This happened to my brother at a county fair in America and it took over a month to get the company to listen to him. If the atm provider doesn't want to help that money is most likely gone forever.

Really, 27? That's crazy! Especially since all they would have to do is count down the machine.

That was the problem! She should've pushed the button that said "baht" rather than "Bart." And set "thip crinkle and spoit" to "off"

So, don't travel anywhere that might be dangerous? Best not leave your house then!

I've actually found Thailand to be a safe, clean and easy to travel in country. Maybe you should just stop being scared of places that are not like your home country and get out of your house more often.

Most accidents happen at home. I guess it's just a bummer for #6 because he will never get to see all the beauty of the travel channel in real.

Or any travel channel with that mind set.

This the stupidest post I have seen. Have you been there? Do you travel at all? I have been there over five times by myself and nothing bad has happened to me. There is risk wherever you are weather if it is in Thailand or America. It's wether if you put yourself in a bad situation or not. Travel smart! Yes, bad things can happen, you can get ripped off and taken advantage of, and it is defiantly an FML, but don't let people post like this determine where to travel to.

Thailand is having government issues but for tourists it is perfectly safe. And if you've ever seen pictures of Thailand, you'd know it's not a third world country. The majority of it is rural, but not third world.

This is literally the most ignorant post I've ever seen. Thailand is safe and a mostly developed country with great infrastructure and truly wonderful people. The only trouble you get is in over touristic areas such as Phuket which are best avoided anyway because the tourists are the ones generally being disrespectful idiots. I've lived in both the north and southern parts of Thailand and have found it safer and an easier life than any Western country. You've obviously never bothered to watch the travel channel yourself since if you had, you might actually gain a little bit of knowledge about the country instead of spouting nonsense on here.

Well, advising him to just suck it up and admit defeat immediately seem pretty stupid to me

Well, obviously. But he was presumably withdrawing money from his home account, and his home bank may be able to do something about it (even if it takes a few months).

Try proving to your bank back home that you didn't receive the cash. I love the country to bits obviously if I stayed that long, but every time I stood at an ATM it was an anxious wait for it to go through and return my card to me, I rejoiced every time both my money and card popped out! Or I checked my account and it wasn't skimmed. And then I bought a beer with my new found cash to celebrate. I feel for the guy, it's not a fun situation, but good luck to him..

Baht wait, read again, it's 500 USD WORTH of Bahts. It's more like 17500 Bahts give or take....

If op can prove to the bank that they didn't get their cash or contact the probably foreign atm company that likely has no interest in helping.