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Posts by Steveramsfan  

Joined: 22 Nov 2009 / Male ♂
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From: Poland, Germany, UK, Lodz, Paderborn, Derby
Speaks Polish?: I am learning and understand writen Polish
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Steveramsfan   
22 Oct 2013
Real Estate / Can foreigner buy apartment in Warsaw, Poland? [39]

I just bought a flat in Lodz but I paid cash. This was the only way as no financial establishment would lend me the money.

Now I have a flat and a residency card I can now take out a mortgage. I just don't need it anymore.
Steveramsfan   
5 Sep 2013
UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]

I have bought 15 new cars and 1 second hand car. I have never lost 35% or more on the value of any of them.

This car I want to keep until it falls apart so selling on is no worry.
I have driven in Poland for over 4 years, most of that with a LHD car because I know a RHD car is no good off the motorways in Poland.

I have 3 sworn translators who are my friends so that is not a problem either.

When the office reply with the exact process I will let you all know what was said.
Until I am told exactly how much it will all cost I will not know if I will save money or not.
Steveramsfan   
5 Sep 2013
UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]

I am trying to find out the process for registering a car in Poland and paying Tax.

I have emailed the Road Transport Office to see if anyone can answer my query.

The Warranty terms and conditions are for UK only as Vauxhall and Opel are not technically the same company.
(I read the terms and conditions as I have a RHD version at the moment)

I have bought a car in Germany before and most places I went didn't speak English and it was not an easy process.
I have enough time to sit waiting for Polish Paperwork, that is no issue either.

so 33% of 22000euro is 7260Euro making 29260euro or 125580pln plus you have the added hassle of waiting around all day in the town hall doing the paperwork

If that is how it works, this would still save me money on buying the same car in Poland so it would work in theory.

I cannot give my RHD car in part exchange in Poland but I can in UK.

All I wanted was how the process of importing and registering a car works in Poland.
Then I can make an informed decision on what would be cheapest in MY EXACT SITUATION which is different to everybody else.
Steveramsfan   
5 Sep 2013
UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]

because I can get a brand new vehicle with a 160,000 km warranty without the hastle of trying to buy a second hand car in Germany when I don't speak any German.

In the long run, my approach is cheaper than going to Germany to get what you say.

Stop second guessing my circumstances and saying what is better.
Just accept it makes more sense to do things this way for ME in MY exact circumstances!!
Steveramsfan   
5 Sep 2013
UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]

but how much will the import tax and VAT be for a car in Poland.
I can waste a day if it saves me 5000pln.

The car brand new in Poland is 124,000pln. The car in UK would be 94,000pln.

Would import tax and VAT to register the car cost 30,000pln?

I would like to know how they calculate what tax I must pay to bring a car to Poland?
I don't need advice on a better way to do this, I would like an answer to my question.
Steveramsfan   
5 Sep 2013
UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]

To buy tax free I must export the car to Poland. Also I want to live in Poland and sever all ties in the UK except my family.

I am trying to work out the costs involved in exporting the car to Poland to see if buying in Poland is cheaper.
I need to make a decision in the next week to get the delivery.

I want a LHD car, registered and insured in Poland. How much will importing a brand new €22,000 car with no tax paid on it within the EU before registering the car in Poland?
Steveramsfan   
5 Sep 2013
UK, Ireland / Buying an export car from UK (VAT-free) and importing it into Poland [35]

I have just quit my job and I have bought a flat in Lodz. I own the flat, no mortgage and I have applied to register my stay in Poland.

I hope to the register my address for a 5 year stay.
Then I will start looking for a new job.

I am looking to buy an export Car from UK (VAT Free) and import it into Poland.
I am struggling to find information on how much Import Tax / VAT would be due on this car to register it in Poland.

Does anybody know where I can look to work out these costs?
Steveramsfan   
11 Dec 2011
Travel / Photos from Poland [258]

I have been there, that Church is still used. I was there for Christmas 2009.

Kocham Zakopane

You are all upsetting me though ;( I love Poland in winter.

