Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Other Local Resorts & Areas => Hisaronu Discussion Forum => Topic started by: Fenlander on June 24, 2007, 08:12:07 AM
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Not good in H - the official rate is over 2.6 and the H rate is 2.53 - this year the rate in H are really the worst Ive seen ! The Hisaronu rate is a rip off - in all the times I have been coming ito this area its never been lower then the official exchange rate, but it is now why?
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Last week the official rate fell to 2.58 The Dovis rate is normally about 5 Kurus below official(That is how they make their money....they do not run an office for nothing) So 2.53 is certainly not a rip off. 8)
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what is a rip off is the experience we had in H three weeks ago. We later reported it to the Local Council Belederi there.So a WARNING to all.. ALWAYS stay at the counter and count your lira in front of them after they exchange your stering for lira!!!
The place in question was the money exchange at the entrance to the mall !!!
On day three of our recent holiday I went in there and exchanged some sterling... the lira he handed over to me ( I counted it in his prescence ) was 10 lira short . I informed him it was short.. he didnt apologise, took the cash back, and quickly gave me the ten lira. Mmmmm I thought, was it intentional him trying to short change me ? or was it accidental..Was he hoping I would just stuff the lira in my pocket without checking it as I bet many brits do ? On this occasion I gave him ( there were three men there behind the counter ) the benefit of the doubt, and walked out.
On day 6 I went in there again, same three guys behind the counter, approached one of them,a different one this time, and exchanged some sterling for lira. Same thing happened !!! this time I blew up at them, saying first time could have been unintentional, but not this time, a second time !!... thats twice now you have tried it on !! You are relying on brits not checking the cash at the counter.. you are deliberately trying to `cheat` us !! how many come in here and dont count it out in front of you ? !! My rant at them went on,with me threatening them with the gendarmarie etc.. they remained silent throughout all the time.. no apologies, and no explanation from them
On day 9 my wife decided to go in there to change sterling... I remained outside out of sight from the staff . The same thing happened to her only worse ( because she was a female ) 35 lira short this time !!! She then gestured to me to come in, and when I did their faces dropped... we both blew up at them so much the `mall official guard` came in, but he just looked gormless at us.. the three guys behind the counter again offered no explanation.. I took the calculator off one of them, and angrily showed them how simple it was to calculate and get right. But the figure they tell you you will receive.. is different to the figure they hand over to you. three times now I told them... three times you attempted to `cheat` !! with that we then reported them to the Belediri... since then we met someone else out there who was 99% sure that he was done by those guys as well, but he unfortunately left their premises before he checked his cash. A nice little earner for them I bet. How many people per day exchange cash and dont check, trusting them ?
I know.. you could say.. you should always check your lira in front of them.. and thats very true. But its the `intent` that hurts... the fact that they are gambling you will just place your cash in your purse, or pocket without checking it. Sorry but it soured it a bit for us out there in May
We were later informed that this particular exchange place ( in front of the mall entrance, remember it folks !!!!! ) were last season working in Bodrum. Not sure if they are still in H now after we reported them, If they are the message is `check your sterling in front of them ` of course other exchange places out there may be trying the same `trick` !!!
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The exchange rate in TC travel agent yesterday, was 2.45 :o I decided Not to exchange :P
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Sleuth..that is terrible[:(!]
Thanks for the warning. I am quite honestly getting fed up of hearing about rip off stories in H at the moment. Is this resort on the downhill slippery slope? I know it happens everywhere, but this year I am hearing about expensive drinks/food incomplete buildings,
rip off people, hassling shop owners etc.
Seriously looking at elsewhere for next years hols..maybe in a quieter resort and not as commercialised. Any ideas?
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Thanks Sleuth for such a detailed account of all your woes. Sorry to read about them!
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We got 2.6ytl in Fethiye the week before last but it dropped steadily over the fortnight to around 2.53ytl last Thursday. So not much different to His.
Stoop
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Skegness ?
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Get yourself a Nationwide card to avoid these problems. Best exchange rate you can get & take out as little or as much (up to £300) as you want.
Avoid the chap in the clothes shop in Fethiye near the banks too.
Get a flexible friend instead - you all should know by now Nationwide makes sense.
Linda
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With all the free advertising this Forum has given Nationwide I think we should have a promotional discount Code.!:D
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If in Hisaronu, we use delboys. always decent rate, never been ripped off. Its a little supermarket on the right, just before where the market is. Otherwise, I always use the banks in Fethiey
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Skeggie...nah been there! Too hot!!
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it wasn`t the `exchange rate` they were offering that was the problem... I was happy with that. It was the intent to deceive by deliberately shortchanging and hoping I wouldnt check it, that disappointed me. 2.5 lira to the £ = 250 not 240, or in my wifes case 220 !! Scumbags,,, thats the only word for em... hope they got kicked out of Hisaronu. Anyway the moral is " trust no one at the exchange centres...and CHECK AT THE DESK the cash they give you
Tinkerbell, dont give up on Hisaronu, the good things about the area far outweigh the bad fortunately.Theres still no better destination around the med than Turkey especially our area :)
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If you withdrew cash from a teller in the UK it goes without reason you would count it?
Do people really just hand over wads of sterling in a Turkish change office and depart without checking?
ALL official change offices are actually required to issue a transaction receipt for any 'exchange' transaction, but one begs to ask, why go to the same change office 3 times?
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I always count along with whoever i am getting the money off cos the clothes shop in Fethiye fiddled me last year, and i aint being done again. Alan
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i also got done at the clothes shop.When I questioned him he told me that the rate on the boards outside the shop were only for card transactions and the sterling exchange was lower
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Back just over 2 weeeks now and I got over 2.6 lira to the pound using my Nationwide ATM card everyday, except one which was 2.587, I have not used money exchange places for the past 5 years as I have never had a problem using my Nationwide card and always got the best rate. As far as people thinking that getting "ripped off" is on the increase,I would probably disagree and say that in recent years everyone has become a bit more careful and more suspicious than the first time they visited the area.When they either have been or feel that they have been ripped off,they do not keep to themselves but now tell everyone. This forum is a good way of getting that message across but We should not think that these things never happened years ago.
Evidence can be provided if required ;)
David