Best exchange place to buy foreign currency?

[gearbox]

I want to exchange THB for AUD, what's currently the best exchange place to buy (not sell) foreign currency? There was a good one just next to Starbucks in Central Festival, but is still closed. BetterRate is not giving good rate....

[dddave]

If passing through Suvarnaphumi Airport, the EX kiosks next to the Airport Rail Link entrance give excellent rates.

The upstairs ones do not.

[Tropicalevo]

11 hours ago, dddave said:

If passing through Suvarnaphumi Airport, the EX kiosks next to the Airport Rail Link entrance give excellent rates.

The upstairs ones do not.

Totally agree with Dave.

On the island, I use Bank of Ayudhya. The exchange places are not as competitive as they were.

In Bangkok (Sukhumvit) I use vasuexchangedotcom

At the airport  (train station) I use superrichthailanddotcom

The last two offer similar rates. It is just down to convenience.

[gearbox]

I have relatives visiting me now and had a look at the exchange boots along Chaweng beach road to exchange a few hundred USD....most of them are buying at 32 and sell at 35. Haven't seen such wide margins before. The greed is taking over Samui.

[proton]

Always Superich, Superrich Thailand or Vasu, better than anywhere including banks

[Tropicalevo]

14 minutes ago, gearbox said:

I have relatives visiting me now and had a look at the exchange boots along Chaweng beach road to exchange a few hundred USD....most of them are buying at 32 and sell at 35. Haven't seen such wide margins before. The greed is taking over Samui.

Yes - greed is accelerating.

 

I found Bank of Ayudhaya to be better than all booths in my area.

 

https://www.krungsri.com/en/exchangerate/Todayrates

 

	U.S.A.	USD	1	33.97000	35.35000	34.72000	34.82000	35.32000
	U.S.A.	USD	5-20	34.37000	35.36000	UNQ.	UNQ.	UNQ.
	U.S.A.	USD	50-100	34.69000	35.37000	UNQ.	UNQ.	UNQ.
	EURO	EUR		36.46000	37.54000	36.49885	36.61885	37.37885
	UNITED KINGDOM	GBP		41.14000

Edited February 27, 2023 by Tropicalevo

[Seeall]

13 minutes ago, proton said:

Always Superich, Superrich Thailand or Vasu, better than anywhere including banks

have a look at wise (transferwise)  even have debit card, should be good for travelling and no need run around... but warning, their support is nearly non existant...  just a front line of monkeys that look stuff up and paste to you....

[KannikaP]

16 minutes ago, Seeall said:

have a look at wise (transferwise)  even have debit card, should be good for travelling and no need run around... but warning, their support is nearly non existant...  just a front line of monkeys that look stuff up and paste to you....

Never had any problems with Wise, or even when it was Transferwise. Do monthly transfer to Bkk Bank for Immigration, which arrives next day as a Foreign Transfer, and my on recent trip to Dubai, I never touched any Dirham, simply tapped my Wise Card. Had a slight problem with one transaction which was sorted by their 'monkeys' within 24 hours.

I get good exchange rates in both cases.

Edited February 27, 2023 by KannikaP

[khunPer]

3 hours ago, gearbox said:

I have relatives visiting me now and had a look at the exchange boots along Chaweng beach road to exchange a few hundred USD....most of them are buying at 32 and sell at 35. Haven't seen such wide margins before. The greed is taking over Samui.

Cash money is becoming less attractive, high expenses to sit on them; at least one European currency is even difficult send back to the country of origin due to whitewashing fear, so the present exchange rate in Thailand to buy this currency in cash is between 50% of official rate and 0, like in "zero"...

[gearbox]

10 hours ago, proton said:

Always Superich, Superrich Thailand or Vasu, better than anywhere including banks

AFAIK there is neither of these in Samui. I changed money with Superrich at Swampy a few months ago, very competitive rates.