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Neeranam Star Member

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  On 8/15/2023 at 1:54 AM, bob smith said:

just another case of bigotry and racism.

 

Happens daily here, sadly.

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No it isn't. 

 

I cashed in the bank 3 weeks ago, just 4,000 baht and I am white. 

 

I needed my Thai ID and the form was all in Thai language. 

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bbko
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I know right? The amount of Thai bashing on AN is at an all time high.

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You mean like Farangs looking down on bar girls, and just generally thinking they are better than Thais. I hate that too.

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Maybe, but never forget your a guest in their country, not the other way around. And a good guest doesn't whine about their host shortcomings. 

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  On 8/15/2023 at 3:46 AM, ChipButty said:

I won 20k some years ago and I was told to go to the office in Phuket town, I dont think they had ever seen a farang win, you would have though I robbed the crown jewels, You could sense the attitude they hated it having to pay me, 

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Those Southerners really don't like foreigners.

Neeranam Star Member

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  On 8/15/2023 at 3:13 AM, bbko said:

Why would Thai banks pay winning lottery tickets? What's in it for them?

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Commission but really it's a government service.  Only certain  banks do it, KrungThai(govt bank) is where I went. 

 

Funny thing there though when I applied for a credit card, they asked for my passport. I gave them my Thai ID, which they studied hard and said OK, then went away to phone someone. They came back and asked me if I had  Work Permit! 

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  On 8/15/2023 at 5:57 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

Are you claiming that every Thai bank offers a lottery ticket redemption service?   

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Did I say that? You can ask the managers if they do. Sometimes tellers aren't up to date on everything and some don't like dealing with foreigners. trust me, I know. And if they let a Thai cash the ticket, they have to let the farangs do so also. Just need an account there, which is usual for most transactions.

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  On 8/15/2023 at 4:27 AM, ezzra said:

Funny that when you buy the ticket no one cares whether you're Thai or not, winning however is another story.

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No, it is not "another story", GLO lottery prizes are paid out without question regardless of whether the ticket holder is a Thai or a foreigner if the claimant  claims it correctly at the proper place.

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Having been given the runaround by the bank over a different service, I rang their customer service centre. An English speaker rang me back, listened to my problem, and said he would take it up with the branch who "cannot, you are foreigner." Within the hour he rang back, told me he had sorted the matter and gave me a reference number and name to quote.

 

He must have put the fear of Buddha up the branch, as when I went in a couple of days later they were as nice as pie, and couldn't have been more helpful!

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  On 8/15/2023 at 6:15 AM, Liverpool Lou said:

Did I say that you did?  I just asked you a question, did the question mark not give yo a clue? 

 

By the way, the answer is "no", they do not.

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And I answered with a question. I know some banks don't. I just said to the OP that he could ask the manager, or go elsewhere.

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  On 8/15/2023 at 4:03 AM, StayinThailand2much said:

Not all bank employees here are competent. I'd have them talk to the head office to clarify things. Otherwise, as others have suggested, I'd just go the government lottery office.

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I tried to open a TMB bank account, they told me 'not for foreigners'.

So I asked them why their website was in English.

10 minutes later account opened.

 

I tried to open a Bangkok bank account.

They said "not for tourists"

I said, "I'm not a tourist, and showed them my 1 year VISA"

Then when they brought me the application form it had "Account for Tourist" at the top.

I said, "1. you told me no tourists, 2. I'm not a tourist so this is the wrong form"

They came back with the correct forms and I opened an account.

 

Amazing how ignorant Thai bank staff are about their jobs.

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  On 8/15/2023 at 4:27 AM, ezzra said:

Funny that when you buy the ticket no one cares whether you're Thai or not, winning however is another story.

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Are you sure that banks in Thailand sell lottery tickets?

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  On 8/15/2023 at 3:46 AM, ChipButty said:

I won 20k some years ago and I was told to go to the office in Phuket town, I dont think they had ever seen a farang win, you would have though I robbed the crown jewels, You could sense the attitude they hated it having to pay me, 

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The first time I came here was 20 years ago, so that must have been YOU that the bargirl was bragging about. She told me that the first farang ever had just won the lottery. She seemed proud of that fact.  ????

