News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

Oh looks like the snowflakes came to poland huh?

Waaah I'm gonna tie myself up with a chain and complain...

Get a job

Most polish people argue otherwise and so do plenty of other nationalities that are coming in droves.

There's more Porsche suvs in downtown wroclaw that even around the average us city

Law / Polish inheritance - court ruling and delay - the only child [18]

@klobaka21

Oh ur gonna have to go to poland hire lawyers do all that... This isn't a simple case...

Is the inheritance were discussing a piece of property ?

Study / International business master degree - which Poland's university should I study? [5]

Sgh imo is much better. Its where a lot of the prominent people in pl went and where their kids go.idk about the other one as much but its good too. Sgh has two programs for mba. One is in polish one is in English. A lot of unis do joint programs in poland and Europe in general. Even tho the lessons are at sgh campus in warsaw the degree you receive upon completion is actually from university of montreal. You can check out their website for more info and pricing.

Unless you plan to work in poland for good you'll be fine with an sgh degree. I don't know how univ of montreal would be viewed. The top schools in Europe that are recognized internationally are places like insead oxford lse Erasmus and a few others. Us mbas with aacsb accreditation will be respected internationally too n those good eu schools have it as well.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

Itll take a while for fully electric cars to catch on in europe.

For one the cars are rather pricey and if you want a charger in your garage it can be even a $10k project depending on if you want the quick charge or the average one.. Either way it involves putting in new breakers running 6 to 2 Aug cables installing a 240 outlet among other things.. No small or cheap feat.

They're very popular in socal though

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

@dudar

I don't hate or dislike Muslims.. I hate anyone that kills innocent people especially my European brethren. At the moment the vast majority of those who are killing my European brethren - blowing them up and mowing them down either w aks or cars - are Muslims though.

Law / Help with Postal Customs office in Poland. I need to get an item that is being withheld there. Rolex imitation [30]

If you bought a Hong Kong Rolex and the post office is tying up (are you sure its post office and not customs) give it up.. Chances are you bought the cheapest kind of Rolex (the same kind passed off in Jamaica and Mexico for $10 at most) since its from hk and I'm willing to bet its a Chinese movement..

And now you're in trouble.. Are you a pl or eu citizen?

The court will probably just give you a fine. I would argue you didn't know it was a fake. If you did they can charge you with importation of countefeits, dodging taxes and all sorts of ****. Say you're sorry you wanted a gift for you dad (if in fact its one watch and no 100) and you didn't know it was fame

If you want any info on watches and jewelry pm me as I am a collector and have a lot of knowledge on this topic.

Law / Help with Postal Customs office in Poland. I need to get an item that is being withheld there. Rolex imitation [30]

Lol the fact that even the post office knew it was a Rolex proves tho it must have been a really really crappy counterfeit. The best Rolex counterfeits cost thousands are made of 18k depending on model and have a perfect automatic movement. Very difficult for even a jeweler or even collector to tell apart... Although there is one trick with the bezel to tell rotating bezel fakes apart from real ones.

So glad we have something here called the 4th amendment. No opening of us domestic mail here without a warrant : )

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

@Atch

Its culture and funds. There probably is no such program to reward hybrid electric etc drivers. In Poland in general people tend to buy turbodiesels and gas (some add lpg bc its available at every gas station) . hybrid vehicles are catching on though which means electric vehicles eventually will too. Right now they're a bit too pricey for the average polish driver.

Also if a polish guy is going to drop 70 80 grand on a car hed rather get one of the old german brands like Mercedes Porsche Audi and especially bmw now which many poles prefer. Or even American like jeep which is even more pricey than German cars bc of the import.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

@Atch

Now that's awesome because installing the home charger involves (at least in us) putting in a new 240 volt specialty outlet, running 2 or 6 gauge wire (depending how quick you want a full charge, the standard is decent though for daily commuting) new breaker box and all that was just too much - especially putting in 6 gauge wiring in the garage. If it was like in Ireland I would ve definitely bought the tesla. The cost and time of all the electrical work made it untenable. Id basically have to drive the tesla for 4 years just to recoup the investment in electrical. Plus gas is cheap here now again.

