Recent content by Rick

I wonder how many times that happens when you don't know. The parents seem like really good people and responsible. If it happened to them it probably happened to many. The first thing I would do after this kind of procedure is get a genetic test but it doesn't look like in this case one was...

🇦🇷 Duty-Free Allowance for Goods (Tourists & Most Travelers) 📍 If you enter by air or sea Up to USD 500 worth of goods in your checked/personal luggage Plus up to USD 500 for purchases made at the free-shop (duty-free shop in Argentina on arrival) 👉 Total duty-free limit: USD 1,000 per...

How long can this pumping scheme go on for?

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Noticed it in the local news too. https://tn-com-ar.translate.goog/sociedad/2025/11/11/un-ranking-internacional-eligio-a-buenos-aires-como-la-ciudad-mas-atractiva-del-mundo/?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US

Bariloche has always been more expensive than CABA. Salaries ARE higher in Bariloche vs. BA. That has always been the case.

Milei and team have made a lot of mistakes. They all seem to hate one another. He isn't even on speaking terms with his own VP. It is hard to say what will happen in the election. So many people didn't turn out in last month's election. Unemployment seems like it is going up. More people I...

Can’t help but grin reading this. All that gushy praise and undying love for Argentina—poof! Gone. Now it’s all complaints, disdain, and dramatic exit plans. Good riddance, honestly. Guess that ‘loyalty’ only lasted as long as the good times, huh? But oh, how shocking! You’re finally feeling...

Thank you for your service! Always admire anyone in the military that fought for this country. @StatusNomadicus I don't read all your posts. Are you advocating for people to cheat and evade taxes in Argentina too? Couldn't you make the argument all over the world that governments steal and not...

I don't know the actual percentage in black. Maybe 80% if you count some black. I am not sure. More and more transactions are with credit cards and not cash here so probably that number is much lower as you can't work in black with debit or credit I don't think. I am happy you have not...

I wondered about that with vitamins. We always load up at Costco when we go back to the USA. I hear many people complaining about multi-vitamins and they are very expensive or mostly not available even on Amazon or Mercado Libre to Argentina. Amen. I know people like that too @StatusNomadicus...

Interesting roots of the "boiler room"! I love that Craig! I will have to do more research now on boiler rooms. You peaked my interest and I am going to go watch that movie now. That's right. Many of my friends get too stressed and bothered and worried. I just tell them to stay the course and...

I wondered that too but I was told that the price of everything has been jacked up. That good rent that they had for 2/3 years is now 200% more now. Electricity and gas and water are 300% more. Employees salaries have gone up. All their product costs have gone up. Razor thin margins as it...

Voting was cumbersome today. I went in and no lines, no waiting, machines were perfect and modern. I was expecting issues but too bad the USA wasn't this easy.

All true. Quality sucks here and locally produced stuff is terrible. Argentina is still much more affordable when you stack everything up including rent and utility bills. The biggest expense back home will probably be rental for where you will live and in Argentina you can find dirt cheap...