Post by: BernieTeyze on November 23, 2015, 22:44:13 PM
Post by: Highlander on November 23, 2015, 22:46:02 PM
Post by: BernieTeyze on November 23, 2015, 22:49:36 PM
Post by: Highlander on November 23, 2015, 22:54:58 PM
Post by: JohnF on November 23, 2015, 22:59:32 PM
Does anyone know what the exchange rate is both in Turkey and UK at the moment please.
Yes.
JF
Post by: BernieTeyze on November 23, 2015, 23:14:16 PM
Post by: JohnF on November 23, 2015, 23:30:35 PM
The döviz next to my old office near Taksim Sq. was buying GBP at just over 4.31 this afternoon.
Dunno why you don't just Google it, it's not as if the info isn't readily available...
JF
Post by: lynne on November 24, 2015, 06:50:12 AM
Post by: JohnF on November 24, 2015, 08:45:32 AM
If you don't know, why answer?
I did know. I answered when the question was asked. On the unhelpfulnessometer it hardly makes the needle swing...
JF
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on November 24, 2015, 08:54:11 AM
http://travelmoney.moneysavingexpert.com
Also to see the Bank Rate every day this is the Official Turkish site www.doviz.com
Post by: stoop on November 24, 2015, 09:20:25 AM
Post by: JohnF on November 24, 2015, 09:24:13 AM
:)
JF
Post by: stoop on November 24, 2015, 10:04:52 AM
Post by: yabanci on November 24, 2015, 10:42:09 AM
Usually there is a flood of "it's so and so price in Calis today".
4.20tl on the board outside the Calis Change Office this morning.
Post by: Colwyn on November 24, 2015, 11:19:05 AM
Post by: BernieTeyze on November 24, 2015, 12:14:45 PM
Post by: usedbustickets on November 24, 2015, 12:39:29 PM
Post by: wickwilly on November 24, 2015, 12:58:04 PM
WW
Post by: Highlander on November 24, 2015, 15:59:46 PM
Thank you for the kind and helpful comments. I do look at the other responses and think it does nothing to promote the good work CBF does to help people, it must put people off. I love the genuine banter on here,however sometimes you think, what was the point of the response, other than to be churlish..
I did consider my comment to be helpful. It has always been my experience that you get more (perhaps 6 % more) when you change over in Turkey.
Also it depends where you choose to change.
Can I ask when you plan to travel ?.
Post by: Colwyn on November 24, 2015, 16:38:46 PM
:o Anyone flown with Pegasus to Dalaman. Hoping to fly from Manchester next June.Nothing like doing your homework early, eh? But I suppose BT, like Stoop, might be thinking of buying holiday lira early.
Post by: Highlander on November 24, 2015, 17:27:59 PM
Post by: Colwyn on November 24, 2015, 17:43:05 PM
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on November 24, 2015, 19:54:02 PM
Post by: Yoshi on November 24, 2015, 22:47:39 PM
Calis was offering much lower rates.
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on November 24, 2015, 23:48:19 PM
Better check he gave you 4.30 and not 4.3.10.
Post by: BernieTeyze on November 25, 2015, 00:03:05 AM
Post by: Yoshi on November 25, 2015, 00:26:48 AM
Post by: Scunner on November 25, 2015, 07:33:01 AM
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on November 25, 2015, 08:53:51 AM
He says he can beat the exchange offices, he does this by deception. Nichola from the Mozaik Bahce took a picture of him and it was on this Forum with a warning.
Post by: Yoshi on November 25, 2015, 11:42:56 AM
Like a lot of CBRs I've been coming to Turkey far too long to accept what these individuals promise.
Post by: spo6666 on November 26, 2015, 07:51:54 AM
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on November 26, 2015, 08:29:39 AM
We would not use him on principle and we care and are annoyed he has diddled many innocent tourists including member here.
Apart from all this, the basic fact is, he is breaking the law by changing money.
Post by: Karennina on November 26, 2015, 20:59:06 PM
However whilst I am aware I am being dense I dont totally understand his tactic!
Derek has just tried to explain it to me and I am still not getting it, like my lovely hubby has pointed out I would have sucummbed to beiing swissed had I changed money with him because of this so there must be loads of folk who have been swindled by him over the years! >:(
Post by: Scunner on November 26, 2015, 21:19:59 PM
I am wise to tricks in Turkey too, and I don't think he has a chance of ripping me off. But I won't ever use him, based on the fact that I know 10+ people who have been ripped off by him and I will not give business to dishonest people.
There is simply no need to - Dikmen for example I have used for 12 years + without incident, and without ever once hearing of an incident - and they are just a few steps along from "Colin". Oh, and as Jacqui mentions, work legally as an official licensed change shop - not hovering around outside their shop, acting like a pest to every single person who walks past.
He's a cheat and he is bad for Fethiye - not that he is any way bothered by that fact.
Post by: Highlander on November 26, 2015, 21:33:14 PM
I dont totally understand his tactic!
karennina - if the rate was two thirty nine (2.39) that's 2 + 30 + 9 and you would get 2 lira + 30 + 9 kurus
Yer man offers two thirty ten which obviously sounds more than two thirty nine - but he only gives you 2+30+1 kurus (2.30.10 without the zero).
Well I tried :)
Post by: Scunner on November 26, 2015, 21:37:22 PM
I have spoken to people who insist they are yet another one who he has never ripped off - and when I tell them some of his tricks, it dawns on them that they have been. Had that conversation never happened, they would never have known.
