How can I pay my condo's water and power bills without a Thai bank account?

Christophe Van Waes I've heard you can get the true money working in more recent months if you show them a residency certificate which you can get for free or nearly free from immigration I'd like to know if this is true before I go through all the trouble though of doing it

@Christophe **********

tbh all these are pretty shitty as you need cash and find a booth. good luck finding a tagthai booth anytime you need to top up your account. and the fact that you need cash for a top up just makes the whole system trash

@Dany *******

it's still a solution for some people. As for Revolut and Deeppocket you can top up everywhere. And Revolut has more interesting features...

Fyi...there are mobile KBooths driving around for topping up...locate them and top up. Off course...everyone has different interests...so let's give solutions and let everyone decide for themselves.

@Christophe **********

yes it is a solution for a small amount of people and it works (with certain problems)… but it is not something that will make thailand cashless. as a tourist i would just stick with cash. use ATM when needed. it works, is reliable and accepted.

@Charles *******

lol most people won’t even notice because they won’t read the agreement in Thai

@Duncan ******

That's absolutely correct. I've had this problem for two years now, ever since I bought the condo here.When I asked Bangkok Bank why this was the case, they simply told me that they do not work with pea, they only work with SCB Bank

@Jeremy *******

And again, it’s not a convenient tech solution. It’s a crap one. Instead if singing it’s praises and calling others tech Neanderthals you should probably engage with actual decent tech solutions.

@Andrew ******

they are old school and took over for barcodes around the year 2001 even through they were created in 1994 in Japan by Denso Wave company

The QR code stated to really take off around 2010 but the average person started using them with social media apps like Line when 3g became inexpensive (2013 ish)…now with 5g being inexpensive people are using it for more endeavors like personalized payment systems

They will keep evolving until something better comes along

@Jeremy *******

Something better has been available for well over half a decade. The fact that Thai banks block the use of those better options is the issue.

@Andrew ******

why it’s the Thai way of doing business with no hidden fees Ike Apple Pay

@Jeremy *******

LOL. No it’s just that the Thai banks keep all the money for a vastly inferior system.

Tap for everything in a place like Oz or SG and then go and order a coffee behind 4 Thais in Starbucks when QR code scanning for different banks each slightly different in process and with little glitches and not reading code correctly etc. It’s a slower and vastly inferior process. I use both and even in Thailand choose Tap whenever possible.

@Andrew ******

I eat street food I don’t understand what you’re talking about

I guess you made a peasant joke that I’m too poor to understand

@Jeremy *******

LOL. It’s hardly a peasant joke. But a guy as ignorant as you probably shouldn’t be talking down to others about tech.

@Andrew ******

you never watched the movie…and it shows

@Jeremy *******

god you’re a fuckwit.

@Dany *******

they will just accept cards if they want tourist money. Many shops already stopped accepting cash.

@Brandon ***********

i have not seen a single shop that doesn’t take my cash 😅 must be some fancy hi-so place if they dont want the money 🤣 probably a bangkok thing. most shops outside of bkk cannot afford to lose cash paying customers

@Dany *******

me to

@Dany *******

There's plenty not taking cash, and it will only increase with time

@Mark *******

you haven’t even taken pics of food stalls that have the QR print out everywhere

@Mark *******

i allways pay cash at Mr DIY 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

@Dany *******

It's a gradual transition. Gives dinosaurs a chance to accept things are changing! 👍👍

@Dany *******

you’re timeline is skewed

2-3 more years before everyone just uses QR codes and there are plentiful apps abound to facilitate the transactions on a prepaid basis

@Jeremy *******

you are just delusional. tourists will never widely accept a complicated prepaid system to pay their shit. especially not a system where you have to top-up with cash what is pretty dumb to begin with 😅 not a wide network of „booths“ to make it happen either. and another inconvenience that will drive away tourist numbers massively, so thailand wont go down this route anytime soon. it is just impractical for tourism purposes for most travelers. for a true cashless country you would need more changes. especially in accessibility. need to be able to link any credit card to your app, etc…

@Dany *******

funny they says the same thing and had the same exact argument about SIM cards in foreign countries when they first came out

But yet they were easily adopted and accepted and a huge volume

Hmmm crazy how that happens

@Jeremy *******

idk what a sim has to do with a shitty cashless system in its current form 🤣🤣 good luck finding a booth to top up your tagthai account. especially when you not land in bangkok, not travel by plane, not stay near a major city. how will you top it up while on an island? i guess you see the stupidity of this system 🤣 tourists dont want to deal with this shit. and thailand wont want to drive away tourists. nothing indicates that everything will be cashless within a few years. nothing

