Sosua Reports

[QUOTE=Frannie; 1408649]Another is that since many people in the DR are very poor, small sizes are priced very economically with low mark ups, but merchants figure that if people can afford the bigger size, they can probably pay a bit more, so you don't get the expected discount for bulk.

However this rule does not always apply. For example if you want to buy a single band aid, then you often can, perhaps for 5 pesos, but the percentage markup is probably astronomical. Contrast this to WalMart in the US, where if you want a single bandaid, you probably have to buy a pack of 50 or 100, albeit at a very low price per bandaid. In colmados, you can also buy items like single cigarettes, but I don't know the price.[/QUOTE]Thanks for that bit of nostalgia. In college in India, I smoked cigarettes for a couple of years and not having any money, often bought one cigarette at a time. My my, do I feel old!

What you say about a poorer country's economic logic, makes sense though.

[QUOTE=Tempoecorto;1408443]This is interesting. I rented a car recently and doing the reseach, found the weekly rate was higher than the daily rate multiplied seven times for one agency. First I thought I was reading wrong then on further delving, found out it was true for other rental companies as well. Evidently, the laws of Economics are not as universal as one would have thought.[/QUOTE]Just the same. As I reported before with internet on Claro cell phones, you get more MB and pay less when re-uping each day instead of by the week.

[QUOTE=Mr Enternational;1408692]Just the same. As I reported before with internet on Claro cell phones, you get more MB and pay less when re-uping each day instead of by the week.[/QUOTE]The other way around when it comes to prepaid internet "dongles".

Here are some rates for Orange:

Plan por un día 1GB Rd$100. 00.

Plan por 7 días 3GB Rd$320. 00.

And for Viva with unlimited data.

1 día Rd$ 78. 14.

7 día Rd$ 391. 64.

15 día Rd$ 777. 34.

30 día Rd$ 1, 171. 88

The Orange weekly plan is probably the best deal as long as you don't need extra data. However 3GB per week is quite a lot, and would be 12GB per month if you multiply the weekly allowance by 4. You can be online all day every day and not exceed 3GB unless you are running continuous Internet radio or something of that kind.

[QUOTE=Charles Pooter;1408655]You can touch but they get really annoyed if you cum or [url=http://isgprohibitedwords.info?CodeWord=CodeWord140][CodeWord140][/url] on their hair.[/QUOTE]LOL. Charles Pooter, cannot make out if you are serious or if it is the usual British sense of humor.

I recently had a chance to play the "horsie" but the woman was of white (er) stock. She was the one who goaded me to pull by her hair and smack her butt while riding. Do not know what she would have said had she had extensions.

[QUOTE=Frannie; 1408772]The other way around when it comes to prepaid internet "dongles".

Here are some rates for Orange:

Plan por un theía 1GB Road$100. 00.

Plan por 7 theías 3GB Road$320. 00.

And for Viva with unlimited data.

1 theía Road$ 78. 14.

7 theía Road$ 391. 64.

15 theía Road$ 777. 34.

30 theía Road$ 1, 171. 88.

The Orange weekly plan is probably the best deal as long as you don't need extra data. However 3GB per week is quite a lot, and would be 12GB per month if you multiply the weekly allowance by 4. You can be online all day every day and not exceed 3GB unless you are running continuous Internet radio or something of that kind.[/QUOTE]I have Claro internet modem, and what you say is true that the more days you buy the less data you actually get. However, I've bought a 1 day package from Claro and there is no way I've used 200MB in around an 1hour. I use it mainly for emails etc. If Orange has a 1 GB for 100 pesos, I will look into getting that modem.

I bought the Wind hotspot which would have been great, however, my apartment is just outside (I mean like 1 block) of their coverage. I returned it for a full refund (figure that in DR).

One note: Claro's recharge is for 1 day, you cannot add more time in the same period. They will take your money but not provide the service, found that out the hard way.

"They will take your money but not provide the service, found that out the hard way."

