Medellin Reports

[MaxLee88]

My buddy and I decided to head out to Fase Dos last night around 11 pm. Like all places, it can be hit or miss you just got to go and check it out. Some nights you hit the jackpot and it is brimming with talent, but other nights, it sucks, with just older ugly hags playing with their phones. As we entered we scoped out the talent and sat at the bar. About 20-25 girls, but nothing that reall caught our eye. We were about to get up and leave when two hotties came bouncing through the front door, apparently late for their shift. We were going to stay a little while longer. They head to the back and change, and 20 minutes later come out hand in hand with glittery miniskirts and heels, giggling and smiling. Ohhhh my God. We quickly waved them over before anyone else swooped in on them. Daniela, a 19 yr old slender all natural beauty with that beautiful silky smooth long black hair cascading down her back and Ana, another spinner, 20 yr old, blonde with sparkling eyes and the face of an angel with smooth beautiful skin. They were from Manrique and had only been working a week. Conversation was good and full of energy and we as we always do with new girls let them know that we live here in Medellin in laureles, that quickly establishes that we are not gringo tourists here on vacation only for a week and then gone. We have no time pressure to force an expensive, unfulfilling sex act in the back while they are working. We told them we had to bolt, got their Wpp numbers and set up a double date for them to come over Saturday night and we would cook for them and have some drinks. Looks like we just added two fresh new girls to the roster. Que chimba es medellin!

[Zeos1]

The takeaway from all this phone discussion as far as I see it is for a someone who won't be in Colombia for much time is to obtain International service if your carrier offers it and use your USA phone if that is where your from.

A Colombian phone and number unfortunately will not work if you have apps that may require secondary verification in instances where they only do it by text, hence you may have some difficult situations, as an example with some USA banks they will not send texts to an overseas number such as when there is an issue with your ATM cards.

My advice to those here for short periods of time is not to bother with a Colombian phone.

I know someone who needed information from Social Security while in Colombia and could not obtain it as it required two step verification, but they only offered it by text to his number and not by E mail, so he had a problem to resolve.

I'm sure there are some work arounds for this for the tech savy, but some just are not tech savy.

My carrier in north america has free texting to most countries. So I have my phone with me, I get texts, even without any expensive international roaming add-ONS. So I can get my two step authentication texts. I have a second phone, or a phone that takes dual SIMs, and use my Colombian number for calls and business in Colombia. OR, if your carrier offers a reasonably priced international plan go with that. Mine does not, hence the second phone and local SIM option.

[Shemp]

I am not a techie. I know that internet connections in Colombia can be bad at times. But why not just use Whatsapp? It is free and ready to go as soon as the plane lands. I believe nearly 95% of people and businesses use it. What is the huge advantage of having a local sim? I assume 15% less problems with connections. I do not speak Spanish. But texting has worked out fine for me and you can make calls with Whatsapp. I am getting laid just fine without a sim so please list a few big advantages of having a local sim?

For me it is 2 things. Mde is a big city, I am often in cabs or rideshares enroute to elsewhere & I need to make plans, advise of lateness, seek dates for the morning etc. Etc. , this is impossible unless I am on a local network.

2) often I am in a restaurant or bar or store etc. Etc. & I need to go outside to meet the ride. Wifi aint workin in the street! I have lost rides because they were around the corner or something & we could not connect.

[Surfer500]

It is an agency of the government of Colombia that locks phones that have not been properly registered in the country. The lock only applies when you are in Colombia, but to all the carriers there. And it is based on the phone itself, not any particular SIM (the IMEI). You have a couple of weeks or more to complete the registration, but if you do not register is by their deadline your phone will be blocked even if you have already left the country. In other words, you might have only been there for a week, but they send out a text message and if you do not respond the phone gets blocked anyway, which you find out the next time you visit the country and try to get a SIM from anyone.

And the resellers of SIMS might be perfectly good people, and that would be fine if your phone was already legally in the country, but until it is registered as a legal phone in the country by going through the process of registering it, you can buy SIM cards from whoever you want and they will not work once you have been blocked.

The takeaway from all this phone discussion as far as I see it is for a someone who won't be in Colombia for much time is to obtain International service if your carrier offers it and use your USA phone if that is where your from.

A Colombian phone and number unfortunately will not work if you have apps that may require secondary verification in instances where they only do it by text, hence you may have some difficult situations, as an example with some USA banks they will not send texts to an overseas number such as when there is an issue with your ATM cards.

My advice to those here for short periods of time is not to bother with a Colombian phone.

I know someone who needed information from Social Security while in Colombia and could not obtain it as it required two step verification, but they only offered it by text to his number and not by E mail, so he had a problem to resolve.

I'm sure there are some work arounds for this for the tech savy, but some just are not tech savy.

[Zeos1]

This is for Claro.

You need to go to an OFFICIAL Claro company store, such as the one inside the Andino Mall. You need your passport (or a copy), and the salesperson will register your passport with the SIM on their computer. Then you go to the cashier and pay for a package. It is then official.

