Exchange Dollars On Weekends/which Supermarkets Do Take Them

[ArgentinianGirl]

An expat acquaintance just has dollars and she forgot to exchange them yesterday, are there any exchange house open on weekends? Which supermarkets do take dollars? Do you have to buy a lot of things for them to accept them? I was thinking that maybe if we didn’t find a place to exchange dollar, she could go to the supermarket and buy some food ($100 worth of products) and pay with u$s100, that way she will get Argentinian pesos to use till Monday. I don’t know how to help her, I haven’t been paid yet and am short on cash, and otherwise I would gladly lend her the money. She needs cash to move around and pay things that she can’t charge on her credit card (cabs, bus, etc).

 

[lamarque]

Where is she living?

 

[ArgentinianGirl]

Downtown, near Av Santa Fe and 9 de Julio.

 

[ArgentinianGirl]

can she pull the supermarket thing?

 

[lamarque]

Uhm not sure, if he where near here i would say him to pass left the 100 usd in guarante and i borrow him the pesos when he have the pesos he can come back and get his 100 usd back, but i live in recoleta i don't think it worst the hasle for him, in any case if he realy need it let me know.

 

[PhilipDT]

Most supermarkets take USD

 

[Mano Negra]

The big markets in china town (the ones with "information desks") exchange dollars at the blue. The more you change the better the price.