Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
Jul 15th 2010, 9:02 am
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
Problem was..we had Air tickets booked, ADNOC had given us FOUR days only in the hotel and we had to be out of the UAE on the 2nd of July( ADNOC PRO waiting to cancel our visa).
We were actually sat in The Marina Mall branch of NBAD at 6.30pm awaiting 2 signatures from the branch Manager (who should have actually been back at work at 3.00pm but didnt bother to turn up).
It was for a subtantial amount, and nerves were gettingn the better of us. we literally had 4 hours to get the bankers draught before the plane was taking off.
We did make mistakes, and should of taken advice given, but after days of sitting at empty desks at ADNOC HQ awaiting signatures from around 8 locals who werent even there, we just wanted out of the place.
We were actually sat in The Marina Mall branch of NBAD at 6.30pm awaiting 2 signatures from the branch Manager (who should have actually been back at work at 3.00pm but didnt bother to turn up).
It was for a subtantial amount, and nerves were gettingn the better of us. we literally had 4 hours to get the bankers draught before the plane was taking off.
We did make mistakes, and should of taken advice given, but after days of sitting at empty desks at ADNOC HQ awaiting signatures from around 8 locals who werent even there, we just wanted out of the place.
Jul 15th 2010, 11:30 am
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
Well we have just left Abu Dhabi after 12 years and the only thing we had to pay for was the re-painting of two rooms in the place we were renting as the LL wanted them white again.
We switched over to pay and go phones a month before we left.
Transferred ownership on the car 2 weeks before we left.
got an estimate for the electricity and water from lastyears bill and they accepted the same amount as payment in full.
The week before we were due to leave ADNOC paid for us 4 days fully inclusive in the Hilton.
So it's not always bad, it just pays to plan ahead.
Although we got my husbands end of service money, in the form of a bankers draught from NBAD and we have just deposited it into Natwest and were told we would lose around nine grand in fee's and exchange rate..so we ended up getting shafted anyway.
We switched over to pay and go phones a month before we left.
Transferred ownership on the car 2 weeks before we left.
got an estimate for the electricity and water from lastyears bill and they accepted the same amount as payment in full.
The week before we were due to leave ADNOC paid for us 4 days fully inclusive in the Hilton.
So it's not always bad, it just pays to plan ahead.
Although we got my husbands end of service money, in the form of a bankers draught from NBAD and we have just deposited it into Natwest and were told we would lose around nine grand in fee's and exchange rate..so we ended up getting shafted anyway.
i hope that you remembered to get your no claims letter so that you can insure your nice new merc...... why didnt you have one of those here where they are cheaper to buy oh yes i forgot you said that you didnt "join in" with all that dribble......
Jul 15th 2010, 3:05 pm
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
As for the no claims letter..yes we got one from ADNIC..most wont accept it here because it's outside the EU, and those that would wouldnt insure the car because we bought it in N Ireland. And didnt want to re register it with the DVLA because it had personnel plates which we would have had to change.
As for coming back in a couple of months..no need too now as we sorted the buisness out before we left.
Does that answer all your questions?
Oh! we called in the bank today just to query what they were charging us, and they have decided to waiver the charges and give us special rates after all. So all is good.
Jul 16th 2010, 4:38 pm
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
Why would I want to spend 30k on a mercedes in Abu Dhabi, when only 2 weeks ago I saw my mates brand new car get scratched from one end to the other in Abu Dhabi Mall? Most people have no respect for cars over there, wether it's a Merc or a Maybach.
As for the no claims letter..yes we got one from ADNIC..most wont accept it here because it's outside the EU, and those that would wouldnt insure the car because we bought it in N Ireland. And didnt want to re register it with the DVLA because it had personnel plates which we would have had to change.
As for coming back in a couple of months..no need too now as we sorted the buisness out before we left.
Does that answer all your questions?
Oh! we called in the bank today just to query what they were charging us, and they have decided to waiver the charges and give us special rates after all. So all is good.
As for the no claims letter..yes we got one from ADNIC..most wont accept it here because it's outside the EU, and those that would wouldnt insure the car because we bought it in N Ireland. And didnt want to re register it with the DVLA because it had personnel plates which we would have had to change.
As for coming back in a couple of months..no need too now as we sorted the buisness out before we left.
Does that answer all your questions?
Oh! we called in the bank today just to query what they were charging us, and they have decided to waiver the charges and give us special rates after all. So all is good.
Jul 16th 2010, 6:39 pm
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
Jul 16th 2010, 7:48 pm
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
Any info you have gathered about buying a Mercedes etc is from my previous posts, not because I have sat ''doing coffee'' with you, so dont claim to ''know me''.
Why give me ''jip''? Revenge?.. I was responding to a post about financial costs of leaving the UAE..you didnt need to make silly statements about my life.
Jul 17th 2010, 8:04 am
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The only reason I didnt respond to your threads on the other websites is because most of the time.. YOU TALK SHIT! Oh! and you got banned didnt you or left, cos other people thought you TALKED SHIT!
Any info you have gathered about buying a Mercedes etc is from my previous posts, not because I have sat ''doing coffee'' with you, so dont claim to ''know me''.
Why give me ''jip''? Revenge?.. I was responding to a post about financial costs of leaving the UAE..you didnt need to make silly statements about my life.
Any info you have gathered about buying a Mercedes etc is from my previous posts, not because I have sat ''doing coffee'' with you, so dont claim to ''know me''.
Why give me ''jip''? Revenge?.. I was responding to a post about financial costs of leaving the UAE..you didnt need to make silly statements about my life.
and you are only seeing what you want to see, there were a lot of people that thought that the witch hunt was uncalled for and said so, but they were deleted very very quickly, so unless you were there looking at the posts as they came in you would only see one side to the story, and considering the mods did all they can to wind up the situation, but hey i dont care, water off the ducks back, each to their own, life is to short.....
Last edited by busybee2; Jul 17th 2010 at 8:10 am.
Jul 17th 2010, 8:18 am
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
and i can post under a different name, and definately get a different response and reply, now wonder why that is...... shall i change my username like some people who do.
Jul 17th 2010, 8:37 am
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
Actually you are not missing much by being banned. The ADW forum is now like EW - maids, villas, excitement about Matalan arriving in AD !!! The usual stuff eg I need a dentist for my maid or I need a maid's bed for the tiny cupboard I am going to house her in etc etc and they now have some terrible breaking news broadcasts where they can't even pronounce AD properly - it's Dabbi not Darby!
Jul 17th 2010, 9:42 am
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
Actually you are not missing much by being banned. The ADW forum is now like EW - maids, villas, excitement about Matalan arriving in AD !!! The usual stuff eg I need a dentist for my maid or I need a maid's bed for the tiny cupboard I am going to house her in etc etc and they now have some terrible breaking news broadcasts where they can't even pronounce AD properly - it's Dabbi not Darby!
Jul 17th 2010, 10:24 am
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Re: Financial Cost of Leaving the UAE - Lesson Learnt!
I have been working in the oil and gas industry in Kazakhstan and have seen all sorts of strokes pulled. Sometimes people who resign out here never get their last months salary or end up having trouble getting the company to pay for a flight home. The best time to pull the plug is when you are in the UK and your salary has just goe in the bank. Of course, not all companies operate this way, but some do.
