[Andrew]

[quote=”Duth”]I’ve been here since 1981. Costa Rica HATES progress.It’s likely the worse country to attempt to move-do business in. It wasn’t so back in the day. Don’t even think about moving here. The young people are horrible and the old school is still living in another era. Pura Vida and Tuanis are things of the past.

Nowadays it’s “what can I get from this person—what can I steal?”
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You have been a member of this website for only 2 days ‘Duth’ and all your posts so far have been extremely negative. You are certainly entitled to your opinion but you could certainly be a little more constructive, don’t you think?

I’ve had one rocking chair stolen from my garden in near 17 years of living here… So my experience and my opinions are clearly very different from yours…

Scott

[Andrew]

[quote=”Duth”]Everything you’ve been reading are lies.[/quote]

Everything you’ve been reading [b]about what[/b] is lies ‘Duth’ ?????

[Andrew]

Hi ‘Ireland’ and welcome to WeLoveCostaRica.com

Please find a few of my comments below:

The state of the roads here in Costa Rica may not be quite as good as you think…

[img]https://www.welovecostarica.com/members/images/5381c.jpg[/img]
The bar chart above shows the percentage of roads in an ’Excellent state’ a ‘Good state’, a ‘Regular state’, a ‘Bad state’ and finally a ‘Very bad state.’

It’s safe to assume that a bike shop would probably only work in a touristy area and these would be typically beach areas which unfortunately tend to have the most expensive real estate for both rental and purchase.

Owning a business here is easy but, as one of the other commentators mentioned, getting the correct residency status to actually work in your business can be a long process…

Just like Ireland doesn’t want people waltzing into their country and stealing their jobs, Costa Rica tries to defend their workers and small businesses.

With 16 year old twins you should also know that these areas will tend to have more ‘temptations’ than most. What I mean by that is where there is more tourist money there will be more drugs, more prostitution and the Ticos are fairly promiscuous.

You did not mention anything about education but if your twins want further education, you will find some schools on the coast but the best choice in colleges and universities is in and around the capital San José.

Unless you have some unique twist to the business, the barrier to entry in this business is low meaning that anybody with a few bikes could set up shop and compete with you, no?

All of this is NOT meant to put you off but to encourage you to investigate further.

I would certainly encourage you to come visit Costa Rica for a few months to have a good look around before even starting to think about living here.

Lastly, with twins and a husband, I would suggest that your cost of living here would be at least $2,000 per month NOT including your rent.

Best wishes from wide ‘awake’ Scott 🙂 A Brit in Costa Rica….

[Andrew]

Turns out it was the Boat Billed Flycatcher….

[center][img]http://www.1000birds.com/images/Boat-billed-Flycatcher.jpg[/img][/center]

[Andrew]

Can you please tell me where geographically you are in Costa Rica?

When you say ‘small’ what does that mean?

What part of the bird was yellow, black and white?

Sounds like the Silver Throated Tanager…

Is this it?

[img]http://www.limosaholidays.co.uk/getImage.cfm?ImageID=23875&CropDescription=Tour%20Large%20Image[/img]

[Andrew]

[quote=”rfs1975″]Has anyone had experience with Manu Prefab Bali style homes builder?
http://manuprefab.com/%5B/quote%5D

This post sounds remarkable like someone is fishing for new customers….

Scott

[Andrew]

[img]http://balanceybienestar.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/2-300×218.jpg[/img]
Dr. Mauricio Carmona Tack 8998-9695

Dr. Mauricio is a very pleasant man who has offices on the East side of San José and also in Escazu in the first office block on the right hand side as you leave the toll booths going West.

He’s a 38 year old Tico who studied acupuncture in the US so he speaks fluent English. He’s a member of the American Association of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine.

Normally charges c25,000 per session.

Please tell him I sent you, I might get a free needle next time I visit which funny enough is this afternoon…

Scott

[Andrew]

Hmm!

I may be wrong but I don’t think the Costa Rica Immigration Department (or any other government department) has reached that level of efficiency yet..

[Andrew]

Just saw this…

[url=http://www.bankrate.com/finance/retirement/retiring-abroad-horror-stories-2.aspx]Retiring abroad horror stories: It may not be the dream you expect[/url]

[Andrew]

Do you have any written proof of this please VictoriaT?

If you have, please publish it here or forward it to me. If there was wrongdoing, you can show that here, otherwise it’s a little unfair to accuse them of something that we cannot verify.

If there is no written evidence then this thread will have to be deleted.

Scott

[Andrew]

[quote=”VictoriaT”]They left after taking money from investors and not completing projects.[/quote]

Do you have any written proof of this?

Scott

[Andrew]

[size=200]This thread is now closed – thank you.[/size]

[Andrew]

As per their request jkittay and versatile have been unsubscribed. After threatening me, jeffreyblock was also unsubscribed.

Jeffrey Block them emailed me saying:

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so you block my ip so I cannot leave a msg… thats funny. But it’s ok. This American Jew will be glad to not visit your site. btw, if you haven’t removed me from your newsletter, please take this opportunity to remove me from your newsgroup.

I’ll be down in the near future, I look forward to meeting any anti-semite in Costa Rica… including you.

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I replied saying:

1. It may sound like a strange policy to you Mr. Brock but when people run out of intelligent things to say and start threatening me in my own house, their registration is immediately cancelled.

It’s faintly amusing that someone like you who claims to have been “persecuted” seems to think it’s acceptable to threaten people with whom they disagree in a Discussion Forum.

2. I have happily removed your email address from my newsletter.

Have a nice day!

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[Andrew]

[quote=”jkittay”]Scott said:
There are admittedly some Jews who are hypersensitive to insult, real or perceived, but your lines above that “they all whine like little old women and play the ‘poor old me’ victim card again” are vile, truly hurtful, and anti-Semitic and you should not pretend otherwise. Can you name a group in world history who have been more egregiously persecuted and murdered than the Jews? We don’t need to play ANY card. And criticism is virtually a part of growing up Jewish. We can take it.[/quote]

Thanks for proving my point jkittay.

Lastly, if as you say you keep on getting ‘egregiously persecuted’ throughout world history perhaps it’s time you started asking why?

But let’s not get sidetracked from the main thread in this Discussion Forum.

[Andrew]

[quote=”Versatile”]Most likely it will come back to bite you as it should.[/quote]

Please do explain this comment of yours, I’d love to know more….

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