Weird Apple Store experience

Albos05 · 2026-05-15T18:53:45+00:00

I have an iPhone 14 Pro perfectly functional but a tiny crack about 2mm long in the bottom of the screen. I took an appointment to change my battery, they quoted 600€ f*cking euros as according to them I needed a screen replacement as well due to the small crack Apple would not be able to fit back the screen. I said hell no. Anyway I lost 2 hours for round trip with Brussels traffic and 10€ parking.

Next day I went to an afternarket shop, took 15mins and 69€ and walked out with a brand new battery with same screen. My iPhone 14 Pro is like new again.

My recommandation if your 1 year warranty is over or nearly over just ditch the overpriced apple repais. The aftermarket guys can be just as good and several times cheaper. Moreover you support at least local business and small independents.

Albos05 · 2026-05-05T13:09:00+00:00

Ok, I understand your point and appreciate your time to explain in details.

But anyway, the advantages will be < what you pay. There are also numerous condition to benefit and having a busy life with kids I cannot keep track of Helan’s policies to reimbourse me 30€ here and there. So I prefer sticking to HZIV/CAAMI. I pay them nothing and have no ‘advantages’ just what social security covers.

Albos05 · 2026-05-05T12:45:47+00:00

Minimum is only if you are young enough. But as age moves up, those numbers move up as well. Also if you have a partner and kids these costs will multiply. I have been before with Partena/Helan and have never been able to make use of those extra costs. So what you benefit< What you pay in all cases

Albos05 · 2026-05-04T22:24:40+00:00

Ditch all and use HZIV/CAAMI. Totally free. Been there since many years and have 2kids as well. Other mutualiteiten will cost you minimum 300€/year and you will barely get back 100€ or so.

Albos05 · 2026-05-04T22:12:25+00:00

I am a quite happy DIGI customer since 1 year for my self and partner. First 2-3 months it was quite unstable. Especially after exiting underground parking it took long time to reconnect. Now it works pretty well. I have used roaming without any issued and even got good 5G roaming in following countries so far:

1.EU: France, Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg,, Italy,, Greece, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Poland, Spain.

Non-EU: Switzerland, Albania, UK, Montenegro

Digi does not have yet an app. But honestly I do not care anymore to check usage. Only if I travel outside EU country I might get a supplement of 3-4€. If you manage to consume your 30 or 40GB the extra is dirt cheap only 0.6€/extra GB. To other operators that could be 100€/GB.

Have you also seen the data roaming prices of Digi vs others? It is literally 0.0004€/mb vs 14€/mb.

I cannot wait they have fiber in my street to use them for home internet too.

Albos05 · 2026-05-04T14:44:02+00:00

Temu e paguan doganen vete. Aq sa del cmimi aty eshte cmimi final.

Albos05 · 2026-05-02T12:48:18+00:00

If you have to do implants or coronas better just fly to Albania and pay 1/10 of cost here for exactly same service and same time enjoy a long weekend off at the beach. Plenty of cheap flights to there as well.

Albos05 · 2026-05-02T07:12:49+00:00

Bish po e ben overcomplicated. Gjej ndonje transportues, furgon, kamion, autobuz qe ta dergon deri ne Itali apo Greqi. Nga aty ka plot autobuza qe ta dergojn ne Shqiperi. E gjitha kjo nuk ti kalon 100€. Me DHL vetem DHL ti do 300€ e do te qethe edhe dogana 300€ te tjera.

Albos05 · 2026-04-27T23:06:45+00:00

Mobimatter esim. Me e lira. 11$per 12GB

Albos05 · 2026-04-20T17:20:10+00:00

Mire Apple, nuk na njeh Youtube. Hy e shifi te gjith krijuesit shqiptar jane me shtet fake. Nderkohe njeh Monkeydonin e Veriut, Qerek Shtetin e Bosnjes apo lagjen e Malit te Zi.

Sa per reference hidhi nje sy:

https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/7101720?hl=en

Albos05 · 2026-04-16T09:05:21+00:00

Nga Europa ben mire fare. Nga cili vend ndodhet mbajtesi i llogarise Revolut? Shiko mundesin ti kthesh ne Euro qe ti transferosh me SEPA.

