Gaybutton Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 I imagine others who live in Thailand end up with the same little problem I have. Every time I get those little satang in my change, the ones that are worth half a baht or so, I just put them into an empty coffee can. That coffee can is starting to get full. There must be a a few thousand baht worth of them in there. The problem is getting rid of them. The banks don't want to fool with them. I'd put them in a plastic bag and donate them to charity or just give them to one of the boys, but with the amount I have in there, I'm not only curious as to how much I actually have, but if it's a few thousand baht, selfish old me - I want it! Does anyone have any idea where all those satang can be exchanged? Quote
Guest Astrrro Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 In New York u can dump American coins in a machine at Commerce Bank commision and fee free. It made me very happy to get rid of them especially the pennies so I know how you feel. Quote
PattayaMale Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Why not weigh them? Take a number of them and see how much 10 baht worth weighs. Then weigh the big can and divide. Give me a commission for the advice. How about paying one of the charities to count them for you? Give them 50% for doing so. Maybe take then to a bar and instead of putting 20 baht in a boys undies. Put 20 baht worth of satang. (Similar to what my Thai friend did in New York City. He had only dollar coins from the subway. A dancer came over and he put a dollar coin in his briefs!.....) Quote
Guest lvdkeyes Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 (Similar to what my Thai friend did in New York City. He had only dollar coins from the subway. A dancer came over and he put a dollar coin in his briefs!.....) This reminds of when I was in NYC with a UK friend. We had breakfast at the Stage Deli every morning. On the last morning before he was going back to UK he had a lot of loose change ($7+). When we were leaving he put all the change (no pennies) on the tip tray. When the waitress saw it she started yelling," I thought I gave you good service and you give me only change for a tip." I siad, "Honey, there is over $7 there." She said "I don't want all that change>" I said "Fine." I scooped up the change and we left. She was still yelling when we got out the door. TOUGH SHIT!!! Quote
Guest DanT Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Does anyone have any idea where all those satang can be exchanged? Try Dongtan beach. Fill your pockets with them and go swimming on a stormy day. Quote
Guest gay_grampa Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 When I get satang in the change I always put it in the charity box at the cashier. Some places (like Foodland) have these boxes, others (like Tops) do not. Whenever the satang make it home with me they go in a pot and when that gets full I take them to the penny jar at Oscars in Boyztown. One of the staff usually counts them and gives me an idea of how much went in. I figure that those coins were worth nothing to me when they were in ones & twos; so now that they are in quantity in a pot they are still worth nothing to me . Go on GB ... stop being such a miser. Take them down to Oscars and get them counted, then put them all in the Thais4Life Charity Penny Jar. You will have lost nothing but you may have bought a meal for a few orphans. Quote
Guest lvdkeyes Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 I never have very many, I keep the 2 or 3 I get in my pocket and use them when I need them. Quote
Gaybutton Posted May 30, 2009 Author Posted May 30, 2009 I love all the advice. Of course not one response told me what I want to know. If I was back in Florida you know what I would do? I'd scatter them along the beach. That way, all the old farts with their metal detectors would have a field day. So far all the advice is telling me that I have to give it away (If I don't, now I'm a miser), weigh it, just keep it, or even drown myself with it. Well, if there really is no way to cash them out, I guess I might as well keep them. Then, about 300 years from now they'll have value to coin collectors. I thought about weighing it, but not all the coins are the same. I suppose I could weigh the can. I tried getting on a scale myself, seeing how much I weigh, then doing the same thing while holding the can and figuring the difference. The trouble is, when I get on a scale a card always pops out that says, "One at a time." Quote
Guest kotter Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Psst.... Why not go down to Dongtan( much more inviting than Florida) early in the morning and throw them all over the beach and let the young f..ts detect them with there metal detectors. I am sure that you would enjoy merit for your good deeds Quote
Gaybutton Posted May 30, 2009 Author Posted May 30, 2009 I am sure that you would enjoy merit for your good deeds What on earth makes you think that I do good deeds? As far as I can tell from this thread you're all just as clueless as I am as to a real answer to the actual question, which was how to cash them in. While everyone is graciously giving me free advice that I didn't ask for, the advice that I did ask for remains unanswered. If I donate it all to charity, fine. What does the charity do to cash them in, or do they too sit around scratching their heads while trying to figure out what to do? Maybe the charities donate them to charity. Quote
