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  1. John.St

    Is Argentina Still a Good Deal?

    US$ Blue is at AR$ 1105,00 Compra AR$ 1135,00 Venta so don't expect to see 2,000 any day soon.
  2. John.St

    Price of meat will skyrocket

    Roast Beef Churrasco $6.499 in supermercado vea https://www.vea.com.ar/roast-beef-churrasco/p More vea meat prices today https://www.vea.com.ar/carnes/carne-vacuna
  3. John.St

    Price of meat will skyrocket

    The same goes for Cuyu, eg. Mendoza. It's always cola.
  4. John.St

    Price of meat will skyrocket

    :-D especially not together with "c...... de la lora" :-D
  5. John.St

    Food prices are amongst the highest of the planet

    In 2009 there were barely any difference between official and Blue, less than 5%, so if you want to compare you have to use the official exchange rate.
  6. John.St

    Food prices are amongst the highest of the planet

    I have a receipt from 11 March 2009 for 1.103 kg lomo bought at a butchers in Mendoza. It cost AR$ 26.50 = AR$ 24 per kg In March 2009 AR$ 3.65 = US$ 1.00, es decir 1 kg lomo in 2009 cost close to US$ 6.60 (Dólar Oficial; Dólar Blue barely existed in 2009) Today at the coto supermercado [1] 1...
  7. John.St

    Food prices are amongst the highest of the planet

    Perhaps he means "see food" :cool:
  8. John.St

    Food prices are amongst the highest of the planet

    The problem is that wages in Argentina haven't followed suit, measured in foreign currencies like US$, SFR or EU€. There are now about 30% more people living under the poverty limit, a total of 55% who have less than the price of the basic canasta. You don't have to be a Milei hater to observe...
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    Food prices are amongst the highest of the planet

    Sure - the problem is that wages in Argentina aren't 3x what they were in 2002/3, measured in foreign currence like US$, SFR or EU€.
  10. John.St

    Food prices are amongst the highest of the planet

    I now remember that the same or next day a 3 dishes Menu Executive cost AR$ 9.50 including a glass of wine or a gaseosa, and coffee.
  11. John.St

    Food prices are amongst the highest of the planet

    In September 2002 I paid AR$ 2.50 (US$ 0.82) for a coffee and three medialunas at the corner of Avenida Callao and Sarmiento in Buenos Aires. I remember it so clearly because it was my first breakfast in Argentina.
  12. John.St

    Anyone with experience finding a place in Mendoza?

    As someone who lived in la Quinta Sección in Mendoza for ten years, I second that. https://www.google.com/maps/search/la+quinta+seccion,mendoza,mendoza,argentina/@-32.8912245,-68.8570616,1539m/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu My advice is to rent a tourist apartment, and join the people (expats...
  13. John.St

    No money down mortgages coming back in the US

    Yep. In those days people got NINJA mortgages. NoIncomeNoJobnoAssets
  14. John.St

    How do I pay my rent in USD when I don't have USD cash?

    Ask friends, acquaintances and people on baexpats in general if anyone needs/wants to exchange US$ to AR$. Except at the very beginning I have always changed my US$ with friends.
  15. John.St

    Toilet paper prices

    Find something like this @ US$ 60.- Ultrathin, minimalistic Bidet https://www.amazon.de/gp/aw/d/B09DSZXTQJ/
  16. John.St

    False Imports for 400 Million Dollars

    Pagina12 will be Pagina12, never exaggerating - or sumthin'
  17. John.St

    Blue @ 1,000: anyone lived through 84/89 or 2001 have any advice?

    Absolutely. Date .xxxxx. US$ €Euro $blue €blue 2013.07.30 05.47 08.13 10.78 11.31 2014.07.30 08.22 12.20 16.20 16.73 2015.07.28 09.19 14.80 16.32 16.48 2016.07.27 15.15 15.55 16.65 17.09 Date .xxxxx.US$ US$ .xx. Euro Euro 2017.07.31 17.65 18.05 20.70 21.20 blue 2018.07.31 27.05...
  18. John.St

    Blue @ 1,000: anyone lived through 84/89 or 2001 have any advice?

    Precisely. Just invest all your cash in toiletpaper and whatever imported goods you can find.
  19. John.St

    Slow Internet

    Test your actual speed up/down using https://www.speedtest.net/
  20. John.St

    Apartment needed one person

    Check these: Recoleta: 7 with internet + washing machine from US$ 690 30 without the washing machine from US$ 445 https://www.4rentargentina.com/buenos-aires-apartments-search-page.html
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