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This is an update from my original post in March. In January 2013 I was billed $400.00 for an active company plus $100.00 for resident fees (what ever that is). I assumed that I was an inactive company and sent $300.00. In March I was bill $200.00, the legal firms explanation was that all inactive companies have been reverted back to active companies and documents have to be signed before the company can be deemed inactive again. In March I sent another $200.00.
I will be back in Costa Rica for the month of February this year and will sit down with the law firm for clarification and will be glad to share what information i receive with my fellow forum members. JackThat was great Johnnyh,
It makes one want to go back in time, it is to bad that airports are not like that anymore.
Thanks for the great post, I vote best post this season.Thanks Maravilla and David,
The previous year I paid for an inactive company. Something just does not seem right I think I will get advise from another lawyer.
JackI agree with Watchdog. A trip to Costa Rica is not a trip without at least one meal at Hotel Grano De Oro. The best in Costa Rica or Canada for that matter. Well, in my opinion that is.
Jack
I remember reading something about containers a couple of years ago, actually I think it was on this forum. A family received their container from the USA, when they openned it they discovered that it had been broken into. Their furniture was fine but all the pads and blankets had been taken.
Jack
The first time my wife and I were in Costa Rica was 5 years ago, as we traveled from community to community we were reminded of North American retail communities of the 1950’s and 60’s. One day I said to my wife do you know what would destroy these communities and she said without hesitation ‘Walmart’ and I said exactly.
Yes David I agree with you that it was more than Walmart that caused the demise to small retail in towns throughout North America but I think Costa Rica is different today.
Walmart is a well oiled, finely tuned corporate machine with unlimited finances. I think that if we did a comparison we would find that Walmarts gross sales in North American would exceed Costa Rica’s GNP.
The poor unsuspecting Costa Rican retailers are about to be steam rolled by corporate USA and they won’t even know what hit them.
The 800 jobs that Walmart creates are but a small fraction of the jobs that will disappear as business after business closes there doors.
When a small business owner makes a profit the funds stay in the community, when Walmart makes a profit the funds go back to corporate America.
What disturbs me is the thought of small communities like Turrialba, Puriscal and San Isidro to name a few. I try to envision them ten years from now with a Walmart sitting on their outskirts. When the central commercial core of a community dies so does the social aspect as well.
Maybe Scott will archive these posts on Walmart and we can re visit them ten years from now.Walmart will put an end to small town businesses in Costa Rica as it has in the USA and Canada. Small family business cannot compete with their purchasing power. Walmart will position their stores on the out skirts of towns and completely destroy the inner town core.
In ten years you will no longer recognize these communities. All the small business will be gone and I mean all of them.We holiday in Costa Rica 3 to 4 weeks every winter. Just got back to Calgary, Canada last week. By the way it is -24 in Calgary as we speak. During our stay this year I managed to get an ear infection while swimming in the ocean. Getting up one morning I complained to my wife about it, she being a nurse said if it was her she would have it looked at. We were staying south of Puriscal so off to the Puriscal hospital we went. Very nice and very new hospital.
We went to the emergency dept. and it took about 20 minutes to see a doctor, try and get that kind of service anywhere in North America. The Doctor told me I had an ear infection and had a nurse give me an injection then sent me next door to the pharmacia for a weeks supply of antibiotic. When leaving the hospital I asked where do I pay. They simply said, quote, no pay, you go. So I went next door with my prescription which they said would take 30 minutes to fill (standard time anywhere). In 30 minutes I came back for the prescription with my wallet open and again said where do I pay and again I was told, no pay, you go. What a country. I guess this is just another reason why every year I keep going back to C.R.
