Law / HELP: ALLEGRO... Do most Polish buyers at allegro.pl use PayPal? [33]

Thats a load of bull. You can see the companies rating just like ebay. Keep an eye on that and i've never had any issue receiving my goods.

Theres even a paypal-like dispute option in Allegro nowadays

Life / How's the life of an LGBT person in Poland? [90]

@Adidasboy
You should be fine in Gdansk. Lived there a few years and met a few gay people, never heard any negative stories from them.

There's not many gay bars to my knowledge, i know there is one on the beach in Sopot.

Life / How's the life of an LGBT person in Poland? [90]


Bud, i have some good news for you. All the hate you just saw here, you will see in any other topic on this forum. This forum LEAST represents actual life in Poland.

Most hate you got from Mr Rich Mazur who is if anything, a complete bigot who doesnt live in Poland and has not for a long, long time.

As a foreigner that has actually lived in Gdansk i can tell you, ignore this forum, you will absolutely be fine. If you want you can send me a message and im sure i can find you someone from the Tricity LGBT community to talk to and voice your concerns.

p.s. short stab @ Rich - we're currently at a point of overpopulation that a good part of non-reproductive LGBT's would actually do the planet good. But as your "fake" life you've invented on here has stated, you're a 70+ year old pensioner in America. Too late to change your mind, but you'll die soon. All will be well.

Love / THE POLISH DISEASE, wanna marry a Polish girl ? read on... [197]

@Sylvio
I dont know from how many women this experience of yours comes, but have you ever considered you might be hooking up with the wrong type of woman?

Law / I bought car in Poland, but I can't register it in Italy!! [3]

The old owner needs to go to the town hall/registration office and register the car as exported.

Ideally you wouldve done that together when buying the car

Work / Salary for entry level Scandinavian / Finnish speakers in Poland [10]

Bit different as i am Dutch guy that worked in IT for 2 years in Gdansk.

The thing with career progression in Poland is that foreigners tend to "progress" their career into another country.
Higher position salaries simply arent that interesting in Poland if you are not bound to the country in some other way.
Added to that is the fact that there simply arent that many "higher" positions in Poland. Most foreign companies have their service centers there, but are still managed from abroad.

Same goes for me. When progress came, it meant relocation. I live in Finland now.

I can put you into contact with some Fins if you want, in Gdansk working in IT. But they're mostly low-level jobs and all bigger promotions take them to other countries.

unrelated addition: With a 10k salary (gross i assume) you can live quite comfortably in the Gdansk area. It'll take you far above the average salary. Bit surprising as Gdansk is usually on the lower end of the scale when it comes to salary offers vs Wroclaw and Warsaw. Perhaps times have changed for the better

Work / Salary for entry level Scandinavian / Finnish speakers in Poland [10]

quick answer as i dont have time for the long version:

do NOT work for Wipro. Its in the building next to where i worked, had many friday-after-work drinks with the guys and it is by far the most horrible company Gdansk has to offer. Their only + is higher salaries, which they have to offer to even out the horrible working conditions as otherwise their office would be empty.

Work / Can a Poland work permit holder can work in Denmark/EU? [44]

a Polish work permit holder can work in... guess. Take a ******* guess.

ITS IN THE ******* NAME.

>>>>POLISH<<<<< work permit.

Question number 2: Is SWEDEN in POLAND?

Law / Relocating to Poland, but my work Visa rejected, what should I do? [19]

You dont speak English and they cant determine you would be going back.

Waste money and time on fighting it or give up and move on.

Law / Non payment of child maintenance & court in Poland [17]

@Ironside
I really wonder where you got the idea that a child is the mothers responsibility only. Just because the dude didnt marry her, he doesnt have to pay for sticking his dick in without protection?

Lets hope for the poor girls-out-there sake you are either married (sorry for your wife) or forever alone (not sorry for anyone)

Law / Selling 'imported' car within first year in Poland [7]

Let me see if im getting it correctly/

You moved the car excise-free as you already owned it in Slovenia, so its a "moving good". But since you werent actually registered properly in Poland, you couldnt finish the import process and you now have a car that has no Polish registration.

