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You can buy most brands of BC over the counter here. I can't imagine there being a brand that you couldn't get here (or at least an equivalent version). I've seen Yasmin, etc...all the major ones! Maybe if you say what brand you're looking for, someone here might've seen it. As far as cost is...

It's usually Retiro. If you get something stuck at Ezeiza, I don't think the postman usually brings it over first. I'm not sure I'd wait as late as 4pm...but if you go Friday afternoon, appear completely outraged at the 400-odd fee and prepare yourself to argue the value of the contents, you...

The postman comes by twice and then you have to pick up the package from aduanas. The postman is just the go-between so its pretty impossible to argue the fee down at your door but you may be able to do it if you choose to pick up your package at aduanas. I know a guy who swears that if you go...

that story made my day! x

So what are expats doing (the ones that earn in pesos)? Are you exchanging your pesos for dollars on the black market? Are you just spending them? Are you sitting tight and waiting to see what happens? My husband was told by the afip today that he doesn't earn enough to exchange his money for...

I feel exactly like you allcraz! I'm monotributista here and, despite paying my taxes on time every single bloody month, I have never been able to exchange pesos for dollars! According to this new regulation, my husband's quota has just been shot to bits, leaving us with useless savings in...

I agree...A lot of middle/upper class people do not have to worry about making rent/mortgage payments which I think really changes attitudes towards money and working. As far as raises are concerned, its really just hit and miss. Most govt/city employees seem to do really well. I have another...

I agree with Steve...there is barely anything here anymore (not that there was much even 10 years ago), certainly not enough to write an article about. Sorry to put a dampener on things but I'm certain that any "source" you do come across will have run out of its limited supply by the time you...

There is a vegetarian canteen called Los Sabios (Corrientes and bulnes I think). Its a buffet style place but a lot of people take out. They have a pretty good salad bar, another area with more Argentine, style veggie options and then a selection of veggie chinese food. Its nothing fancy but...

On first glance, that seems a little steep to me. 1800 for a shared flat in Montserrat?? I'd want to know what that includes (internet, cable, maid service etc), how big your flat is, how many people are sharing, etc. I've been renting as a local for several years now so might be a little behind...

you found papadoms in Buenos Aires? Where?

I know nothing about photography but there is a tiny camera museum/cafe (Cafe Semick or Simik) a few blocks from my house on Lacroze y Fraga (3 blocks from the B-line tube, Lacroze stop). I think they have a dark room in their basement that they let people use. Its a lovely little place

Hi everyone I know that there are a few animal lovers in this forum so I thought I'd spread the word. A couple of days ago, a cat appeared outside my building in Chacarita. None of the neighbours know where's he's come from but he's super-friendly, rolling onto his back when people pass him by...

I think El Queso is spot on with his comment. I am fully aware of the positive aspects of living in Buenos Aires. However, as someone who came here looking for a different lifestyle and who, ten years later, now has a career and a family here, the significant decline in quality of life that has...

Hi everyone I was just wondering if there was anyone out there who had successfully applied for a spouse visa to the UK and wouldn't mind me getting in contact with a few queries. I have been married for two years (in a relationship for several more) to my Argentine husband and we're just...

I bought some Rocket Dog biker boots (size 39 or big 38) on impulse in London over the holidays and soon realised that they do not suit my chicken-legged self! They're in great condition and you can't really get anything like them here so I thought I'd sell them rather than let them go to waste...

I buy a wedge of gouda cheese that cost 15/16 pesos before Christmas (when I last paid attention). Its now just over 20. A big bar of milka chocolate that was 14 pesos in Carrefour a couple of months ago is now 20. I find mate the funniest (?) though. Its probably going to go up another 100%...

The last time we had a mucama, we paid her 20 pesos the hour plus viaticos (this was a year ago) for just a few hours work each week (she had a few other clients that paid the same). I guess between 20-25 would be the norm now A couple of portenos I spoke to are paying less (around 17) for the...

we use "nits" generally to refer to head lice but they're the eggs produced by the mature lice

there's quite a few on mercado libre...including this one http://articulo.mercadolibre.com.ar/MLA-146748805-espectacular-triciclo-de-cano-ruedas-de-goma-dir-fabrica-_JM