Exchanging Currency

Went to a reliable Cueva on Lavalle and THREE times I was asked to leave because the PIGS were out to bust this joint.

Finally, after 2 one hour waiting periods I was able to get 9.75 for $500 USD.

Be careful guys.

Jackpot.

Does anyone know if there is any place open on a Sunday to change USD to pesos?

[QUOTE=IndoSpurs;436615]Does anyone know if there is any place open on a Sunday to change USD to pesos?[/QUOTE]There are usually people out on Lavalle on Sunday offering but it's individuals not the office cambio's, they generally want to do the exchange on the street, and it's often hurried and the rate will be bad. It's the perfect mix for getting fake bills. If you're going to be here for awhile and just need pocket money for today you might want to bite the bullet and use an ATM to pull out a couple hundred pesos and exchange a larger amount tomorrow.

DR.

[QUOTE=IndoSpurs;436615]Does anyone know if there is any place open on a Sunday to change USD to pesos?[/QUOTE]I just exchanged $300 at 9.4 on Lavalle. While not the best rate, it's Sunday and I just need enough for a day or two, for now. Far better than using the ATM. The place was by 835 Lavalle, two guys were outside a couple doors down, a spanish guy and a black guy. The black guy walked me down the strip of stores in 835, into one of the stores, so we had some privacy. I exchange 100 first so I could check the bills. Then did the other 200 which I also checked. The 100 peso notes had the expected faint "face" in the white area when you hold the bill up to the light.

[QUOTE=Esten;436618]I just exchanged $300 at 9.4 on Lavalle. While not the best rate, it's Sunday and I just need enough for a day or two, for now. Far better than using the ATM. The place was by 835 Lavalle, two guys were outside a couple doors down, a spanish guy and a black guy. The black guy walked me down the strip of stores in 835, into one of the stores, so we had some privacy. I exchange 100 first so I could check the bills. Then did the other 200 which I also checked. The 100 peso notes had the expected faint "face" in the white area when you hold the bill up to the light.[/QUOTE]I still would not recommend doing this for somebody on their first trip. You know what pesos are supposed to look like and your spanish is good. Good info for the vets.

Agreed DR.

BTW, I was getting 9.7 quotes on Lavalle today.

When I was last in BA it was P5 to the £, and you could buy a beer in El Alamo for P5. You could get a girl out of Exhedra or NP for P200 for an hour.

Just so I can get a feel for how BA has changed, What is the going rate for the above now?

Also do banks accept Travellers checks, and when you cash them do the give you $ for $, or do they only exchange into Peso?

[QUOTE=BoldFocker;436649]When I was last in BA it was P5 to the £, and you could buy a beer in El Alamo for P5. You could get a girl out of Exhedra or NP for P200 for an hour.

Just so I can get a feel for how BA has changed, What is the going rate for the above now?

Also do banks accept Travellers checks, and when you cash them do the give you $ for $, or do they only exchange into Peso?[/QUOTE]You can change travelers checks at the American Express office near Retiro, only for pesos at the official rate. In other words, a bad idea. As for pricing. Ill let others give you the bad news.

With the sacking of Moreno and the talk of his replacement being a hard-line Marxist and with a bunch of big bills coming up I was out in a panic yesterday to change a big wad of USD. Especially when I found my usual place on lock-down by AFIP!

I ended up back at the same place in the galeria at the very start of Florida and got 9.75. Was initially disappointed, but talked to my usual place later that day and was told that's all they could have offered me also, so I reckon that's as good as was available yesterday.

The cuerva in Galaria Colon on Florida gave me 9.8 pesos per dollar on a $500 exchange on Friday; the same rate as last week. Three French girls in front of me exchanged smaller amounts of Euros with no problems and I don't think they spoke a word of Spanish. They just passed their money to the cashier.

GV.

HELLO ALL,

It's been over one year since I visited BA. I would like to use this place on Junin because it is a few blocks from where I will be staying. Is it still open and easy to do business there?

Where is it exactly: address or description of location. Is there anything special needed to change $500+ there. Eg passport or photocopy of passport?

