The Vent and Rant Thread

[Catire]

Originally Posted by lilac_jive

You can only spend $400 online each year?

Yup every Venezuelan is allowed $2500 in credit card purchases and 500 in cash if they travel, and $400 for online purchases abroad each year. There are other ammounts for people that study or live abroad but you get the idea

[DixieGal]

Originally Posted by Catire

Vent - Poop, I have only enough money to buy two or three more ebooks this year

Farking Chavez and his currency control, $400 isnt enough for online purchases in a year



Rant - Im gonna get fat!
My girlfriend left town to visit her mother for a month and i finished my semester around the same time, now I find miself baking every couple of days to combat boredom.......

That's Barbaric! Cat Sire, Honey, you need to open up your own ebook shop online and sell them locally. And Oops! Just happen to accidentally read them for yourself also!

[krisk]

actually I am amazed that catire can even post here. many of the stories out of Venezuela anymore almost seem like 1960s Soviet Union

[Catire]

Originally Posted by krisk

actually I am amazed that catire can even post here. many of the stories out of Venezuela anymore almost seem like 1960s Soviet Union

SHHHHHHHHHHHH Youll give them ideas about creating a national firewall or some such.




Where the heck is the damn apostrophe key in a spanish keyboard ::scratchhead::

[lilac_jive]

Originally Posted by Catire

Yup every Venezuelan is allowed $2500 in credit card purchases and 500 in cash if they travel, and $400 for online purchases abroad each year. There are other ammounts for people that study or live abroad but you get the idea

Holy crap that sucks

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by krisk

actually I am amazed that catire can even post here. many of the stories out of Venezuela anymore almost seem like 1960s Soviet Union

or like the 1950s USSR...

or like the 1940s USSR...

or like the 1930s USSR...

or like the 1970s USSR...

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Catire

Yup every Venezuelan is allowed $2500 in credit card purchases and 500 in cash if they travel, and $400 for online purchases abroad each year. There are other ammounts for people that study or live abroad but you get the idea

interesting mind wants to know "how they police that" ?

[Nate the great]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

interesting mind wants to know "how they police that" ?

Possibly at customs

[GeoffC]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Possibly at customs

by which time you've spent the money on the internet purchase !

[Catire]

Originally Posted by GeoffC

interesting mind wants to know "how they police that" ?

There´s a difference bettween swiping a card at a store and having a computer charging your card from the numbers and stuff, dunno what the difference is but somehow a bank knows that.

In order to gain access to dollars you have to fill an application and submit it to your bank who then submits it to a government institution(CADIVI) that decides wether or not to approve your application. After that the bank just limits how much you spend in a foreing currency.

The only good thing is that once you apply for say the 400 online purchases you never have to reapply, your balance is 400 on january first again and that the government regulates the price to 2.15 Bs. per $.


It used to be $3000 a couple of years ago but people selling "their" alloted ammount for online purchases(Black marker prices are like 7 Bs.) and the price of oil (Venezuelas main export) made the government cut it back to $400.

Did I mention that the government has the discretion to no approve your application or simply cancel your "privilege" for any reason

[Patricia]

Originally Posted by Catire

Vent - Poop, I have only enough money to buy two or three more ebooks this year

Farking Chavez and his currency control, $400 isnt enough for online purchases in a year

What sort of genres do you like to read, Catire? We should be able to find you some public domain books that you can download free.

[Catire]

Originally Posted by Patricia

What sort of genres do you like to read, Catire? We should be able to find you some public domain books that you can download free.

I like a little bit of everything but I prefer science fiction and fantasy books.

Im sure I can find public domain books and freebies to read plus I have lots of books/ebooks I want to reread so Its not a big problem, its just that every now and then there is a book I have to have and It irks me to no end that I cant buy it even though I have the money.

My mom´s hasnt used her online money either so I can ask her if theres something I really really want, but I was hoping to use that to buy a netbook at the end of the yar.

[HistoryWes]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

If I'm pulled in a parking space (instead of backed into one), I'll have to twist and turn to get out of it, holding people up longer than I would have done if I had backed into a parking space. I'll have to look at the back of the car, sides of the car and the front of the car, increasing the margin of error.

I would think you would be holding people up more so when you are backing in. It should be taking longer because you are backing into a smaller area. If not, don't park next to me.

[Greg Anos]

Originally Posted by Nate the great

or like the 1950s USSR...

or like the 1940s USSR...

or like the 1930s USSR...

or like the 1970s USSR...

Not true Nate! In the 1930's Soviet Union, they just shot you....

[ShortNCuddlyAm]

Originally Posted by Catire

Yup every Venezuelan is allowed $2500 in credit card purchases and 500 in cash if they travel, and $400 for online purchases abroad each year. There are other ammounts for people that study or live abroad but you get the idea

ye gods and fluffy bunnies that's terrible