Problem Nr 1 here, payment problems.

[swissie]

It strikes me that most posts on this sub-forum are connected with some sort of "payment problems". But I am not surprised as long as everyone in the possession of a PC can implement a "international payment service". Operating from a boiler room. Receiving little or no support from the "Boiler Room" when something goes wrong.

 

I recommend the old fashioned bank to bank transfers via your "home bank". If something goes wrong, you can show up in person, spewing fire and brimstone if necessary. It costs more than platform boiler room banks. But in the end: You get what you pay for. Once again.

 

[saakura]

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[msbkk]

17 minutes ago, swissie said:

It strikes me that most posts on this sub-forum are connected with some sort of "payment problems". But I am not surprised as long as everyone in the possession of a PC can implement a "international payment service". Operating from a boiler room. Receiving little or no support from the "Boiler Room" when something goes wrong.

 

I recommend the old fashioned bank to bank transfers via your "home bank". If something goes wrong, you can show up in person, spewing fire and brimstone if necessary. It costs more than platform boiler room banks. But in the end: You get what you pay for. Once again.

 

In many western countries are not so many branches of "home banks" left. That is mostly a matter of the past.

[treetops]

8 minutes ago, msbkk said:

In many western countries are not so many branches of "home banks" left. That is mostly a matter of the past.

 

Agreed, and most new banks are virtual only so no chance of "showing up in person".  OP out of touch with reality again.

[swissie]

58 minutes ago, treetops said:

 

Agreed, and most new banks are virtual only so no chance of "showing up in person".  OP out of touch with reality again.

Most major banks have e-banking plus branches that you can show up in person. Would never deal with a financial institution where I can not show up in person.

 

That seperates me from posters here, that are seeking advice, when their transaction has "dissappeared".

 

I have nothing against folks that persue a frugal lifestyle in Thailand. But trying to save a little money by (mostly) important financial transfers, to me, it's saving at the wrong place.

 

"Penny wise and Dollar foolish" comes to mind.

[Lorry]

In theory, I agree with OP.

In practice: Thai bank branches are plentiful - and quite useless. 

In my home country, my trust in the few remaining branches was a bit diminished when I had to teach the housewife sitting in front of a screen,  masquerading as a banker, how to do her job.

That was 10 years ago, things have gotten much worse since then.

 

The last time I had a question, my branch called me. 

20 years ago, it would have been the branch manager. 

10 years ago, regular staff, but he knew more about banking than I.

5 years ago, a housewife.

Last month, a very sweet young female voice that made me feel like a pederast. But maybe she was 15 already,  certainly didn't sound older than that.