Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Calis Beach Questions and Information => Topic started by: Aluns1 on April 13, 2008, 17:51:33 PM
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Sorry if this topic has been covered and it probably has been many times before, but I need to ask a couple of simple questions. In the great scheme of things where is the best place to change your cash? Is it while you are over in Calis or in the U.K.? I have seen the rate at the bottom of the page and this seems a bit higher than what is being offered by the post office and others. As always money is a shade tight and the difference would be aprox 60YTL on the money I could afford to change now, I do not want to be seen as a bit of a scrooge but that 60YTL would be far better off in my pocket than being looked after by our current lot in power in the commons.
P.S. It's raining again in Preston if anybody is interested, sunny though
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Change it over here at a bank or PTT.
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You will always get a better exchange rate in Turkey rather than the UK
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try the guy operating out of shoe shop near banks opposite harbour
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What rate are people getting now?
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always get my change from the guy at the shoe/clothes shop in fethiye who sits outside ( friday i was getting 2.59 to the pound )..in calis i always use the gold shop/jewellers opposite marias bar.young lad always helpful and i have never been ripped off at either,,,regards,city hull
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We got ripped off by the guy in the clothes shop in Fethiye a couple of weeks ago. He has a paperweight on his desk saying "Trainee Millionaire" - we now know why! (Hubby and I were both a bit hungover, and obviously easy targets. Got ripped off by about £14 in total.) We'll avoid him like the plague in future. Sorry Steve.
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This man has been discussed several times on CBF in the past. He is an accomplished conman, avoid.
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:)Funny the guy outside the clothes shop always pops up when exchange rates are mentioned, I wont use him but Kenny does,It must be worth it cos he sits outside from morning till night and if he's not there he will have someone else there. He looks like a smiling mugger, have used the same one in the jewellers opposite Marias, he;s okay, but its handy to know that Maria gives the same rate as him, ;)
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We always use the gold/jewellers shop when in Clais, we have always found them to have a good exchange rate, this is the one on the left as you approach the bridge from dolphin roundabout... we have never been ripped off there....
sunlover
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:)we have had the best exchange rate from a restaurant, as we never had any lira on us, they looked the rate up in the paper and it was better than everyone else was giving. worth a try. ;)
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Hi Sunlover
I agree, I have also used this jeweller now for some years and have always found him to be offering the correct exchange rate and will continue to do so as long as he remains competitive.
john
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We don't carry a lot of readies to change. We use Nationwide Flex Debit card at ATMs and draw in Lira straight from UK account. The exchange rate is as good if not better than most. On the odd occasion that we do change sterling we use the aforementioned jewellers or the guy at the icecream parlour on the prom.
Ken :D :D
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We do exactly the same Ken and always been good.
June :)
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I always use the guy in the clothes shop, but after reading posts on here, make sure I count it back in front of him. Never had any problems.
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We always use the "Trainee Millionaire" and he always gives us a calculator to check the amounts and asks us to count back the money in front of him. Never had any problems and always get a good rate. Maybe he is used to seeing us and we have often changed large amounts.
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I found the bloke who operates out of a shed at the Mado ice cream shop on the sea front to be very reliable and give a consistantly good rate of exchange.
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Be very careful with the guy outside the clothes shop - he is very cunning. he knows that when you first change money there you will take care to check, and so he makes sure that he gives you the correct amount the first few times. However, he also knows that once he has 'proved' how honest he is - hence the use of a calculator, he knows you will be more relaxed, and then he will look for an opportunity for 'the sting' usually when the calculation is complicated - beware especially is he asks you for a small amount of lira. I almost got caught out, despite the fact that my day job is teaching statistics! When I challenged him he tried to fob me off, but I stood my ground, the smiles disappeared, face became red, and he got very angry. Eventually he gave in and threw the amount he tried to cheat me out of on the counter. Now he gives me a wary look when I walk past...
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Yes, he diddled us out of 10 lira - we thought he was "rounding up" and it made it easier for him with the bigger notes. I can't believe he ripped us off - we are both intelligent people, but changed a large amount of money at the same time. I was so fed up for the rest of the day when I realised what he had done. They've lost a fair bit of business at that clothes shop though - me and my three daughters will never buy anything in there again (we have already spent quite a lot of money in there in the past) and hubby had bought shoes from there. Never again!
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:)Tired of telling Kenny that the man is a sheister, he wont have it.next time out i'll make sure we just use the ATMs. ;)
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Why would anyone change money with a guy who touts for business outside a bloody clothes shop? A clothes shop wedged between a number of banks too. Mrs. Scunner changes money at one of the banks, I use the Dikmen change shop, and if we are in Calis I only ever use the Onur silver shop opposite Maria's. I have done for years and have never had any incidents, I send everyone who asks there, and although his rate may not quite as good as the Fethiye banks and change shops it is reasonable and you get what you thought you would get without lousy tricks.
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Hi all,we have always used(for the last 6 visits)the nice old fella in the shed who now has the mado ice cream place.Have introduced him to many of the freinds we've met in calis,and never heard a bad word.
He has now moved on from shaking hands with me to kisses... :-\ and always given a decent rate.
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next people will be opening back accounts with them what aload of crap so does this mean banks will be doing suits etc Duh!
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How many Turkish socks to the English sock? ;)
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Living here, we rarely need to change money as we always work in YTL, but on the odd occasion we have a bit of sterling that needs changing we always go to the TEB bank, as there rates have always seemed one of the best.
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Nice one pete
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I can't see the problem - if you are given the exchange rate and count what you are given, how can you be swindled ? The guy in the clothes shop normally gives a good rate and you don't have to queue up, that's why we use him.
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That's exactly what we think as well GrantT, we've been using him for around 4 years now, no problems, we count it out and check the figures on a calculator.
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exactly grantt...check and double check...the banks are by far the biggest rip off merchants..
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what rate are the shops in Calis and Fethiye giving at the moment please
Mark
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Hi Mark, hope you're well.
We've just got back last Friday and they were giving an exchange rate of between 2.40 and 2.48 (ish) over the fortnight we were there.
Mark G.
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The best rate we got there 3 weeks ago was, 2.60 :D 8)
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We got 2.59 at the Teb bank about 3 weeks ago, and I whole heartedly agree with nearly all about the Clothes shop bloke he tried to do my 13 year old niece out of 10 lira last year, luckily my hubby was with her and confronted him, he threw the money at us. Now whenever we pass him my husband calls him a bobbin rasturd.:D
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Just got back from 2 weeks in Calis.Exchange rate with Nationwide using the cashpoints varied from 2.54 to 2.48. 8)
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Was told by a neighbour that the rate in Fethiye today was 2.37. However at the Jewellers in Calis got 2.4 tonight - unusual [?]
Ken :D
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Thanks everyone for the info.
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hi there,ive just come back andi found the rate tobe better using my nationwide flexi debit card,plus there are no bank charges at either end.