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Hello Group! We’ve been in our apartment over 13 years now, DIOS, time flies. I’d like to repaint the place ourselves and I’m hoping for some advice on others who have attempted their own painting projects. In the USA we have TSP / Trisodium Phosphate to clean the walls and prepare it for...

It's a 20 story building and the cable is thick, the cable must be 200 meters long and must weigh 150 kilos?? I think cutting it would result in serious damage to surrounding roofs! Believe me, that was my first thought!

Hello group! I live in a tall building and for years there has been a cable off of our roof to an adjoining building, I don’t know what it is, whether it’s for Fibertel or for cable TV. Now there is a second cable that appeared a few days ago and it’s draped right across my bedroom window. I...

We have a Sony CDP-C425 five CD disc player that needs repair. I walked up and down Parana as I thought that was where the cd / stereo equipment repair places were located but it was mostly places selling stereo car players. The few places that offered stereo equipment repair said they don't...

Hello group, We’ve had a WhirlPool washing machine and dryer that are about 12 years old. We had the washing machine repaired a year ago for 1/2 cost of a new machine. The repair was never satisfactory and now it won’t even rotate with a 1/3rd of a load. I’m looking at new washers and I’d...

We've also been using http://www.taxiezeiza.com.ar/ ever since we moved here 15 years ago, never had a problem with them and the last few years the cars have been much newer, one time about 8 years ago I was worried for my safety as the car was in such bad shape, but the last few years the cars...

I have a free website with lots of good info on it I've saved from different sources, no spam or adware, totally free. http://www.argentina-info.net I'm from the USA but have lived in Recoleta for almost 15 years now with my partner and we still love Argentina. This is an amazing country and a...

The last message on this topic was almost a year ago, so I thought I'd ask for some advice. I'm from the USA but I'm a long term legal DNI resident here, almost 15 years. With the blue peso still moving ahead and the horrible inflation here I was wondering if I should increase my tips. Here...

A friend and her boyfriend are coming for a visit and asked me about a good place to get a tattoo to commemorate their trip. I have no idea of a suggestion for her. Can anyone recommend a good place to get a tattoo? I searched the forum and there was only one other question about a tattoo...

Sorry, Columbia in South America.

A friend wants to send money to his new "in-law" family in Columbia, he lives both here in Argentina and has a place in Uruguay. Has anyone used xoom or paypal to send money to someone in Columbia? I don't even know if paypal or xoom is available there. He tried Western Union but the...

We always fly with American Airlines just to accumulate miles. We go to the regular AA.com website, find the flight we want and reserve the flight, then go to the local AA office and pay in cash. We have permanent residency and a DNI which is required to pay in cash (we've been told). The...

Thanks for the suggestions, appreciate it!

We’re considering doing a 14 day cruise from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso, Chile. We see that Celebrity Cruises, Royal Caribbean, Princess Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line and Holland America Line offer cruises. Has anyone done this and have a recommendation? We’ve had good experience with Royal...

"Libertad" on Libertad between Arenales and Juncal is cheap, also "Genesis" on M.T. Alvear at the corner of Riobamba. Both are air conditioned which is nice in summer.

It's not the answer to your question about a local Argentine PO Box, but we opened an account with USA Box http://www.usabox.com/ Basically it's a virtual box office that will accept all your mail and packages. They give you a Miami address, not a PO box number but a "real" address. This is...

It's usually a good idea to ask your neighbors or your doorman/portero for "Jewelry Store / Cambio Exchange Houses". We have two within a few blocks of our apartment. We call each to ask what their rate is for the day, and let them know we're calling the other place to ask what their rate is...

I'm not sure if my new Personal phone is locked. When you switched to Quam did you need to go to a place to unlock your phone? Or do you just put the the new SIM card in it.

Hello, Thanks for everyone's help with this, I thought it would be a simple answer if someone had the same setup as I did, it's always easy once you know the answer! Someone offered me their skype to talk online and help me figure this out, THANKS dude! Basically when I bought the phone, the...

Hello, I'm hoping someone with a "Personal" phone with no monthly plan can help me out. I've fought off getting a cellphone because, basically, I hate talking on the phone and I moved to Argentina to destress my life and not be staring at my palm all day long. However, the realities of not...