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  1. I would recommend Chapala Ink. It is across from OXXO on Pepe Guizar. If coming from Chapala Centro turn right at pemex it is last on left. If from Ajijic turn Left after Soriana and first street on right across from Oxxo. Tell "El Negro" "Gringo Loco" says hello. You can get a good burger at the attached restaurant "Burger Ink" which is in google maps if you need further direction
  2. Got a Netflix notification of a new Documentary about the 1MDB scandal and I am Watching "Man on the Run" at this very moment 8:20pm Friday January 5th. I have. Had glitches like that happen and I have had to do everything from Turning the TV off, Turning the Router off, etc
  3. It can be hard sometimes. I have done it. I asked the drivers why they are here.. Most tell me they have picked someone up at the airport or Guadalajara and they wait in the area to see if they get a return trip. A few have been in membrillos just across the mountain and come over to Ajijic when hailed by the app. If you have an appointment I would try early.
  4. I agree I have seen them in some Farmacia Guadalajara. Walmart is dropping a lot of items here ive noticed over the year.
  5. Most of the new routers I have seen do not have external antennas.
  6. Everyone should login to their routers. They come from Telmex at Medium Signal Strength. You enter an IP address and it access your router. Hundreds of settings one being signal strength and another set channel to auto. If it detects for example your neighbors router it will select a different channel to help with interference. I believe the router page to login is 192.168.1.254. You enter this in your address bar. Like where you enter telmex.com
  7. It depends on what type of router. Internal antenna or external. It also depends on placement. I have found that the rebar in the concrete can even effect the signal. You also can login to your router and put strength at Maximum. 192.168.1.254 is the address you put in the address bar and you will be presented with logging in to your router. They come from the factory at medium strength. There are many settings and pages. You can rename the wifi to broadcast HOME or SMITHS instead of Infinitum##### You can change the password. If you ever forget it just reset the router. (The tiny button) it will revert to factory settings. You can also setup multiple wifis. It can broadcast several names. Each with its own password. Great for guests. You will see when you login to router and look around the pages. You can also set auto channel. This will help it avoid any other routers nearby using the same channel. You can also buy an after market router with Four External Antennas
  8. It has happened twice to me. I could hear the machine twirling away. It finally stopped and no money. I also complained with USAA and they won. I started using my cell video. No problems just delete when done. It happened again. This time I had a video that it never dispensed the money even though it gave the receipt. I showed them everything from selecting the money, everything including the screen going back to the next customer. It was still a huge inconvenience waiting. But they credited my account pretty quick after getting the video. I hope they told the Mexican bank. Maybe they will think twice before they do it again. At least take them off the advertised Atm network.
  9. You could copy to a piece of paper and show them the paper. I would maybe say Lo siento mi español no es bueno
  10. If you currently have the old Telmex and your asking if you should get fiber I don't think you have a choice. They replace the old cable with the fiber. But if you are asking because you have a different company Telmex fiber works a lot better and a lot faster. With no down time or slow times. than the other old cable.
  11. I have done some searching and cannot find any pages listing garage sales or bizarres. Is there a page that people list them on? What is the best way to find them? Thanks for any help
  12. I regularly pull 20,000 from Banorte in Chapala across from the Church near Malecon. A little trick to know in case you don't. If you use an ATM here make sure to decline the conversion. Many people think if you decline it stops the transaction. It doesn't. They want you to use their rate if you decline it reverts to the current rate listed by the card you use. It is always a better rate than local banks have. Pulling over 20,000 and declining their rate will save you a lot of pesos.
  13. Have you used cash before? I had no idea you could pay with cash.
  14. I agree with what you have done. I also did it and was questioned once and started to count my items out loud to the employee and asked it multiples of one item counted as one or individual. She walked away. I now do not go. I joined walmart pass for about 500 pesos a year. I have also received a coupon every month so far for 200 pesos so i have recovered the initial annual cost. Walmart pass you order online and they deliver. The first few orders were a little difficult but you can use the app to scan the barcode of your items or search. Once you start ordering it has your normal ordered items and you can also mark favorites. Now i simply select how many and place the order and select delivery time. Not even stepping inside the store anymore. Self checkout from the couch. I assume I will have to eventually at some point go inside for a coffee machine or something.
  15. I use Banorte it allows me to withdrawl 20,000 pesos. I have used Santander but I usually want more money than they allow. With all decline the conversion offered. You will still het your money but at a much better rate
  16. Reverse is to put the ball not on the humerous. On left is normal or right is reverse. Had people i know do the reverse. Is seems to give better unrestricted movement
  17. I would use this service myself. I cannot find a laptop with an american keyboard anywhere. Ordered one from walmart that had the American keyboard showing online but on arrival it was latin. Mostly about the @ key
  18. Checkout at Walmart has been pretty bad for sometime. I recently signed up for the Walmart Pass. I think its 400 pesos a year but you get a coupon every month to use at checkout. They have 200 pesos. That alone is worth the membership. With the pass you order online and they deliver to your house. These type things like Uber Eats, Rappi, are normally only available in the larger cities like Guadalajara but this works. I live near Santa Cruz. When you first order I would suggest marking favorites so on the next order it is much faster looking things up. If your good with apps. Download the walmart app and you can scan your items barcode. When finished you select a delivery time from a list of available tomorrow times. I have found that if you place the order at 2 pm or later it will be next day delivery. I give the Driver 100 pesos. But with the coupon I am still ahead. I am probably saving another 50 pesos in gas and hiw much is my time worth??? It has been excellent for me. My neighbors are even jumping in and asking me to get a few things for them. They love it. It takes them 2 buses to Walmart and 2 buses home and that takes hours. No more worries about the frozen food melting waiting in line. No more waiting in line. No more driving to the traffic zone in Ajijic. The pass has been great for me. They only reason we go now is to see something in person like looking at a TV or Microwave etc. I would think it would be good for those that have difficulty getting around and those that do not have a car and pay for taxi.
  19. Glad to see you guys saving Gringo, and Mad Max. This the kind of information I like to learn and pass around.
  20. Its not the fee its the conversion. Most charge around 25 to 50 pesos. Which is less than $5. However when you pull money the exchange rates are horrible. It could more than 5 pesos per dollar difference than current posted conversion. So when pulling out a few thousand pesos you just gave the bank 500 pesos or more. When you are pulling the money and the screen comes up to show you the rate and asks to accept or decline make a note of what they are offering then press DECLINE. You will still get your money but it will be at your current bank or card rate not theirs. Visa has a posted Rate. Mastercard has a posted rate. You can see what the current rates are on your internet browser. Open your internet browser (Chrome) enter 1 usd Mxn in the search bar google will show you the current exchange of a dollar to pesos. Many think if you press decline you will not get money that is not true. You are declining their exchange rate. That alone is going to save you ten times what charge is. You can also check with your banks website or call. Many reimburse for the charge here or use a network like "Allpoint" and there are ATMs that will have the allpoint logo. But in reality it is only a couple of dollars.youll spend more than that in gas. But Ive seen so many people go to an ATM that charges 25 pesos instead of 40. A difference of basically 1 dollar. They saved the dollar but then lost a 1000 pesos on the Exchange rate the local bank gave them. Just remember Press Decline. Compare what you actually received to what they WANTED to give you. I upload a screenshot of the current exchange rate shown in google chrome See image its 19.02 right now. It changes constantly. Look at ATM when they ask you accept what they are offering but remember DECLINE
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