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thanks for your link,and dont take the idiot insult to heart,you probaly cant help it.;):D

Thanks Lee8 very interesting views,it sounds like cash is king in spain as well:thumbup:

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The EU carried out a survey because of the lack of 500 euro notes in EU member countries.

They found a quarter of all notes in Spain.

The Spanish also found there to be 100 million of them in Spain and thats not 100 million in Euros that`s the quantity 100 million 500 euro notes in circulation a quarter of all 12 countries total is in Spain.

The IMF believes that Spains underground economy accounts for 20% of its gross national product.

Everything in Spain is cash, the company I worked for in Spain didn`t have any means of taking Credit Cards from Clients, and that was an International German Manufacturing and Sales Company.

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Staggering figures,i thought Ireland had the biggest cash econmy,but Spain beats that by the sounds of things,is cash king amongst the expats workwise?:cool:

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Yeap, if you can`t beat them join them.

Many are cheating tax.

When the just before the Euro came to Spain, the building industry increased 300%.

All those Paseta`s needed to get lost and you couldn`t suddenly bank it.

Most businesses in Spain don`t give invoices or receipts.:)

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Lee do you speak German?

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Think Italy would putboth in the shade:)

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I know loads of guys around here who NEVER accept anything except cash, its one of the many reasons I get loads of work.

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Cash is def best:)As an aside,how would a tradesman go about registering to accept credit and debit cards in Spain?

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Fluently as well as Greek, Dutch, Estonian, Bulgararian and lectanstition.;)

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and bullshit :p

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My Spanish wife taught me bullshit.:rofl:

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How about a senor whippy franchise? (ice cream),looks like a good earner for some one with the money to invest (about £20,000),if business slow you can just drive down to another beach:)

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Sorry not anchise,all profits are yours to keep:)

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Ice cream in a hot country, you`ll make a killing with that idea.

We were thinking of doin a sex shop on the lines of Ann Summers, more relaxed, the kinda place you`d take the wife.

All the ones in Spain are very hard core and scary.

My wife`s got a few ladies in the school who basically can`t get their Spanish husbands to rise to the occasion on a weekly bases.

She thought it would be a good idea.

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Is this serious?:)
Why not import stuff and go door to door:rofl: