Exchanging Currency

The Area is good, just that if you like walking you will do a little. Side walk cafes are everywhere.

Here is a few Maps that will help. If you want to meet up will the guys at Exedra it is a bit of a walk. But is a short taxi ride.

[URL]http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=217722955438416883460.000485c4aba3ddf7cd0d8[/URL]

[url]http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=217722955438416883460.000486a2d688e5ec31cab[/url]

[QUOTE=HotRod11;437326]I am looking at an apartment near cordoba and jean jaures near Paraguay. Seems to be a park that it faces. Any thoughts on the area. I will stay a week. Trips to the brothels every other day. Ok, so I don't have the libido that I once had. I hope to stay in an area with many sidewalk cafes. Food is high on my list of priorities. Any one have knowledge of this area.

Regards Hotrod 10.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=HotRod11;437326]I am looking at an apartment near cordoba and jean jaures near Paraguay. Seems to be a park that it faces. Any thoughts on the area. I will stay a week. Trips to the brothels every other day. Ok, so I don't have the libido that I once had. I hope to stay in an area with many sidewalk cafes. Food is high on my list of priorities. Any one have knowledge of this area.

Regards Hotrod 10.[/QUOTE]It's right on the edge of Once. Be careful at night specifically towards Corrientes and beyond. There are lots of busses coming down Viamonte to get to the center. All in all not bad, not great, but not bad.

[QUOTE=DanTien;437287]Lots of people offering 10. Lowest offer I got was 9.90.[/QUOTE]$10.40 Today, just a few minutes ago.

And that was for just a fist full of dollars.

Larger amounts should improve the take.

787 Carlos Pellegrini.

Next door to "La Madelein" in the luggage store. (across the street from Excedra.).

Ask for Alejandro, he is the owner.

Open until 6 pm.

Safer than a Bank!

TL.

You can tell him I sent you.

Back safely from my travels to the frozen north and headed out just now to change some USD.

Couldn't be arsed to walk all the way to Lavalle so just changed at the first place I know on the 100 block of Florida - 10.60.

[QUOTE=TejanoLibre;437340]You can tell him I sent you.[/QUOTE]

So you can go back and pick up your 20c on the dollar?

As anybody who has ever read this thread before should know by now, no matter how good the other services he provides are, don't go to TejanoLibre to change your dollars - he may have great contacts for finding chicas, but his favoured money changers are always behind the curve!

[QUOTE=DavieW;437345]So you can go back and pick up your 20c on the dollar?

As anybody who has ever read this thread before should know by now, no matter how good the other services he provides are, don't go to TejanoLibre to change your dollars - he may have great contacts for finding chicas, but his favoured money changers are always behind the curve![/QUOTE]Actually, I was going to write that they can drop my name but it won't help them and it won't help me either.

It would have been just a few extra taps on the keyboard but I thought that that was no longer necessary.

That you had dried up and blown away but no such luck I guess.

If you read the post the way that it is written then you will see that I exchanged some pocket change and received 10.40 which was good enough for me but that if someone exchanged larger amounts then they would probably receive a better rate.

Why don't you post the name and address of your source so people don't have to run around all over the place and guess?

It's not a fucking secret and your money man will be thrilled!

So Please Guys, DO NOT MENTION MY NAME if you happen to go to 787 Pellegrini to exchange a few dollars.

Personally I think that someone will get a lower rate if they don't mention this site or TL.

I want the money man to know how the clients arrived so he can't low-ball them.

It keeps him honest. He knows what people read and write.

And so does EVERYBODY on this fucking board! Idiot!

I'm sure that he may have budged had I asked him for a few dollars more but I was happy.

I'm not going to do a damn thing for 20 fucking cents on the dollar!

Never! Ever!

It's too fucking hot to do anything for 20 worthless cents.

I won't even wait in line for free money and that's what it would be.

Thanks for keeping up with your reading classes though.

TL.

You should go and see for yourself.

Hell, you might get 11 to 1 .

It's on the way to your secret money machine.

[QUOTE=TejanoLibre;437346]Idiot!
[/QUOTE]

Charmed, I'm sure!

The general idea of this thread is to let people know what the going rate is and to help them find the best deal available, surely? That's all I'm doing.

