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thanks guys, and yes, elqueso, you are absolutely correct. i am currently kicking myself in the butt for daring to feel safe and comfortable in my own home, a ¨secured¨ luxury high rise building in a ¨secure¨ neighbourhood that is Palermo and opening the door, assuming it could have been my...

i have lived in ¨dangerous¨ cities before and in 30 years, i havent had as much petty theft, scams, and now armed robbery, as in 2 years in BA.

Thanks guys, the guys apparently got in because they came in with a group of people who do live in the building, once in, they knocked on my door, and yes, stupid as it sounds now, thinking that my building was safe and secure and that maybe it was a neighbor or something, i opened the door. i...

After 2 years of living here and a few months of having thought about leaving BA, mainly due to the recent day to day hassles, out of control inflation, high prices (paying first class prices for third class level services/products), dollar control and land lady wanting me to pay rent at the...

If the wire has successfully gone out and everything looks good from the OP bank's end, then there is little more than the OP can do and IMO, it is the landlady (especially since she originally agreed to this method of payment) who would need to follow up why it hasnt yet come through on her...

Also, to clarify, it was not J LO'S PERSONAL SECURITY (the ones from the States that travel with her to protect her physically) that are to blame, it is the venue's Argentine based (probably a third party security company) security guards that are paid to watch the actual...

As most have mentioned here, in BA you have your ¨traditionally safer¨ areas of the city such as Recoleta and Palermo, but one thing I'd like to point out is that with BA being so extremely accessible as a city and so pedestrian friendly, ANYBODY (criminals, murderers, etc) can access any part...

So, I was supposed to recieve a money transfer from the States via Moneygram and after having spoken with 3 different locations (Palermo, Recoleta, and Microcentro) all 3 have told me that as of yesterday, the Banco Central Argentino has blocked ALL Moneygram transfers, including those entering...

Thanks for the advise, just to clarify however, I did not ¨disclose¨ that I was getting an advantageous exchange rate via Xoom. The exchange rate on Xoom can be viewed by anyone to whom you are sending money to (actually, anyone in general can check it out, without even being a member of Xoom)...

I used Xoom before to pay her, and she saw the favourable exchange rate and is trying to cash in on it apparently

So, about 10 days before my next rent payment is due my landlady tells me that effective immediately since she sees I get a very lucrative exchange rate on Xoom, she now wants me to just send the full dollar amount, regardless of the fact that the exchange rate she's been offering me to pay in...

Check out this YouTube clip of a recent chat the Queen had with an Argentine woman living at poverty level in La Quiaca. Cristina appears mortified that the woman says she has never ridden before in a subte, and offers to pick her up in the presidential private jet, Tango 01 (which has been...

David, Argy men are like this too. My ex partner who supposedly claimed to ¨love me so much he could not concentrate on anything else¨ now has decided (for no reason at all) after our break up that he has to hate my guts. Argentines are very ¨amor u odio¨ type of people from my experience. It's...

I would also kill for better pizza (and yes, I know there has been an entire discussion about this alreadY)

lamarque is correct, argentines are resistant and are known to be passively tolerant of the negative elements plaguing the country like having horrible, record-low customer service, history of some of the worst political corruption in the world, and hyper inflation and are more comfortable...

Chase will open a account with any foreign issued ID but you also need to show proof of holding a US address (bill, rental contract, etc) If you have a good bit of money, Citi Bank offers a Global Banking Account, these are US-based accounts (you can choose either NYC or Miami) for people...

I dont know what retail jobs you are speaking about. My friend is a sales associate at Kenzo Patio Bullrich and the sales associate salary is minimum wage (2500 pesos) because they earn a supposed ¨high percentage¨ commission due to the items being high ticket. Most of the high end retailers are...

There's an interesting article in La Nación about the median Porteño today: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1481876-porteno-medio-tiene-38-anos-y-gana-4200

Yeah, they have done that to me before even at places where I'm a frequent customer. They also love to add things to your bill that you haven't ordered and hope you don't see it and just pay it.

Oh well. I never really have felt very protected here as a consumer anyways. But yes, it is turning into Cuba. Cuba does have the beach and nice Caribbean climate. Hmm, food for thought..........