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Forum: Spain
Sep 9th 2008, 3:59 am
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

The Telmicro statement on the Sol Productions (http://www.solproductions.tv/index.php?pg=7&id=18) website hints at ongoing problems at the La Marina site, without actually saying what they are. They...
Forum: Spain
Sep 7th 2008, 6:03 am
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

Thanks, Letsbenice, for the honest and fresh approach and the "insider" point of view. Whilst I sympathise with those who feel they have been ripped off, as the full reasons for the shutdown and the...
Forum: Spain
Sep 5th 2008, 10:28 pm
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

Anybody else remember life before television? Conversation, games, storytelling, singing, dancing, playing with the children, sewing, knitting, woodcarving, arts and crafts and so on. In other...
Forum: Spain
Sep 5th 2008, 8:26 pm
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

New update today (06/09/2008) http://www.telmicrolevante.com
Forum: Spain
Sep 5th 2008, 8:17 pm
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

[QUOTE=jurdyr;6749770]pay for the free channels and most this on tdt spanish free veiw
http://www.tdt.es/

You are making the assumption that the message "Cobertura no disponible" does not...
Forum: Spain
Sep 5th 2008, 12:54 am
Replies: 57
Views: 9,906
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Benefits Abroad?

I don't know the details. I give my gestor €30 and all my paperwork, including a spreadsheet with a monthly breakdown of what I get paid here and what is taxed in the UK and he gets my bank...
Forum: Spain
Sep 4th 2008, 9:50 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 9,906
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Benefits Abroad?

According to my gestor, who has done my taxes here for the last 3 years, for "Pensionistas" (no distinction between old age and Social Security), personal allowances are around €22,000 a year. I...
Forum: Spain
Sep 4th 2008, 8:02 pm
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

New update on their website today. http://www.telmicrolevante.com/. There is no mention of UK free-to-air channels, but I get them via my dish anyway. What I would like back are the film and...
Forum: Spain
Sep 4th 2008, 7:31 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 9,906
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Benefits Abroad?

My point was, and is, that I am paying UK Income tax not Spanish, so I should have the same rights as any other UK citizen paying UK income tax, regardless of where I live. The term "Normally...
Forum: Spain
Sep 4th 2008, 7:57 am
Replies: 57
Views: 9,906
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Benefits Abroad?

My claim would be that by changing the rules to have effect retrospective to a decision made under the original rules it would be placing me at a serious disadvantage to others in the same target...
Forum: Spain
Sep 3rd 2008, 7:58 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 9,906
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Benefits Abroad?

Yes, there is a PDF file downloadable from the DWP website, and a consultation period, which ends a week before the first changes are implemented (plenty of time for evaluation then!) What is more...
Forum: Spain
Sep 3rd 2008, 7:09 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 9,906
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Benefits Abroad?

Thus having the effect of forced relocation and economic slavery, both against EU law. I see a lot of Human Rights cases looming. The EU is generally not at all happy with retrospective changes in...
Forum: Spain
Sep 3rd 2008, 7:01 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 9,906
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Benefits Abroad?

Officially, that is only payable for 3 months after leaving the UK.
Forum: Spain
Sep 2nd 2008, 7:50 pm
Replies: 57
Views: 9,906
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Benefits Abroad?

Picked this thread up quite late, so much of what I can tell you, you may already know.

War disablement pension is paid exactly the same as in UK. I have one.
Long-term Incapacity Benefit...
Forum: Spain
Sep 1st 2008, 11:37 pm
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

Theyr'e back!

Check the Telmicro website (http://www.telmicro.es) for more info.
Forum: Spain
Aug 22nd 2008, 9:05 pm
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

Being in the Public Domain does not prevent it being subject to legal process or scrutiny. It also does not mean that there was any legal right to place such information in the public domain, or...
Forum: Spain
Aug 22nd 2008, 7:15 pm
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

I specifically avoided making any claim that any of the articles concerning Telmicro or the investigation were in error or "lies", merely that my personal experience has been to treat any such with...
Forum: Spain
Aug 22nd 2008, 6:55 pm
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

My only involvement is as a satisfied customer. Almeria is too far from Torrevieja for any other involvement. No offence taken.

As for newspaper reports, there are lies, damned lies and...
Forum: Spain
Aug 22nd 2008, 1:16 am
Replies: 176
Views: 36,952
Posted By Checkitfirst

Re: Telmicro Levante

Telmicro have now posted a message on their website (http://www.telmicro.es).

I have been with them for 4 years and have no complaints at all about their customer service. I am, therefore, quite...
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