MXP
The peso is soaring. Good for Mexicans, bad for tourists. Some analysts are saying the exchange rate could go to 18 to 1.
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Reality Check
Get to La Frontera
Approach the garita (gate or in this case the US Customs Booth)
(Espanol) Your car has Mexican plates do you have work authorization permits?
Shoppers CAN NOT ENTER THE USA. This comes with a period. No exceptions. They are turned back.
I ride with Pablo monthly and cross at Garita Dos (2) Tijuana. His KIA has National Mexican license plates and he has a border crossing pass not a green card.
I explain I am going to see my cardiologist. In 12 trips I have never been asked to show "proof" of an appointment.
It is not allowed to have more than one Mexicano accompany me. They would turn us around. No limit on US citizen passengers.
After my appointment we go on a shopping spree. Food prices have been spreading for the last four months. I find Barilla pasta for half the dollar cost at some discount grocery stores. Kirkland Signature ice cream that costs Fifteen dollars and sixty cents in Mexico costs eleven dollars in Chula Vista Costco. Coffee is around thirty percent less expensive in the USA brand for brand.
Meat and fresh verduras are much more expensive in the USA. Eggs too. Canned goods can be 50% less expensive. I found a costal of frijols pinto in USA Costco that cost 55% of what frijols pinto cost in Mexico Costco.
Clothing is ridiculously cheaper in Costco USA plus they have my 2X size.
Border merchants say the health restrictions are killing them. The perfume outlets on one street say business is down 90%. The Grocery Outlet says it's sales are down "Well over fifty percent"
The green card holders do shop in the USA. But from 5PM to (?) on Fridays and end of month days there are four times the numbers of Aduaneros (Mexican Customs) people circulating with flashlights pulling people into secondary. The Customs people are a lot tougher on Mexicanos than they are on visitors. This last trip we got secondaried. The Aduanero opened the rear saw it was groceries then looked at me. The trunk slammed shut. We were exempt. What is their kiljoy is the diet soda and no sugar can goods, unavailable down here.
Eduardo's ocean farmed striped bass production is down 30% since mid summer. It is a NAFTA effort with all sales pegged in pesos not Canadian Loonies. People have been laid off.
Mexicanos including me are masters at monetary retraction.
Brenda goes into hysterics when I shrug and pronounce. "Tortillas, Sal, Chile, y Musica".
The Peso may be strong against the dollar but no one gets paid in dollars down here and they cannot reach dollar goods. If you think prices in Walmart, Costco, and Sams Club are not rising, you may be in for a shock.
Get to La Frontera
Approach the garita (gate or in this case the US Customs Booth)
(Espanol) Your car has Mexican plates do you have work authorization permits?
Shoppers CAN NOT ENTER THE USA. This comes with a period. No exceptions. They are turned back.
I ride with Pablo monthly and cross at Garita Dos (2) Tijuana. His KIA has National Mexican license plates and he has a border crossing pass not a green card.
I explain I am going to see my cardiologist. In 12 trips I have never been asked to show "proof" of an appointment.
It is not allowed to have more than one Mexicano accompany me. They would turn us around. No limit on US citizen passengers.
After my appointment we go on a shopping spree. Food prices have been spreading for the last four months. I find Barilla pasta for half the dollar cost at some discount grocery stores. Kirkland Signature ice cream that costs Fifteen dollars and sixty cents in Mexico costs eleven dollars in Chula Vista Costco. Coffee is around thirty percent less expensive in the USA brand for brand.
Meat and fresh verduras are much more expensive in the USA. Eggs too. Canned goods can be 50% less expensive. I found a costal of frijols pinto in USA Costco that cost 55% of what frijols pinto cost in Mexico Costco.
Clothing is ridiculously cheaper in Costco USA plus they have my 2X size.
Border merchants say the health restrictions are killing them. The perfume outlets on one street say business is down 90%. The Grocery Outlet says it's sales are down "Well over fifty percent"
The green card holders do shop in the USA. But from 5PM to (?) on Fridays and end of month days there are four times the numbers of Aduaneros (Mexican Customs) people circulating with flashlights pulling people into secondary. The Customs people are a lot tougher on Mexicanos than they are on visitors. This last trip we got secondaried. The Aduanero opened the rear saw it was groceries then looked at me. The trunk slammed shut. We were exempt. What is their kiljoy is the diet soda and no sugar can goods, unavailable down here.
Eduardo's ocean farmed striped bass production is down 30% since mid summer. It is a NAFTA effort with all sales pegged in pesos not Canadian Loonies. People have been laid off.
Mexicanos including me are masters at monetary retraction.
Brenda goes into hysterics when I shrug and pronounce. "Tortillas, Sal, Chile, y Musica".
The Peso may be strong against the dollar but no one gets paid in dollars down here and they cannot reach dollar goods. If you think prices in Walmart, Costco, and Sams Club are not rising, you may be in for a shock.
