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We have a Cycas Revoluta, trunk about 40cm high, 22 cm diameter, now planted in our tiny garden, as it got too big for a pot. We bought it in Elche as a very small sickly specimen in a 3" pot, some 25 years ago.
This year, instead of producing its usual crop of new leaves, there is a large flower forming in the centre. On checking sources on the web it seems this will develop into either a male or female, but at present it doesn't look like any of the illustrations I've found.
Anyway, my question is if anyone knows if the plant will die after producing the flower, as I know is the case with some "palms"?
We are moving house shortly, and plan to take it with us, so would hate to do so for nothing. I has a lot of offsets (or "pups") which we could remove and pot, but we'd rather have the big plant in our new garden.
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There could be a problem in that (as you said) you made the garage replace the engine. This should normally have been agreed by the insurers if they were already involved. Then you would probably have had some more expertise involved before any agreement was reached [:)]
If not, it's all very well for the expert to now say the block could have been saved - did he strip it down to substantiate his statement? maybe you should insist the insurance pay for that - but you can argue that you were strongly advised that the crankshaft, bearings and rods were very likely damaged. Did the garage recommend stripping and rebuilding the engine at the time?
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woolybanana
In your situation I would simply not have accepted the garage's just replacing the top end of the engine without my being absolutely sure the bottom end was undamaged, especially as the pistons hit the valves hard enough to break the camshaft(s)
That would mean a complete tear-down. inspection, possible replacement of parts, and reassembly, something that few garages want (or are equipped) to do these days. Most, if not all, are far more likely to fit an exchange unit. These, normally being being rebuilt by specialists with all the parts and equipment to hand, usually work out cheaper than the labour, parts and hassle of garages doing complete engine rebuilds theselves, plus they don't have to carry a warranty for the engine.
The insurance company could argue that, by your now having a rebuilt engine, you have better than before (depending on the mileage of the car), and could try to apply a charge for that. However, the residual value of the old engine is taken into account in the price for an exchange unit.
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Hi Matty
As non residents in the EU, you would pay 33 1/3% Capital Gains Tax (Plus-value), unless you happen to be citizens of an EU country, Iceland or Norway, or of a country with an appropriate tax agreement with France, or previously resident in France, in which case you would pay 16%.
Note that if you were French residents selling a second home you would still pay 16% CGT, PLUS 12.1% CSG, i.e. 28.1% - not a huge difference.
In all cases the calculation of the taxable amount is the same, so liability would reduce by 10% p.a. after the first 5 years, and there would be no tax due after 15 years.
Unless prices rise in the future at the exceptional rates of the last few years, by the time one deducts the purchase price, costs of buying, repair and construction costs, costs of selling, and 1000€ for each spouse (if owned in joint names), there won't be a lot left to tax anyway[:)]
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Don't stop at a red traffic light unless the car in front of you stops.
When entering a busy supermarket car park, always drive slowly by, as close as possible, behind cars which are backing out of their spaces.
If the car park is almost full, park your car at an angle to the markings, taking up as much of two spaces as possible.
If you are not sure you brought enough money, pack everything in bags and put in your trolley. When you are a few Euros short, forage around in the bags, checking the prices of possible items with the cashier, before you decide what to return.
When walking back to your car and chatting with a friend you met there, pass behind cars backing out as above, with both your trolleys.
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[quote user="Iceni"]There is no such animal - three x bi does not compute. A. Pedant[/quote]
I too am faintly annoyed by references to three wheeled two wheeled vehicles, not to mention quadruple two wheeled vehicles, but just put it down to sloppy language.
But what does it matter, English went to hell years ago, you can just grunt so long as your listener understands.
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They may be overmatured, i.e. picked too late.
http://www.howtogardenadvice.com/vegetables/grow_cucumber.html
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Hi Ashley,
It must be difficult to sort out forms in another country in a different language!
Details of the form A are here:
http://www.export911.com/e911/export/docFormA.htm
It seems you have to get the form from the Foreign trade office or the Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam.
Regarding information on the reduction in duty you may get this by contacting French Customs via the site posted above by Quillan, preferably in French.
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[quote user="Chancer"]
Is it just me?
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Looking at the discussion at the link Quillan posted above it seems there is a large variety of possible possibilities [:)].
Have you tried clearing all cookies? I have a program called Pest Patrol (from Zone Labs), through which I delete all cookies from time to time. It means I have to look up a few user names and passwords afterwards, but seems to keep everything running smoothly.
I know little about computers except what I've picked up along the way, but as people seem to get different results on eBay with similar equipment, programmes and access, is it possible that these anomalies are due to information stored on our profiles within eBay and PayPal?
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[quote user="Ab"]
NO ITS NOT BINARY...But may go in the bin yet!
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[quote user="Quillan"]
I am not too sure if I understand this or not.
