If your planned arrival is not close yet, they dont have a reason to process it yet... somehow they dont seem to understand people may want to (or even, need to) travel to other countries before coming to Thailand...
Another anonymous bs post... I opened my account 2years ago (only visa exempt+extension), now have dtv and updated my info in bkk bank jomtien (actually with truemove was what counted, all info with bank was up to date still), they said i have nothing to worry about.
But yeah, they do close anonymous accounts. Anonymous people were the ones running scams so yeah, makes sense.
I drove from pattaya to ban pakkad border, 15mins and i was on my way back home. 700thb for fuel, $35 for cambodian visa. If you rent a car that would be 800-1000 for a day I think