I ended up buying one of those like mercedes suv crossover things though. This was like 2 years ago or so. I don't like it very much it burns a ton of gas its not very comfortable and the big rims even though they're stock make the ride really stiff. I still usually drive my old caddilac sedan to get from place to place.

Law / Polish inheritance - court ruling and delay - the only child [18]

@terri

Property taxes are peanuts in poland. The lady could even offer to pay the taxes for the other party to speed up the process.

Unfortunately in poland, money speeds up and resolves almost any bureaucratic legal process like this.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

@johnny reb

Try $8k $10 plus for teslas at the dealer for a new battery... In older hybrids $3k $5k minimum.

Yes they have made people rich - especially the Chinese who bought a123 battery (one of largest battery makers for hybrids) after they bought it shortly after Obama dumped 750 mil into the program.. Realzikng that this was a too big too fa green program Obama and the U.S. bought it back.. The Chinese made hundreds of millions usd in profits for simply holding a company for 6 to 12 mo

I looked at tesla because I thought it'd help save me on my commute. After I added up the totals it wasn't worth it

Study / International business master degree - which Poland's university should I study? [5]

So true... If you can't prove that you brought in a significant revenue stream' were part of some successful project in a meaningful way, forget it.

I majored in international business in marketing at the bachelor level and am planning to start my mba soon. I work in b2b corporate sales. That's about the only time ib has even midly helped because I work with many people all over the world but most my customer base is US. Imo its not a good major - too soft skill and too general. Id think even management is a better bet than ib.

Financial mathematics is hot. If I were more of a quant guy I would ve definitely chose that. But I prefer smiling shaking hands and getting people to believe that they have a problem and giving me money is the solution.

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

We have free charging stations at some of the overpriced yuppie ultra modern condos n apartments as well as in front of certain grocery stores... But u can't just leave ur car there to charge for 6 hours..

Thanks for the article I'm going to check it out now..

In Ireland the cost of the car would be higher but with the tax credits, high cost of petrol, few chargers as you say would ve made it way more worth it than here esp if kept the car for a while

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

Thanks arch

Yeah here were limited to basically 3 4 electric cars of which only the tesla is popular here. We don't have any vw Audi electric cars here and the jap ones sell poorly. The BMW i8 (not sure if its electric or hybrid though but I think its full electric) I absolutely love. Right now I have grad school tuition to worry about perhaps when I'm done I can look for another toy for the driveway

Life / How are electric cars doing in Poland? [413]

@Marsupial

And no the jeep inline 4 liter is an amazing engine. That was the first car I ever brought and eventually turned it into an off-road car. I drove over 200k moles on it all over the us and only ditched it because I tipped it on its side. The Cherokee is garbage now but the wrangler and older cherokees are beasts especially in mud sand or snow. Far more reliable than land rovers for off-road. My friend has a discovery and a 100k d90 or p90 defender and I'm always fixing snapped rods and busted hoses for him because he deosnt know **** about cars

Law / Help with Postal Customs office in Poland. I need to get an item that is being withheld there. Rolex imitation [30]

@NoToForeigners

No I don't buy or sell counterfeits. I am a collector of watches so i buy the real thing. If you ask most collectors traders art dealers etc they care little about counterfeits as its a totally separate market from the legit one and actually oftentimes larger.

Nonetheless I don't care if people do. Thats their business. Everyone has to eat and id rather some broke Mexican or Nigerian sewing lv purses in their basement to make $50 a day than a corp selling a purse for 2000% plus more than materials and labor cost, oftentimes with the exact same quality as the stores. Here imitations replicas etc are gray market. They're openly sold in malls shops everywhere and no one cares.

To me a person buying or selling a fake chanel is no different than the starving artist who bought or paints a van Gogh imitation. Now if he tries to pass it off at sothebys as original its an issue. However most consumers are keenly aware if they're buying the real or fake thing.

Fyi Chinese counterfeit electronics tend to be lower quality than Samsung apple etc.

Law / Polish inheritance - court ruling and delay - the only child [18]

Ah my apologies I didn't know there would be such a tax. I have property too in poland and all I've ever paid is the low property taxes. I guess in the op case itd be different if she's inherited it but hasn't been on the paperwork formally.