@Dany *******

you’re just regurgitating the same exact argument that was proposed 15 years ago about prepaid 3g tourist SIM cards

You have repackaged it as a prepaid QR payment system

Very funny reading your argument

Thanks for the laugh

@Jeremy *******

the most stupid comparison ever… i can get an eSIM even before traveling. it will be ready and working. i dont need to find a booth to top it up with 150k baht that i need for a holiday. i can get a physical SIM literally everywhere. hundreds of thausands of places. a sim costs a few hundred baht for a month. vs. hundreds of thausands for a digital bank card/account. where do you even get all that cash to top up the amount for your whole holiday? bring more foreign cash? what if your non-developing country is also cashless? how will this tourist top-up? a sim i need to buy once. a cashless account i need to top up multiple times per trip. how will i do it? there is no booth on every island or in any local village. a system like that will not work and not be accepted… and you had zero arguments in this discussion. you only make useless comparisons. why not start with facts?! lol

@Dany *******

you’re just regurgitating ancient arguments associated with original 3g tourist SIM card

But guess what stepped

and sold top up cards

@Jeremy *******

so your solution in a cashless country is that a tourist takes cash (🤣) from an ATM to top-up the cashless system 🤣 genius idea 🤣

@Dany *******

no gift cards to refill the prepaid acct or a bank to bank transaction or blockchain to app refill

Or old school cash to booth refill

There are multiple ways to refill…not all will require cold hard currency in your hand

With adoption, metrics and feedback the best solution will happen…it takes time but as you can see by just walking around its basically universally loved and accepted in a short amount of time

Plus why do you need hundreds of thousands of baht if you only want to do is buy street food and other items from street vendors…the avg person for those costs will only need ฿5,000-฿15,000 on the app for their 10-21 day holiday and anything left over will just be a savings for them

All other transactions will most likely use a credit card in malls etc

@Dany *******

not back in 2015 or 2010 with 3g when this same argument was posed 🤣🤣🤣

@Jeremy *******

tell us more about your anecdotes from the past. you have no arguments, that is pretty clear. you adress non of the valid points that people bring up. just a delusional guy on the internet 🤷‍♀️

@Dany *******

I’m delusional but your name is nomads which is a fake name acct

@Jason *****

Cash always will be an option. I think the term used was "largely". Even now, cash transactions only amount to about 15%

@Mark *******

great ,that's ok as we should never accept to have choice taken away

@Michael *******

Thailand is anticipated to become a largely cashless society by 2028…

@Jeremy *******

rubbish no country in the world will this work nonsense

@Dave ******

I guess you have never used a credit/debit card or done any online shopping in your life…

because if you did guess what Champ that’s being part of s cashless society

So either you’re completely delusional or just live under a rock

@Jer***

In Cambodia, I have not paid cash in a very long time. Everything is scan or app

@Glenn ****

the way it should be

@Jeremy *******

great so standing in ques for ages while people mess about with phones buying a 10 but bar of chocolate ,but it's ok as we're all so clever with our phones and apps🙄

@Jason *****

what are you talking about, do you even go out and buy stuff???

Food stalls all over Bangkok use the Scan option and it’s super efficient and convenient…all you do is scan the code that’s printed out, multiple people do this at the same exact time countless times a minute…you put in the price then show the scan some vendors take a pic and others wait for the chime on their phone

It now takes less time to scan and pay then wait for change

@Jeremy *******

what happens when the system goes down, this does happen you mean know one can buy anything ?

@Max *******

ok name a time when it all went down for:

Days

Weeks

Months

Years

Decades

Centuries

Millenniums

I’ll wait patiently as you post all the statistics and metrics

It’s it will take a monumental ELLE type event to take out the grid/cloud/satellite systems…even an FMP, DoS event will be redundant in stopping it as that will be a local level event

@Jeremy *******

I am not talking days, how many transactions happen per minute,filled your car can’t pay,got to check out can’t pay,I bet if you are right up with the times you can’t even wait 10 minutes.

