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I use pagomiscuentas to pay my apartment bills electronically when I am not there. I have a rentista visa and an account at Banco Santander Rio. It is tied to my account at Banco Santander Rio. It works fine, but I don't know if you can do it without an Argentine account.

How does schwab make money if it keeps on refunding their customers? -- Schwab Bank has almost no branches or ATMs of its own. It gets and keeps customers by servicing them through the internet and the facilities of other banks. It's a lot cheaper to refund ATM fees than to support...

The Argentine consulates don't put a lot of info online and they offer varying levels of efficiency, but if you are close to one, you should check with them about initiating the process there. Steve may be right about the US$800, but a listing on the website for the Los Angeles consulate...

I recommend Gabriel Celano as well. I went to him when I was well into the rentista process on my own. He quickly answered a few questions for me and recommended that I complete the process on my own. Which I did with success. The mercadolibre link above from Bajo Cero is for a completely...

Gpop. I hear you. I was a smoker for 30 years. I thought I was condemned. I tried and tried and was never be able to stop. Then one day, I happened across this book on a sale table in Barnes & Noble.: Allen Carr’s Easy Way to Stop Smoking...

Keep looking. A United flight that I ticketed 2 days ago is only about 750 pesos more today. Another tip: Our colleague Ben on this forum is a great travel agent. He might be able to help you.

Try 124# That's the number that gets our messages. Then follow La Coqueta's instructions.

Those blocks in Once are mainly in the area of Uriburu and Pasteur between Lavalle and Sarmiento

This is from the airport website. REMIS Vip Cars Puntos de venta TA > Arribos > PB > Sector Público Teléfonos (54 11) 5480 4590 /4594

Bodegon de la Calle Ayacucho is between Corrientes and Lavalle. It is smaller and even cheaper and simpler than Cervantes II, but it is often packed with neighbors and people who work nearby. The food flies out of there for delivery as well, so it is generally pretty fresh, i.e., nothing left...

Ben is a good resource on this topic.

Jubilados and retirees are the same people. In fact, more of the older ones go out at 5p.m. than at midnight. My jubilado milonguero esposo is on his way there right now.

When I came back from a trip the other day, something in my watch got hung up when I changed the hour. I am looking for someone who can fix the mechanism without ruining it beyond repair. Does anyone know a good watch repair person? I am in el centro but location isn't all that important. I...

Ditto for us. When we came back in last week, the customs people basically ignored us. We weren't carrying anything interesting and my husband is Argentine, so we entered in full Spanish. But we hardly had a chance to say "buen dia" before they turned away and went back to chatting with each...

I found Gabriel Celano recommended as an immigration attorney in these forums. I only consulted him once because that was all that I needed, but I found him responsive and I thought his advice was very helpful. http://www.celano.com.ar/Home.html

La Coqueta's lawyer may be better than the one I consulted. But the one I asked last January told me that to maintain my residency for my DNI to remain valid, I need to be in Argentina 1 day every 2 years. The rules for tax residency are different.

If you have any bill in your name with your address...phone, utilities, light, cable, take it along on Monday. That often works to show domicile.

Aeron is here: http://www.coleccion.com/linea/2/Asientos/producto/5 I did see them in their store several years ago. VERY EXPENSIVE

Try Tisera. www.tisera.com They have several stores on Samiento near Uruguay. I bought two in a model that now looks like it is named Gizeh. We have had them around 4 years. We like them for comfort, and they are still like new although we use them for hours every day.

I don’t know why I am obsessing over this. I just couldn’t believe that a ticket from Buenos Aires to Madrid and then from Rome to Washington, DC and back to Buenos Aires could cost only $1700, if it included a 35% cut for the Argentine govt. So I looked around some more. It appears that the...