Law / Help with Postal Customs office in Poland. I need to get an item that is being withheld there. Rolex imitation [30]

Well the law is different here and not very enforced. If a cop wanted to he could go into any mall and technically shut down all the Chinese women hawking bogus purses. As society we give the police and courts power to determine which laws to enforce and what their pubishments should be. For example while marijuana remains a schedule I federally most city cops won't even confiscate your weed if say you get pulled over and you're not openly smoking it. In the case of counterfeits only medicines are scrutinized. Unfortunately now the Chinese have wised up and started pushing cheap synethic drugs to corner the market that mimic the different street drugs. That's a big problem here all over from rich areas to rhe poorest because many people young and old are winding up in ers and some even die.

Like I said I don't buy nor sell counterfeits. Im fortunate enough to have a good job and education so I can afford certain luxuries in life. However most people aren't so I'm not going to criticise the Mexican lady at McDonald's for buying a knock off lv if it makes her happy.

Law / Help with Postal Customs office in Poland. I need to get an item that is being withheld there. Rolex imitation [30]

@delphiandomine

From what I've heard, Again hearsay not 100% sure, is the if you order a large amount of items that need to be shipped in a crate or like a car there are three officials that inspect each one. One guy holds a camera recording everything and two guys go throughb everything checking for contraband and making sure that all documents check out, that tax is paid etc.

Poland doesn't mess around with their vat or tax collection in general. Its not worth trying to scam rhebsystem because you'll probably get caught and pay a huge fine.

I wonder though if say a person did go to court paid all their fines and everything is they'd get the item back. In this case its a counterfeit so probably not but I wonder if say it was a normal legit consumer item

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

Its a bit of a generalization maf but yeah I do agree with much of what you say.

The imams are just waiting to have some young outcast that's struggling to fit in.

News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

Check out this article on trump I found it a good read and not really biased:

theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/03/donald-trump-winning-oval-office-twitter

Classifieds / FOR SALE lovely apartment on Grzegórzecka, 53m², 5min from the center, 5min from the shore of Wisła River [20]

What a rip off. . 53 m apartment for 400k zl. No way

Law / Polish inheritance - court ruling and delay - the only child [18]

@klobaka21a lawyer isn't too expensive in poland just tell him u want him on a flat fee/ retainer. Do not let him charge by the hour orbhell rip u off.

Law / Polish inheritance - court ruling and delay - the only child [18]

I had a huge issue with a property in poland too and the lawyer charged me something like 2k usd for the entire case start to finish. It was different than yours but just as complicated if not more so because I had to track a few people down. The private detective I also hired actually cost a bit more but his credentials and ties with police made it well worth it.

Work / Career in Poland - working in finance / investment banking / venture capital / private equity [19]

It will be nearly impossible for you to break into private equity without previous experience at a reputable firm.

If you want to work in finance go to Switzerland. Average salaries for an mba are 140k usd and that's just the average for finance itd be way more.

Work / Career in Poland - working in finance / investment banking / venture capital / private equity [19]

@cms

Oh believe me I know I've travelled around Europe including Switzerland specifically Zurich but nothing else really : / its very expensive too in London Paris Moscow Chicago NYC tokyo..

The average pay for a top 10% mba in us is typically the same roughly 140k plus starting salary but there are many people who earn 200k even 300k plus finance, consulting, the highest earners tend to be Stanford grads

Life / Polish people and racism. [943]

Some of the white jihadis are the craziest namely the converted ones from us australia Canada etc... So There's a few right there that don't fit that pattern

For native born or migrant yes... Many migrants that came recently due to sheer number alone have committed terrorist attacks esp from tunisia or people planning attacks once Syria got too hot for them and they came to Europe

Classifieds / FOR SALE lovely apartment on Grzegórzecka, 53m², 5min from the center, 5min from the shore of Wisła River [20]

Not Poland though

Classifieds / FOR SALE lovely apartment on Grzegórzecka, 53m², 5min from the center, 5min from the shore of Wisła River [20]

@jon357

Is 'nadbudowka' what the condos/apartments one sees in the rynek usually above a restaurant called?

News / Officials in Poland are hailing an upcoming visit by Donald Trump [720]

He mentioned God free speech questioning everything overcoming obstacles always remembering your identity and family values as well. I liked the speech he's been getting better at giving speeches.

nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/here-s-full-text-donald-trump-s-speech-poland-n780046