DPKANKAN Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 5 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said: That's it, slam the final nail in Thailand's tourism coffin why don't you. There wont be a single tourist left at this rate. Imagine coming here for the first time. Taxi driver shouts you over for a lift.., hang on a minute mate, just need to change some money.. Everyone will fall at the first hurdle!!???? I was in K Bank this morning getting the '<deleted>' together for visa renewal and a friend came in, having just arrived a couple of days ago, to change some cash. "No. Cannot!!!". Everyone bemused.???????????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricTh Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) First the Chinese are discriminated, now it is the Italians. Edited March 9, 2020 by EricTh 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barryofthailand Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I'm hoping this will not affect money transfers. Have to transfer money every month for immigration 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickey rat Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 The perfect excuse to ban money altogether! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemoonpattaya Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 They are only refusing to change cash from other countries. What they should be looking at, is the fingerprint virus spreading devices at the airport. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCOTT FITZGERSLD Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 4 minutes ago, barryofthailand said: I'm hoping this will not affect money transfers. Have to transfer money every month for immigration so this is your worry now? immigration? if money transfers will stop it means all international trade will stop, and than you will have to worry about something completly different from immigration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemoonpattaya Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Are Thai bank notes immune from this virus. sorry if already posted 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 hours ago, darksidedog said: Do they know something the government doesn't know, or isn't telling us? Seems a little heavy handed given the allegedly very low numbers confirmed in Thailand. Translation ???? Seems a little heavy handed given the ridiculous very low numbers fabricated in Thailand. ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 and just when I wanted to exchange some hundred thousands of baht against euro, while it was low... damn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youlike Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 4 hours ago, drbeach said: KTB, like other banks, offer horrible exchange rates anyway. Anyone with a bit of sense changes money only at independent money changers such as Super Rich. The most laughably ridiculous thing is the KTB money changer located at Suvarnabhumi on the lower ground floor as you're heading to the ARL. It's opposite Super Rich. No one would ever exchange money there because their rates were much lower than Super Rich. Good riddance if they go out of business - unless they adapt to the competition they're bound to die. Last week we were at the bank anyway and out of laziness i wanted to change some cash....she started to exam every single billiet with a loop so i told her they were all real...then the third billiet had a tiny tear in the middle from foulding so it was refused....another one had a tiny tear at the corner, also refused....so i ordered my cash back to go to superrich which took them all without questions. The billiets all came from an atm in Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zydeco Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 6 hours ago, darksidedog said: Do they know something the government doesn't know, or isn't telling us? Seems a little heavy handed given the allegedly very low numbers confirmed in Thailand. Yes, I think something major is in the works. They are going to do a slow roll out of closures. Universities will be closed by Songkran. Everything else will gradually close up in between. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youlike Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 12 minutes ago, justin case said: and just when I wanted to exchange some hundred thousands of baht against euro, while it was low... damn I changed a lot at my wife last months, she 's happy now since the baht is getting more weak.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david555 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I gueuss it is more an excuse to not give the sudden exchange rise from euro & others against the drop in Thai baht now . Unwelcome exchange situation by the Thai hiso's..... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 How about the government not letting in almost 1,000,000 people from these infected areas I think that would have a bigger effect then shutting down the money changing crapTIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFishman1 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 I guess the time money is safe to touch right TIT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fittobethaied Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Typical reaction coming from Thais who generally react out of hysteria rather than upon the facts: How long can coronavirus survive on surfaces? Reuters, Bloomberg "A CDC spokeswoman, in an emailed statement, said the agency is still looking into how contagious the virus can be when deposited on more common everyday surfaces. Those surface potentially include paper money, though the Bundesbank said this past week that “so far there is no evidence of the coronavirus having been spread via euro banknotes” and that “the probability of contagion with a virus via a banknote is very low in comparison with other surfaces.” Euro notes are less likely than door handles, hand rails, light switches and shopping baskets to spread viruses, the