Chancer
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[quote user="nomoss"]Maybe it's to do with the region we live in, but when my phone number was available I received calls at all sorts of inconvenient times, some with background noise making it impossible to understand, and others from people who mumbled incoherently or couldn't even string their words together in a coherent manner.
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That is standard here!
The Muppets are easily dealt with by repeatedly asking the same question, "what is it that you are asking of me?" eventually they just throw a few insults and hang up, it may sound harsh but they are not capable of asking for what they want, just to make disparaging comments and euuhs and expect capitulation.
I get exactly he same with customers that make bookings and then want to cancel except they are beyond the time limit for cancellations, for some bizaare reason most seem to claim they thought that we were on the coast at St Valerie sur Somme and then keep repeating that we are a long way from the see n'est ce pas? I just keep repeating what is it that they want from me? I know where we are because I live here, you surely did not phone me to tell me how far we are from the sea, what is it that you want?
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Since adopting the "appelez-moi" technique I have had nothing but good expériences selling on Leconcoin.
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Its simple, you state clearly on the advert that interested parties should phone you and that you will not respond to e-mails, LBC messages or textos, that time wasting types that send the sort of messages you have been recieving will be filtered out because many of them cannot string a coherent sentence together or make themselves understood on the phone even if they are sober.
I learned the hard way, I do still get the occasional idiot but you can just hang up on them, block the number if need be, its much better to get a good idea of who you are dealing with before giving out an address for a RDV which they probably wont keep.
You must also do your utmost to not give any indication that the house is unoccupied unless you want squatters, they may well claim they had a RDV, you let them in and did a cash deal with them.
I would be wary of Fessbook for the same reasons unless you can insist only on contact by telephone.
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I have healthcover via Puma and pay for it via the Cotisation Subsidiaire Maladie, it is administered by the organisation whose name strikes terror into the souls of its victims, URSSAF.
My application to join PUMA was ignored/thrown away but then URSSAF gave me an appel de cotisation for 2016 for 10 times the amount that it should be, I paid it but was then put in recouvrement and had to take them to the Commission de Recours Amiable followed by the Tribunal Assistance Securité Sociale and after a year no apology but they said that I was à jour with my cotisations and then like a teacher patronising a pupil they told me how it had been worked out which was a copié coller of my letter to them, syntax and orthographe erreurs included.
Despite paying cotisations effective from January 2016 I have not had any health cover from PUMA and no Carte Vitale, I had to pay my own costs when hospitalised with sepsis last year but frankly was just glad to be alive and that they billed me afterwards and did not hold me to ransom for a credit card.
I finally got an attestation des droits and a proper social securité number last November only to be radiated by URSSAF in December fwith no explanation, then in January I got a carte vitale another attestation and another social securité number yet I hadn't paid the bill they sent me at the end of November, why bother if they were striking me off? They will of course chase me for the money for the cover that they never gave to me except for on paper for a week or so.
So anyone hoping to join PUMA on the 1st March has my sympathies, you aint seen nothing yet!
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[quote user="EuroTrash"]There is no SORN equivalent in France - no need because whether it's on or off the road doesn't change the legalities. In the UK, SORN means you don't have to have it taxed and insured. In France it still needs to be insured and there is no road tax in any case. So the administration isn't interested in whether it's on or off the road, they're only interested in who the current owner is up to the point when it gets scrapped (or exported). A[/quote]
I no longer post on this forum but look in occasionally and have to make an exception on this occasion, the above is completely incorrect.
France has always had a procedure to declare a vehicle removed from the road, the OP will find all the détails here:
https://www.service-public.fr/particuliers/vosdroits/F1754
There is a standard formulaire to fill in: Formulaire cerfa n°13756*02 de déclaration de retrait de circulation du véhicule
With that done your resiliation to your insurer will be recevable, they of course claim never to have heard of the procedure when you contradict them [:'(]
The vehicle registration remains, its not a deregistration, the closest equivalent is indeed the SORN procedure, the carte grise will be marked "retiré de la circulation" you or a purchaser can put the car back on the road but will have to pay the cost of the carte grise which a purchaser would anyway, any vehicle casse will accept the remains with the carte grise and plates.
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It will not be coming back up from the drains point barre.
If it was you would have had problems flushing the loo.
The sandy particles at the bottom are too heavy to be swept away by the flush so there is zero chance that they will have lifted themselves uphill and around the U-bend without a lot of assistance.
