Exchange Rates

Post by **trubrit** » January 6, 2014, 3:41 pm

Is it possible to either do away with them on the home page or at least keep them up to date . Now showing for last Friday. Very confusing.

Post by **kubotatim** » January 6, 2014, 4:05 pm

Yes and NEVER the correct rate, usually the rate when buying foreign currency with baht so always too high!

urban legend · Post by **urban legend** » January 6, 2014, 4:27 pm

trubrit wrote:Is it possible to either do away with them on the home page or at least keep them up to date . Now showing for last Friday. Very confusing.

No i think keep them they are a general guideline there is not going to be a radical 20% change is there ? If you are that concerned and live need a finely tuned budget so do i'm not dissing it go to http://www.xe.com/ Hope this was helpful $\:D/$

Post by **martynsnowman** » January 6, 2014, 6:35 pm

urban legend wrote:
trubrit wrote:Is it possible to either do away with them on the home page or at least keep them up to date . Now showing for last Friday. Very confusing.

No i think keep them they are a general guideline there is not going to be a radical 20% change is there ? If you are that concerned and live need a finely tuned budget so do i'm not dissing it go to http://www.xe.com/ Hope this was helpful $\:D/$

legend , couple of posts now and not a car pic in sight , have you got your bus pass now .... :-"

urban legend · Post by **urban legend** » January 6, 2014, 7:17 pm

martynsnowman wrote:
urban legend wrote:
trubrit wrote:Is it possible to either do away with them on the home page or at least keep them up to date . Now showing for last Friday. Very confusing.

No i think keep them they are a general guideline there is not going to be a radical 20% change is there ? If you are that concerned and live need a finely tuned budget so do i'm not dissing it go to http://www.xe.com/ Hope this was helpful $\:D/$
legend , couple of posts now and not a car pic in sight , have you got your bus pass now .... :-"

Bus pass another 15 years so the Mercedes S AMG class will do for now :-" LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL :-"

urban legend · Post by **urban legend** » January 6, 2014, 7:44 pm

urban legend wrote:
martynsnowman wrote:
urban legend wrote:
trubrit wrote:Is it possible to either do away with them on the home page or at least keep them up to date . Now showing for last Friday. Very confusing.

No i think keep them they are a general guideline there is not going to be a radical 20% change is there ? If you are that concerned and live need a finely tuned budget so do i'm not dissing it go to http://www.xe.com/ Hope this was helpful $\:D/$
legend , couple of posts now and not a car pic in sight , have you got your bus pass now .... :-"

Bus pass another 15 years so the Mercedes S AMG class will do for now :-" LET THE GOOD TIMES ROLL :-"

opps mistake another 20 years for the bus pass wrong info sorry $\:D/$

Post by **martynsnowman** » January 6, 2014, 10:10 pm

a few quid for cheap cars , but not enough to live thai full time
best get yourself a paper round old boy .... and leave the rest of us to it ....

Post by **goshawk** » January 6, 2014, 10:30 pm

Lol i can remember that car picture lol,super imposed ,very small man sitting in a soft top BMW

what went wrong ''Mighty chang'' lol

Post by **atoning** » January 7, 2014, 12:46 am

Current exchange rate on the home page might come from a forex feed and is only accurate when the appropriate forex is open otherwise it wil lshow the last close price....

urban legend · Post by **urban legend** » January 7, 2014, 4:16 am

martynsnowman wrote:a few quid for cheap cars , but not enough to live thai full time
best get yourself a paper round old boy .... and leave the rest of us to it ....

Yeah but not many can go back can they ?Think of a farmer putting all his eggs in one basket then drops the basket it all comes a eggy mess on the floor ...

Live and let live let the good times roll $\:D/$

urban legend · Post by **urban legend** » January 7, 2014, 4:21 am

goshawk wrote:Lol i can remember that car picture lol,super imposed ,very small man sitting in a soft top BMW what went wrong ''Mighty chang'' lol

Not much from where I'm sitting BUT if it all goes wrong I can always try to judge someone on a PC screen I don't really know lol
Back to the post i hope the link I sent early on helped with the exchange rate confusion ...

Let the good times roll $\:D/$

Post by **747man** » January 7, 2014, 12:07 pm

Just check them yourself online......Best TODAY for gbp CASH is 53.56 Baht at the moment.....www.krungsri.com ( Bank of Ayudhaya )

Post by **kubotatim** » January 7, 2014, 1:28 pm

And TT rate at Bangkok Bank is 53.99 So where can you get forex rates in reality?

Post by **747man** » January 7, 2014, 6:36 pm

kubotatim wrote:And TT rate at Bangkok Bank is 53.99 So where can you get forex rates in reality?

On the FOREX, But they are the rates for deals in EXCESS of US$ 1,000,000 ........ [-o< [-o< I Wish I Had that much

Post by **GARYZX6R** » January 7, 2014, 8:05 pm

747man wrote:
kubotatim wrote:And TT rate at Bangkok Bank is 53.99 So where can you get forex rates in reality?
On the FOREX, But they are the rates for deals in EXCESS of US$ 1,000,000 ........ [-o< [-o< I Wish I Had that much

Kuboatim, the TT rate is what you would get transfering money from UK to Thailand ,ie UK Pounds to be transfered IN Thailand to Baht.Can be 100 quid if you want to transfer so amount,but would cost about 30 pounds in fees.

Post by **trubrit** » January 8, 2014, 6:45 am

GARYZX6R wrote:[
Kuboatim, the TT rate is what you would get transfering money from UK to Thailand ,ie UK Pounds to be transfered IN Thailand to Baht.Can be 100 quid if you want to transfer so amount,but would cost about 30 pounds in fees.

Sorry Gary that fee rate is charged by the senders bank and is negotiable. None of my pension providers make a charge for sending , in pounds, my money here. However the receiving bank here in Thailand do make a charge for the conversion, minimum200bht, maximum 500bht, depending on amount changed .

Post by **GARYZX6R** » January 8, 2014, 7:35 am

trubrit wrote:
GARYZX6R wrote:[
Kuboatim, the TT rate is what you would get transfering money from UK to Thailand ,ie UK Pounds to be transfered IN Thailand to Baht.Can be 100 quid if you want to transfer so amount,but would cost about 30 pounds in fees.
Sorry Gary that fee rate is charged by the senders bank and is negotiable. None of my pension providers make a charge for sending , in pounds, my money here. However the receiving bank here in Thailand do make a charge for the conversion, minimum200bht, maximum 500bht, depending on amount changed .

Your right TB. He was quoting the Bangkok Bank TT rate and as iam with the Bangkok Bank was just quoting what I pay as a guide for him. Wish I could get my pension sent here for free.

Post by **kubotatim** » January 8, 2014, 7:41 am

Again , what is the point of showing the forex rates, when most expats would be more interested in the TT and cash rates?

Post by **BobHelm** » January 8, 2014, 8:38 am

It really makes no difference which of the various rates you pick as long as you always look at the same one.
The only real interest is in the movement of the rate & not the actual rate.
You will actually get whatever rate is applicable depending on what system you are using to exchange money - that will vary greatly depending on how you are doing your exchange & with whom...

Post by **trubrit** » January 8, 2014, 10:04 am

GARYZX6R wrote:
Your right TB. He was quoting the Bangkok Bank TT rate and as iam with the Bangkok Bank was just quoting what I pay as a guide for him. Wish I could get my pension sent here for free.

Gary not sure if your a Brit or not, but included in my providers is my UK Oap and they transfer without charge.