Re: [Debconf-discuss] ATMs and money in Argentina
2008/7/29 Joachim Breitner <nomeata@debian.org>:
> Hi,
>
> Am Freitag, den 25.07.2008, 17:54 -0300 schrieb Dario Rapisardi:
>> >Just FYI: Since this year, many (all?) foreigners don't get more
>> >than 600$..650$ (moon phase?) from ATMs (= 120..130 EUR or
>> >200..215 U$S). Last year, problem did not exist. (AFAIK, Swiss
>> >embassy asked for an explanation and the banks replied, it's a
>> >government order, while the government said, the banks are the
>> >culprits or something like that.)
>>
>> For the record, I have a debit card from Spain which supposedly has a
>> $300 limit (it used to be $500 last year). However, nothing prevents
>> me from extracting $300 several times in the same day, or even without
>> taking the card off the ATM (you take off $300, it asks you "do you
>> want to make another transaction?" -> Yes! -> another withdrawal,
>> etc). The only upper limit I was able to find was $3000.
>>
>> A friend of mine from Colombia also had the $300 limit, and he also
>> worked around it with the "multiple withdrawal" hack.
>
> you are talking about Debit card – does the problem also exist for
> Credit cards?
>
> In particular, with my MasterCard, I have to pay no fee if I withdraw
> more than 100€ (so more than 500 Pesos) – how are my chances of finding
> an ATM that allows me that?
I cannot tell. My friend from Colombia was using a VISA credit card,
and mine is a VISA debit card. We both had the 300 pesos limit, but as
someone around here said, your mileage may vary. Perhaps someone with
a Master Card already tried that.
Good luck,
Dario.-
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