Hey guys, I have been travelling in Thailand for a few months, and my go-to place for a midnight snack is always 7-11. I can see some people paying with their mobile phones. Do you guys know how it works and how we can do that? I appreciate all the help. Cheers.

TrueMoney app.

Google wallet, or the iPhone version.  Either will work and you can use a non-Thai debit card assuming you have one.  Should mention it's a contactless "Tap" payment rather than the more common "S-can".  And not all 7-11's will be so familiar with tap payments.  

1 minute ago, Liverpool Lou said:

TrueMoney app.

Ha.  I've tried numerous times to get that just for the sake of it.  But till now am yet to even receive the promised SMS with their decision.

2 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Ha.  I've tried numerous times to get that just for the sake of it.  But till now am yet to even receive the promised SMS with their decision.

TrueMoney app is really hard to use. I have not been able to use that at all!

4 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

 

just like when I would sell tobacco at work and we had to scan your license....your health insurance knows your habit too now

 

.

 

   You would need to tell your health insurance that you smoke, anyway 

8 minutes ago, RolandRat said:

TrueMoney app is really hard to use. I have not been able to use that at all!

Nothing could be easier. Enter you PIN, tap 'pay' and point it at the cashier. What could be easier than that?

Multiple options ... could have simply asked Miss Google

25 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Ha.  I've tried numerous times to get that just for the sake of it.  But till now am yet to even receive the promised SMS with their decision.

Go try again. When you come to the 'employment' bit declare yourself 'unemployed' and put your home address as your work address. It's worked for quite a few of us now.

I see most locals using TrueMoney Wallet. I can sign up as an expat? 

49 minutes ago, RolandRat said:

TrueMoney app is really hard to use. I have not been able to use that at all!

Truemoneywallet is easy to use, what's difficult for you?

15 minutes ago, Sunflower111 said:

I see most locals using TrueMoney Wallet. I can sign up as an expat? 

Yes, get them on the app chat

56 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Google wallet, or the iPhone version.  Either will work and you can use a non-Thai debit card assuming you have one.  Should mention it's a contactless "Tap" payment rather than the more common "S-can".  And not all 7-11's will be so familiar with tap payments.  

Not much use if you want just a bottle of water, minimum purchase 200 baht

30 minutes ago, Sunflower111 said:

I see most locals using TrueMoney Wallet. I can sign up as an expat? 

Yes, many of us are using it nowadays. Download the app onto your phone and follow the registration instructions. If you're not working here see my earlier post on how to proceed. 

Not to be encouraged I get enough of idiots looking for the phone, logging in them struggling to pay on their phones in other shops.

17 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

dear lord..please dont..I too am there at night on my way home..holding exact amount of CASH as i stand there...3 thai duded buying fruit,,,guy #1,,,papaya...pulls out phone..taps away..scan....waits,,,tap tap....waits for loading....tap tap..shows the girl

 

then goes #2...then #3..all while im standing there to get one bag of watermelon and my 25 baht cash.......(long sigh)........

 

 

 

This is called progress. Those who use a system called cash that works instantly and which has existed throughout history are called dinosaurs.

I use my USA Capital One MasterCard at 7-11. Works a treat. And this card card has an excellent conversion rate, no foreign transaction fee and pays 1.5% unlimited cashback. Use it everywhere here where the vendor doesn't tack on an additional fee. 

21 minutes ago, Skeptic7 said:

I use my USA Capital One MasterCard at 7-11. Works a treat. And this card card has an excellent conversion rate, no foreign transaction fee and pays 1.5% unlimited cashback. Use it everywhere here where the vendor doesn't tack on an additional fee. 

 

But unfortunately 7-11 currently imposes a minimum purchase requirement for using cards that usually won't be met by the cost of a small midnight snack.

17 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

dear lord..please dont..I too am there at night on my way home..holding exact amount of CASH as i stand there...3 thai duded buying fruit,,,guy #1,,,papaya...pulls out phone..taps away..scan....waits,,,tap tap....waits for loading....tap tap..shows the girl

 

then goes #2...then #3..all while im standing there to get one bag of watermelon and my 25 baht cash.......(long sigh)........

 

 

I know how you felt. Recently I was at my local 711, only one cashier operating, and in front of me a woman buying an apple. It took 5 minutes of 'phone activity for the woman to conclude her purchase. This is a recurring situation in my experience. Not a problem for me as I have no time pressure, but frustrating for those who need to get a move on.