I also made no effort and changed a few dollars. If previous experience is anything to go by, with more cash and a bit of effort I'd have probably got 10.70 - 10.80, just 2 hours after your generous attempt to send people to someone to ask for 10.40 in your name. Which is fine. You do your bit to help, I'm doing mine. What you getting so upset about?

And I'm not doing anything in secret. I don't know the address of the place on the 100 block of Florida, but I've posted directions to it on this very thread, probably more than once. It's actually my third choice, my second choice being the "Western Union" on Lavalle with Florida. My first choice (and the best rate in Buenos Aires without fail for most of the last 2 years), isn't a place you can just walk into, but I've made it an open invitation to introduce anyone that wants, including a private invitation to you (when you all but told me to fcuk off and mind my own business!).

You should take a chill pill and carry on about your business, but if I see you giving people a bum-steer I'll be calling you out on it.

Happy New Year!

Anyone heading back to USA who has left over 100 dollar bills please. Send me a pm. I need to shed bills. Twenties & tens.

They are tuff to exchange here. Thanks.

[QUOTE=DavieW;437348]Charmed, I'm sure!

The general idea of this thread is to let people know what the going rate is and to help them find the best deal available, surely? That's all I'm doing.

I also made no effort and changed a few dollars. If previous experience is anything to go by, with more cash and a bit of effort I'd have probably got 10.70 - 10.80, just 2 hours after your generous attempt to send people to someone to ask for 10.40 in your name. Which is fine. You do your bit to help, I'm doing mine. What you getting so upset about?

And I'm not doing anything in secret. I don't know the address of the place on the 100 block of Florida, but I've posted directions to it on this very thread, probably more than once. It's actually my third choice, my second choice being the "Western Union" on Lavalle with Florida. My first choice (and the best rate in Buenos Aires without fail for most of the last 2 years), isn't a place you can just walk into, but I've made it an open invitation to introduce anyone that wants, including a private invitation to you (when you all but told me to fcuk off and mind my own business!).

You should take a chill pill and carry on about your business, but if I see you giving people a bum-steer I'll be calling you out on it.

Happy New Year![/QUOTE]That's cool Dave!

I usually go to the closest money machine and then I don't find out what the real rates might be until I check this board.

No bum steer intended. Not for 20 cents.

When it's for somebody else I will make an extra effort to find the best rate.

Anyway, have a Happy New Year!

TL.

This is just a reference of what the exchange rate should be every day. Today its at 10.70 for the sell rate. Most money changers usually give you 20-30 points less. That is their earnings. So a rate of 10.40-10.50 is completely reasonable. I'm sure some places will give you more while others will give you less but the most average number is somewhere in the middle. I haven't changed dollars this month so far but my exchange house usually gives me 20 points less than the published blue rate. I'm sure if I drove to the centro I might get a couple points more but I'd lose time, gas money and parking fees so it doesn't make sense for me. Parking in recoleta and the centro is a bi*tch so I only drive there when I have no other choice. 50 pesos just to park your car for an hour. Ridiculous.

[URL]http://www.ambito.com/economia/mercados/monedas/dolar/[/URL]

TL is a good reference point. Hes lived here for a while and knows the score.

[QUOTE=BadMan;437353]TL is a good reference point. Hes lived here for a while and knows the score.[/QUOTE]Great, you go with that. Obviously there's nobody else on this forum that's lived here for any length of time (or that doesn't make their living out of visiting tourists!).

Anybody else who's interested in getting the best exchange rate for your dollars, use a bit more common sense!

[QUOTE=TejanoLibre;437340]787 Carlos Pellegrini.

Next door to "La Madelein" in the luggage store. (across the street from Excedra.).

Ask for Alejandro, he is the owner.

You can tell him I sent you.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=TejanoLibre;435224]Try This Place:

Corner of Carlos Pellegrini and Cordoba right next door to La Madelein. (Pellegrini 787).

Tourist Trap Shop and Long Distance Travel Bus Company called Turismo Dalman

tell them El Tejano Loco sent you[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=TejanoLibre;433652]
Carlos Pellegrini 787.

Turismo Dalman.

Drop Tejano Libre's name for best rate.[/QUOTE]

You seem to have a real personal problem with TL. You should keep that between the two of you instead of trying to attack every forum member who doesn't share your narrow point of view. I've personally never changed money in the centro so I've never used the particular place TL recomends but his numbers seem accurate enough so I don't see why you're so angry with him for posting some information. If you have actual information to add about the topic, I'm sure it will be well received but your angry attacks against other forum members seem childish and out of place.

