Osprey
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Baja loves plastic
Rumor today from our local grapevine says there will be an ATM machine placed in every Baja California delegacion.
I'll get back to you with the confirmation, the bank, the fees when and if the grapevine has grapes.
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woody with a view
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Rumor today from our local grapevine says there will be an ATM machine placed in every Baja California delegacion.
I'll get back to you with the confirmation, the bank, the fees when and if the grapevine has grapes. |
for "ease" of paying tickets???
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Diver
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Or to get more US cash into the country from us tourists as easy as possible ?
Or, if I were a US legal or illegal and give a Mexican resident relative a card on my US bank account ..... whoala, instant cashola each month or
whenever !!
Or 'cause they just like us ?? 
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BajaBruno
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I live on my ATM card down here. Before ATM's, I had to write a check to my Mexican bank account and wait a month for it to clear. Give me ATM's
everywhere.
Christopher Bruno, Elk Grove, CA.
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BAJACAT
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Or they want to make sure you always have $ for MORDIA
BAJA IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO BE, FUN,DANGEROUS,INCREDIBLE, REMOTE, EXOTIC..JUST GO AND HAVE FUN.....
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Iflyfish
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So much easier than it used to be and the rates are the best.
Iflyfish
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Osprey
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One of my local cop friends was assigned the town quad for the day and came by my house to say hello and hit me up for gas money. I told him to "just
stop some gringo, put the bite on him for $100 pesos". Next day a gringo neighbor complained to my that he was stopped. The infraction: driving
with the headlights on. He told my cop friend "this Canadian car won't run if you turn off the lights", he avoided the mordida. I'm gonna have to
give mordida lessons I guess.
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shari
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This is a wonderful idea. Having no bank is a real problem here in the remote communities. Just to get to a bank machine is dangerous, lousy road, and
very costly in gas and car repairs...plus we lose alot of revenue as visitors always run out of money and have to leave here because there is no
access to a bank machine. I wonder how big the delegacion needs to be for this program? It would be a real asset here.
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bajadock
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...thought this post was going to be about the amount of plastic containers found on the beaches and streets.
Cash and good wine values are only things I'm missing from USA.
[Edited on 9-11-2007 by bajadock]
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Dave
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
I'm gonna have to give mordida lessons I guess. |
Also, folks need to understand that ATM's only work if you have a bank account. 
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Bruce R Leech
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did you know that there are about 68 Mexicans that use ATM's for every non Mexican?
Bruce R Leech
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Dave
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Go to your room
| Quote: | Originally posted by Bruce R Leech
did you know that there are about 68 Mexicans that use ATM's for every non Mexican? |
OK...Now you're just making stuff up.
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Osprey
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Are you suggesting it takes a Mexican 64 tries, a gringo one? That is racist.
There isn't much us gringos pay at the delegacion -- taxes, driver's lic. fee, car plates. It's a great idea which will keep more cash in town for
local merchants because when gringos drive all the way to La Paz or Los Cabo to use the machine they also stock up at the box stores -- if they use
the machine here, they will spend more in our little stores. Our electricity bill discount this bimester was $200 dollars. The peso is about 11.14
-- what a country! These are the good old days.
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Dave
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No wonder the lines are so long!
| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Are you suggesting it takes a Mexican 64 tries, a gringo one?
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I just hope they offer English as an option. Like in the States.
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longlegsinlapaz
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
One of my local cop friends was assigned the town quad for the day and came by my house to say hello and hit me up for gas money. I told him to "just
stop some gringo, put the bite on him for $100 pesos". Next day a gringo neighbor complained to my that he was stopped. The infraction: driving
with the headlights on. He told my cop friend "this Canadian car won't run if you turn off the lights", he avoided the mordida. I'm gonna have to
give mordida lessons I guess. |
Osprey's Mordita #101...Rule #1. .Don't hit up residents! Sounds like your neighbor
thinks fast on his feet....errrr in the driver's seat!
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Corky
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Very convenient for pre paid mordida. If Buena Vista gets one it will sure help out all the dirt moto riders who take a quick blast on the highway.
Maybe they will have a prepaid ticket they punch every time they pull U over...Those guys are butt leeches.
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bajajudy
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I believe that many people are getting paid by deposit so to collect their pay they have to use the ATM's. It seems to me that here that ratio is
close...... especially this time of year
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