ATM's

I found a few ATM's in the Microcenter were out of cash this afternoon. I was told by a local businessman that a 24 hour strike is in progress. I don't know whether this is true or not but I was finally able to withdraw a maximum 300p from the ATM at Banco Boston on Cordoba near Florida about 2 pm.

Anyone else had a similar experience today?

Probably related to the armored car robbery the other day with lots of gunplay and injuries; then guards from companies went on strike wanting more security (these are the guys with guns - what more sucurity could they want)

Anyhow durng the strike Police were delivering money so I guess the system got all screwed up.

My MasterCard at Citibank works find. I drew 1000p on a few ocassions. I could have gone up to 2000p.

[QUOTE=Trader]I went to my usual Banelco today to withdraw funds from my US account and could only withdrawal $100. An inquiry to my bank revealed nothing wrong with my account and I encountered other frustrated foreigners with the same problem. So I called the Banelco number and the representative told me beginning last Friday there is a new limit on withdrawals using VISA or any card from the Plus Network. There is a maximum $100AR withdrawal per operation and a maximum of $300AR per day. This sucks! I do not have a bank account here and do not want to have one. Are MasterCard debit users having the same problem? I have been here for over 2 years and have always been able to withdraw funds from my checking account in the States. Can anybody offer some help with this?[/QUOTE]

The BANCO NACION is providing 1050p as of 14:00 today.

Ditto this bank: 1050.

When you guys post these banks it would be helpful to some members if you would also post the addresses.

Suerte.

Stowe

The one I use is on Florida and Cordoba. Across from the Galerias Pacifico. There is another on Corrienties and Suipacha, or one block either way.

[QUOTE=Stowe]When you guys post these banks it would be helpful to some members if you would also post the addresses.

Suerte.

Stowe[/QUOTE]

If you start at Exedra and walk towards New Orleans on Cordoba on the same side of the street, you will see about 6 LINK atms.

My favorite was the ATM at carlos pelligrini and Uruguay.

Pick your network and have at it.

The link atms picking your network are the way to go.

Always travel with a visa and a mastercard debit.

I withdrew cash today at Banco de la Nación, with my German EC - card, Link, Cirrus. First the machine refused to give A$R 3500, then without problems paid A$R 4000 in 2 transactions of 2000 each. The daily limit on these cards back home is € 1000, so I pretty much got exactly that. This is exactly the same behaviour as in January.

I have a Visa and before this new fuck the tourist policy which changed the withdrawal limit I had been able to locate 4 ATMs which would charge me my bank's $1.69 foreign transaction fee but would not charge the additional $5USD transaction fee for using a foriegn ATM. I don't know why these particular machines weren't charging it before and the rest were but now THEY ARE ALL CHARGING IT and it sucks. I want to know if anyone else has some ideas about different options for getting money down here as I'm thinking that long-term this is too much money to just throw away for nothing. I heard that the Moneygram fee for a $5000 transaction was $40. Does anyone know if that is a percentage or a set amount? If it is a set amount is it adjusted for lesser amounts or is it always $40?

I went to the Citibank on Corrientes and Suipacha. It wouldn't give me more than Pesos 300 at a time, but it let me do three transactions for a total of Pesos 900. Fortunately, I have a First Republic Bank ATM card which reimburses ATM fees so I didn't care how many transactions it took to get the money I wanted.

Hey BB7,

I have some previous knowledge in this. First of all and most importantly, you cannot send yourself $5000 US through moneygram in Argentina. Do not take my word for it, go to your local Banco Itau and ask them yourself. According to Argentine law, you can only send 3000 per person, per month. If you have an account at the participating bank you can send more but as a foreigner, you have a $3000 US limit per month. I know this because when I had to send myself money for some transactions I ran into this problem. Obviously you can see a way around this. But anyways check it out for yourself.

As far as the tariffs go, the fee is based on the amount you send, so YES, if you send less money the fee will be less. But there is a minimum fee of like $5-10 US. I personally use Moneygram regularly. Try using moneygram AND the ATM.

Hope this helps,

Bad

I understand that a number of institutions, including PNC Bank and ETrade, do not charge any fee whatsoever for ATM withdrawals.

I use ATMs from both Chase and Wachovia, neither has a U$S5.00 international charge or have not in the past only the standard U$S1.50 for none home bank ATM withdrawl. My friend uses be of A and they do. Your saying yours has changed, I'll post once I figure out if mine has as well.

Etrade is gratis as the original value monger, our dear departed DH, uses them and has sung their virtues to me on a variety of occasions.

That foreign currency transaction fee has pissed me off for a long time. I will be looking into the ETrade and PNC cards.

I noticed this on another board. I haven't looked into it yet but if it is what I hope it is I can't wait to participate.

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Bob