buying stuff with CC is coming over,... will have to return to "trades payment"

[Nacho-RT74]

Goverment has been with lot of regulations about money exchange since 2003. For couple of years we had US$2500 by year limit to buy ON LINE. This 2007 was increased to US$3K.. I got my creditcard this year so started my party ( with mine and my dad's credit card ). Because hard regulations of goverment, making importers trying to find US$ on any way posible, increasing the Dollar/Bolivar rate and making everything down here more expensive. So everybody with a Credit card buying on line directly from USA.

For example...  OFFICIAL STABILISHED AND FIXED Money exchange rate is 2150 Bs by US$1  ( Bolivares, local Money ) Due the regulations and hard limits to get US$, Importers of that stuff have to find US$ at maybe 6000 Bs. by dollar on black market.

that makes for example a kitchen aid stand mixer that normal USA price is $300-400 ( 800000 Bs ), priced on 3500000 Bs... 4 times more!!!!

Goverment noticed that importers and regular ppl "buying" the US$ limit from ppl who doesn't use his credit card to buy on line so he will cut from US$3K UP TO JUST US$400 BY YEAR by person. If course THAT will be worst to local economy, making black market more salvage, but goverment doesn't think on that.

Who is affected ? of course POOR PPL, and regular users, not importers. They will keep find US$ on any way posible and now more expensive

I hope this will be understable, I tried to explain it best as posible I can do, but this kind of language is hard to use when I'm not related with economical therms in english.

[TruckDriver]

You been reading to many of Jer's posts on my site I think

[bull]

What about the gift factor? I've seen some threads here where people say marking packages with the word "gift" will deter a lot of delay and cost issues. Would that work for you?

[Nacho-RT74]

"Gifts" therm just save from extra fees made on shipping cost by declared value with couriers, but that won't save me from pay the value I would have to pay to seller. That should it be still paid to seller ( logical )...

You been reading to many of Jer's posts on my site I think

MMMM, why you said that ? I didn't catch

BTW GREAT I STILL HAVE QUICK REPLY BOX HERE LOL

[BMOTOXSTAR]

Wow Nacho, that is rough.
I buy allot of Transformers and LP Records and CD'S form oversea's and  I could not deal with a limit, I am sure my wife would like the idea though.

[Nacho-RT74]

well I have at home about 1000 LPs records... but hardly I think will be able to let it go someone ... will check anyway

[hemihead]

And who was always bragging about how cheap their gas is ? You win some, you lose some.

[Nacho-RT74]

 

[Nacho-RT74]

forgot to say why the reason of the money exchange blocking:

That was the way how the goverment got to control the International Reserves account on the line when we got the general labor strike on dec 2002 ( including oil industry ) trying to beat him up. Since was no made, then ppl tryed to get any US$ posible to run from the country or keep the money value.  US$ price started to raise up the price and then Goverment blocked the money exchange. Now Goverment uses that to control everything.

[2Gunz]

Im sure you thought of this....


But what about paypal?

[Nacho-RT74]

Paypal use credit cards . Internationally is the only way to affiliate. if not, would need a bank account in USA

and credit cards are the only way available to us to buy on line.

I'm already on paypal thought!