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09-09-22 13:31 #12258
Posts: 707Sounds typical
Originally Posted by Ggekko2009 [View Original Post]
I had a few close amigas, who were amazing, great sex, super cute and never even discussed money upfront, they were just thankful for whatever I gave them, never talked about time, just great girlfriend sex. I did send a couple of my special friends a few dollars during the pandemic, they had no food and they all lost their POS jobs. They were the exception.
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09-09-22 08:16 #12257
Posts: 763Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
Nobody ever said that every illegal act in every country gets arrested and prosecuted. You can get away with minor illegal infractions, especially if you are a single person. You cannot get away with willfully defying a court order if you are a billion dollar MNC with no place to hide. That is something that you cannot grasp because you lack the sense. So after you ignorantly declared yourself the king of 3rd world cold shower knowledge, I taught you a lesson and proved you wrong. So here's another lesson:
Suppose you are in Mexico, and a Mexican with a 2nd grade education tells you "Oxxo has been declared by the Mexican Supreme Court to be illegal. It is now illegal for them to be in business. " Never mind that all their lights are still on. Their doors open. Customers coming in and out buying things. Their vendors are still delivering goods, much of it on credit. Accepting credit card payments through their Mexican bank. Facilitating payments for Izzi and CFE and other utilities. Accepting money transfers through various Mexican banks. Paying their employees. Paying their rent. None of that matters, right? The only thing that matters is that the Mexican with a 2nd grade education said Oxxo is illegal. So to you, it MUST be illegal.
Imagine another scenario, this one using fictitious names to protect the identities of the severely gullible:
SenorAnternacional is at Bogota airport waiting to board his Avianca flight.
A Colombian with 2nd Grade Education: "Hola senor, I want to tell you that the Colombian Supreme Court has declared Avianca Airlines to be illegal. They were ordered to immediately cease all operations last month. They are illegal. ".
But. They are still selling tickets. Their bank is still processing credit card payments. They are still allowing boarding of their flights. They are still taking off and landing every few minutes. None of their flights have been canceled. Their website is still up and running and 100% functional. Their call center is still up and running. They are publishing new scheduled flights daily. They are still paying their employees. They are still hiring and training staff. They are paying their airport fees. Their vendors are still delivering goods. The aviation administration still clears their flights for takeoff. Their insurance company is still insuring them. They are still paying their hotel and other travel partners. There is absolutely NOTHING to indicate that there was a court order to shut down.
SenorInternacional: "I see that Avianca is operating 100% normally, but since a Colombian with a 2nd grade education told me they are illegal, then it must be true. Avianca is illegal! I'm a renegade flyer!
So with Uber, let's examine the facts. Let's count the indicators that would lead you to believe they are legal, and then the indicators that would lead you to believe they are illegal.
First, legal indicators:
1. They are operating 100% normally in Colombia.
2. Colombian and international banks as well as Visa and Mastercard have not severed relations as Uber accepts bank card payments as well as Nequi and DaviPlata.
3. They are paying their employees-their employer identification number is still valid.
4. Uber app is available for download from Colombian Play Store and App Store.
5. Colombian government has not blocked access to Uber servers.
6. They are hiring and training new employees.
7. They are accepting new drivers.
8. Their offices have not been raided by the feds or any other governmental agency.
9. Their insurance company still covers them.
10. Their board of directors are not in Colombian prison for defying a court order.
11. The American government has not revoked Uber's business license, which would surely happen if Uber was knowingly operating illegally in any part of the world.
12. Didi and InDriver have entered the Colombian market. You really think the Colombian government would issue new business permits to an industry that was declared illegal?
13. The taxi industry has partnered with Uber. You can now order UberTaxi in Colombia. So since the taxi companies are an official Uber partner, then the taxi companies must be illegal too, right?
And now, the illegal indicators:
1. Some Colombians with a 2nd grade education told me Uber is illegal.
So there. Might as well be a man and admit you were wrong and apologize. I'll accept and promise to not hold a grudge.
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09-09-22 06:22 #12256
Posts: 763Originally Posted by DaVinci40 [View Original Post]
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09-09-22 06:15 #12255
Posts: 763Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
So again, here's the question that you refuse to answer:
If Uber is illegal in Colombia, why doesn't the Colombian government shut down access to its servers? Remove Uber app downloads from Colombian IP addresses? Freeze all Uber's Colombian bank accounts? Issue arrest warrants for Uber's board of directors?
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09-09-22 05:26 #12254
Posts: 533Originally Posted by LatinaLover#1 [View Original Post]
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09-09-22 04:46 #12253
Posts: 707Two things for newbies to remember ahh maybe 3
1) If you fall in love in Latin America, you are falling in love by yourself.
2) Money can't buy you love.
3) and pussy makes you stupid.
A quick story, and I think many of us know of some stories where we fucked up on a trip.
A good friend and wingman of mine, a veteran pilot for a major airline with thousands of layovers throughout Latin America, fell in love with a hot chick who he met in a Terma in Rio. He bought an apartment for her in Santos. Was a great place for him to use a crash pad on layovers and maybe get married. Long story short, he want back to the states and when he returned to Brasil, she the locks changed, had her boyfriend and har whole family living there. The stupid ass put the house in her name so he was shit out off luck. When he confronted her she said and I quote:
"you should have known better, look at you, look at me" nuff said.
