03 Mar 2012 9:51 AM:

 I've always gone to the Phone House ever since I bought an apartment in Spain.  Years ago Yoigo was the cheapest but now Carphone Warehouses's own Happy Movil have Movidata on PAYG.  Two options that work for occasional visitors have costs of 1.5€ a day or 2.5€ a day for 100Mb and a third option if you use very little data is to pay 6€ per 100Mb and use it whenever.  The main thing about these tariffs is they don't expire i.e. buy 100Mb and use half now and the rest on your next visit a few months later.

I still review the available options every time I go out as things change in the mobile industry and you can quickly be paying too much for too little if a better option comes out.

Brian

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16 Feb 2012 11:03 AM:

 I'm in Chester UK

Brian

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16 Dec 2011 5:55 PM:

Thank you Waseem for the post. 

At least you have been there and confirmed my suspicions.  This is just like Marina D'or in Spain then.  At Oropesa del mar there are thousands and thousands of apartments supposedly located in a thriving all year round resort.  I was sold it on this basis in September / October 2004.  There is still no resort, most of trhe commercial units are empty and the planned watere park still isn't built and a mini golf development was cancelled.  A limited selection of amenities are open in July and August for the traditional Spanish holidays but it is certainly no resort.  Most nearby towns offer more wining, dining and entertainment as a matter of course with no claim to be resorts.  We mainly eat at nearby campsites and they really are "todo el ano".

So it shouldn't be a surprise that Tasmena "city" isn't actually built.  On experience of Spain it probably never will be.

The next question is what are our rights?  Is it satisfactory that they have built some apartments and we were contracted to buy them?  I bet the contract doesn't specify whether they will be in a thriving town or in the middle of the desert!

Brian

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08 Dec 2011 9:10 AM:

 Apparently they made a second notary appointment for me, which was on Tuesday (two days ago) in Morocco.  I am in Spain and have been for a while.  The previous notary appointment was sent to me while I was in Bulgaria, each time they only give less than a week's notice, almost as if they don't want me to come.

I guess the advice given here is good.  A few thousand pound lost is unrecoverable unless I have money to fund a legal attack, which I don't.  I signed at a property show in Manchester and paid by stage payments.  Completion is now a few years late, there has been no ongoing information just requests for money.  I have never been to Morocco and know nothing about it.  This was supposed to be an off-plan investment to flip but they now want me to arrange a mortgage.  I am un-mortgageable (if that's a word).

I await their next move....

Brian

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26 Oct 2011 2:21 PM:

It has also now come to a head for me.  I have been in contact by e-mail with Sonia in Oxford Street and expressed my views, but she is a junior who has no clout.  I have also e-mailed Melanie in Morroco (who I know from the Oropesa del Mar office in Spain) and told her this was sold to me as an investment to "flip" as this was a town being bought for the locals and they would buy them on completion.  Melanie did not reply and the web pages that should load from the appropriate links give a 404 error.

Melanie is, at the end of the day, a servant of Snr Ger charged with handling the deeds, and posted to Morocco for her fluency in Spanish, English and French (being a Canadian).

Yesterday I received a letter from Morocco in broken English telling me my appointment at the notary is on 15th November!  They're just pressing on with the protocols regardless.  I haven't got any money but I would certainly lend my support to any group who had a chance of getting my deposit back (as that would pay any fees).

Regards

Brian Smart

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