[QUOTE=Lonely566;1630838]My first trip to DR. I suppose you guys arranging a small band and maybe parade is too much trouble?[/QUOTE]Not at all! (Most people know what I mean by this.).
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[QUOTE=Lonely566;1630838]My first trip to DR. I suppose you guys arranging a small band and maybe parade is too much trouble?[/QUOTE]Not at all! (Most people know what I mean by this.).
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My first trip to DR. I suppose you guys arranging a small band and maybe parade is too much trouble?[/QUOTE]Upon arriving at Puerto Plata airport there is a small band that greets all visitors. If you like parades head to Sosua on a Thursday afternoon around 5 PM, sit down at a table in front of Premium Bar on the sidewalk across the street from Rumbas Bar and watch the Chicas who are showing up into town parading the Strip!
[QUOTE=Surfer500;1631060]Upon arriving at Puerto Plata airport there is a small band that greets all visitors. If you like parades head to Sosua on a Thursday afternoon around 5 PM, sit down at a table in front of Premium Bar on the sidewalk across the street from Rumbas Bar and watch the Chicas who are showing up into town parading the Strip![/QUOTE]Yeah baby!1.
As a recommendation from reading a post I purchase one of those Nokia Lumia 520 windows 8 cell phone. I thought it would be as easy as my mega galaxy in turning on in the DR however it wasn't. It was $38 on Amazon. I brought it for my Serena Williams. After I received the phone; I liked the Operational system and purchase two more. Fresh purchase the other one from me for his Novia. I did not know it was going to cost 2000 for it to work in the DR. I brought 2 old T-Mobile phone unlocked, I was told T-Mobile has put some type of block them. We went to four different places everyone quoted us the same price. Fresh said the guy in San Pedro quoted him 1700 pesos.
A Haitian guy came up to me and asked me to buy my phone. I took him to the Wi-Fi area to show him how well it works. I didn't tell him about the 2000 pesos it takes to activate the phone. I told him the phone cost $280 in the states. HE negotiated me down to $150. Sold.
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;1631361]A Haitian guy came up to me and asked me to buy my phone. I took him to the Wi-Fi area to show him how well it works. I didn't tell him about the 2000 pesos it takes to activate the phone. I told him the phone cost $280 in the states. HE negotiated me down to $150. Sold.[/QUOTE]You know you have been there too long when you start scamming them instead of them scamming you.
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;1631361]As a recommendation from reading a post I purchase one of those Nokia Lumia 520 windows 8 cell phone. I thought it would be as easy as my mega galaxy in turning on in the DR however it wasn't. It was $38 on Amazon. I brought it for my Serena Williams. After I received the phone; I liked the Operational system and purchase two more. Fresh purchase the other one from me for his Novia. I did not know it was going to cost 2000 for it to work in the DR. I brought 2 old T-Mobile phone unlocked, I was told T-Mobile has put some type of block them. We went to four different places everyone quoted us the same price. Fresh said the guy in San Pedro quoted him 1700 pesos.
A Haitian guy came up to me and asked me to buy my phone. I took him to the Wi-Fi area to show him how well it works. I didn't tell him about the 2000 pesos it takes to activate the phone. I told him the phone cost $280 in the states. HE negotiated me down to $150. Sold.[/QUOTE]Hahaha awesome story bro, glad you were able to unload them and even made a profit off of them.
I've been a longtime user of Nokia / windows phone, had the Lumia 521,920, and now the 1520 phablet. For my last trip I didn't want to have to keep flashing my phablet out in public. Not that anyone will want to steal a Windows phone, but because everyone would think that it is a Samsung galaxy note 3 LOL. So I purchased a Blu Win Jr for $89 on Amazon, totally unlocked. All I had to do was drop a Claro sim in it and was done. It even supports dual SIMs, so if I really were a frequent traveler I can keep both a Claro sim and an AT&T sim in it, for example. It also worked as a hotspot when I wanted to use the cell data signal to do stuff on my phablet. And of course, the off-line maps got me through over 450 km of driving in one week.
When you're purchasing the 520 or 521 off the internet, make sure it says "totally unlocked" or "factory unlocked", which will usually set you back for $80 -$90. The $35 ones are only "no contract" on t-mo or at&t or metro pcs, still locked to their respective carriers.
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;1631361]As a recommendation from reading a post I purchase one of those Nokia Lumia 520 windows 8 cell phone. I thought it would be as easy as my mega galaxy in turning on in the DR however it wasn't. It was $38 on Amazon. I brought it for my Serena Williams. After I received the phone; I liked the Operational system and purchase two more. Fresh purchase the other one from me for his Novia. I did not know it was going to cost 2000 for it to work in the DR. I brought 2 old T-Mobile phone unlocked, I was told T-Mobile has put some type of block them. We went to four different places everyone quoted us the same price. Fresh said the guy in San Pedro quoted him 1700 pesos.