 

1 minute ago, Thingamabob said:

I know how you felt. Recently I was at my local 711, only one cashier operating, and in front of me a woman buying an apple. It took 5 minutes of 'phone activity for the woman to conclude her purchase. This is a recurring situation in my experience. Not a problem for me as I have no time pressure, but frustrating for those who need to get a move on.

 

 

Maybe the day will come when there are cash-only tills and those with an eternity to spare can use the card-only tills.

Too difficult to set up. I stopped trying and just pay cash at 7/11. Or just go next door to Tops Daily/etc. 

42 minutes ago, khunjeff said:

 

But unfortunately 7-11 currently imposes a minimum purchase requirement for using cards that usually won't be met by the cost of a small midnight snack.

Fair enough...but who's out & about at midnight without at least a few hundred pocket baht❓

18 hours ago, Moonlover said:

Go try again. When you come to the 'employment' bit declare yourself 'unemployed' and put your home address as your work address. It's worked for quite a few of us now.

Encouraged by your reply I've applied again, I actually did the same as suggested the previous 3 times.  Would be nice even if they reject the application if they could be bothered to send the SMS, perhaps even saying what is wrong.

15 minutes ago, Upnotover said:

Encouraged by your reply I've applied again, I actually did the same as suggested the previous 3 times.  Would be nice even if they reject the application if they could be bothered to send the SMS, perhaps even saying what is wrong.

I am very puzzled. I tried many times before I finally cracked it, however every time I tried and failed I received an SMS to let me know. They didn't explain why my request failed, but at least I knew it had. I had to figure that out myself. (with a bit of help from this forum)

 

So as I said, I'm very puzzled as to why you're not receiving the notifications. Have you tried their call centre on  02-700-8855? I've read that they can be quite helpful. 

 

See it as a challenge and keep at it. You'll get there.

1 minute ago, Moonlover said:

I am very puzzled. I tried many times before I finally cracked it, however every time I tried and failed I received an SMS to let me know. They didn't explain why my request failed, but at least I knew it had. I had to figure that out myself. (with a bit of help from this forum)

 

So as I said, I'm very puzzled as to why you're not receiving the notifications. Have you tried their call centre on  02-700-8855? I've read that they can be quite helpful. 

 

See it as a challenge and keep at it. You'll get there.

I will indeed persist.  This time it is slightly different in that when opening the app now there is a message saying they have received the application...never saw that before....progress!

19 hours ago, Upnotover said:

Google wallet, or the iPhone version.  Either will work and you can use a non-Thai debit card assuming you have one. 

A foreign card is the only way Google wallet will work isn't it? When I tried a Thai card it was rejected.

4 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

A foreign card is the only way Google wallet will work isn't it? When I tried a Thai card it was rejected.

Yes, I also failed to load a Thai card.  Although having said that I see on the Google Wallet help pages that BBL, Krungthai and TMB all should work. 

9 minutes ago, Digitalbanana said:

A foreign card is the only way Google wallet will work isn't it? When I tried a Thai card it was rejected.

Correct, no foreign cards in Wallet!

My next door shop accepts ONLY CASH !

Therefore I'll buy at Lotus 🙏

19 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

im also sure NONE of these apps track your purchases or sell that data to banks and seedy grifters on the dark web....

 

just like when I would sell tobacco at work and we had to scan your license....your health insurance knows your habit too now

 

cash is king and leaves no paper trail in this digital age where your info is always for sale...

Ehh, you must be really not knowledgable if it comes to technology, if you think we need cash, to learn more about you. Every time you walk insidea 7/11, in theory, your phone unique ID is already logged, and therefor, known to have been there. All these small data prints can be identified in seconds by systems that run on big data.

Sure in the most simple example I wrote above, they would in theory still not know, what you exactly bought, but the reality for all data prints in total is different. To worry about cash is only if it comes to tax, else it is kind of silly already to use as a argument. Most launderers and criminals even use digital money in 2024 lol.

 

If you want to live a normal life, there is nowhere to hide. Same to hide from USA, almost any financial transaction passes 7 banks of which 1 will be USA. The only issues governments or insurances have now, is enforcement; limited by employees. Imagine how that changes if laws change to allow AI doing it.