I`m not talking about a real bandito, but the bandita at the pay booth at the TJ airport. I mean the exchange rate is close to 14 to 1 right now, my
tab for 6 days was 978 pesos. I asked how much in dollars, and she moved the decimal over one and wrote $97 (as in dollars). Luckily I had the pesos,
but beware and ALWAYS have pesos!!
BTW-- She was peeed off when I actually had the pesos!!! Oh yeah....... at 13 to one it`s about $75!!
Whoooops-------- meant to say this was the parking garage!
[Edited on 6-29-2012 by BornFisher]Alm - 6-29-2012 at 12:11 PM
Pretty common trick in Baja. Get used to it. Another one that they have up their sleeve is - "no change", though usually in smaller businesses. Or
they give you change in pesos at the rate 1:10, when the price was originally quoted in $US (ex. camp fee), and paid for in $US.Bob and Susan - 6-29-2012 at 12:25 PM
wait a minute...do you take pesos in the usa...
i didn't think so...
if you take dollars to mexico...then it is what it is...
exchange money at the border before you crossmotoged - 6-29-2012 at 12:37 PM
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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
wait a minute...do you take pesos in the usa...
i didn't think so...
if you take dollars to mexico...then it is what it is...
exchange money at the border before you cross
Really !!!!!
BF,
You aren't in Kansas any more...Alm - 6-29-2012 at 04:37 PM
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Originally posted by Bob and Susan
wait a minute...do you take pesos in the usa...
If places like San Ysidro you consider the "usa", then I would think so. Tijuana is a border town. Along Canadian border you will often find that both
$USA and $CAN are accepted in retail services on either side of the border. When businesses choose to accept the other currency in such situations as
a courtesy to customers, the rate is somewhere at 80-90%. At 70% it doesn't look nice. Perhaps a Mexican version of "courtesy" ... Though, in these economic downturn I wouldn't be surprised, they are trying to
squeeze as much as possible out of fewer gringos, to make up for lost profits.
In-Airport Exchange Kiosk
Mulegena - 6-29-2012 at 06:58 PM
Is there not an exchange kiosk located within the TJ Airport?
There are in other international airports throughout the world.BornFisher - 6-29-2012 at 07:43 PM
OK here`s the deal--- The exchange rate has been near 14 to 1 lately. The kiosk in TJ was near 13 to 1, not too bad. The kiosk in Los Cabos was 11 to
1 (rip off).
I don`t mind getting getting a lower exchange rate as long as it is near 10%. But when it is near 30%, at the airport garage, I just want to warn
others. Not complaining here, just a heads up to others who may park long term. I had the pesos so no real problem, and I think you could pay with a
credit card which would help. But again-- that bandita thought she had me by the gonads, and peeed me off!!RnR - 6-29-2012 at 08:53 PM
Or, she could easily divide by 10 but didn't have a calculator to divide by 13 or 14 .......BornFisher - 6-29-2012 at 09:21 PM
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Originally posted by RnR
Or, she could easily divide by 10 but didn't have a calculator to divide by 13 or 14 .......
Or she could have easily asked me to divide by 13 or 14 and I would have been happy to do that. She got a little greedy on me, that`s all.
Gas stations post the exchange rate. But the parking garage at the TJ airport does not. So just a heads up here.Alm - 6-29-2012 at 11:42 PM
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Originally posted by BornFisher
She got a little greedy on me, that`s all.
Now you got it right.
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Originally posted by BornFisher
Gas stations post the exchange rate.
Because gas stations have other ways to rip you off - giving less gas for example. In some places they might also give you a lesser grade of gas than
you paid for, don't know if this applies to Baja Norte.
[Edited on 6-30-2012 by Alm]Bob and Susan - 6-30-2012 at 05:40 AM
you misunderstand taking dollars in mexico
if they take them at all its a courtesy
when you are a vendor and take dollars
you can ONLY exchange a limited amount each month
without incuring a tax
this avoids laundring
the bank rate yesterday 6-29-2012 was 12.99 NOT 14DavidE - 6-30-2012 at 06:40 AM
Not a rip off...
PREMIUM UBA gasoline is presently just five cents US per gallon more than MAGNA. My little car with the cranky 3.0 Mitsubishi 3.0 V-6 seems to love
premium.Marc - 6-30-2012 at 04:38 PM
Nowadays I get my Pesos right here in San Francisco.BornFisher - 6-30-2012 at 07:28 PM
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the bank rate yesterday 6-29-2012 was 12.99 NOT 14
There was a bank across the street from the Marriott. The rate went from 13.88 (6/22) up to 14.05 then up to 14.08, then back down to 13.8 or so. I
came home on 6/27. The rate was NOT 12.99 but closer to 14!BajaBlanca - 7-1-2012 at 09:32 AM
I appreciate being given a heads up - that way you can choose to either pay up in dollars at a lousy rate or be prepared with pesos ! thanks for the
info.
It is true that banks here down south are making it harder and harder to do dollar transactions in order to prevent laundering. In the end it just
hurts that little guys in business.
... Though, in these economic downturn I wouldn't be surprised, they are trying to
squeeze as much as possible out of fewer gringos, to make up for lost profits.