Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Information and Services in Turkey Section => Banks, Interest, Money Transfers, Insurance => Topic started by: Tartdog on April 28, 2008, 11:17:17 AM
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Couple of questions please.
1) Has the turkish lira changed since I last went in 2001?
2) Whats the best currency to take on holiday to Turkey,have read somewhere that a lot of visitors on holiday take only Sterling as they get a better rate at the shops etc,any truth please advice.
Thanks in advance. Tartdog. :)
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There is a lot of info on this within the Forum. The currency has been re-valued since then so is very different. You can see on the Forum page that the latest is 2.62 TL to the £. The general advice is to take cash and a Abbey National card with you as they dont charge for taking money out. My experience is that Sterling and whisky are both generally accepted:D
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Last year you could spend Turkish Lira and Pounds Sterling.Just watch the exchange rates at the time you are there and then you will know wether it is a rip off or genuine exchange
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....and dont use the Currency Exchange office in the centre of Hisaronu unless you specifically ask for a receipt. They will rip you off if they can get away with it.
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HappyMonday, don't you mean a Nationwide Flex account card, or do Abbey not charge also ?
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Depends which cash machine you use with Abbey cards ! Several banks won't charge, one did (sorry, can't remember which one). We usually only take a few lire to get by with for the first day, and then use cash cards, much better rate than changing in the UK. I also take a bit in sterling, as you can usually do a good deal on the markets if you have a few pounds in your pocket (T shirts 4 for £10 etc !). ;)
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Following on from HappyMonday -
...........and don't use the money exchange bloke outside the clothes shop in Fethiye. He will also rip you off.
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Originally posted by julesbob0303
Following on from HappyMonday -
...........and don't use the money exchange bloke outside the clothes shop in Fethiye. He will also rip you off.
:-\ Does he - I used him a couple of weeks ago - I was really chuffed with the rate and I calculated what I should get from him- no problems with the deal.
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Whoops! John and Jane are right - Nationwide Flex. The guy outside clothes shop does give a very good rate but you need to check what you get. In all cases - try to exchange in round numbers where it is easy to work out - eg £100 and always ask for a receipt
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ditto do not use him i was ripped off once bitten twice shy i thought i had a good deal then realise when he asked me for change that is when he pulled his con
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Originally posted by puma
ditto do not use him i was ripped off once bitten twice shy i thought i had a good deal then realise when he asked me for change that is when he pulled his con
What was the con he did?.Tartdog.
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he is a bloody magician he counts it out but when you check again there is not as much
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:)I wont change money with and never say helo to him when Kenny changes money there, but Kenny says he never ripped him off, must be the dirty side ward glance from me/:P
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The con goes something like this...... Say you want to exchange £150 @2.56 you would expect to get 384 YTL but somewhere in the conversation he will ask do you have change? I4 Lira? The natural assumption is that is to round off the figure so we will for the example give him 14 Lira and he will count out your money and give you say 385 check it please...probably talking to you at the time. So it is about what you were expecting and you think no more of it. The reality of the transaction is this:: £150 @2.56 is 384 Lira less the 14 Lira you gave him is 370Lira plus the extra 1 Lira he gave you is 371Lira for £ 150 this is 2.47 lira not 2.56 Lira to the £ you thought you were getting. He is very clever and 9 out of ten people will never realise they have been conned. He may well have other ways as well. If he worked this particular example on say ten people every day he would make about one thousand Lira a week !!!!!
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I suggest that you dont change any sterling at the airport either, the rate has been very poor the last couple of pick ups i did. good rate hunting!
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That guy to whom you refer is a total hustler- granted a good one! He's not managed to rip us off cos I sussed him the very first time( more good luck than financial acumen!) but to be fair hes still going strong and it must have been the early 90's we first happened across him! I'm with Moe- I cant even bear to smile at him when we walk passed.Urgh!