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OXXO quirks

desertcpl - 4-11-2016 at 08:58 AM



that didn't last to long :lol::lol::lol:

What did I miss?

AKgringo - 4-11-2016 at 08:59 AM

This looks like two replies to a thread that got pulled.

willardguy - 4-11-2016 at 09:11 AM

XOXO OXXO! coldest beer in town with great prices! but yeah, seems like mexicans hate to make change, never used dollars though?

mojo_norte - 4-11-2016 at 10:02 AM

Great Coffee !

ehall - 4-11-2016 at 02:14 PM

Nothing but good to say about oxxo. Ice and cold beers and lots of snacks. Even had a cashier in tecate talk us in to a 30 pack. Lol. She was alot of fun.

wilderone - 4-11-2016 at 03:40 PM

Si - brewed coffee.

Udo - 4-11-2016 at 05:43 PM

Great coffee!

totalimpact - 4-11-2016 at 05:57 PM

OXXO is very convenient.... in Tecate you cant go 10 meters without hitting one.... But you should support your local convenience store whenever possible, OXXO has put a lot of those small mom-n-pops under, much like Walmart in the US...

..unless you are looking to change a view dollars ;) if you buy a 6-pack of xx with $20, you will usually get ~240 pesos back as they honor what the exchange really is, I think they change it once a month.

If I can find a private store within a few blocks I prefer that.

Coffee

bajaguy - 4-11-2016 at 06:07 PM

You should try the new VIP/PEMEX (formerly Circle K).....great coffee selection
Quote: Originally posted by Udo  
Great coffee!

rhintransit - 4-11-2016 at 07:20 PM

Wish they all had bathrooms...

Udo - 4-11-2016 at 08:29 PM

I definitely will!
Quote: Originally posted by bajaguy  
You should try the new VIP/PEMEX (formerly Circle K).....great coffee selection

Quote: Originally posted by Udo  
Great coffee!

willardguy - 4-11-2016 at 11:38 PM

Quote: Originally posted by totalimpact  
OXXO is very convenient.... in Tecate you cant go 10 meters without hitting one.... But you should support your local convenience store whenever possible, OXXO has put a lot of those small mom-n-pops under, much like Walmart in the US...

..unless you are looking to change a view dollars ;) if you buy a 6-pack of xx with $20, you will usually get ~240 pesos back as they honor what the exchange really is, I think they change it once a month.

If I can find a private store within a few blocks I prefer that.



thats great!........but where do you think the locals prefer to shop? :rolleyes:

fdt - 4-12-2016 at 02:03 AM

Quote: Originally posted by willardguy  


thats great!........but where do you think the locals prefer to shop? :rolleyes:


Actually, at Oxxo.
The mom and pop tienditas (really don't know how to say this and not offend anyone) don't always have what they should, they run out of a certain soda, milk, can of chicken noodles or what ever and they always say; "No ha llegado, regrese maņana". I and all us other mexicans don't want maņana, we want our frijoles ahora, now! You walk into a tiendita and you can hardly see because of the dim light bulb assigned to light up the entire store. The bigest thing is pricing, the small mom and pop tienditas are just higher priced than these new convenience stores.
At Oxxo, they always have what we(we're talking locals, remember) want, even a brand new cel phone, if that's what you're needing at the moment. At Oxxos I/we (the locals) can pay our phone, light, gas, even our credit card bills, can't do that over at mom and pop. In winter they have heating and in summer AC, mom and pop don't.
Forever, even far back on the amigo days, I've wondered, where do I find those mexicans they talk about on the board that do and like things I as a mexican living in mexico with all my friends being mexican don't.
As for the exchange rates, some companies have chosen to go with the daily official mexican government exchange rates, and those are major name brands like Oxxo, Soriana, among others and they offer a far superior rate than any money exchange place but, they are not a money exchange business. They are under law required to be able to accept dollars but return pesos. That is the way the law states that it should be and when you deal with large national companies like oxxo and them, they rather just follow the rules. So it's not a cashier or store thing, it's just corporate policy.
Funny, I just realized, mom and pop had no corporate policies.

fdt - 4-12-2016 at 02:52 PM

Quote: Originally posted by lencho  
Quote: Originally posted by fdt  
They are under law required to be able to accept dollars....

There's actually a law that says businesses must accept a non-national currency? :o

My mistake in wording this, there is no law requiring anyone to accept dollars. I guess the "be able" didn't come out right. As for the change in pesos, it all started on the Calderon administration with the anti-money laundering law and then with the transparency law. Maybe because they take payments for banks or because they also do money transfers so they have that policy for everything.

Ateo - 4-13-2016 at 07:09 AM

I really like the Jimador "Palomas" and "Vampiros" in a can. Wish they sold them in the States. Refreshing.

Udo - 4-13-2016 at 08:52 AM

I'll have to try those items, Ateo.

durrelllrobert - 4-13-2016 at 09:05 AM

Because of their fast turnover OXXO also has the best bagged ice and price of any other store down here in Punta Banda. Everyone elses has been partially thawed and refrozen into a solid mass