Posted by Phill on Thursday, 15. October 1998 at 14:19 Bali Time:
In Reply to: Money Changing!!! posted by Pete in Bali NOW.. on Thursday, 15. October 1998 at 12:44 Bali Time:
Good advice on the money changers (seems they are still using the same old tricks I encountered on my first trip 12 years ago!). Over the years I found the easiest and quickest way to get the correct amount every time is to bring out my pocket calculator first before handing over any money then I usullay got the full amount. Every now and then I wouldn't bring it out first and more often than not when I counted it it would be short (funny how when you point this out they would produce the exact missing amount from under the counter straight away). Any way getting riped off and comparing who got riped of the most for massage/tshirt/watch etc over a beer at night was always a good laugh (especially when you find someone else paid 10 times as much as you did) - so look an the bright side of it.