money changers


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Posted by gary on Monday, 5. April 1999 at 19:50 Bali Time:

After getting ripped off myself I asked some of the locals
how they do it.Apparently they just flick a bundle of notes
into their laps or onto the floor.They areamazingly quick as
my whole family was watching like a hawk as we were aware of
this problem.On finding this out we would then stand up and
also have our kids stand behind them when changing money.
We had no more problems after this although a couple of places
suddenly had no money when we used these tactics.The places
that gave us problems were the ones offering a higher rate.
It is also better to find places that carry 20,000 or50,000 rp
notes.If you have two poeple have one counting into the other
persons hand and don't let the changer anywhere near it again.


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