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Originally Posted by propertastic
I can't quite figure out how you came to think that I was blaming the delays on people only paying their reservation fees and not their full deposts!
Unfortunately, although this country has a wonderful climate and I can't think of a better place to spend a vacation, it's not easy to do business here.
The first words of Arabic I learned were in-shallah - 'if God wills it' or 'maybe it will; maybe it won't'.
As in, "we'll have your internet installed in a couple of days ... in-shallah". Which means you'll be doing well if you get online in under a month.
Unfortunately, this isn't Switzerland. But nor are the prices and nor is the weather.
So whenever something depends on the actions of some government officials, there can be no cast-iron guarantees with regards to dates.
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"If people had paid their 40% deposits, then things would be different. " sorry perhaps i misunderstood this comment then & took it the wrong way.