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06-09-09 04:30 #123
Posts: 6Lucky bastard!
Every time a cashier mistaken something has been on their own side.
Good for You!
Originally Posted by Meforu 2000
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06-07-09 19:35 #122
Posts: 77I use the cambio place on florida st just across the street from the subte be line, they give me the best rate, allways a few cents more then the rest. Plus its easy and no id required you go in they ask how much your going to change they use a calculator they show you what it would be you take it or you can leave it. It takes just a few minutes no pain. I have been useing them for sevral years and no problems. Once they paid me by mistake the exchange for euros, but I had dollars bot a real good deal hahaha left out like a bandit.
Meforu
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06-07-09 12:31 #121
Posts: 713Paris Cambio
I have been using Paris Cambio in the last three years because I found they have the best rate and only two blocks from my apartment. The exact address is Sante Fe 840 between Suipacha and Esmeralda. Their website: http://www.pariscambio.com.ar/
Apparently they have another office on Sarmiento 399. There is a picture of their front door showing the exchange rate sign XYC has mentioned.
One thing though, usually they ask for passport / document to excahnge money. There have been a few times when I went there on Saturdays they did not ask for it. They can get busy at times, just take a number and wait. At times there have been may be 12-15 people ahead of me and the wait have be up to half an hour for my turn.
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06-07-09 07:33 #120
Posts: 34Avoiding the mainstream scammers
I was pissed when I got back to Bsas a few weeks ago.
I had been staying in Rosario and there the exchange was 3.72
So when I saw those bastards at the tourist places offer 3.65 I was pissed, damn you big corporate bloodsuckers.
So anyway, I was looking for a flight back home after two years here I've had enough for now, but will return, anyway the travel agency happened to be on the 800 block of Santa Fe.
Lo and behold I came across an exchange house there, it was called the Paris exchange or soemthing like that.
Anyway, they were paying out 3.73
I forget the exact address or name, but it had one of those red digital little signs, and has the exchange rates on a white board with those little black letters.
The place doubles as a travel agency apparently, it has the business hours on the door, I think it was from 9am-6pm to sell currency. 9am-4pm to buy if I remember correctly.
It's a little bit of a walk away from the north end of florida / plaza General San Martin. But for more money, it's worth it, if you're lazy or tired from walking around, the C line subte Estacion Plaza Gral. San Martin, leaves you a block from it.
Santa Fe 800 block (middle of the block)
Hope this helps.
XycLast edited by Xyconyx; 06-07-09 at 07:36. Reason: got the wrong times
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06-05-09 21:56 #119
Posts: 3040Originally Posted by Artisttyp
They will pay very near the going rate.
A lot more than the Casas de Cambio where the guys with the annoying voices are squawking!
Seaman and I went there the other day and pulled maybe $3,620.00 when the Cambio houses would have paid maybe $3,250.00?
It was a few months ago.
Very fair and as safe as anywhere else!
I would expect you to get $3.75?
We tried to walk on their low ball offer and they gave in!
The guy told me that I Lost my commission and I said that I did not want one!
Call me!
R
PS - They will NOT accept torn , faded , written-on , cum stained bills !
NOBODY will !
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06-05-09 20:19 #118
Posts: 243Banco Nacional EZE
Do I need to be vigilant about fake bills when exchanging currency here? I will need to do at least one exchange here. Also god forbid one of my bills has a nick or scratch. Do they scrutinize over the bills' appearance?
Thank You.
Artisttyp
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04-22-09 15:32 #117
Posts: 2700Pick Pockets
I forgot to mention when I was there earlier this month, about a robbery.
I met a couple walking down the street. They had a map in their hands and I asked if they needed help and they said no.
I said to be careful, being Saturday, that the Motorbike Thiefs are running around more on the weekends, because there is only a little traffic on the streets.
They said they just got robbed on San Martin. They were hit with the Mustard Trick.
The pickpockets had gotten the man's wallet out of his pocket and took US$600. From it and replaced it in his pocket. They left the credit cards.
I forgot to asked exactly where, but most likely it was between M. T. Alvear and Paraguay.
I remember that same exchange place has had a lot of problems. There are thiefs watching that place.
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12-16-08 21:16 #116
Posts: 2470Originally Posted by Jackson
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12-16-08 20:59 #115
Posts: 2556
Venues: 398Originally Posted by Rock Harders
I knew that, but on this particular day I needed to get this done in the morning, and I was pretty sure that it would be a bit early for you. Hell, it was a bit early for me too.
Next time, for sure.
As an aside, I can't figure out how preventing people from buying pesos prevents a run on the peso. Wouldn't people buying the peso serve to strengthen it?
Thanks,
Jackson
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12-16-08 19:42 #114
Posts: 751Mongers,
First of all, these new money exchange limitations are for real, are not going away, and are designed to prevent a run on the currency. The big exchange houses on Sarmiento will exchange up $1000 USD with a foreign passport. Persons showing DNI's will be forced to prove the source of the funds. My personal strategy has been to go to 4-5 different exchange houses in the same day, with another person, all showing only my passport and saying nothing about holding residency documents. It is a big fucking hassle but it is what it is.
The second point here is why is any member of this board bothering going to exchange houses or banks to exchange their USD, Euros, Pound Sterling or other hard currencies? Anyone can send me a PM and they can set up a private, secure exchange appointment with me, night or day, no ID required, no questions asked, all at better rates than any exchange house, bank, or ATM.
Suerte,
Rock Harders
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12-16-08 18:01 #113
Posts: 2556
Venues: 398Greetings everyone,
Today I went to a nearby HSBC bank to exchange some USD for pesos to pay some utility bills for my rental apartments. I've been doing this regularly for the past couple of years with no problem. However, this time they advised me that, by order of the Argentine Central Bank, they can now only change currency for persons holding a DNI.
As it happens, in the line next to me there was an American who was simultaneously being turned away after attempting to exchange his pesos for USD, so I caught his attention and we conducted our own exchange.
Has anyone else experienced this new money exchange limitation?
Is this for real, or is this just HSBC's Argentine way of telling me that they don't want to do any more money exchanges?
Is this related to all the other recent money exchange limitations such as Money Exchange houses no longer accepting and cashing wire transfers?
Thanks,
Jackson
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11-27-08 14:25 #112
Posts: 41Originally Posted by Bartonsky
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11-26-08 12:50 #111
Posts: 59Why would it not always be best to just go to ATM's?
Originally Posted by Gipse
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11-26-08 10:20 #110
Posts: 141Although I didn't change money this trip (went the ATM route) on prior trips I was able to change money with just a photocopy of my passport.
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11-26-08 08:14 #109
Posts: 41Changing Money
I hate carrying my passport around everytime I need to exchange money. I try to exchange as much money as I need for my trip at one location in one go: at the airport, at a downtown bank, or at the American Express office. The safest place by far, away from the preying eyes of others, is the American Express office. I keep the money in a safe and take out little at a time as needed.