Credit where it is due - he is exceptionally good at what he does.
Post by: lizdev on November 27, 2015, 08:23:48 AM
Post by: Steve A on November 27, 2015, 08:45:53 AM
Post by: marina on November 27, 2015, 10:36:20 AM
He ripped us off once a few years ago. It was a couple of hours after the event that we realised what he'd done.
We've never used him since and wouldn't do so when there are enough legitimate exchange offices around.
I don't know how he still gets away with it.
Post by: faymoore on November 27, 2015, 11:41:27 AM
I think he is a master of deceit and As part of this I bet he's not really called Colin!
lol Steve A I bet you're right..possibly "Conin" but never "Colin" .
Post by: DonM on November 27, 2015, 11:57:13 AM
Post by: Karennina on November 27, 2015, 23:18:00 PM
Post by: GrantT on November 29, 2015, 00:04:17 AM
Post by: JohnF on November 29, 2015, 01:12:06 AM
Got 4.35 at the money changers in Fethiye this morning. The one on the corner at the start of the one way system just down from friend "Conin".
Dikmen Doviz. Been about for years and as straight as you'll get.
Couple of years ago our girls changed a few hundred quid (they were planning to do their shopping) and one of them left a bluey behind. Neither noticed.
That night I was passing by and the little guy with the moustache chased me down Carsi Cad to give me it back. It was quite funny as he talks very quickly and neither of us could make out what he was saying, but happily accepted the lira he gave us. By the time we'd worked out what it was Levent in Car Cem had trousered it for our bill!
Gave it back later, just in time for the assorted children who were with us that time to pay our bill at MB. Lazy old so and so who owns it will remember it as the night of the yellow kettle ;)
JF
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on November 29, 2015, 09:03:06 AM
So jacqui you would rather get 4.30 than 4.310 (page 3 of thread ) ?? I used to use this guy if he was offering a better rate. He has a calculator on his desk for you to use and I counted the money before I left, and I found it difficult to see how you could be conned. I've since stopped using him however as I accepted he was conning others so thought it was wrong to support his antics, but that post kind of makes me give up. I still won't use him for the sake of others though.
Sorry, missed a point out 4.3.10. I think we both knew that Grant. Highlander also explained how the guy works.
However, how could he offer a better rate than the Banks and Exchange Offices ??
"posts of this kind make you give up" Come on Grant, man up, there are bigger things than this to worry about. Such as why you found it difficult to see how he cons people, when most of the regulars on here know very well how he does it.
Post by: GrantT on November 29, 2015, 14:54:56 PM
Post by: Colwyn on November 29, 2015, 14:58:41 PM
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on November 29, 2015, 15:33:31 PM
Grant, "H" has explained it, no one is confused, we all know about Colin, he is a crook and you knew too, as you stopped using him, because you say you read he was dishonest. He is also breaking the law, which should another good reason for not using him.
I am sure the posts here on CB about Colin go back years and years and there are regular warnings every year. and as you have been a member for 9 years I am sure you are well aware the way Colin operaties.
I am very sorry if you have been confused, Maths is not my strong point, so I made a mistake, but the real point of these posts is that we keep on letting members know not to use Colin.
Post by: Colwyn on November 29, 2015, 15:34:29 PM
Post by: Highlander on November 29, 2015, 15:37:01 PM
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Post by: GrantT on November 29, 2015, 16:08:39 PM
Post by: Jacqui Harvey on November 29, 2015, 16:13:17 PM
Post by: KKOB on November 29, 2015, 18:02:04 PM
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Post by: spo6666 on December 01, 2015, 08:20:04 AM
Post by: alixandria on December 01, 2015, 10:51:49 AM
Post by: KKOB on December 01, 2015, 11:06:47 AM
Post by: kevin3 on December 01, 2015, 12:02:57 PM
Some members try to be helpful and some members don't. Simple. ;)
Welcome to CBF.
Post by: Highlander on December 01, 2015, 13:21:41 PM
In any event I still maintain that you get more when changing in Calis/Fethiye (and depending on location) than you get in the UK EVERY time.
Post by: stoop on December 01, 2015, 13:37:53 PM
:o Anyone flown with Pegasus to Dalaman. Hoping to fly from Manchester next June.Nothing like doing your homework early, eh? But I suppose BT, like Stoop, might be thinking of buying holiday lira early.
Still very happy with the rate we got in August. It's still got some way to go before we make a loss (not that I'm bothered about a few quid you understand - we bought them because the rate was so good and we had the cash with us in Stirling).
Thanks for your concern though Colwyn
Post by: stoop on December 01, 2015, 13:39:56 PM
I think the reason there was a "verbal fight" was that the question was perhaps not as simple as it seemed.
In any event I still maintain that you get more when changing in Calis/Fethiye (and depending on location) than you get in the UK EVERY time.
Very true H! We always get a much better rate over there.
4.13 in Tesco yesterday
Post by: KKOB on December 01, 2015, 13:55:30 PM
Wassat ?
Post by: stoop on December 01, 2015, 13:57:12 PM
Wassat ?
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:)
I couldn't find a middle finger one ;)
Post by: KKOB on December 01, 2015, 14:39:15 PM
Post by: kevin3 on December 01, 2015, 15:09:26 PM
Same here.I'm using Firefox and i'm emojless. :(
Post by: KKOB on December 01, 2015, 15:26:36 PM
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