Ill wait for your personal recomendation.

[QUOTE=DavieW;437355]Great, you go with that. Obviously there's nobody else on this forum that's lived here for any length of time (or that doesn't make their living out of visiting tourists!).

Anybody else who's interested in getting the best exchange rate for your dollars, use a bit more common sense![/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=BadMan;437503]trying to attack every forum member who doesn't share your narrow point of view.
[/QUOTE]
Yep, that's me, always attacking forum members. Especially those who don't share my narrow point of view that it would be nice to know where to get the best exchange rates. I'm just an evil bigot.

I expect TL is shaking in his boots at the ferocity of my attack also....
"[I]no matter how good the other services he provides are, don't go to TejanoLibre to change your dollars - he may have great contacts for finding chicas, but his favoured money changers are always behind the curve![/I]"
"[I]after your generous attempt to send people to someone to ask for 10.40 in your name. Which is fine. You do your bit to help, I'm doing mine.[/I]"
"[I]You should take a chill pill and carry on about your business, but if I see you giving people a bum-steer I'll be calling you out on it.[/I]"
"[I]And so does EVERYBODY on this fucking board! Idiot![/I]"

Oh, sorry, that last one wasn't me was it? Thought I should include it anyway because it's the only thing that even resembles an 'attack', even though it just made me smile. :-)


[QUOTE=BadMan;437503]his numbers seem accurate enough so I don't see why you're so angry with him for posting some information.
[/QUOTE]
What part of "[I]10.40 today[/I]" and "[I]10.60 two hours later[/I]" make his numbers seem accurate to you? And could you point out the part where I got angry? There's only one post in this exchange where someone got angry....and it wasn't me. Maybe you've mixed us up?

[QUOTE=BadMan;437503]If you have actual information to add about the topic, I'm sure it will be well received
[/QUOTE]
Like what? Actual information about where to get better exchange rates? Nah, no chance, nope, never. And I really doubt it would be well received....or even noticed!

[QUOTE=BadMan;437503]your angry attacks against other forum members seem childish and out of place.
[/QUOTE]
Here's a deal for you BadMan - you find an example where I've angrily and childishly attacked another forum member, before this post, and I'll change your USD personally at 20:1, you dimwitted fcuktard. ;-)

Hahaha. Wow. Serious issues.

BTW, TLDR.

Received 10.4 at my usual cambio. Corrientes / Florida. Was surprised the rate had broken the 10 to 1 barrier.

Looks as if the price for everything has gone up as well but perhaps we are still a bit ahead of the game.

[QUOTE=Doppelganger;437511]Looks as if the price for everything has gone up as well but perhaps we are still a bit ahead of the game.[/QUOTE]With the official rate at 6.60 we're at a differential of about 60% which has been pretty standard for a while now. It's that differential that puts us ahead of the game!

- I don't care a thumb getting 0,10/0,20 more or less.

I like to get into a store being save and treated like a friend as it is in the place, Ramiro recommended.

Alejandro gives you the best price possible, counts slowly twice the money you receive and there is never a faked bill.

Running around for smallchange is not my part of the game.

Aside of this, the two vendedoras in the place are pleasant and muy guapas (beauties).

Personal miss-understandings or antagonism are not helpful in this forum.

[QUOTE=Spassmusssein;437513]- I don't care a thumb getting 0,10/0,20 more or less.[/QUOTE]
I'm sorry Spassmusssein, but you seem to be missing the point!
There are plenty of people who DO care about the 20c, and even to those who don't, unless you know what the best rates are, you don't know if you're just 20 points off or 100 points off! If I hadn't pointed out that I'd gotten 10.60 and the only reference point was TL's buddy's 10.40, you'd have been happy to get 10.20 elsewhere....now you're down 40c on the dollar. Where do you draw the line? How much are you happy to lose?

[QUOTE=Spassmusssein;437513]Alejandro gives you the best price possible[/QUOTE]
Well, he quite patently doesn't does he!

And the only people being antagonistic right now are TL (who I forgive because I expect it from him and I know he's just trying to make a living) and BadMan. Re-read the thread - I'm just supplying information to try and help anyone with dollars to get the best exchange rate. If, in order to do that, I'm pointing out that TL's mate isn't giving the best deal, that's not attacking anyone, it's pointing out a demonstrable fact.

