Small US bills available at Cambios?

[Oatmeal]

Hi. I am looking for small bills, 1s & 5s. Do you know any places that might be able to exchange larger to smaller bills? Thanks

 

[LongIslander]

Hi. I am looking for small bills, 1s & 5s. Do you know any places that might be able to exchange larger to smaller bills? Thanks

From my experience they don't even accept these bills. I have been coming to BA for many years and never had any of the cuevas accept less than $20 and they gave terrible rates. Probably your best bet is to ask someone that is coming down soon to bring you some. I'm not sure if the banks here deal with smaller bills or not for those that have a USD account.

 

[Oatmeal]

From my experience they don't even accept these bills. I have been coming to BA for many years and never had any of the cuevas accept less than $20 and they gave terrible rates. Probably your best bet is to ask someone that is coming down soon to bring you some. I'm not sure if the banks here deal with smaller bills or not for those that have a USD account.

Thank you.

 

[Betsy Ross]

Try some casa de cambios. I don't know if they will have small bills but it doesn't hurt to ask. It seems like it would be a dream for them to offload those smaller bills to someone like you. I have gone to the one in Recoleta recommended before on this forum. Pueyrredon 1687 at intersection of Juncal. That guy allows exchanging smaller bills like $20's but maybe he has smaller bills. Worth a shot.

 

[Oatmeal]

Try some casa de cambios. I don't know if they will have small bills but it doesn't hurt to ask. It seems like it would be a dream for them to offload those smaller bills to someone like you. I have gone to the one in Recoleta recommended before on this forum. Pueyrredon 1687 at intersection of Juncal. That guy allows exchanging smaller bills like $20's but maybe he has smaller bills. Worth a shot.

I will ask.. maybe they have some to offload. Thank you.

 

[LongIslander]

What are you using the small bills for?

 

[Darksider415]

For what it's worth, the banks tend to have smaller bills. My landlord likes greenbacks for rent, so I just pull it from my BBVA account the day-of, and I've never had an issue getting small bills.

 

[Vince]

For what it's worth, the banks tend to have smaller bills. My landlord likes greenbacks for rent, so I just pull it from my BBVA account the day-of, and I've never had an issue getting small bills.

@Darksider415 is correct that the banks if you have a USD should help you with their customer. My wife has deposited USD in smaller bills and I think the banks here are obligated to accept them if you have a USD account. They get them from the Federal Reserve Bank.

 

[Wally]

For what it's worth, the banks tend to have smaller bills. My landlord likes greenbacks for rent, so I just pull it from my BBVA account the day-of, and I've never had an issue getting small bills.

@Darksider415 is your rent fixed in dollars with no inflation adjustment? Was curious if owners are adding inflation adjustments to USD rents or that is only in pesos?

 

[Darksider415]

@Darksider415 is your rent fixed in dollars with no inflation adjustment? Was curious if owners are adding inflation adjustments to USD rents or that is only in pesos?

Two years, local contract fixed in USD.

 

[James Bond]

Two years, local contract fixed in USD.

Has your condo expenses jumped up? Or have they stabilized?

 

[Darksider415]

Has your condo expenses jumped up? Or have they stabilized?

They've stayed pretty steady in pesos, around 200k. I expect they'll be higher in the winter with the centrally-controlled heated floors, though.

 

[BuySellBA]

They've stayed pretty steady in pesos, around 200k. I expect they'll be higher in the winter with the centrally-controlled heated floors, though.

After seeing many months of jumping HOA bills we are finally seeing some stabilization the past 2 months. Although they should slightly go up each month as salaries for porteros go up. More and more buildings are switching to the totem system. Buildings without doormen or 24/7 security the expenses aren't jumping up as much.

 

[Darksider415]

I will say the ABL has jumped considerably though. They were around 25k/month for Nov/Dec and they jumped to around 32k/month. Thanks Blacri.

 

[Larry]

Two years, local contract fixed in USD.

That is smart to lock it in and fix it. Crazy times. Many owners are now wanting to do pesos with inflation adjustment.