Warning: if you go to an unofficial store or corner kiosk, and if you buy and use a SIM, it is not official. I had a bad experience once. I mistakenly thought a phone store was an official Claro office. The MFer salesperson lied to me; he BSed something like that the passports were invalid. He wanted to sell me his phones for sale with a preloaded SIM. I'm assuming it would have worked since he would have made a profit on the phone. I mistakenly bought a SIM from him (of course I was overcharged). I loaded it, but only Social Media worked. No minutes or data. I was told by Claro that the SIM was "unauthorized". Be careful if you go to an unofficial store.

It seems the SIM has to be registered to someone. Either your passport at the official Claro store, or a SIM from the street that is registered to a local; but that can be dangerous since that person can cancel / change.

Some people here are reporting that their phones gets locked when using an unauthorized SIM. Don't really understand that. Of course the phone company (such as Claro) can lock you out of their system, but can they lock your phone with ALL phone carriers, including inside the US? Don't know.

Either register your SIM legally, or get the SIM from a person you can trust 100%.

Note: you can get a legal SIM when you exit El Dorado Airport baggage area; it's right in front. But price is more than triple for maybe one third the data. It is priced in US dollars, so obviously it's a rip-off. But it might be worth the convenience for some.

It is an agency of the government of Colombia that locks phones that have not been properly registered in the country. The lock only applies when you are in Colombia, but to all the carriers there. And it is based on the phone itself, not any particular SIM (the IMEI). You have a couple of weeks or more to complete the registration, but if you do not register is by their deadline your phone will be blocked even if you have already left the country. In other words, you might have only been there for a week, but they send out a text message and if you do not respond the phone gets blocked anyway, which you find out the next time you visit the country and try to get a SIM from anyone.

And the resellers of SIMS might be perfectly good people, and that would be fine if your phone was already legally in the country, but until it is registered as a legal phone in the country by going through the process of registering it, you can buy SIM cards from whoever you want and they will not work once you have been blocked.

[LoveItHere]

I am not a techie. I know that internet connections in Colombia can be bad at times. But why not just use Whatsapp? It is free and ready to go as soon as the plane lands. I believe nearly 95% of people and businesses use it. What is the huge advantage of having a local sim? I assume 15% less problems with connections. I do not speak Spanish. But texting has worked out fine for me and you can make calls with Whatsapp. I am getting laid just fine without a sim so please list a few big advantages of having a local sim?

[GreenBud]

Not true. I was in Colombia for less than a week and my both phones got blocked. And just today I already got a message from Tigo regarding my phone blockage. It has been just 4 days.

How do register with your passport. Can you please explain?

This is for Claro.

You need to go to an OFFICIAL Claro company store, such as the one inside the Andino Mall. You need your passport (or a copy), and the salesperson will register your passport with the SIM on their computer. Then you go to the cashier and pay for a package. It is then official.

Warning: if you go to an unofficial store or corner kiosk, and if you buy and use a SIM, it is not official. I had a bad experience once. I mistakenly thought a phone store was an official Claro office. The MFer salesperson lied to me; he BSed something like that the passports were invalid. He wanted to sell me his phones for sale with a preloaded SIM. I'm assuming it would have worked since he would have made a profit on the phone. I mistakenly bought a SIM from him (of course I was overcharged). I loaded it, but only Social Media worked. No minutes or data. I was told by Claro that the SIM was "unauthorized". Be careful if you go to an unofficial store.

It seems the SIM has to be registered to someone. Either your passport at the official Claro store, or a SIM from the street that is registered to a local; but that can be dangerous since that person can cancel / change.

Some people here are reporting that their phones gets locked when using an unauthorized SIM. Don't really understand that. Of course the phone company (such as Claro) can lock you out of their system, but can they lock your phone with ALL phone carriers, including inside the US? Don't know.

Either register your SIM legally, or get the SIM from a person you can trust 100%.

Note: you can get a legal SIM when you exit El Dorado Airport baggage area; it's right in front. But price is more than triple for maybe one third the data. It is priced in US dollars, so obviously it's a rip-off. But it might be worth the convenience for some.

[Nounce]

Not true. I was in Colombia for less than a week and my both phones got blocked. And just today I already got a message from Tigo regarding my phone blockage. It has been just 4 days.

How do register with your passport. Can you please explain?

That makes you an exception too. LOL. I try not too be too assertive on these things as my only goal is to share information. If I said it otherwise, someone may jump out and start another debate which I try to avoid as it is useless in my view.

The only way I have done it is take my passport to a company store to have them register it. There are other ways to register it like via a link that was mentioned but I have never received a link or done it.

[Oterri]

It did not take long for me. Claro asked me to purchase an expensive plan to unblock my SIM. My phone was blocked after I already registered with another carrier. It was the registered carrier told me who blocked my phone. Now I always register with my passport to avoid the possible hassle when I get a new SIM despite my phone has been registered before.

I think my example is an exception. The phone usually will not be blocked for a short usage like 1 week like mine did.

Not true. I was in Colombia for less than a week and my both phones got blocked. And just today I already got a message from Tigo regarding my phone blockage. It has been just 4 days.

How do register with your passport. Can you please explain?

[Nounce]

I have also heard that now a days unblocking can take 2-3 business days!