If there are no similar accumulations at the bottom of the cistern (doesnt matter if the water is clear its what has settled out that will tell you) then it can only have been placed in the toilet bowl either by natural or physical means.
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[quote user="lindal1000"] A passport is something that allows you free travel within that country, the same rights as someone born there, and in the case of a passport from an Eu country, access to 26 other countries. I[/quote]
Dont you mean citizenship rather than a passport Lindal?
Plenty of French people dont have a passport but are free to travel within their country, probably the rest of the EU as well with just their carte d'identité, certainly the UK and for one family I knew also the Dominican Republic, never could quite work that one out.
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Never considered that France would be for life just the next step on the journey, I was and remain convinced that accidents of life apart I would not return to the UK when I left France.
All my travails here have always been viewed as just a temporary inconvenience, things that can be put up with because they are not for ever.
For the first time ever I am considering the possibility that I might stay beyond the next year ahead of me and all the inconveniences are now magnified [:(]
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I see now.............................
Whether this drug will get rid of malaria on the islands once and for all remains to be seen.
Either way, the lessons learnt from our studies are likely to have an impact far beyond the remote Bijagos Islands.
Biological warfare.
It would be revealing to see who is really funding the research.
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No problem, have recieved a couple of deliveries from them, they were both a little slow, maybe taking 5 days to actually ship the stuff but it was very well packaged, good documentation and delivered promptly, both gave me 5% discount codes for the next purchase, have often seen the field on websites but its the first time that I have ever had one.
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A lifetime to learn some humility, I was probably worse than you at your age, makes me shudder to look back.
200 sensors on an average engine?
Bet that you cannot name even one in 10 of them.
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[quote user="nomoss"]But if you are smart you can save a few euros on the new price if you don't have a spare, if you are happy to drive home on a flat tyre and shred it[:-))]
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And replace it with 2 new tyres! And then let them convince you that 2 more are needed. And then when you say yes get stitched up with winter tyres so you need to buy another 4 in spring and then thereafter go back twice a year to have them swopped over at which time they can sell you another pair each time..................
Or you could look up from your smartphone and see and avoid the hazards before driving over them.
Says the guy who wrecked a brand new tyre 2 weeks ago clipping a 2 row parpaing wall [:'(] But I only paid for one replacement tyre [:P]
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My RFR is 29% of my income.
I got the TPE for years which was next to nothing and I am convinced that 90% of it must have gone on the administration of the scheme, they were forever writing to me asking me to fill in the same forms every time, refusing it then paying it then paying it on 2 other electric supplies which is just plain stupid, then my RFR went above the threshold so I assume I would not get the new one.
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Keep them and spend the next few months searching for a good value second set of rims hopefully with some good tyres on them, paying out to have tyres swopped over every year is a mugs game.
You will of course have to learn how to change a wheel [:P]
P.S. 10 out of 10 for integration, one damaged tyre, another allegedly damaged and you need 4 new tyres [:D]
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The net has certainly changed things, the advantages that I once had with multiple trade accounts, hbeing in the know, aving contacts etc, accounts with wholesalers like Maccess et al have no value in the new world we live in, information is king, with a part number and Google you are away.
Today I found a Fred in a shed supplier of seal kits for obsolete trolley jacks and can finally repair the 60's Bradbury Jackette that I have not been able to get seals for for 20 years, Google again but it led me to a posting on a Nissan Navaro forum recommending this guy who thankfully is still trading. Google images show me that it is supposed to have a cover plate which in the 40+ years I have known this jack I never knew existed, I will fabricate one now.
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Save your vehicle détails then look for the part(s) you require, I was amazed to find that not only did they have the obscure non fast moving parts that I wanted (brake disc backplate and shocker bump stops/piston shield) but they were far cheaper then anywhere else but also that they had multiple offerings from multiple OE and aftermarket suppliers, I really didnt think that anyone would be making obscure stuff like that, the backplate for instance would never normally need changing but my vehicle had lived by the sea.
Another tip is that there are now sites where you can find the correct manufacturers part number (avoids getting the wrong part) and you then put that into Google or E-bay, it was from doing that I found these 2 new to me suppliers, the market has evolved suppliers have to or they will go the way of Oscaro.
This is great for part numbers but there are others: https://7zap.com/en/
You can see all the different part numbers for the various build dates, changeovers and options etc, using it I was able to find the part numbers for the heavy duty springs fitted to my car for the African market and bought some Lesjofors quality Swedish OE ones for about €20 delivered.
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A local garage man would have to wait several lifetimes for me to ever order through him, pay full price or pay anyone to work on my vehicle.
