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My otherwise pleasent trip to Pattaya this weekend was spoiled by an ATM machine that ate my card saturday morning. A call to the phone number listed on the machine put me in touch with an operator who said I would have to go to the bank monday and I was shit out of luck till then. Repeated attempts to explain that I only had 500 Baht and needed the card now went no where.
Monday I showed up at the bank and they immediatley started giving me the runaround, manager not here come back, what branch, you sure its our bank, etc... for 30 minutes
After that they produced my card and asked is this yours and then make me sign a book and handed it back to me.
Crazy thing is they had my card the whole damn time and they just wasted 30 minutes needlessly, I still don't know why.
A few rules for this situation
1) Always have 2 atm cards or a backup system if one gets eaten
2) Don't use RED ATM manchines (this was Siam City Bank). Only use BLUE ATM machines. Sounds silly but in 3 years, I have only had problems with RED ATM machines.
3) Be the loud Farang. If you are nice and quiet and accept their excuses they will give you the run around and you'll never get your card.
4) If they tell you they cannot give you your card, or that it is automatically cancelled tell them you know that is bullshit (it is).
ps. Luckily I had another ATM card in my wallet and that worked after I went to a different machine.
Monday I showed up at the bank and they immediatley started giving me the runaround, manager not here come back, what branch, you sure its our bank, etc... for 30 minutes
After that they produced my card and asked is this yours and then make me sign a book and handed it back to me.
Crazy thing is they had my card the whole damn time and they just wasted 30 minutes needlessly, I still don't know why.
A few rules for this situation
1) Always have 2 atm cards or a backup system if one gets eaten
2) Don't use RED ATM manchines (this was Siam City Bank). Only use BLUE ATM machines. Sounds silly but in 3 years, I have only had problems with RED ATM machines.
3) Be the loud Farang. If you are nice and quiet and accept their excuses they will give you the run around and you'll never get your card.
4) If they tell you they cannot give you your card, or that it is automatically cancelled tell them you know that is bullshit (it is).
ps. Luckily I had another ATM card in my wallet and that worked after I went to a different machine.
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