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[Menteng]

After reading his latest postings I think his nickname should be Bang(o) Cheap(o). ROFLOL!

[Member #4394]

Do I need to purchase and use a voltage converter if I want to use my laptop computer, which is for the voltage/frequency in the U.S., in Colombia?

[Viajero]

If you have an independent, that's the appropriate thing to do. Anything goes in that situation.

Viajero personally the Atlantic coast is the LAST part of Colombia I'd EVER want to live in. I would be totally miserable living there. Too hot, no culture, terrible infrastructure. I would insist on BOG or MDE for living in Colombia or bust! Fuck your wife being unhappy, YOU are going to be unhappy on the coast.

LOL, I love Bango Cheito.

[Ricker]

You post beneficial information most of the time ...
... Do not come on here and post like you are someone who gives only a one or two thousand peso tip for services, or pay whatever you like to girls, as you support the girls big time with your generousity, and they tell you upfront what they need. You can continue to think your name is Rico Suave, as the girls obviously love you, since you are not only a great tipper, but a sugar daddy to the putas. A sugar daddy who does not even have good conversational spanish ability. LOL

Geez. Lighten up Delta, WTF over!

This guy Hilltopper always post good info and is a good dude.

If you've got some petty jealousy, 'cause your post sure shows it, I reccommend you running to the nearest cat house and getting a little chochota medicine to relax you a bit.

Really no need to try and trash guys like that, only makes YOU seem like a goober not him.

Peace baby! Y porque no?

[Member #3435]

If you have an independent, that's the appropriate thing to do. Anything goes in that situation.

Viajero personally the Atlantic coast is the LAST part of Colombia I'd EVER want to live in. I would be totally miserable living there. Too hot, no culture, terrible infrastructure. I would insist on BOG or MDE for living in Colombia or bust! Fuck your wife being unhappy, YOU are going to be unhappy on the coast.

No culture?

Wow. Stunning.

[Bango Cheito]

If you have an independent, that's the appropriate thing to do. Anything goes in that situation.

Viajero personally the Atlantic coast is the LAST part of Colombia I'd EVER want to live in. I would be totally miserable living there. Too hot, no culture, terrible infrastructure. I would insist on BOG or MDE for living in Colombia or bust! Fuck your wife being unhappy, YOU are going to be unhappy on the coast.

[Aba Corrado]

Is there a VAT in Cartagena, I seem to remember seeing this on some reciepts when I was there, or maybe this was an added gratuity. if anyone could clear this up I wouls appreciate it. Thanks guys.

[Viajero]

1. My guess would be after a few trips to MDE your wife will want to go with you. These women are very smart when it comes to this sort of thing. It also would get expensive to keep flying back and forth.

2. If you live in MDE it sounds like from your previous post that your wife would be unhappy. A unhappy wife is a bad thing.

What I would do if I were you would be to take her to MDE and show her the city and hope she like it. If that doesn't work then instead of living on the coast and flying back and forth to MDE I would just use the money you would of spent on airfares to find a few Pro's in BAQ or CTG and use them for your pleasure.

A lot of members on this board are single men and it is easy for us to say for you to choose MDE and the hell with what she wants. That would be fine if you either wanted a divorce or instead live with an unhappy wife.

I am happy to give you advice, but I think you have some very hard choices to make.

Good luck and again I say to you don't get caught.

Yeah you are right Vics, I've got a hard choice to make. Although there are many single men as mongers, you will be surprised on how many married ones also.

[Golfinho]

I"ll say again, and I emphasize, OVER-tipping as well as OVER-paying like a schmuck is dumb, stupid and can be looked at as weak, however, IMHO a small amount shows some kindess and says 'gracias'.

When a girl says 'give me a tip' during or after bad / poor / indifferent service, I try to laugh (best I can) and say, 'give me a BJ'. You know and she knows she's only trying to get over, why not try to share an inside laugh about it -- break the ice. Outside the arena of commerce, the girl might be a perfectly generous human being. After all, she's making a sacrifice to better her economic situation, put food on the family table, or support her child. If I think that's the case, I'll tip -- appropriately. If she's a mercenary sex-for-bling queen, nada propina. But, when selecting that type, it is solely because of the (perfect) body, and the expectation is different.

[Menteng]

Colombian guys give no tip to the girls at a casa or a club nocturno. Zero.

Maybe the Colombians I see are of a different breed, but your generalisation is like stating that Colombians can not drive. I don't know about the casas because the possible tipping will take place in the room, but in stripclubs the Colombians do tip the dancers in plain sight.

[Ricker]

In my personal opinion, we should not tip either. However, each guy here does their own thing. There's no way to control it.

Hmmm, though I respect your opinion, I disagree.

I"ll say again, and I emphasize, OVER-tipping as well as OVER-paying like a schmuck is dumb, stupid and can be looked at as weak, however, IMHO a small amount shows some kindess and says 'gracias'.

. Gringos are being too generous in Colombia, and the generosity is not appreciated. It is viewed as weakness on our part, and it is viewed as stupidity on our part. That is how we are viewed by the Colombians. Weak and stupid.

I agree with you that the OVER-paying Gringo is not appreciated in the way the OVER-paying Gringo believes he is appreciated.

Of course the chicas will grab your money and then appreciate you for being a 'bobo' (a dummy).

This has nothing to do with giving out a small tip though, after the fact, to a chica that has treated you well.

I doubt that giving a chica 5000 pesos at a casa, for treating you well, is going to put you in the 'weak and stupid' group.

. Gringos need to stop thinking like Gringos and start thinking like Colombians.

Yep, we need to start slapping these chicas around a bit, treating them like crap, impregnating them and running away, robbing them, etc, etc. Let's get on it boys!

Obviously I'm joking.

Generally speaking, and I'm not talking at all about the 'ugly Gringo' we've all seen flashing money with big mouths, but the normal gringo, is thought of as kind hearted and good to women.

That ummmmm, is actually a good thing.

UNFORTUNATELY. There's always going to be the guys flashing money, OVER-paying, loud-mouth, know it alls, that speak 5 words of bad spanish.

Those that have visited Colombia for a while, have seen the influx of this type and unfortunately the bad apples can give us all a bad rep. Ie. Being dumb, weak and stupid.

Good luck.

[Ricker]

. Colombian guys give no tip to the girls at a casa or a club nocturno. Zero.

. Weak and stupid.

Well, though not exactly true, you will see the Colombianos give some change to the chicas dancing at the club nocturnos, and some amigas I have working at the casas tell me that the the more mature Colombianos that visit, not the young kids, do leave modest tips also, especially when they are regular customers.

I do agree that OVER-tipping is ridiculous and I will not lay a tip out to one of those piranas demanding a tip from me at a place like Face Dos, and I could care less what ugly face they show me.

Matter of fact, normally when a chica starts asking for a tip and always when she demands a tip, she gets nada. Zero.

No me gusta para nada esta mierda. I don't like that crap at all.

I may be a Gringo. But I'm not weak and stupid.

[John Gault]

lol yeah Ricker. I have scenarios here:

1- live on the cost and make her happy and get away from her whenever I want to go Medellin using various excuses.

2- Live in Medellin and just limit myself to day time casas.

What you and vics think?

1. My guess would be after a few trips to MDE your wife will want to go with you. These women are very smart when it comes to this sort of thing. It also would get expensive to keep flying back and forth.

2. If you live in MDE it sounds like from your previous post that your wife would be unhappy. A unhappy wife is a bad thing.

What I would do if I were you would be to take her to MDE and show her the city and hope she like it. If that doesn't work then instead of living on the coast and flying back and forth to MDE I would just use the money you would of spent on airfares to find a few Pro's in BAQ or CTG and use them for your pleasure.

A lot of members on this board are single men and it is easy for us to say for you to choose MDE and the hell with what she wants. That would be fine if you either wanted a divorce or instead live with an unhappy wife.

I am happy to give you advice, but I think you have some very hard choices to make.

Good luck and again I say to you don't get caught.

[Client 9]

Colombian guys give no tip to the girls at a casa or a club nocturno. Zero.

In my personal opinion, we should not tip either. However, each guy here does their own thing. There's no way to control it.

Foreigners in Colombia, especially Gringos, are doing things that screw up our collective reputation. We are viewed as "soft" by the Colombians. Tipping in situations where Colombians do not tip is one reason. Overtipping is another reason. There are plenty of other reasons.

Gringos are being too generous in Colombia, and the generosity is not appreciated. It is viewed as weakness on our part, and it is viewed as stupidity on our part. That is how we are viewed by the Colombians. Weak and stupid.

I am not trying to be confrontational with those who support tipping. I am simply making an observation that most Gringos do not understand and will never understand. Gringos need to stop thinking like Gringos and start thinking like Colombians.

[Hioctane]

Why are we making tipping into rocket science?

Actually there is a universal standard.

If a girl treats you badly, without any enthusiasm, etc ... No tip.

If a girl takes good care of you and showed you some love ... a SMALL tip.

If a girl treats you with a nice GFE and enthusiasm ... a BIGGER tip if you like.

If you subscribe to the Bango Cheito tipping guide ... No tip.

Use your noodle as to what a small tip and a big tip are. Appropriate to the price of the session.

Everywhere I've been, and I've been to a lot of places, this works.

Good luck

I'm not just talking about tipping the girls. I'm talking about tipping in general. Food. Taxi. Maids. Etc. This is not universal. In some countries you're not expected to tip.