I am stuck in Afghanistan with no snow, only sun ;(
Steveramsfan   
7 Dec 2011
Language / "Hilarious" Mistakes? (Esp. Across Polish and other Slavic Languages) [70]

i know my use of the polish language is terrible. now i feel really disheartened. think i will give up now. everyone else on this site has at least basic command of it. my polish is crap and now i feel i am embarrassing myself.

Don't feel like that at all, I have been trying to learn Polish for 4 years now and I am still not able to hold a conversation unless its a certain environment. Shop, hotel or restaurant.

In my experience the Poles are amazed that you even try to learn Polish, they laugh at the mistakes not at you.
I found what you said was funny because it was funny, i didn't think you were rubbish because you made the mistake. I just pictured a spider carrying people to Krakow.

At least you tried to speak their language, I know lots of English who just speak English in Poland, they don't even try.
Steveramsfan   
7 Dec 2011
History / What proportion of the Polish population collaborated with the Nazis? [125]

Jihahdists preach death to ALL infidels!

Islam does not preach death to all infidels, the religious fanatics preach that.

Jihad from the Quran means "an internal battle within yourself to be a better person and trust in God"
Also an Infidel is a non believer in God not a non muslim.

The true teachings have been twisted by religious fanatics.

The Jewish religious fanatics are just as bad as the Christian fanatics and Muslim fanatics.

Is the truth too painful, like the truth about what we in the US did to our Native American population??!

Collaborating to save your own life or stealing land of the Natives for a countries gain cannot be counted together.

First of all Slavic or Slavonic people are not a race but linguistic group.Lets not forget that Germans were very inconsistent with their racial theories and their policies regarding Slavs were changing depending on German army victories or defeats.

I was refering to the post about Jews being killed by the Nazis, they tried to kill lots of races and people they didn't like. I was not refering to Slavs as a race.

My theory is that AH hated Poles because they did not want to ally with Germany when offered a deal(what was a Poland's grave mistake in my opinion).

Before WW1 "Poland" was part of Germany and Russia. At the End of WW1 in the Versailes Treaty territory was taken off the defeated Germany and from the New Soviets, this was then reformed as Poland and also Chechoslovakia was formed from territory taken from Germany.

The Versailes Treaty also humiliated the German nation, IMHO the treaty went too far and had a causal effect on the Nazis starting WW2.

Hitler took back Czechoslovakia first, then moved onto Poland. It should have been obvious to the old WW1 allies this was going to happen.

The Jews were a way of inciting the country to elect the Nazis which resulted in Genocide about 10 years later.
Steveramsfan   
6 Dec 2011
History / What proportion of the Polish population collaborated with the Nazis? [125]

Biased load of rubbish!!

It is well documented that Poles did not hate Jews before WW2. The Nazis target all Poles who were educated and wanted to kill all of them, the Poles were to be destroyed but used as slaves before this.

The "Final Solution" gives the game away. They didn't know what to do with all the Jews in the camps so came up with the idea of using gas to kill them in large numbers.

1943 this started. The Nazis tested using gas on the other prisoners before mass killings started.

6 million Poles of which 3 million were Polish Jews, 6 million jews of which 3 million were Polish Jews. Makes 9 million killed.

Out of the estimated 29 million civilians killed by the Nazis that is only a third!!

It was not just one race of people the Nazis wanted rid of for ever, remember that in all your arguments.
Steveramsfan   
6 Dec 2011
History / What proportion of the Polish population collaborated with the Nazis? [125]

He wanted Poland as a graveyard for Poles, the underclass and Jews. Why would true Poles want to help with this?

The Systematic Genocide commited by the Nazis would have happened without any help from any occupied country.
The Poles, Belorusians, Germans who opposed the Nazis, Romany, POW's, Handicapped and Homosexuals were all being killed by the Nazis before the final solution began.
Steveramsfan   
6 Dec 2011
History / What proportion of the Polish population collaborated with the Nazis? [125]

3.1415927%, I think.

