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Forum: The Sand Pit

Oct 9th 2017, 11:33 am

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Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

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Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

You'd be shocked. I was only saving 45% of my income in those days.

Forum: The Sand Pit

Oct 9th 2017, 8:46 am

Replies: 34

Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

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Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

It was a wild, wild, wild time mate :eek:

Salesmen everywhere were adding on personal margins. Even at the car dealerships they'd charge you an extra thousand or two just to put the plates on the...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Oct 9th 2017, 8:28 am

Replies: 34

Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

Views: 3,109

Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

Someone wanted lots of money to connect him to a prospective employer.

Like the real estate agents who wanted a thousand upfront just to show you a flat.

Forum: The Sand Pit

Oct 2nd 2017, 9:45 am

Replies: 34

Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

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Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

Pancho Villas and George and Dragon are still there ;)

Forum: The Sand Pit

Oct 2nd 2017, 7:56 am

Replies: 34

Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

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Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

The indoor ski mountain - oh yeah :rofl: People even started to buy off-plan flats and one of the UK tabloids did a feature on an elderly couple who'd invested their life savings in an off-plan flat...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Oct 2nd 2017, 7:15 am

Replies: 34

Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

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Posted By DXBtoDOH

Re: Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

Ah yes, I well remember ;) I went to CityScape 2008 and there were these Russian / Eastern Euro women completely painted in grey paint and pushing these strolling tables (?) with promotional...

Forum: The Sand Pit

Oct 1st 2017, 6:17 am

Replies: 34

Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

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Posted By DXBtoDOH

Anyone remember Dubai in 2008?

How many of you were in Dubai in 2008? Anyone remember what a weird, bizarre and unreal time it was? I was trying to explain what it was like to someone else over the weekend and realised that if you...

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