john luke Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Not a good photo but this is the Post Office in Leeds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 And this is a TT booth on Soi Buakhao, Pattaya, at 7.44pm today: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR007 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 This was from yesterday and reflects the image of USD exchange rate Bazle put above. Thailand is being seen as a safe haven for incoming funds and they're struggling to weaken the Baht which they clearly want to. Expect another rate cut soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 34.75 for notes at Swampy airport yesterday. True ... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR007 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, nampla69 said: 34.75 for notes at Swampy airport yesterday. True ... No surprise but utterly shocking. Am wondering if thats the lowest rate I've ever personally seen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KWA Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I'm sure no-one here needs reminding not to buy at the airport when leaving the UK and getting the "rate on the street" is one of the best methods to get your cash. The article is about Moneycorp at Gatwick offering < $1 USD for £1 GBP, but look at the baht rate in the picture further down. 28.846 FFS. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2019/08/holidaymakers-offered-less-than--1-per-p1-at-airport-currency-ex/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR007 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Tanking....Boris will pro rogue Parliament.. Dear oh dear. So much for the slippery lying bastard insisting he wanted a deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
john1000 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Given some other currencies are struggling against the Baht, when the Brexit problems are resolved will the pound gain that much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krapow Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 2 minutes ago, john1000 said: Given some other currencies are struggling against the Baht, when the Brexit problems are resolved will the pound gain that much? I doubt we'll ever see 50 again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 50 will come back but not for a good while. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR007 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Krapow said: I doubt we'll ever see 50 again To hit 50 we'd need Dollar/Baht back at 33 (where the Thais want it) and Sterling/Dollar at $1.52 ( previous day to referendum).....Dollar/Baht at 35 and you'd only need $1.43 Certainly at some point in the future we'd be back to 50+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangme Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 3 hours ago, nampla69 said: 34.75 for notes at Swampy airport yesterday. True ... That's painful..oh dear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Sorry for the crap picture but this is @ SuperRich in BKK, 17:49 today: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thai Spice Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Johson proroguing the government is sure not gonna help the pound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazle Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 26 minutes ago, Thai Spice said: Johson proroguing the government is sure not gonna help the pound. But it doesn't seem to have damaged it either. (Not yet, at least.) That was really the point of my post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 11 hours ago, KWA said: I'm sure no-one here needs reminding not to buy at the airport when leaving the UK and getting the "rate on the street" is one of the best methods to get your cash. The article is about Moneycorp at Gatwick offering < $1 USD for £1 GBP, but look at the baht rate in the picture further down. 28.846 FFS. https://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/2019/08/holidaymakers-offered-less-than--1-per-p1-at-airport-currency-ex/ Sure I agree but this was the Kasikorn Bank exchange kiosk at Suvarnabhumi rate for the £ ....others were about the same. Just thinking of people right off the plane first trip wanting some Baht !!! ..... sad times .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horizondave Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 11 minutes ago, nampla69 said: Sure I agree but this was the Kasikorn Bank exchange kiosk at Suvarnabhumi rate for the £ ....others were about the same. Just thinking of people right off the plane first trip wanting some Baht !!! ..... sad times .... True, if everybody knew about the much better rates downstairs then the banks upstairs wouldn't be able to do business. Thing is they do their business upstairs from those not in the know or with no time to negotiate the building. They even have a Kasikorn bank downstairs with completely different rates to their upstairs sisters and are actually more or less the same rate as the banks on their level by the station such as Super Rich etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 7 minutes ago, Horizondave said: True, if everybody knew about the much better rates downstairs then the banks upstairs wouldn't be able to do business. Thing is they do their business upstairs from those not in the know or with no time to negotiate the building. They even have a Kasikorn bank downstairs with completely different rates to their upstairs sisters and are actually more or less the same rate as the banks on their level by the station such as Super Rich etc. Just look at Travelex rates at U.K. airports , they verge on criminal , but idiots are queuing up to use them ... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers4Life Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Glad the USD started to drop when I left. I was getting 30.70 to 30.85 June, July and up to August 21st when I left. I still survived when it was in the 29's a few years back. But I cannot even begin to even remotely complain with the status of other currency's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nampla69 Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 18 minutes ago, Steelers4Life said: Glad the USD started to drop when I left. I was getting 30.70 to 30.85 June, July and up to August 21st when I left. I still survived when it was in the 29's a few years back. But I cannot even begin to even remotely complain with the status of other currency's. You should hold a one off binary referendum to allow California to leave the United States. See how Trump and all the right wing nut jobs react to that "Will of the People Vote" ........... File that under dumb fcuk ideas .................. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bexwell Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 4 hours ago, Stillearly said: Just look at Travelex rates at U.K. airports , they verge on criminal , but idiots are queuing up to use them ... Took this picture in May when I got 40.35bt to the Pound in Pattaya Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 I've stopped looking at this thread, i like to be happy lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumpuynarak Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 minute ago, bexwell said: Took this picture in May when I got 40.35bt to the Pound in Pattaya There are fools to be found everywhere..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toy Boy Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Not many updates on this thread. I was watching Sky News last night about Boris proroguing Parliament and the pound was plummeting, down almost 1% against the Euro and US dollar at one time. I was almost dreading seeing the exchange rate this morning, but the Fx markets must have decided that it's not such a bad idea, the pound's no worse against the Baht than it was just before the announcement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stillearly Posted August 29, 2019 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 hours ago, Toy Boy said: Not many updates on this thread. I was watching Sky News last night about Boris proroguing Parliament and the pound was plummeting, down almost 1% against the Euro and US dollar at one time. I was almost dreading seeing the exchange rate this morning, but the Fx markets must have decided that it's not such a bad idea, the pound's no worse against the Baht than it was just before the announcement. But if you look at the USD rate , the Baht has weakened a little at the same time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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