I am arriving Dec 25. Where can I easily change money on either the 25 or 26 of December with a good rate? Would any members who know me like to change money for me at a competitive rate?

Bob inMiami.

[QUOTE=MiamiBob;436759]I am arriving Dec 25. Where can I easily change money on either the 25 or 26 of December with a good rate? Would any members who know me like to change money for me at a competitive rate?

Bob inMiami.[/QUOTE]I would have Bob, but I'll be out of the country myself.

Greetings everyone,

As readers of this website know, for some time now I've been researching the various currency exchange websites hoping to gain insight into the stastical variation between the posted rates and the actual "street" rate.

During this research I have continually scratched my head over the terms used by said websites to describe their rates, said terms sometimes appearing not to make any sense, as follows:

For example, the La Nacion websites lists the following rates:

DÓLAR BLUE COMPRA = 9.84
DÓLAR BLUE VENTA = 9.92

But what exactly does that mean?

Does "DÓLAR BLUE COMPRA" mean "[U]We[/U] buy the dollar (at this rate)"?

Does "DÓLAR BLUE VENTA" mean "[U]We[/U] sell the dollar (at this rate)"?

Does it mean that they will buy your dollars from you at 9.84, and sell dollars to you for 9.92?

That makes sense: They buy the dollars low and sell them high. The customer pays more to buy the dollars.

What doesn't make sense is that in this same day, the cuevas were buying the dollars at a rate much closer to the 9.92 rate.

In fact, no one was actually buying dollars at anywhere near any of the posted "DÓLAR BLUE COMPRA" rates, and were in fact buying dollars at nearly the "DÓLAR BLUE VENTA" rate.

So maybe I've got this backwards?

Does "DÓLAR BLUE COMPRA" mean "[U]YOU[/U] can buy the dollar (at this rate)"?

Does "DÓLAR BLUE VENTA" mean "[U]YOU[/U] can sell the dollar (at this rate)"?

If you think it means "[U]YOU[/U] can [buy/sell] the dollar (at this rate)", then that means that you can buy the dollars from them at a lower rate, and also that you can sell them the same dollars back to them at a higher rate, so that can't be the translation.

So where am I going wrong here?

Thanks,

Jax

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FYI, here are some examples of the nomenclature from similar websites:

[url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/dolar-hoy-t1369]La Nacion[/url] "Dolar Blue Venta"

DÓLAR BLUE COMPRA (the lower rate)
DÓLAR BLUE VENTA (the higher rate)

[url=http://www.ambito.com/economia/mercados/monedas/dolar/]Ambito.com[/url] "Informal Venta"

COMPRA (the lower rate)
VENTA (the higher rate)

[url=http://www.dolarpeso.com/index.php?c=AR]DolarPeso.com[/url] "Dolar Blue Venta"

Compra (the lower rate)
Venta (the higher rate)

[url=http://dolarblue.net/]DolarBlue.net[/url] "Deep Blue Venta"

COMPRA (the lower rate)
VENTA (the higher rate)

[QUOTE=Jackson;436780]Does "DÓLAR BLUE COMPRA" mean "[U]We[/U] buy the dollar (at this rate)"?

Does "DÓLAR BLUE VENTA" mean "[U]We[/U] sell the dollar (at this rate)"?

Does it mean that they will buy your dollars from you at 9.84, and sell dollars to you for 9.92?

That makes sense: They buy the dollars low and sell them high. The customer pays more to buy the dollars.
[/QUOTE]Yes, that's exactly right. Except for the phrase "[I]they will buy.....and sell[/I]". Those sites are just reporting a rate, they're not actually providing an exchange service and their quoted rates are nothing more than a guide.

[QUOTE=Jackson;436780]
What doesn't make sense is that in this same day, the cuevas were buying the dollars at a rate much closer to the 9.92 rate.

In fact, no one was actually buying dollars at anywhere near any of the posted "DÓLAR BLUE COMPRA" rates, and were in fact buying dollars at nearly the "DÓLAR BLUE VENTA" rate.

