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Money Exchange off the 805 ??

DonBaja - 4-27-2007 at 03:36 PM

Does anyone know of an easy off, easy on, place to exchange dollars for pesos off the 805 ?

Dave - 4-27-2007 at 08:42 PM

Get off at the San Ysidro Blvd. exit. Head south towards the border. They are everywhere.

Don

bajaguy - 4-27-2007 at 08:50 PM

check u2u

tjvagabundo - 4-28-2007 at 01:48 AM

As the previous poster said if you take the SY Blvd exit you'll see many of them. Just make sure they don't charge commission and the exchange rate to buy pesos is close, within half a peso or less, to the current exchange rate online. Some of these places like to play tricks with the decimal point to rip you off. There are many sites online where you can check current exchange rates.

DonBaja - 4-28-2007 at 07:44 AM

I see the current rate is 10.95 so I'll watch for competitive rates off of SY Blvd.

fdt - 4-28-2007 at 10:40 AM

If you exit at San Ysidro Blvd, make a left at the end of the offramp and exchange money at any of the exchange places there. Do not make a right because 99% of the exchange places to the west of 805 have a bad exchange rate or charge commission, to the east of 805 its straight exchange/no commision,
PS
Don't ask me why. :no:

Our government...Keeping us safer 1k at a time.

Dave - 4-28-2007 at 11:46 AM

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Originally posted by tjvagabundo
As the previous poster said if you take the SY Blvd exit you'll see many of them. Just make sure they don't charge commission and the exchange rate to buy pesos is close, within half a peso or less, to the current exchange rate online. Some of these places like to play tricks with the decimal point to rip you off. There are many sites online where you can check current exchange rates.


ALL exchanges charge commission. That's how they make a profit. It just depends on whether the price is built in, or not. ;D

New development (to me):

Last week I wanted to exchange $1000 at COSTCO. The cashier said she needed to record ID for any amount 1K and over. I said, "OK, give me $999.99" :biggrin:

DENNIS - 4-28-2007 at 01:32 PM

I thought the Cambios made their money on short term secured loans. Dont know about now but, the banks wouldn't do that and the Cambios made mucho with their high interest rates but, that was the only option for someone in financial need.

The Gull - 4-29-2007 at 06:08 AM

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Originally posted by DonBaja
I see the current rate is 10.95 so I'll watch for competitive rates off of SY Blvd.


10.87 was the best rate at SY on Friday for buying pesos with dollars.