Carry on buying from Oscaro if it makes you happy, there have always been lots of other far better cheaper suppliers some even with a presence in France although Germany is my current favorite.
Nomoss, give these people a try:
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They have not been paying their suppliers, they were overdrawn at the bank by €30 million which is the exact amount of new capital they are claiming to have raised, in the meantime their stock is depleting they cannot order parts to fullfill orders from suppliers they have not paid many of which have won judgements aginst them which remain unpaid.
They are surviving by taking money for orders that they cannot fullfill, cash coming in for none going out except postage, refunds are taking up to a year and usually wont happen before a procedure in justice.
If you need a part which has gathered dust unsold on their shelves for years like a battery tray for a Renault 4 then you can probably order in confidence, if you need brake pads for a Ford Focus they will take your money and send you the Renault 4 battery tray which will cost you more to return than the money you have lost on the brake pads.
The above has come not from the internet but by speaking to fellow car enthusiasts, garagistes and a auto parts shop gérant, it might surprise you to know that when you visit the latter and he looks for the part you need on his screen, sucks through his teeth and gives you a price saying it will be here in 48 hours was more often than not ordering from Oscaro!!!!!
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sans pour autant altérer son bon fonctionnement. [:D][:D][:D]
I love it!!!!
They would not see the irony.
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"Carry on Chancer!"
Thanks for that, it will be the title of my auto-biography.
As someone who has a 12 month season that was at 98% occupancy and who now is working towards lower occupancy higher income I can actually totally identify with the stereotypes that ALBOF writes of, they do indeed exist and at a time of the year where my other bookings would dry up without them I would have little or no occupancy or looking on the positive side take a holiday myself.
Nurses would be my choice as well (there are only 2 certaintys in life, death and nurses.[:D]) but apart from a remplacant pharmacien none so far but I content myself with formatrices and commerciales.
Looking actively at other investments at the moment, Lille fell out of bed when the E.M.A. chose Amsterdam, South of Amiens with the new CHU complex, the university and Amazon is a work in progress, might also be something much closer to home and something completely off the wall in the Pas de Calais which would have ALBOF screaming "NO YOU MUPPET!"
The accomodation you refer to will not be a gîtes but meublées de tourisme like mine although its far easier to describe them as gîtes to a French person who cannot grasp the concept, their target market will include nurses but those on formation, remplaçants, also people attending specialist appointments, people visiting hospitalised family members or those who have had serious accidents and/or likely to pass away.
Its an angle I had not considered and will definitely be part of my current planning.
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[quote user="Cathar Tours"] So taking information like in the link, turning it around, a few twists here and there and you can instil panic into the British public.[/quote]
So you knew exactly what you were doing when you created the thread then!
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Brilliant, who says that the UK has nothing to offer Europe [:P]
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[quote user="cajal"]It's quite revealing that people's translation of a French document can be influenced by whether they are holders of a resident permit or not.
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You are correct in your assumption that I have not been panicked into applying for a CDS which will be of absolutely zero benefit to me, however my translation of the text is of the whole article and not just the bit that someone wants to scare people with and seemingly there is no shortage of people willing to lap it up.
Read yourself the parts that I quoted in blue, and then preferably read the whole text and then tell me that it is saying anything other than what I said, show me where it says "You WILL need a CDS", show me where it says or suggests (other than through selective editting) that anyone has anything whatsoever to be concerned about.
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You are all reading one tiny part of the text, possibly because that is all that has been translated, and you are falling into the trap that for god only knows why they want you to, you are reading those words alone, in isolation and out of context and coming to completely the wrong conclusion, if you could step away one moment from your anxiety and simply apply a bit of common sense and logic even if you cant read and understand French you would realise that you are being wound up.
They were saying what would happen if they did not proceed with the legislation, it was part of the pre-amble explaining the need for and justifying the considerable efforts that they are making on our behalf to protect our existing rights and to give us preferential treatment compared to 3rd party nationals.
Norman at the very least should understand that if he read the whole legislative text available here:
http://www.senat.fr/leg/pjl18-009.html
For the rest of you that seem determined to continue to wallow in self misery, just carry on as normal.
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I have been paying £75 per month for a garden shed in the UK since 2007.
That is to say additional to the Council tax for the main house and garden where it stands.
Would be 25% more but for single occupancy.
Slough Council and those around Heathrow are missing out on millions.
In my case it was not unexpected, unwelcome but I was and still am happy to pay it.