Exchanging from Pesos back to euro / dollar
I ended up at Metropolis casa de cambio on Florida 506 on my last day, and due to time and desperation I ended up getting hosed exchanging to Euro from Peso at 3.72. I walked by other places quoting 3.66 and 3.58, but they were all out of Euro, or Dollar. Oh well.
I couldn't find that Russian guy.
Why bother exchanging currency?
Mongers-
I do not understand why those coming to Buenos Aires bother bringing any more than a negligible amount of USD with them, when there are thousands of ATM's located everywhere that will give you the best, up to the minute exchange rate. For example, I have a Citibank account in the NYC area, I withdraw from any of the dozens of Citibanks located throughout Buenos Aires (and other major Argentine cities) I get the best exchange rate possible (and the citibank machine shows how many dollars are coming out of my account on the screen) and there are ZERO fees involved. This would also work with those holding HSBC account, as there are HSBC branches in Buenos Aires as well.
Suerte,
Dirk Diggler