Icmeler Online Holiday Forum & Reviews - Turkey

just checked my bank statement and was charged withdrawing cash from hsbc machine last year it was free,so i just opened nationwide account get free cash withdrawls .

Think most of us got Nationwide cards
we just draw £stirling and change up in bars and supermarkets
Cant be doing with looking for good rates Just penny pinching aint it
Only got to ask what rate there going to give you if its low walk away go elsewhere
People you chat with "say" go here or there So we go with it

JOHN

Hi Womble Iam going in two weeks time i was wondering why take stirling out of cash point? why not lira as you would get the bank rate
pete

I was told the cash machine was giving out 2.45 on sunday

The only time you would get free cash withdrawals from an HSBC atm is if you had a bank account plus or premier account with them, maybe your account has changed? I used to be staff

if you take lira from atm how do you know what rate you get?

kirky wrote:if you take lira from atm how do you know what rate you get?

KIRKY
Got it in one mate

JOHN

I used the HSBC cash machine before and i did get charged but only about 81p every time i took out £100.

What did you get charged?


Ola

In April 2.46ytl HSBC machine
Supermarkets were 250ytl also Florida, Olive Tree
thats why I withdraw £Stirling folks

I have an apology using my HSBC card I was charged
just checked my statements
Nationwide absolutely Zilt charge

JOHN

You learn something every day, i didn't know you could draw sterling out in Turkey.

Many a time I think god how much is that, have I got enough in the bank.

Especially this year when hubby gets paid on the 15th whilst we're away.

Bev

when we were in icmeler in may i used nationwide card 8 times over the 2 weeks, you dont know what rate you get till you get back and then you have to work it out but on all of the 8 times i used it i got better rates than we saw around the resort. best rate we saw around was about 2.35 with the exception of the last night when wonderboys were offering 2.40 i got between 2.43 and 2.45 over my 2 weeks from the atm on my nationwide card from various atm's around the resort

I beleive you get the Money Market rate or there about

Thanks for your replies, good point Kirky when in Spain & Portugal the rate was 1.40 to 1.42 euro using Nationwide card we got 1.48 never saw that in resort but had to wait till I got home to find out & no charges.

pete

ATM rate will be slightly better
they want your custom guys

JOHN

Last year we used my hubbies nationwide card in bodrum and we got alot better rate than any of the shops.

After the first withdrawal we wanted to check this so the next day we found an internet cafe and logged on to our account.

If any of you have this option then why not draw lira and then see if the rate is better, if so you know you can carry on drawing lira if not then draw sterling.

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ATM rate will be slightly better
they want your custom guys

JOHN

that is why I asked the question. like everyone only want the best rate
pete

It would be very rare to get a better in resort than you would get on an ATM, especially if using a nationwide card. You will usually get a better rate buying on resort than buying currency over here though.

ola wrote:I used the HSBC cash machine before and i did get charged but only about 81p every time i took out £100.

What did you get charged?


Ola

thinking about it, it might not have been as much as that!

Ola

looks like i be taking my daily lira from atm if you get better rate going for 3 weeks so every lira counts

whem i was in icmeler in may i was getting 230 ytl on the last day i used my nationwide account i drew out 230 ytl when i checked my bank they only took out £92
wish i had put all my holiday funds in nationwide i will next time