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    Excellent Exchange4Free Eft Service.

    The Loonie right now is very close to $14 pesos (X4F rate is 13.88xx to be exact). The only possible way (I know of) for getting a better rate is X4F Bank2Bank transfer to my Colonia USD Account and subsequently getting the Arbolitos` Blue rate in BA (you will net a rate of $14.12xx pesos )...
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    Excellent Exchange4Free Eft Service.

    I could not find the US on the list of 100 countries they serve.
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    Excellent Exchange4Free Eft Service.

    X4F has recently activated their excellent free of charge (ZERO fees) EFT service. $3000 CAD per transaction. Unlimited transactions (as I understand it, and as per my own experience so far). Average of 24 hours turn around time. Also recently X4F (with their new payout partner), has extremely...
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    When Will The Peso Hit 20?

    One of the greatest posts of all times. (Nostalgic of BAExpats` past glorious days gone by) (too bad ... good things always have to come to an end). (see also .. http://baexpats.org/..._hl__+hit +peso ) With no earth shattering events ( Armageddon, WW III, catastrophic asteroid strike, ... etc...
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    What`s Up With Barrio Chino These Days?

    Thanks for the exhaustive list of organizations to choose from. I`ll start with (SENASA) to personally get a feel of the prospects. (Probably I`ll get nowhere)
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    What`s Up With Barrio Chino These Days?

    I`m more than willing to spend time and money to file an official complaint, if you (or any one) can advise me what to do. Is it Ministry of health, or consumer protection, or ...??????? I can assure you that it is the standard practice nowadays in all 3 CASA CHINA (2 on Arribenous, 1 on...
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    Immigration For Dummies

    2 Revisions: 1========== #19. Prórroga: Renewal of Temp. Res. each year, you book a "Prórroga turno", Sixty (60) days before the expiry of each of the 3 yearly Temp.Res, you start the renewal process. Each Prórroga they´ll stamp your passport with ONE year. NO Precaria and NO photos. You´ll...
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    Temporary Residency And Dni

    Definition of "radicacion" is here ==> http://baexpats.org/...es/page__st__70 .... ==> Bullet #19 (revised for more clarity).
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    Immigration For Dummies

    Citizenship For Sale: (outrageous? ... yet true ) Please notice that Residency Category #2.5 (Investor), ... for all practical purposes and intents could be viewed simply as "Buying your way to Citizenship".. ALL countries (including USA) will allow their national companies to LEGALLY...
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    When Is The Right Time To Buy A Car?

    Me too. I bought my car with passport only (no DNI). Drove for years with Canadian D.L. Paid insurance with Canadian CC. But that was long time ago. As a perma-tourist then, .... I was trying to re-new my Canadian D.L. 2nd time, ... when I cam across this Forum and I was made aware that on...
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    Another Question For International Travellers

    Every one notices my Big TV.
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    Another Question For International Travellers

    Returning back from RioDeJaneiro last friday, they never distributed the the Aduana Declaration Forms on the plane. Also passing through customes, no one bothered to check or ask a single question of any one. Just run your carry on through the X-ray and on your merry way you go. Why is that ...
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    What`s Up With Barrio Chino These Days?

    Have to find another Pescadaria or go back to Jumbo. Problem with Jumbo is They don`t always have "Entero". Sometimes they ONLY have "filet".
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    What`s Up With Barrio Chino These Days?

    ( aside ... Monday they are closed, they don`t open till Tuesday). That is exactly my question. It is still happening again ..... they were still selling rotten fish yesterday again. It is weird ..... no health inspections raids (since 3 weeks ago). 3 weeks ago I got mad for a while then...
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    What`s Up With Barrio Chino These Days?

    Other thing struck me as odd today: ... yesterday they will accept any card for any purchase except for fresh fish: ....................................................................................NO other card is accepted except ONLY VISA. ... Weird !!! Trying to reason why the...
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    What`s Up With Barrio Chino These Days?

    Just guessing ...... the fridge must have been full with the Wednesday new shipment.
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    What`s Up With Barrio Chino These Days?

    No, unfortunately I couldn`t because it was Sunday night (my usual time). Returning back from downtown, they would have already been closed till Tuesday. I really think you can never tell. (I could be wrong) Yesterday they had about 5 boxes OUTSIDE THE FRIDGE. Marked ""BLUMAR" He opened a...
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    What`s Up With Barrio Chino These Days?

    Barrio Chino Salmon used to be unquestionable quality fresh . About 3 weeks ago, and as usual bought Uno Entero. Opened the bolsa at home for a shock: .................... Spoiled unfit for human consumption. Total loss $1600 and a change. Tonight I looked ...... and absolutely...
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    Shitty Experience With Exchange4Free

    X4F`s argumentative representative keeps blaming his Payout partners in Argentina and switched payout agent from “”More” to “JetPeru”. After a long week and 10's of emails and phone calls, my funds appeared at yet a totally different 3rd agent “MultiEnvios” ... say what?. He insists that I...
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    Whats Up With Mercadolibre These Days?

    For years, I always prefered and used "acuerdo con el vendedor" to pay cash. Nowadays, this option is disappearing and becoming more and more scarce. Last purchase had no option, but to use “MercadoPago”. Drove all the way to LomaDeZamora to pick up, but the vendedora did not have my purchased...
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