Living in Argentina

[Admin]

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Jackson

[Bart9000]

Hi All,

Does anyone happen to know what the rules are in Argentina for the importation of pets? I have a couple little gray furballs that I am rather fond of.

"Bart"

[Sidney]

Furniture Buying: As Stowe pointed out I have already posted on this. Still, it is the New Year and I am feeling generous so I will give you a good hint at a store that has some good stuff. Some of my clients don't want to buy custom made expensive furniture like I put into some of my properties. For those I have sent to Della Casa on Uruguay Street in between Arenales and Santa Fe. Ask for Maria. She speaks English and their prices are lower than most stores in town. You can get good dining room tables, chairs, comfortable chairs and couches, TV stands, entertainment centers, beds, etc. there. Ask for a cash discount. Definitely ask for a cash discount.

Re: Cosmetic surgery: BA has excellent physicians in the cosmetic surgery area here. It's definitely cheaper than anywhere in the states. Just ask around for a good doctor with a good reputation.

P.S. Several guys from WSG have been emailing me asking me for free advice about buying property here. I have already spent a lot of time posting FREE information here about buying property. I no longer answer emails about this. I only provide detailed information to my consulting clients. I charge a fee anywhere from u$s 600 - u$s 1,000 to help you buy property here. It really isn't a lot when you consider all the problems you could have if you don't do it right. If you can't afford this, you can't afford my services.

Please no more emails asking for free advice. I feel I have already provided enough free information. I have earned a great reputation for finding many people great properties that they are making fantastic returns on. I honestly don't know any other single individual that is buying more property here than me. My predictions about real estate here have come true. Property in some posh areas of Recoleta have now surpassed $2,000 per sq. meter. I don't see a slowdown in foreign property purchases here. I'm starting to get more upmarket clients. I had a client today make an offer on a u$s 1.2 million apartment. For more information, you can always go to my website: www.apartmentsba.com Good luck fellas. Living here is the greatest experience of my life.

IS THIS POSSIBLE. DO THEY TAX IT. COST?

[Champagne Boy]

Hello!

I have followed this and the Argentinan forum for some time (mostly the photo-section..hehe ) and have now decided to go on a trip to the two countries. Well, to be honest, not only for women, but alot for the nature aswell. But hey, nature is better seen together with a woman.

I basicly know where to go to find nice girls to pay for, and more or less some clubs for freebees, but I wondered if any of you guys know a good site for meeting women? Normal chat-boards or dating-sites, like lycoos in France. Not the one you have to pay 200$ for every reply you want to make to a girl. I'm going in 2-3 month so I wanted to be prepared and maybe find some nice friends down there.

Any tip would be much appriciated!

Oh, pardon my spelling, but it's in the middle of the night and I'm dead tired... =)

[Saint]

Furniture Buying: As Stowe pointed out I have already posted on this. Still, it is the New Year and I am feeling generous so I will give you a good hint at a store that has some good stuff. Some of my clients don't want to buy custom made expensive furniture like I put into some of my properties. For those I have sent to Della Casa on Uruguay Street in between Arenales and Santa Fe. Ask for Maria. She speaks English and their prices are lower than most stores in town. You can get good dining room tables, chairs, comfortable chairs and couches, TV stands, entertainment centers, beds, etc. there. Ask for a cash discount. Definitely ask for a cash discount.

Re: Cosmetic surgery: BA has excellent physicians in the cosmetic surgery area here. It's definitely cheaper than anywhere in the states. Just ask around for a good doctor with a good reputation.

P.S. Several guys from WSG have been emailing me asking me for free advice about buying property here. I have already spent a lot of time posting FREE information here about buying property. I no longer answer emails about this. I only provide detailed information to my consulting clients. I charge a fee anywhere from u$s 600 - u$s 1,000 to help you buy property here. It really isn't a lot when you consider all the problems you could have if you don't do it right. If you can't afford this, you can't afford my services.

Please no more emails asking for free advice. I feel I have already provided enough free information. I have earned a great reputation for finding many people great properties that they are making fantastic returns on. I honestly don't know any other single individual that is buying more property here than me. My predictions about real estate here have come true. Property in some posh areas of Recoleta have now surpassed $2,000 per sq. meter. I don't see a slowdown in foreign property purchases here. I'm starting to get more upmarket clients. I had a client today make an offer on a u$s 1.2 million apartment. For more information, you can always go to my website: www.apartmentsba.com Good luck fellas. Living here is the greatest experience of my life.

[Celeritas]

I'm planning of staying in Buenos Aires for 3 week in February and was wondering if it makes sense to shop around for some cosmetic dental treatment (like teeth bleaching). Something is telling me it must be less expensive than in the US.

Has anyone had any experience with dental clinics in BsAs? What are the prices and the quiality of service?

Gracias!

