chaircover:

We must be one of the lucky few as we have never been deliberately short changed before. The one time that we were short changed by N200 was an error on the part of the Alhaji and when I mentioned it the next time I saw him, he apologised profusely and returned N400

First of all we only use the same person. I advise that you choose one person; 2 max and maintain a relationship with him.

We used to change money at the local airport but now we change at Festac. What we do is call this guy a few minutes before we get there tell him the amount and he has the naira equivalent ready for us so there is no hanging around. It works for us Ok and he even gives the driver "coke money" and if the kids are in the car "apple money" separate from the money he has changed.

I always believe that if you are nice to people, they are nice back in return. I also know that there is no such thing as a free dinner. If the rate sounds too good then run as fast as you can.

hackney:

None of that rubbish will ever happen at Nnamdi azikiwe int'l  airport  in Abuja or any of the surrounding hotels;never!!
You can change £10b there in the airport and nothing will disappear to anywhere.

You can literally leave your luggage in the middle of the lounge overnight and it will still be there next morning.
Unfortunately where u land depends on where ur going i know but if you are going east, better land in ABJ.

You 're right about the crooks not operating in Abuja but leaving your bag, nay!, nay!, nay! your bag could develop wing overnight,Definitely an exaggeration.
So people, be careful. . . . Abuja na  naija also. If   ino happen at the airport, they fit track you down if the money worth the hassle though

hackney:


You can literally leave your luggage in the middle of the lounge overnight and it will still be there next morning.
Unfortunately where u land depends on where ur going i know but if you are going east, better land in ABJ.

hackney:


You can literally leave your luggage in the middle of the lounge overnight and it will still be there next morning.
Unfortunately where u land depends on where ur going i know but if you are going east, better land in ABJ.

too_soon:

i have been lucky not to have fallen a victim maybe it is due to my approach. I have three different aboki numbers, what i do is to call and negotiate with them on phone, if price is finalised, thank God for Banks all over the places, i always tell them to meet me up at my bank closer to them, at the bank i will show them the hard currency then watch them deposit the naira equivalent into my account before i hand over the hard currency wait for them to confirm.

RichyBlacK:

I like your approach! I need to know how their jazz will remove the money from your bank account.

too_soon:

i have been lucky not to have fallen a victim maybe it is due to my approach. I have three different aboki numbers, what i do is to call and negotiate with them on phone, if price is finalised, thank God for Banks all over the places, i always tell them to meet me up at my bank closer to them, at the bank i will show them the hard currency then watch them deposit the naira equivalent into my account before i hand over the hard currency wait for them to confirm.

medube:

Unfortunately, I fell into that trap last year. I gave the guy $100 then he gave me N12,000 which he counted in front of me and then gave me to count. I counted it correct, but he said no, theres 1 missing, let me give him to count again. Then he counted and said ok correct now. I went into the room to find 5k short. When I was telling a taxi driver the next day, he said thats whats they always do and if you go back to try and challenge them, they bring out fake dollars out and start creating a scene as if you brought fake dollars. The guys sharp

Its a pity that the Guys doing this are YORUBAS AND IGBOS. I swear HAUSAS are honest. WARNING. Dont ever go to YORUBAS AND IGBOS to change your dollars.