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09-09-22 02:39 #12252
Posts: 2579Awesome post
Originally Posted by Recondite [View Original Post]
Or maybe if you want to make a ton of money you can write being El Jefe in Latin America for dummies / gringos 101.
Oh who am I kidding we all know you can't fix stoopid, they would probably just give the book as another gift to some 3rd world puta LOL.
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09-09-22 02:27 #12251
Posts: 112Looks good except for the Inca cola
Looks good except for the Inca cola. That's probably one of my least favorite sodas. Period.
It's possible to make real, deep, and lasting friendships in Colombia and throughout Latin America with some time, language skills, and luck. I actually found that many people liked to spend money on me, whether it be buying me drinks or inviting me to parties as a way to show off to their friends and to enhance their social status when I worked in Central America. I remember going to a norteno concert in Honduras and getting bought beers the whole night by random people. I've also made real, lasting friendships / relationships that are not based on this type of showing off including with women who took me out and bought nice gifts for me. Here in Colombia, I'm still building my contacts but I already know several women who are happy to spend time with me and expect nothing from me beyond my company.
I think a lot of people fail and get sucked into abusive walking "cajero" relationships based on their own preconceptions and attitudes. One is that they take the scarcity attitude from here in the US with them to Latin America. There is no scarcity of women in Colombia or Latin America more generally. Probably 70% of the women you meet are single and / or willing to ditch their current boyfriend for a better prospect. Another is this attitude that women are doing you a favor by having sex with you or giving you their attention and need to be compensated in some way. I try to have the attitude that I'm doing them a favor by giving them my time, and attention and by having sex with them. Realizing that there is no scarcity and having a positive attitude about your own self-worth makes it easy to say no when someone tries to exploit you as you realize there are always other options. With that way of thinking its a question of time and a matter of putting yourself out there and time before you find more genuine friendships and relationships.
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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09-09-22 01:58 #12250
Posts: 15970Originally Posted by Elvis2008 [View Original Post]
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09-09-22 01:50 #12249
Posts: 2579Bravo
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
And you can't fix stoopid bro.
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09-09-22 01:48 #12248
Posts: 15970Originally Posted by DaVinci40 [View Original Post]
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09-09-22 01:44 #12247
Posts: 15970Originally Posted by MarquisdeSade1 [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by ClamSlammer [View Original Post]
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09-09-22 00:12 #12246
Posts: 122Uber in Colombia
For some reason, this theory seems to persist and feel that the air needs to be cleared so that we can all move on from Uber and rideshares being illegal. They are not. Let me summarize for us all:
1) Taxi companies in Colombia (like the rest of the world) require their drivers to pay a fee for a medallion. The fees go to local / city / state tax revenues. Every country has their own term for this medallion. In Colombia it's called a "Cupo". And just like basically every country, they had not yet modernized their taxi service and it struggled with the advent of rideshares where anyone could become a "taxi driver" without having to pay your local government the "cupo" fees. As an example, a Cupo in Colombia along with the special drivers license required costs $25-50 k USD. Yes, that is correct. $25 to 50 thousand US dollars. It is often more expensive than the car itself and is a huge source of revenue for the government.
2) Rather than modernize their service or reduce the need for a Cupo, Colombia instead chose to sue Uber specifically as it was the largest rideshare company at the time it entered the Colombian market.
3) Uber lost the court case and in December, 2019 the Superintendent of Industry and Commerce, came out and said Uber is now illegal. This is the point that many of these discussions have hovered around. A member of government on December 19th, 2019 said it was illegal.
4) 10 days later, Uber disputed the findings of the court case and initiated legal actions against the Colombian government to protect foreign investments under the free trade agreement between Colombia and the USA (Uber is a Delaware, USA based company).
5) Approximately 1 month later, while the courts had yet to review the case, Uber left Colombia in February 2020. Reports popped up that Transport police were giving rideshare drivers a hard time at the airports and in an attempt to get around it would require someone sit in the front. At the same time Uber dropped their protective status case because. (read number 6).
6) Once Uber had left, they initiated a different agreement to the Uber app and effectively bypassed the ruling given by the court. Uber in Colombia gets around the ruling by now calling itself a "Car and Driver Rental Service". Now, when getting an Uber from your app you are specifically renting a car and driver and that subtle change means you can use Uber as well as the other rideshare apps as they also changed their terms of service. This is how Uber (and the other apps we call rideshares but in Colombia are now called car and driver rentals) are allowed to operate. It is also my understanding.
7) That's it. Uber and other rideshare apps are not illegal in Colombia.
Now go out and ride your Ubers, Didi's, Indriver to your hearts content while down in Colombia and stop fretting that you're going to get arrested.
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09-08-22 22:53 #12245
Posts: 15970Practicing What I Preach
Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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09-08-22 20:53 #12244
Posts: 15970Originally Posted by ClamSlammer [View Original Post]