Orange is no better! I paid an annual subscription for a cell in P. Pta. The clerk then used my payment to activate a number to other client and pocketed the money. Orange refused to honor the contract, had not provided the service and has not reimbursed me even after an investigation. Then Orange activated my SIM card and disconnected it the day after I loaded it. Then refused to pay me back or transfer credit to another number. What a sad bunch of crooks, won't give them more than 100 peso at a time. I wish they rename it Lemon.

[QUOTE=Bravo;1407496]So unlike Passions, the girls at CMP can hit the strip after the club closes?[/QUOTE]It appears that way. This is the 3rd girl from CMP that met me after their club closed.

[QUOTE=Cagep1967;1408872]One note: Claro's recharge is for 1 day, you cannot add more time in the same period. They will take your money but not provide the service, found that out the hard way.[/QUOTE]I have had no problem with it. If I do it before the 24 hours of my previous recharge is up it just gives a message saying that I have extended it another day. 52 pesos. I have never run out of MB. I use it for a smart phone and not as a wireless hot spot. (I think you are saying that if your MB run out then you can not do the same deal 2 times in 1 day. That could very well be true. In several countries where I have SIM cards and have run out of 3G / 4G MB for the how ever long of a period that I purchased for, I could not re-up before that period expired. I have been put over to unlimited 2G at that point. It works the same in the States if I go over my 5 GB limit at T-Mobile.)

On a serious note, check this out. Not saying anyone here is doing this, but it gives some insight into how things can go down and why you need to be careful with how you conduct your business. Like I told one of my friends, you can't make this type of stuff up:

[url]http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSICE/2012/03/07/file_attachments/98264/Gallant_Complaint.pdf[/url]

[QUOTE=Orgasmico; 1409009]On a serious note, check this out. Not saying anyone here is doing this, but it gives some insight into how things can go down and why you need to be careful with how you conduct your business. Like I told one of my friends, you can't make this type of stuff up:

[url]http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/USDHSICE/2012/03/07/file_attachments/98264/Gallant_Complaint.pdf[/url][/QUOTE]Great story. All of this because the chick stole his card and withdrew 26K pesos (didn't even know that was possible) and got caught. Now his ass is up shit creek.

just last week the guy accepted a deal for 60 up to 168 mo, plus ten years supervised release, plus restitution.

sentencing to follow. yikes!

[quote]boston – a shrewsbury man pleaded guilty today in u.s. district court in worcester to traveling to the dominican republic with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

[blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue], 61, previously of winchendon and most recently of shrewsbury, pleaded guilty before u.s. district court judge timothy s. hillman to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. under the terms of the plea agreement, the court must sentence [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] to between 60 and 168 months in prison, 10 years of supervised release, restitution and forfeiture. sentencing is scheduled for june 26, 2013.

according to the agreed upon statement of facts, [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] traveled to the dominican republic in february 2011 and had sexual relations in his apartment with a 14-year-old girl he knew was ****. [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] returned to the dominican republic four times over the course of a year to engage in illicit sexual relations with the **** victim, giving her money, a laptop computer, and jewelry during that time. additionally, on these trips, [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] took photographs of the victim while she was nude and while engaging in sexual acts, and took those images back to the united states.

in february 2012, the national tourist police of the dominican republic learned that [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] had engaged in sexual relations with the then 15-year-old victim. the victim was forensically interviewed by a medical professional and she confirmed that [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] engaged in sex with her. she provided agents with a cell phone containing images of [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] naked, including an image of [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] and the victim engaged in sexual activity. the victim disclosed that [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] had promised her certain items and money to take her mother to the doctor, but never gave them to her. additionally, the victim stated that [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] forced her to have sex with him a couple times when she was unwilling. the victim also informed investigators that [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] asked her to bring him other minor girls to have sex with and this happened on two occasions. [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] paid both of these minors $100.