So where am I going wrong here?
[/QUOTE]Thinking that the rates quoted on those sites actually means anything in the real world! The only exchange rate that's real is the one you're given whilst you're handing over your Benjamins.

OK, they are useful for getting a ball-park figure, but I'm guessing that those rates are posted once per day, probably based on the previous day's trading, and as we all know, the rate 'on the street' can change from the morning to the afternoon!

[QUOTE=MiamiBob;436759]HELLO ALL,

It's been over one year since I visited BA. I would like to use this place on Junin because it is a few blocks from where I will be staying. Is it still open and easy to do business there?

Where is it exactly: address or description of location. Is there anything special needed to change $500+ there. Eg passport or photocopy of passport?

I am arriving Dec 25. Where can I easily change money on either the 25 or 26 of December with a good rate? Would any members who know me like to change money for me at a competitive rate?

Bob inMiami.[/QUOTE]I was there in Sept. And the place was open. Competitive rate also.

[QUOTE=DavieW;436781]Yes, that's exactly right. Except for the phrase "[I]they will buy.....and sell[/I]". Those sites are just reporting a rate, they're not actually providing an exchange service and their quoted rates are nothing more than a guide.

Thinking that the rates quoted on those sites actually means anything in the real world! The only exchange rate that's real is the one you're given whilst you're handing over your Benjamins.

OK, they are useful for getting a ball-park figure, but I'm guessing that those rates are posted once per day, probably based on the previous day's trading, and as we all know, the rate 'on the street' can change from the morning to the afternoon![/QUOTE]DavieW,

I sincerely appreciate your response, but obviously you missed the point of my question.

I am well aware that the websites are only prognosticating a decidedly unofficial rate, and also that none of them are actually in the exchange business.

What I am doing is attempting to ascertain what discount from publicly available numbers that may be used as a rough benchmark as to what exchange rate I might actually expect to get on that specific day.

I can also use this research to explain to guys who want to buy pesos that the rates they see on the Internet are not realistic, and that they should actually expect to get a somewhat predictable lower rate.

To that end, I am seeking whatever data set that proves to be the best barometer of the actual rates being proffered. Thus, it really doesn't matter if I use the "COMPRA" or the "VENTA" data set, but I was perplexed as to the linguistics behind the labeling of the rates.

Thanks,

Jax.

[QUOTE=Jackson;436787]What I am doing is attempting to ascertain what discount from publicly available numbers that may be used as a rough benchmark as to what exchange rate I might actually expect to get on that specific day.

I can also use this research to explain to guys who want to buy pesos that the rates they see on the Internet are not realistic, and that they should actually expect to get a somewhat predictable lower rate.
[/QUOTE]
Sure, I understand that, but IMHO, those sites are pretty much a waste of time and often-times people look at them and set expectations that have no meaning in the real world (lower AND higher!). As has been shown on many occasions on this site, if you go to any of the recommended places, they'll all be offering near-as-damn-it the same rate (give or take a centavo) on any given day. And they're all pretty honest and reliable. How many of us has ever been ripped off by any of them? Not even me.....and I've been robbed 22 times!

So your best bet is to just go to one of them (two or three if you're desperate to find that extra centavo!) and take what they're offering. In my experience, they'll even tell you if the rates are on the way up / down if you ask them, which helps with deciding how much to change and whether it's worth waiting a day or two.

If someone's new at it and doesn't have the confidence to trust the well-known cambios mentioned on here, or wants to have some idea before they head out, they can always come on here and ask for help. It's a pretty responsive place in general!

This is my first time here. I have been trying to exchange money but couple times it seems the place already closed when igot there. I thought it was supposed to close around 8 pm. Is there anything that open later than 8 pm? If not, do you know what time these places open till?

Any suggestion for a place near Sheraton convention center?

Thanks.

E.

[QUOTE=DavieW;436790]Sure, I understand that, but IMHO, those sites are pretty much a waste of time and often-times people look at them and set expectations that have no meaning in the real world (lower AND higher!).[/QUOTE]Hi DaveW,

Actually, my research indicates exactly the opposite.

