Funny everyone talks about how they can get such a great exchange rate but I have yet to see someone here name a place where you can change a few hundred dollars for much above the official rate. Would love to see one of the folks here who claims to get the better than official exchange rate share details. Otherwise, it seems less than believable that these great rates exist and makes me question why you participate in the conversation since it adds less than zero. As for changing a few thousand at a time, I would be quite careful of doing that unless you have a death wish.