I have just used your link and it displays 14 items located in the UK and a further 9 items located worldwide. If I click on them I can read the details and if I wanted to buy them I am pretty sure I could but I haven't tried because I don't need any. All of them ship to France at an average postage price of £3.99. I am using my French account by the way. So whats the problem?
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It's Chancer's problem, not mine [:)]
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[quote user="Chancer"]
I agree that I can and do access some items this way but the majority of marque items like the Phillips are not simply blocked from my view it is as if they dont exist, I only know that they are there if I borrow a computer in the UK, a good example of this is your link below, I am using my computer here in France and it just comes up as a search with zero items found!
how many items can you see and can any other people using their computers in France see them? - Is it just me?
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Fourteen items Edit: (Plus 9 more worldwide)
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It's Binary
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[quote user="Chancer"]
Well yes I can do that but am unsure that they can actually change their settings, whenever I have tried to edit a listing "computer says no!" [:(]
Once there are bids on an item, the original description and some other parameters cannot be changed, although additional information can be added to the description. Additional postage options are certainly possible. It's all buried in their Rs&Rs [:D]
Plus its one thing communicating in French but another to try and convince possibly another computer illiterate person to make the change and describe how to do so in my second tongue.
It's worth a try, they may not be computer illiterate - even if they are French [:)] - they managed to list the item in the first place.
I would at least like to be sure that it can be done first.
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The restrictions and errors on eBay France are amazing, though. Some time back I listed an apartment for sale in Spain on eBay France, using Turbo Lister in English. It appeared on eBay France, but was removed the next day, as being in breach of their policies. If listing directly on eBay France, it is (or was) obligatory to choose a French Province, with no options outside France, but not so via Turbo Lister.
I (eventually) got a refund on the basis that their system allowed me to list the item
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[quote user="Chancer"]
Thanks Quillan.
Its actually the other way around for me at the moment, I try to bid on something just down the road from me in France, the seller like many wont accept Paypal and wants cash, fine by me but when I bid I get blocked!
I understand about the initial small bid and I do indeed now do this but if the bid is blocked what can I actually do to change the situation with the seller?
You can contact seller and ask him to modify "lieu de livraison" for his item if he wishes to sell it to you.
I am trying to gather info as I am sure that it is only a temporary respite from grief that I am currently enjoying, what with E-bay, Paypal and the French government all moving the goalposts its only a matter of time, I may even end up with a French account.
Another real pain for me is that many items that I search for on E-bay UK and even other countries get blocked from my viewing here in France due to French counterfeit laws, so they seem to want it both ways, because I am using a computer in France I cannot view many things in the UK, because my account is in the UK I cannot bid on some things just down the road from me in France.
I find if I search via eBay UK site, whether logged in or not, I can see and bid on items which don't appear if I do the same from eBay France site, even if I include options for EU or Worldwide in my search. I can also "Watch" items found this way, and they are then listed on both UK and French "My eBay"s
An example of the blocking of marque items: - heads for my Phillips rasor, only the Phillips agents sell them on e-bay.fr, there are hundreds of resellers on E-bay UK selling them for much less but I dont have a computer or phone line there to buy them, one is even a French seller doing a roaring trade with the UK and the rest of Europe but not his home country.
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Can you give some more detail Q?
At the moment I dont have too many problems as I still have a UK account, credit card and address. I have had a couple of my bids on E-bay;fr blocked where the seller refuses to accept bids from overseas, trouble was there was no nothing to indicate this and I put my bid in during the last few seconds.
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Chancer, I have had a similar problem, and found that almost every time it was unintentional, as the seller had "ticked the wrong boxes", I think in the postage options, when he made his listing.
I now usually ask the seller early on if he ships outside his own country if I am in any doubt, and find he often doesn't know he has restricted buyers in this way.
I think you will find the information on this aspect in the advert, under "Other item info" > "Post to"
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Thank you Quillan.
I did pay for a couple of things via PayPal before I signed up to it, and before it became "international", but I thought they had changed the rules.
I assume one still qualifies for their famous "Buyer Protection" plan? This does only specify that items are paid for via PP, not specifically via one's PP account.
Re. this buyer protection, I recently had a problem with an eBay purchase. After a long delay in receiving the item, it was unsuitable and a refund was agreed. There was a further delay in return postage and before the vendor acknowledged receiving it, partly due to the his saying he was on holiday. Then the refund he said had been sent didn't reach me, despite his saying twice more that he had sent it.
During all this I maintained a continuous dialogue with the vendor, as recommended by both eBay and PayPal, before opening a "dispute" but finally I got fed up.
But then I couldn't open a dispute, as more than 45 days had passed since the purchase, so I contacted PayPal "Help".
Their only suggestion was that I contacted the Seller, claimed from my Credit card company, or went to the Police. Fortunately the refund
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[quote user="tj"]I understand your situation re double exchange,,,,,,, But, you dont have to register a card with paypal to actually use it ? We use a registered french card, and an unregistered uk card ![/quote]
How do you use an unregistered card, please?
