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I recently switched to Tello with eSIM, mostly because of the comments on baexpats.org when skype was shutting down phone services. I have a new Samsung +25 phone. I had a USA based phone number that I had purchased through skype, I had this phone number transferred to Tello. When...

Which debit/credit card do you use to place the order? With which bank? Seems like Pedidos doesn't like Santander cards. Also, the option to pay cash says it's above their limit, so I can't place the order. I've used different browsers on my PC and the phone app does the same, refuses my...

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 made my first Wise transfer today, I did have to supply a bank statement with my name on it because the USA Citibank checking account is a joint account with my husband. They said it could take 1 business day to approve, but it was approved in less than 10 minutes. WU still had a better...

The glass is over 25 years old, so who knows if that size jar is still manufactured. The great thing I love about Buenos Aires is there are still lots of people who do custom work for a reasonable price, it's just finding the right person and you usually get that from a referral! I live near...

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 do bank to bank transfers with Western Union, for some reason it rejected my debit card when I tried to use it for a speedier transfer or lower fee. It always says 0-8 business days to transfer and it varies a lot, sometimes it takes 8 days but the last two transfers I did took 2 days to...

A friend did mention Wise to me before but I never followed up, I just created an account there and tried to transfer $2k USA, Wise had a better exchange rate and lower fee then Western Union. Thanks so much for the suggestion, I'll try Wise the next time I need to transfer money.

I've tried Remitly and Western Union always has a better rate, even when factoring in the $60 fee.

I checked the bottle and Zonia is a product of Argentina, so I guess that's why it's more reasonably priced, no import taxes as I assume Campbell's is. And I do live in Recoleta, so I know prices are inflated by neighborhood! I recently tried to get some custom chair slip covers made and a...

I've bought those and they are tasty! Still more expensive then the bigger bottles though, and I hate using all that glass, although I do use the recycle dumpsters in my neighborhood and try and recycle as much as I can.

Awesome, thanks so much, I did see the Cambell's in a soda pop can size but not the 1.36 liter one at my local Disco on Rodriguez Peña in Recoleta. The Zonia tomato juice is still a little cheaper and I can get 6 bottles of it from Mercado Libre at a time with free delivery. I also discovered...

I usually transfer $2,000 from CitiBank in the USA and the fee is always $60 USA. Is your bank in the USA? Which bank is it?

I'm still using Western Union, even with the $60 transfer fee, it's just so convenient because it goes right into my Argentina Santander account. I just transferred some money and with the fee I got a rate of 1263.85 pesos.

WOW, this was amazing, thanks so much for the very thorough explanations!

Thanks for the explanation! I appreciate it!

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...

I just tried it with CitiBank USA to my Argentina Santander and it said it was $25 wire transfer fee.

Yes, what I was thinking of doing is doing a wire transfer from my USA bank into my Santander USA dollar account. Then I would use an ATM in Argentina to pull USA $$$ out of my dollar account, then convert it into pesos with my cambio guy. I think wire transfers are $25 USA within the USA, I...