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[Get Real!]

TC potatoes are big hit with Greek buyers because they are better. Like Mikkie says, the market has ways to reward and punish, no need for politics there.

Wish we could eat those "big hit" potatoes also..
I have to buy my Cyprus potatoes from the south because the Turkish potatoes sold in the north are good for nothing.

I think you've both been had! The tasty potatoes come from Turkey which then get sold by TCs to GCs as a TC product!

You are sooo wrong..Turkish potatoes are small,dark in colour and good for nothing..

I could've sworn it was in the news...

[Viewpoint]

VP,

All my colleagues who have been to Cyprus from Athens, most of them mainland Greeks, report on being taken for dinner in the north. This is what I mean by entertainment, although I gather there are other types too.

As for TC potatoes, the demand for them in Greece is so great that the supermarkets when they run out of them put up signs saying "Cypriot potatotes arriving soon".

Funny that there is no Cypriot deli in Athens. With so many daily flights there could be daily deliveries of fresh baked goods like tashinopitta, etc, halloumopitta etc, that would put the local oversalted stuff to shame.

Nikitas ask them who paid, I always pay when my friends come accross.

[Nikitas]

Oh I am sure that the GC hosts pay. Or the guys charge it on their expense accounts. Some of them have been to Kyrenia more times than I have (pre 74 that is).

[Viewpoint]

Oh I am sure that the GC hosts pay. Or the guys charge it on their expense accounts. Some of them have been to Kyrenia more times than I have (pre 74 that is).

Tcs will never let their visitors pay.

[YFred]

Ridiculous really! Its all mainly to do with supply and demand. If stuff in the north is a load of rubbish then, perhaps, that is the reason why many tc's shop in the south. Nikitas has hit the nail on the head anyway - there is trade going on between the communities and its obvious that some people from both sides don't like it and will do what they can to disrupt trade.

It's about price. The larger and more affluent population in the south means that there are sufficient economies of scale to support large supermarket chains like Orphanides which offer a more attractive range of goods at competitive prices in comparison to what is available in the north.

Tim, don't forget the effect the isolation has on prices.
I gave an example of importing a car to Cyprus.
Price:
GC side 500 pounds
TC side 2000 pounds
Form an English carrier.
It is legalised criminality which ever way you look at it.

hey fred
are those shipping prices you quoted?

Yes, but they may be abit out of date, I looked at it a few years ago.

well..they are definitely out of date and no way there is that much difference between shipping to Limassol or Famagusta from UK
The difference is in the astronomic taxes TRNC charges on imported vehicles to the north..

When I looked at it, I couldn't believe the difference and I checked. That price did not include taxes to either. The Taxes for cars were exactly the same for both sides.

fred...you are wrong my friend...taxes on import cars never been anywhere near same..

Not so long ago,Mehmet Cangar was on a local TV programme complaining about taxes charged by TRNC customs..(Mr.Cangar is importer for BMW and Ford) he gave an example..he said a car manufactured in UK and sold 10K xfactory price will retail at 12K in ROC but dues to high taxes charged same car will be sold for 17K in TRNC..

Iceman, I had a car I wanted to bring to Cyprus. I got two prices for transporting them to Limasol and Magusa. The prices I got from the same company were those. Then I looked into taxes to be paid on entry. The rules applied in both customs are the same. The ages of cars with their corresponding percentage of tax were exactly the same. That does not mean that the same car will cost exactly the same on both sides if you by them there. But if you buy the car in UK and transport it to Cyprus, you'll find that what I said is correct unless there has been some changes recently.

[Get Real!]

Iceman, I had a car I wanted to bring to Cyprus.

Caught with your pants down again Y-Fronts! In Lourougina, they don’t allow cars… just garous.

[Kikapu]

Ridiculous really! Its all mainly to do with supply and demand. If stuff in the north is a load of rubbish then, perhaps, that is the reason why many tc's shop in the south. Nikitas has hit the nail on the head anyway - there is trade going on between the communities and its obvious that some people from both sides don't like it and will do what they can to disrupt trade.

It's about price. The larger and more affluent population in the south means that there are sufficient economies of scale to support large supermarket chains like Orphanides which offer a more attractive range of goods at competitive prices in comparison to what is available in the north.

Tim, don't forget the effect the isolation has on prices.
I gave an example of importing a car to Cyprus.
Price:
GC side 500 pounds
TC side 2000 pounds
Form an English carrier.
It is legalised criminality which ever way you look at it.

I remember telling you that it was the north that was screwing you and not the south, because you can ship it to the south for £500 and then drive it to the north and save yourself £1500, but you said that the north will not let you "import" your car from the south. So who is trying to screw you out of your £1500, YFreak.?

[Get Real!]

You heard the man Kikapu... do not buy any more GC fruit to fill your TC basket!

[Kikapu]

You heard the man Kikapu... do not buy any more GC fruit to fill your TC basket!

The only "perverted fruit" I see is, YFreak. All YPrick talks about on the forum these days are other forum members butts.!

[umit07]

@Yfred

Yes you're right shipping to the north is very expensive but not because of any isolation's. It's got to do with the shipping cartels, they charge extremely high amounts to ship from Mersin to Famagusta. Did you know that the price of shipping a container from Mersin to Famagusta is about the same as shipping from Mersin to to a port in Argentina.