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Just made another purchase at Mercado Libre and my Mastercard Debit card even worked. For the DNI to go with the payment, I entered my passport number with letters replaced by zeroes, and payment went through.

I was able to sign up for Mercado Libre through the iOS app a month ago without DNI. All I needed was to verify a +54 phone number. I can't register for Mercado Pago without a DNI so I used Pago Fácil to pay for the wares. When I didn't have enough cash I would use Western Union at the same...

> How long ago was your last Mercado Libre purchase? Two weeks ago. Signed up two weeks prior.

- Would try the app instead of the site - Make sure you're signing up for Mercado Libre and not Mercado Pago I am without DNI and was able both register and purchase wares. I paid for the orders by going into Pago Fácil, which is usually also a Western Union where I could retrieve the cash to...

Suggest trying it again. Perhaps things have changed.

> Hiring them as contractors is more common Would have your relative seriously consider this route, i.e. a business to business arrangement. Then it becomes more of an import/export question than one of labor laws. I'm in BsAs working for a remote US company as a contractor. Granted there's an...

> no mercado libre You don't need a DNI for Mercado Libre. Just for Mercado Pago you do. I don't have a DNI and have made several purchases there. All I needed was a +54 phone number which I obtained at Claro. As far as supermarkets go, I use self-checkout and enter 00000000

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> lefties Yes. Let’s have a few more left vs right mud throwing threads. Because we haven’t seen enough of that in here yet and it really informs expat life in Buenos Aires.

LOL. You probably don’t even see the contradiction in what you just said. And again we need to discuss news that only pertains to internal matters of the US. Because everything that goes on over there, affects us all over here, right? Down to the gift shops in Boca? Exactly what type of...

My building has a (usually locked) space at the top floor labeled SUM. After some Google-fu I found this stands for Salon de usos Múltiples, meaning multi purpose room. I see some Airbnbs advertise this in their listing's title. What are these typically used / meant for?

How is this related to Expat Life in Buenos Aires?

Seems like a good post for the Articles section. Would love to see the tired and predictable political discussions move outside of a forum about day to day life in Buenos Aires.

Thanks.

I used the Colonia trip in February or something this year and left Argentina April 1st without so much as an eyebrow raised by Immigration. So whoever did have trouble with that, some more concrete stories would be helpful.

Around 4:30pm today. Curious what the occasion was.

Yeah just flash any card or phone it looks like https://www.batimes.com.ar/news/argentina/buenos-aires-city-government-expands-payment-options-for-subte-metro-service.phtml Older article describing the plans...

Was about to post this. Great news. Starting Monday.

A crapshoot indeed — two days later the same original purchase went through just fine

Thanks. As it turns out, the same MC Debit card and info did work with a subsequent purchase at another website. So perhaps something about the nature of the purchase (a jazz ticket at Passline) was the issue. For identification, I chose ID Otro (other) and put in my passport number with...