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skibum7732 Mar 29, 2014 9:13 am


Originally Posted by AlohaDaveKennedy (Post 22609241)
Meh - one night in Bangkok and the world's your oyster! Where do you stay in Pattaya? So far we have found the Hilton most convenient.

Lol. Have stayed Marriott before, but never even step foot on Walking Street anymore so like a more central location. We spend most nights on Soi 7\8 and Made in Thailand bars, with the occasional jaunt to soi 6 in the afternoon/evening:D

Now to answer your ?, we always rent a condo in View Talay 6...right next to Central Festival/Hilton with easy access to Beach and 2nd rds you can be about anywhere in minutes. Can get really nice condos pretty cheap w kitchen and washer/dryer. Just got back from another 3 weeks there Thursday. Think June is next trip...we never get enough of the place, even the 5 weeks straight last summer we didn't want to leave.

diamondeye Mar 29, 2014 1:47 pm


Originally Posted by turnpike13 (Post 22603616)
I don't agree with any of this nonsense from the OP. Any industry change that makes things "safer" has the likelihood of lower risk for the banks and thus pushing down reward rates. (Note: I could be wrong here and CCC could pass along the lower risk in the form of higher rewards)

Chip and pin will likely result in legislation/regulation that pushes payment processing for CC's closer to debit card rates which is not good for our world.

Rubbish; lower fraud rates will result in lower cost overall (Target) and an improved customer experience.

diamondeye Mar 30, 2014 8:11 pm


Originally Posted by AlohaDaveKennedy (Post 22604003)
Quit the complaining! If you had only just called your bank first and explained that you were going to make a large drug purchase, obtain a ton of money orders and stuff a lot of money in your bank account, your problems would be over!:D

If you had been reading you would have noted that I called my bank already and it still occurred.

diamondeye Mar 30, 2014 8:24 pm


Originally Posted by PaulMSN (Post 22604439)
Anyone who thinks all others share their particular insecurities is deluded.

Wrong!

PaulMSN Mar 30, 2014 10:54 pm


Originally Posted by diamondeye (Post 22618295)
Wrong!

Have to laugh at people who think making a declaration counts as proof. All it does is make others laugh.

skibum7732 Mar 31, 2014 2:18 am


Originally Posted by PaulMSN (Post 22619008)
Have to laugh at people who think making a declaration counts as proof. All it does is make others laugh.

+1, I think everyone in this thread is laughing at di..eye. He is highly illogical and very insecure, which is kinda sad really:(. Hope you get some help with your issues:D

dr88 Mar 31, 2014 7:16 am


Originally Posted by thehawk75 (Post 22607401)
Well, obviously you aren't using a US Bank FlexPerks card then :D

Don't get me started with US Bank. ANY drugstore purchase gets flagged and it takes around 15 minutes to clear up. Occasionally I'll get a text alert from them while I'm already speaking to their fraud dept.

AlohaDaveKennedy Mar 31, 2014 7:29 am

Pattaya is pretty lively. Have enjoyed my last two trips to Thailand. We might get back that way, but next up is Japan, then it looks like a few trips to Europe.

Walking Street was pretty tame last time I was there.


Originally Posted by skibum7732 (Post 22609800)
Lol. Have stayed Marriott before, but never even step foot on Walking Street anymore so like a more central location. We spend most nights on Soi 7\8 and Made in Thailand bars, with the occasional jaunt to soi 6 in the afternoon/evening:D

Now to answer your ?, we always rent a condo in View Talay 6...right next to Central Festival/Hilton with easy access to Beach and 2nd rds you can be about anywhere in minutes. Can get really nice condos pretty cheap w kitchen and washer/dryer. Just got back from another 3 weeks there Thursday. Think June is next trip...we never get enough of the place, even the 5 weeks straight last summer we didn't want to leave.


AlohaDaveKennedy Mar 31, 2014 7:34 am

But did you tell the bank that you really needed to buy all those drugs and that you would be bringing in lots of money to deposit. You coulda got special attention from their AML officer.:p


Originally Posted by diamondeye (Post 22618258)
If you had been reading you would have noted that I called my bank already and it still occurred.


AlohaDaveKennedy Mar 31, 2014 7:37 am

The moral of the story is don't do drugs with USBank. No, you want to go over to your grocer and buy plastic produce for the 2x spend category bonus.:p


Originally Posted by dr88 (Post 22620606)
Don't get me started with US Bank. ANY drugstore purchase gets flagged and it takes around 15 minutes to clear up. Occasionally I'll get a text alert from them while I'm already speaking to their fraud dept.


dr88 Mar 31, 2014 2:07 pm


Originally Posted by AlohaDaveKennedy (Post 22620727)
The moral of the story is don't do drugs with USBank. No, you want to go over to your grocer and buy plastic produce for the 2x spend category bonus.:p

:-) I agree, but I have the Club Carlson cards. Worth the hassle for 5X Club Carlson points.

diamondeye Mar 31, 2014 2:09 pm


Originally Posted by skibum7732 (Post 22619575)
+1, I think everyone in this thread is laughing at di..eye. He is highly illogical and very insecure, which is kinda sad really:(. Hope you get some help with your issues:D

Uh, nice try, but not so much guys.

diamondeye Mar 31, 2014 2:11 pm


Originally Posted by PaulMSN (Post 22619008)
Have to laugh at people who think making a declaration counts as proof. All it does is make others laugh.

When they're not laughing at you.

skibum7732 Mar 31, 2014 2:15 pm


Originally Posted by diamondeye (Post 22623557)
When they're not laughing at you.

But what you do not understand is that the rest of us are secure individuals and could care less if someone is laughing at us:p

IntegraR0064 Mar 31, 2014 2:19 pm


Originally Posted by diamondeye (Post 22602498)
For non smartphone owners put a website, they can register their travel with all banks at once rather than dialing several 800#'s and dealing with endless menu-tree nonsense.

While this would be awesome, I can't really think of a way to make this work in practice that would stop the potential fraudster as well. Can you?


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