Originally Posted by
getmethere
Names of these "cooperating travel agents"?
Kind of make sense:
- You pay in pesos, maybe with a few more pesos tagged on.
- Agent exchange pesos to USD, keeping the record straight.
- Agent makes a sale, and you save 30%.
Im sorry but from this post Im quoting here it is clear that there is little to no understanding of how the ForEx markets work in Argentina.
The only Dollars you can buy "freely" are the blue market ones, and these transactions do not keep any records straight nor crooked... there are simply no records to speak of. Its a "grey market" transaction, nobody will give you paperwork. To go a step further, leaving legal/paperwork issues aside, the simple mechanics of what is posted above simply doesn't add up.