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Thailand is a massively cash based society, especially with that whole "nobody pay their taxes" thing. Credit card are mostly used to take money out of the atm.
by nolok 10y ago
Thailand is a massively cash based society, especially with that whole "nobody pay their taxes" thing. Credit card are mostly used to take money out of the atm.
- stephenr 10y agoYeah, I'm aware of that aspect, but I've never been anywhere else where the staff can't follow a simple instruction (No signature required) because they are so ingrained that card === signature. Also, for the younger generation (i.e. 20s/30s) I think credit cards are much more popular than their parents generation - my sister-in-law and her husband (both Thai, so not influenced by western approach) use cards most places they can, while my mother in law regularly has anything up to 100K THB in her handbag.
- dawnerd 10y agoCanada is like that. Few times it's printed out a signature slip the cashier looked as if I just tried to rob them.