It did not take long for me. Claro asked me to purchase an expensive plan to unblock my SIM. My phone was blocked after I already registered with another carrier. It was the registered carrier told me who blocked my phone. Now I always register with my passport to avoid the possible hassle when I get a new SIM despite my phone has been registered before.

I think my example is an exception. The phone usually will not be blocked for a short usage like 1 week like mine did.

[Oterri]

I assume this is after you purchase a Colombia SIM and your phone was locked after you use it. For Claro, I was told you need to go to the one inside LOS Molinos. You will need to pay for it too. For Movistar, you probably can find out from a store. The SIM needs to be registered with your passport. My SIM was locked despite that I only had it for less than a week. That is my experience anyway.

Yeah, I have got two phones blocked in Colombia now. Running out of phones. Thanks for replying.

You need to register your IMEI with some telecommunications department (I forgot the name of it). It costs 20 mil. I did it twice, the first time online using the link provided by Movistar support, and the 2nd time at Movistar store. However it took a couple of weeks or so for my phone to start working. Interestingly enough, I was able to use DATA the entire time, but could not make calls or send text messages. After a few weeks, it finally got fully unlocked.

Couple of weeks. What a mess. I will have to contact movistar support to see if they can help.

[Oterri]

Thanks a lot for posting one of the most important piece. That it has to be unblocked by company that the SIM was bought from.

I wish there was a website where one could go and register the SIM as well as request the unblock. It is way too cumbersome to even find out how to get the IMEI registered.

I have also heard that now a days unblocking can take 2-3 business days!

Had the same thing and had to go to the actual company store for the company that my original Colombia SIM was from. Took me a while to figure out as it was a year or two earlier on a previous trip. Find the nearest company store for the SIM you originally had, and the phone number you had. Google location. In my case it was in San Diego mall.

I was told only the original company you got the SIM from (that resulted in you getting blocked) can have it unblocked.

[JjBee62]

I've been posted here in a while but I've been here for over 10 years and the same reoccurring theme. We can have three pages of people arguing over 10,000 pesos for a taxi ride from the airport. These girls are dirt fucking poor they don't have hot water. Have you ever seen the inside of their houses? Why brag that you got them for cheap offer free. I always give them money because $50 is nothing to me $100 is nothing if a girl truly wants to hang out with me. I will tell her I'm not paying you for sex if we have chemistry and we have sex. Of course I will help you. There's plenty of regular girls or semi pro is whatever you call them, but those Facebook girls are ruined for life. The young ones everybody just takes advantage of them they eventually get smarter. Why do people brag that they got them for free or for $40 when you're making 50 to 100,000 a year you could change their life forever with $1000 but instead you come out here and you brag, how are you manipulated and took advantage of some dirt poor barrio girl who is future is nothing but fatherless children death and robbery. Why'all got a wake up.

99% of them, if you give them $1000 USD, will be broke again within a month. Many will be broke within a week. The only ones whose lives are changed forever by $1000 are the ones who get killed by whoever steals the money from them. That is the reality.

Yes, I've been in their homes, and I've seen how they live. I have no problem with handing out something extra. However, if you think giving them more money is going to somehow fix their crappy situation, you're the one who needs to wake up. The issues are a lot deeper than that.

[JohnnieCash]

you could change their life forever with $1000

More like for a week.

Have you ever seen the inside of their houses?

It might surprise you but a lot people do not mind living the way they do, e. G. There is a lot of improvement they could do with some effort but they don't, because they simply don't care. It's only you that couldn't imagine living in such conditions. Same with hot water. Not a big deal.

Some people that have never been poor and seem to think these people live in constant state of suffering while in fact many if not most of them actually lead a happier more relaxed and socially fulfilling life than many rich folks. Especially when everyone around them is in similar situation more or less. Poor but happy.

There are exceptions of course but in most cases money will be spent on 6th pair of shoes, clothes and other throwables, plus a big screen TV repayment. 1 kg of rice is 5 mil COP in exito.

Money saved on hookers better give to a real charity, all the starving and homeless children fed already? Although whom to help is always a moral dilemma.

Besides, posters writing about the free sex here are mostly after 'she's with me for me not for the money' thing. I'm sure they spend on their GF plenty indirectly, just don't like to be charged by the hour.

[Que Rico]

I've been posted here in a while but I've been here for over 10 years and the same reoccurring theme. We can have three pages of people arguing over 10,000 pesos for a taxi ride from the airport. These girls are dirt fucking poor they don't have hot water. Have you ever seen the inside of their houses? Why brag that you got them for cheap offer free. I always give them money because $50 is nothing to me $100 is nothing if a girl truly wants to hang out with me. I will tell her I'm not paying you for sex if we have chemistry and we have sex. Of course I will help you. There's plenty of regular girls or semi pro is whatever you call them, but those Facebook girls are ruined for life. The young ones everybody just takes advantage of them they eventually get smarter. Why do people brag that they got them for free or for $40 when you're making 50 to 100,000 a year you could change their life forever with $1000 but instead you come out here and you brag, how are you manipulated and took advantage of some dirt poor barrio girl who is future is nothing but fatherless children death and robbery. Why'all got a wake up.