ricosuave Posted October 14, 2001 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2001 Yeah my regular bank account card is Maestro/Cirrus. I think ill take the advice given and take 75% of my money in Sterling travellers cheques, and spend the other 25% off my ATM card, along with a few us dollars for the Cambodia border and those occasions where only the $ smiles. Cheers. I checked with my bank and they charge 1.5% (minimum £1.50) which isn't too bad. As a thank you, heres my reworking of Aquas 'Barbie girl', given a thai flavouring. --------------------------------------------- Hi bargirl Hi Kaa Do you wanna go for a ride? Sure kaa Pay bar Im a bargirl in a bar world Life’s so plastic, its fantastic Please don’t touch my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, this is your creation Come on bargirl, let’s go party Im a bargirl, in a bar world Pay by plastic, that’s fantastic Ive no pubic hair, you shaved me everywhere Imagination, this is your creation I’m a dark bimbo girl, in your fantasy world Lube me up, I’m so tight, I’m your dolly You’re my doll, rock n roll, feel the glamour in pink Kiss me here, suck me there, hanky panky You can touch, you can play, if you pay, I’m always yours Im a bargirl, in a bar world Life’s so plastic, its fantastic Please don’t touch my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, this is your creation Come on bargirl, lets go party Come on bargirl, lets go party Ah ah ah yea Come on bargirl, lets go party Uu ooh uu ooah Come on bargirl, lets go party Ah ah ah yea Come on bargirl, lets go party Uu ooh uu ooh….oh I come Make me walk, make me talk, do whatever you please I can act like a star and get down on my knees Come jump in bimbo friend, let us do it again Hi the town, fool around, lets go party You can touch, you can play, if you pay, I’m always yours You can touch, you can play, if you pay, I’m always yours Im a bargirl in a bar world Life’s so plastic, its fantastic Please don’t touch my hair, undress me everywhere Imagination, this is your creation Come on bargirl, let’s go party Im a bargirl, in a bar world Pay by plastic, that’s fantastic Ive no pubic hair, you shaved me everywhere Imagination, this is your creation Oh im having so much fun Well bargirl were just getting started Oh I love you kaa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 14, 2001 Report Share Posted October 14, 2001 I always take American Express sterling travellers cheques. Absolutely no problem in Pattaya. Strangely, one gets a better exchange rate for cheques then for cash. I don't know why. BTW. The Halifax only charge 1% for travellers cheques. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gene1944 Posted October 15, 2001 Report Share Posted October 15, 2001 quote: Originally posted by ricosuave: Hi all, i wanted some advice about ATMs Rico One other thought: Make sure you have a 4 digit password. The US banks (and maybe English?) will give you 5 digit passwords that will not work overseas. If you ask before you leave your country, they will change to a 4 digit password. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikem55 Posted October 16, 2001 Report Share Posted October 16, 2001 Two more points: Using ATMs is the best way to assure that you won't be short-changed by an unscrupulous employee at the money exchange counters (as reported on this board in previous posts.) Also, if you don't have an established history of using your credit card overseas, it is advisable to notify your credit card company of your travel plans so their fraud detection system won't send up a red flag and freeze your account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 16, 2001 Report Share Posted October 16, 2001 Ultraviolet, You get a signifigantly better exchange rate for TCs vs. cash in China as well. I am not a banker, but I would guess that the difference has to do with the fact that for a bank, handling cash requires more security and accounting controls than TCs. JG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shit-Spattered Dog Posted October 18, 2001 Report Share Posted October 18, 2001 quote: Originally posted by mikem: Two more points: Using ATMs is the best way to assure that you won't be short-changed by an unscrupulous employee at the money exchange counters (as reported on this board in previous posts.) Also, if you don't have an established history of using your credit card overseas, it is advisable to notify your credit card company of your travel plans so their fraud detection system won't send up a red flag and freeze your account. Excellent advice. I once had some asshole steal my credit card number on a Friday night. By Sunday, Visa people called me at home and asked me if I had been charging jewelry to my account. Well, I've never been to Pittsburg but that didn't stop some asshole from charging about 7,000 bucks to my account between Friday night and Sunday afternoon. They cancelled my card on the spot and reissured me a new one a week latter. A way to prevent the fraud detection system from trigging is to leave a paper trail of your trip. Charge all your hotels, taxis, resturants, etc to your card. Start as early as possible, such as paying your airport departure tax with the card. ALso pay for your flight on the same card. In my case I had not charged anything other than a watch battery to my card 8 months previous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grabii Posted October 19, 2001 Report Share Posted October 19, 2001 Dog, A word of extra caution, however. Once you've notified your card issuer of your travel plans, and they've by-passed or modified their tracking of your cards usage, you're more exposed to the consequenses of loss, theft, or unscrupulous copying of your card information. You've got to be quicker to notify the company if something happens to your card because the company is less likely to detect it themselves. Regards, JEff quote: Originally posted by Shit-Spattered Dog: Originally posted by mikem: [qb]Two more points: Using ATMs is the best way to assure that you won't be short-changed by an unscrupulous employee at the money exchange counters (as reported on this board in previous posts.) Also, if you don't have an established history of using your credit card overseas, it is advisable to notify your credit card company of your travel plans so their fraud detection system won't send up a red flag and freeze your account. Excellent advice. I once had some asshole steal my credit card number on a Friday night. By Sunday, Visa people called me at home and asked me if I had been charging jewelry to my account. Well, I've never been to Pittsburg but that didn't stop some asshole from charging about 7,000 bucks to my account between Friday night and Sunday afternoon. They cancelled my card on the spot and reissured me a new one a week latter. A way to prevent the fraud detection system from trigging is to leave a paper trail of your trip. Charge all your hotels, taxis, resturants, etc to your card. Start as early as possible, such as paying your airport departure tax with the card. ALso pay for your flight on the same card. In my case I had not charged anything other than a watch battery to my card 8 months previous. [/QB] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 19, 2001 Report Share Posted October 19, 2001 quote: Originally posted by gene1944: One other thought: Make sure you have a 4 digit password. The US banks (and maybe English?) will give you 5 digit passwords that will not work overseas. If you ask before you leave your country, they will change to a 4 digit password. Gene, This is incorrect. Depends on the ATM machine and whether it is connected to the international circuit such as Maestro or Cirrus etc. A few years ago most ATMs in Thailand weren't, these days most of them are. I have been using my 8 digit password for last 3 years but cannot use my card on some (minority) of the ATMs, regardless of the password size. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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