Thread: Exchanging Currency
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11-17-18 01:08 #1997
Posts: 9Thanks for the info, Gentlemen.
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11-14-18 15:06 #1996
Posts: 22Exchanging currency
Originally Posted by VegasVic [View Original Post]
There are several new professional exchange houses along Calle Florida. Most show their exchange rates in the window, and they are probably all honest. Walk a couple blocks up Florida from the Plaza San Martin end and the rates get better. If you use one make sure they don't charge a commission on the exchange.
I have patronized an old shop in Galaria Colon on the 300 block of Florida for the past 10 years. His rates are competitive and I've never been shortchanged or received a bad bill there. The shop is on the right at the end of a long hallway that has a cafe with a lighted sign reading "BAR" at the very end. There is a sign above the entrance that reads "Local 92", I think.
There is a new exchange shop with a lighted sign in the window across the hallway from the guy I use. They offered about half a peso more than my shop last time I was there, but they require an original passport to make the exchange, and I don't carry my passport with me when I'm walking around the city.
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11-13-18 17:43 #1995
Posts: 572ATM Fees
Originally Posted by JimBob [View Original Post]
Tres3.
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11-13-18 17:01 #1994
Posts: 147If you don't have fees from the ATM, I would do ATM. Otherwise the ATM fees seem very high to me. I don't see a big difference in the rate unless you're changing thousands of dollars
Originally Posted by VegasVic [View Original Post]
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11-13-18 15:24 #1993
Posts: 9Currency exchange
I haven't been to BA in a few years, but am returning in a few weeks. For the best exchange rate, is it still best to bring USD cash (new $100s) and exchange on Calle Florida or are the banks (via ATM) better these days? What kind of rates are you seeing? Can you recommend any specific locations? Thank you in advance.
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10-05-18 18:55 #1992
Posts: 147I am paying 1000 pesos to bang nice looking chicas. And I can eat a regular meal with a beer in a café for 200 pesos. I was paying roughly the same a year ago, or there has been a moderate increase maybe 20%. So from what I can see, dollar prices are often about half what they were a year ago. The peso prices increase due to inflation, for food and pussy at least, not the change in the dollar exchange rate. Or possibly at some point inflation will catch up with the drop in the pesos versus the dollar, however so far they are not and I find myself paying 50% less.
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08-18-18 12:40 #1991
Posts: 904Originally Posted by BayBoy [View Original Post]
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08-15-18 20:33 #1990
Posts: 572Originally Posted by BayBoy [View Original Post]
Tres3.
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08-15-18 17:20 #1989
Posts: 119I see the exchange rate is now 30 pesos to the dollar. Do things seem cheaper??
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05-12-18 11:52 #1988
Posts: 119Exchange Rate
Whats the exchange rate now, dollar to Argentine Peso. I'm seeing and hearing stories of hyper inflation there in Argentina. And also the Blue Note where is that now?
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04-08-18 23:27 #1987
Posts: 15Amex benefits
Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]
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03-29-18 10:28 #1986
Posts: 3512Well, yesterday I transferred money from E-Trade to Schwab and it showed up in Schwab this morning. First time that has happened. So maybe technology has advanced.
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03-27-18 16:50 #1985
Posts: 3512What's a 'branch'? Like an olive branch? Oh, you mean a BANK branch. I sort of vaguely remember those. Last time I went to Argentina I went to the AMEX office in Panamá City and they charged me $30 to hand me $10,000, and I ended up paying two days' interest as well before the E-Trade payment hit the AMEX account. One thing I don't like about AMEX is they will not allow you to create a credit balance. Maybe all credit cards are that way. I guess they have to make money somehow. I ran out of the AMEX office back to my hotel to pay off the $10k but I could not pay it off until the next morning, and then it took another day to hit. It was about seven dollars of interest.
BTW Platinum AMEX gets you into Delta airport lounges as long as you are flying on Delta, even in peon class, and you don't have to use the AMEX to pay for the ticket.
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03-27-18 14:00 #1984
Posts: 572Transfers Between Accounts
Originally Posted by Dickhead [View Original Post]
Tres3.
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03-27-18 13:10 #1983
Posts: 3512I transfer money among E-Trade, Schwab, Vanguard, and a conventional bank and all the transfers take three days, normally. Sometimes two days, but that is rare. Even if I sell a security and have the funds go into another institution besides the selling institution, it's three days. Not sure if that can be improved on.