Originally Posted by
broadwayboy
Best bet is ATM. There are a couple next to the first luggage carousel you see after Immigration at DPS.
Once you surrender your custom form and turn left, you will see an endless window of foreign exchange agents, all offering same (bad) rate....
These are all to be avoided! Even the airport ATMs have a worse rate than elsewhere (I suppose airport rent must be paid). The roadside money changers everywhere in Bali offer at least 10% better rate than at the airport, and I found them to be honest and reliable even when it looks very ramshackle. There is little reason or benefit to use banks and more formal places to change money, and I had no problem changing a wide variety of bills in varying condition; they know how to test for counterfeit!