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Buying in Chile and selling in Argentina
Hey everyone,

I have searched through this forum and I cant find a definitive answer to a question. I will be flying into Santiago, Chile in early February 2018 and will be purchasing a used bike to travel down to and then back up to Buenos Aries where I will be departing from. Is it possible to purchase a bike in one country and sell it in another? Has anyone ever done this, how hard is this process?

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I am also curious about the transactions in Argentina. I'm looking for a bike when I land in Buenos Aires on the 22 of Jan.
Anyone selling a bike in BA and know how to navigate the paperwork?
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to idc25: you could probably sell it even it is forbidden in Argentina. But the new owner wouldn´t get out of the country if you won´t acompany him/her.
Also the new owner could ride afterwards only on a poder and can not register the bike in his name when he/she is back in chile without your present.

to ryweb: yes, you could buy a argentinian registered bike. But you are not allowed to leave the country with the bike as a foreigner. It is not recommended doing this in argentina.
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A stated there are difficulties

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It's often very difficult or impossible to buy and sell in different countries.
AND it changes, so difficult to be definitive.

Selling a "foreign" bike in Argentina is definitely illegal.

Ideal is to buy a CHEAP bike and leave it at a police station to dispose of IF it's marked in your passport that you have a bike, or if it's noted at the border of entry that you have a bike. You don't want to come back years later to Argentina in this case and have them want duty on the bike you left behind. And fines etc...

A round trip is by far the most preferable as it is easy to resell in the same country. However be careful that you can take the bike out of the country as a foreign owner, as noted above, in Argentina it's not legal.

Good luck and please let us know what you ended up doing and how it worked out. It will help future people with the same question!
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Awesome thanks for the clarification and info, sounds like its going to be easier to just head back to Santiago and sell the bike there. Any issues on entering Argentina with a bike bought in Chile? I will be sure to post how it all worked out during my trip!
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To take a chilean plated bike out of Chile as a foreigner seems imposible nowadays. Read «danielmolloy72»s posting on side 10 in this thread:
http://www.horizonsunlimited.com/hub...tiago-45637-10
It seems you need recidency to take a chilean plated bike out of Chile as a foreigner.
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Thank you for the info
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All the info everyone is providing has been very helpful, with leaving Chile as a foreigner with a bike seems impossible now I am debating on another plan. Flying into Santiagio and then crossing over into Argentina (Mendosa) and purchasing a bike there to start the journey and also end up back in Mendosa to sell the bike, then head over to Santiago to fly out. Can anyone give any information as how difficult it is as a foreigner to purchase a bike and sell in Argentina. Also any difficulties with boarder crossings in/out of Argentina and Chile as a foreigner?

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your question with argentina i answered already in post 3
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to ryweb: yes, you could buy a argentinian registered bike. But you are not allowed to leave the country with the bike as a foreigner. It is not recommended doing this in argentina.
i don´t know if it still works, but if you get a "promesa" that you will bring the bike back to chile you might be able to get with your bike out of the country!
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How would one go about getting a promesa?
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People are still buying chilean vehicles and they are still getting them out of Chile but the uncertainty level seems to be increasing. Get the paperwork wrong or missing one of the stages will make it impossible to leave, and even if you do get it all correct, every second border crossing will refuse to allow you to pass which means a very long detour to the next one - especially in winter - with no guarantee of better luck. The other significant problem is you might be able to find credible accounts of how some people had no problems at all, but if they are more than a few months old they are probably close to worthless because of recent changes. Blind luck seems to be important too. At the very least, the process will require you to find a local willing to act a guarantor and probably go with you as you make your way through the bureaucracy and those sort of people seem to be getting harder to find because of increased responsibility.
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Thanks Tony, I do have a friend/Chilean resident who is going to help me with all the paperwork but it seem like its still going to be a gamble to get across the boarder. Any countries in SA that do allow you to leave as a foreigner on a motorcycle you purchased in their country?
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Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Peru and Columbia.

I don´t know whats with uruguay...
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I recommend browsing the Hubb for sale section and looking at all the foreign bikes for sale in Argentina and Chile. There is a non official easy way to deal with this problem. It involves only paying a fraction of the bike's actual value. Ask a few of the people selling there bikes in Argentina and Chile for advice on how to easily/cheaply legalize the bike for Latin America.

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