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    Western Union money transfer

    I recently used Remitly.com and got a great rate but today they're only offering 1060 and western union is offering 1149 with a usa bank to Argentina bank transfer with no fee, seems pretty good.
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    USD to MP virtual wallet?

    I don't know about transferring into a digital wallet, but I just did a posting about transferring USD to an Argentina bank account (converted to ARG pesos) https://baexpats.org/threads/transferring-usd-to-ars-using-remitly-com.47960/ Don't know if this helps with a digital wallet, but it...
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    Transferring USD to ARS using Remitly.com

    About 2 years ago I used Remitly.com to transfer a few hundred USA dollars just to see how it worked in case of an emergency where I needed to transfer some money from my USA based bank to Argentina. The first time I used it I had to give them a scan of my DNI but then it worked easily. I also...
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    Pet Adoption Shelters - Wanting to adopt a cat

    Thank you so much!
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    Pet Adoption Shelters - Wanting to adopt a cat

    Do you have a website link or instagram group? How do I contact them?
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    Pet Adoption Shelters - Wanting to adopt a cat

    Thank you FrankPintor, D.B. Cooper, Quilombo and elhombresinnombre for the replies! I sent a message off to one of the shelters that I found https://www.centromichimiau.com.ar/, I'll post if I get a response. I also plan to visit Plaza Las Heras and Parque Centenario and check them out.
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    Pet Adoption Shelters - Wanting to adopt a cat

    Hello group, I searched here but didn't find any current information. 16 years ago we adopted Rocky from a great shelter "Sociedad Protectura de Animales "Sarmiento"" in Monserrat but they no longer seem to be running. Doing a search on animal shelters has a lot of outdated information. Does...
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    Using your Argentina credit card while traveling outside Argentina

    That's why I asked the question, there are "hundreds" of articles and things change in Argentina daily, so it's hard to keep up with "what is what".
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    Using your Argentina credit card while traveling outside Argentina

    I don't understand what MEP is. Is this just a way of buying USA dollars from the bank?
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    Using your Argentina credit card while traveling outside Argentina

    Santander has a real crazy way of displaying charges and payments. After my monthly cycle closed, then the 60% taxes appeared on the converted USA charge (which I originally made in Arg pesos, the government converts all charges made outside Argentina into a USA dollar charge). On a USA...
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    Using your Argentina credit card while traveling outside Argentina

    Yes, the Santander rep mentioned about buying dollars with MEP, I had no idea what he was talking about as I've never bought dollars here. Is MEP just the bank way of selling USA $$?
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    Using your Argentina credit card while traveling outside Argentina

    I just spent about an hour trying to figure this out. I looked at our April statement and they withdrew $2,692.86 pesos from my account to pay for a USA charge on my account of $1.86 2692.86/1090 (blue peso rate then) = USA $2.47 for a $1.86 charge The difference is because of the large tax...
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    Using your Argentina credit card while traveling outside Argentina

    Yes, when I went to Santander to talk to someone, he said the best thing to do is deposit USA $$$ into the dollar part of my account, this way you pay the charged amount in dollars with dollars, and then he said you will get an automatic "refund" from the government from part of the tax. I...
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    Life and death question...has anyone seen relish?

    Sorry, should have included that, Disco - Rodríguez Peña 1430 between Las Heras and Juncal in Recoleta. Believe it or not but they also had Horse Radish, first time I ever saw that in Buenos Aires in 23 years of living here. But Disco is horrible with their stock, things come and go, I'm...
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    Using your Argentina credit card while traveling outside Argentina

    This is a monthly charge from youtube premium so I can see this happening every month.
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    Using your Argentina credit card while traveling outside Argentina

    We have a Santander debit and credit card. Recently I purchased some show tickets for an upcoming trip to Mexico, the Mexican show quoted me a price in Argentina pesos. When the charge arrived at Santander, it was converted into a USA $$ amount. I contacted the Mexican company and they...
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    Life and death question...has anyone seen relish?

    The Disco near me carries Heinz Relish.
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    Has anyone ever ordered on AliExpress to be delivered here in BA?

    I don't know for sure, but an Argentine friend said it's a yearly amount of $600 USA.
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    Has anyone ever ordered on AliExpress to be delivered here in BA?

    epago.correoargentino.com.ar How much should I pay in taxes if I exceed the allowed amount? The new regime provides that taxes should not be paid as long as 12 purchases are made annually, worth US$50 each. If this quota is exceeded, the buyer must pay 50% of the cost of the product in taxes...
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