No True Move Wallet for Foreigners?

[Zenwind]

   I’m a long-time expat retiree here in Thailand, and I live frugally, always paying for things in cash.  But this modern cashless craze is restricting my ability to pay.  (I don’t have a credit card.)  After many years of being a loyal weekly customer of Major Cineplex, I now cannot pay for a movie. 

  

   Okay, now I see that True Move, my mobile phone company, has the True Move Wallet where I could top up a wallet account with cash via 7/Eleven.  Their website said foreigners like me could do it, but the online procedure was arcane beyond comprehension and didn’t work. 

  

   So, I go to the True store in Siam Paragon (because they always spoke good English and were very polite and helpful in the past) to enroll in their Wallet service, but they only gave me a phone number to call, which was only in Thai, and otherwise ignored me. 

 

   Next, my Thai wife accompanied me to the True store in Central Pinklao.  I had my passport, etc. and was hopeful they could process me.  But the girl there told my wife that foreigners could not get the True Move Wallet. 

 

   Can anyone here enlighten me about this?  Thanks in advance. 

[nrasmussen]

I'm neither Thai nor a True customer, but I've been using an app called TrueMoney for several years. It's useful for paying bills and shopping at 7-Eleven. It even has a virtual Mastercard that can be used with Google Wallet.

[scubascuba3]

I've been using truemoneywallet for couple years, apply via the app, don't give up at the first hurdle like many 

[CHdiver]

Do you have a bank account? I can pay at Major Cineplex with QR Code. 

[Magictoad]

Don't use a phone wallet. Very insecure & not necessary at all. I have NEVER used my CC to pay for anything in 30 years in Thailand except for the occasional larger hospital bill. I ALWAYS use cash, always. I'm also part of a campaigning group against cashless society. My personal main target is that we'll known coffee chain Starf#£ks.

[impulse]

13 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

I've been using truemoneywallet for couple years, apply via the app, don't give up at the first hurdle like many 

 

That should be the mantra of every foreigner living in Asia.  Not just Thailand.

 

[scubascuba3]

7 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

Don't use a phone wallet. Very insecure & not necessary at all. I have NEVER used my CC to pay for anything in 30 years in Thailand except for the occasional larger hospital bill. I ALWAYS use cash, always. I'm also part of a campaigning group against cashless society. My personal main target is that we'll known coffee chain Starf#£ks.

You will have problems in the future if you don't move with tech, do cash and cash payment apps

[impulse]

16 minutes ago, Magictoad said:

My personal main target is that we'll known coffee chain Starf#£ks.

 

I've been tempted to write them a Thank You note for going cashless.  The first time they refused my cash order for a 160 Baht coffee, I walked 3 doors down and bought a cuppa for 60 baht.  And it was just as good. 

 

They've probably saved me 5000 baht over the past 2 years because I also don't like pulling out the plastic for a $5 purchase.

 

[Upnotover]

I tried 5 times to register.  Only once did I get a message back that they had received my application and it was being processed.  Nothing happened.  I reckon I can live without it.

[bravo19]

7 hours ago, Magictoad said:

Don't use a phone wallet. Very insecure & not necessary at all. I have NEVER used my CC to pay for anything in 30 years in Thailand except for the occasional larger hospital bill. I ALWAYS use cash, always. I'm also part of a campaigning group against cashless society. My personal main target is that we'll known coffee chain Starf#£ks.

😆😆Do you live in the stone age? I use often thai credit or debit cards, truemoney or line pay and haven't had any problems.

[Everyman]

11 hours ago, Upnotover said:

I tried 5 times to register.  Only once did I get a message back that they had received my application and it was being processed.  Nothing happened.  I reckon I can live without it.

 

That was also my experience.

[Everyman]

5 hours ago, bravo19 said:

😆😆Do you live in the stone age? I use often thai credit or debit cards, truemoney or line pay and haven't had any problems.

 

I know a lot of people that are having a meltdown about the move to electronic forms of payment.

 

It seems to be based on conspiracy theories about banks. 

 

You are quite right that those people are going to be screwed moving forward. 

 

[HappyExpat57]

Get a credit card that gets money back, typically 1.5-2%, no annual fee, and no foreign transaction fee. Your purchases are protected against fraud and you pay a bit less for your items.

 

Only things I use cash for any more is milk at 7/11 and gas for the motorbike.