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08-14-22 02:41 #5857
Posts: 15972Originally Posted by Ebauche [View Original Post]
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08-14-22 01:57 #5856
Posts: 760Global mongering veteran / DR Rookie
I have limited experience in Latin America, and zero experience in the DR. My mongering has been across Asia, German FKKs, and Eastern Europe. Just got back from a wonderful Pattaya holiday. I'm wondering if DR might offer a bit of what I enjoy.
In Thailand, I truly enjoy the "holiday girlfriend" experience. Finding a reasonably compatible girl, often a non-pro looking for a good time and some extra cash in the form of "gifts" so they maintain plausible deniability about their working girl status.
Is such a situation possible in the DR? A holiday girlfriend to basically pamper me and attend to my wants and needs in and out of the bedroom for a few days? If so, best channel to source such girls?
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07-22-22 13:45 #5855
Posts: 2058Originally Posted by Tempoecorto [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by SubCmdr [View Original Post]
So putting this into the Art of the Pussy deal: 3000 DOP for social / sexual services.
USD / DOP 1 to 58 51.72 USD.
USD / DOP 1 to 54 55.56 USD.
That is a 7. 5% increase for me just because of exchange rates.
Let me add that is such a pleasure to be able to discuss issues in the Dominican Republic that are more than just "where the chicas at". You know why? Because if you just show up and put "boots on the ground" you will find the chicas. That is what being a "man in the arena" is about. Anyone who does not like the focus of my posts can put me on ignore.
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07-22-22 04:39 #5854
Posts: 2058Exchange Rates and the Art of the Pussy Deal
Originally Posted by Tempoecorto [View Original Post]
Originally Posted by SubCmdr [View Original Post]
Let's put that into perspective when engaging in the "Art of the pussy deal":
3000 DOP at 1 to 58 was: 51.72 USD.
3000 DOP at 1 to 54 is: 55.56 USD.
That is a 7. 5 % increase for the same social / sexual services.
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07-21-22 20:18 #5853
Posts: 2116Originally Posted by SubCmdr [View Original Post]
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07-21-22 02:25 #5852
Posts: 2058Exchange rates
July 20,2022.
I just saw something that I have never seen before. I'm in a Caribe Express in Santo Domingo este and the advertised exchange rate USD / DOP is 1 to 54. And the advertised exchange rate for EUR / DOP is 1 to 54. Dollar parity with the Euro. Who would have thunk it? The Euro is getting crushed! Like Bigfoot stepping on a grape.
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07-19-22 20:24 #5851
Posts: 2058Originally Posted by Tempoecorto [View Original Post]
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07-18-22 23:41 #5850
Posts: 2116Originally Posted by SubCmdr [View Original Post]
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07-18-22 16:48 #5849
Posts: 2058Activities of Daily life
Today I needed to goto the bank and make a transaction. It took me 38 minutes. Not including drive time or taking money out of the ATM. 20 people were standing in line when I arrived. I was in Santo Domingo este.
The same transaction in Sosua would have taken me 10 - 15 minutes. And that includes the time it would have taken me to walk from where I usually stay to the bank and return.
I opened my bank accounts many years ago when I first moved to the Dominican Republic. I just opened more one month ago. Once you get your first account. After three to six months you can get an account at any bank you want. Because after six months you simply ask your current bank for a letter of good standing. Then you take that letter along with proof you have a monthly income and with that you can open another account. At my new bank I am a preferred customer. I have a special window. I don't have to wait in no line. Now, I have not figured out if is my beauty, personality or bank balance that earned me that. But it does save me quite a bit of time.
Make sure to introduce yourself to your bank branch manager. I am known by name in the branch I use all the time. And I know that is because of my bank balance and the type of transactions I perform. It does not save me any time. But it does save me money. When I am exchanging USD for DOP the manager makes a call to the trading desk at headquarters and gets me a rate that is .3 - .5 higher per peso than the advertised exchange rate. I guess it pays to know what you are doing.
I use my Dominican banks to make transactions. I do not store money here. Only enough to get me through 2 or 3 months. If the DOP moves back to 58 I will buy pesos and max out again. But I doubt that will happen anytime soon. The central bank here is on point with their interest rate movements. That is why the DOP is not getting crushed against the USD like so many other currencies are.
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06-12-22 17:25 #5848
Posts: 713Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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06-12-22 17:16 #5847
Posts: 1908Originally Posted by NamasteParis [View Original Post]
As for ATMs. I use them for my daily local cash, no exchange negotiations needed, and their fees vary from 150 to 300 a crack.
Trouble here is that although I have 8 machines within walking distance, only about half of them recognize by credit card and even less, my debit card. Some even change the limits on withdrawals arbitrarily. So be prepared.
Plus they run out of money, breakdown, and you can be in a long line up for the only machine that's working.
That said, Progresso and Populaire, are the most reliable.
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06-12-22 16:06 #5846
Posts: 300Originally Posted by Aragorn [View Original Post]
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06-12-22 15:21 #5845
Posts: 15972Originally Posted by Cestme [View Original Post]
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06-12-22 13:24 #5844
Posts: 66Originally Posted by MrEnternational [View Original Post]
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06-11-22 03:53 #5843
Posts: 15972Originally Posted by Cestme [View Original Post]