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Originally Posted by KohOnly21

1) They don't always give competitive rate
2) They sometimes ask how much you are changing before providing you the rate based on the amount of money you are changing.
3) Their rate in the morning and during night sucks
4) They do judge their customer first (Newbie face or regular face)

Very much often,the 2 money changers with prettier girls will wave at me and signal me to go to them,bro M was one of them in my previous previous group trip who got called over,hehehe..too bad the girls arent my type,hehehe...色字头上一把刀 ,translate to " there is a knife above the character for lust".

For me,late morning is often the best rate (10am-11.30am, i notice),early noon still ok,maybe becos more customers and they are competing but i was advise against changing at night by quite a few money changers who knows me. They told me they were unable to access to some sort of real time exchange rate connection (with banks) and any small mistake would result in lost hence rates are usually not very good after 8pm.

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

Currently, those money changers that i frequently visited has the following pluspoint:

1) They will only give their best rate at all time
2) No matter i change $20, $40, $400 or $1000 are the same rate (Maybe more than $1000 can request for the boss to provide slightly better rate)
3) Welcome anybody

What you say on the 1st 2 applies to me opposite Formosa hotel too.

I check online before i go to money changer,if rate is 9820/SGD,i know i will get...hehehe...yes,even if i change S$50.

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

Those money changers in the malls often offer rp 50/100 to 200 lower for every SGD 1.00 changed, comparing to the average rate offered outside the malls.

If comparing getting the best rate vs shopping malls rate, some times the differences can be as much as 200-300 rp for every SGD 1.00 changed.

Every $100 changed = loss 20,000-30,000 rp
Every $500 changed = loss 100,000-150,000 rp

True,especially those around the entrance area of most mall. They have some of the WORST rate. Wait,the Batam center and Harbour bay were the worst,mall entrance area holds the 2nd worst position (at times the same).

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

It's really amusing to see many tourists taking taxi from Nagoya Hill to Formosa/ Formosa to Nagoya Hill for 50,000/60,000 rp per trip.

Agree and more amusingly,they still say very cheap.

I met a bro (not in this forum) in Formosa Hotel who is about to take a taxi to Nagoya hill mall. I bring him to the small road dividing between Lucky Plaza and Formosa Hotel which takes 5 sec walk and point to him Nagoya Hill Mall which is within sight. He looked a bit surprised tho, but man being a man,has some level of pride.He thanked me, bid me farewell and continue to take his taxi to Nagoya Hill mall,hehehe... (for 50k)

It happens. (and will continue to)

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

Usually for nearby places, the lowest the taxi driver will ask are 30,000 rp. In this case, i would recommend calling Silver Cab/Blue Bird (Metered Taxi). If the fare turn up to be less than 25,000 rp, you just pay the minimum charges of 25,000 rp will do. The call operator of Silver Cab/Bluebird can speak pretty decent English.

For those who didnt know Blue Bird's contact number :

https://sgsbf.social/showpost.p...ostcount=31232

Originally Posted by KohOnly21

1 more thing i realized, these metered taxi can be considered worst than the normal taxi as so far in my experience, none of the metered taxi has returned changes to me as told by them that they do not have any small changes. However, i do encountered plenty of the normal taxi giving me back my changes after the ride.

I am curious,how much will it cost to take Silver cab to Sekupang (around KTM resort)?

I am even more curious if anyone would ever take silver cab to Galang Island's ex viet Camp ?

Just asking out of curiosity if it will exceed 100k.