tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post4471262497511304823..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Time Travel, Taiwan StyleMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-63925483642925001962016-12-23T07:46:48.835+08:002016-12-23T07:46:48.835+08:00If you love paperwork and primitive/inexplicable r...If you love paperwork and primitive/inexplicable regulations and conditions, try banking in Japan...channinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06386334271601532591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-14175886904626553372016-12-21T00:39:47.049+08:002016-12-21T00:39:47.049+08:00haha yes, banks in taiwan. i remember my first tim...haha yes, banks in taiwan. i remember my first time i transferred money with my aprc ( you know they need the card) i can do just about anything in taiwan , buy a car, insurance , medical insurance , swipe my card but heaven forbid a wire transfer,my bank of 14 yrs still had to request a proper passport, occasionally.recently i had to renew my passport and am in the process of getting my new 1. i went to the nia to ask advice on what to do you know incase my tw bank refuses to let me transfer incase my aprc card is not enough& they wont accept my passport due to the proximity of the exp. date,you know. the look i got. my response was well you know, everywhere else is fine just not my bank, they are not clued up. i asked if there was a form i could give to my bank to explain it .I still even remember the time the teller turned my aprc card several times the first time searching for that exp date, despite the fact she already knew me for 10 yrs then. it's an old joke I usually tell a newbie aprc holder to go to a bank and try to transfer money... see what happens.leaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12811157901305519148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-49479817609189811872016-12-20T20:20:22.901+08:002016-12-20T20:20:22.901+08:00LMAO. That DOES work here!LMAO. That DOES work here!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-71771772742703096792016-12-20T15:29:41.740+08:002016-12-20T15:29:41.740+08:00Ha. This place can be frustrating with it's &q...Ha. This place can be frustrating with it's "arbitrary logic" mental processes...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-46920417741509923882016-12-20T15:13:16.668+08:002016-12-20T15:13:16.668+08:00If you have an American bank account just use thei...If you have an American bank account just use their app, take a picture of the check and it will automatically get deposited in your account. Why even bother with the Taiwanese system and the exchange rates in the first place?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-91220719649454287792016-12-20T13:40:02.817+08:002016-12-20T13:40:02.817+08:00Tsai yinwen is not interested in solving that smal...Tsai yinwen is not interested in solving that small problem with the bank of yours or anyone else's. Well, as for the bigger Mega Bank problem, allow me to inform you: she is not interested, either. Hmmm...<br /><br />Today's newest poll done by the pro-A-Bian think tank put her to the bottom of sanctification barrel. More problems for Tsai.<br /><br />Folks! Please get a number slip for the queue! an angry taiwanesenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-25500673842694903682016-12-20T13:37:29.251+08:002016-12-20T13:37:29.251+08:00This took me back. I completely gave up on deposit...This took me back. I completely gave up on depositing checks in Taiwan because the fee was something like US$50. Instead I added my mother to my US bank account so she could deposit checks into it for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-23011595689356219802016-12-20T13:25:36.442+08:002016-12-20T13:25:36.442+08:00I've had a Jinrong Ka ( Debit Card ) with Taiw...I've had a Jinrong Ka ( Debit Card ) with Taiwan's Standard Charter Bank which lost it's printed info (it peeled off). I had continued using it as Visa Card for a couple years, but it was finally time to ask them to give me a new one with printed numbers on it. They happily gave me a new one, but the Visa function wouldn't work after I tested it at my local starbucks. The ATM function was fine, but I couldn't use it as a debit card. I went back to the branch on Hsinyi Rd. They informed me because I was a foreigner, they were hesitant to open the charge function. I said in the most impolite way: I walk in here with a working debit card and somehow walk out with only an ATM card? I pounded my fist on the counter. I told them they were going to face discrimination issues. They fixed the problem.David Stig Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11643346352417627979noreply@blogger.com