Exchanging Currenty. Fake $50's
[QUOTE=Sportsman;429801]In certain parts of the world, such as Thailand and Hong Kong, large USD bills always have higher exchang rate in all the exchange places, including exchanging in the banks. In BsAs, I have experienced only one cueva with this practice.[/QUOTE]Last nite I was given a fake $50 bill by a taxista. Didn't realize it til this morning when the chicas in a privado told me it was falso. It was hard to tell the difference between a good and bad 50. The fake bill is really good quality, not even the guys at the local padrilla could tell without real close examination. I was also told at the privado that 10 peso bills are also being counterfited.
Thanks for the update dude!
[QUOTE=Cheerfull;429806]Last nite I was given a fake $50 bill by a taxista. Didn't realize it til this morning when the chicas in a privado told me it was falso. It was hard to tell the difference between a good and bad 50. The fake bill is really good quality, not even the guys at the local padrilla could tell without real close examination. I was also told at the privado that 10 peso bills are also being counterfited.[/QUOTE]In over 7 years and over 15 trip to Argentina I have been lucky and never been passed a Falso yet. Probably just lucky but I was alerted on this board long ago about the taxi driver switch-a-roo scam. Because of this good advice I always have cambio and have never used a 100 peso note, except when I come from or go to EZE. In these cases I always pay the cabbie outside the taxi when I am getting my bag out of the trunk. Always figured this made it tough for the dude to switch the bills. Monger on Cheerful. Toymann
Exchange Currency. Fake $50
[QUOTE=Toymann;429811]In over 7 years and over 15 trip to Argentina I have been lucky and never been passed a Falso yet. Probably just lucky but I was alerted on this board long ago about the taxi driver switch-a-roo scam. Because of this good advice I always have cambio and have never used a 100 peso note, except when I come from or go to EZE. In these cases I always pay the cabbie outside the taxi when I am getting my bag out of the trunk. Always figured this made it tough for the dude to switch the bills. Monger on Cheerful. Toymann[/QUOTE]What happened is that this morning, around 4am on my way back from a milonga, a taxista gave me a ride, no problem, but at the end of the ride when I gave him $30 for a $22 fare, he mumbled something to me I could not understand. I opened my wallet and he looked back and at my open wallet and told me to give him the $50; so like a fool I did. Then he handed the $50 back to me. I thought the whole thing was odd, but I have never heard that $50 bills are being conterfeited. Well, I think that he switched $50's on me real discretely. I went to the privado on Esmeralda this morning and the gals there caught the fake and the sweetheart (Alyin") I did pointed out what was wrong with the bill. Alyin, a 8+ or 9 blonde, gave me a full gf experience for $250. Last week this privado was charging $300 a half-hour. Do prices vary from day to day / week to week?