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Odex is a good powdered cleanser. A little tough to find, but oftentimes hardware stores will have it. Sort of like Barkeepers' Friend if you know that from the US.

Get a Charles Schwab Bank account/debit card if you can. Unlimited ATM fee rebates.

In my experience I get the tourist rate when taking out cash from ATMs. I use my Schwab debit card.

Right. But my recent discussion with Wade K. is mostly an academic/theoretical one, looking at the change in the official exchange rate to ascribe a value to the dollar. Wade said that the official devaluation of the peso is actually a devaluation of the dollar.

I think you're overcomplicating the calculation. For the time being, just look at the USDARS exchange rates and not this USD-ARS-USD-through-WU process. A dollar used to cost 366 pesos, now it costs 800. Dollars now cost more pesos, so the dollar has become more expensive/valuable.

The preferential rate for tourists/holders of foreign bank cards has been active since November 2022: https://buenosairesherald.com/argentina-101/foreign-tourist-dollar-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-new-preferential-exchange-rate Your comment above says "At least for now the Dollar is a...

I understand that the difference between the official and blue/WU rates has now decreased, but I don’t understand using that perspective here for the idea of value of the dollar. If you’re using the official exchange rate to sell dollars to someone, that person will pay you approx. 450 more...

doesn't that mean it is more valuable now? the peso has been devauled, not the dollar.

I routinely take out pesos from ATMs using my U.S. card and get the preferential tourist rate. The rate has gone down recently, but it should be in the mid to high 800s per 1 USD as of today. It is supposed to be tied to the MEP rate, but I always find that it is 50-60 pesos less than the daily...

Getting the apostille Sounds like you'll need to get a new background check document and corresponding apostille. If you were not going back to the U.S., Migrations might be willing to take the January 2023 one if it was also properly apostilled: Migrations' official policy is that the FBI...

Living here long-term, and traveling back the U.S. only once in a while, I have to budget my paper bills for the things I absolutely need them for. I don't mind the trade-off of getting a lesser rate vs. having the convenience of simply being able use ATMs. Also, since April, I've tracked every...

Using my U.S. debit card, I get the preferential rate for tourists.

Yep, I'm interested, am living here all on my own and definitely need somewhere to go on Thanksgiving lol

where did you find this? I can't find anything about it on Google. Looks interesting

Out of curiosity, what was wrong with MacStation? I was thinking of having a repair done there because they are Apple certified, but ultimately I had the repair done at an Apple Store during a recent trip to the US as it ended up being a bit cheaper that way.

The battery is starting to wear down on my Bose bluetooth headphones. Replacement batteries are easy to obtain in the US; I plan to get one off Amazon next time I'm back home. But to install it you need someone who is good with soldering and a hot air gun. Does anyone here know of any...

Yeah, I feel that. Much better for my breathing here than back in the US. I’m also prone to nosebleeds if my nostrils get even a little bit dry and that is not a problem here. But… the sweat, I hate it lol

I've been here for five months (and I've lived here before) but I just can't seem to acclimatize to the humidity. Is there anything I can do? A few weeks ago, when it was similarly warm, I was on the subte and I was dripping with sweat even as the other passengers all seemed to be fine. I'm...

happy to help!

I am from the U.S. and I imagine most people here are similar to me -- I have a local healthcare plan and no U.S. one. I paid a one-time premium when I signed up for the local plan and I pay a per-visit copay to see my therapist. I don't think the local healthcare plan would cover a U.S. based...