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36 minutes ago, transam said:

I had no probs at Chong Mek, I have never had a problem at Chong Mek, in all the years I have been here........๐Ÿ™‚

Oh, I forgot, the only probs I have had is with banknotes, they have to be like straight off the printing press. I pay in dollars, can save over 500bht.

Once I paid with 2x20 Dollar bills, refused one, what he pointed out was ridiculous, I said I haven't got another dollar bill, he said then you pay 1000bht. Hmmmm,ย  a nice little earner.

So now when I buy dollars, I leave them and the receipt in their exchange shop envelope, when I get to Laos, I make sure he sees me take them out of the money exchange envelope, because if the refuse any note, I will ask them to write on the envelope what is wrong with it for the exchange shop......๐Ÿ˜‹

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On 8/12/2024 at 8:28 PM, Rob Browder said:

I would have told mini-van guy to refund my fee, because he failed to warn of this, and drop me off in Chanthaburi.ย  Then, take a local mini-bus / songthiew to the other checkpoint in that area.ย  And not because it was 'so much money', but because I wouldn't want that (expletive) IO to get the 2K Baht.ย  You had a legal multiple-entry visa, and were doing nothing wrong.

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During that time - early covid, before the borders were closed - I also had that type of visa, and used the Myanmar border near Kanchanaburi.ย  I had to pay the same agent as the people doing visa-exempt runs, but no more than that.ย  There, the agent put a little stamp on your TM-6 card, which clues the local IOs you paid their agent, and they would let you cross and return.ย  Sadly, that border is closed to all but locals, now.

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Locals can't cross there either; only traders can. Being Thai or Burmese alone isn't enough; it's a dangerous area and that border never really reopened in the post Covid period.

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On 8/12/2024 at 5:59 PM, whattheheck said:

I forget exactly when, I think it was very early during covid though. People had just started wearing masks, I was wearing one, I remember that. I was the only westerner in the minibus, I think everybody else was Cambodian.

It was with a minibus service. You wait in the car park whilst their agent takes your passports across and back for the stamps.

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Ok, understood. So probably early March 2020 or somewhere around then..

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Thanks for confirming.ย 

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Either way, the IO asking for that bribe was not on.

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36 minutes ago, glock19 said:

We had a heated argument until she accepted the equivalent amount in Baht

Poor form.

Immigration did not accept your USD. Move on.ย 

Just hand over baht.ย 

Posted
Just now, DrJack54 said:

Poor form.

Immigration did not accept your USD. Move on.ย 

Just hand over baht.ย 

40 USD = 1450bht aprox, pay in bht= 2000bht...

I got caught for a "dodgy" 20USD note, they wanted 1000bht to replace it, a nice little earner.....๐Ÿคจ

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7 minutes ago, transam said:

40 USD = 1450bht aprox, pay in bht= 2000bht...

I got caught for a "dodgy" 20USD note, they wanted 1000bht to replace it, a nice little earner.....๐Ÿคจ

The guy I quoted stated....

"We had a heated argument "ย 

Again poor form.ย 

When in Rome

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