German central bank said". https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/29/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/how-long-coronavirus-surface/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo369 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 The exchange booths make it difficult as it is without the virus. I.E if the bank note has a little tear, any mark on note, or a little discolored they won't except it. You try changing 5 large in 50s, i was at my bank in the UK for over a hour going through all the notes. <deleted> joke 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsve Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) Money is the root to all evil, seems to be their point of view. Edited March 9, 2020 by Parsve misspelling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spidermike007 Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 There is absolutely no risk involved. You disinfect your hands after every transaction. A total over reaction, from a very conservative bank. Avoid Kbank like the plague. They deserve that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pomrakuhn Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Aachen said: They can use an ATM or another bank. How can they exchange foreign currency at an ATM ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsve Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 To be fair, I do not believe it is the foreign money they do not want into the bank. It is the foreign owner of the money they will keep out. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCC1701A Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) looking at the markets today we now know why. gold hit $1700. oil collapsed to gulf war price. US futures market halted. Dow futures point to opening drop of 1,300 points, Treasury yields plunge amid oil price war https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/08/dow-futures-drop-700-points-as-all-out-oil-price-war-adds-to-coronavirus-stress.html Edited March 9, 2020 by NCC1701A 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaan sailor Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 7 hours ago, Assurancetourix said: In a few days, the euro rose from 33, ..baht to 36.05 this morning; and the climb will continue to accelerate. I have not looked at the rate of the US dollar but I suppose that it follows the same upward slope . If Khun Prayuth has not yet bought his used submarines, it may cost him a lot of US dollars in a few weeks. I don’t care how they get the USD up—Euro drags it up? Coronavirus pumps it up? BoT pushes it up? As long as it goes up. Been beaten down and kicked for so long... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metisdead Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 A post with a screenshot of some site has been removed. A post using a trolling meme has been removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 1 hour ago, bluemoonpattaya said: They are only refusing to change cash from other countries. What they should be looking at, is the fingerprint virus spreading devices at the airport. "fingerprint virus spreading devices" - where does that come from? I went in and out of Malaysia at Padang Besar a few weeks back and there was a guy at the immigration desks cleaning the fingerprint machines each time they were used. Of course that is not an airport so your theory must be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesofa Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 46 minutes ago, fittobethaied said: Typical reaction coming from Thais who generally react out of hysteria rather than upon the facts: How long can coronavirus survive on surfaces? Reuters, Bloomberg "A CDC spokeswoman, in an emailed statement, said the agency is still looking into how contagious the virus can be when deposited on more common everyday surfaces. Those surface potentially include paper money, though the Bundesbank said this past week that “so far there is no evidence of the coronavirus having been spread via euro banknotes” and that “the probability of contagion with a virus via a banknote is very low in comparison with other surfaces.” Euro notes are less likely than door handles, hand rails, light switches and shopping baskets to spread viruses, the German central bank said". https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/02/29/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/how-long-coronavirus-surface/ “so far there is no evidence of the coronavirus having been spread via euro banknotes” and that “the probability of contagion with a virus via a banknote is very low in comparison with other surfaces.” Does this mean change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 8 hours ago, Liverpoolfan said: That's it, slam the final nail in Thailand's tourism coffin why don't you. There wont be a single tourist left at this rate. Private companies, banks, etc., i.e. not state enterprises, are not responsible for Thailand's tourist industry, they're responsible for theirs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 (edited) 7 hours ago, TaaSaparot said: Surely there must be pressure on other banks (and independent money changers) to follow suit? Pressure? From whom, why would they be pressured to shut down? Edited March 9, 2020 by Just Weird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaleySabai Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 irrational fear takes hold....what else could it be? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Weird Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 7 hours ago, TaaSaparot said: 7 hours ago, Matzzon said: Yes, it´s only those pesky foreign money transaction that are dangerous. Yep, that is the way I read it also. You'd only read it that way if you couldn't understand that Thai notes are involved in every one of those transactions also...and if you couldn't understand the point of Matzzon's entire comment! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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