Reader question: Is it culture that the Thai man pays for the costs in a relationship?
Is it really Thai culture that the Thai man has to bear all or almost all costs in a relationship? Or is this region specific? Or depending on upbringing and habits? Use within a family? Or personal conviction of individual women?
Where in Thailand is Rabbit LINE Pay accepted?
Where in Thailand is Rabbit LINE Pay accepted? I find it very convenient to pay with a credit card or an app in the phone.
Reader question: Pay a lot for a parcel from the Netherlands?
My wife sent a package (550 euros: equivalent value 22.000 baht) from NL with clothes/shoes/bags to her sister. Her sister had to come to the post office and was told to pay 8.800 baht. I talked to that postal worker and she mentioned 20% and 7%. I therefore did not even get to the question why these percentages were levied and a quick calculation (27% over 22.000) comes to about 5.500. This is quite a damper on the "festivities".
The advanced payment system
In an earlier blog I wrote something about opening a bank account, and more recently I wrote about the many jobs here in Thailand, which we haven't seen in the Netherlands for a long time. You could almost read that I think it's just an old-fashioned lot here, but nothing could be further from the truth. When it comes to redundant jobs, the Netherlands has no reason to look down on Thailand. Neither does it when it comes to online payment transactions
I wanted to pay with a Bangkok Bank debit card at the hospital, but they didn't accept it. Well, then the platinum card from ING, which I used to pay for the past few months. Now I had a bill of 17800 bht on Saturday, but she didn't want that either. A platinum credit card, but I couldn't pay with it?
Reader's question: Paying the Dutch Tax and Customs Administration assessment from Thailand
I have to pay a Dutch income tax assessment. The Tax and Customs Administration prefers to pay electronically and to state the payment reference.
Reader question: Payment to companies in Thailand
My name is Harrie and I have been doing business with various companies in Bangkok for some time now. As soon as the order is ready, they will give me the amount including shipping costs via UPS, I will transfer that amount via PayPal and that works perfectly. Now I'm working with a company, and they don't understand PayPal or Western Union, they want the money in their Thai bank account.
A farang? Please pay double…
Thailand is a beautiful country to live in or to visit as a tourist. There are, however, a few caveats left and right. An example of this is the hated double pricing system. A much discussed and controversial subject among tourists, expats and pensioners.
Free toll roads during Songkran
The gates of many toll roads in Thailand will remain unmanned from April 10. No toll has to be paid until April 16. For example, the Thai are urged to move away from the big cities to visit family and friends in the countryside.