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Funny that when you buy the ticket no one cares whether you're Thai or not, winning however is another story.

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it's similar to giving back deposits or cash refunds .....  they literally hate doing it ... I'm sure they must squirm inside when handing it to you.     

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  On 8/15/2023 at 7:05 AM, BritManToo said:

I tried to open a TMB bank account, they told me 'not for foreigners'.

So I asked them why their website was in English.

10 minutes later account opened.

 

I tried to open a Bangkok bank account.

They said "not for tourists"

I said, "I'm not a tourist, and showed them my 1 year VISA"

Then when they brought me the application form it had "Account for Tourist" at the top.

I said, "1. you told me no tourists, 2. I'm not a tourist so this is the wrong form"

They came back with the correct forms and I opened an account.

 

Amazing how ignorant Thai bank staff are about their jobs.

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How true.

 

Mention PR and they are even more ignorant / uninformed. 

 

Some years back I asked my Thai son (then about 20 yo) to please go to the BKK land tpt office at chatuchuk with the car blue book and transfer the name from myname to son's name. 

 

He readily agreed and took every document he could find with him, including my PR book. We were realizing that I might need to go in person or he might need to ring documents home for me to sign.

 

He enountered the loud dragon from hell, she looked at the cover of my PR book and said 'what's this?'

 

Son explained, she responded 'it's fake, theres no such thing in Thailand.' And she made a motion of ripping up the PR book.

 

Son instantly snatched it from her, quickly scooped up all the docs. and fled. 

 

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Amazing how ignorant Thai bank staff are about their jobs.

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I went to a SCB branch to pay a bill with cash. No-one spoke English, and no-one knew what form to use. They called in the security guard who spoke and understood some English (as, perhaps, he was from Myanmar, or Laos?)... Okay, they figured out what form to use. I filled it out, the branch manager even took my form and cash, and went to another counter. Staff stamped the receipt, counted the change, then branch manager counted the change, staff counted the change again, and the branch manager counted it again, gave me receipt and change with a smile... I counted the change (small amount, less than 40 baht), and it was wrong! 

 

Another time I paid a bill at K-Bank, filled out a green form, and got the stamped receipt... A month later I went to another branch, already knowing that I had to fill out the green form. Guess, what? Staff looked at my green form, grabbed a blue form and copied everything onto the blue form!

 

Do bank employees get any job training in Thailand?

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AustinRacing Gold Member

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  On 8/15/2023 at 3:26 AM, steven100 said:

So does that bank normally payout on winning lottery tickets  ?   I thought it was only at Government lottery offices that you can collect  ?

 

I'm confused what your trying to say .....  are you saying they do normally pay lottery but they didn't accept your passport ?   or they do pay Thai's only  ? 

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Some banks are affiliated with GLO and payout up to a certain prize. Wife was busy so asked me if I could go collect. Bank staff said that only Thais can cash n lottery  winnings at banks. 

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  On 8/15/2023 at 2:44 AM, Trippy said:

Maybe, but never forget your a guest in their country, not the other way around.

And a good guest doesn't whine about their host shortcomings. 

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Sure, "guests" should generally be well behaved towards their hosts, but "guests" (whether at someone's home or in a hotel) also typically get preferential treatment due to their status.  You would probably expect a guest at your home to be more polite and considerate than a member of your family, sure, but you would also be a lot nicer to your guest.

 

The Thai apologist version of "guest" appears to only include the responsibilities of a guest, but not the privilege.  It translates to something along the lines of "You are foreign, therefore you should give more and expect less.  And if you don't like it, go home.".  Quite bizarre (and a tad racist).

 

It's also important to remember that foreigners either pay to be in Thailand or work there.  (So the guest analogy doesn't really work at all.)

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  On 8/15/2023 at 4:28 AM, Neeranam said:

No it isn't. 

 

I cashed in the bank 3 weeks ago, just 4,000 baht and I am white. 

 

I needed my Thai ID and the form was all in Thai language. 

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Thank god you're still alive! I was getting worried, you've not mentioned your Thai ID card for a couple days!????

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