Several times over the past few months a friend of mine has exchanged exactly $1,000 USD at a fairly typical neighborhood cueva.

Each time, the rate he actually received was a relatively consistent 1.50% - 2.00% discount from the [U]average[/U] of the rates posted on the aforementioned websites.

At this point, I think it's reasonable to surmise that there is some discernible correlation between the posted rates and the actual rates.

[POST]436449[/POST] --- Discount from Average Rate = -1.68%

[POST]435334[/POST] --- Discount from Average Rate = -1.64%

[POST]435074[/POST] --- Discount from Average Rate = -1.42%

[POST]434823[/POST] --- Discount from Average Rate = -1.52%

[POST]434763[/POST] --- Discount from Average Rate = -1.57%

[POST]433996[/POST] --- Discount from Average Rate = -2.20%

[POST]433925[/POST] --- Discount from Average Rate = -1.70%

Anyway, my original post was regarding the usage of the terms "VENTA" and "COMPRA" on these websites.

As I said, my question was an issue of semantics, not a commentary on the accuracy of the websites.

Thanks,

Jackson

[QUOTE=GringoVerde;436733]The cuerva in Galaria Colon on Florida gave me 9.8 pesos per dollar on a $500 exchange on Friday; the same rate as last week. Three French girls in front of me exchanged smaller amounts of Euros with no problems and I don't think they spoke a word of Spanish. They just passed their money to the cashier.

GV.[/QUOTE]Looks like the rates have come down a little. No one was going above 9,5 today on Florida.

Greetings Everyone,

Yesterday at approximately 4 pm a friend of mine exchanged $1,000 USD for pesos.

Just before he left to exchange his cash, the popular local exchange rate websites were reporting the following Blue Dollar exchange rates:

[url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/dolar-hoy-t1369]La Nacion[/url] "Dolar Blue Venta" = [B][size=+1]9.63[/size][/B]

[url=http://www.ambito.com/economia/mercados/monedas/dolar/]Ambito.com[/url] "Informal Venta" = [B][size=+1]9.65[/size][/B]

[url=http://www.dolarpeso.com/index.php?c=AR]DolarPeso.com[/url] "Dolar Blue Venta" = [B][size=+1]9.67[/size][/B]

[url=http://dolarblue.net/]DolarBlue.net[/url] "Deep Blue Venta" = [B][size=+1]9.64[/size][/B]

[url=http://www.dolaraldia.com/]DolarAlDia.com[/url] "Dólar Blue Informado" = [B][size=+1]9.63[/size][/B]

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Average Published Rate = [B][size=+1]9.644[/size][/B]

Rate Actually Received = [B][size=+1]9.55[/size][/B]

Discount from Average Rate = [B][size=+1]-0.975%[/size][/B] (x .9902)

You're welcome.

Jackson

Hey,

My experience in Colombia and a dozen other countries is that ATM s are safe and offer a good rate.

Is this a good plan in BA?

ATM is about 6.25 pesos for the usDolaar. The blue rate is today (thanks Jackson) about 9.65 pesos for the dollar. You might pay a $15 USD lunch by credit card and it is not worth the hassle for a a small amount of money. For a US$1,000 exchange it is worth the hassle.

There are a few member of this site who earn the living in pesos who likely would love to buy us Dollars. You mighr get a PM offering to buy your dollars at a rate about the blue rate in an easy and painless manner.

If you employ TL as a tour guide, he will walk you through a blue market exchange. If you use "Silver Star Taxi" for airport transfer, Fred will help you exchange money has part of the luxury service he provides. Both Fred and TL have been doing this for years and are both trustable to help you with an exchange. Or you may do it on your own.

[QUOTE=ScottyDog23;436839]Hey,

My experience in Colombia and a dozen other countries is that ATM s are safe and offer a good rate.

Is this a good plan in BA?[/QUOTE]Sure, if you don't mind taking a 40% haircut on the value of your money.

