Mattd

Highly possible, perhaps done to try to restrict a run on the banks if a crash were to happen?

Yeah, this is most likely the reason, although it did happen to me a few years back and we were directed to go back through immigration to stamp back into Thailand before being taken to a hotel, guess it depends on the day!

Because, as with most others, SCB have slapped a limit of 49,999 THB per transaction, due to the withdrawal of the facial recognition exemption, this doesn't stop me from making multiple transactions to one account or vendor in one day up to the daily limit though

It is off topic, however, I disagree, my daily limits are higher than 50,000, so if I want to transfer 99,000 to one person, I could make 2 x 49,500 transactions. This is with SCB and I can see the daily limits in the APP.

Depends on the type of extension of stay, certain work permits (BOI etc.) allow 2 years EOS for example.

These types of arrest don't really make much sense to me! Why would the Thai authorities want to arrest anybody for taking illegal drugs out of the country. Upon detection of the drugs, surely it would make more sense for them to inform their counterparts at the final destination where the arrest for the import of illegal drugs can be made. That way, Thailand isn't on the hook for a potentially expensive trial, costly jail time etc. and they have scored brownie points for informing the receiving country.

No, this question was asked of SCB and as posted earlier, they say it is to do with the system Thailand uses for their citizens, basically, the facial recognition for a Thai is done through a database connected with the ID card system. Now, why they can't just have a separate database for their foreign customers I've no idea!

From what I understand it is how the banks interpretate the BOT rules, they say that the facial recognition side is something to do with the CHIP system used together with the Thai ID card. BBL etc. seem to have a different take on the rules. To be honest, I don't see why SCB can't ask the account holder to come to the bank with positive photo ID (passport registered to the account) and then take a photo to store in a database, which I imagine is how BBL did it?

It means exactly what it says, SCB removed the waiver for facial recognition that was in place for foreign ban account holders, mine was removed on 16th June (it seems they staggered dates, so others were earlier and other later). As of the date they say, you will no longer be able to make a transaction over over 50,000 THB using SCB Easy. If you have to make such a transaction, you must call them and ask permission, once granted you have one hour to make the transaction, a call has to be made for every single transaction over 50,000 THB. It is possible to transfer funds up to 49,900 THB to the same person, to a maximum of 200,000 THB per day, essentially 4 transactions. Email received from SCB by another customer: Firstly, we sincerely apologize for any inconvenience caused and for the delay in our response. Regarding your email, SCB has canceled the facial recognition waiver in order to comply with regulations set by the Bank of Thailand. At present, our system does not yet support facial recognition for foreign customers. Once facial verification becomes available for foreign customers, we will make an official announcement and invite foreign clients to complete identity verification at SCB branch again. You may continue using the app as usual without visiting an SCB branch for facial recognition, as long as your transfers do not exceed the following limits: - Up to 50,000 THB per transaction, or - A total of 200,000 THB in transfers per day For transactions exceeding these limits, please be advised of the following: If you require a temporary bypass for facial recognition, you may: - Contact the SCB Call Center at 02-777-7777 (press 9 for English), provided that you hold an active SCB debit card with PIN verification. - If you do not have a debit card, please visit your nearest SCB branch with your passport and bank passbook to request the exemption. Please note: The temporary bypass is valid for one (1) hour and will be automatically canceled thereafter. However, you may request this exemption as often as needed. Alternatively, you may also complete your transactions through other available channels, such as ATMs, CDMs, VTMs, or by visiting any SCB branch at your convenience. We sincerely appreciate your trust in SCB to assist you. If you have any further inquiry, please do not hesitate to contact the SCB Customer Service Center via email at customer_service[at]scb.co.th, available 24 hours a day. "Please take care of your health during this period of frequent weather changes." Yours sincerely, SCB Customer Center

Exactly, BKK did actually have that in the garden off the Miracle lounge in D concourse, with a designated smoking area away from others, the perfect solution, that went along with the smoking rooms. It could have been a good money spinner, folks who did want a smoke badly pay to access the lounge and go outside to smoke, the lounge makes money and the smokers get their last smoke in before the flight without polluting others, win win!!

Your post makes no sense. It would be impossible for Walmart (or any other company in retailing) to 'eat the tariffs' they work on such low Net Profit margins (some people seem confused by the difference between Gross Profit and Net Profit!!) that if they were to try that even on a 10% tariff, the end result would be a loss as opposed to a profit, that is economical fact. They would not increase their profit by passing the tariff on to the consumer, unless they increased the price by more than a reasonable percent of the tariff, inevitably there will be a cost plus on the tariff rate passed on to the consumer, this is unavoidable, as there are going to incur additional costs for administration and initially paying the tariff to the Government. This is the reality of tariffs, the end consumer always pays.

Finally someone with a sensible post! The US bond market is in dire straits right now and if this collapses so does the US, bankruptcy would be inevitable. Something that Trump likely didn't even consider, he'd want to hope that all the countries that can don't just want to cash in at the same time. High US import tariffs on China and other countries exported goods in to the US will mean a huge shortage and a massive disturbance to the supply chain (remember Covid and the supply issues), especially for companies such as Boeing (who happen to be the biggest exporter in the US $ wise), the airspace industry is totally reliant on a global supply chain as are many many others. Effectively this could cripple the likes of Boeing and many other industries in the US, you simply cannot replace the global supply chain overnight, it will take decades. Airbus and Comac must be smiling right now!

I'd agree if it was the vehicle owner paying for the repair, otherwise it is generally it is not up to the insured to get independent quotes, the insurance company should appoint an assessor to assess the damage and make a recommendation to the company. Whether the repairs go ahead or not would be their decision, which would be based on the cost to repair versus the insured value of the vehicle. Any dispute should be resolved immediately. In my experience, the car will be taken to the repair company by the insurance company, exactly where will depend on the clause in the policy, i.e. dealer garage or an approved insurance repair company, the insured may have a say in the preferred repairer, ultimately though it is entirely up to the insurance company as they are ones who will (should) be paying, the insured would forfeit any deductible if any and the repair should then proceed, some insurance companies do seem to have a bad reputation with the dealer garages in terms of payment and can be slow to give the go ahead to repair, however, after 8 months in the case of the OP, then something is badly wrong.

Far too many unknowns! - Reputable Insurance Company? - Was the accident involving only the MIL car and no other vehicle / property? - Is it First Class Insurance? - Any Excess (deductible) payable? - If the answer to the first question was yes, then is there any limitation of the repair cost for self damage? - Dealer Garage repair or insurance company repair shop? - Why is it taking so long to repair, extensive damage, rare vehicle? First thing to do is get hold of the policy and read the small print, absolutely no point in making any complaint until you are 100% sure of all of the facts and the T&Cs.