Your reaction when you read this will probably be "this guy is an idiot" and "what a bad person." I am well aware of the former, though I'm sure most of you made a mistake or two when you were 24 years old, and as for the latter, perhaps. So if you wish to admonish my behavior, feel free, though you may be wasting my time, as you won't be telling me anything I don't know.
I'll start with some background information. After working for a year in the US I got a job in BA (through a friend, it's a long story). I was saving tons of money living with my parents (needed to pay off mountains of college debt) but I desperately needed a change of scenery, so I took the chance. I moved into an apartment in BA and was excited at the prospect of living in a new country.
The pay was good and the way it worked was I had dollars transferred to my American account. Periodically I would go to Uruguay to take them out and then exchange them with my money guy and (I'd keep the leftover dollars under my mattress). I was always friendly with the doorman and when he saw me leave with my suitcase and asked where I was going I told him I was visiting a friend in Uruguay.
I didn't end up liking Argentina as much as I thought, but I did meet a girl my age and got engaged. You guys are too young, my parents told me, but I didn't listen. I knew I didn't want to live in BA forever so the plan was to stay there a couple years and then move back to the states, where we'd have kids.
I got laid off from my job (with a severance package). A friend lined me up a good job at another company and nothing I found in the states was comparable (in terms of the responsibilities entailed). The office is far from my apartment though so I decided to buy a car and I went to Uruguay and took out a bunch of money (the severance).
I had a funny feeling about my fiancee's recent behavior, and when I called her from Uruguay (at a different time than I told her), something seemed wrong. It felt like there was someone there with her. I came back to Buenos Aires a day early and when I entered my apartment (she lives with her parents and wanted to stay there), I found her with another man.
The next couple nights I went out and drank and blabbed my story to anyone who'd listen. One of those nights I was approached by a very beautiful Argentine woman. It was the first bar I'd been to and I had just started drinking, but the next thing I knew I woke up in bed to find everything valuable in my apartment gone, including all of the money I had under my mattress. I must've been roofied.
I think the doorman set it up. He knew about my trips to Uruguay, that I was going to buy a car, that I had broken up with my fiancee (there was a big scene when she left), and that I was going out drinking every night afterwards. But I have no evidence and the police were able to come up with nothing.
Then I find out my mom has breast cancer. It's been a rough couple of weeks. My dad was laid off during the recession, couldn't find work, and decided to retire, and my mom had recently retired as well. My parents are going to really struggle through this financially and they need my financial and emotional support. I need to move back in with them and look for a job in the states to help with the medical bills.
The thing is though the minimum contract on the apartment is two years. I will have to make 14 more rent payments, and that is money I don't have. I want to leave this country forever and never come back. What if I just leave? Can they track me down in the states and ask for that rent money? I'm aware that most of you will consider this to be a morally repugnant act, and if you wish to chastise me, be my guest, but I doubt you'll change my mind. I am just curious about an important bit of information, namely how they pursue people who leave and don't pay rent. Anything would be appreciated.
I'll start with some background information. After working for a year in the US I got a job in BA (through a friend, it's a long story). I was saving tons of money living with my parents (needed to pay off mountains of college debt) but I desperately needed a change of scenery, so I took the chance. I moved into an apartment in BA and was excited at the prospect of living in a new country.
The pay was good and the way it worked was I had dollars transferred to my American account. Periodically I would go to Uruguay to take them out and then exchange them with my money guy and (I'd keep the leftover dollars under my mattress). I was always friendly with the doorman and when he saw me leave with my suitcase and asked where I was going I told him I was visiting a friend in Uruguay.
I didn't end up liking Argentina as much as I thought, but I did meet a girl my age and got engaged. You guys are too young, my parents told me, but I didn't listen. I knew I didn't want to live in BA forever so the plan was to stay there a couple years and then move back to the states, where we'd have kids.
I got laid off from my job (with a severance package). A friend lined me up a good job at another company and nothing I found in the states was comparable (in terms of the responsibilities entailed). The office is far from my apartment though so I decided to buy a car and I went to Uruguay and took out a bunch of money (the severance).
I had a funny feeling about my fiancee's recent behavior, and when I called her from Uruguay (at a different time than I told her), something seemed wrong. It felt like there was someone there with her. I came back to Buenos Aires a day early and when I entered my apartment (she lives with her parents and wanted to stay there), I found her with another man.
The next couple nights I went out and drank and blabbed my story to anyone who'd listen. One of those nights I was approached by a very beautiful Argentine woman. It was the first bar I'd been to and I had just started drinking, but the next thing I knew I woke up in bed to find everything valuable in my apartment gone, including all of the money I had under my mattress. I must've been roofied.
I think the doorman set it up. He knew about my trips to Uruguay, that I was going to buy a car, that I had broken up with my fiancee (there was a big scene when she left), and that I was going out drinking every night afterwards. But I have no evidence and the police were able to come up with nothing.
Then I find out my mom has breast cancer. It's been a rough couple of weeks. My dad was laid off during the recession, couldn't find work, and decided to retire, and my mom had recently retired as well. My parents are going to really struggle through this financially and they need my financial and emotional support. I need to move back in with them and look for a job in the states to help with the medical bills.
The thing is though the minimum contract on the apartment is two years. I will have to make 14 more rent payments, and that is money I don't have. I want to leave this country forever and never come back. What if I just leave? Can they track me down in the states and ask for that rent money? I'm aware that most of you will consider this to be a morally repugnant act, and if you wish to chastise me, be my guest, but I doubt you'll change my mind. I am just curious about an important bit of information, namely how they pursue people who leave and don't pay rent. Anything would be appreciated.