coldcrush Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 (edited) Hiya All, I have been sending money to Thailand using chaps transfer in the UK to LOS. I want to know why I see a sudden decrease in the amount at the other end? I have checked rates etc and the fluctaution is not that great 2 or 3 baht recently. I always send in sterling to the my bank in Thailand which has never had a large fee for converting into baht on arrival...why decrease...the Bank rates have not changed much? Any ideas. thanks Edited March 14, 2007 by lopburiguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topfield Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 Hiya All,I have been sending money to Thailand using chaps transfer in the UK to LOS. I want to know why I see a sudden decrease in the amount at the other end? I have checked rates etc and the fluctaution is not that great 2 or 3 baht recently. I always send in sterling to the my bank in Thailand which has never had a large fee for converting into baht on arrival...why decrease...the Bank rates have not changed much? Any ideas. thanks Friend you did not send a chaps payment to Thailand as that is impossible...see pasting below : CHAPS is an electronic bank-to-bank same-day value payment made within the UK in sterling . You probably sent a SWIFT international transfer. Yes the baht has been rising steadily each day against the dollar and the pound took a hit last Friday knocking the rate against the pound from $1.97 down to $1.92. The cumulative effect resulted in a drop in the pound baht rate of around 3 baht. It could get worse. Sad for those UK expats here in Thailand who are sterling based. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coldcrush Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Ok, yes you are right I was thinking the wrong way round on that. I should have monitored the asituation more carefully. Thanks for your reply Topfield. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahout Angrit Posted March 15, 2007 Share Posted March 15, 2007 ...why decrease...the Bank rates have not changed much? Are you sure? see recent rates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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