Thanks, it’s hard to predict anything these days. I can postpone the trip if the prices rise due to fuel shortage or something happening on Russia Finland border, I was expecting some general tips😇
I wanted to buy a drills to make a hole in a wall, nothing special, but was interested if I could find anything made in EU and it was so hard!
Firstly I looked for polish (local to me) producer - there is none at the moment. So I tried Germany - traditionally industrialized, sure there must be a lot od options. Turns out it is really difficult to find information about production online - basically if it is not provided, it’s produced in china. I even found some small family business from Germany with photos of it owners etc but had to find a photo of back of the item in peoples’ reviews to confirm - it’s producing tools in China.
This is what I settled with - company that produces most of their tools in China but have special line of items produced in Germany with clear information on it. So I succeeded but it was pretty disappointing experience.
Yes - it’s blik contactless which was developed with Mastercard - it’s sometimes visible on receipts. but perhaps wide adoption might motivate Blik to develop their own system without USians.
I use always for online payments - super convenient. Recently started using it for self-checkouts at grocery shops - unfortunately much less convenient than card: i need to take out phone, confirm transaction, write my pin compared to pay with apple wallet with faceid its much slower. There is also blik contactless for android phones but it’s developed with mastercard.
Thank you for this insight, very informative! Will definitely check it out.
Yes this is super important to use these accounts!! My stocks are bought with it, but I am still able to choose from multiple ETFs here :)
Sound like a cool idea! I will definitely look into esg funds. The migration to european fund provider was also something I was planning to do.
It’s more expensive than flying with transfer in Middle East but comparable to other direct flights. Polish LOT flies to Japan through Middle East but comes back to Warsaw through North Pole.