Buzzy--Bee

Not an option in NZ mate.

To quote someone on the Oz forum -

"sorry if you didn't understand what I just said but you will when you live here"



Buzzy

Paladin

i refer you to my earlier comments...................

learn how to trade currencies, then you don't need a job in NZ, you can do it from home, in your spare time, no worries about customers or suppliers or the economy; its there 24 hrs per day!!! And you can open a FOREX trading account with as little as US$500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How about that????????????????????????????

Buzzy--Bee

Yes you have the ideal life me old china.



Buzzy

Paladin

I wish!!!

But just making the point that if people REALLY want more money, they can get it, so they should put up or shut up!!!!!!!!

mazi

I REALLY wanted more money, so I left NZ.

Paladin

Exactly!!!

sniffydog

I made the mistake of paying £300 for one - utter crap. wouldn't spend £300 again never mind $900!!!

Goldberry

Sorry to butt into your little menage à trois/quatre, but I still have this question (see page one, first contribution).

Oh, and I'm not a sales person, so no looking into making money with ripping people off.

mazi

oh S***, sorry.

No.

What was the question again?

mazi

I remember!

Had a house in UK, fell down, lost oodles of money, went to NZ with almost no money, bought a house there (nice (naive) banking person to the rescue!), mortgage cancelled out food shopping, still have house there.

You can probably gather from my posts that I think you should STAY where you are!

Goldberry

Sorry that it didn't work out for you, mazi. You're still young, aren't you - so no worry there. What is with the house now?
How on earth did you get a banking person to give you credit for a house with almost no money (how much is 'almost no money' in Euros, if you don't mind me asking)? :scared:

*puts hands over ears* Not listening, not listening!

mazi

Am I? What makes you think this?

mazi

I have a very winning smile - see? And people in NZ are a bit...well...you know...Also Boyfriend entered in on the deal which helped with him being Kiwi (stick to their own, they do) and earning a decent wage and having banked at that bank since he was 4 or something.

In euros - about 1500

Oh, and the house is now being rented out because the 'real' estate agents in NZ do no work whatsoever for their 4%.

Batty

Oh Mazi - if only that were the case! My agents are working so hard at the moment I'm bloody exhausted! The only houses that don't sell are either 'leaky' homes or too expensive. End of story. A reasonably priced house sells, and usually within 4 weeks.

Goldberry. I AM in NZ AND we came with Euros. None of this 'oh dear we've only got $2.7 to the pound'. We got less than $1.5 We did have around $100k but have a mortgage over $300k. We've got no children here. That's important to bear in mind. Mortgage cancels them out though

This is the way I look at it. In Ireland I brought home 500 'things' every week (doesn't matter if they're Dollars/Euros/Pounds). Here I bring home just under 700 'things', even though I earn less in exchange terms - no matter - it's irrelevant once you're here. Most items cost the same here in Dollars as they did in Euro. We can spend $70 a week on groceries or we can spend $180 a week on groceries - depends on what we need. In Ireland I could spend 70/180 Euro. My bus ticket for the week in Ireland was 39 Euro - here it's 36 Dollars. See where I'm going with this? We hardly ever could afford a takeaway in Ireland - here we have too many We smoke and drink, again far too much - I worked out the other day that if we didn't we could save $600 a month

It's no more expensive here than many European countries. People from the UK really are insulated because of the economies of scale their large population affords them and are used to getting a lot without having to open their wallet (doctors for instance) but most Europeans are not in this situation so it's no biggie. If you want any specific information please PM me. Good luck.

sky

The average wage is rubbish and the cost of every day things (like food) are expensive on the average wage.
Most kiwis have second jobs or are doing something on the side to stay afloat.
This is just my view though