Is There A Problem Using Non Argentine Credit Cards?

[RichardP]

We have been doing online pedidos from abroad for years for a family member through Disco and have had no problems. Today this relative was called by Disco and told that the person holding the card had to go to a local Citibank (the card's origen) and have the card authorized before it would be valid. Unfortunately, we are not in Argentina right now. We also received an e-mail stating the same from Disco and the order was cancelled.
Is this some new traba to prevent outside money from being used in Argentina?

 

[ajoknoblauch]

We have been doing online pedidos from abroad for years for a family member through Disco and have had no problems. Today this relative was called by Disco and told that the person holding the card had to go to a local Citibank (the card's origen) and have the card authorized before it would be valid. Unfortunately, we are not in Argentina right now. We also received an e-mail stating the same from Disco and the order was cancelled.
Is this some new traba to prevent outside money from being used in Argentina?

If you're paying with a credit card at the official rate, you're getting ripped off big time.

 

[Rich One]

We have been doing online pedidos from abroad for years for a family member through Disco and have had no problems. Today this relative was called by Disco and told that the person holding the card had to go to a local Citibank (the card's origen) and have the card authorized before it would be valid. Unfortunately, we are not in Argentina right now. We also received an e-mail stating the same from Disco and the order was cancelled.
Is this some new traba to prevent outside money from being used in Argentina?

If you did that for years then I tend to believe

• A new regulation in place not accepting Foreign cards by Coto
• the Clerk didn't know how to process the Pedido with a Foreign CC
• Try it again today

 

[RichardP]

If you're paying with a credit card at the official rate, you're getting ripped off big time.

These are not huge purchases and are usually less than 100U$. It is of great help to a little old lady though. They even deliver the groceries to her home.