joe royal 3:38 Tue Jan 2
Anyone been to Buenos Aires recently?
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Done a bit of googling and it looks like you can get double the exchange rate if you change up $$$ at lotto and western union shops.
Anyone actually done this or is it one of those BS travel tales?
Only there for 3 days so not a massive thing, only going to eat steak solidly for my duration.
Cheers all.
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joe royal
7:07 Wed Jan 3
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Fonz, what rate did you get? The official one is 1035/1
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The Fonz
4:01 Wed Jan 3
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I changed up money at a small shop next door to El Secreto de Oro in Palermo and it went fine and they were legit. My hotel gave me a pen to check the notes to know they were real.
Enjoy BA.
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WHU(Exeter)
12:21 Wed Jan 3
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No, but someone at work did and looked into travelling by rented car to different regions/long journeys. They got stung by slightly speeding (but no more than the majority on the road) by two coppers who were basically out for a bit of money in their pockets. Just don’t give them any slight excuse to stop you, as apparently it’s quite common practice, especially if you’re not local.
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Far Cough
12:45 Wed Jan 3
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Me and a couple of mates took a wrong turning in BA some militaries stuck a machine gun up our noses, I shat a brick, it was in Junta days though.
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joe royal
10:16 Tue Jan 2
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Fonz , im flying out tomorrow afternoon.
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The Fonz
8:46 Tue Jan 2
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Flying their today funnily enough.
My Argie mate says take dollars and you get nearly double the rate on the black market.
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joe royal
8:19 Tue Jan 2
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OTB, just looked on various websites via a google question. Hotels can point in the correct direction, just don’t fancy bumping into Carlos & co in an alley.
Apparently fake money is an issue, they take the good cash and return it saying fake (they switched it) so you give them another note.
Just wondering if it’s. 1000/1 if it’s worth bothering risking it for just a few days.
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On The Ball
7:17 Tue Jan 2
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What I should have said is that the official exchange rate was FAR below - stupidly below - the unofficial one, so you just did it in unofficial places (markets etc). It was a little worrying but never a problem.
Have you looked on Reddit and the like?
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joe royal
5:49 Tue Jan 2
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Argie exchange rate was pretty flat at 400/1 , it shot up to 1030/1 a week ago.
Got some $$ just in case
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On The Ball
4:53 Tue Jan 2
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Haven't been to BA lately so can't comment specifically, but did experience similar in Zimbabwe. This also wasn't recent but it was definitely a thing.
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GoalLazio
3:59 Tue Jan 2
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Argie pussy will taste better than the steak. Then use your meat to torpedo her hairy Belgrano
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