what is the best way of sending money from Pattaya to the UK

[n210mp]

Need to send 120 quid to a friend in the UK can anyone give me a clue as to the best and  cheapest way? 

 

Thanks

 

PS just spent 30 minutes making an application through the "online" services of the  BKK Bank only to get this message at the end of the application;

 

"Note: To complete your online registration, please send evidence of your work in Thailand by submitting a copy of your work permit OR employee card OR certificate of income issued by an employer via fax. to +66 (0) 2553 5443 or e-mail to"

 

I am retired and have no such documentation

Edited February 4, 2020 by n210mp

[ChipButty]

Give it me your friend will only waste it

[Leaver]

Do you have a UK bank account, or know someone who does?  Does the recipient in the UK have a UK bank account?

 

 

Edited February 4, 2020 by Leaver

[KhunBENQ]

DEE Money advertises here and gets good reviews.

As far as I understand you can register without having to visit their office in Bangkok?

Member @Pib might know more.

 

Since a while it can also be used to the UK.

 

[jacko45k]

11 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

DEE Money advertises here and gets good reviews.

I thought they were no more!

 

Surely cash can be sent Western Union.

[chrisandsu]

Xe trade . Easy to sign up I think they charge A £10 flat fee but you get whatever the currency rate is that day . Western union are terrible . 

[KhunBENQ]

4 hours ago, jacko45k said:

I thought they were no more!

 

Surely cash can be sent Western Union.

Open the thread that I linked.

They are again!

Screenshot from this minute:

Edited February 5, 2020 by KhunBENQ

[Pib]

15 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

DEE Money advertises here and gets good reviews.

As far as I understand you can register without having to visit their office in Bangkok?

Member @Pib might know more.

Up until early last year you could do all the registration via email and fax espeically if you did not reside i the Bangkok metro area. But that later got changed to where you can still do the bulk of the registration via online but you must also make a quick visit to one of their branches for them to physically see you and your passport/ID along with taking a picture....the office visit part to finalize the process only takes a few minutes.  Then you can start transferring to your hearts desire.

 

[KhunBENQ]

7 minutes ago, Pib said:

but you must also make a quick visit to one of their branches

Thanks for clearing up.

 

Whether the OP wants to take the effort for a single(?) transfer or throw the money in for Western Union or the like is up to him.

If more transfers expected in the future I would register with DEE Money.

 

Personally I don't have the need in foreseeable future as I still have an account at "home" country fully accessible by internet.

Edited February 5, 2020 by KhunBENQ

[KhunBENQ]

@DeeMoney

They should fix their "contact us" site, it's broken.

https://www.deemoney.com/contact-us/

[Pib]

20 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Thanks for clearing up.

 

Whether the OP wants to take the effort for a single(?) transfer or throw the money in for Western Union or the like is up to him.

If more transfers expected in the future I would register with DEE Money.

 

Personally I don't have the need in foreseeable future as I still have an account at "home" country fully accessible by internet.

A person can also register for an acct with Western Union-Thailand to send money back to the home country...I did...and have tested it.   Once again to register for a WU-Thailand acct the bulk of the registration can be done online but requires a quick visit to one of their offices identified on their website (most are in Central Malls around the country) for them to make a copy of your passport and physically see you.  

 

Then you can transfer money via behind the comfort of you keyboard directly to your home country bank acct...the basic sending fee is Bt99 plus around Bt16 or so Convenience fee and I think 7% VAT...it ends up being around Bt125.  The WU-Thailand exchange rate is "not quite as good" as DeeMoney's Sending Rate or a Thai bank TT Selling Rate...the WU-Thailand rate is not terrible...just not quite as good as DeeMoney or Thai bank.  And the transfer is fast....my one test to my US bank the transfer only took approx 10 hours to post.

 

[n210mp]

Thanks for all the answers, resolved, a pal of mine in the UK is going to transfer to my other friend. 

JUst for info I used to have a "UKforex" account but it has lapsed  and they were usually the cheapest and the best rates but I started that in the UK and don't think it is possible to register with them from over here!

 

Just did a quick "Google and came up with this for any one who is interested;

 

https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwju4Mu3vLrnAhXQDSsKHUgBD7YYABAAGgJzZg&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESQeD2Hj95OniMPmsFTjRoSn9NWrTAbx0YlAGw905-gDTUnMNdy_QM2UybFe-ueIIPBDfx5-A3Dq1c7OeyMDB7irId&sig=AOD64_1yJriTgA-eUoWwkfjKDlFBSp6FJw&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjc5MO3vLrnAhVW6nMBHSsEDq0Q0Qx6BAgQEAE&adurl=https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwju4Mu3vLrnAhXQDSsKHUgBD7YYABAAGgJzZg&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESQeD2Hj95OniMPmsFTjRoSn9NWrTAbx0YlAGw905-gDTUnMNdy_QM2UybFe-ueIIPBDfx5-A3Dq1c7OeyMDB7irId&sig=AOD64_1yJriTgA-eUoWwkfjKDlFBSp6FJw&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjc5MO3vLrnAhVW6nMBHSsEDq0Q0Qx6BAgQEAE&adurl=https://www.ofx.com/en-au/?cid=300&gclid=Cj0KCQiA7OnxBRCNARIsAIW53B-pSdj4MYRI9z3hPQ0zzE_gY5WvTb8vra0aPVtSc0C9BflLB1_ggzwaAs9cEALw_wcB

Edited February 5, 2020 by n210mp

[Pib]

46 minutes ago, n210mp said:

Thanks for all the answers, resolved, a pal of mine in the UK is going to transfer to my other friend. 

