Buenos Aires - Post Report Question and Answers

What household or grocery items do you wish you had shipped to post?

Vanilla and other extracts. We were able to get everything else we needed via online ordering. - Apr 2022


Anything liquid, like pancake syrup and olive oil, which are definitely more expensive at post and not permitted through DPO. - Jul 2020


Paper towels, toilet paper, and blue tortilla chips. - Jul 2019


Spices and hot sauce, brown sugar, baking soda (unless you want to get from the pharmacy). - Jun 2015


Maple syrup (non-existent), spicy food, peanut butter, some specific US candies. Oh, and more English books. They're really hard to find here and are usually expensive. - Jan 2015


Tons of cleaning supplies, saran wrap, and aluminum foil. - Aug 2014


Paper products, spices, clothes. - May 2011


Hot sauce (they don't have anything spicy here), electronics (they are EXPENSIVE here). - Jul 2008


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