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Hey Esteban, hope you're doing a bit better now. Yes these things can happen in any big city, it would be naive to think otherwise. It's also naive not to realize it's happening, anecdotally, to more and more people that I personally know in BsAs. Things are cyclical and Argentina may well some...

Hey everyone, buying ticket to Colonia (first time). Registered with Seacat's website and found a one-way for 355 (might come back straight from Montevideo). The system lets me put in my passenger information no problem, including nationality and passport number, however, when I go to purchase...

You shouldn't need anything besides your passport and the transfer number (you'll get it in the email that comes after you send the money to yourself, it starts with an X). They will ask for that bank statement (as if that somehow tells them where the bloody money is actually coming from), but...

Hmm, thanks for all the info guys. Went to one of the cuevas someone recommended but they said they don't accept transfers. Then tried Ria (didn't think it would work to send to myself, but wanted to try anyway), but Ria told me there were no pickup locations near BsAs, so I didn't even make it...

Can't do Ria because, as was also mentioned in another thread, you can't send money to yourself. But yeah, having a "guy" is just what I was looking for. Thanks though!

Hello, I am tired of dealing with Xoom. Can someone out there please PM me with contact info for a cueva that will do wire transfers? I'm not sure how else to go about finding one. Thanks!

To clarify for everyone: I am an American. I work freelance for companies in Mexico (don't get me started on that tax situation...it's taken me this entire year to try to figure it out because no one and I mean no one can tell me how to proceed, including the IRS). I actually called and talked...

What an unexpected gut stab! Sorry to hear about your friend. Hope he works it out or recovers his stuff and finds somewhere better to live. Question then. From what I am reading in this and the other thread on this event, immigration is no longer "fooled" by the Colonia visa run technique. I...

Not hard to understand how sexual fantasy and marginalized, sexualized females started popping up in video games either. It was bound to happen, just as it did and still does in movies, comic books, and any medium, especially the visual ones. Just go to http://bechdeltest.com/ to see how poorly...

Most of it is not high art, true. But even the most twitchy action games can be quite transportive and exploratory. It's the same reason we travel. Sometimes we just want to go see it. But, as I was saying, video games haven't been around very long. People probably had this very same argument...

Not your fault, because it IS one of the things that is bound to be talked about with video games, but it's quite annoying how "video game violence" seems to be the one topic that the mainstream press turns to when the subject of video games pops up every few years. As a lifelong gamer, this...

Who do you send money to then if not yourselves?

Interesting. Yeah, Xoom has actually been going DOWN in the last month, whereas the blue rate has finally been climbing from where it was holding for a little while. As others have mentioned before, this is because Xoom goes by the contado con liquidacion rate. I am still using it to send myself...

Yes, but according to dolarblue.net, even the contado con liquidacion rate has been over 10 for a while. Like I said, a little while ago I used it and it was also over 10 at Xoom, but it's been on 9.8 for a while now and it's frustrating me. Anyone else have any experience with this Ria Money...

Usually it lags not too far behind, but dolarblue is up around 12 now, I've noticed price hikes on everything recently, and yet Xoom holds around 9.8, which is lower than it was like two months ago. What's up with that? Need to get money out but I'm feeling ripped off.

Hola, just to let the people who were there at the end of the coffee chat know, I am okay (sorry, I couldn't think of any other way to reach you).

Hi, I am new in Buenos Aires (just arrived this week). Is this open to all? Can I just show up at this coffee chat? Cheers.

Radio Paradise is great! Discovered it in like, 2005 or so. I agree though, when they get on a really folksy bender I (usually) have to load up something else.

So, is there no normal way to buy protein powder (and other such things) in Buenos Aires? Sorry, I'm a noob.

Thanks guys, keeping my eye on these now. Cheers ;)