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Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on

Looks fantastic, congrats!

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Medellin Hostel: Casa Del Sol or Palm Tree?

Casa del Sol is more chill, Palm Tree is more party is my impression too.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on

"so, every bozo jerk in the world will be able to post anything they want about anyone with no control?" => to some degree, yes :) Don't worry, it's better than it sounds. Every bozo in the world can post anything they want on the internet too, right?

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Where you can get The Arepa magazine

Looks awesome, congrats with the magazine. Can one subscribe to it?

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Way of the beaten track partying in Medellin: La Ponce salsa bar

Address is below the picture :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Yoga in Medellin

See also http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/yoga-schools-teachers-in-medellin/ and http://poorbuthappy.com/colombia/post/yoga-classes-in-medellin/

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Yoga in Medellin

Try the free classes in the Jardin Botanico on Sunday?

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on 2-way ignore

Closing this thread, goodnight all :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on 2-way ignore

Is anyone here?

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on BUYING COMPUTERS FOR INTERNET BUSINESS IN COLOMBIA

Get netbooks, they're like 3, 400$ each.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on What happened to the wheelchair project?

We might start it up again, I'm gonna look at it in a few weeks. If not, I'm gonna refund the people that donated money.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on 2-way ignore

You're welcome :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Ireland versus France (soccer)

Closing this thread, take it offline boys :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Slings!!!

Slings are awesome!

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Fruits and veggies in La Mayorista in Medellin

Turns out they have a website, in English (!) with prices and everything! http://www.lamayorista.com.co/mayorista2008/eng/index.php?id_pagina=1

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Realistic Budget?

Medellin is more expensive that you'd think. 500$/month is possible, if you rent a cheap appartment and share it with a few people, and have a cheap lifestyle.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Taxi drivers income

I've also noticed that taxi drivers always round the price down, instead of up. So if the meter says 8455, they'll charge 8400, not (the more logical) 8500.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Taxi drivers income

I can attest that Prado is an awesome area to stay in Medellin, I used to live there.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on rooms for rent in Prado Centro, Medellin

btw, Prado is an awesome area to stay. I used to live there.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

Closing this one, it's getting off topic :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

And of course this classic: http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

ps: I've often said it: we're not the only one with these problems. ALL forums have similar problems once they reach a certain size. See this for example http://www.cawtech.demon.co.uk/outer-circle/core.html I'm thinking of some other structural fixes as well (that are not money related) :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

What Livejournal does is a 3$/month fee which gets you some features, and then some forums are for paying members only to keep out the trolls. Just thinking, don't worry, I'm gonna keep the site free always! Just considering some ways to increase signal over noise.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

Yes everyone stay on topic

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

How about 3$/m, like LiveJournal does, and then some features are only for paying members :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

There's a good idea, money for charity.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

100% to 1? What does that mean?

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

Limited wiki is a good idea too. I guess you guys are all cheapskates HAHAHAHAHA. No worries. The current PBH would continue to exist as is, with moderators and everything, this would be a separate project. Just a thought, but I'm not sensing many takers here :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

Babygirl: we'd have some kind of "not happy money back" or something, I guess. Or perhaps it should be less? I actually think that if the info is good, it'd be totally worth it for someone actually moving to Colombia/starting a business here (as opposed to someone who is just looking for some general info that's not so important). But it might be 9.99$/m, the idea is to have a price.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

Pay to vote others out? Hahahahaha. Let the richest win :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

jb, it's not just the money, the idea is more about creating a higher-quality space. That requires more time and effort, and the money serves 2 things: to make it possible to spend more time on research and such, and to serve as a wall to keep out trolls (who probably don't want to pay just for the pleasure of trolling)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

And mods would of course have benefits beyond imagination ;)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

The thinking is the quality of the discussions/info would be much higher (the paywall would keep out trolls and the money would also allow for creating more valuable content (pay an accountant etc..)).

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Paid section on PBH?

Not ask an expert (I'm no expert!), more "join a private forum of people more serious about living in Colombia to answer questions etc". :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Visa Question!

You should check with the embassy (call them). Then get all the paperwork done way in advance (a month or two), and hope for the best. Don't assume it's a sure thing.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Best views of Medellin?

Santa Elena.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Work remotely while travelling?

I've done it, but it all depends on the job of course. I wouldn't recommend full time working while traveling :)

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Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Small Earthquake - Who Felt that in Medellin at 11.30 am

Damn I didn't feel a thing!

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Non Lleras places in Medellin?

Closing comments on this one.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on The cheapest way to ship stuff (including furniture, …) from New York to Colombia

No, they don't forward, you have to physically go there (as far as I know). Give them a call though, I might be wrong :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on The cheapest way to ship stuff (including furniture, …) from New York to Colombia

I also dislike Colombian style furniture, I'm sending HEAPS of Ikea furniture over. The good thing is that it's nicely packed, ready to send. Even with sending costs, it still ends up cheaper than similar (but uglier) local furniture. I do feel a bit bad about not supporting local industry, but oh well.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on The cheapest way to ship stuff (including furniture, …) from New York to Colombia

You could call them and ask them if they know someone who ships at similar rates from Atlanta...

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on The cheapest way to ship stuff (including furniture, …) from New York to Colombia

And indeed, it's 2000 pesos/pound, and indeed, it is very, very cheap, but totally legit in my experience with them.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on The cheapest way to ship stuff (including furniture, …) from New York to Colombia

I've shipped like 20 boxes on various occasions with El Rinconsito and so far everything has been fantastic, everything arrives, nothing opens. They ship huge amounts of stuff.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Top 10 Import Items for Expats/Colombians Living in Colombia

And spices, yes (Indian, ...)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Top 10 Import Items for Expats/Colombians Living in Colombia

Ikea furniture! :)

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Comparing prices of office stuff in Colombia vs. Amazon.com

I think part of the reason is simple market efficiency: the US represents a huge market, and thus a lot of stuff in the US is incredibly cheap (clothes, food, goods, ...). Remember they are the country that have Wallmart. If you are a large company, you can sell large quantities of goods in the US and so you can keep prices very cheap. Everything is optimized, from import taxes (through often rather unfair international treaties), to internal transport etc. The only thing that's expensive in the US is manpower, but they've spend the last 100 years optimizing that away. In Colombia, probably only 5 or 10% of the population would go to stores like the one I mentioned, so it's a really small market. That plus import taxes that you mentioned means they have to sell things much more expensively. It's funny: the poor pay more for the same goods.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on Sorry another boring question about the 60 days

Though one. You'll get conflicting advice about this one, and it will probably depend on the actual officer you get when you exit. If you don't mind potential hassle (although you'll probably be fine), you can take the risk, if you do mind potential hassle, better not to take the risk.

Peter (Moderator) (Trustee board) (Dev team) comments on ECONOMICAL RATES!!!! TO SHIP FROM USA TO COLOMBIA

I have been using a door to door service, NYC to Medellin, for 1.10$/pound, which is MUCH cheaper than this. I'll post details soon. Boxes take about 2 weeks to be delivered in Medellin.