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Forum: Spain
Jul 9th 2010, 11:09 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 3,941
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Banks and FX - Solbank and Halifax?

It’s been great to receive all these responses.

Extremely useful information. Thanks everyone! :)
Forum: Spain
Jul 9th 2010, 3:40 am
Replies: 13
Views: 1,536
Posted By toyboy23

Re: POST IS IT SAFE

Ooo err… How many of us were thinking all the delay would be at the Spanish end?

As a matter of interest, the UK Signed For (Recorded Delivery) has no special treatment at all in carriage....
Forum: Spain
Jul 6th 2010, 10:51 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 3,941
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Banks and FX - Solbank and Halifax?

Extremely useful information. Thanks.

So is moving money between Solbank € and £ accounts easy, and cost effective as regards the FX rate? I’d expect it to be easy, presumably using online...
Forum: Spain
Jul 6th 2010, 10:41 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 838
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Virgin mediabox

With Virgin Media cable equipment the user never has ownership of the box, so you can’t take it with you. If you think you own it because you bought it, you don’t, as it’s ‘stolen goods’.
...
Forum: Spain
Jul 5th 2010, 11:30 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 3,941
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Banks and FX - Solbank and Halifax?

Do you know offhand what the banking guarantee limits are? Per name, per account etc?
Forum: Spain
Jul 5th 2010, 9:23 pm
Replies: 22
Views: 3,941
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Banks and FX - Solbank and Halifax?

Many thanks to everybody for your views on this. :D

Thanks for the clarification snikpoh, I’ll certainly look at the Cajas/the Caixa's. Are they region/town orientated? Or a nationwide chain?
...
Forum: Spain
Jul 5th 2010, 5:44 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,941
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Banks and FX - Solbank and Halifax?

Thanks for the very quick response.

I’m not sure branch availability will be that important to us, as I hardly ever visit the UK branches of our banks.

I’m puzzled by your NO affiliation...
Forum: Spain
Jul 5th 2010, 5:25 am
Replies: 22
Views: 3,941
Posted By toyboy23

Banks and FX - Solbank and Halifax?

When we relocate we’ll be running a business in Spain, and I’m currently looking at opening an account with Spanish banks, Banco Halifax Hispania and Solbank (Banco Sabadell). Does anyone have...
Forum: Spain
Jun 15th 2010, 5:47 am
Replies: 37
Views: 3,492
Posted By toyboy23

Re: buyers beware - removal pitfulls

I’m just returning to BE now that we have our sale organised and are ready to move. Lo and behold within just a few posts from the top we have yet again this endless (it seems) problem of who to...
Forum: Spain
Aug 26th 2009, 11:59 pm
Replies: 154
Views: 14,250
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Outgoings UK v Spain

Talking of prices, do the Spanish supermarkets have the same annoying practice as the UK supermarkets of raising and lowering prices quite drastically from one week to another?

I’m not just...
Forum: Spain
Aug 26th 2009, 11:47 pm
Replies: 114
Views: 8,167
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Do you think the Spanish contempt for British people is unfair?

Mmm… Yes, it seems the OP has gone into hiding.

Well in that case: my experience bears no relation at all to what you describe. I’ve found the Spanish to be pleasant and helpful. Also,...
Forum: Spain
Aug 24th 2009, 6:58 am
Replies: 114
Views: 14,337
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Living in the sun in Spain.

I think there’s a certain type of Brit that loves to see failure or probable failure.

It justifies their ‘do sod all then you can’t fail’ attitude to life.
Forum: Spain
Aug 24th 2009, 12:09 am
Replies: 114
Views: 14,337
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Living in the sun in Spain.

I'm surprised nobody's mentioned Dawn and Rocco's A Place in Spain: Costa Chaos. That ran for a few weeks.

A wonderful 'How Not To' guide, but great entertainment!

The TV companies just want...
Forum: Spain
Aug 21st 2009, 12:15 pm
Replies: 114
Views: 14,337
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Living in the sun in Spain.

We saw one about two months ago where the mature couple had been in Spain for a long time (15 years?) and the prog was about their last ditch effort at ‘yet another’ business. They chose doggie...
Forum: Spain
Aug 20th 2009, 11:45 pm
Replies: 154
Views: 14,250
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Outgoings UK v Spain

The majority of this thread says the opposite to me! :)
Forum: Spain
Aug 20th 2009, 6:03 am
Replies: 154
Views: 14,250
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Outgoings UK v Spain

In France and Spain I buy wine by standing well back in the wine aisle and seeing where the bulk of it lies, usually on pallets at one end. Move just a tad up on the price scale from the pallet and...
Forum: Spain
Aug 20th 2009, 3:52 am
Replies: 154
Views: 14,250
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Outgoings UK v Spain

Having seen more than one thread like this, there is always someone decrying the majority verdict. I’d put it down to how determined the poster is to get good merchandise for good prices. In the UK...
Forum: Spain
Aug 18th 2009, 10:55 pm
Replies: 154
Views: 14,250
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Outgoings UK v Spain

Well, Surrey Heath prices in the last few days:

1 iceberg lettuce £0.62
1 red pepper £0.50
1 green pepper £0.50
4 tomatoes £0.88
1 aubergene £0.78
1 corgette £0.28

So that’s £3.56...
Forum: Spain
Aug 17th 2009, 6:38 am
Replies: 28
Views: 3,062
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Bad Removal Experience - learn from my mistake

I suppose the issue in discussion is attempting to find a removals company that cares enough not to damage it in the first place.

Ooo er! Sorry! I’m sure there must be loads of people who’ve...
Forum: Spain
Aug 16th 2009, 10:17 pm
Replies: 28
Views: 3,062
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Bad Removal Experience - learn from my mistake

Our worry with our upcoming removals is the amount of handling some companies seem to want to do.

We had a local company advertising ‘containerised removals and storage’. When it got down to...
Forum: Spain
Aug 16th 2009, 5:48 am
Replies: 28
Views: 1,787
Posted By toyboy23

Re: help...nervous cats

We’ve had cats for forever and a day, and they do have their ‘personalities’. At two years old they’re probably a bit miffed that their owner has gone off…

In a couple of years or so...
Forum: Spain
Aug 15th 2009, 10:59 pm
Replies: 95
Views: 6,976
Posted By toyboy23

Re: Expat 'society'

And the right whingers! :)
Forum: Spain
Aug 15th 2009, 10:55 pm
Replies: 39
Views: 4,493
Posted By toyboy23

Re: UK banks – Catch 22

Hi Val. Is that 2 x 50,000 for a joint account?

If so then it's very similar to the UK.
Forum: Spain
Aug 15th 2009, 7:38 am
Replies: 39
Views: 4,493
Posted By toyboy23

Re: UK banks – Catch 22

I don't know. Can you say how many?
Forum: Spain
Aug 15th 2009, 6:29 am
Replies: 39
Views: 4,493
Posted By toyboy23

Re: UK banks – Catch 22

Thanks Mitzyboy.

By ‘escape the bank risk in the UK’, are you inferring there’s no risk with Spanish banks?
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