150 baht fee to be charged to foreign ATM cardholders

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:31 pm

Bet you're fuming!

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:00 pm

Funnily enough no what is interesting is they have just put in a brand spanking shiny new ATM which i used for the 2nd time i will use the old one next time lol

Post by **BaaBaa.** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:47 am

This may explain your 15 baht fee Sarge.

Some banks are reducing the 150 baht fee for making a withdrawal at a local ATM machine with a foreign ATM card from 150 baht to a much more reasonable 15 baht. One such bank is Siam Commercial Bank which is fortuitous as you seem to see more branches of SCB than any other bank. The announcement can be seen HERE

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 8:24 am

I only use one ATM machine and have done for over 6 years the Bank of Ayudhaya at Hua Hin Kan sami will be using it today see what the old ATM says

Post by **Wanderlust** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 9:48 am

I used the Bank of Ayudhya ATM near soi 41 a few days ago and that also showed the 15 baht message, but still no receipt. Up until then there had never been a message or charge at any of that bank's branches, nor a receipt.

Post by **hhfarang** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:14 am

I used the Bank of Ayudhya ATM near soi 41 a few days ago and that also showed the 15 baht message

The Bank of Ayudhya nearest my house charges 150 baht, not 15...

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:17 am

Obviously WL you and me live at the POOR end of town

Post by **hhfarang** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:26 am

I would drive up there to use your ATM, but it can take 30 minutes and would probably use more gas round trip (in my SUV) than the 135 baht saved!

Post by **Wanderlust** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 11:52 am

I still think this may have something to do with which country your card is from, or possibly which bank(s), as until the 15 baht charge recently, I have never had any charge at that bank's machines, wherever they have been located.

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Tue Nov 10, 2009 5:00 pm

Bummer the old machine screwed 15Bt out of me as well

Post by **airborn** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 1:08 am

anyone tried the machines next to Lotus at market village? Does the 15THB apply to any of these as well? I usually by random take out cash from one of these. I think there are like 5 difefrent ATMs next to eachother..

Post by **hhfarang** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:15 am

anyone tried the machines next to Lotus at market village? Does the 15THB apply to any of these as well? I usually by random take out cash from one of these. I think there are like 5 difefrent ATMs next to eachother..

The Bank of Ayudhya one there (the yellow one on the extreme left) charges me 150 baht. I'd be interested to see if it is the same for you or if it is just picking on me (like everything else in Thailand!

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Post by **Wanderlust** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 9:45 am

hhf,
I have used that one before, and (before the 15 baht charge) have never had the 150 baht fee. Out of interest, what bank is your ATM card from? I know that sarge uses a Nationwide one, and mine is a Barclays one, which are both UK banks, and I am assuming that you have a US one, so it would be interesting to hear from other people which bank, where from and what charge they get.

sargeant · Post by **sargeant** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:02 am

Nationwide is not a bank WL its a building society

Barclays after what i went through with that crowd i would hardly call them an international bank they dont even have a street vendors barrow let alone an office here

Drop in some time and ill show you

Anyway i still reckon its cos we are at the poor end of the spectrum

Post by **hhfarang** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 10:06 am

Out of interest, what bank is your ATM card from?

Bank of America... it is a debit/Visa card. I also get charged $5 from them and 1% from Visa (currently around $6 for a 20,000 baht withdrawal). Add that to my Bank of America $20 monthly checking account fee and the 150 baht Bank of Ayudhya fee and I'm paying between 80 and 90 U.S. dollars per month in banking fees just to get my pension over here!