Global Courant 2023-06-01 00:52:37
A young Chilean girl went viral on TikTok for showing the purchase she made in Mendoza. Wow, actually the viral was buying her.
The owner of the @CalidadShop_CyK account crossed into Argentina because both she and her compatriots find it significantly cheaper to shop there because of the exchange rate.
In the video, @CalidadShop_CyK shows everything he bought in a Mendoza supermarket with his/her companions: soap, noodles, deodorants, feminine wipes, alfajores, flour, chocolate milk, shampoo, bleach, dog food and more.
Part of the purchases made by @CalidadShop_CyK in Mendoza. Photo: TikTok Capture
“It should be noted that we spent 5 hours in line at the supermarket to be able to buy. But the people of Mendoza are very kind and with a very good disposition. It is worth going, but more days to be able to visit places in Mendoza ”, he recommended in the description of the post.
And he added the following clarification within TikTok: “Calculating merchandise for approximately half a year for two people and it was distributed to 3 families. Thank God”.
The purchase, which was made on May 10, cost him 550,000 Chilean pesos. If he had bought the same thing, but in Chile, @CalidadShop_CyK affirms that he would have gotten around “1 million 1.5 Chilean pesos.” That is, more than double.
people’s questions
Below, in the comments, the young woman gave details of her great purchase.
To a person who asked if it was “with a container”, @CalidadShop_CyK clarified that “there were (tourists) worse” than her.
Among the products there were alfajores, noodles, dog food and more. Photo: TikTok Capture
To another who asked how much is the maximum food for the dog that can be sent to Chile from Argentina, she informed him: “If I’m not mistaken, up to four large ones.” She then clarified that the best thing to do in any case is to ask Customs for the marks authorized to cross the border.
One user commented: “In any case, in Chile you spend the same if it is for two people and for six months” and was immediately denied by the owner of the account: “I did not hit the trip to pay the same. Here this is approximately 1 million 1.5 in merchandise”.
“They buy cheap in Argentina and here in Chile they sell very expensive. Then the fault lies with the politicians or businessmen,” another noted, and she clarified: “It’s for family consumption.”
Flurry of Chileans in Argentina
The flood of Chileans in Argentina became notorious at Easter.
Juan Manuel Serrano, Migration delegate, told Clarín that from Wednesday to Friday of Holy Week, 20,032 passengers entered in private cars and buses, from Chile to Argentina, through the Cristo Redentor Los Libertadores pass.
Flood of Chileans in a Mendoza wholesale market. Photo: Orlando Pelichotti/ LOS ANDES
In this way, in that week the international passage through Mendoza became the second most important after Ezeiza.
“Around 28,000 travelers, 18,000 people who entered Argentina and 9,500 who left for Chile, in just three days,” said the Head of the Border Center and Coordinator of the International Passage, Justo José Báscolo.
In Chile, the phenomenon was reflected on TV. “Inflation in Argentina has already reached 102%, despite the fact that products there rise even on the same day and there is some shortage, food purchases continue to be super convenient,” the star host of the Chilean chain Mega reported in April. , Karen Doggenweiler.
From a television mobile phone at Libertadores Customs, some Chileans comment on their experience buying in Argentina.
“The prices are more than reasonable; oil, coffee, sauce, flour, rice, milk and diapers, everything is two or three times cheaper than in Santiago,” said a Chilean tourist interviewed by Chilean TV.
Holy Week was an ideal opportunity to buy. Photo: Orlando Pelichotti/ LOS ANDES
Another said that she lives in the Maipú commune, in Greater Santiago, and they decided to travel to Mendoza after consulting the price of the products on the websites of Argentine supermarkets.
