In Reply to: perhaps you're right Mr Maybe... posted by skiggy on Wednesday, 25. February 2009 at 07:56 Bali Time:
Surely it is easier to pay the VOA in $A. Simply pull out a $50 note from your wallet and the official does the calculation and hands you Rp 56,000. The whole transaction takes 10 seconds.
I checked out the alternative beforehand at my local credit union. My credit union was willing to sell me $US25 for $A38 plus $A7 fee.
The $US alternative would have cost me $A45 plus time.
The $A alternative cost me $42 and no time.