tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102320880349869209.post6985516891590448482..comments2023-07-05T11:43:50.345-03:00Comments on Give us this day our daily mango: An example of just how complicated things areshellehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09510233639065517643noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9102320880349869209.post-70934531432296246092010-04-13T09:45:48.002-03:002010-04-13T09:45:48.002-03:00Don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sur...Don't quote me on this, but I'm pretty sure that if you use your American card for Skype, it will just debit your account in dollars and you won't pay any exchange fees. Wherever I've traveled with my Skype and whatever services I've used, I've used my American card without any problems (although I haven't tried getting a local number)...<br /><br />Cell phone, perhaps? Leo and I don't even have a landline because it's such a hassle. A lot of cell phone providers have promotions so that if you "cadastrar" (register) online, every time you put money on your phone, you earn a bonus. For example: I have Vivo, and I put R$18 on my phone (which gets you like nothing...), but I got a bonus of 250 for calls to other Vivo phones and landlines (fixo), which is more than enough to have a conversation about teaching English! And a lot of Brazilians, when you say you're calling from a cell phone, offer to call you back on their landline so that you don't waste minutes (although all of the English school directors I've ever met are weirdly tight fisted, so I can't vouch for them).<br /><br />Don't you love the vicious cycle of Brazilian catch-22s? :) Let me know if I can help you out (you can call me on Skype without spending any money by signing up for an account and calling my username: corin.parsons Skype-to-skype is free and no phone required)!Corinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05012625970533603440noreply@blogger.com