Here's what you do: Sell the car, but make clear it isnt imported yet. On the sales agreement you sell it using your Slovenian address, even tho it might be outdated.

The buyer of the car can now import it himself and will have to pay the import tax. Problem solved.

Law / Selling 'imported' car within first year in Poland [7]

i've sold multiple cars on Dutch license plates while living in Poland, just wrote down my dutch address on the bill of sales and never heard anything about it.

I'd ignore the post above here that says almost nobody will buy your car, it'll have a minor impact on the price, yes, but you'll easily sell it anyways. I never had any trouble and sold the most random and uninteresting cars on Dutch (export) plates.

Ofcourse what happened with your stamping stuff i cant judge as i've never had that situation, but my guess is you'll never hear of it again

Law / Technical inspection for an American Mustang in Poland [6]

Its not easy or cheap at all with Xenon lights, they have a lens in front of them.

It is correct that they have to be pointing to the side tho. No matter what type of lamp you have.
This is also why lights from UK parts cars are not usable in EU.

Your easiest way is replacing the whole light unit. Will be expensive tho, but im not sure you will get your lenses adjusted anywhere

Off-Topic / Ukraine - a country in Central Europe? [28]

To be exact, to Lisbon its closer to 3400 km.

Your point about Russia pretty much validates the reasoning behind saying Ukraine is Eastern Europe tho.

Im guessing here, that your problem with the term is that its your opinion that its a derogatory term. Its only that, if you see it as such.

For the rest of us, "Eastern Europe" simply means the geographical location in the east. Getting rid of a geographical term as a cold war relic doesnt seem like a logical step to me, but then again, i dont mean anything else than a location with it.

I think it will be easier for you to accept the fact that people call it Eastern Europe without meaning "shi---" than it is to convince the rest of the world to start saying its Central Europe.

Work / Poland - Corporation in corpo, what to do if you work for 4 languages and you are not paid for? [7]

You choose to do it to begin with. Either you suck it up or you change to another job where they DO pay you for your language skills.

If your employer says no, you can do absolutely zero squat nada to get extra money.

What you can do, if your contract doesnt state the use of any other languages, is refuse to speak them any longer.

Your sickleaves dont really give you a moral highground tho. I'd also not want to pay a guy more that takes sickleave while not being sick just to avoid doing his job. Even tho you say its someone else's job, its still the bosses time. Dont like it, dont do it. But dont use the sickleave method

Off-Topic / Ukraine - a country in Central Europe? [28]

Thats the thing, "we" already agreed that Ukraine is categorized as Eastern Europe.

Most of us are fine with it. You are not, but that doesnt mean the rest of the world is gonna change. Take for example your wikipedia-change-denied as an example.

I mean, how much effort do you want to put in it, and what is your eventual goal to achieve. For the common man Poland is also considered Eastern Europe. Is that your next fight?

Why are we discussing Ukraine's geographical location at all on an American Poland forum. Pick your battles, and im guessing this is not one you're gonna win.

Apart from that your quoting on centre-of-europe location is very selective. There's a bunch of claims.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_midpoint_of_Europe#Current_claimants

Off-Topic / Ukraine - a country in Central Europe? [28]

Wikimedia Foundation, the organization behind Wikipedia, is based in California.

I'd say you dont stand a single chance as there isnt a legal definition of Eastern Europe, and Wikipedia even shows, on mouse-over of the word Eastern Europe on Ukraine's page, an explanation about the wide range of connotations of Eastern Europe.

Hence filling in your request to mention an alternative point of view.

Off-Topic / Ukraine - a country in Central Europe? [28]

Im sure you can google your way into the information of where to file your (useless) lawsuit, but then i wonder, are you also going to fight Google, every single time-related website and god knows who came up with the EET (Eastern European Time) zone that Ukraine is in?

As said above by someone, you're fighting windmills buddy. Calm down and find a new hobby

Language / Email Translation for my genealogical inquiry in Poland [9]

translate.google.com

Love / Online matrimonial - a good way to find a true Polish man/woman on the net? [51]

If they are you're not doing it right.

Classifieds / Looking a nice women or girl for friendship in Polish capital (Warsaw), also to do some business [24]

Ah yes, the well known first-come-first-serve kind of love.