Medellin Reports

[Surfer500]

On a Sunday night, there were very few girls. Hardly anyone seemed like a beauty. I was expecting no less than 50 because it was not raining but I didn't see more than 15. I prefer to have a look at the lady in person, have brief conversation before taking the bait so I guess the only other similar venue is centro.

Sunday's typically are the slowest days there.

[Surfer500]

Yeah, and it sounds shady. We got our food just fine. Driver said order was cancelled and they and restaurant were not paid. I check it out. Charge has been made on my credit card but on line Rappi says order has been cancelled. Driver insists they have not been paid.

My gal handles it. They call multiple times. She takes screen shots, shows where we have paid ETC. People are pissed but what are you going to do? Order was like $20, If it were me, I just would have said sorry, paid in cash, and gotten the charge removed from my card. My gal is like you paid, fuck all of them.

Is this a scam by Rappi to double bill? I do not know, but something sure sounds sleazy to me.

I haven't had any issues like this using Rappi over the years, however something they started some months back is telling you in USD how much your going to be billed, with no explanation as to the exchange rate utilized.

So who knows what rate they are using, so now they are a money broker as well, no different than Western Union, and others.

[Surfer500]

Rule #2 Always listen to what Nounce has to tell you.

Rule #3 Listen to what Knowledge has to say.

I just saw a post where I think Nounce is contradicting Knowledge on photos and credit cards.

So your advice is a bit perplexing in this situation, as I don't know who is correct, perhaps both are correct, or perhaps neither are correct. LOL.

[Vitrea]

Good advice.

The number one advice I give to people that want to go with Facebook route for chica hunting is to have two accounts and keep them both completely separate with different emails and date or birth and basic demographic data. If not for secrecy, do it for privacy. You will thank me later.

Be advised that sort of content shows up on the facebook pages of other people in the "people you may know" category and in stories reels. Which other people? Anyone you may or may not know personally that facebook's algorithms target based on interactions with any kind of facebook or non facebook content anywhere on the Internet that you may have had in common. Facebook's tracking persists even when you are not logged in. So, for example, if you search for long term parking for your local airport that can be a bridge across which content from your "secret" facebook account finds its way to people from your home town.

[Elvis 2008]

Question.

Any one of have issues, using your card on the Rappi app, order keeps getting canceled because of verifying card crap.

Yeah, and it sounds shady. We got our food just fine. Driver said order was cancelled and they and restaurant were not paid. I check it out. Charge has been made on my credit card but on line Rappi says order has been cancelled. Driver insists they have not been paid.

My gal handles it. They call multiple times. She takes screen shots, shows where we have paid ETC. People are pissed but what are you going to do? Order was like $20, If it were me, I just would have said sorry, paid in cash, and gotten the charge removed from my card. My gal is like you paid, fuck all of them.

Is this a scam by Rappi to double bill? I do not know, but something sure sounds sleazy to me.

[DontSayMuch]

I just returned from my first Medellin trip.

I downloaded Uber and Didi and looking at both apps there, Didi won on price by a lot.

Didi was easy to use and I didn't have to wait for a driver very long.

I took one cab when I made a really bad choice and needed a ride quickly and it was the most expensive of the three.

[DontSayMuch]

In that same area (corner of 43A and Calle 9), there is a Davivienda bank. Most of their ATM's allow 2,000,000 withdrawal in one transaction, and there is no ATM fee. You can do more than one withdrawal.

Great info! Thanks a bunch.

[Nounce]

...Chargeback risk is lower if the buyer can't claim they did not make the purchase because there are images of them with the card in hand.....

The card company knows from the chip on the card that the card is real. They don't rely on photos which are not reliable.

[Plan77]

On a Sunday night, there were very few girls. Hardly anyone seemed like a beauty. I was expecting no less than 50 because it was not raining but I didn't see more than 15. I prefer to have a look at the lady in person, have brief conversation before taking the bait so I guess the only other similar venue is centro.

[Fun Luvr]

Most ATMs would only let me take out 600 m, but one ATM on the big street Carrera 43 A past the Parque de El Poblado park heading away from Calle 10 allowed 1,000 m pesos.

In that same area (corner of 43A and Calle 9), there is a Davivienda bank. Most of their ATM's allow 2,000,000 withdrawal in one transaction, and there is no ATM fee. You can do more than one withdrawal.