Isn't that pi to 7 decimal places percent?

I don't think many true poles would have volunteered for the Nazis. They had fought for Poland for the last 140 years during Prussian, Russian and Austrian partition.

Having seen Camp 1 in OĊ›wiciem and all the Nazi documents on wiping out the Polish nation, I don't think true poles would help with this.

But!!!

Unless you were alive during the war living in Poland you can't judge anybody for colaborating, you don't know the individual circumstances.
Steveramsfan   
5 Dec 2011
Language / Hejka / Nara - a trendy youth greeting in Poland? [26]

Polonius3

My Polish Grammer book thats 15 years old has 'Hej' in as Hi. It says nothing about it being used as goodbye.

My Girlfriend and Ex girlfriend use 'Hej' at the start of emails.
Steveramsfan   
5 Dec 2011
UK, Ireland / Why are Polish people, especially women, so disrespectful toward the English? [437]

Because the as you call "scum" are citizens and it's not easy for them to compete with immigrants undercutting wages.It's simple it's not rocket science.

You got the whole situation upside down.

The jobs were vacant because the British would not do the jobs, because as you said its better to sit on the dole and be given money than have to work for it.

The Immigrants took the jobs for the money offered to them, the same as what the British were offered but decided to sit at home taking the dole instead.

But now, there is a financial crisis, benefits will be cut and there are now jobs for you now becasue they are filled by immigrants who would rather work for the same money as the dole.

No Sympathy for anyone who thinks its better to get money for free rather than working.
Steveramsfan   
4 Dec 2011
Love / Living in Poland with Polish girlfriend: is it possible? [4]

Its Ok, it was 18 Months ago we broke up.

I hope to have a flat and job in Poland by August, maybe we will be back together then.

I should get Polish residency after I buy my own flat, if not I will get it through the job.
Steveramsfan   
4 Dec 2011
Love / Living in Poland with Polish girlfriend: is it possible? [4]

As far as I am aware, you need your Girlfriend to state you are living in the same apartment as her and you can get a residency permit.

That is what my Girlfriend was going to do before she broke up with me.
Steveramsfan   
25 Mar 2011
Study / The worst of Polish education. No wonder Polish universities are bottom of the list. [142]

Sorry, but it's not.

From being English and going through the whole education system and working with people who have been through the English Education system the standard is better in Poland. I know lots of people at Polish Universities and they are better educated than the English people I know.

The English education system is not good enough to educate chimpanzees let alone the young people in England today.
IMHO anyway.
Steveramsfan   
8 Apr 2010
Travel / Driving to Poland from England - any tips? [264]

I was flashed on that road 1 year ago but I have not been given a fine.

I drove past a police car at 140km/h and he was not bothered.

I think its just stupid speeding that they are after.
Steveramsfan   
7 Apr 2010
UK, Ireland / Female health in Britain - Polish view [105]

If a midwife is just as good, why didn't she study to become a doctor?

Because she wanted to be a Midwife. A midwife specialises in Child Birth, a doctor only specialises at a later date after he is a doctor. A Midwife is able to deliver a baby, the doctor is there for any complications.

A GP is there to diagnose if a specialist needs to look at something. If they just refer you with only a glance then they are lazy. A GP should not be on the front line of Medicine if he is dangerous.

Taking your Girlfriend to a gynaecologist does not show maturity or you care. Maybe to you it does, but you are not every girl, my girlfriend would never let me go with her to see a gynaecologist.

It's irresponsible to not check your girlfriend has STD's before you have sex? Do you believe in Pre-Nuptuals too.

Where does trust come into it?
Steveramsfan   
6 Apr 2010
Travel / Driving to Poland from England - any tips? [264]

I drove it 18 hours ago. There are 120km/h signs everywhere now since the road works finished. There were 4 police cars within the first 20km of Germany at 02.00 this morning too.

The Belorussians are the worst drivers that i've seen.

Well, in that area but the Omani's and Albanians are really really dangerous in cars.