Be very careful when u change foreign currency in HK...

[petra]

Hmm..will be careful in my next hk trip.

[adimpleboi]

Thanks for the heads up;.

[oshi-84]

thanks for the heads up bro!

[Kelvin_zhiwei]

Which part of Hong Kong city you went to ? Shop name ?

[flyback]

before fly off change money at singapore money changer better or use credit card if needed.

[Gaara]

avoid changing 1000hkd unless absolute necessary

[satch]

For hk the best rate is at dbs bank, show your dbs sg credit card or atm card, they will waive the hkd100 fees. But need to take note of the short bank opening hours.

Alternatively if u have a citibank account, open a hkd account to link your sg one, then withdraw from citibank atm.

[garfield]

I go to the money changer at funan level 1, checked the rate on for a particular day was 6.25 and the rate at the changer was 6.2. So was pretty good in my opinion. Just take note not to accept any HK 1000 notes. Almost all shops in Hong Kong do not accept this denomination anymore, there has been counterfeit versions circulating since end of last year.

[Techgeek888]

where is best to change nowadays ?

[Wudimax80]

All places got scammer. Not only in hk

[htngwilliam]

Never change money in Hongkong....never! The rate sucks. Nothing such as fair or unfair...it is a willing buyer, willing seller thing. If I put exchange rate as 1sgd to 3hkd, nothing wrong. Best way is to withdraw from hk ATM if u have no choice

[sportee]

change in singapore better or use cards when in H.K lor...less hassle...hehehe....

Totally agree...

[feilong108]

change in singapore better or use cards when in H.K lor...less hassle...hehehe....

[sportee]

just a side track. also be wary with taxi drivers.

had very bad encounters in Macau. Lost my hp as well as one of them shortchanged me. And they like to give you macau dollars as change for your HK dollars. Once you leave Macau, those Macau dollars are practically useless.

Thats the norm there in macau.... sad

[KuchingKu]

HK money changers all the spread very bad for Sing$. Will do better to bring US$ there to change HK$. Else, credit card not too bad.

Best way is to change in Sing. At one time, I changed locally for 5.50. Go HK see its 4.90 and sell is 5.90. Used Credit card and it was 5.40. The difference in scary if you are thinking of buying a HK$100K watch there.

And this kind of rates is the norm there.