@Max *******

so you can’t produce an answer

Amazing Champ

So you revert to checkout lines…I have stated multiple times in my comments which I gather you have failed to read

The vendor has a printout of their QR code multiple people can scan at the same EXACT time no lines at all

You scan you put in the correct amount you show it to them you walk away…not caring about the other people not paying with your acct

It’s a beautiful system that works seamlessly

@Jeremy *******

great to be a dreamer,you think Thailand is that far ahead of the rest of the world, haven’t seen any other country go cashless yet and not likely to either.

@Max *******

I live it every morning when I go buy food at nearly every street vendor in bkk

From the moo ping stand to OJ seller to Kow Gang stand to fruit stand and many many more

@Jeremy *******

it takes vastly more time than genuine Tap or Pay Wave tech and that’s assuming none of the various processes you outline glitch. Which they do at times.

It’s a second class shit option. It’s arguably better than cash but as a tech solution it’s deeply second rate.

@Jeremy *******

not when I stand behind the fookers!

@Charles *******

tell me you have never eaten at at food stall in 2025 with the QR code without saying you haven’t 🤣🤣

@Jeremy *******

in reality the scan often takes people longer than just hand over the 30 baht for your mangoes. i see it every day. if people would be efficient with their phone then it might be faster. but Ploy with her budget smartphone often struggles. reality in thailand

@Dany *******

this is why you scan the QR code pay and leave while Ploy is complaining about the ฿30 not going through…super efficient

Plus you get to learn Thai numbers

Roy som sip baht Naka…(หนึ่ง​ร้อย​สาม​สิบ)

@Jeremy *******

Im.not saying it shouldn't be an option ,I'm saying cash shouldn't be refused,we should have all options .calm down and stop spitting your dummy out 🙄I do go out every day and sone people are ok paying with there phones and some take ages and have problems ,simple as that

@Jason *****

a cashless society is inevitable

Get with the times or go into extinction like the dinosaurs

@Jeremy *******

Do you understand the implications of a cashless society?

That it will become a system of control with loss of freedom.

Use cash as long as you can

Use it or lose it

@Paul ********

omg now we have the dystopian agenda

@Jeremy *******

We already see it happening

Open your eyes

@Jeremy *******

when cash is gone, the government has total control over you, they can freeze your account and what could you do, it's already happening 🤔

@Mick *********

So the government can freeze your account, but they can't stop you withdrawing cash from an ATM? Interesting

@Andy ***********

and do.

@Mick *********

if you think a tourist is going to put there whole life savings on a prepaid QR code acct, you’re not the sharpest tool in the toolbox

@Jeremy *******

don't see the connection, perhaps take a look in the mirror 😆

@Jeremy *******

What a dinlo,so taking away choice is getting with the times ,you sound like a total pathetic little child

@Jason *****

there are already many shops that don't accept cash. It's very expensive for shops to deal with cash. Extra security measures. Staff hours counting. Someone to go to the bank to make deposits. Getting change. Etc

@Brandon ***********

I’ve never come across one yet 🫢

@Dave ******

every auntie Anne's in Thailand no longer accepts cash, that's an example for you

@Brandon ***********

yes I've seen this ,but how did they manage for so many hundreds of years ,it's all about choice ,if we accept a society run by phones and with no choice ,then we have no voice and must accept everything we're told ,I'm not against phone app payment ,it's a great idea,but we shouldn't allow the right to use cash currency to be taken away from us because governments want it for control ,shop owners want it for there ease ,we need to keep society with choices .sadly most clueless young people think there smart and cool paying by phones ,cash has worked very well beyond our lifetimes ,so it's not smart to eradicate choices or things that worked ok,just because clueless people think it's technology and evolving .

@Jason *****

I don't scan and pay. And I get sick of waiting for people to faff about paying by phone. It's interesting how people who rely heavily on a mobile phone to pay for stuff, get upset if others prefer not to or like choice.

@Jason *****

it’s it’s time to start living in the present and forget about the past

@Jeremy *******

I usually pay here with QR code... Except when have problems with internet. Happens rarely but happens. So cash need to stay as backup.

@Jeremy *******

I believe Sweden went cashless a few years ago but it has backfired and people there are demanding a return to cash choice.

@Jeremy *******

What a silly boy you are ,nothing to do with the past,taking away choices and becoming robots is about now and life is in the present ,you carry on living your whole life around your phone ,you don't even know what it's like to live mr 2025🤣😂🤪

@Jeremy *******

maybe bangkok and major cities not rural areas that quick

@Ben ******

The problem is known; Bangkok Bank, for example, does not accept this QR code. The only option left is to pay at seven eleven.