Recent content by hotfuzz

What is the local custom of tipping %?

Yep! Think that's a good motto. I'll stick to the 10%. I went to a restaurant a few days ago with the Argentine family and we spent around 16k on food. Family only wanted to tip around 100 pesos which my fiance thought was insulting to the waiter and a bit embarrassing. We added an extra 1.5k...

I thought it was a tipping country with restaurants and cafes? Thanks for the responses. I feel 10% is a good amount and maybe a bit more if the service was amazing. I really hate tipping culture and everything it stands for. I'd rather people get paid a livable wage then make me play a...

Curious on the normal rate for tipping for cafes and restaurants here. I'm from a non tipping country so I'm not used to it but I do around 10% here. Is that the norm? Some of my Argentine gf family say I tip too much but my gf says they're just stingy with tipping.

Has anyone paid with Google pay instead of bank or card? My country just got it added and it says it pays within minutes vs 0 - 4 days.

The blue had a bigger drop today, but the CCL barely moved from what I can see.

Sorry for the bump but I'm curious about this point. You say it's not "illegal" and only an administrative issue. Is this the actual legal stance in Argentina (that it's not illegal and just a administrative fee when you leave)?

I think he will accumulate some reserves abroad and cut some of the subsidies (which was already going to happen under Guzman), but I don't think it'll be the drastic change required to actually fix anything integral. It'll most likely keep this sinking ship alive till the elections though.

Wonder how the markets will react to this tomorrow? Doesn't look like drastic changes to me.

Wasn't his tweet on Friday last week so he meant this week? Would line up with massa taking his super ministry position this week.

This will cause so much more hassle for expats and I really don't see the benefit to it as everyone will just go to the cuevas for the real exchange. If this is true, I'm surprised we haven't heard of it anywhere except that tweet. Perhaps with the new new tourist dollar they announced they...

Is this a reliable source? So WU will have to give the bank actual dollars instead of sending them pesos? Will they transfer it to pesos or will the receive have actual USD?

Very interesting chart. Thanks for providing that link. Like I said earlier though, there are a lot of new factors that were not present at the time. We are also heading towards a triple digit inflation this year, versus 42% and 50% in 2020 and 2021 respectively. The only point that sucks is...

I'm not sure what the economic situation was in Argentina back in October 2020 (other than COVID), but there seems to be a lot happening both internally in Argentina and globally with recessions and war. Alberto seems severely weakened, currency reserves are low and IMF deadlines incoming fast...

Anyone had any success in contacting WU to finalise a payment that shows as "in progress"? I tried to pay via bank transfer but wasn't able to receive an SMS confirmation from my bank so just left it. Payment didn't come out of my account but it still showing as "in progress" on my account...