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Postby Z4 » Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:18 pm

EricSeans wrote:
apc2010 wrote:What does amaze me is the two tier price scale here, i.e. local versus tourist(stranger) .I know this because I pay local prices,if the business can survive on local prices why not a standard price for all? I am sure when they buy their stock it is a standard prices .


Isn't there a consumer and trading standards department to bust scammers like this?


In Cyprus? :lol:
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Postby CBBB » Thu Mar 04, 2010 8:55 pm

It's been here before, but for the benefit of newcomers:

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Pushtoenglezos tax.
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Postby cyprusgrump » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:00 pm

CBBB wrote:It's been here before, but for the benefit of newcomers:

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Pushtoenglezos tax.


I've been here seven years and I've never felt that I've been 'ripped off'....

Well, apart from that night out with CBBB and his mates... :evil:
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Postby EricSeans » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:37 pm

Z4 wrote:
EricSeans wrote:
apc2010 wrote:What does amaze me is the two tier price scale here, i.e. local versus tourist(stranger) .I know this because I pay local prices,if the business can survive on local prices why not a standard price for all? I am sure when they buy their stock it is a standard prices .


Isn't there a consumer and trading standards department to bust scammers like this?


In Cyprus? :lol:


I know what you mean, I didn't expect anything in the north but you'd have thought the municipalities in the south would have tried a bit of enforcement, especially since the EU. Is there no public or political pressure for decent regulation?
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Postby apc2010 » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:39 pm

No only the CTO, but i have never heard of a fine .
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Postby Oracle » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:42 pm

beverley10 wrote:Yes I am bitter,I am too old to start again and still am stuck in a no win situation due to greed and apathy.


Maybe you should stop being so greedy and apathetic :?
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Postby Oracle » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:43 pm

cyprusgrump wrote:
CBBB wrote:It's been here before, but for the benefit of newcomers:

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Pushtoenglezos tax.


I've been here seven years and I've never felt that I've been 'ripped off'....

Well, apart from that night out with CBBB and his mates... :evil:


That was due to the "bucket corkage" :D
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Postby cyprusgrump » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:54 pm

Oracle wrote:
cyprusgrump wrote:
CBBB wrote:It's been here before, but for the benefit of newcomers:

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Pushtoenglezos tax.


I've been here seven years and I've never felt that I've been 'ripped off'....

Well, apart from that night out with CBBB and his mates... :evil:


That was due to the "bucket corkage" :D


That is what they said! :shock:
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Postby miltiades » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:40 pm

Oracle wrote:
beverley10 wrote:Yes I am bitter,I am too old to start again and still am stuck in a no win situation due to greed and apathy.


Maybe you should stop being so greedy and apathetic :?

Beverley , take no notice darling , O its just being ....you know what I mean.
We are not all the same Bev , we are considerate and understanding too.
Do let me know where in Cyprus you live.
ps. You are never too old !!!
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Postby beverley10 » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:55 pm

Miltiades,I never take any notice of O as vitriol is not my cup of tea.Luckily I know that you are not all the same and value the Cypriot friendships made.If only the developers and their cohorts,the corrupt and greedy suppliers of goods could be bought to book then it would really be 100% a paradise.xxVrisi village and believe me I am too old LOL.
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