Western Union - double conversion when sending money overseas?

So my daughter is in Argentina traveling
and wanted to send excess USD$ back to Australia. We’ve never used Western Union before. I said let’s just send a small amount to start with to see how this system works. But The WU agent insisted that the USD$500 (cash) had to be changed to the Argentinian Peso first and then sent to Australia - to then be converted back to AUD$. The Argentinian Peso is one of the most volatile currencies in the world - currency exchange won’t even touch it. Is this normal WU procedure to do a double exchange? From USD$500 she lost about USD$80 in the first exchange - by the time the money arrives in my account they’ll be even much less left? What even the point of using WU?

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 20 hours ago
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McDonald’s toilets putrid these days - Why?

Australia: I remember the days not that long ago that if you needed a toilet when out and about and there were no other options McDonalds was the fall back choice. Their toilets were renowned for always being clean, fresh and spotless. These days I go inside any of them and they look and smell worse than a Calcutta long drop - totally stinking putrid! Why has this happened? I simply won’t use them anymore.

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 2 days ago

Is it possible as a tourist to stay in Comuna13?

As stated. Is there accomodation for a few days to safely immerse ourselves into Comuna13? No budget can stay with a family.

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 4 days ago

Australia Post - discontinuing Western Union.

Discovered today that Australia Post (AP) is now discontinuing its contract with Western Union for international money transfers over next weeks/months. Does anyone know a non-AP Western Union ‘branch’ in NE Melbourne?

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 5 days ago

Crotchless panties - invisible?

I’m trying to find a pair of discreet ‘invisible’ crotchless panties in white with lace/satin or lust lace. I think they’re called invisible or hidden crotchless - almost unable to tell they’re crotchless. Can’t seem to find any in white.

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 9 days ago

Iguazú Falls - helicopter?

Has anyone done this? We just want a short trip (10~15mins) to look at the falls from above but we don’t want to fly in a Robinson ‘widowmaker’ helicopter. Do they have flights where you pay per seat and not the entire helicopter? Where take off/land? Brazil side or Argentina side?

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 10 days ago

Bookings with Aerolineas Argentinas - prices.

So I’ve been playing around with the Aerolineas Argentinas booking website (domestic flights) over the past 24hours and I noticed a huge difference in airfare prices if I selected between the US English translation (USD) or Argentinian English translation (ARS) I tried many times using a conversion calculator and it was the same outcome. The Argentine English choice was significantly cheaper for some reason for the same flight/ticket! Weird.

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 11 days ago

Buenos Aires - are 4 full days enough?

We’ll be flying in from Ushuaia (after a month in Patagonia) to Buenos Aires and spending 4 full days in BA. Then on to Iguazu Falls. Are 4 full days enough to dedicate to BA on a first trip?

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 12 days ago

Iguazu Falls - days/duration?

We will fly into Puerto Iguazu at 9:30am (from BA) then drive/stay at Belmond hotel (Brazil side) inside the national park for one night. The next day we’ll head back to the Argentinian side for a full day. 3rd day depart back to BA at 5:30pm. Does this sound okay or too ‘rushy’? Or should we reverse the order - put Belmond hotel last?

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 12 days ago

How good was the KLF?

Amazing collaboration for their short existence. A shame the way they ended it.
I’m watching ‘KLF - America’ right now.

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 17 days ago
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Your favorite movie action scene of all time.

+Apocalypse Now - uncut helicopter attack scene. Francis Ford Coppola
+Heat - shoot out scene. Michael Mann
+Blackhawk Down - initial helicopter raid. Ridley Scott
+Full Metal Jacket - Inside barracks scene. Stanley Kubrek

Edit: Proper, technically complex, real action movies not digital SFX shit.

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 17 days ago

Kitchen bench top granite repairs? Thoughts?

We installed a new kitchen about 10years with extensive and expensive black granite. Unfortunately over time there's now several chips, a 25cm crack and several very thin hairline cracks (almost unnoticeable except in certain light). Has anyone ever had granite repairs done? Was it expensive? Was the repair quality excellent?

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 19 days ago
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Why are Indians SO Condescending and rude to Nepalese people?

Last year we spent a month in Nepal including on a 3 week 3Pass and Base camp trek way up in the Everest regions where we exclusively stayed in Nepalese family run 'tea-houses' (guest houses) that typically include a largeish, rustic dining room with meals etc. Every Nepalese family we encountered owning and running these loverly tea-houses were just honest, loverly, calm, 'beautiful' people. But one thing we noticed was whenever Indians trekkers or Indian trek groups (typically always about 25~35 yrs old) arrived to stay the Indians were always SO super rude, condescending and demanding of the Nepalese tea-house families during their stay. It wasn't a one-off it was every Indian group and/or individual that we encountered almost everyday staying at the tea-houses. They were fine and generally friendly to all the other foreign trekkers/guests in the tea-houses but just not to their Nepalese hosts. Why is this? In Japan this is called 二面性 two faced. We were really shocked! Almost stepped in a few times to tell them they were WAY out of line - but held my breath. Left a bitter taste in our mouths.

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 20 days ago

One piece extremely high cut swimsuit with Brazilian back.

I’m after an extremely high cut one piece swim suit in a particular style but can’t find it. By default/design extreme high cut one pieces are always a g-string or thong back but I loath that look in a swimsuit. Now I have once seen other one pieces that are extremely high cut in the front but the material passes under the crotch area and then slightly ‘spreads’ across the bottom like a small and cheeky brazilian cut (not g-string or thong) then ties or buckles around the front above the waist to be able to create that brazilian back look on the back. It’s a little unusual to put on. Does this style have a name and can anyone recommend some websites ‘cause I can’t find any. It’s a very sexy look. Any budget is okay.

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 23 days ago

Speeding fine - Melbourne.

I was caught out speeding through one of those fixed overhead speeding cameras at 4am - I was still a little sleepy and there were zero other cars on the road - should have know better. I was probably doing 67kmh in a 60 zone but I saw the double flash of the camera strobe as I passed. My question is how long after the violation should I expect to get the fine in the mail?

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 26 days ago

Shipping items from Japan back to Australia.

Over the years and many trips we’ve always shipped many, many boxes of souvenirs/ceramics from Japan back to Australia by Japan Post (JP). JP boxes up to 10kg each and sent by ship (6 weeks) - all items individually itemized for customs. I’ve heard JP has now ceased this service - is this true? If so are there any other options?

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 27 days ago

Cancelling a flight - refund?

If we book a fully refundable fare with $added 23kg baggage and added $seats etc. and we cancel is it actually a fully refundable or do we only get the very base fare back? LATAM - I can’t find any definitive answer.

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u/Shibuya1094222 — 1 month ago