ukrules

I have a Kasikorn basic savings account with an ATM / debit card.

It can be used in the UK and elsewhere. I've used mine to make purchases from both UK and US companies.

This is just the plain ordinary ATM card you get with the basic savings account.

You do however need to ask them to enable the card to be used 'on the internet' - I believe this turns on international payments.

This can be done at an ATM from what I understand but they helpfully did it for me at the ATM so I can't be sure.

Debit cards charged at 150bt, credit cards at 180bt

That makes sense, I just withdrew 20k about 30 minutes ago using my Visa Debit card at TMB and the fee was only 150 Baht.

I noticed that the amount of UK pounds debited from my account has gone down from about 420 per 20k THB last year to around 375 per 20k THB right now so it looks like a lot of things are getting much cheaper anyway.

I still get charged 180 at Kasikorn on the same debit card.

Not all of them are charging 180 yet. I think it's TMB who still charge 150.

Good luck with that, if it's anything like the Ban Phu Nam Ron border crossing there will be nothing on the other side at all.

FedEx costs just over 1000 Baht for lightweight documents but they are a bunch of pricks for incoming mail so it's better to boycott them altogether.

The last time I used them it did take 5 or 6 days in total including a weekend as the 'package' containing one piece of signed printed paper was held up in customs for 2 days.

I suggest FedEx or DHL. If you need it delivering quickly then you have to pay the premium.

Possibly the worlds first bitcoinfarm has been detected on the 2nd of April ( so not the 1th ) in Goirle, in the Netherlands.

There are many 'Bitcoin Farms' out there. Entire warehouses doing nothing but generating Bitcoins on thousands of ASIC boards.

They've been going since last year, nothing illegal about them as they of course pay their bills.

This Netherlands operation is a tiny non event compared the the grand scale of things.

If they really go ahead and ban the sale of alcohol they can forget about this festival next year, it won't happen.

On the other hand I think we all know it will be business as usual.

Please ensure to make a hi resolution photo of the 'rules' so you can add them to your online reviews.

Can't you just wire it out of Kasikorn ? I SWIFT wired $20k into my Kasikorn account last year so I would think they offer outgoing wires as well.

I know there's going to be complications due to capital controls.

It was a Dutch girl living in Rotterdam she spent the night in a police cell and was released this morning pending further investigations.

No need. She's just a dumb teenager. Case closed.

If common sense was to prevail this would be the end of it so there's almost zero chance this is the end of it.

I was under the impression that the 1 year license is a full license, it's just that it lasts for one year.

I got mine issued based off my UK license which is a full permenent license. I keep them both in my wallet anyway.

This happened to me once, I told them via email to discard the package and they did.

Needless to say I will never use FedEx for incoming packages again. This is no major problem, the regular post office is the most reliable route and I was only testing FedEx at the time, they failed big on my initial test.

When you go out to play see what the other children are using and get something slightly bigger and better.

You don't need a passport. Just a couple of hundred Baht.

A million Baht is not that much money, I'd just leave it where it is right now.

I certainly wouldn't be bringing money into Thailand to invest in anything right now. That's just my preference though.

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The only policy I've heard of is the 'one tablet per child' policy.

Maybe the US should just butt out as it's none of their business.

We all know that won't happen though as they like to meddle as if they're somehow in control.

Just look at the recent Ukraine incident where the US officials were talking to each other deciding who should be in the new Ukraine government.

I use Bupa International

I noticed they had stacks of cases of tonic water cans in Villa Hua Hin a few hours ago while I was there doing some shopping.

Nobody said there is a ban on alcohol. Learn to read.

A good point, the article was very ambiguous and left me wondering exactly what they are planning.

I believe they are available but it's not something I use myself, you will need to shop around for these though.

It seems to me that they should ban the real cause of the problem : Songkran