www.CostaRicaTicas.com

Experts feel free to chime in here. Financial Wizards!

I know now that US $20 is less than C10,00.00 colones about 9,500 or so. I am no mathematician. Quit Civil Engineering Major in college after attempting to complete Calculus three different semesters! What should I be using on this trip to pay for services provided? Colons or Dollars?

fitty

Actually, it's ¢9900. (No wonder you couldn't pass Calculus, you can't even do simple math. )

The rate is 494.50 which is basically 500:1. If you want to be precise, if chicas convert using 500:1, it would be better to pay in dollars, but not by much.

Let's say you negotiate for $60.

If you paid in 30K colones, you'd be paying $60.67. BIG SAVINGS paying in dollars, 67¢ difference.

This was a good savings opportunity in 2009 when the rate was almost 600. At 585, if you agreed to paying $60 and she accepted 30K, you were really paying $51.28, almost 15% less. Most chicas didn't know any better and just went with it, the smarter (more hardened?) ones, would call you out on it.

last month when i was there SL was giving 460 or or 480 (i dont remember exactly) but casino at DR was giving 530 even though rate was less than 500:1

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That must have been the sell rate, not the buy rate. That was the rate to buy back $1. You had to pay ¢530 to get $1.

You must not know the HDR very well. They aren't in the business of giving money away. They charge guys $11 to use the elevator.

ok gotcha, you are probably right, i didnt exchange any $ there so i really definetly could have read the sign incorrectly

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