I hope she took it!
Where to change dollars in Blue market?
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The boss was in Unicenter today and one of the stores offered her 73 for the USD.
Maybe it was because of this?
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I hope she took it!
no....we need the dollars for Punta !
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no....we need the dollars for Punta !
But we will be back......
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Yesterday I went to the small PagoFacil-WU that opened recently nearby to exchange USD. The rate was not that great (66) and the lady wanted to exchange for even less (65) because my note was not as white as Alberto's fake teeth.
I told her that 100 USD is always 100 USD outside of Argentina, and that it was nonsense. Last week she wanted to exchange for less because I had an older note with the smaller Ben's head, this week it was because it was yellowish. She said it is not her who is fussy "Es el mayorista que los paga menos". I told her that until last year no one was being fussy about bank notes, and that this nonsense is taking off only because they are allowing it, and that elsewhere they aren't fussy about my USD.
I told her I needed also to pay a bill at the PagoFacil counter, but that since she exchange just 1x $100 note, I had not enough money to do it and that I needed to go back home to take a whiter bill. I disappeared for an hour, my husband got very angry at the whole thing and told me we'd drive to another exchanger (the usual place on Scalabrini we all know - Rice) and that I shouldn't let her win, otherwise she'll become even more fussier because she knows I go home and bring there my best notes.
At the other place, about 7 blocks away, they gave a close look to our bill USD but my husband didn't flick an eyelid and got 6600 ARS in exchange. We will never know if they gave him 66 instead of 67 or if they gave him 66 regardless. Some questions are better left unanswered...
I then went to the first place to finally pay my bill, and the lady didn't even mention where I had gone to exchange the money. I hope she realized she lost a customer... considering I am a foreigner, she should've been clever enough to recognize me not only as a repeat customer but also as an advertiser among my foreigners' circle. I am upset because I realized I have several notes that are yellowish, much more than I'd like to.
Meanwhile, we lost about 1 hour of our time just to deal with the most basic things... I am starting to get fed up with the whole amount of energies one has to invest to carry out the smallest things of life here.
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I just get annoyed at the amount of time you have to spend on financial things to make sure you get a good deal or to make sure you are not getting screwed . I spend a good few hours each week whereas in Europe I didn't really spend any time at all.
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serafina .....
Why don't u just use the Western Union way.......if u got a foreign card or ur hubby got......then u just do the transfer, go to a carrefour pagofacil/WU.....get the money, and pay bills in one go!
I did that and loaded up on my mercadolibre account!
So out of all money I wired, just left with a few bills in pocket. All sorted in one go!
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@JAN is right . But I imagine that you already have the dollars here . Might be an idea to keep them in your normal safe place and bring in cash from your European bank account via the Western Union route.
i was planning to bring a few dollars in from Uruguay next week but I will only bringing a few as Western Union is the way to go at the moment.
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But I imagine that you already have the dollars here .
Correct. Who would have imagined that having the cash in hand here was not as convenient?
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This is crazy! We have dollars and don’t care if Ben’s head is big or small, or the bill rivals Alberto’s preternaturally white teeth. Let’s just trade crappy dollars for new ones. It’s my Christmas present to you, serafina . You shouldn’t have to waste this kind of time or energy on something so trivial and mundane.
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A bankrupt country that can afford the niceties of snubbing imperfect dollar bills eh?
Who said anything in Argentina ever made any sense?
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The best explanation we’ve ever had when a creased bill was rejected (bills with any writing or marks of any kind are also snubbed), was that they couldn’t take anything that the Central Bank might not accept, potentially leaving them stuck with damaged currency.
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The best explanation we’ve ever had when a creased bill was rejected (bills with any writing or marks of any kind are also snubbed), was that they couldn’t take anything that the Central Bank might not accept, potentially leaving them stuck with damaged currency.
So the black market mayoristas exchange dollars at the Central Bank?
It doesn't sound like a clever move at all.
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Remember the country we are in - -
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Amid talk of Argentina printing bigger bills, I came across this:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/ARGEN…CY-BANKNOTE-/142981804655
cambio, cambio! -
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Might end up being cheaper to use than buying toilet paper.
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.....and it's comes with separations!!!
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wide shot, but hey:
I need pesos......but Western Union does not work for me anymore since limit is 1000 usd/euros and I cannot manage to confirm my id via the system......no idea why......
Soooooo, if anyone need USD/EURO on an account OUTSIDE Argentina, or payoneer , transferwise, let me know......if u have excess pesitos here.....
Btw the euro rate is terrible equal to that of USD.......82......
So it can be this could be a good transaction for both parts.
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I’d be glad to help, @JAN , but we always need to change in the other direction as well. We need more members who earn in pesos and want to change for dollars! Then we could have our own private exchange - -
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