My stuff arrived in December of last year. I had to spend the December holidays (the Customs staff hardly work at this time of year), and wait until the first or second week of January to be able to receive all the boxes at home. And yes, they will charge you per day ... They take advantage of...
The furniture belonged to my grandparents and has been very well taken care of. A total of nine pieces.
Style: Provenzal
Wood: oak
Location: GBA (zona Oeste)
Made circa 1940....
Price: $600 or equivalent in blue....Negotiable, though.
I also have TWO bedroom sets available. Same...
Like Jblaze, I cant say if it was the shipping, customs, or the people moving it into my house. Who knows...It is not an expensive cabinet table, though. So, I dont even care about it. Actually, I fixed and still can use it.
I moved back from the States last year. I brought a bunch of boxes but it wasnt a huge moving. Three of my big boxes have been opened and checked. Some things arrived dented and two pieces of furniture scratched (and one of the cabinet table's side, crushed and broken).
I had the opportunity to live in Bariloche for a couple of months, after the "corralito". What I noticed was that people, in general, were ripping each other, a lot of envy if someone was able to open a store or even was able to have some success in the middle of the economical crisis. I was...
I also started all the paperwork (in this case first part of Medicare). I am using one of my friends' address (same building, different apartment #). She got three different letters and scanned all the pages (more than 30) and sent them to me via phone. Not everything is received or made...
Beautiful story. My adopted aunt was born in 1929. And I had the opportunity to meet three more relatives with the same last name, also in NY, many years ago.
It is funny…
I left New York in October, after many years living and working there. I had many friends, but there was a special person, who helped me a lot, an Argentine lady (26 years older than me), who was like a kind of "adopted aunt" to me, and was my family during all these years...