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Currency Exchange

Post by Mirageee » Fri, 23 Jun 2017 7:03 am

Hi fellow expats, I just got to Singapore..just wondering how do most people get their currency exchanged here that doesn't make me lose out too much like with banks?

Thanks!

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by Strong Eagle » Fri, 23 Jun 2017 9:44 am

Mirageee wrote:Hi fellow expats, I just got to Singapore..just wondering how do most people get their currency exchanged here that doesn't make me lose out too much like with banks?

Thanks!
Arcade Money Changers at Raffles Place is your best bet.

http://arcademoneychangers.com.sg/ratesbiglogo.asp

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by ecureilx » Fri, 23 Jun 2017 1:31 pm

Strong Eagle wrote: Arcade Money Changers at Raffles Place is your best bet.

http://arcademoneychangers.com.sg/ratesbiglogo.asp
And Mustafa Money Changer also :)

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by Mirageee » Fri, 23 Jun 2017 2:21 pm

Thanks guys, will check them out. I was looking online earlier also and noticed this P2P service called Sharevellers..seems like pretty good rates, anybody used them before?

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by Max Headroom » Fri, 23 Jun 2017 2:57 pm

Crafty =D>

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by Mirageee » Fri, 23 Jun 2017 3:12 pm

i might check out Raffles Place this evening if I don't get a hit on the P2P exchange...

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by jwoods1864 » Sat, 24 Jun 2017 11:44 pm

Are you already here? Or when are you coming?


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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by Mirageee » Mon, 26 Jun 2017 8:55 am

I'm already in sg

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by @ronGu@ » Tue, 22 Oct 2019 3:48 pm

ecureilx wrote:
Fri, 23 Jun 2017 1:31 pm
Strong Eagle wrote: Arcade Money Changers at Raffles Place is your best bet.

http://arcademoneychangers.com.sg/ratesbiglogo.asp
And Mustafa Money Changer also :)
Both this areas not bad the rates.

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by nextlife01 » Fri, 29 Nov 2019 2:21 pm

Now there’s a site out there which allows you to see money changer rates all over Singapore; It’s called CashChanger and it gives you up-to-date rates for 13 currencies. Started only about 7 months ago, it now provides information from over 80 money changers in Singapore.

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by sundaymorningstaple » Fri, 29 Nov 2019 5:44 pm

It's crap.
SOME PEOPLE TRY TO TURN BACK THEIR ODOMETERS. NOT ME. I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW WHY I LOOK THIS WAY. I'VE TRAVELED A LONG WAY, AND SOME OF THE ROADS WEREN'T PAVED. ~ Will Rogers

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Re: Currency Exchange

Post by Max Headroom » Sun, 01 Dec 2019 10:36 am

nextlife01 wrote:
Fri, 29 Nov 2019 2:21 pm
Now there’s a site out there which allows you to see money changer rates all over Singapore; It’s called CashChanger and it gives you up-to-date rates for 13 currencies. Started only about 7 months ago, it now provides information from over 80 money changers in Singapore.
Yeah, I don't really see how that can work, because the rates at money changers are at their discretion. Nego a bit and up/down it goes. How's the site going to reflect that?

Plus, the money changers probably submit super attractive rates to that site to draw in the crowds. Of course by the time you've arrived at that money-changer, fat chance you're getting that rate.

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