[QUOTE=ScottyDog23;436839]Hey,

My experience in Colombia and a dozen other countries is that ATM s are safe and offer a good rate.

Is this a good plan in BA?[/QUOTE]Try reading a few of these posts.

Going rate around 9.4 on Lavalle today, down from 9.7 last week.

Greetings Everyone,

Today at approximately 4 pm a friend of mine exchanged $1,000 USD for pesos.

Just before he left to exchange his cash, the popular local exchange rate websites were reporting the following Blue Dollar exchange rates:

[url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/dolar-hoy-t1369]La Nacion[/url] "Dolar Blue Venta" = [B][size=+1]9.63[/size][/B]

[url=http://www.ambito.com/economia/mercados/monedas/dolar/]Ambito.com[/url] "Informal Venta" = [B][size=+1]9.57[/size][/B]

[url=http://www.dolarpeso.com/index.php?c=AR]DolarPeso.com[/url] "Dolar Blue Venta" = [B][size=+1]9.57[/size][/B]

[url=http://dolarblue.net/]DolarBlue.net[/url] "Deep Blue Venta" = [B][size=+1]9.66[/size][/B]

[url=http://www.dolaraldia.com/]DolarAlDia.com[/url] "Dólar Blue Informado" = [B][size=+1]9.66[/size][/B]

----------------------------------------------------------

Average Published Rate = [B][size=+1]9.618[/size][/B]

Rate Actually Received = [B][size=+1]9.40[/size][/B]

Discount from Average Rate = [B][size=+1]-2.27%[/size][/B] (x .9773)

You're welcome.

Jackson

Warmest regards,

Bob.

[QUOTE=ScottyDog23;436839]Hey,

My experience in Colombia and a dozen other countries is that ATM s are safe and offer a good rate.

Is this a good plan in BA?[/QUOTE]The peso is the currency of Argentina and since 1969 thirteen zeroes have been dropped (a factor of ten trillion) due to the inflation here.

Different systems but does that sound like a good plan ?

Dropped a few in 2001 .

In recent times the exchange rate hovered around 3 pesos per United States dollar from 2002 to 2008, was around 4 pesos from 2009 to 2011, and has reached 6 pesos on November 2013.

By November 2013, due to the National Government's policies and the market's lack of trust in the currency, the free exchange rate (the only possible one, as the government has banned the access to US dollars) is about 10 pesos per US dollar (although it fluctuates wildly).

Does this "sound like a good plan?

I guess You can always use Bit Coins.

TL.

Thanks for all the In-put..I will exchange on the street. Question...I plan to buy some antiques...will merchants give me 10 to One if I pay in Dollars?

Thanks in advance for replys.

[QUOTE=ScottyDog23;436839]Hey,

My experience in Colombia and a dozen other countries is that ATM s are safe and offer a good rate.

Is this a good plan in BA?[/QUOTE]I do not think so. I guess that ATMs will in any case give you pesos at the official rate, while if you buy pesos in the street you'll have a much more favorable rate. I suppose that the same applies when one pays with a credit card at a shop.

BTW, I am going to BsAs for some days next Wed, after some years of absence. Do shops / restaurants accept cash payments in Euros / dollars? If so, what exchange rate can I expect?

Thanks!

[QUOTE=ScottyDog23;436884]Thanks for all the In-put..I will exchange on the street. Question...I plan to buy some antiques...will merchants give me 10 to One if I pay in Dollars?

Thanks in advance for replys.[/QUOTE]Alright Dog!

Some of the guys would be happy to help you exchange dollars at a favorable rate and some of the guys will actually buy them from you.

Enough about that for now.

Antiques:

The city is full of interesting stuff to take back home.

The most interesting stuff can't be imported into ANY country in the world or it can't be removed from Argentina.

Argento knows everything about this subject but he has been silent for quite a while. You may be able to PM him and ask him a few questions.

I have lived here for 8 years and even when I ask how much something cost, especially an antique in an antique store the prices quoted are ALWAYS in dollars but Nothing is clearly marked so who the hell really knows how much it cost!

