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    Telefonica/Movistar rate increase

    We also had that same office of movistar on callao solve a problem 2 other locations would not do.
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    Best (if any) Shipping Options for Heavy Item?

    Its always cheaper, safer, faster, and easier to just pay the additional baggage fee, and take it with you on the plane.
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    Argentina's auto parts industry feels the pain from shock therapy

    The top 4 all all within 3% of each other- basically tied. 30,000 is not a lot of cars, in a nation of 40 odd million people. Hilux prices range from around sixty million to ninety million pesos. vs fifteen for the cronos. Yaris prices are roughly double that of the cronos. The cronos...
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    Argentina's auto parts industry feels the pain from shock therapy

    The best deals on cars and trucks in Argentina are in categories that don’t even exist in the USA- small trucks, and tiny hatchbacks. Things like VW Savieros, Renault Kangoos, Fiat Ducatos, for instance. Anything even vaguely comparable is triple the price there. Companies sell what sells. High...
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    Honduras Gate

    As a blacksmith, I was hoping this was about ironwork on calle Honduras. There is a very nice set of art deco gates and grilles right by the corner of Scalabrini Ortiz that I love.
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    Argentina's auto parts industry feels the pain from shock therapy

    This article is about parts, not whole new cars. And chinese parts can really run the gamut in terms of quality. I have seen a lot of chinese parts that are far worse than industria Argentina quality, and in general, in any category, the high quality Chinese products are not available in...
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    Argentines Keep Cash Under Mattresses As Milei Pushes Bank Accounts

    You guys are very optimistic about the stablilty of governments and banks. Argentines are not, based on experience. I am 70. Many of my Argentine contemporaries, friends of mine, recall things like 6 different "presidents" in 4 years (1970-1974) many of whom were generals. They recall 40 years...
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    Argentines Keep Cash Under Mattresses As Milei Pushes Bank Accounts

    The “ official “ estimate is somewhere around $170 billion, but most foreign financial experts figure its twice that. The govt bougt $2 billion in q1 2026, and total dollar accounts are estimated at around $40 billion, but a bunch of that is from foreign companies and businesses who have to have...
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    Argentines Keep Cash Under Mattresses As Milei Pushes Bank Accounts

    I am really confused. You buy dollars from a cueva. And you sell dollars to a cueva. They give you better rates, and dont report it to the taxman. You arent actually suggesting that Banco Nacion is buying pesos from cuevas? no cueva would do that- they sell the dollars AND pesos, and thus, try...
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    Argentines Keep Cash Under Mattresses As Milei Pushes Bank Accounts

    why would a physical presence of paper money affect foreign exchange rates? The amount of US paper dollars outside of the USA is enormous- its estimated to be around $1 Trillion dollars. The vast majority of it is being held to avoid taxes, or for illegal and untraceable transactions in drugs...
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    How Does Punta Del Este Compare with St Tropez, Monaco, Marbella, etc these days?

    comite 357, on Tres Sargentos. Their openings are wild. Its such a tiny street the police dont care. https://www.comite357.ar/ I think they only announce the openings on their instagram, though, and not very far in advance.
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    How Does Punta Del Este Compare with St Tropez, Monaco, Marbella, etc these days?

    I guess we must have different definitions of "nightlife". I dont go to pickup bars and drink twenty dollar cocktails, but I go to see live music all the time in a very wide variety of venues, and there are way too many things to do in BA every single night. I have been to at least five live...
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    As Inflation Soars, Argentina Trades Beef for Donkey Meat

    its not exactly a globally accepted source of unbiased news...
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    Cheap Housing in Argentina

    A lot of the small towns on the original list are way out in the country. Full day or even two day drives to CABA. And yet there are a ton of small cute towns that are much closer, and still quite cheap. Once you get past the zona cheto of countries,like the ones being discussed above, there...
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    Looking for Philadelphia Cream Cheese

    there are actually some new, local cream cheeses that are really good. this stuff is not cheap, but its really good. Juan Grande brand, in a plastic bag, you can squeeze it out. I think its actually better than philadelphia for spreading, not sure about cooking...
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    Wages have fallen 20% since 2018, worst drop in the region

    Another data point- I have several friends who are tenured professors at UBA, and they make around 1.5 million pesos a month. Most university professors at public universities here have at least one other job, sometimes more. I know one friend who is often working at 3 different universities. I...
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    Wages have fallen 20% since 2018, worst drop in the region

    My question is- do the ypf attendents in neuquen get paid double what they get elsewhere? the beat cops? the plumbers, the verduleria guys? Because everywhere else in the country, a ypf attendent (not an oil pipeline mechanic, of which there are probably 5% as many as guys who pump your gas) get...
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    Looking for Philadelphia Cream Cheese

    many higher end fiamberias carry philadelphic, and some discos and jumbos do as well. Bodega Amparo, which has a few locations, has it sometimes. almacen 1249, which has 4 locations, usually has it. Like everything else in BA, you could probably have it delivered. https://almacen1249.com.ar/
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    Western Union money transfer

    western unions discounts are all algorithim driven. which means if my wife and I each separately price a transfer at the exact same time, all other details the same, they can easily be two different numbers. You get a fee based on mysterious things that change sometimes in five minutes...
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    Sube Card Cash Top Up

    the last few times I took the subway, there was nobody in the booth. Its been years since they were there everyday all day near my house. If you have a dni, you can register your sube card, you can then recharge online directly from your bank account. But many kioskos in every barrio recarga...
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