Comments on: Being a geek in Venezuela

By: Daniel

Daniel — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:45:32 +0000

Hi, I Live in the USA, but am from venezuela, had some family visit the states, and found out how much they were really allowed to use.. which is not much at all!!!… anyways, quick question, so venezuelans can use paypal to send money to USA?!?! through credit card? but are only allowed to use 400 dollars?!?!

By: chat

chat — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 20:26:26 +0000

Thank you for your answer and good luck!

By: Mathias San Miguel

Mathias San Miguel — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 22:36:42 +0000

Totally with you, im a venezuelan and i can say VENEZUELA SUCKS!
They prohibid the “Violent” videogames (Not only belics)
They are about to try to control internet next year
Only 400 dollar anual cant worth you nothing
Here the 85% of people is a totally ignorant, 10% are “richs that get rid of the gobernment” and the rest are us, Geeks, screwed to the limits!

By: Julian Baquero

Julian Baquero — Thu, 06 May 2010 18:16:16 +0000

Hi I am from Colombia, Venezuela’s brother country. I am not going into political discussions here, I consider all Latin American citizens my brothers despite our idiotic governments and politicians. It’s a pity you have all this restrictions, being Venezuela such a rich country, the question that arises is: where is all the money going? As a Colombian geek I am used to buying goods in Amazon, ebay, Adorama, etc… I have PayPal and three international credit cards I can use freely. Buying online it’s not only a matter of spending less money, some things aren’t available at all in our countries simply because the market is not large enough for some goods, that doesn’t mean there is no demand for them, specially I you as myself are a geek. I hope the relations between our countries weren’t as bad as they actually are, and just hope things get better for both sides in the near future, as for now a popular colombian phrase “no hay mal que dure mil años ni quien lo pueda soportar” in English “there is no bad that can last one thousand years nor anyone who can withstand it.

By: juan pizzini

juan pizzini — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:42:14 +0000

I’m from Argentina, is a sad sittuation at Venezuela.
You could try http://www.xoom.com
It has a fee, but u are able to get the money from paypal to a any bank account or at the BBVA bank, with the tax figure of “family help”. Here is the only option to get cash from paypal.

By: Erick Carpio

Erick Carpio — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 13:40:45 +0000

Hi John,

I was searching on internet about Paypal and Venezuela. As long as I understood, due to government restrictions there is not option to make a payment through Paypal from Venezuela to a company or bank account abroad, am I right?

Thank you for your answer and good luck!

Erick

By: Yura3g

Yura3g — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:35:29 +0000

I m from russia and we have limitations with paypal, we cant withdraw money from paypal, we cant even receive money from other people on any russian paypal account. So we can just spend em. And one more thing: amazon doesnt send goods to russia:)

By: Freddie

Freddie — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:05:22 +0000

Hello,

The post has been published in the community I manage, but it wasn’t written for me, but for one of our top contributors, “The Fricky”. You can verify it on the original URL.

By: Prince_Porter

Prince_Porter — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 21:22:51 +0000

That was a very interesting, as well as frustrating read. It sucks to hear that someone as hard working and intelligent as yourself has to put up with so much crap by your government (IMO). Have you ever considered leaving the country permanently? Is this even allowed? I’m curious now, seems like someone such as yourself would be able to get out of a mess like that.

By: fmontes

fmontes — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 01:53:40 +0000

Hi Enmauele,

Thanks for re-posting this, im from Venezuela too and is exactly as Jhon said and the recstrictions are getting harder!