Icmeler Online Holiday Forum & Reviews - Turkey

hi does any one no what exchange rate is today in icmeler thanks

hiya yeah can someone come along and let us know the rate in icmeler today
im in izmir right now and i think i just got ripped off as i only got 2.45 which is low
and it says 2.6 online
thanks in advance
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Hi Katie,
Looks like you were as i just checked M&S and their rate today is 2.504 lira.
Less than 24 hrs til i'm in Icmeler can't wait.

Theresa.

i just said to my boyfriend who is turkish we arent going there again
i hate being ripped off with money
thanks theresa thats what i thought it was still higher than that
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I know how you feel katie.
A couple of years ago i went into one of the cash exchange shops after seeing a good rate on their board and got much less than advertised.I was told that i would have got it had i changed £200. I don't use them anymore only the shop under ICR office.

Theresa

katie i think you will find 2.6 is the banking rate, post office on line service is only giving 2.502 to the pound

p.s. i would be happy with 2.5 when i go for mine

yes i know that is the interbank rate so i was expecting about 2.52-2.56 but not 2.45 thats a joke
its not that much lower
same with me theresa i only use the shop under icr when im in icmeler
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I looked on the Post Office website last week and their exchange rate was 2.46. When i went to my local post office and asked how much i would get for £500 i was told the rate for that day was 2.36.. When i said the website quoted 2.46 i was informed you only get 2.46 if you buy £1,000 worth of Lira...I wanted to buy some Lira because i feared the exchange rate would drop by the time we arrived in August. This only being our 3rd holiday in Turkey 2.46 looked good to us because the most we have ever got in Icmeler was 2.34 last year..Went to my bank, ( RBS) and they offered 2.46...Obviously went with that one as we got 200 Lira more than the Post Office was giving...Swings and roundabouts i know but, no one wants to miss out on 200 Lira do they....Just have to wait until August to spend it now....

Katiehutchinson_1991 wrote:yes i know that is the interbank rate so i was expecting about 2.52-2.56 but not 2.45 thats a joke
its not that much lower
same with me theresa i only use the shop under icr when im in icmeler
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i was down Glenrothes shoping centre not long after my last post ,post office was giving 2.39 to the pound . think your self lucky you got 2.45

i am in turkey though so i wouldnt expect a uk rate
the rate is always much higher in turkey than in the uk
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things are tight all over the world.

yep i know that but the lira was high for a while
was just surprised to find the rate i got today after reading what people were getting recently in icmeler
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what anoys me is the the exchange shops , tell you what the rate is then for every £100 pound the guy took 8 tlr
comission , this was in icmeler the one across from the shop that gives a good rate .

I think my timing was good - I managed to get 2.54 at Post Office approx 2 weeks ago... its amazing how things change quickly...

biddy wrote:I looked on the Post Office website last week and their exchange rate was 2.46. When i went to my local post office and asked how much i would get for £500 i was told the rate for that day was 2.36.. When i said the website quoted 2.46 i was informed you only get 2.46 if you buy £1,000 worth of Lira...I wanted to buy some Lira because i feared the exchange rate would drop by the time we arrived in August. This only being our 3rd holiday in Turkey 2.46 looked good to us because the most we have ever got in Icmeler was 2.34 last year..Went to my bank, ( RBS) and they offered 2.46...Obviously went with that one as we got 200 Lira more than the Post Office was giving...Swings and roundabouts i know but, no one wants to miss out on 200 Lira do they....Just have to wait until August to spend it now....

Hi Biddy

I think you may have got your maths wrong if you changed £500

Post Office £500*2.36 = 1180 Lira
RBS £500*2.46 = 1230 Lira

So only 50 lira more unless you changed £2000

Dave

i've just came back in from tesco and seen there doing in store for 2.504

i was gona cash in a few weeks ago when it was at it's peak but i've still about 50lira left from my last hols so that's plenty, and will just cash sterling notes in resort under ICR as that is always getting touted as the best rate.

tbh anywhere above 2.50 now and that's a good benchmark to work it out. Any more is a bonus

We got 2.52 last Thursday at M & S

JT or anyone in icmeler now that would like to let us know the rate in resort would be much appreciated ?
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Today's rate in the resort is 2.57 offered commission free at several shops and bars. I myself got 2.60 at the wonderboys bar 5 mins ago.

dksbbs wrote:

biddy wrote:I looked on the Post Office website last week and their exchange rate was 2.46. When i went to my local post office and asked how much i would get for £500 i was told the rate for that day was 2.36.. When i said the website quoted 2.46 i was informed you only get 2.46 if you buy £1,000 worth of Lira...I wanted to buy some Lira because i feared the exchange rate would drop by the time we arrived in August. This only being our 3rd holiday in Turkey 2.46 looked good to us because the most we have ever got in Icmeler was 2.34 last year..Went to my bank, ( RBS) and they offered 2.46...Obviously went with that one as we got 200 Lira more than the Post Office was giving...Swings and roundabouts i know but, no one wants to miss out on 200 Lira do they....Just have to wait until August to spend it now....

Hi Biddy

I think you may have got your maths wrong if you changed £500

Post Office £500*2.36 = 1180 Lira
RBS £500*2.46 = 1230 Lira

So only 50 lira more unless you changed £2000

Dave

Hi Dave, I did not get my maths wrong, what i failed to mention ealier was the quote i was given by the Post Office. For £500 they would give me 1,030 lira. I know that 2.36 lira to the £ would get me 1180 lira but the quote they gave me was less..There was also another couple in there at that time who wanted to change sterling and like me could also see that something was not quite right... 200 lira is 200 lira it was not a small amount..I expect the rate to vary depending where you go,like i said swings and roundabouts, but not when it adds up to that...