@Kool ******

thanks very much, greatly appreciated.

Is there any fee to send USD outside Thailand ?

And can the USD to THB conversion be done within the app, or does it have to be done at a branch ?

@Stelar ******

the aircon dries the air so the air the fan blows feels cooler on your skin

@David *********

correct, living in Phuket for home use and EV charging just THB4.8k this month. Aim to get that close to zero after I install solar

The biggest use is aircon: instead of cranking it to 21-22 degrees, try 27 degrees (eco mode if your unit supports that) and turn on a cheap fan

@Phil *****

well done mate ! My wife recently navigated our highly complex marriage visa renewal process in Phuket (several steps very different from Bangkok) - there is no way on earth I could have managed this myself without help from from my very capable wife or an agent

@Phil *****

not so easy when most contracts are in Thai - and the contract won’t tell you the sequence, and the extra pieces of paper required that aren’t on and documented list. Sound advice earlier: make some friends here and ask them

I renewed my marriage visa in Phuket last week. They asked us for a certificate to prove we are still married, so we had to take our original marriage certificate to the local town hall, queue for a mind numbing 4 hours and finally get the certificate.

Oh, and we had the bank statement & certificate from the day before but that wasn’t enough: they also required that the bank book had a transaction on the same date we submitted the application

Nick MuayPlam thank you - finally makes sense

I did the same - after a few drinks one evening I agreed to buy my father in law (a monk building a meditation retreat) a roof for his new home as the rainy season was approaching, and the balance dipped below the magic level for a few hours until I woke and connected my mistake.

My wife tried explaining this, including docs / pics to prove where the money went (hoping to guilt them) but no mercy was shown, had to start again…

Totally agree with most of the comments, really not worth the cost to ship a container load over

I used Oz Post to send 4 x 20kg boxes of stuff I couldn’t bear to throw away - around AUD180 per box, arrived in a week and no duty charged