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Just wonder if anyone else has noticed travelfx has taken Turkish Lira off of the currencies list that they offer!!!
Bit odd isn't it?!

I've just spoken to someone at Travelfx and they have stopped selling Turkish Lira for the foreseeable future as neither themselves and according to him most other exchange offices can't get hold of any.
He seemed to think it had something to do with the Turkish Government!!
Can JT or anyone shed any light on this?
Chris

I dont know the reasons for it but when we went to get sone spending money changed into lira last weekend, we were told that "there was a shortage of it at the moment"?? that was from a travel agents (they had the best exchange rate) i asked if that was because they had had a lot of customers in to exchange money maybe before the rate dropped any lower?, and she said no and that everywhere seemed to be struggling to get hold of it??

How strange daisy!

Chris221273 wrote:How strange daisy!

Thats what we thought. I don't understand how?

Have seen quite a few people saying they've found it really hard to get hold of Turkish lira here in the UK at the moment...

JT do you have any idea?

A local Travel Agent has a notice in their window saying that they have stocks of the Lira but to obtain it quickly as there is a shortage of Lira in the UK. It must be all the people who changed money when the rate was very high lol!!

bobbysgirl wrote:A local Travel Agent has a notice in their window saying that they have stocks of the Lira but to obtain it quickly as there is a shortage of Lira in the UK. It must be all the people who changed money when the rate was very high lol!!

I spoke to someone yesterday who works for an exchange agency and they said they've only ever had a shortage in currency when a country is either trying to change the currency (ie joining the EU) or because a country is trying to lower the rate of inflation!
Guessing it would be the latter?!
Chris

bobbysgirl wrote:A local Travel Agent has a notice in their window saying that they have stocks of the Lira but to obtain it quickly as there is a shortage of Lira in the UK. It must be all the people who changed money when the rate was very high lol!!

Guilty as charged there, m'lud!

Chris221273 wrote:

bobbysgirl wrote:A local Travel Agent has a notice in their window saying that they have stocks of the Lira but to obtain it quickly as there is a shortage of Lira in the UK. It must be all the people who changed money when the rate was very high lol!!

I spoke to someone yesterday who works for an exchange agency and they said they've only ever had a shortage in currency when a country is either trying to change the currency (ie joining the EU) or because a country is trying to lower the rate of inflation!
Guessing it would be the latter?!
Chris

I asked a travel agent yesterday why there is a shortage and they said it was because the turkish government have stopped lira from leaving the country as they are trying to rewrite the rules and regulations regarding releasing lira to European countries and until they have done that no lira is to be released. I dont really fully understand the ins and outs but thats what I was told