revlis,

If you decide to bring your own monitors you might have to convince the customs guy that you plan on takingb them with back when you leave Argentina. If he thinks you're planning on selling them you'll have to pay tolls/taxes(the English word for it escapes me right now). Trying to explain the customs worker that you play poker for a living is going to be difficult because he probably won't understand it, while saying that you work for/have your own production company, or some other easily understandable and plausible explanation, might have better chances of success. He most likely isn't able to speak English, so saying something like "hago peliculas" is much easier than saying "juego poquer en el internet" and then explain how the **** that works and why you need 3 monitors for it.

No fine as far as I know for bringing stuff into the country with the intention of selling it, only the taxes.

For prices on electronics you can check www.mercadolibre.com.ar or google "electronics argentina" or something like that. If you're from the US I think I've read here in the thread that electronics are much more expensive in Argentina.

Speaking about electronic goods...

Anyone here coming over soon or knows someone who is? I would like to ask for a favour, if possible.

I am... PM me.

you def. want to bring all electronics you can think of

sounds like you'll have to buy monitors out here

23 July 2011
Omaha
Is there any PLO in Puerto Madero?
dbase

Grunching..

Anyone have any suggestions for a good walk I can do in an afternoon (i.e. a few hours) that will give me a decent sense of the city and a few of the various barrios? Gonna be here for a few months, and feel like I don't really have a sense of a city until I've explored it walking, but I don't really know where to start with BA. Thanks!

Hey rodekio,
Check out BA Free Tours (google it?) they have a facebook and just work off of tips. They have 2 different tours every day. One starts at 11, the other at 5pm. The 5pm is the one I've done so far. It is the "Aristocratic Tour" throughout the barrios of Retiro and Recoleta. It is like a 2.5 hour walking tour, lots of fun and awesome tour guides. Their blog/facebook have great things to do in the city as well. GL!

Yeah, or if you are looking for something more macro, there is an open air bus tour where you can hop on and hop off. Those things are always a great way to see a city.

You can also go to downtown and walk arround the street Avenida de Mayo,its very nice and it will say a lot about the city.

depending on where you are, you could walk into the city on something like santa fe/libertadores and walk out on corrientes.

something i used to enjoy doing was just randomly getting on the train and taking it somewhere on a warm sunny day.

Hey all -

I'm going to be moving in a few weeks from USA, and I'm still trying to figure out what the best ways to fund an account are, and the best ways to withdraw... I've gotten some great help from a few people, but I'm mainly finding out what doesn't work. It'd be much appreciated if someone could PM me and give me an idea of what you guys are doing for banking... Hopefully I can reciprocate in some way once I arrive.

Thanks.

get a schwab account

I meant banking as in poker banking, not just your everyday banking. As in, how can I reliably deposit and withdraw?

Thx for the tip on schwab. I have the 2 percent cash back cc. Will get the debit card as well.

If they're clearly used, its your first time to Argentina, and you say they're for some design course you're doing in BA (or some dumb excuse, praetor said he needed his for world of warcraft, heh), you'll be fine. You may have problems if they're brand new and boxed. In the suitcase, stand alone, and clearly over a year old, I doubt you'll have a problem.

yellow bus tour is all you need for this. has 15 stops and takes a few hours to loop, will show you all the diversity through the gringo barrios.