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I was on instagram when I saw an ad for Wallbit.io a virtual bank that is working with Santander bank to make it easy to transfer USA dollars into your Santander USA dollar account. I've been using Western Union to transfer money here, and it gets converted into ARG pesos on the Santander end...

I used to use https://www.pedidosya.com.ar/ and it worked fine, then awhile back (a year? two?) it wouldn't accept my Argentina Santander debit or credit cards. I recently tried it again, and the same thing, it won't accept my local debit or credit card and it says paying with cash option...

I bought these really cool hand made candle holders 25 years ago in Bariloche. Our new gatito, Rafa, was doing his morning insane routine when he broke one of the glass enclosures. It appears to be a mason jar that they cut the bottom off and inverted the original "top" into the base of the...

My father built me a grandfather clock 35 years ago and told me I need to get it cleaned every 10 years. A friend recommended someone 10 years ago, but of course I've lost the contact info. The clock is functioning, just running fast and we have two cats so it's probably in need of a good oil...

I've been in Argentina almost 25 years and I still love it here, my Argentine friends think we're crazy to live here, but I'm sure everyone here has that same experience with their Argentine friends. Even though I'm a long term resident, I don't really pay close attention to local politics or...

About 2 years ago I used Remitly.com to transfer a few hundred USA dollars just to see how it worked in case of an emergency where I needed to transfer some money from my USA based bank to Argentina. The first time I used it I had to give them a scan of my DNI but then it worked easily. I also...

Hello group, I searched here but didn't find any current information. 16 years ago we adopted Rocky from a great shelter "Sociedad Protectura de Animales "Sarmiento"" in Monserrat but they no longer seem to be running. Doing a search on animal shelters has a lot of outdated information. Does...

We have a Santander debit and credit card. Recently I purchased some show tickets for an upcoming trip to Mexico, the Mexican show quoted me a price in Argentina pesos. When the charge arrived at Santander, it was converted into a USA $$ amount. I contacted the Mexican company and they...

I have 4 desktop PCs and 2 laptops, none of them work. Is there any repair shops that would take them for parts? I don't want any money for them, I was going to donate them to a school, but none of them work and I don't suppose a school would want non-working computers. I think 2 of the...

Hello group, We live in Recoleta and we've now been in our apartment 20 years! DIOS! Time flies. I'd like to have our wooden floors resanded and resealed/revarnished. We remodeled the apartment when we first moved in and there are some areas that need to have new wood replaced and patched...

Hello, I purchased a new gas stovetop (anafe) and a large built in electric oven from a company called Tysan2. They wanted me to pay them directly with a bank to bank transfer, even though they had the items listed on MercadoLibre. They said I couldn't purchase the items through MercadoLibre...

Hello group! We are looking at buying new air conditioners that do both heating and cooling. A friend recommended "Electra" inverter units. Does anyone have any suggestions on other brands/models? I've been comparing prices on Mercado Libre. Electra has two models, one with "inverter"...

Hello, I did a search for "camera repair" but most of the entries are over 5 years old. I have a digital Panasonic camera, it doesn't have a removable lens. I have some "spots" on my images and I'm guessing I need it cleaned from the inside. The camera works fine, just has some ghost images...

Hello group! I did a search on the archives and the last message on IPlan was in 2015! We’ve had Fibertel forever and I just got a promotion email from IPlan that they’re offering 200 Megas + WIFI for $1,200 a month, which jumps to $1,900 a month after 3 months. We pay a lot more for Fibertel...

Hello group! For years we’ve used something called “Telefon Dos” that was assigned to our telephone land line. It wasn’t the cheapest option, but convenient. I don’t use the telephone a lot to call the USA, but it was easy to use. As of April 30 they stopped service. I know you used to be...

Hello group! I’ve been using Pablo as a personal trainer for years in the gym. Now with the quarantine, we’re doing remote training in my home using Skype and/or whatsapp. It’s working out great and he’s giving me a great training session with simple household items such as broom sticks...

The I read somewhere about the “The Big Mac” Index which was introduced in 1986 by The Economist magazine which uses the price of a McDonald’s Big Mac as a way to measure the purchasing power parity between countries. This is “Pete and Ron’s Buenos Aires Sushi Inflation Index” We used to order...

We just came through EZE this morning and there were some new automated passport control checkin kiosks. We’ve had Global Entry in the USA for about 5 years and LOVE IT. Is this something similar for Argentina? Anyone have any info on it and how to apply for it? Can non-Argentina citizens...

Welcome to the 21st century! Ron bought his first smart phone. We’re looking for the best way to use it here and in the USA. We talked to a Verizon guy in the USA and it seems like we would need to get a new SIMM card every time we returned to the USA, activating it with a new number (since...

Hello Group, I picked up a house guest at Jorge Newbery Aeroparque and while waiting for him to arrive I noticed a tourism information booth. I picked up a great fee map of the city (should have taken 2) for our guest and I noticed printed on the map a free phone app for BA tourism Search...