Medellin Reports

[AmorPorFavor]

For the guys who post FB pics of themselves arriving in Medellin, use the FB Stories feature. There are two main advantages.

The likes you get are private to you and not shown to other people. It also expires in 24 hours. Chicas know this and are more likely to send a reaction when they can avoid advertising themselves as putas to your other friends.

You also see the chicas that view your story so you know they're active. It doesn't mean they're interested in seeing you but at least you know they're using FB actively. It can help you filter your hit list on the first few days.

Great advice.

[AmorPorFavor]

Question.

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

I had that problem in Jan in CTG. It was weird because my first order worked and went through and then every time I tried after that had problems with the card verification and I just gave up. I am going to give it a test run in Tijuana before my next Columbia trip.

[Surfer500]

I don't think it's about chargebacks because those same companies that don't accept foreign charge cards online will accept them when they are presented in person. In my experience the larger retailers like Grupo Exito and Homecenter accept international charge cards online as well as in person. Telecommunications and utilities like Claro, Tigo, and EPM don't accept my foreign charge cards online but I have no problem using them in person. Tigo has kiosks in its locations that I use if I happen to be near one when my bill is due. Mostly I use a Colombian card to pay online. I avoid the EPM office like the plague.

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!

[Nounce]

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Any advice for a newbie like me?...

You can start from Reports of Distinction

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A Super Freaky Chica. WOW.

Give a man a fish, teach a man to fish.

Miss Kate. Muchisimas Gracias!

YMMV.

The Facebook rabbithole and my first day.

Facebook comments and second day.

... Thanks 🙏.

Help the next guy that comes alone if you can.

[Knowledge]

Barranquilla? At any rate, a flight would be my choice.

Anyone here interested in a road trip to venesula let me know. WIll be leaving the 7th ot 8th from barrenqua figure stay there for about a week. I heard its mellowed out a bit. Pm me.

[Knowledge]

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.

For the guys who post FB pics of themselves arriving in Medellin, use the FB Stories feature. There are two main advantages.

The likes you get are private to you and not shown to other people. It also expires in 24 hours. Chicas know this and are more likely to send a reaction when they can avoid advertising themselves as putas to your other friends.

You also see the chicas that view your story so you know they're active. It doesn't mean they're interested in seeing you but at least you know they're using FB actively. It can help you filter your hit list on the first few days.

[Knowledge]

My advice is to write the word "facebook" in the search field at the top of this page. There is a great deal of specific information and instructions. If you use the search feature it will filter out content that does not reference facebook.

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..

[RomRich]

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 🙏.

[Nounce]

Question.

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

Try pay via Apple Pay or Google Pay and you don't need to register it with Rappi. I am not sure about the availability of Google Pay.

[Knowledge]

I have no problem with a foreign credit card on Rappi. I don't think I've ever used my Colombian cards on it. On the other hand, I had to hustle to Premium Plaza to buy concert tickets in person after the tuboleta web site rejected my foreign card over and over again. In person there was no problem paying with my foreign card. It was a pain in the neck because I had to change my plans for the so I could get the tickets before they sold out.

Yep. Had problems for over 1 year now. Have tried to use different cards and different accounts to no avail. So I have just been having the chick I am with order it and pay cash.

[Knowledge]

I don't think it's about chargebacks because those same companies that don't accept foreign charge cards online will accept them when they are presented in person. In my experience the larger retailers like Grupo Exito and Homecenter accept international charge cards online as well as in person. Telecommunications and utilities like Claro, Tigo, and EPM don't accept my foreign charge cards online but I have no problem using them in person. Tigo has kiosks in its locations that I use if I happen to be near one when my bill is due. Mostly I use a Colombian card to pay online. I avoid the EPM office like the plague.

You know one of the motives for not accepting international cards? Its bcos of chargebacks. Foreigners can raise chargebacks for the slightest problem and their banks are willing to initiate a refund for the slightest inconvenience, even when the purchaser is clearly in the wrong. As a merchant processor, I am very used to that. But Colombian card holderrs do not get the same protection and are unable to make the same chargebacks bcos VISA and MC do not offer the cardholder the same protection in Colombia. So foreign cardholders pose a much greater risk to a Colombian merchant.

Am sure there are other reasons, but this is one.

[JustTK]

Seems it may be a situation in which Colombia based companies don't accept international credit cards online. I have tried two clothing stores and Claro. The clothing stores state upfront that international credit cards are not accepted. Claro goes through the complete transaction, but I don't receive the data package nor is my credit card charged.

You know one of the motives for not accepting international cards? Its bcos of chargebacks. Foreigners can raise chargebacks for the slightest problem and their banks are willing to initiate a refund for the slightest inconvenience, even when the purchaser is clearly in the wrong. As a merchant processor, I am very used to that. But Colombian card holderrs do not get the same protection and are unable to make the same chargebacks bcos VISA and MC do not offer the cardholder the same protection in Colombia. So foreign cardholders pose a much greater risk to a Colombian merchant.

Am sure there are other reasons, but this is one.

[Tasss]

For the guys who post FB pics of themselves arriving in Medellin, use the FB Stories feature. There are two main advantages.

The likes you get are private to you and not shown to other people. It also expires in 24 hours. Chicas know this and are more likely to send a reaction when they can avoid advertising themselves as putas to your other friends.

You also see the chicas that view your story so you know they're active. It doesn't mean they're interested in seeing you but at least you know they're using FB actively. It can help you filter your hit list on the first few days.

[ILikeButts]

Seems it may be a situation in which Colombia based companies don't accept international credit cards online. I have tried two clothing stores and Claro. The clothing stores state upfront that international credit cards are not accepted. Claro goes through the complete transaction, but I don't receive the data package nor is my credit card charged.

I had the same issue online with Claro, big waste of time. I know now to just go to the store and I'm done in 5 minutes.

[Fun Luvr]

Yep. Had problems for over 1 year now. Have tried to use different cards and different accounts to no avail. So I have just been having the chick I am with order it and pay cash.

Seems it may be a situation in which Colombia based companies don't accept international credit cards online. I have tried two clothing stores and Claro. The clothing stores state upfront that international credit cards are not accepted. Claro goes through the complete transaction, but I don't receive the data package nor is my credit card charged.