HarryS...I TOTALLY understand your post and I think folks took it WAY off with SOME comments!! I also agree with Rob's comments.
Harry, me and some of my travel mates have also wondered WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO GET MY CHANGE?? My only answer is that it's JAMAICA and everything moves slower there.
WHY DON'T THEY EVER HAVE CHANGE FOR LARGER BILLS WHEN YOU JUST SAW OTHERS GIVE SMALLER BILLS? My answer is that depending on the flow of business they may have given others that change OR they may want to hold on to the small bills to pay their employees or maybe the employees might need the change for catching taxi's.
WHY CAN'T I GET THE SAME EXCHANGE RATE AT LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT I GET AT THE CAMBIO? I think Rob explain that perfectly...basically it's a convience fee as I see it. And frankly they need to make extra money however they can so if charging you extra for using other than JA currency can get them an extra 2 or 3 in their pocket and it's not law saying that they can't they have a right too. Look at it this way they might have to take a trip to the cambio or bank that they wouldn't normally have to do to exchange the money to theirs...just like an American business would have to do in that case.
IF I PAY IN US WHY DO I GET JA BACK IN CHANGE? My answer is this...not everyone pays in U.S. so they might not have enough U.S. money to give back in change since their official currency is JA and that's what they are REQUIRED to have.
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