mario299

I agree that the biggest problem about this particular flu is the media attention. The gentleman from America (as I am from) stated correctly that the actual "damage done" is relatively small, and we are right next door to Mexico. Sure, travel make the spread easier, but the real bottom line is the media. They have a job...make money to stay in business. How better to stay in business than to have people listen to you and buy your advertising products, since that's what pays your bills anyway.

How best to make people listen to you? Be sensational, repeat SENSATIONAL...big problems, no solutions, the sky is falling. Oh, and by the way please buy my toilet paper.

God love you all, this is a great forum but please keep in mind that ordinary sanitary habits are, and have always been, the best methods of preventing problems like these. Take these precautions, stay away from people in crowds with bad sanitary habits, wash your hands all the time for crying out loud, and stop listening to the media's alarms with hidden agendas.

Best to you all, and thank you for this forum.

Here is what I do to cut all that crap out. You can do this if you have a Thai bank account. I have a Siam Commercial Bank account. I setup a Paypal account noting the country as Thailand during the setup. I added my Siam Commercial Bank account to it. It was listed as a bank in the drop down. I also have an American Paypal so what I do is transfer money from my Paypal American account to my Paypal Thailand account. If i do over 5000 baht there is no fee otherwise it's 50 baht. It takes about 7 days to transfer the money but I pay NOTHING. Even when I paypal myself to the Thailand Paypal, they take nothing. Then the money hits my SCB account. I know it might seem like a lot of steps but honestly it takes me 1 minute to do the transfer and I just wait. This is how I pay my rent and get my money here in Thailand because Wells Fargo in America charges a ATM fee, International Currency Fee and some other crap. So, i don't get charged all the fees. The only drawback could be the exchange rate on the baht but it's fairly decent right now.

Good for you, and that's what we all should be doing...look for a better way instead of complaining about the bad way. For the time it takes to whine about how much you have to oay in fees, you could research how to get your money with less fees. ALL WAYS try to improve !!

mario299