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I should imagine that to be the same with many who have lived over there for that amount of time. I think that new expats would be more likely to buy more British goods, as they haven't had so much time to adopt and still have the tastes and preferences of certain goods.

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I don't know how much of this forum you have read, but there is something called "la crisis" here in Spain and a credit crunch in the UK, this is causing ex-pats to leave here in their thousands and there are no new ones moving here. So as for your "new ex-pats", they will either be loaded and therefore not worry about prices, or on a shoestring and not buying something that is deemed a luxury!

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I agree with what you say. In the past I have known people that would move here, do most of their weekly shop in the British supermarket, strangely enough they have gone now because they could no longer afford to live here.

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there is absolutely nothing I can't get if I want to

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Am I the only one here who feels this is a little surreal?

To the OP, have you ever been to Spain? Have you ever run a business before?
What are you basing your assumptions on that this business could work?
You are clearly at the moment planning a business based on partial figures that dont reflect reality

The van rates you quote are for UK hire, I'd be willing to bet. Not all van companies allow vans to go abroad, and most of those that do add a hefty premium, iirc its was more than a third for me.

CMR insurance???? You need to look at what you are doing and "research" again. CMR insurance is for when you are carrying other peoples goods for hire or reward. It wont apply to you carrying your own goods. I was talking about insurance for the van for driving in europe and breakdown insurance earlier.

I think you really need to go away and look at all these aspects again as clearly you havent covered everything by half. Add up ALL the costs. You dont want to be relying on us "strangers" to plan your business for you do you :), when your hard earned savings will be at stake. Especially when you wont be able to get credit when you start up and will have to pay cash up front and fund the VAT. Having to know well in advance what peoples needs and requirements are in Spain so that you can buy (in bulk, to be competitive) ship and get to destination.

And as a parting shot, seeing as you have researched VAT so well into your equations ..... tell me what the rate of VAT on foodstuffs is then? :)

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You can get semi skimmed milk in Mercadona for just 55 cents, Long life of course, which is what we buy

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There's only one thing that has beaten me - fresh unsmoked Haddock.

I buy the frozen stuff in Iceland and it's very good and very well priced.

It's always seemed odd to me that the Spanish don't seem to eat it at all - I have never seen it in any market in Spain.

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Right, for the last time.. i haven't anywhere stated i was even going to open the business.. i was testing the water, to get a feeling for what people think about the price of Spanish goods. So i really don't see why i need to explain anything as quite honestly i haven't looked into alot of things. As for the VAT on foodstuffs, it is completely dependant on the good, some are zero-rated, however some luxury's are standard rate.

I'm a student, i'm looking for a project to do for my final year, business ideas to look into which might be interesting. The last thing i need is you picking apart every part of everything i say. and maybe after the research i have carried out and reports etc i have produced, i may consider it as actual business idea, if it does actually seem profitable. I didn't state i was a student as a) i didn't really think it mattered, and b) mentioning it may have given different results somehow. The reason my research is blurry, is because i have a year to complete, i haven't even started yet.. as i say i was testing the water.

I'm sorry if this somehow upsets you. I know theres a recesion. I'm not clueless. That isn't applicable, by Septemeber, it is likely that a boom will have started, as the economy in the UK is supposedly still picking up. And if it isn't it will will just be another thing for me to include.

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Mmmmm, did you read the rules especially number 10 when you joined ?

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I scanned through the rules, however i somehow missed number 10. However, moderators have made me aware of this rule now.

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No no no :lol:
It hasnt upset me at all, you misunderstand. I think that the answers you have got have upset you more like :lol:

If you had told us that you were a student researching then you might have had a different response.

As for picking apart everything you say ... thats not exactly what I was doing, merely pointing out the pitfalls as someone who has been involved in import export for many years. So you know what to look out for. All well intentioned to ensure you knew what was coming your way.

As you seem to be taking it the wrong way I'll bugger off and leave you to it! :)

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I'm aware that you were trying help, but i don't think you understand that i was merely just getting really basic research before i bother to go in-depth, then if you have someone telling you to go and research more because your inaccurate, it does annoy you. I'm aware my research isn't highly accurate as i haven't looked into it in detail, only a very small amount. However, at this point it does seem profitable, however, after going into more depth it may not - as a business. But it clearly works on a very small scale as a member used to do almost exactly what i plan on doing when starting up, with very low overheads, and he made quite a large profit considering the small amount of work invloved.
I am open to you giving aspects you feel i should look into into detail, as this would help alot, but it did seem almost as if you were trying to make me look stupid by getting me to quote research. It wasn't so much what you were asking, but how you asking it. I feel i may have repsonded in an negative way, so for that i'm sorry, but if you do have some contributions, i would welcome it.

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No you are right Mitz, no matter what people in the front line tell him, he has already done the figures, god knows where he gets them from though.
There is nothing from the UK you can`t get in Spain anyway.
All my life I have been looking for something that costs me half a quid and I could flog for a quid. ;-))

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Your obviously going to agree to disagree, so i'll just not respond to obvious flaming.. you obviously haven't read a thing i have said.
If you don't believe me, then fine.. i just don't want to hear about it any longer tbh, its just purely wasting my time.

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I think you are the one flaming here, you disagree with all the info that has been given by people in the know. byee