A Haitian guy came up to me and asked me to buy my phone. I took him to the Wi-Fi area to show him how well it works. I didn't tell him about the 2000 pesos it takes to activate the phone. I told him the phone cost $280 in the states. HE negotiated me down to $150. Sold.[/QUOTE]Great job GrownMan1. That is the way to go hustling the hustlers. I just hope you sold that phone to the Haitian guy that hustled me with the coconut he sold me for 150 when it only cost 20 pesos.
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;1631361]As a recommendation from reading a post I purchase one of those Nokia Lumia 520 windows 8 cell phone. I thought it would be as easy as my mega galaxy in turning on in the DR however it wasn't. It was $38 on Amazon. I brought it for my Serena Williams. After I received the phone; I liked the Operational system and purchase two more. Fresh purchase the other one from me for his Novia. I did not know it was going to cost 2000 for it to work in the DR. I brought 2 old T-Mobile phone unlocked, I was told T-Mobile has put some type of block them. We went to four different places everyone quoted us the same price. Fresh said the guy in San Pedro quoted him 1700 pesos.
A Haitian guy came up to me and asked me to buy my phone. I took him to the Wi-Fi area to show him how well it works. I didn't tell him about the 2000 pesos it takes to activate the phone. I told him the phone cost $280 in the states. HE negotiated me down to $150. Sold.[/QUOTE]I have one that I bought on EBay for about $75. It is an unlocked AT&T and it works fine in the DR, I am using it right now.
Can someone tell me where I can watch the NFL football games that are on USA Network television stations in Puerto Plata or Sosua. Monday Night Football is no problem because it is on ESPN but nobody seems to have the Sunday games that are broadcast on NBC, CBS OR ABC.
[QUOTE=Manizales911;1631836]I have one that I bought on EBay for about $75. It is an unlocked AT&T and it works fine in the DR, I am using it right now.[/QUOTE]So did my Mega Galaxie bye AT&T. I was told it was a t-moble thing.
[QUOTE=GrownMan1;1631909]So did my Mega Galaxie bye AT&T. I was told it was a t-moble thing.[/QUOTE]That's good to know for future reference.
I just got a letter from American Express. They removed the $6400 from the accident from my card. They said they are not paying Budget in Santo Domingo because they have failed to provide sufficient documentation. Sucks to be them!
[QUOTE=Manizales911;1631839]Can someone tell me where I can watch the NFL football games that are on USA Network television stations in Puerto Plata or Sosua. Monday Night Football is no problem because it is on ESPN but nobody seems to have the Sunday games that are broadcast on NBC, CBS OR ABC.[/QUOTE]Rick at Rumbas prides himself on having the games! LOL. I don't know of anywhere else in sosua.
Most of the cars I have rented in the DR weren't even worth 6000.00. It makes me laugh with some of the junk they rent and walk around with that little detail of a car on paper and mark where dents are on car. I always take sheet from guy and write on bottom "this car is filled with fucking dents cracks and pings in car and glass" they either don't know what it says or just laugh.
[QUOTE=MrEnternational;1635273]I just got a letter from American Express. They removed the $6400 from the accident from my card. They said they are not paying Budget in Santo Domingo because they have failed to provide sufficient documentation. Sucks to be them![/QUOTE]
All of this talk about insurance and as luck would have it I scraped a bumper this weekend and the owner of the other car wanted to report it. I was parking at McDonalds on Gomez in the capital and I touched the bumper of another car and security would not take a bribe or no for an answer.
I waited for the owner of the other car and had to report the "fender bender" I was told by insurance to go to the Casa de conductor, which was very close by. Bolivar before Lincoln. The whole process took less than 1 hour, we showed insurance, licenses and matriculation, the agents did the rest, fill out paperwork, took pictures copies of all documents very easy process (FYI I needed to bring in my passport later that day for them to photocopy to get my license back). No muss no fuss. Anyway, on the inside of this location they had a restaurant, salon and haircut, clean bathrooms even waiter service for coffee and water, this is what I saw. For more serious accidents you may have to stay up to 48 hours, they supposedly have rooms for you to sleep in and relax, I did not see those.
Very good service. So if this is where you go when you have this type of insurance it seems great. I still can't believe the owner of the other car wanted to waste 1 hour in this place filling out a report for a bumper scrape that had no real damage. But I was not about to run away with witnesses around. Anyway, I will post more if something bad happens.