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Old Jun 21, 2014 | 6:20 pm
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Originally Posted by aBroadAbroad
I have only encountered one merchant asking which currency I'd prefer, and that one is 100% consistent in doing so. And never bats an eyelash when I say baht.

Also only ever had one instance of having a transaction automatically processed in USD without having been asked our preference (beware of Villa markets). The clerk was very non-LOS about it when we insisted on having it voided and reprocessed, especially when the system crashed right after refunding the USD transaction, forcing an old-fashioned manual plate process for the baht transaction
Maybe that's why they started asking. I used my CC 2 days ago at Villa and they asked USD or THB.
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