Being the ever so inquisitive one I'm back in Seminyak and just had to drop by a money changer.
With todays xe.com being an exchange rate of 9513, I was intersted to go into a counter offer a rate of 9,510. Other offers along the street ranged form 9,200 to 9,870.
a) The guy brought out his calculator, typed in the AUD 9510 rate and multiplied it by the $50 note i wanted to change. He was happy to show me the display showing a very accurate IDR 47,550. Knowing he was out by a factor of ten, I was amused to watch him count out the currency to exchange by $50 for $5 of local currency. I declined this offer and showed him the correct calculation of IDR 475,500.
b) He counted out 400,000 and offered that.
c) I walked out.
d) Went to the ATM and used the Citibank visa debit card. So much easier.
Alby