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And have fun nabbing those. The thing about capital is that it knows how to move. Those Argentines with enough money to keep their assets abroad are precisely those who will know how to set up shell companies and all that. When you’re by far the biggest and most powerful country in the world...

The thing to bear in mind is, that the “target” of these regulations (capital stored abroad by people with enough money and know-how to do that) will invariably figure out how to dodge them. They will be left chasing small fish. Does anyone really think that someone will move their money here in...

Link: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/world/americas/glenn-greenwald-brazil-cybercrimes.html Me, I think this tweet is perfect:

Search this forum for several threads that describe the process. It does not sound like a pleasant affair. I understand that under the Macri govt, you could register with AFIP and pre-declare your stuff, and it would arrive at your door within a reasonable time-frame. I am not sure if that...

If you bring it with you at Ezeiza, chances are nobody will care. If you ship it, it’ll be a long while till you see it again, unless you choose sanity and just give up on it. Do not - repeat, do not - ship it.

Some questions. Where is this tax charged? At the hotel? What about people who don’t stay at hotels? Are they exempt from the tax, or are they required to pay it at least in theory? Re the low rate - once it’s established, expect it to rise.

Appears he stole again, this time in Ezeiza airport(!) just before catching his return flight to Mexico. If true, this is pretty obviously an illness.

Google Voice doesn’t require receiver to have internet, and is free.

This sounds like much ado about nothing. There is next to no market abroad for ARS. Exchanging ARS for real money - even at the blue rate - means getting it first to Argentina. And by the time you get it to Argentina, who knows what has happened. So the peso is purchased only at a heavy...

When I said “agent”, I meant “travel agent”, not an Aerolineas ticket office. And yes, some are open on Sundays. I do limited hours, for example, but try to help when I can.

Suit yourself (shrug), last minute things it’s actually easier to do with an agency than via their website. So that’s often not true, even though they write it. Whether it’s true or not is dictated by the fare rules, not by the boilerplate language their website displays whenever buying a...

Yes. It is possible. Not terribly likely, but they are certainly within their rights to do so, if the specified fare is marked as only being available to residents of Argentina. An agent would be able to advise you whether such a restriction applies to a given fare. I say “not terribly likely”...

Funny, most people sending me with a foreign PayPal usually pay more. If you know it’s just 1% great. Payoneer to Payoneer perhaps, but at some point the money has to be withdrawn to actual funds, and AFAIK that’s where charges come into play.

The other issue with PayPal is that unless it’s a US account, there’s a nice fee attached. For a substantial sum, a simple bank wire is cheaper. Payoneer isn’t free either.

Not sure what you’re disagreeing with, in substance you wrote exactly the same as what @toongeorges did. Basically a case of “You can’t fire me, I quit”. Or, if you will, “F me? No, F you”.

I had no idea of the details @pjniki, thank you for this. But when reading @nikad writing “you should not have any problems”, my reaction was somewhere between an eyeroll and thinking “famous last words...”. The thing is, though nearly every process and every tramite is absolutely ridiculous...

WU is the AOL of financial services: still making most of their money of grandpas who still don’t know there’s an alternative to the dial-up plan.

Stove is sold. Stroller still available. Kinda crazy because it’s probably the best deal I’m offering. Back in the day I’d very nearly have murdered someone to get this stroller at such a price. He’ll, I’d have voted CFK. (And fine, then I wouldn’t have murdered someone, I’d have suicided them.)

One more (probably final) bump. Car sold. Fridge sold. Washer dryer sold. Still selling: HP 1102W printer. BW laser. Works with Wifi/AirPrint. 5 years old. Works perfectly. Has near-new toner cartridge installed. 5000 pesos OBO. UPDATE: Sold. Stroller, Phil & Teds, Amazon link. Bought 6½ years...

Another option is to handle the POA at an Argentine consulate in the US, in which case AFAIK an apostille would not be required. I spoke to the Argentine Consulate in my destination city, regarding whether I could designate an apoderado to fill out the Form 08 to sell my car here. There were a...