chiangrai

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that's great,all clear,

Thanks for your help

It's not much of a problem to go through the sellers and find the ones that take PayPal.I'd say you get to know them fast.

I will still use Amazon to browse for books and read reviews e.c.t.

But I won't be doing any business with them.

I teach English as well and was having terrible trouble importing text books.

Nice tip Yoshiwara mate.

Thank you anonymous for your lengthily reply,

I understood everything you said but the thing is that I do not have a credit card or debit card.

I would never use them.So I opened a papal account on my Irish bank account thinking it was easier,especially from here,and cheaper.

The one tip I got from you was that when some sites ask you what currency do you want the prices displayed in,don't change it to euros,leave it in the currency that the site normally displays.

Then they will bill me in dollars or yen and my Irish bank account will choose the exchange rate.

Here's the one thing where I might have messed up.I googled the PayPal site,so I presume it was the official website, and opened an account,they told me to activate my account by making a domestic transfer within Ireland to their bank account.I made a small transfer and they said it would take 2 or 3 working days,that was 2 working days ago.

My two concerns are ......

1-this is a total con.or

2-If I have money in my PayPal account and get billed in dollars then PayPal will choose the exchange rate and not my Irish bank.

I'VE TRIED AND THEY SAID I ALREADY HAVE AN ACCOUNT REGISTERED TO THAT EMAIL ADDRESS.

SO IF I OPEN A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS I CAN OPEN AN ACCOUNT LINKED TO MY GTB ACCOUNT WITHOUT HAVEING A CREDIT CARD OR INTERNET BANKING ON THAT ACCOUNT.

AND IF I SEND MONEY IN EUROS I CAN KEEP IT IN EUROS.THIS IS GREAT IF IT;S TRUE

So how do Iopen a PayPal account on my KTB account without opening internet banking first.

I'm more or less sorted I think.

I will use my Irish PayPal as much as I can.

If I get stuck with an Asian seller who needs an Asian PayPal account I will open a PayPal on my KTB account as apparently,according to PayPal if a payment comes in from a different currency they ask you if you want to keep in in that currency or change it to your primary currency.

Thanks to all

So what happens if I open a PayPal account on my KTB account.

i then transfer euros from my Irish PayPal to my Thai PayPal

Don't PayPal change my euro into Baht and fleece me in the process.

Then when I buy online in Dollars or Yen they fleece me again

I really want to use my Irish PayPal account to keep things simple.

For this bookfinder.com and eBay it seems best.

I have just opened it and have transferred euro into it.Then I will try Rakuten the asian website i want to use.

If it won't accept it I will try some of the things you've all kindly mentioned.

I have no cards on my Irish bank account,just internet banking and PayPal.

I have an ATM card on my Thai account.

I am very low teck but learning fast.

WOW,

Have you seen this bookfinder.com site,it,huge and price seem very reasonable,

I searched one book,price in euros,deliver to Thailand,price including shipping,

I got 69 results for the one book,

The first company didn't take PayPal,the second company did that's the only snag.

Is there a way to sort that out.Like search for companies that accept PayPal.

It dwarfs Amazon.

Are you american,

Do you need to be american to use the shipping company's adress for your dabit card

IS it more expensive this way

i have a brother in america could i use his address for my debit card and my thai address for my

delivery address.

it's getting complicated.I will look into ordering an irish debit card from thailand

I've done a few searches on eBay but they don't have the books I want.

Even Kinokuniya takes a month to find the books I order.

Amazon has everything I search for,but a nice try just the same

I have Googled this and the only way is to get a PapPAL debit card and they won't give them to people living outside America.

I need to get a debit debit card from AIB Ireland.

Is this the only way around it and will I have to go home to get the debit card.

At the moment I order my books with KINOKUNIYA in Bangkok,over the phone,C.O.D.

The books are slightly more expensive than amazon but the shipping is 300 to 400 Baht for about 3 books.

The only reason I want to change to Amazon is that they do 2nd hand books at about a quarter the price on KINOKUNIYA.

Anyone been through this one before.

Yes,that's me much more informed.I think I can manage everything from here on.

Cheers Pip mate.

Thank you Pib,

Well that's a definite answer to my first question about my larger transfers.

As for the shopping and I don't do much of it.what does eBay do if I tell them to post it to Thailand and take the money out of my Irish PayPal account.Would they just bill the price in dollars and let PayPal give the exchange rate.

Then there wouldn't be much use in trying to open a PayPal account in GTB would there.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

Thanks for your kind replies,

I'm a little confused,I have opened a PayPal account on my Irish account,I want to use it for 2 things.

