Lee65 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 3% Is this new? Nothing yet at Shopee ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
george Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 39 minutes ago, Lee65 said: 3% Is this new? Nothing yet at Shopee ... Grab added the foreign card fee in February. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayClay Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 40 minutes ago, Lee65 said: 3% Is this new? Nothing yet at Shopee ... Yes it's a new charge from Grab. I noticed it a few weeks ago and swiftly changed to using a local debit card instead. I don't understand the Shopee link... Do they share the same parent company? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samtam Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 They also added another new fee "platform fee" of THB20 per ride. But since questioning it, they see to have stopped. Their answer was a complete word salad: 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee65 Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 3 hours ago, JayClay said: I don't understand the Shopee link... Do they share the same parent company? Sorry, the connection wasn't clear - even to me. I was just comparing the same food order at Grab and Shopee and blurted out this revelation on AN ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srikcir Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 16 hours ago, JayClay said: Do they share the same parent company? No. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRtommyR Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 (edited) 18 hours ago, samtam said: They also added another new fee "platform fee" of THB20 per ride. But since questioning it, they see to have stopped. Their answer was a complete word salad: Don't understand their reply but unless I'm mistaken the platform fee is not new and applies only to GrabTaxi. This is Grab's fee on top of the metered fare. For other ride types the fee is wrapped up inside the fixed price that you are quoted. Edited March 8 by MRtommyR typo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samtam Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 54 minutes ago, MRtommyR said: Don't understand their reply but unless I'm mistaken the platform fee is not new and applies only to GrabTaxi. This is Grab's fee on top of the metered fare. For other ride types the fee is wrapped up inside the fixed price that you are quoted. It was Grab Car Premium on both occasions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimn Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 20 hours ago, Lee65 said: Sorry, the connection wasn't clear - even to me. I was just comparing the same food order at Grab and Shopee and blurted out this revelation on AN ... As far as I know Shopee does not accept foreign credit cards whereas Lazada does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee65 Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 18 hours ago, jimn said: As far as I know Shopee does not accept foreign credit cards whereas Lazada does. In fact I was told that by a Shopee CSR but one of my foreign credit cards works fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimn Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 2 hours ago, Lee65 said: In fact I was told that by a Shopee CSR but one of my foreign credit cards works fine. OK not my experience, thats why I only use Lazada. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeptic7 Posted March 10 Share Posted March 10 Thx for the info. Have had my US credit card on file with them for years. Will be removed promptly and replaced with my Thai Debit Card. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treetops Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 On 3/7/2024 at 6:18 AM, Lee65 said: 3% Is this new? On 3/7/2024 at 6:59 AM, george said: Grab added the foreign card fee in February. Discussed on here as far back as January. https://aseannow.com/topic/1317409-grab-what-happened/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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