Your favourite Phnom Penh moneychanger ?
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Re: Your favourite PP moneychanger ?
Thanks, that's great.
Re: Your favourite PP moneychanger ?
good moneychanger?
Sovann at 69 & 71 Street 136. Across from Psar Tamei in a street with many moneychangers and pharmacies. It’s between St. 51 [Pasteur] and 53 St and Central Market. He does all kind of currencies, including dollar-riel of course, and has always given a slightly better rate for non-riel transactions than any other shop I tried. He and his crew are dour but scrupulously honest.
He has an ongoing love affair with money and gold. If you check his DNA I’m sure you’ll find he’s a direct descendant of the moneychangers that Jesus kicked out of the temple.
Sovann at 69 & 71 Street 136. Across from Psar Tamei in a street with many moneychangers and pharmacies. It’s between St. 51 [Pasteur] and 53 St and Central Market. He does all kind of currencies, including dollar-riel of course, and has always given a slightly better rate for non-riel transactions than any other shop I tried. He and his crew are dour but scrupulously honest.
He has an ongoing love affair with money and gold. If you check his DNA I’m sure you’ll find he’s a direct descendant of the moneychangers that Jesus kicked out of the temple.
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Re: Your favourite PP moneychanger ?
Knowing a money changer for years and establishing a trustful relationship with him goes a very long way.
A few exemples of what they can do:
- Agreeing to meet us for business in front of pochentong a day that I was landing with some family in tow and didn't wan't to go downtown before driving south.
- Very conveniently dealing with other kind of valuables in case one needs quality precious metals or even precious stones.
- Not counting the stacks of small riels notes that you just withdrew from a MFI to change into dollars.
- After listening to why I had only a few dollars to change in baht the day before a business trip to Thailand because I had forgotten about yet another banking holidays. Proposing and insisting on lending me a few thousands $ at no cost and without any collateral...
A few exemples of what they can do:
- Agreeing to meet us for business in front of pochentong a day that I was landing with some family in tow and didn't wan't to go downtown before driving south.
- Very conveniently dealing with other kind of valuables in case one needs quality precious metals or even precious stones.
- Not counting the stacks of small riels notes that you just withdrew from a MFI to change into dollars.
- After listening to why I had only a few dollars to change in baht the day before a business trip to Thailand because I had forgotten about yet another banking holidays. Proposing and insisting on lending me a few thousands $ at no cost and without any collateral...
Re: Your favourite PP moneychanger ?
Agreed on Hy Hour on Charles de Gaulle. Best rates, even when you need bundles or bricks of 100 or 500 riel notes.
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Re: Your favourite PP moneychanger ?
Why on God's green earth would you... nebmind. Cheaper than toilet paper, right?JanKrohn wrote:Best rates, even when you need bundles or bricks of 100 or 500 riel notes.
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Re: Your favourite Phnom Penh moneychanger ?
^^ For visits to rural Wats on public holidays. Hand out lots of money. Often just 100s. But lots of!
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Re: Your favourite Phnom Penh moneychanger ?
We have a basic home rule... we fold the 100s into thousand-riel bundles and give those to beggars (disabled, and yeays only, never children or able-bodied people) - that would buy a half-kilo of rice at any rice merchant. If the asker turns their nose up, we know they don't actually need it. We'll give it day after day if asked, seems to keep a happy balance, and gets rid of those pesky 100s.Username Taken wrote:^^ For visits to rural Wats on public holidays. Hand out lots of money. Often just 100s. But lots of!
Bodge: This ain't Kansas, and the neighbours ate Toto!
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