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cms neuf   
4 Apr 2020
News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

Not in Poland - due to Government rules farmland is very difficult to buy and even harder to sell. Banks are stopping accepting it as collateral and prices suffering accordingly. It's nice to walk around it in gumaki though that is about the only pleasure it brings me
cms neuf   
4 Apr 2020
News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

It can work but the problem is that your four best sellers - bus tickets, cigarettes, alcohol and phone tops are all declining markets. That means you have to work your butt off to sell the groceries which is very labor-intensive and very competitive now that Biedronka and Lidl are saturating urban areas.

I think you can make a reasonable living in Zabka but you will have to work hard at it. Setting up on your own would be very difficult - why would people go to you or not to Zabka or Kolporter ?
cms neuf   
4 Apr 2020
News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

Yes, so if you buy PLN now then why, because today you can get 4.16 for them and in 90 days you can get more 4.6, if you use your forecast (which I don't believe)

Myself I am just leaving it in the currency I earn it in - if a customer sends me Euro it is staying in Euro, if they send me dollars it is staying in dollars and anything I earn in PLN I am using for day to day expenses (which is not much as all the shops have huge lines in front)
cms neuf   
4 Apr 2020
News / Presidential elections 2020 - your opinions about campaign, candidates [2222]

Dude it will get worse before it's get better and by May your cops will be stopping you from all non essential movements.

Even if you can go where you want then the consultate will be shuttered - the guys that run it signed up for a few years of eating donuts on Milwaukee Avenue, not for wearing masks and gloves to facilitate potentially infected seniors voting in a crazy election

but anyway the govt is already thinking that either all foreign residents can vote or none of them -so looks like people like you will be disenfranchised and that it is only right - voting should maybe be for people who have a strong connection with Poland.

Actually I agree with you - Polish citizens should vote wherever they are, which is one reason this election is a farce.
cms neuf   
3 Apr 2020
News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

One thing that they do here is show ads for BMWs etc that say "Tylko 1700" and show the monthly rate followed by an asterisk, this kind of advertising should show the total cost more clearly.

On the whole however personal debt levels are far lower than in the UK, even taking into account the lower earnings - in Poland it's about 7.000 Euros per adult. In the UK over 30.000 pounds. Problem is that in the UK it's far easier to talk to the bank when you have problems.
cms neuf   
2 Apr 2020
News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

Sterling won't be included in any flight to quality this time round - too much govt debt, Brexit, too volatile over the last 5 years. There are some upsides but your average sovereign fund manager won't want to stand up and spend hours justifying to his bosses why he is taking the risk.

Yes in Bydgoszcz you might get some good value at the moment. but I wouldn't have thought there are too many furnished places on the market ?
cms neuf   
2 Apr 2020
News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

Prices didn't fall that much in the last crash - was more like a 10 percent fall.

A 30 percent fall against the dollar is possible but unlikely. It's about 7 percent down now. Against the pound then that kind of fall is very unlikely - has not happened since the late 90s when Poland was far more unstable.
cms neuf   
2 Apr 2020
News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

Estimated that 80 percent of Polish businesses would be unable to function with zero income for more than 3 months. Most people will be paying March wages but at the end of April it will be very tricky for some to meet payroll, so that really is the govts timeline for getting some parts of the economy up and running again.
cms neuf   
1 Apr 2020
News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

Try and get the rent down too before you buy a restaurant - if it's a good location you could do well as more people will stay in Poland for holidays. But try and get that fixed cost low !
cms neuf   
1 Apr 2020
News / How hard will Poland be hit by the economic crisis? [116]

People you never think about - IT consultants for example as companies will cancel their projects when they are short of cash.

Same for cars and house builders, people won't have cash

It's been an employees market for about 5 years and the sudden swing will come as a shock to young people especially

Russian trolls will. be in trouble too - low oil price will bankrupt the gangster state and Putin will have to concentrate on home affairs
cms neuf   
31 Mar 2020
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

They probably even themselves out though I think in October the diaspora on balance voted against PiS.

But I can't see these elections going ahead - for a start the polling place is a workplace and they just introduced a bunch more restrictions.
cms neuf   
31 Mar 2020
News / Throwing away the constitution in Poland? [626]

How are the Poles abroad going to vote ?

Anyway this requires disobedience from mayors etc - it's too serious to let them get away with it. Tax strike if required.