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Disagreed with delgarcon. A number of posters have given good advice. I've done many SWIFT transfers over the past 20 years to SCB and to K-Bank without a hiccup. So, I agree with those who say use SWIFT - and send the foreign currency. The Thai banks want my US dollars and give me a better exchange rate than my US bank gives me to buy Thai baht. As for fees - they are insignificant if you are making a 2 million baht purchase. These days my SWIFT transfers arrive in only 1 or 2 days. Good luck.

You are clearly going to the wrong place. I have had the same eye doc for 21 years. She speaks English and dispenses excellent eye glasses. She uses Nikon lenses... which are made in Thailand, but to Nikon QA standards. Not dirt cheap, but reasonable. Looks like your attempt to scrimp has backfired! Sorry about that.

Correct!! It's "All Purpose Paper"!! 😁

Another fantasy by the Troll Master! 😁😂🤣

As suggested in other posts, this forum is not the best source of info for such a problem. My 68 year old wife had been suffering some hair loss. She went to the Skin Clinic at Thammasat University Hospital, Rangsit and their treatment appears to be working. Best of luck to your wife.

Agree that Sheryl is a real gem here. Many thanks, Sheryl. I would like to add that Thammasat University Hospital in Rangsit would be convenient for the OP. I have been treated for many things there and am pleased with them. I use Premium Care and am currently seeing a spine specialist due to age deterioration which is causing my spine to press on nerves which is weakening my legs. Happy with the care I am receiving. . Best of luck!!

Groan!! Another budding Bob Smith!

I've been to Italy. The expert pickpockets there have no respect either! Fortunately, we were warned in advance. Oh, oh and the Mafia doesn't have any respect. So much for respect in Italy!

Dddave is correct! Negative people trashing everything!

Computers come into Thailand duty free. Not sure if a Chromebook qualifies. I bought a 17" hi-spec HP notebook from Amazon for 50% of what a similar spec unit cost in BKK. Free shipping, no duty and just a small admin fee ($60?). Delivered to my house in under 2 weeks. No drama. Good luck.

"Bob Smith" clearly has too much time on his hands! 😞

Disagree!! Got an IDP in Bangkok in the past based on a Thai driver's license. No issues or complications at all. Easy! Wait in queue about 20 minutes, submitted docs, paid 505 baht and got my IDF straightaway. It was honored by Hertz rentals at the Dulles Airport in the USA.

I had a 2014 Ford Ranger which I updated to a 2018 Ford Ranger Bi-Turbo. Great truck; no problems. My brother-in-law is driving my old 2014, still with no problems. Both trucks were better than my Toyota Vigo: Better brakes, better handling/ suspension and better performance. I'm planning on buying an SUV soon and will get the Ford Everest. Test drove it. Great vehicle. Bi-Turbo model, of course. Good luck!

vernment hospital would charge less, but he wanted 20,000 plus an extra 5000 for him. And he also said I needed to stay overnight. What makes cataract surgery so dangerous in Thailand that instead of going home straight away as you do in the rest of the world we have to stay in hospital overnight for observation, I wonder. I guess the answer has to begin with M or maybe B. It's the same thing. And it seems I'll have no alternative but to give in to the system. Then I have to get a third opinion, somehow, on whether I have glaucoma or not. You don't need to stay overnight in Thailand! Not sure why you are being told that. Because I need general anesthesia in order to hold still, I elected to have both eyes done at the same time by my eye doc of 20 eyes. So, she kept me overnight to ensure I didn't have any problems from the anesthesia, but that is the only reason. Excellent outcome, by the way. Good luck!

You can thank Barack Obama for that. March 18, 2010: FATCA Signed President Barack Obama signs the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) into law – buried inside a domestic jobs bill known as the “HIRE Act.” No major media organizations reported this at the time, but FATCA would eventually change everything for Americans resident outside of the U.S. Because FATCA requires non-U.S. financial institutions to report to the U.S. authorities the names and taxpayer-identification numbers of all their “U.S. person” clients, it has provided the U.S. authorities with a detailed list of those who might be expected to file FBARs.