in march 2012, a federal search warrant was executed at [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] shrewsbury address. during the search, agents recovered images of [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] and the victim together engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including an image of the victim performing oral sex on [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] and a close-up image of the victim’s genitalia displayed in a sexually explicit manner.

a second federal search warrant was executed on the items seized from [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] apartment in the dominican republic and revealed a laptop containing numerous images of child pornography, including the images mentioned above of [blue][personal name deleted by admin][/blue] engaging the sexual conduct with the victim.

united states attorney carmen m. ortiz; bruce foucart, special agent in charge of u.s. immigration and customs enforcement's homeland security investigations in boston; worcester county district attorney joseph early; colonel timothy p. alben, superintendent of the massachusetts state police; and chief james hester, jr. of the shrewsbury police department, made the announcement today. the case is being prosecuted by assistant u.s. attorneys michael i. yoon, stacy dawson belf, and eve piemonte stacey of ortiz's major crimes unit.

the u.s. attorney’s office would like to extend its appreciation to hsi’s attaché in santo domingo, the dominican tourist police (politur), dominican prosecutors in higuey and santo domingo, dominican migration and hsi's santo domingo transnational criminal investigative unit members for their assistance and cooperation.[/quote]

[quote=orgasmico; 1409009]on a serious note, check this out. not saying anyone here is doing this, but it gives some insight into how things can go down and why you need to be careful with how you conduct your business. like i told one of my friends, you can't make this type of stuff up:

[url]http://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/usdhsice/2012/03/07/file_attachments/98264/gallant_complaint.pdf[/url][/quote]

[u][b]editor's note[/b][/u]: [blue]this report was edited or deleted to remove the [u]real personal name[/u] of a private individual. posting anyone's real personal name is a grave violation of their privacy and an event that justifies an immediate banning of the perpetrator.

please do not post anyone's actual personal name in the forum. please read the forum's posting guidelines for further information. [i]thanks![/i][/blue]

[quote=don antonio; 1409047]just last week the guy accepted a deal for 60 up to 168 mo, plus ten years supervised release, plus restitution.

sentencing to follow. yikes!

boston – a shrewsbury man pleaded guilty today in usa district court in worcester to traveling to the dominican republic with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct.

conrad gallant. 61, previously of winchendon and most recently of shrewsbury, pleaded guilty before usa district court judge timothy s. hillman to engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. under the terms of the plea agreement, the court must sentence gallant to between 60 and 168 months in prison. 10 years of supervised release, restitution and forfeiture. sentencing is scheduled for june 26, 2013.

according to the agreed upon statement of facts, gallant traveled to the dominican republic in february 2011 and had sexual relations in his apartment with a 14-year-old girl he knew was ****. gallant returned to the dominican republic four times over the course of a year to engage in illicit sexual relations with the **** victim, giving her money, a laptop computer, and jewelry during that time. additionally, on these trips, gallant took photographs of the victim while she was nude and while engaging in sexual acts, and took those images back to the united states.

in february 2012, the national tourist police of the dominican republic learned that gallant had engaged in sexual relations with the then 15-year-old victim. the victim was forensically interviewed by a medical professional and she confirmed that gallant engaged in sex with her. she provided agents with a cell phone containing images of gallant naked, including an image of gallant and the victim engaged in sexual activity. the victim disclosed that gallant had promised her certain items and money to take her mother to the doctor, but never gave them to her. additionally, the victim stated that gallant forced her to have sex with him a couple times when she was unwilling. the victim also informed investigators that gallant asked her to bring him other minor girls to have sex with and this happened on two occasions. gallant paid both of these minors $100.

in march 2012, a federal search warrant was executed at gallant's shrewsbury address. during the search, agents recovered images of gallant and the victim together engaged in sexually explicit conduct, including an image of the victim performing oral sex on gallant and a close-up image of the victim's genitalia displayed in a sexually explicit manner.

a second federal search warrant was executed on the items seized from gallant's apartment in the dominican republic and revealed a laptop containing numerous images of child pornography, including the images mentioned above of gallant engaging the sexual conduct with the victim.

