Here are some of the gripes by the Carpetbaggers in the north. It's enough for me to lose my appetite for tonight's dinner. I was planning in having soup and salad, Steak & Lobster, Baked potato with Sour cream and Green beans with Roasted almonds, Wine and finally, some Apple Pie à la mode for dessert. Due to my being sooooo upset reading all these gripes below, I'm going to have to skip the à la mode on the Apple Pie..!
"Too late Denny, everyone knows the situation here that is why prices are tumbling, even for those with success stories just look at the prices in last weeks CYPRUS TODAY appts under £30.000 4 bed villa with pool under £80.000 and it will get worse, that is the starting prices, if there is anyone interested bound to offer less.
This will just get worse."
"Had I witnessed this, I would certainly not be prepared to purchase without safeguards being introduced. The consequences are often a decline in purchases which then affects the whole construction market. In some countries such negative publicity would inspire the Government and construction industry to take action and sit up and listen...............but we are dealing with the TRNC Government here. So I suspect it will have absolutely no effect, other than discouraging future purchasing."
"But so many things are negative with buying hereI have a friend who sold up to come here, and putting all the money into a home here. Not only does she not have the Kocan, but the property sold in another country is now worth the equivalent of £650,000 but here the property is not even £200,000. A bad choice and no going back and I think that she, like many others is just a little frustrated that no one cares. Just like poor Hildy Smith above. Shattered dreams and no hopes of escape. Wonder if the researcher wants to hear of these cases?."
"Pauline has even been told by a I'm alright Jack merchants that she should shut up, learn to live with her loss and look for closure, yeh, that's gonna happen - not. What about the 1400 in the auction queue, what about all the others still with problems. I know, what a bl**dy nuisance we are.
The I'm alright Jack merchants want us all to keep quiet because, like it or not, our keeping the pressure up is affecting the price of thier homes too. They can point all over the world to similar situations but we don't live all over the world, we live here and if some day Pauline feels the only option left is HOmes from Hell, guess what she will do?"
"I will continue to do my utmost to make sure no other victims of the TRNC walk in, without prior knowledge of the corruption and racism that is endemic there! If they know they can then make a decision based on the full picture!
And before anyone says it yes "I am a very bitter lady" who loved the Island like Pauline before the liars and cheats did their work! now I despise it, for it's cruelty, and for what it's done to my family and fellow human beings! the sad thing is, it's even now continuing to destroy lives, and the I'm all right jacks because of self interest are still defending the indefensible!"
"With respect, whilst you might feel that you are 'protecting' current property owners in the TRNC by rallying against a programme that criticises the TRNC property market, all that you are really doing is protecting rogue builders, advocates and a corrupt political system from international exposure."
"The only way to hit these people and bring about change is to hit them in their pockets and the only way to do that is to prevent other people from coming here and spending 100k's on property so that they can be screwed. If the property marked crashes completely and the tourism is affected then they will have to pull their fingers out and do something. once their easy money has gone they will have to find some other way to pull back the punters."
"I have been a victim of the TRNC for 7 years! I have achieved along with others a little personal justice! but lost not only my life savings but my husband of 40 years! moving forward, I expect to achieve nothing more than to make sure the TRNC never sucks into it's corrupt little pocket, any more victims! as long as any future victims understand exactly what predators are out there in airy fairy land! and then if they are daft enough to move forward knowing that, then they cannot say they weren't warned!"
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