Moab762
American looking for information about Philippines
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Registration: 19 April 2025
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Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
@Moab762 And yet both Shopee and Lazada retailers will ship to even the most remote villages/islands in Vietnam, many of which have a population much lower than the 90,000 of Panglou. Lazada is a Philippines company. I'm very surprised to learn ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
I feel your pain, Moab. We lived for several years in a high-end condo above Cebu that wasn't too bad for noise, but of course you had to go out into the madness that is Cebu City. We live near Valencia now (Dumaguete), because we have two boys in ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
@Aidan in HCMC It's not a Lazada policy. Their system just has a major fault. If your ISP ends up routing your IP thru Manilla, Lazada's system uses that IP location as your location. Even if your delivery address is different. Like mine in Bohol. ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible? by Moab762
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ...
Lazada and shoppee are both China owned as well. And handle location as IP location in the same way. Trust me. I've spent months trying to change this. Bought additional sim cards, created new accounts laptop only, spoken to their deep customer ... Read More
Cebu quiet? Possible?
I hope to move to Cebu Island from Panglou Island, Bohol next month. I'm hoping to find a quiet place to live. (I know that's an oxymoron in the Phillipines.) One to an hour and a half outside Cebu City is preferable. But outskirts is fine too. A ... Read More
Moving to Siargao by Brendan69
Hi there, I'm Brendan, a newbie here, I live in La Union but am in the process of moving to Siargo. Any expats already living there?
I recently moved from La Union to down south - Bohol. Will give you a heads up. In the process of getting established here. Furnishing my apt, buying a car, outfitting it etc etc. I have found it extremely difficult to order from Lazada, AliExpress, ... Read More
WU Transfers by vehicross100
I found it interesting that through my WU app I can send $ using my debit card to Gcash, PayMaya, Shopee, Lazada, Bayad and a few more. This is all for $0 (FREE) transfer fee and at a rate of 58. My usual Bank to Bank is $2 per transaction and ...
@vehicross100 Hi, the most effective way is not to send a foreign currency to the BDO account but PHP. So, instead of 1000 USD you transfer 60000 PHP and the receiver gets exactly 60000 PHP. This avoids fees and taxes in the Philippines. The reason ... Read More
WU Transfers by vehicross100
I found it interesting that through my WU app I can send $ using my debit card to Gcash, PayMaya, Shopee, Lazada, Bayad and a few more. This is all for $0 (FREE) transfer fee and at a rate of 58. My usual Bank to Bank is $2 per transaction and ...
@Moab762 To Clarify, I use WF for the US and BDO here. I do not need to use Wise as a bank, i’m just using them to transfer $ from there to here. Like a WU transfer. I Simply set up a transfer from my WF directly into BDO via Wise. I ... Read More
WU Transfers by vehicross100
I found it interesting that through my WU app I can send $ using my debit card to Gcash, PayMaya, Shopee, Lazada, Bayad and a few more. This is all for $0 (FREE) transfer fee and at a rate of 58. My usual Bank to Bank is $2 per transaction and ...
@vehicross100 From my US CU to Wise I can do $1000 instantly. But can not do $2000 instantly. That jumps to like 4 or 7 days iirc. Transferring money from Wise to gfs local PH bank account is instant. But have not tried large amounts. Read More
Cutting the cord by Enzyte Bob
Having used PLDT, Sky & Converge for internet, I've cut the cord. All three of those services were good at he beginning. But when problems happened, poor customer service, weeks without internet.I became fed up.So my son bought me a "DITO Home" ...
Your best bet (if it's offered in your area) is fiber optic. It does not require power to transmit internet across the fiber optic. You do need to power your fiber box receiver and wireless router if you are not hardwired to the fiber internet. I ... Read More
WU Transfers by vehicross100
I found it interesting that through my WU app I can send $ using my debit card to Gcash, PayMaya, Shopee, Lazada, Bayad and a few more. This is all for $0 (FREE) transfer fee and at a rate of 58. My usual Bank to Bank is $2 per transaction and ...
@Enzyte Bob That's basically what I do. Keep my two investment accounts and CU in the US. And any money I need for here in my Wise account. But I will now add the Phillipines bank account so I can get cash for free and a managers check if necessary. Read More
WU Transfers by vehicross100
I found it interesting that through my WU app I can send $ using my debit card to Gcash, PayMaya, Shopee, Lazada, Bayad and a few more. This is all for $0 (FREE) transfer fee and at a rate of 58. My usual Bank to Bank is $2 per transaction and ...
@vehicross100 So your transferring from Wells Fargo, to Wise, so you can transfer from Wise into your Phillipine bank account?That may be a limitation from Wells Fargo(?). But honestly once it's in your Wise (other than getting cash from an ATM and ... Read More
WU Transfers by vehicross100
I found it interesting that through my WU app I can send $ using my debit card to Gcash, PayMaya, Shopee, Lazada, Bayad and a few more. This is all for $0 (FREE) transfer fee and at a rate of 58. My usual Bank to Bank is $2 per transaction and ...
@vehicross100 I'm not sure I understand your process. My use cases is simply transferring money from my US CU into my Wise account so I have a card that works everywhere here. It does it instantly. But I'm pretty sure it wasn't that way in the first ... Read More
Managing meals in the Philippines by Cheryl
Hello everyone, Managing meals day-to-day can sometimes be a real mental challenge, even more so when you land in a new environment, with different schedules, habits or ingredients. How do you manage your meal routine as an expat in the ...
I'm spoiled. My filapina gf is an excellent cook. We have a wet market at the fish dock close by. We buy alit if fish, vegetables and fruit. We buy our beef at the grocery store and vegetables and fruit as well. She eats a lot of rice. I do not. I ... Read More
WU Transfers by vehicross100
I found it interesting that through my WU app I can send $ using my debit card to Gcash, PayMaya, Shopee, Lazada, Bayad and a few more. This is all for $0 (FREE) transfer fee and at a rate of 58. My usual Bank to Bank is $2 per transaction and ...
I assume with a Phillipine bank account you can use their debit card at their atms without a fee?I can't get Gcash like I said. I have a goatee. Lol!But I also don't pay my utilities directly. Our landlord does. We just send one payment to them. ... Read More