If I choose eBay payment option via Paypal, I have to log in to PP, and I can then only choose to pay direct from my French bank, or via either of my French or Spanish cards.
If I choose payment via credit card I am told to contact the vendor. I assumed this meant I would subsequently have to give the vendor my card details.
Are you saying he can invoice me to pay him via PP with my UK card, without my logging in to PP?
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[quote user="Quillan"]
That sounds about right. I set up my PayPal account some time before I came to France, long before it was 'aquired' by Ebay, my account is now totally French although I have changed the language inside PayPal to be English.
I do have several UK credit cards one of which is linked to PayPal. I have had no trouble updating it when it runs out but that may be because billing address is here in France. In truth I have never tried to add another card,
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About right up to a point.
My (English) Paypal account was also set up before Ebay acquired Paypal, and I use English on both Paypal and Ebay.
BUT, as I said, my UK credit card IS billed to my French address, and I had no problem with until I tried to update it.
Paypal's regulations seem to applied somewhat arbitraily.
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I am curious the OP has managed to add a UK card to his french Paypal account.
I joined PayPal (from France) in May 2005 using a Spanish credit card, and later added a UK card, both with my french address. Both were verified by the usual procedure, in the appropriate currencies.
In December 2007, I assume some time after PP became “International”, I tried to update the expiry date for the UK card, but the update failed several times.
I contacted Paypal in english via My Account (which I view in english), and received a reply that they could only correspond in french. I had previously always used english, but I wrote again in french and got a reply that I could only use a french card, as I am resident here, and they removed my UK card. My Spanish card is still registered, however.
Recently I have been buying items from UK, and became annoyed that I am using Sterling to buy Euros which are changed back to Sterling to pay for them. I tried to add my UK card again, but got a message that it is blocked.
If I click “Contact Us” or “Help” on my english Paypal page I get a message saying Help is not available in english, but I just found that if I go to Help from Paypal without logging in I can both write and get a reply in english., so I wrote to complain about the situation.
I received the following reply :-
Thank you for contacting PayPal regarding credit card issues.
Mr *****, I do understand your frustration but must repeat my colleagues
as that is the only response we get for your situation.
PayPal must comply with different financial regulations specific to
individual countries. To ensure compliance with the laws of each country,
PayPal does not allow members to add credit/debit cards that are issued
outside of the country from which their PayPal account is registered.
If you add your British credit card, your account may be frozen in relation
to our User Agreement.
Regarding the response you got recently in French. This email was sent in
French because your setting on the PayPal account was in French.
I will advise you each time you are awaiting a response from our service to
check that your settings are correctly updated in English to make sure that
you will receive a communication in English. THIS IS NOT TRUE (see above)
I do apologize for the inconvenience regarding this issue; unfortunately
you have to be aware that our French help centre website is now fully
localized. If you want to get assistance in English you will have to
contact us by email or by phone.I now pay for items from UK by cheque or by credit card directly from the vendor, but in view of what the OP has said, perhaps only that specific card is blocked.
Maybe I’ll try a different UK card.[:D]
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They "PC'd" it, he actually said "The whole bl***y fleet's lit up!"
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[quote user="Will"]
Although when moving within France we had only been in permanent occupation of our house, previously a holiday home, for a comparatively short time, there was never any question of paying capital gains. This was because we were moving closer to the workplace.
[/quote]But I assume that if one is "forced" to move for work (or other) reasons, one still has to pay taxes on buying another house, or is there any relief for these?
We would dearly love to move to another house in our village with even a small garden, and no stairs, as we have only a street outside, and stairs may soon be too difficult, but the thought of paying over 2 years income for the privilege is enough to keep us where we are.
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The way I see things, every administration has a sprinkling (or more) of people who lack the knowledge or the self confidence to make the correct decisions. This may be because in the past they have been berated by their "superiors" for making a mistake, rather than being given a calm explanation of what they did wrong. I have witnessed minor officials, having no option but to put up or lose their jobs, being literally screamed at by superiors.
I try always to remember the advice of my Gestora in Spain, a lady very experienced in dealing with bureaucracy, who told me "Don't worry about the logic, there probably is none, just give them what they want, life's easier that way".
Acts 9:5-6 - "it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks"
Push fit waste pipe fittings
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Does anyone on here know if these exist in France, or do they only have glued (solvent) fittings? No use buying from UK as there they use 110mm and France uses 100mm![Smile [:)]](/cs/images/emotions/smile.gif)
I want to connect a new "WC" to an existing underground waste pipe. A push fit tee and a slip joint would be the easiest way.
http://www.screwfix.com/prods/50730/Plumbing/Underground-Drainage/Equal-Junction-87-1-2-Double?source=aw&cm_mmc=AffiliateWindow-_-DeepLink-_-Na-_-Na