Search results

@lunar Tello sounds intriguing, I'm interested in checking it out. I currently use Google Voice as my primary for everything, and it's generally worked fine for 2FA purposes with several different banks and credit card companies. I also keep a backup line open with the TextFree mobile app. The...

Sorry, didn't mean to unlock any repressed memories, lol. I used to watch Little House on the Prairie a lot as a kid and the character of Mr. Edwards (played by Victor French) would sing it a lot. The Bruce Springsteen version is my favorite: Anyways, I digress....back to the carrot cake...

@Stantucker I read your username and the folk song "Ol' Dan Tucker" popped into my head for some reason, lol. I've updated the lyrics accordingly. "Well, Old (Stan) Tucker, was a fine old man, Washed his face in a frying pan, Combed his hair with a wagon wheel, And died with a carrot cake...

Blue was around 1070 all day yesterday, and still at 1070 today, so you might want to check a different source. Either way, 1140 is still a very good price, so I'd also like to know who is paying that :)

@denviochi I would clarify that with the taxi driver prior to your arrival. If he's OK with being paid with a $50 bill, great, but I wouldn't wait until arrival and just spring it on him without asking. Most of the airport taxi drivers will carry enough pesos to exchange a $100 bill at maybe 5...

I don't understand what the benefit of using sites like Onward Ticket is vs. just buying a fully refundable return ticket and then cancelling it after you arrive in country. I get that Onward Ticket "costs" less money up front and maybe makes sense if you have no credit limit or zero disposable...

Quinta Caraná in Monserrat is a hidden gem with fantastic food and delicious Venezuelan-style empanadas. I eat there several times a week. Their Google reviews are near-perfect, and well deserved IMO. The place isn't fancy, but it's definitely comfort food done right. Their salsa picante is very...

No. Small denominations of USD are difficult for the locals to exchange, and many cuevas will either refuse to accept them or devalue them significantly. Nobody here truly wants USD unless it's a crisp $100 bill. Maybe it would have made sense a few months ago when the blue dollar was nearly...

@chris it is possible, but the only workaround I can think of isn't cheap. You'd be better off trying to get the company to cough up their local number or Whatsapp info. To call an 0800 number from abroad, you basically need to somehow make it appear that you're actually calling from within...

@baires2024 You should be paying pesos for nearly everything. Long-termers may occasionally encounter a landlord who wants to be paid in dollars, but for day to day life, pesos are still what you pay for food, hotel, tourist activities or anything else. You pay for everything either with...

I'm confused...so you need ARS or USD? I'm not sure why it would make sense to send a USD to ARS transfer to Argentina via Western Union, pick up the pesos at a local WU office, sell the pesos back to WU to receive physical USD, and then exchange the USD back to pesos again at a later date...

Whenever I transfer Western Union it says I can send up to $5,000. In reality, a lot of smaller offices aren't going to be able to give you a fraction of that. If you were going to receive anything close to $5,000 worth of pesos in cash, you'll most likely need to go to a large and busy WU...

The "MORE" website linked above by D.B. Cooper has a WhatsApp link, so maybe you can message them and confirm whether a specific location accepts Xoom. Just out of curiosity, why Xoom? Western Union seems to have the better rates lately, WU is at 1170 (was 1239 this morning), and Xoom is at 1090.

Have you tried using the "partner locations" search function on the Xoom website? https://www.xoom.com/xoom-locations Assuming the locations are up to date, you should be able to find a location near you.

Here's some info from the Argentine government in English...

@Caribbean Cool if you need a credit card replacement, sometimes the bank or card issuer will send replacements overseas for free or for a nominal fee. I lost my USAA debit card recently and they sent me a new one for free, arrived via FedEx in four days. A few months back I had a suspicious...

I'll have to check out InDrive, haven't tried it before. I usually swap between Uber, Cabify or Didi. With how hot it's been lately I like Uber Comfort because I can specify that I want air conditioning. AC seems to be non-existent in a lot of street taxis, and me being from Seattle originally...

I just order an Uber. Usually I wait to order it until I clear immigration, but on my most recent trip a few weeks ago Argentina immigration took place before departing Colonia, so I ordered the Uber as I walked off the boat. Uber was 2.350 pesos from the terminal to La Boca, not worth it for me...

Yeah, it was sorta hard for me to justify as well since I don't even need another MercadoLibre account, lol. But I didn't want to leave you hanging and I sorta have a "never say die" mentality when it comes to these kinds of things, so for the good of science I had to see it to fruition. Not...