united states attorney carmen m. ortiz; bruce foucart, special agent in charge of usa immigration and customs enforcement's homeland security investigations in boston; worcester county district attorney joseph early; colonel timothy p. alben, superintendent of the massachusetts state police; and chief james hester, jr. of the shrewsbury police department, made the announcement today. the case is being prosecuted by assistant usa attorneys michael i. yoon, stacy dawson belf, and eve piemonte stacey of ortiz's major crimes unit.

the usa attorney's office would like to extend its appreciation to hsi's attaché in santo domingo, the dominican tourist police (politur) , dominican prosecutors in higuey and santo domingo, dominican migration and hsi's santo domingo transnational criminal investigative unit members for their assistance and cooperation.[/quote]while in prison, he can spend his time writing the book on what not to do in the dominican republic.

probably he is driven by some compulsion to offend, as are many sex offenders i have known, so he may not have been capable of learning from a discussion such as this, but even those who believe everything they do is legal and above board might learn something about the unwanted consequences of taking compromising photographs and being photographed by others.

no doubt this man thought he was "cool" with the girl and her family. well, he wasn't.

[QUOTE=Cagep1967;1408872]If Orange has a 1 GB for 100 pesos, I will look into getting that modem.[/QUOTE]The other advantage of the Orange USB modem, made by Huawei is that it also acts as a wi-fi hotspot, so you can run more than one laptop off it (up to 5 devices) , or perhaps an iPad or iPhone, Xbox, or other smart phone.

Modem E355.

Se trata de un terminal inalámbrico multi-modo para SOHO why profesionales de los negocios, que puede soportar 5 dispositivos Wi-Fi de conexióand, se puede cargar a través de conectar con el PC, o cargado por el adaptador de medida.

Es compatible con los equipos con conectividad WiFi como:

Tablets (iPads, Samsung Galaxy Tab, Blackberry Playbook, etc.)

Equipos videojuegos con acceso Wi-Fi (PSP, Nintendo Wii, Xbox, etc,)

Laptops why Net books.

Smartphones.

Tambiéand lo puedes utilizar en tu Laptop o PC / Mac vía USB.

http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/downloadCenter.do?method=toDownloadFile&flay=document&softid=NDQ0NTQ=

Viva is probably the best value for money. Claro seems to be the worst. I have both Viva and Orange USB modems, as it seems to me that when the signal for Orange goes down, Claro goes down at the same time. Probably they share some of the same communications infrastructure, I don't know. Viva often seems to work when the others have no signal.

55 years old a leader of the PRD party and head of Sosua's sanitation dept was gun down dead Monday night 4-8-2013 in Sosua.

Anyone can read about it in the Dominican news paper

[quote=frannie;1409054]no doubt this man thought he was "cool" with the girl and her family. well, he wasn't.[/quote]he was cool with them but for 2 bonehead mistakes. not condoning him being with an **** girl, but he opened pandora's box by having her as a regular and not just hitting and quitting. that put him in position to be a big shot and open the floodgates by promising her the world. mind you she already had dirt on him from the first time he committed the crime. so by him not delivering on his promisses the girl decided to steal his card. then when she got caught by the authorities it was clearly a case of his ass or her ass. she says no officers this card is not stolen. it is my boyfriend's card. and from there shit rolled downhill. remember, no evidence, no charge. but it looks like all this guy did was leave evidence behind. talk about being complacent.

if it is a girl who you are required to give money / gifts or support to do not get attached. because when you can no longer afford to bankroll her and some shit hits the fan then you can bet your bottom dollar that you are going down son. if the chick is not a known hooker and i'm not paying for services rendered c.o.d. then i don't give them a dime. damn all that semi pro and they are poor shit. the last thing you want to do is make any chick down there dependant on you. one thing a chick can never do is get mad with me for cutting her off, because i have never attempted to give her shit in the first place.