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New Dirty Trick by bank ATMs
You're using a foreign/non-Thai ATM debit card? I used my foreign (U.S.) ATM debit card this week at Bangkok Bank ATM in Central Chitlom (lower floor in the connector to Central Embassy) to withdraw 20,000 THB. I was not presented with any DCC option. I always use a BBL ATM for this type of transaction. 20,220 THB at the daily Visa rate cost me $590.19 (4 Dec). I already had the 220 baht fee rebated at $6.42. So my net cost was $583.77. I use my U.S. credit card (Chase Saphire Preferred) extensively here, mostly via Google Wallet 'Tap-to-Pay'. Always charged in THB, but if I use the physical card I always stipulate that I'll be paying in THB. -
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Danish Prisoner in Thailand Warns Against Drug Crimes
"including a substantial 72,000 kroner fine (220K baht)" 72.000 Danish kroner is equivalent to 350.000 baht. -
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Car recommendations
@Yodarapper I know you're leaning toward an EV now, but I just passed the MG dealer, and had their MG ZS (ICE) promo on display, and have to say, I'd be buying one at ฿559k. Especially since you'll only be here for 3 ish year, I think said. By then the price wars should be over, and even the EV govt incentives maybe, which means when reselling, should get a nice price. No wall charger hassle. No entertaining the kids at CS (charging station), as I think you work, so you'll be traveling O&A on weekends and long weekends, when everyone else is, so I'd expect Qs at the CS. Since I'm one of the EV fanboys, that's saying quite a bit from me. -
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Affirmation of freedom to marry (UK)
After a couple of surprisingly quick responses from the Embassy, it appears that one can apply for affirmation from January 22nd. Still, this is a pretty piss-poor approach. Given that the Ambassador (Mark Gooding) is gay and married, I'd have expected something a little more proactive. (And he's not the first gay Ambassador to Thailand.) The British Embassy in Bangkok has denied gay British men and women the right to get married for years, even though the Embassy is British sovereign territory, and not subject to Thai law. And now they are just rubbing salt in the wound by delaying our right to have our relationships respected. Some homophobic bigots there? Perhaps. Just wondering, are other countries' embassies being more reasonable and issuing the required affirmation? -
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What to do with a locked phone?
This rather depends on the way the lock is implemented. The best and easiest way is to contact Telstra and ask them. If that doesn’t work it is possible that some of the suggestions above may work, it is also possible that you will just brick the phone by trying them. -
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Progressive Leaders Join Elon Musk in Critiquing American Healthcare Costs
That is true. But people are avoiding the elephant in the room. And that is what we pay physicians, nurses, hospital admin and staff. It's too much, and it's crippling the entire social system. I'd include insurance admin and processing too. Reducing the pay of the paper shufflers is central to the reform. But so is a reduction in payments to doctors and nurses. Just because someone graduates medical school should not give them a direct pathway to living the lifestyle of a Renaissance Pope. -
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