Guest Astrrro Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 I don't know but............. I *assume* that 7/11s get them in rolls so I *assume* you can get wrappers at a bank, roll them, and cash them at a bank. My teerak has a piggy bank, actually it's a chicken or rooster, where I'd drop in my change. Not sure what's done when it's busted open. Quote
Guest thaiworthy Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 I *assume* you can get wrappers at a bank, roll them, and cash them at a bank Astrrro makes a good point. If the banks give them to merchants, why won't banks accept them from you? Have you tried? Each one is worth a US penny and a half, isn't it? US Banks will accept pennies. Perhaps the banks won't take them if they're loose. In that case, if it were me, I would roll a few, see if the banks will take them rolled and then do it over time for the rest. It won't seem like much of a bother. If you don't want to roll them at all, there are plenty of wats with poor boxes and such, it shouldn't be much of a problem getting rid of them that way. Quote
Guest GaySacGuy Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Before I moved from Pattaya, we opened a bank. My boyfriend took the coins, including the little ones, to the family mart by Yensabai Condo, and they were really happy to buy all the coins! Quote
Guest LP Posted May 30, 2009 Posted May 30, 2009 Before I moved from Pattaya, we opened a bank. Since you have your own bank in Pattaya (and I always suspected you do) why not to put Gaybutton on its governing board, pay him a good salary so that he should not worry about satangs... Seriously, they should have coin accepted machines in some local banks. I know they have in Singapore (and, of course, in US). But Japan is unbeattable in this respect: some of their ATM machines accept coins! I would ask in local banks... Quote
Guest dale1 Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 Hey GB, the guys at TAKE CARE!! would be happy to take your can of satang off your hands ... turn them into condoms and lube for our Safe Sex Packs distributed to the guys in the bars we all know and love ......... check out < http://www.takecarepattaya.com > .... click on the DONATE link ........... of course, that goes for all who have the same need ...... every satang helps .. particularly if a handful of baht are thrown in for good measure. TAKE CARE!! Quote
Guest TOQ Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 I love all the advice. Of course not one response told me what I want to know. If I was back in Florida you know what I would do? I'd scatter them along the beach. That way, all the old farts with their metal detectors would have a field day. I can just picture you doing that, because I know you would. john Quote
Gaybutton Posted May 31, 2009 Author Posted May 31, 2009 Gentlemen . . . yes, yes, yes, yes . . . believe me I am well aware that I can donate all those satang to charity. I may be clueless, but I'm not that clueless. But that's not my question. Next thing you know, we'll start having debates about which is the best charity to which to donate them. I was thinking about the Women's Christian Temperance Union or the good Reverend Phelps at the Westboro Baptist Church. I might give it to the lame and the halt, if I can ever figure out what 'the halt' is. George Carlin had a couple good suggestions: The Home for the Visually Unpleasant or The Home for People Who Felt Ok About a Year Ago or The Home for People Caught Putting a Firecracker Up a Cat's Asshole. Some of those sound pretty good to me. Maybe next time GT decides to run a "give a bottle of Chivas Regal" contest, I'll throw in the satang as part of the prize and let the winner deal with it. As far as which charity, haven't you figured it out yet? "Robin Hood, what a crook! Gave away, what he took. Charity's fine. Subscribe to mine. Get out and pick a pocket or two." - Fagin, 'Oliver!' Quote
Guest lvdkeyes Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 Each one is worth a US penny and a half, isn't it? There are 100 satang in 1 baht. Satang coins come in 25, 50 & 75. Quote
Guest jtrack33 Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 I might give it to the lame and the halt, if I can ever figure out what 'the halt' is. I think in this context, halt means crippled: halt2 (hôlt) intr.v., halt·ed, halt·ing, halts. To proceed or act with uncertainty or indecision; waver. To be defective or proceed poorly, as in the development of an argument in logic or in the rhythmic structure of verse. To limp or hobble. adj. Archaic. Lame; crippled. Quote
Gaybutton Posted May 31, 2009 Author Posted May 31, 2009 To be defective or proceed poorly, as in the development of an argument in logic Uh-oh. That sounds just like me! Quote
Guest joseph44 Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 Sort them out and hand them in at the nearest convenience store or the shop next door; They have to pay to get wrapped coins at the bank and you have to pay to hand them at the bank. Skip the bank out and bring them to a shop. Quote
Guest thaiworthy Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 There are 100 satang in 1 baht. Satang coins come in 25, 50 & 75. He started out saying they were worth half a baht or so. I guess that would mean he has a lot of 50 satang coins. Isn't half a baht about a penny and a half (US)? Quote
Guest lvdkeyes Posted May 31, 2009 Posted May 31, 2009 He started out saying they were worth half a baht or so. I guess that would mean he has a lot of 50 satang coins. Isn't half a baht about a penny and a half (US)? yep Quote