(And if you don't understand the humour in the '[I]childish attack[/I]' I made on BadMan, ask an adult to explain it!)

The way I see it is 20 cents or more difference adds up to quite of bit of money over the period of a year. But as pointed out in other threads some people just don't care if they are losing or throwing money away. To each his own!

[QUOTE=DavieW;437515]I'm sorry Spassmusssein, but you seem to be missing the point!
There are plenty of people who DO care about the 20c, and even to those who don't, unless you know what the best rates are, you don't know if you're just 20 points off or 100 points off! If I hadn't pointed out that I'd gotten 10.60 and the only reference point was TL's buddy's 10.40, you'd have been happy to get 10.20 elsewhere....now you're down 40c on the dollar. Where do you draw the line? How much are you happy to lose?


Well, he quite patently doesn't does he!

And the only people being antagonistic right now are TL (who I forgive because I expect it from him and I know he's just trying to make a living) and BadMan. Re-read the thread - I'm just supplying information to try and help anyone with dollars to get the best exchange rate. If, in order to do that, I'm pointing out that TL's mate isn't giving the best deal, that's not attacking anyone, it's pointing out a demonstrable fact.

(And if you don't understand the humour in the '[I]childish attack[/I]' I made on BadMan, ask an adult to explain it!)[/QUOTE]10.6 Today.

With or without my name.

TL.

Hey Fellas,

Anyone know of a reasonable Cambio in the Palermo Soho area?. I arrive Wednesday AM and have rented an apartment near Thames y Charcas. It would be very handy for me if any of you know of a place within walking distance or a short cab ride to exchange some Dollars on Wednesday morning. Thank you.

[QUOTE=Gandolf50;437516]The way I see it is 20 cents or more difference adds up to quite of bit of money over the period of a year.[/QUOTE]What, with Argentina's inflation?

[QUOTE=MisterTea;437538]What, with Argentina's inflation?[/QUOTE]For me, 20 centavos on the dollar is another 8 to 10 k pesos a year. Ill take it. It helps offset the inflation! There have been times I needed pesos and if the rate was not to my liking either I didn't buy any or I would just buy a hundred dollars worth and wait for a better rate.

[QUOTE=Conchuir;437535]Hey Fellas,

Anyone know of a reasonable Cambio in the Palermo Soho area?. I arrive Wednesday AM and have rented an apartment near Thames y Charcas. It would be very handy for me if any of you know of a place within walking distance or a short cab ride to exchange some Dollars on Wednesday morning. Thank you.[/QUOTE]I can help you out. I send you a pm.

I changed today with two girls who are traveling. They didn't know anything about the blue dollar. Helped them out a bit. Feel like helping some more.

I changed with 3 girls today. Was fucking wild. I never thought that past 50 that I coulda done that kind of business. However, and shit, now that I think of it. I guess I never got back any change! TCS-ellipses}.

[QUOTE=Premium;437540]I can help you out. I send you a pm.

I changed today with two girls who are traveling. They didn't know anything about the blue dollar. Helped them out a bit. Feel like helping some more.[/QUOTE]

Does anyone know if this place is still in business? I haven't seen it mentioned here in a long time.

Thanks, Bob.

Yesterday (Tuesday) I visited this place just to make sure it still existed and was told that they were paying 10.4 pesos for a dollar. I thought that sounded reasonable and it's a place I can walk to so that's where I changed money today. I really don't know what rate I got today. I have no interest in the rate wars. Check their rate yourself and do business there or not. I am just making you aware of the place.

There's a large sign inside saying, in Spanish, something like "we don't exchange dollars". But they did for me.

Hours are between 10 - 17:30, Monday through Friday.

Bob.

Maybe get 11 tomorrow..

[URL]http://dolarblue.net/[/URL]

[QUOTE=AllIWantIsLove;437579]Does anyone know if this place is still in business? I haven't seen it mentioned here in a long time.

Thanks, Bob.[/QUOTE]Yes, there last week. 9-4 M-F. There is a nice cop that opens the door for you and guards the place.

Back in town.

Got 11.1 from the same place I've been going to. A little news stand between Falabella and HSBC on Florida and Juan Domingo Peron.

Looking at the 10-year chart for the official exchange rate, the slope over the last 2 years is defying gravity. Such a slope cannot be sustained.