[Mojo Bandit]

Hi guys,

So I was reading the last 25 pages in the last couple of hours and I'm trying to understand something, without much success. Maybe I should read more pages but I'm not so optimistic that I'll find my answers.

I'm reading a lot of reports about hooking up with FB girls, and I'm struggling to understand how do you guys know who to contact? And even if you do, are you using your real FB account or some fake account you've created just for this?

I really want to visit Medellin some day (and that could be as early as next month. Still trying to decide if I want Thailand or Colombia), and I'm really into meeting local girls in my hotel. Preferably for what they call in Thailand a LT session. I also have Tinder if that helps.

Any advice for a newbie like me?

Thanks 🙏.

Rule #1 Pay for a membership on this site so you can get PMs. Nobody is going to radio broadcast the info you actually need.

Rule #2 Always listed to what Nounce has to tell you.

Rule #3 Listen to what Knowledge has to say. He is not called knowledge for no reason. Learn to use the "search thread" function in these threads (if you do not know what a thread is learn that first) - then do what Nounce said and use the "search thread" function to search the "Links to Reports of Distinction" thread using the search term Facebook. There are literally guides to how to get into the Facebook scene in Medellin. And know one is going to keep typing that shit over and over because its already here. Links to Reports of Distinction. And thank Nounce for putting those links in there.

Rule #4 Pay for a membership so you can get PMs.

[DontSayMuch]

ATMs. I've read on here some reports about the conversion option should be declined which really helped me save some pesos. I've added a couple photos that may help others. Most ATMs would only let me take out 600 m, but one ATM on the big street Carrera 43 A past the Parque de El Poblado park heading away from Calle 10 allowed 1,000 m pesos.

The first image is the ATM fee, say yes to this.

The second was the one warned of by the board, say decline conversion to this.

[Knowledge]

I didn't want to say this directly but here it is. I think we can all agree the difference with a distinction between online purchases and in person purchases is when you use a card in person you are photographed. I've written about the government's policy of monitoring and controlling financial transactions. That is much harder to do when the purchaser is behind the cloak of the Internet. Chargeback risk is lower if the buyer can't claim they did not make the purchase because there are images of them with the card in hand. EPM online is the way to go for sure. If you don't have a Colombian bank account you can pay cash at Gana but don't ever go to the EPM office.

Perhaps when someone buys / pays for something in person there is less problems with chargebacks. There has to be a reason why people are having issues with foreign credit cards when buying online and perhaps there are merchants that just don't want to pay the fees associated with foreign credit cards. At Unidad Deportes in Belen where I swim, they have a sign up that says they will not accept Colombian EXITO charge cards to pay for services. So I wonder what's up with that, a Colombian credit card from a major retailer not accepted in Colombia? Go figure. Or perhaps the reason some credit cards are accepted and some are not is because of the fees they charge as I previously mentioned. American Express is not accepted at a lot of places because I believe they charge more than Visa or Master Card.

Regardless, and what nobody has brought up, is the use of debit cards versus credit cards. I have a USA debit card from Wells Fargo set up with Rappi and have never had an issue. And yes I get hit with like 50 cent fees when I use it, but it's an alternative that I believe will work for others.

And as far as paying for EPM bills, that can all be done online automatically if you have an account with a major Colombian bank like BanColombia. But some, which might be in your case, don't trust anybody transferring money from their bank accounts and having auto-pay set up. I personally have never had an issue either here or in the USA with autopay and don't want to mess with paying bills online.

Imagine having autopay for all your hookers!

[Knowledge]

This is by far my favorite post of the week.

You contact the chicks that look like hookers.

[Lou32]

I only ever announced I'd arrived in Medellin once as a story on a Facebook because of how relentless some of the chicas are. I even had one randomly calling me on messenger that time. Its just too much for me at least. Even now when I just message the ones I pick to see there always seems to be one or two I have second thoughts about that bug and bug "cuando podemos vernos?"

I filter the ones who I am not keen on seeing by either telling them that I am running low on funds for this trip so I can only pay 150,000 total (or lower) or I hit them with a proposal that I don't think they'll go for like access to the backdoor or a happy hour.

These ladies either go radio silent or agree to my terms.

Win, win.