter, we are in Bangkok after all, not in Pattaya or mainland China) and didn't know anything either. 

Any idea where to buy it?

 

https://www.cafe-amazon.com/index.aspx?Lang=EN&PageID=1

Lazada has some, not sure how fresh. 

51 minutes ago, watthong said:

Do they also do state return?

Yes

Haven't seen the spray Cheez Whiz; called squeeze cheese by us  midwesterners. 

The jar Cheez Whiz is available at Villa Market. It's great on an onion bagel with chopped ham. Don't knock it if you haven't tried it. (I also like cream cheese, but prefer the plastic cheese occasionally)