Sending Money To A Friend... Some Questions

[StreetCowboy]

Western Union is good.

Cheap, good exchange rates and simple.

Never used for UK / America to Thailand, though

SC

Does Western Union do transfers inside Thailand too??

Surely not their core business.

Oh wait, Pattaya/Phuket to Isaan?

I've used Western Union from other countries to other other countries.

I used the Western Union agent for Other Countries to my wife in Thailand, but TT to bank account, not counter collect.

I think the most important data will be the ID / Passport number, If the spelling of names, addresses, favourite colours is not quite right, I think if its similar and the numbers match up, you'll be OK

SC

[meom]

Western Union. The code is the important bit.

The sender name as spelled on the form can also be important.

The clerk might ask the receiving party who is the sender and if they cannot spell the name properly might refuse to handover the money.

Happened to the GF so I had to text her my family name.

Made me wonder how many more guys were sending her money.

[Sisyphus291]

Geez... some of you fellows are a hardened lot.

I sent it off already. I hope my spelling of the name was close enough...

[nidieunimaitre]

Geez... some of you fellows are a hardened lot.

I sent it off already. I hope my spelling of the name was close enough...

In your first post you said "........HIS nickname......"

Anyway, sending money to Thailand could be called Sisyphus-labour?

[rics21]

Look at the topic. The OP is sending money to a friend. The friend may be another farang expat here who overspent on his daily bar girl routine.

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[bangkokburning]

Oh yeah

Another Sino-Thai from Issan - heard that a few times. Can she read sny Chinese? Well, when you visit her home you will know if she is lying as the family will.have all.sorts of Chinese nonsense abt the house esp a Chinese shrine.

Chinese girl.that has no one to borrow a bit of cash and no family to look to.

Good luck!

[loong]

Look at the topic. The OP is sending money to a friend. The friend may be another farang expat here who overspent on his daily bar girl routine.

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A farang expat with a Thai name? That would be unusual

[canman]

Look at the topic. The OP is sending money to a friend. The friend may be another farang expat here who overspent on his daily bar girl routine.

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Yep spot on there, another farang with a thai script name.

[rics21]

Look at the topic. The OP is sending money to a friend. The friend may be another farang expat here who overspent on his daily bar girl routine.

Sent from my XT910 using Thaivisa Connect App

Yep spot on there, another farang with a thai script name.

Hmm, guess I was wrong there.

The friend maybe a genuine Thai guy friend who overspent on his daily bar girl routine.

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[lovelaos]

This thread is hilarious. It really shows the insecurities of certain posters.

Just a thought.....perhaps the OP was sending money to a business associate, purchasing something, paying off a debt.......

[dansat]

This thread is hilarious. It really shows the insecurities of certain posters.

Just a thought.....perhaps the OP was sending money to a business associate, purchasing something, paying off a debt.......

Can you please tell us which posters and in what way they have showin there insecurities ?

If you can't tell us then please stop trolling and trying to get a rise out of people.

[bangkokburning]

Having lived in Pattaya for many years - I can assure you my sentiments are well founded and my cynicism well placed.

Is this guy on the hook? Don't know. What are the odds that he is being gamed? Pretty high.

[arch77778]

When i get a story from my gf about a sick buffaloe etc .i tell her "What would you have done if you did not know me" It works.No more stories and i forward remittances for geniune reasons only.

[Sisyphus291]

Cheers for those who helped. And cheers for those who amused me with their antics.

The wire got sent. It was a Thai friend. Not GF. Not BF. No buffaloes were lost, no bargirls sighed and told me how hansum I was. Friend changed jobs and got caught flat-footed when changing jobs and had to pay the rent. I didn't get notice of it until a few days after the message thru Facebook. So I wanted to send it ASAP and online was easier than marching myself to some seedy place.

Also Sisyphus is my online name since circa 1990 on a shell prompt in college. It describes my feeling of life in general at times.