In Reply to: money changes ripoffs posted by cazza on Monday, 18. April 2016 at 07:34 Bali Time:
This will continue to happen when you change money at small shops & holes in the ground. They are extremely skilled at fleecing off a few hundred rupiahs. I have been to Bali many times and never change money except for Matiharis and Banks.
On one trip my sister insisted on changing money at a small place on our way to dinner, I said you have to watch them and that is what I did, but they managed to rip off about 200,00rp and this is done by using small domination notes so as to confuse you.
When we got to the restaurant I recounted the money and sure enough it was not all there. The next day we went back to the shop and confronted them & threatened to call the police if they didnt give us our money. Miraculously, they handed it over. Lesson well learnt.