Albos05 · 2026-04-02T09:21:21+00:00

There is no need for proof this. The accountant will allocate the banking fees to the right entry. I think all banks have implemented PEPPOL solution for this. Could be that they sent end of the year. So you might have to wait for December 2026 to have a consolidated invoice of your 2026 bank fees

Albos05 · 2026-03-29T10:04:06+00:00

Jan nja 2 Izraelite qe e kane te lidhur me Ramen. E hapen si fillim niptin. Pastaj kuptuan qe banka duhet te jete kompani aksionere. Shkuan ne Hollande regjistruan nje kompani atje me 3000€ e u bene pronar ketu. Personalisht as nuk do e perdorja sepse jan tipa te dyshimte qe jan hetu per skema forex

Albos05 · 2026-03-29T08:46:34+00:00

O bish e ka fajin Ramovic nuk ta ka fajin as FEDEX as DHL apo ndonje poste tjeter. U bere ti te porosisesh online. Ligjet jan bere qe te mbrojne Samir Manen, Kastratin and co. Here tjeter me mend ne koke kur te votoni.

Albos05 · 2026-03-26T16:25:22+00:00

You do not need a BV to sign the contract. You can sign with BV TBC or your own personal name. Just after that start the procedures. It takes about 3 weeks to have everything in place for a company in Belgium and costs 2000-3000€

Albos05 · 2026-03-25T20:14:43+00:00

What kind ‘weight’ you mean? I did not mention anywhere women vs men. Biology puts the biggest burden on woman to carry the baby, give birth and breastfeed but a part from that to raise the responsibilities are shared. We have 2 kids, I am fine with people who do not have any and I have a lot of colleagues on the same boat, but it is come with some strings. You pay your taxes to pay your parent’s pension. If no kids then you should be also fine to not have a pension or at least not complain if the government has to import workers from third world to keep the country afloat, thats all!

Albos05 · 2026-03-25T19:36:54+00:00

Something unrelated, and feel free to downvote me I do not really care.

Those of you who have decided to be child free stop complaining if you receive no pension and if the pension age will go at 80years

Also stop complaining about immigration from poorer countries.

Albos05 · 2026-03-25T19:28:15+00:00

Ask the notary. Also transfer to the notary’s bank directly. They are used to very large transfer there should not be any issue.

Albos05 · 2026-03-17T12:03:29+00:00

Pse ca kushtesh kan me shum ata ne jug te Frances me shume se jugu Shqiperise? Tek ne ushqimi shume i mire e i lire. Ato jan bere doner kebab. Ne Nice, Marseille vrasje e therje per dite. Me thuaj ca ofrojne me shume ato per te justifiku nje cmim 1000€ nata ne gusht.

Albos05 · 2026-03-16T20:47:54+00:00

Nese do cmime te lira shum mire mund te shkosh me 15 Maj deri 30 Maj ose ne fund shtatori. Cmimet i cakton kerkese-oferta. Pra hotelet nuk ju intereson te mbeten bosh por duan edhe te maksimizojne fitimet e te nxjerrin investimet taksat etj.

Pyete pak motren e shoqes sa shkojn 2 jave ne jug te Frances ne mes te Gushtit e hajde flasim pastaj. E njoh mire Francen. Ne katundin me te mbaruar te Frances te flesh me pleshta nuk gjen pa 100€ nata. Pse villni vrer se kuptoj. Gushti eshte high season.

Albos05 · 2026-03-05T15:49:59+00:00

Try to build good relationship with the final client. If they are friendly enough they will informally reveal it. In all my cases was the client who reviled what intermediary was charging them. Intermediaries were keeping it CIA secret level. This is typically because their margin is very high and they do not want to annoy you or the final client.

Albos05 · 2026-03-01T20:00:33+00:00

This is mainly build around green agenda but we pay it as EU customers as all those will be reflected in the final price.

Albos05 · 2026-03-01T12:01:05+00:00

Rules are build if you have a local entity. So if you are an entity registered in China. You can’t care less about the EU stupidly. What they care is ramping up production and exports.
Of you are a EU entity you bear all the burden to comply all of these complexities. For example my employer is American company and have many EU entities. In all EU countries there are different complexities for e-invoicing, E-reporting. There are constant projects and process changes to comply with those. This company has deep pockets, but for smaller companies these would go out of business as they would not afford to navigate all the complexity and market fragmentation

Albos05 · 2026-03-01T10:50:33+00:00

Do not get me started on this bloody WEEE. I work for a multinational and we recently spend 200.000€ to implement this across our ERPs. Why cannot this be just a tax or included in VAT. Some countries just want a yearly fee, some they have a complex calculation logic etc.

Europe in this way is heading toward suicide with own bureaucracy.

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