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Offline HappyMonday

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« on: September 02, 2007, 18:00:02 PM »
If you use the foreign exchange in Hisaronu at the entrance of the new shopping centre make sure you get a receipt!  The guys in there seem to be short-changing tourists. My wife was nearly short-changed by the quivalent of £70 over a £350 exchange four weeks ago. when confronted they initially said that they charged commission and when we laughed at this they did it correctly and gave us a receipt. Two weeks ago we saw the same thing happening to another lady and had to run after her to tell her. Just be careful.



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« Reply #1 on: September 02, 2007, 18:11:39 PM »
Its a disgrace H.M. I wonder how many more have been like that lady and ripped off. With all of the publicity about tourists being hassled etc. surely there is a case to report this crew ?

Offline tribalelder

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« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2007, 18:17:06 PM »
A warning about this place was posted on this Forum some months back.....so why go there?

Offline Steve (redding43)

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« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2007, 18:19:21 PM »
.....because they did not read the post or recall it?....

Offline sominekebap

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« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2007, 18:44:42 PM »
I think that is really the lowest form of fraud.

Offline Scunner

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« Reply #5 on: September 02, 2007, 18:55:30 PM »
Not reading a post? I agree  ;)

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« Reply #6 on: September 03, 2007, 08:16:58 AM »
BE WARNED - they tried to rip us off too, in May this year.  I won't bore you with the whole details but it was a deliberate con, and if I hadn't been so alert it would have cost me around £50.  They tried the same scam on another person at the same time, but they corrected it when they saw me watching.
I told them exactly what I thought of them, and I will never go in there again.
KEEP AWAY.

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« Reply #7 on: September 03, 2007, 09:06:09 AM »
i think if you change £100 at a time it is very easy to check
the amount time the rate eg 2.65 tl   would be 265.00 tl for 100
so they dont diddle you.

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« Reply #8 on: September 04, 2007, 07:23:12 AM »
Wheteher here or any other exchange I always stick to simple rules

1, Always take a calculator and work out what you should get for their advertised rate

2, Ask them how many Lira you will receive for your money before you hand over your cash

3, Walk out if it's less than what is on your calculator display



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« Reply #9 on: September 04, 2007, 11:06:45 AM »
It was me who first posted  this scam  on here warning people way back last May [:(!] the very same establishment !!!  What we find  is very disappointing is that back then we spent nearly two hours  in the offices  of the Hisaronu `Tourists complaints department` informing, and complaining to  the respective turkish people in there, but obviously we would have been better off  talking to a brick wall... they have done nothing !!  and they want brits to keep returning to Hisaronu ??  its obviously a `national sport` this con with the money exchange establishments all over the coastal areas..but  no good  is gained by reporting them :-\
we  blew up at them in the exchange place itself , that doesnt work, they just look sheepishly at you and make pathetic excuses..  then you leave their premises.. then the the next brits stroll in,  and they work the scam again...  you cant win :-\ SO WHEREVER YOU EXCHANGE CASH
JUST BE ON YOUR GAURD AND COUNT THE CASH THEY GIVE YOU IN FRONT OF THEM....   GOOD LUCK !!tw




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