JUst for info I used to have a "UKforex" account but it has lapsed  and they were usually the cheapest and the best rates but I started that in the UK and don't think it is possible to register with them from over here!

 

Just did a quick "Google and came up with this for any one who is interested;

 

https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwju4Mu3vLrnAhXQDSsKHUgBD7YYABAAGgJzZg&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESQeD2Hj95OniMPmsFTjRoSn9NWrTAbx0YlAGw905-gDTUnMNdy_QM2UybFe-ueIIPBDfx5-A3Dq1c7OeyMDB7irId&sig=AOD64_1yJriTgA-eUoWwkfjKDlFBSp6FJw&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjc5MO3vLrnAhVW6nMBHSsEDq0Q0Qx6BAgQEAE&adurl=https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&ai=DChcSEwju4Mu3vLrnAhXQDSsKHUgBD7YYABAAGgJzZg&ohost=www.google.com&cid=CAESQeD2Hj95OniMPmsFTjRoSn9NWrTAbx0YlAGw905-gDTUnMNdy_QM2UybFe-ueIIPBDfx5-A3Dq1c7OeyMDB7irId&sig=AOD64_1yJriTgA-eUoWwkfjKDlFBSp6FJw&q=&ved=2ahUKEwjc5MO3vLrnAhVW6nMBHSsEDq0Q0Qx6BAgQEAE&adurl=https://www.ofx.com/en-au/?cid=300&gclid=Cj0KCQiA7OnxBRCNARIsAIW53B-pSdj4MYRI9z3hPQ0zzE_gY5WvTb8vra0aPVtSc0C9BflLB1_ggzwaAs9cEALw_wcB

UKForex, USForexc, OzForex, etc., is now OFX.   The company decided having all these different XXForex names in different countries was confusing potential customers...so all those companies (subsidiaries) now fall under the name of OFX although those different subsidiaries still exist for internal company operations...and you will see those different subsidiaries mentioned in various documentation you see with using OFX.   See this wiki article:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OFX_(company)

 

You can open a OFX account with a Thailand address.  I did about a year ago, but you will have to provide proof of residence regardless of which address you sign up with....a UK address or a Thailand address.  And they also call you during the signup process....and ask a few question about your registration application.

 

Now one thing about OFX, the exchange rate they display on their public webpage is an "indicative" rate and not the customer rate....you can only see the customer rate after registering for an acct.  The customer rate is lower....it's lower because they do not charge any sending fees or very low sending fees....depends on which subsidiary of OFX you sign up with (i.e., USForex, UKForex, OzForex, etc) much lower than Transferwise.  They have different rate tiers they put customers in. If they put you in a top tier the combined exchange rate and low/zero fees (i.e., most baht hitting your Thai bank acct) will be a little better than Transferwise.   They use the SWIFT to accomplish transfers to Thailand, but you may not receive International transfer coding on your Thai bank passbook because OFX may use the Bahtnet system for the final leg of the transfer.  All of my OFX transfers (US to Thailand) have received Bahtnet coding.  

[DeeMoney]

22 hours ago, KhunBENQ said:

@DeeMoney

They should fix their "contact us" site, it's broken.

https://www.deemoney.com/contact-us/

Thank you for informing,  KhunBenQ. The "contact-us" page is no longer updated. If you click "Contact Us" on the navigation tab on top of the page, it will bring you to the "/branch" page, which is the updated one. 

[n210mp]

Just for your information

 

Talking to OFX (Sidney)  AKA UKForex and more  and was informed that they cannot do Thai baht to GBP.

 

They can only do Thai Baht to US $ or presumably most other currencies

 

 

 

[Leaver]

For a one off small transfer, I'm surprised no one mentioned PayPal. 

[oMega69]

TransferWise is the best solution . .

[shy coconut]

21 minutes ago, oMega69 said:

TransferWise is the best solution . .

Not sure TransferWise works from Thailand to the UK. My lady sent me some money via

Money gram a while back when I got an alarming bill to fix my car and needed cash quickly

and for a short while.

 

The exchange rate wasn't great and a lot of messing around at the

post office when she spelled my middle name incorrectly (Hang instead of Hans!) the

poor girl had to resubmit the transfer, but once correct, it was a same day transaction.

 

I see the OP has resolved the issue, but the information may be useful for others in the same

situation, but do check that everything is tickety boo before sending as the post office are

very strict when verifying.

[jacko45k]

3 hours ago, oMega69 said:

TransferWise is the best solution . .

Only into Thailand. 

[fhickson]

western union?