If these assholes can rip you a New one in any particular manner down here they will never hesitate if you are a "Tourista!

That is a national pastime.

What's down here?

All sorts of shit! Some real, some fakes but with the internet and E-Bay you won't find any special deals but all this chatter may not mean a thing if it's just for personal use.

So how much is that little hooker in the window?

1500.00 .

1500.00 what? Pesos?

No, $1500.00 Dollars because Antigues and Real Estate are quoted in Dollars! BS!

Will they sell their stuff at 10 to 1 ?

Probably not!

Also, the stuff is scattered throughout the city.

San Telmo, Esmeralda St. , Libertad, etc.

Be glad to show you around.

Thanks,

TL.

My favorite story is about this guy I met down here recently and I asked him what he does for a living .

He told me that he Makes Antiques in China !

Very Funny !

[QUOTE=TejanoLibre;436899]Also, the stuff is scattered throughout the city.

San Telmo[/QUOTE]On Defensa in San Telmo there's a few places selling some properly amazing Art Deco furniture, but the last time I checked (3 years ago) it was expensive as hell. More expensive than London prices.

Scotty Dog / Out for Flesh.

ATM's and credit cards are a horrible idea in BA as they use the official exchange rate. Occasionally, shops and restaurants can be talked into a decent exchange rate for cash but it's uncommon since dollars are only in demand by relatively small part of the population. Plus I find a lot of people that think the official rate is the "real" rate and anybody wanting an exchange at the blue rate is being unreasonable. A wad of 100 peso notes will usually get you a lot farther than a wad of foreign currency in regular life.

Bring clean 100's (dollars or euros) and exchange them in one of the suggested cuevas. As long as you are not an idiot or horribly unlucky, you'll be fine.

Do not buy on the street without street smarts and good castellano.

Either hire Silver Star limo and Fred, the owner, to pick you up at the airport and he'll do the "blue market" exchange as part of his luxury service--very straight trustable guy who has been in business for years.

Or.

Arrange for TL to do the club tour with you. This is TL business. TL will charge you something--and he'll do it with you or if you are in BA and no interest in mongering clubs or prefer to learn the city on your own; take TL to lunch and he'll do you a favor.

Or PM Daddy Rulz and ask him pretty please with sugar on top and buy him a thank you drink.

[QUOTE=EasyGo;436907]Scotty Dog / Out for Flesh.

ATM's and credit cards are a horrible idea in BA as they use the official exchange rate. Occasionally, shops and restaurants can be talked into a decent exchange rate for cash but it's uncommon since dollars are only in demand by relatively small part of the population. Plus I find a lot of people that think the official rate is the "real" rate and anybody wanting an exchange at the blue rate is being unreasonable. A wad of 100 peso notes will usually get you a lot farther than a wad of foreign currency in regular life.

Bring clean 100's (dollars or euros) and exchange them in one of the suggested cuevas. As long as you are not an idiot or horribly unlucky, you'll be fine.[/QUOTE]I guess then that euros are also happily accepted (I expected that, but just want to make sure. I am coming from Spain).

[QUOTE=OutforFlesh;436920]I guess then that euros are also happily accepted (I expected that, but just want to make sure. I am coming from Spain).[/QUOTE]I'm from Barcelona, here since last Wednesday. I exchanged euros using a friend of mine who works in realstate business. He usually call someone to come to his office from the cueva for safety reasons. I was talking with that person from the cueva and he told me a couple of things maybe useful about exchanging euros. I'm going to write it in Spanish because my English is not good enough, I'm sorry:

1) El mercado del euro en Argentina no es tan liquido como el del dolar porque mayoritariamente se trabaja más en dolares. Eso hace que las horquillas entre venta / compra sean siempre algo más grandes o sea que te penaliza un poco (no mucho). Igualmente si vas a cambiar los euros a dolares en España tambien tendrás una comision o sea que... "lo comido por lo servido".