[Stowe]

Regarding buying furniture. Read this section of the forum. It has been discussed several times.

Stowe

[Member #1036]

I am buying an apartment in BA and will be going there in February to buy furniture and household goods.

Do you guys living there have any suggestions on where to go to buy these things?

I don't want the cheap as you can find but want a fairly good quality furniture as I need it to last and needs to show well.

Thanks for any suggestions.

[Alliwantislove]

I am here for a week and really like music with my sex. So I have purchased a compact stereo system which I would like to sell when I leave on the 15th.
It´s a Phillips Micro Hi-Fi System, MC150. It cost me $499 pesos at Musimundo on Florida. It wsa purchased today, Saturday. It has CD/FM/MW/TAPE. I have the receipt, guarantee, and all packing materials. A few rules - 1) you´ll have to come pick it up so that we both know if left my room in working condition, 2) I won´t part with it until I leave on the 15th, 3) I will sell it to the highest bidder (unless I barter it for sex), 4) the receipt has my credit card number and I´ll be somehow obscuring the CC number before giving the receipt to the buyer.

If interested PM with an offer and/or any questions.

Bob

[Coupe66]

Hi Saint,

I am the British guy who phoned you in BA a couple of times about real estate and WSG matters.

I have been trying to e-mail you to the appartmentsba address you gave me but it does not work. It is regarding real estate issues and other matters, so would appreciate if you could advice me of another e-mail address if possible.

Cheers,

Coupe 66

[Saint]

I have spent the past week in Rio and although I had a ton of fun it makes me realize how damn lucky and happy I am living in Buenos Aires. Rio as a sex destination has always been better than Buenos Aires with the termas but the general trend of the quality of girls deteriorating or leaving for Europe has stricken Rio as well. I noticed far far fewer hot model type girls in places like Help and Barbarellas. Help usually has several hotties and I struggled to find even 1 or 2 the past week. I did pull out 2 very pretty girls but the scene has really deteriorated there.

I am anxious to get back home as I have a lot of work to do. God bless Argentina!

[Saint]

Jaimito,

I agree with you. I think it depends on the country. I've used my Paypal.com debit card in every country (except Cuba) that I've traveled to and it's been the only card that has always worked without problems. The rate was always really good too. Far too little to notice anyway.

Also, for those of you that try to get a taxi for holidays like Christmas Eve or New Year's Eve coming up. You better book ahead of time. Most companies don't take reservations that night because they are booked ahead of time. Luckily I found a driver that I convinced to work on his night off. He took me and my date around on Christmas Eve. I saw literally hundreds of people in the streets trying to flag down a taxi to no avail. The same can probably be expected on New Year's Eve. All the remise companies I tried to use were all full so it was a wise move. It wasn't cheap but well worth it after seeing so many people trying to flag down a taxi. If you know of a special taxi driver, see if you can pay him to work that night or if he has a friend that is willing to.

I've been crazy busy trying to get things done and catching up from restoring information from my laptop being stolen. Anyway, I'm happy to report that Santa is bringing me a new Dell '17 inch laptop soon from the USA. I also decided to take a much needed vacation to Brazil for New Year's Eve. BA is usually dead around this time. Most of my amigovias are out of town visiting family. I'm flying to Rio on Thursday and will try to make it to Buzios to get some beach time although the prospects of finding a hotel in Buzios is probably slim and none. I'll relax in Rio if I can't make it to Buzios for a week or so.

Life is still good but would be much better if my laptop wasn't stolen....Happy New Year's all.

[Thomaso276]

I do not know why but suddenly Fox (Ch. 17 on Cable) carried Packers / Vikings on Christmas Eve; Oakland and KC yesterday and today (Sunday) Indy and San Diego and now Cowboys and Redskins. Before all I ever found was ESPN Sunday and Monday nite games.

A pleasant surprise and hopefully they will continue coverage through playoffs.

[Jaimito Cartero]

For example, PayPal is low on fees, but takes a 2.5% margin on the interbank rate. It would work out less expensive with a bank that charges a fee per transaction, and a margin of 1.5%.

I've always considered that I've gotten good rates for exchange in other countries. 2.5% sounded quite high. I withdrew money here in Costa Rica yesterday, and was charged less than 1% difference than the official rate. Perhaps in some countries it's variable, but I've always considered this card a pretty good one to use, as it's worked in every country I've ever gone to.

[Dickhead]

In the five year period from 1999-2003, there were 116 reported kidnappings involving non-Argentinean victims. Of these, 44 were US citizens. Of the 116, 63 were released after paying a ransom of some kind. 26 were killed before ransom was paid. 18 were killed after ransom was paid. 5 were released without ransom being paid, and 4 were freed by the police.

Sources: www.purotrucho.com.ar , www.esunchiste.com.ar , www.matachetos.com.ar