NanLaew

Like shooting fish in a barrel, you are.

Sorry, but the people that rewards the likes of Taylor Green, Tuberville, Gaetz, Boebert and Jordan with their vote just ain't that decent.

And thanks for acknowledging it with yours.

Talk about being dim. He's been self-destructing ever since. Putin's played him, and now the markets have his non-game sussed out.

They didn't agree LAST YEAR. How do you say 'clutching at straws' in Mexican?

Yes, that change has happened within the past few weeks. Prior to that, Bangkok Bank was pretty much instantaneous as well. There's some debate on other threads on how there's probably been a change in corresponding banks or the payment processor.

We have to assume that your Thai bank account isn't with Bangkok Bank.

It's 220 baht and that's a fee that obviously troubles the "resident tourist" on a pension.

More like the "absolute garbage reputation of British travelers" to me. They've been nailed in Georgia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and now Austria. Unfortunately, for the moment, cannabis can legally be bought in Thailand for consumption in Thailand. Where does that suggest that it is OK to take masses of it back home? Would this guy have ever considered bringing some hashish from Amsterdam, where the local purchase and consumption is legal? The low IQ of a certain British traveling demographic has absolutely nothing to do with Thailand.

That probably depends on how desperate the dealer is, no?

And in the west, they probably bought it directly from someone they trusted. Here, they bought something from someone who got it from someone whose language they probably didn't speak. There's something tragically Darwin-like in this report.

You sound like an appreciative customer.

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So you think Bangkok Bank has a lot of dodgy accounts? It was a branch of SCB in Pattaya where the four employees were found to be involved with improperly setting up accounts for foreigners who did not qualify. That's quite a blinkered view. Just as some Thai bank employees may be dishonest, I would suggest the amount of dishonest foreigners living in Thailand is far, far higher. Why does a bona fide tourist need a bank account in any country where he doesn't live?

Wise still offers the same drop-down menu for the reason. I have used either 'personal expenses' or 'for family' on the previous, instantaneous transfers. It may be the case, and it seems that Wise now offers 'within 8 hours' or 'next day' for Bangkok bank, depending on what time of the day the transfer is initiated. For info, the transfer I mentioned earlier posted here at 14:01 local time (Bangkok bank push notification), with Wise saying it was 14:13 (in their app). Looking at the previous push notification from Bangkok bank, international deposits have been flagged 'from MOBILE' (both Wise and SWIFT), whereas the one that took longer today says 'from AUTO'. I will go online and see if the coding or description of the deposits has changed. That could indicate a shift in local intermediary, or maybe not.

From what I understand, you and many others, adhere to the immigration rules regarding proof of income without recourse to an agent. So, what exactly are YOU complaining about?

I initiated a transfer from my balance in my Wise account to my Bangkok bank account yesterday afternoon, local time. It said 'by Tuesday'. Around 8:45 AM this morning, Wise emailed to say they had just sent the money and I should see it around 14:00, local time. This is from my Wise account to my Bangkok bank account registered with Wise that has previously taken a few seconds. My Bangkok bank account is compliant with the bank's updated, registered phone number policy. Not sure why Wise now appears to have a minimum 8-hour transfer time, and it appears it waits more than 8 hours from initialising on their app to actually doing the transfer. I don't send great amounts of money, usually about £1000 two or three times a month.

And your name is Mary, and this is the Pub. Does your boyfriend know you are here? By yourself?

Au contraire, mon vieux. You do realize that by leaving that receipt lying about for her to discover, you handily avoided being suckered by a (beautiful and horny) bunny boiler.

Very common, I believe. Very much live for the now. Regardless of social strata, if you say to a local, "You can have 100 baht today, but if you wait till tomorrow, you can have 1000 baht," they will take the 100 baht today. ...and ask you for the 1000 baht tomorrow.

The same way as she probably "owns" a car from a legal perspective and the finance company just has a "security" interest. Just see how far this legal ownership gets her when she misses a couple of mortgage or car note payments. This is about the time they charmingly hit up a witness, love-struck foreigner, claiming inordinately high wages for the job they do. Those from a lower-order demographic are pretty much stuck with the sick buffalo routine.

Up until about 10 days ago, regardless of time of day, my Wise transfers to Bangkok bank would be flagged as "should arrive immediately" and they did Now, despite initially displaying as "should arrive immediately", once the transfer is configured and ready to execute, it's either "within 8 hours" or "next day". This former when setting up early in the UK working day, the latter when setting up later in the working day.

Oh, that's good. That's very good.

Maybe his "character" is around ten inches and he can breath through his ears?

By the same token, when he gets fed up of her nonsense (and he will), all he needs to do is stop the stipend and she'll vanish, along with all those sweet memories. Unless of course he's cultivated a bunny boiler, then it's change locks, phone number, sell the car and move to Idaho time.