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My Spanish is not good enough to make sense of the help info on MeradoLibre. And in my experience Google Translate is not much better than my Spanish. I'm interested in a piano. I asked the seller if I can see it but he says that the rules won't allow him to give me an address or phone...

For flights and hotel accommodations within Argentina does it make any difference if you are a complete foreigner (e.g. US citizen) or Paraguayan? Thanks, Bob

(I'm surprised that this hasn't been discussed before but my search turned up nada.) What's the significance of the red wrist bands? (Actually the ones I've seen are more threads than bands.) I was given this written explanation but I do not understand it: "Es paras contra la envidia." (I'm...

Thanks! Because I have passed this place often and thought it looked interesting and had been meaning to try it. Bob

I should have added to my post above that this was ground to order / freshly ground. The guy asked me not just if I would be using a filter but if it was a paper filter. Columbian. Smelled fantastic! (I am wondering now if I always want to make by coffee from freshly ground beans.) Bob

Óleo has a search function but it cannot find restaurants near a particular address - only restaurants in a particular zona. And I have no idea what zona Theloious is in. In fact this whole zona thing confuses me. Some seem to be official and are identified on maps while others ... not so...

Your English is sure very, very good for a local. What advice do you have for my ESL students? (Other than study, study, study.) Welcome! Bob

I tried 3 or 4 Starbucks and they all said that they did not sell ground decaf. But today I went to http://www.estcafe.com.ar/america-del-sur/colombia/colombia-descafeinado (thanks Farenheit) at 1529 Pueyrredon and was able to buy 1/4 kilo of it. An even 100 pesos. A bit pricy compared to...

Thanks to the many responders. For whatever it's worth ... I have no problem with my credit disappearing. I don't text much, and don't make many calls, and the calls I do make/receive are short. I receive an occasional SMS from Personal but not from marketers. I got my account in January of...

When I did a *150# today I got this response: SALDO:$104.74 VTO:07/02. MIN OBT:14400 VTO: 12/02 I know, thanks to help I have received here before, that the VTO pertains to an expiration date. But what is the difference between the two dates shown here? And what's that MIN OBT thing about...

You might look into livemocha.com. A few years ago I was helping some people there with their English. But after a while I got to thinking about the fact that the people I was helping were paying a fee to LiveMocha and I was getting paid nada. What a business model?!?!? But you might be...

An interesting point. I thought that "server" had to be a typo since the subject of my inquiry clearly said "saver" - "¿ Donde Puedo Comprar Wine Saver en Buenos Aires ?". But I didn't realize that they made a "Wine Server". So maybe it was a mis-read of the subject rather than a typo in the...

I sent a query to the Borner web site and promptly received the reply below: Hola, Puede comprarlo en nuestros locales comerciales, si puede acercarse a Capital Federal, en : Av. Scalabrini Ortiz 600 , de lunes a viernes de 10 a 20 y sábados de 10 a 15 hs. O en el barrio de Belgrano: Mercado...

Thanks very much Rich One. Unfortunately, yesterday, not having yet seen your post, I hiked to Ortiz 600 and spent a lot more than 132 pesos. Bob

There is a lot of online info to help you determine if you have them, and, if you do, what do to about them. Bob

Thank you Rodalfo. I've been avoiding MercadoLibre because of several bad experiences I've had with ebay. And the price in that link is ridiculous. They are like 10 bucks in the US. Bob

Thank you Rich One, but I was not able to find a list of stores selling the Wine Saver in Buenos Aires. I did however find their, i.e. Börner's, Contact Us page so I sent them a query. Bob

Can you recall where you saw VacuVin wine savers? I've tried two large wine stores but struck out at both. Thanks, Bob

On some site which had locations of places selling SUBE cards I found out of date info. So I waited something like 15 minutes only to be told that they haven't been selling the cards for the past year. Fortunately someone there (it was a post office) spoke decent English and sent me to a...

I am talking about these things: http://www.vacuvin.com/Wine-Saver I bought a local version and am totally disappointed. Thanks, Bob