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andi_germany · 05-05-2003, 03:35 PM

I have been to the Bahamas and fled the country after 6 month out of sheer boredom.

I had all my papers filed and all I had to wait for the Immigration council to meet but I decided to turn back to better grounds.

It all sounds great: carribbean, nice internet connection(cable modem) and tax free but it has a lot of hidden disadvantages.

1. It is really expensive to live there. A case of beer is 40 to 50 bucks for example.
2. If you move there all your stuff you bring in is taxed by customs. I brought in my used BMW and furniture and it cost me about 10K .
3. You have to pay deposits on every utility and some of those companies. I still receive invoices of one of my phone lines even though they still have my security deposit and the line is canceled for over 2 years now. I had 2 lines and they did the same thing to the first. They gave the bill (100$) to a collection agency and they finally got the message of taking the money out of the security deposit. Therefore the company was forced to send me a check of 300 dollars which was the rest of the security deposit for that one line. Now they do the same for the second line and they owe me another 300 ;)
4. Get ready to feel some racism. As a white you are the minority and you are only tolerated for the money you have. Very hard to make any friends there because most whites are either tourists or belong to the very very rich.
5. Don't expect somebody to repair stuff right away. I lived in a 2800 square feet apartment. The rent was 3500 bucks a month plus about 1000 buck in utilities but don't think you get working AC. The people come to fix it, look at it, tell you they need a part and they will come back the next day. Well they never show up and you call again. They come again but of course without the part and guess when they want to come back? They never managed to fix it in 6 month.
Another example: You got cable TV. all of a sudden it stops working. Well tech guy comes in and it works again. Next day it stopped working again. Tech guy comes in and it works. Next day it is off again. Guess what the tech guys did? They turned my neighbor off to turn me on and vice versa. Fucking amazing.
6. Prepare for monster cockroaches even in a very clean high rent apartement. They simply are there.
7. Don't even try to get a decent doctor or dentist.
8. Don't expect your security deposit back if you move. They simply said well sue me. You are outside the country and no Bahamian citizen so you are out of luck.

The list goes on but anyone has to get their own experiences but for me it was more expensive to move there then having payed the taxes.

05-05-2003, 03:35 PM
andi_germany Confirmed User Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 768	I have been to the Bahamas and fled the country after 6 month out of sheer boredom. I had all my papers filed and all I had to wait for the Immigration council to meet but I decided to turn back to better grounds. It all sounds great: carribbean, nice internet connection(cable modem) and tax free but it has a lot of hidden disadvantages. 1. It is really expensive to live there. A case of beer is 40 to 50 bucks for example. 2. If you move there all your stuff you bring in is taxed by customs. I brought in my used BMW and furniture and it cost me about 10K . 3. You have to pay deposits on every utility and some of those companies. I still receive invoices of one of my phone lines even though they still have my security deposit and the line is canceled for over 2 years now. I had 2 lines and they did the same thing to the first. They gave the bill (100$) to a collection agency and they finally got the message of taking the money out of the security deposit. Therefore the company was forced to send me a check of 300 dollars which was the rest of the security deposit for that one line. Now they do the same for the second line and they owe me another 300 ;) 4. Get ready to feel some racism. As a white you are the minority and you are only tolerated for the money you have. Very hard to make any friends there because most whites are either tourists or belong to the very very rich. 5. Don't expect somebody to repair stuff right away. I lived in a 2800 square feet apartment. The rent was 3500 bucks a month plus about 1000 buck in utilities but don't think you get working AC. The people come to fix it, look at it, tell you they need a part and they will come back the next day. Well they never show up and you call again. They come again but of course without the part and guess when they want to come back? They never managed to fix it in 6 month. Another example: You got cable TV. all of a sudden it stops working. Well tech guy comes in and it works again. Next day it stopped working again. Tech guy comes in and it works. Next day it is off again. Guess what the tech guys did? They turned my neighbor off to turn me on and vice versa. Fucking amazing. 6. Prepare for monster cockroaches even in a very clean high rent apartement. They simply are there. 7. Don't even try to get a decent doctor or dentist. 8. Don't expect your security deposit back if you move. They simply said well sue me. You are outside the country and no Bahamian citizen so you are out of luck. The list goes on but anyone has to get their own experiences but for me it was more expensive to move there then having payed the taxes.