2) El billete de euro cuando más grande mejor. Por suerte yo traje billetes de 500 euros cosa que al chaval le gusto. En verdad cuando mi amigo de la inmobiliaria llamó para pedir cambio, no solo le preguntaron cuanto quería cambiar sinó tambien qué billetes eran. Una vez supo que eran de 500 nos dijo la tasa de cambio que fué más alta que para billetes de 50, por ejemplo.

I suppose when you go to the cueva they are going to give you the worst exchange rate possible anyway (that's Argentina! But if you can choose, try to bring with you big banknotes! You are not losing anything and you know like me that 500 euros banknotes in Spain have a lot of controls from "Spanish AFIP" so better to spend them abroad!

Here I'm if you need something!

Xavi.

[QUOTE=Gikubik;436921]I'm from Barcelona, here since last Wednesday. I exchanged euros using a friend of mine who works in realstate business. He usually call someone to come to his office from the cueva for safety reasons. I was talking with that person from the cueva and he told me a couple of things maybe useful about exchanging euros. I'm going to write it in Spanish because my English is not good enough, I'm sorry:

1) El mercado del euro en Argentina no es tan liquido como el del dolar porque mayoritariamente se trabaja más en dolares. Eso hace que las horquillas entre venta / compra sean siempre algo más grandes o sea que te penaliza un poco (no mucho). Igualmente si vas a cambiar los euros a dolares en España tambien tendrás una comision o sea que... "lo comido por lo servido".

2) El billete de euro cuando más grande mejor. Por suerte yo traje billetes de 500 euros cosa que al chaval le gusto. En verdad cuando mi amigo de la inmobiliaria llamó para pedir cambio, no solo le preguntaron cuanto quería cambiar sinó tambien qué billetes eran. Una vez supo que eran de 500 nos dijo la tasa de cambio que fué más alta que para billetes de 50, por ejemplo.

I suppose when you go to the cueva they are going to give you the worst exchange rate possible anyway (that's Argentina! But if you can choose, try to bring with you big banknotes! You are not losing anything and you know like me that 500 euros banknotes in Spain have a lot of controls from "Spanish AFIP" so better to spend them abroad!

Here I'm if you need something!

Xavi.[/QUOTE]Thanks for the superb info and advice. Yes, I was expecting that the difference official / blue was not going to be as wide for the Euro. But I wasn't expecting that big notes were going to make a difference. Actually I would expect that smaller notes were easier to resell / use later on. Unless you use them to stuff suitcases and make legally doubtful payments. Which of course won't be the case, right?

[QUOTE=OutforFlesh;436922]Thanks for the superb info and advice. Yes, I was expecting that the difference official / blue was not going to be as wide for the Euro. But I wasn't expecting that big notes were going to make a difference. Actually I would expect that smaller notes were easier to resell / use later on. Unless you use them to stuff suitcases and make legally doubtful payments. Which of course won't be the case, right?[/QUOTE]He told me this notes are "más prácticos". As you, I didn't understand... Anyway maybe difference is not so big with smaller notes, and maybe when you go to the cueva they tell you they don't care, you know how it goes in this city... Anyway I think it's worth knowing so, if you have any of this notes (and you are expecting to spend this amount or more) you can bring it with you. And for sure you shouldn't bring notes smaller than 50€, just in case.

You are from Spain and you are here for chicas? I can't believe it! Spain is a paradise if you compare with this country where everything is expensive and they want to suck with condom most of cases! A nightmare!

Good luck!

Xavi.

[QUOTE=Gikubik;436924]He told me this notes are "más prácticos". As you, I didn't understand... Anyway maybe difference is not so big with smaller notes, and maybe when you go to the cueva they tell you they don't care, you know how it goes in this city... Anyway I think it's worth knowing so, if you have any of this notes (and you are expecting to spend this amount or more) you can bring it with you. And for sure you shouldn't bring notes smaller than 50€, just in case.

You are from Spain and you are here for chicas? I can't believe it! Spain is a paradise if you compare with this country where everything is expensive and they want to suck with condom most of cases! A nightmare!

Good luck!

Xavi.[/QUOTE]I am in a business trip and want to make good use of my extra time.