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    Where Is My Dni?

    @Tom, a local credit card is harder to get, especially if you only have a temporary DNI. At my old job, when they opened my cuenta sueldo, they also offered me a credit card. They told me they made an exception for me and another foreign gal from Venezuela who also had only a temporary...
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    Has Anyone Had A Bank Account Closed Due To Facta

    Thanks for the feedback, Tom! I just wanted to put it out there and see if others had the same experience to see if checked out (without having to make the trip to the embassy). I have no reason to mistrust Banco Francés, but I just like to limit where I report my SSN because of identity theft...
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    Uba: How Free Is Too Free ?

    Though no one will probably read my post at the end of this thread, I will throw in my worthless $.02. My opinion may not be quality, but it sure is FREE and is formed by my UBA education! :) So yea, I agree with @Dada and @Ries and @bajo_cero2, how many people are talking about UBA and...
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    Has Anyone Had A Bank Account Closed Due To Facta

    I got a call from my Banco Francés branch where I've had an account for four years. They asked me to come in and sign something because I was a US citizen for tax purposes and sounded pretty worried about it. They sent the paperwork to the branch near my work and told me to please sign it...
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    Question About Spanish

    My Spanish teacher taught me the trick to the objects in Spanish back when I was a wee young one (ok, 15 years old): R I D. Reflexive Indirect Direct. This is the order. If you have a reflexive verb with a direct object, first you put the reflexive "object" or whatever the heck the reflexive...
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    Avoiding Foreign Transaction Fees

    I agree with some others who have stated that your biggest loss is not the foreign transaction fees, but the amount you give up because of the "brecha cambiaria," the difference between the market (blue) and official exchange rate. If all of your income is in dollars and you have no choice, I...
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    Confiteria Ideal??

    @florence, this makes me so happy that the milonga is still in full swing! I always worry that a place like this could go the way of the Richmond, too much prime real estate in microcentro for two few paying customers. It's a really special place. The first time I went to a milonga there, it...
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    Confiteria Ideal??

    jaja! That's my point exactly. I am so down with the retirees and freelancers and the chronically unemployed! I loved going to the Ideal because there were dozens of Argentine jubilados dancing better than I could ever DREAM to! Plus, I've always complained that there are no options for...
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    Touristy Things To Do When Visitors Stay With You?

    Serafina, this is a great list. I am trying to put together the same thing. (I will posts my hits and misses with my guests, once I see how it turns out.) I have had the same problem with Palermo. I am a Recoleta dweller. When I have taken visitors in the past to Palermo during the day, es...
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    Confiteria Ideal??

    My family is coming into town (finally!), and I was hoping to take them to all the magical historical corners of the city that I love! I already got some great tips from the good folks on here. One place I used to always take visitors was to the milongas upstairs at Confiteria La Ideal. I'm...
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    Stuck In Montevideo!

    Did you hear this banda callejera, FolkHop on the Tren Mitre, @mmoon? The youtube videos don't show how good they are live. I used to take the tren Mitre to work in the morning. They really put the ritmo back in la mañana!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVwvA37j9M...
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    Stuck In Montevideo!

    If Jaime Devlin is the same violin player who played "Oh Danny Boy" regularly on the Subte D in 2012 or 2013, I have to say I wish him well and am glad to here of his arrival, and I want to say THANK YOU. If he's a different violin player, I wish him well as well! I was having a really...
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    Architect Won't Give Me My Paid-For Habilitacion Paperwork!

    @Farenheit, this story is heartbreaking. How did this turn out? Even in the best case scenario that you finally got them to stop robbing you, you lost a whole lot of your precious time trying to get people do be decent human beings! sheesh!
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    Consorcio in legal battle with owner of my apartment.

    @Bradly, I'm sorry if I did not explain myself well; I am not calling people dumb. That's why I put the caveat "(emotionally) blame them", meaning feel frustrated toward them. I am not being mean to them or suing them; I just can't warm up to them since their unit is part of our building's...
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    Consorcio in legal battle with owner of my apartment.

    Sorry about my multi-post, and my inability to not ramble on! I probably got moderated because of length! 70,000 includes some interest. The debt is in juicio now, and the administration expects payment only when the judge has made a decision.
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    Consorcio in legal battle with owner of my apartment.

    This is a very old post, but I came online to get some advice/commiserate on building problems! If anyone else comes searching on the forum looking for advice, I just want to state for the record that if at all possible, DO NOT SIGN A RENTAL AGREEMENT LIKE THIS! Pay your rent to the owner, and...
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    Thinking Of Moving From Us To Ba As Students

    Matias, I agree, but I certainly haven't run into many economists at UBA or UNLP or really any people who do actual full-on degrees in economics who think that economics is an exact science (except for maybe from some institutions you might guess). I always say those who preach that the market...
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    Thinking Of Moving From Us To Ba As Students

    Good call Matias. DiTella and San Andres are great (many students looking to study their PhD in the US do a Masters in San Andres), but if the original posters are looking to save money on university expenses and won't have access to US student loans and grants, they may not be the best option...
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    I Was Swindled Out Of $1000 Dollars

    I think part of the morality of this morality play is sadly, "El que quiere celeste que le cueste" or something like that. But change celeste to verde, where verde is dollars (or dollars to pesos above the nonofficial rate). While the actions of the government make sense to (unsuccessfully)...
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    Thinking Of Moving From Us To Ba As Students

    Hey ya'll! Sorry for the long response..but here ya go, the perspective of an American yanqui still media perdida (in a good way) en el sistema universitario publico! I am finishing up with a (very long) Master's at UBA in Economics and did my undergraduate degree in the US in Economics at a...
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