Buying Australiia $ from here/

[wisterialane]

Hello, This may be an odd question (friend asked me to enquire) can he buy Australian Dollars from banks here. Thanks

[thepool]

if the bank stocks AUD they will be happy to sell them !

Tell your friend to check with a bank!

[wym]

If you're talking about physical notes, in not too great an amount, available at some of the busier exchange points, particularly out at the airport.

Otherwise setting up an AUD-denominated account's not hard, SCB's a good one for that.

Speculating on the commodity market is more complicated I'm sure.

[simple1]

OP: I recently needed A$8500.00 in cash. Initially a bit of a run around, no cannot etc etc, but eventually KBank H.O. delivered to my branch in Pattaya at no extra cost

[kurnell]

I bought $A15,000 before, no problem

[kiwijack]

Check out www.superrich1965.com A good place to buy ANY foreign currency .

[wisterialane]

Thanks for your info-my friend is in australia, does he need to have a Thai Bank account..

[wym]

Do you mean he's physically coming here with currency in cash? No problem.

If otherwise, you'll need to give more detail as to what exactly he's trying to do.

[wisterialane]

Do you mean he's physically coming here with currency in cash? No problem.

If otherwise, you'll need to give more detail as to what exactly he's trying to do.

I'll need to get more info from him as to why he's asked this question..The only thing I know about money is checking my wages have been deposited monthly.

[speedtripler]

Do you mean he's physically coming here with currency in cash? No problem.

If otherwise, you'll need to give more detail as to what exactly he's trying to do.

i believe there is a sign up in the arrivals after immigration that says cash over 10k usd must be declared to the customs guys but ive often brought in more and walked right past them

id be more worried they would think rich stupid farang and confiscate it all or some of it

anyone ever declared a pocket full of cash care to share the experience ?

[wym]

I have with no problem, enough to live on for ten years it turned out.

Just be aware if it's over the limit it WILL be confiscated, and you're lucky to get off that lightly.

And of course you can easily get robbed by civilians too.

[speedtripler]

I have with no problem, enough to live on for ten years it turned out.

Just be aware if it's over the limit it WILL be confiscated, and you're lucky to get off that lightly.

And of course you can easily get robbed by civilians too.

if i need to bring in money to live i order the largest notes possible ( 500 euro notes or even better 1000 swiss franc notes )

a 1000 swiss frank note is worth over 41,000 thb or so you can bring in a million or more in your wallet and if you order new notes

they will be nice and thin,a million is about 3/8th of an inch thick

i dont worry about being robbed by civilians ,its the guys in uniforms u need to watch out for

Edited March 5, 2014 by speedtripler