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    Doing business in Argentina - Our quest to manufacture leather bags here!

    guys - thanks so much for those of you who have pledged on our project. The support really means a lot and we really can't wait to give you your stuff :) Gringoboy - what the name of your brothers company? It would be great to get in touch with him to see how he handles his exporting and some...
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    River Plate This Friday

    What a bummer - they fly Sunday. Are there any other games scheduled for Friday or Saturday that you could recommend or has the CFK sign in a stop to all sports those days?
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    Doing business in Argentina - Our quest to manufacture leather bags here!

    hey steve - yes the prices are in USD - $75 is the rpr if you go to the kickstarter though it's selling for between $30-45. This post really wasn't intended to look for buyers though....more just to say thank you to all those who have helped us get this far and to see what other expats are...
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    Doing business in Argentina - Our quest to manufacture leather bags here!

    haha yeah you would be fine with underwear! when we first got here we were really keen on doing that - there are so many cool designers around - we were thinking of stocking them all. The hardest thing I think is getting a consistent size happening. the currency is in USD....we've struggled...
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    Doing business in Argentina - Our quest to manufacture leather bags here!

    hi guys thanks so much for the feedback... in response to your questions.... 1) The hats are part of the range - they are made with patagonian sheeps wool/leather so a bit different from the rest of our stuff. we have made a weekend bag, a messenger satchel, a backpack, passport wallets...
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    Doing business in Argentina - Our quest to manufacture leather bags here!

    Hi all - My girlfriend (Clo) and I are big readers of this forum and thought I would share our story of the experience of starting up a business in Argentina and hopefully get some other expats to do the same! Our business, ECEL started over a year ago - with the idea of designing and making...
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    River Plate This Friday

    Thanks for the info~I'm sure you're right (and that the game is on Saturday) but when I started looking a month or so ago everything definitely said Friday. this one says 9th...
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    River Plate This Friday

    Hi guys, we have some friends out this week and we wanted to catch the River Game. Is anyone else going? It would be great to tag along with someone who's done it before/knows where to sit and how to buy tickets etc. Otherwise could someone walk me through how I should go about it? Can I just...
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    Looking for an internship - Can anyone help?

    hiya - can you send me your cv too :) [email protected]
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    tomato juice in san telmo?

    theres a chain of cafes called deli fresh - not sure if there's one in San Telmo but they sell V* by the can and by the bottle....only way to drink a bloody mary right
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    exporting freight forwarder or courier recommendations

    hi guys Im looking to send 20-30 packages off in the next month - they weigh between 70grams and 4kg. The majority are going to Australia but theres the odd one off to America/Canada, Europe, Asia. I don't want to use Correo Argentina. The prices are super high (even without tracking) and...
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    Passport & A Prayer...

    Heya JW, When are you thinking of coming? In answer to your questions: 1) Yeah - you can do it one of two ways - leaving the country every 90 days for the visa run (theres a boat you can catch to Colonia for example) or stay in the country and pay a fine when you leave. 2) You should...
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    Border Crossing

    We did santiago-mendoza with no issues (apart from one poor guy who was smuggling in about 100 tea cosys and table cloths - who got thumped with import duties). it was one of the most beautiful trips I have ever taken - if you can try to time it so you cross the andes in the late...
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    Empanadas

    for all the other low brows - who's palettes aren't as developed as zork and Lee's here are some photos I took in homage to my favourite empanada place La Aguada
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    How to block Movistar promotions?

    tell them you want to opt out on their Facebook wall. They will send you a message back within 5-10 minutes saying its done and delete the message
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