Originally Posted by
MegatopLover
Absolutely.
And few of us are bothered by the irony of the same people plunking down $4000 for an airplane ticket making four months of posts and going all over creation, as my grandmother would say, to avoid a $5 currency-exchange fee. I'm one of 'em, but I'm just sayin'....
Yes, but - there is another issue -the idea that banks discriminate against foreigners just b/c they can
Added to the percent they already get on the exchange and the "farang" pays double or more in many places .......
For a country that is wanting to attract more tourists this seems counter-productive (but then I do understand that Thais RAISE prices when there is a drop in business - maybe it works but it seems that the US policy of lowering prices does seem to work better).