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But can most people Argentine people afford this, especially if you rent/don't live in a family owned home/apartment? Again, as always, I think many of us are analyze things using US/EU purchasing power (or that of remote workers) and simultaneously forgot just how many people have to rent...

Sorry Red, I didn't word it quite right, I meant to say that we'll be barely 2 years in come the midterms (and even less now)

When I mentioned to the group I was thinking of leaving earlier this year I was filled with a lot of uncertainty as to whether it was the right decision/was I motivated by temporary economic problems. Since then, things have only gotten worse here, and I realize day after day while difficult, it...

If you've been to a grocery store lately it's no mystery as to why...

Yeah and I'm not fat, I'm just rubenesque lol Rearranging deck chairs already; if the VAT of 21% is too much for tourism, wouldn't it be too much for the entire economy? Or could it rather be that the peso is massively overvalued? Inquiring minds want to know.

I think with the jump we saw this week it's a sign of things to come. There are cracks appearing in the plan llegar of Milei and Caputo but they go all red faced and call you a communist son of a bitch if you say so. Whatever happened to facts not caring about one's feelings? Anyways, the...

Welp, here's that screaming I was talking about: La Nación has a very milquetoast article about the Libertarian Plan Platita/Dollar Lag/Plan Llegar for the elections and here's the top comment: Apparently La Nación (yes that La Nación) are a bunch of Kukas because they dare to point out that...

I agree with this, and it also reminds me of the saying "If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's their problem." At a certain point the money doesn't even matter: it's about maintaining confidence in the neoliberal economic policies the IMF has...

Red is spot on, this happens all the time with La Nación articles for example. It gives me a chuckle whenever I read it knowing how much he hates "woke" and trans people.

This isn't surprising for anyone who works in IT. While I never worked with/for them, I've heard all the horror stories from coworkers and acquaintances who have. Imagine a Silicon Valley company run by Argentines with all the negative stereotypes of a Darin movie and it's exactly what it...

They still use the MEP and as was the case previously, they still take a cut which results in it being below the BNA compra rate now that all the various rates have more or less converged. I just checked Visa's calculator and set the forex markup to 0% they're saying 1 USD is $1,109.95, and...

BNA/Official/MUyLC/Minorista: The official exchange rate executed via the Mercado Único y Libre de Cambio. This is the rate that can be found in the bottom right of the BNA website with the compra/venta rates accordingly. This is the reference most banks/credit card companies in Argentina use...

This is what's called the broken clock phenomenon; it's still right twice a day, even if it's wrong the rest of the time...

Hi All, The TVs and Kettle are now sold, thanks for everyone's interest so far!

Easiest way is getting someone here to do it that needs dollars abroad. I will warn against using the Western Union approach though in case the business is using a non-personal account at the bank since WU might automatically flag transfers to persona juridicas as invalid/prohibited

As promised, the list of things for sale can be found here: https://baexpats.org/threads/used-household-goods-for-sale.48974/

Hi All, As I mentioned in another thread, we've unfortunately come to the conclusion it's time to move from Argentina, and as such we're looking to sell the majority of our furniture. As of publication on June 1st, the following items are available. I've put everything at basically 50% their...

Thanks Frank, I appreciate the kind words, we're headed for the Grande Florianopolis area; not looking to stay in an Argentine expat community there, but the relative closeness and positive social/economic/crime indicators make it the most appealing of places in Brazil. As for buying a home, I...

Thought I'd share an update for those wondering: We've had several issues with our apartment since our move, and after going back and forth with the landlord trying to get him to either let us fix things, and discount the cost from the rent, or have him fix it, his response was that he'd...

I've been buying empanadas for years from Alameda and the cost historically has been around 1 blue dollar each for a dozen. They're now $24,600 for 12 and I refuse to pay that because that's too expensive/gouging in my opinion. The way the La Fuerzas del Cringe have responded, as if Darin is...