Where do you guys see this going over the next year?

[QUOTE=Esten;437627]Looking at the 10-year chart for the official exchange rate, the slope over the last 2 years is defying gravity. Such a slope cannot be sustained.

Where do you guys see this going over the next year?[/QUOTE]Unless the government just does away with the official rate, 14 to 15-1 by June, maybe more. I think it will stay just behind inflation. If they remove the market and freely float the peso it will stabilize around 12.5 for awhile.

Couple of things:

I got 11.40 today in the gallery in the 700 block of Lavalle.

I checked [URL]DolarBlue.net[/URL] before I went and the bid asked spread was 11.25 11.65. I find that usually whatever is the midpoint between the bid / ask is what the rate will be when I get to the cueva.

Of course checking it this afternoon it's 11.54 11.94.

There was a thing on the news channel last night with a couple of "experts" opining about the dollar peso surge. They showed the blue rate quotes for the week and they were going up about 50 centavos a day. The gist of the discussion was that the finance ministry was totally incompetent and that the country is heading for disaster. They also added that everytime Argentina has tried measures to fix what seems to be their perpetual problem, they never work.

I believe it being vacation time a lot of Argentines need dollars and this accounts for a January effect, but what they said on the show was that the problem was the central bank is hemorraging dollars and they can't stop it. The official rate by the way is about 6.75 now.

And to top it all off, the largest bank note they have is 100 pesos. You walk in with 5 one-hundred dollar bills in your wallet and walk out with a wad of 57 one-hundred peso notes bulging in your pocket.

Would like to hear from someone who knows more about all this.

'You walk in with 5 one-hundred dollar bills in your wallet and walk out with a wad of 57 one-hundred peso notes bulging in your pocket.'.

And chicas say 'Is that wad of pesos, or are you just happy to see me?

The days of 9-10 are over. New norm 11 to 12+.

[QUOTE=RockinBob;437636]I checked [URL]DolarBlue.net[/URL] before I went and the bid asked spread was 11.25 11.65. I find that usually whatever is the midpoint between the bid / ask is what the rate will be when I get to the cueva.[/QUOTE]I believe that somebody on this website has done some extensive statistical analysis of the correlation between the rates posted on the various websites and the actual rate received at the cuevas, the final analysis being a 1.5% diffference, although that delta will spread to 2.5% for a day of two during periods of rapid rate fluctuations.

Thanks,

Jax.

[QUOTE=Thomaso276;437638]'You walk in with 5 one-hundred dollar bills in your wallet and walk out with a wad of 57 one-hundred peso notes bulging in your pocket.'.

And chicas say 'Is that wad of pesos, or are you just happy to see me?

The days of 9-10 are over. New norm 11 to 12+.[/QUOTE]Right. So I say "[i]That is a wad of pesos in my pocket, but that don't mean I ain't glad to see you.[/i]"

And she says [i]"Sorry, the price is up to two wads."[/i]

Dolar blue rate is supposed to be 11,5500 - so maybe I should have gotten a bit more? The next time I go I have to get their phone number so that I can compare some rates before deciding where to change. Although maybe they don't provide the rate over the phone?

Bob.

Out here in the boonies (Moreno) they offered 11 even today. After asking for the boss who knows me for a few years I got 11.20. I was hoping for more since last night it showed 11.95 but after I got home it showed (dolar blue net) at 11.55 so I guess it wasnt that bad.

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]12.00[/size][/B]

[url=http://www.ambito.com/economia/mercados/monedas/dolar/]Ambito.com[/url] "Informal Venta" = [B][size=+1]12.15[/size][/B]

[url=http://www.dolarpeso.com/index.php?c=AR]DolarPeso.com[/url] "Dolar Blue Venta" = [B][size=+1]12.00[/size][/B]

[url=http://dolarblue.net/]DolarBlue.net[/url] "Deep Blue Venta" = [B][size=+1]12.15[/size][/B]

[url=http://www.dolaraldia.com/]DolarAlDia.com[/url] "Dólar Blue Informado" = [B][size=+1]11.98[/size][/B]

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Average Published Rate = [B][size=+1]12.056[/size][/B]

Rate Actually Received = [B][size=+1]11.80[/size][/B]

Discount from Average Rate = [B][size=+1]-2.13%[/size][/B] (x .9787)

You're welcome.

Jackson

Got 11.40 today.