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Don't rely on Google and don't suggest independent entities as that's not accurate either. They are certainly left to their own devices on a wide range of activities, as you've found out and as has been reported on here many times. Franchises (as we know them) might not be the right word either but there is a great deal of self containment which is a different business model to western banks.
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As with banks, franchises may not be setup the same in Thailand as they are in your home country. ???? Whatever you want to call it, bank branches are set up/ran semi-independently from the bank itself. You have discovered this in being dealt with differently at different branches. Of course there are (lots of) areas where they must conform to the parents' rules but they have a lot of self autonomy too.
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Branch setup and running is well discussed on here and you can see their stand at the annual Thai Franchise and Business Opportunities Exhibition at BITEC, Bangkok. As before, forget about how banks are set up and run in your home country. You're now dealing with a different beast.
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Not to the cardholder. The fees are paid by the merchant (bank in this case). The cardholder potentially loses because the Visa and Mastercard rates are usually just below the interbank rate, but the cardholder will still be better off than by using any other method.
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Internet banking change.
treetops replied to owl sees all's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
Point your phone running a scanner app at them and it'll tell you what they say. Here's an example for you:
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They are franchises rather than independently owned, but their MO is similar. You just have to lose the mindset of your home country banking structure and accept what it is here.
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They don't come as international transfers but there is a process to get the proof via the intermediary bank. It's detailed here: https://wise.com/help/articles/2932335/guide-to-thb-transfers
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A 30 day visa extension is obtained from your local Immigration Office. How you get there is up to you but a plane is not likely to be needed.
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I've not done it personally but Wise works OK, only not for the reason you mention. An overview of the process can be found here: https://wise.com/help/articles/2932335/guide-to-thb-transfers
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There's one lives along Soi Yume just a few hundred yards from Big C Extra. I don't think it's one of those pictured though.
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Banking USA to Bangkok Bank Thailand
treetops replied to just_Elaine's topic in Jobs, Economy, Banking, Business, Investments
The page you linked to mentions it now needs International ACH format which it has already been mentioned most US banks don't use. SS payments do use that format so are OK. -
E-Extension - Working/Valid?
treetops replied to aldriglikvid's topic in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits
The site previously excluded use by those on retirement extensions but I don't see that exclusion anymore. Either I missed it or it's moved forward recently. -
At the bottom of the screen when I run Line I have four options. Home, Chats, Voom and Calls. Tapping Home gets me to a screen where at the top right I have four choices. Second from the right is the outline of a head with the "+" sign. Tapping that gets me to the screen I pictured earlier with the Allow button. You may have to wait until a contact agrees to be your friend before they appear as one.
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It's not in Settings. From the Home screen, select the image of a person's head with a "+" next to it.
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Try clicking on "Allow" here in the friends screen..
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The method chosen by Paypal to prove ID is only available to Thai nationals so they have effectively ruled out others holding accounts here. They could have chosen other methods of proving ID but didn't, so the decision was theirs and theirs alone.
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Sir Tom Jones' hit, Delilah, has been banned !
treetops replied to Social Media's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Rugby fans being equated with hooligans - OMG. It would appear that you've never attended a game. -
I can't see it on Playstore either but it looks like it's still available as an APK elsewhere. Here's one possible source: https://apkcombo.com/immigration-eservices/th.go.immigration.immeService/
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If you plug your route into Bolt you'll get a price. I just entered Terminal 21 to Nana Plaza and an economy car came in at 1,373 THB. A metered taxi would be more I believe and a private taxi maybe a little less.
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From their website:
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Last month there would have been a line below the FT rate that showed the discount applied but this month that line would have been blank, if your bill is presented the same as mine. It's the discount that changed (disappeared) not the FT figure itself.
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Agoda now has a setting you can select to always show the price including taxes, but a new one (to me anyway) is that they sometimes show the equivalent price after taking off their reward system payback.
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That quote is from a story in the early days of Covid restrictions so almost 2 years before Russia invaded Ukraine. https://www.thephuketnews.com/confusion-over-entry-requirements-for-russians-as-thailand-cancels-visa-on-arrival-for-18-countries-75231.php
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https://www.pattayamail.com/news/fire-adds-new-delay-to-6-month-overdue-pattaya-soi-15-drainage-project-414056
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Klook and Viator are package re-sellers so may well have used limousine.in.th to supply the service anyway, so without them they can't do the re-sell. Here's another one to try but it could be in the same position. https://www.kkday.com/en/product/30905