1-Transferring my monthly income to KTB in Thailand.I currently use my Irish banks internet banking, transfer fee 15 euros.Ordered in euros to be exchanged in Thailand.

Am I to understand that the PayPal won't do it this way and the PayPal exchange rate is so bad that even though there is no transfer charge it works out more expensive than my Irish internet banking.

2-Shopping-I want to use Rakuten.com where I seem to be able to have my delivery address in Thailand and prices in euros.

would it not be cheaper to pay them in euros from my Irish PayPal account.

I can't seem to do this on eBay.I find an item priced in dollars and when I open it the price is in Baht.They tell me I have to have a sellers account to changed my billing currency.

Thanks again to all who are helping,this is important stuff for me

.

RAKUTEN GLOBAL MARKET,cheap shipping to THAILAND,HUGE SELECTION.

,takes Japanese yen

O.K.

Thanks to all who replied.

It seems both KTB and I are 40 years behind the times.

I was only putting the PayPal on my Thai account because had the old fashioned idea that you had to go to the bank in person.

So this opens up a whole new ball game.

Would it not be better to put the PayPal on my Irish bank account which is where the money in my Thai account comes from anyway.So the currency only has to be changed once.

So i now have two more questions,

1-When I'm shopping online I use eBay,prices in Thai Baht and delivery to Thailand but prices are based on the US dollar or I use Rakuten.com,prices in Thai Baht,delivered to Thailand but there prices are based on the Japanese Yen.

Is it still more efficient to pay in euros from my Irish bank account.

2-If I get a PayPal facility on my Irish bank account can I then transfer my money to my KTB account every month instead of using internet banking and do I need to have PayPal hooked up to my KTB account as well.

Thanks for all your help,this could seriously save me some money.

No replies yet,

I'm figuring that this is a way to use papal and Krung Thai Bank get to charge you.

Has anyone ever done this.

Also I would like to get internet banking on this account,has anybody ever done that,is it in English.

Hi,

I cruised into my local Krung Thai bankyesterday,where I have had an account for years, to open a PayPal facility on my existing account.

I speak Thai but I still had me missus phone them first to make sure there wouldn't be a problem.

I went in and asked in Thai if I could have a PayPal facility on my account in Thai.After that there was total confusion.They finally found some guy that knew what PayPal was and he had a lady escort me outside to the ATM machine.

I then asked her what was she doing and was she going to open a PayPal facility for me in Thai.

Her answer was "KTB online",Thais don't like to make full sentences.I asked her did she know what PayPal meant,she didn't.

I then went back into the bank and found the guy who knew what PayPal meant.I asked him,in Thai if I could get a PayPal facility on my existing account.His answer was........."KTB online"

At that point I decided that I better talk to my friends on ThaiVisa because they like to make full sentences.

Me missus has since explained that KTB means Krung Thai Bank.

All I want to do is buy some cheap clothes online from sellers outside Thailand.

I don't want to sell anything.

Can anybody explain this matter to me with a sentence longer than "KTB online.

Much appreciated.

Mario is on the ball again.

Who is this guy.

I think I will do all the steps while I'm in Bangkok in case rules change in the future,

before I head up the mountains again.

Another question,

We have decided to get married in Bangkok.

The Irish embassy website says about the affidavit that...

ALL THAI REGISTRARS WILL REQUIRE AUTHENTICATION OF THE IRISH CONSULATES SIGNATURE

AND CERTIFICATION OF THE THAI TRANSLATION.

THIS MUST BE OBTAINED FROM.

THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

123 CHAENG WATTANNA ROAD,

LAKSI..

Is this true,if so the procedure is 1 get the affidavit

2 get it translated

3 get authentication as above

4 get married at the amphue

5.get the marriage certificate translated into English

6 authenticated as above

so it can be used for visa applications(in Hull)

I hope I'm wrong

There are still people writing in and insulting my relationship my fiancee.

I have never met a Thai/Farang couple who have more love and understanding.

We are the same age,she speaks English,I speak Thai,

We teach English together on out grass thatched porch

she is poor,i am poor..............do you want me to write a <deleted> poem about her or what..........

Thanks to everybody who gave simple advice to my simple question.

How much is a pre-nup,I barely have enough money to go to Bangkok to get married.

Mario,

Thanks mate,

I just wanted to be sure to be sure,

Your on the ball

Thanks Mario,

• But is there any fear that I will ever have to show this paper in the consulates at Hull when applying for a visa.