Post by stirlingcharlie on Mar 27, 2011 9:29:10 GMT 2
Hi everyone I have been reading some horrific stories about Foreigners living here in Turkey. We are fair game for any one who has the inclination to relieve us of our hard earned savings and pensions. This could be being ripped of in their local market or shops, to purchasing land or buying houses. We enter into a transaction in good faith and we put a lot of faith in being treated with a bit of respect. Take the Brits we have a sense of fair play and we can be a bit to trusting. We can go a long way to protecting our selves against people who want to cheat us. There is a law in this country, before entering into transactions find out what the law says before committing yourself. What we need is to have access to accurate information. By sharing information with each other we would be better equipped to live our every day life's in this country. If you want to buy a pair of curtains and not sure were to go, or what price to pay and who will make them for you, If there is someone who has just bought curtains you could pass this information on. Its important to know were to go and pay reasonable prices. Also there is different ways of purchasing property here that is legal if you have access to accurate information and know the proper procedure there is less chance of being ript of. But if you have to go to court and the judge decides in your favor it could take years to get your money back and in the meantime the layers fees keep coming. Thats if the culprit doesn't disappear. We have the perfect vehicles to gather and exchange this information our local forums. Looking at forums in other areas they go a long way to informing people of good and bad things that are happening in their areas we need to do the same here. Being ript of or if I hear of some body being ript of makes me very angry. It is the major problem for foreigners coming to live in this beautifully country. Also if you need something like a lawn mower to cut the grass in your garden etc post it on the forum there is always someone who has something that we need. In time we all need some thing or other, one good turn deserves another.