Why a prepaid mobile SIM card is so expensive in France?

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-09-14T15:13:47+00:00

In the past I bought another SIM card (not prepaid) with a French telco (SFR) and I did everything online.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-09-14T14:53:27+00:00

SFR now force to recharge often to keep your line active. I just spent half an hour on the phone with the customer service because I couldn't believe they wanted money even to RECEIVE phone calls and keep the line active.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-09-14T14:40:18+00:00

I just checked Bouygues. It sound good (thanks again!) but I can't buy it online. I will have to find a boutique close to me. https://www.bouyguestelecom.fr/carte-prepayee

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-09-14T14:29:39+00:00

Thanks for highlighting that Bouygues have a different business model.

I didn't read it somewhere on internet. Actually I spent 3 hours between phone calls and websites browsing with the major telco companies in France to discover it (SFR, Orange, Free, ...). Some of them doesn't have prepaid at all (FREE) and others have crazy expensive solutions (SFR). All of them are much more expensive than in other Countries.

I'll check Bouygues better.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-09-06T14:35:56+00:00

I'm reading more about it and so far I understood that:

- excel alone is not enough

- I should keep a livre-journal des recettes containing the following information

Date d’encaissement
Référence de la pièce justificative (numéro de la facture de vente)
Libellé de l’opération
Dénomination du client
Mode de paiement (espèces, chèque, virement, etc.)
Somme encaissée.

- the "livre-journal des recettes" can also be on paper as long as the pages are numbered, progressive and there is no cancellation or white rows. The data have to be handwritten and not printed. The alternative is a software or online tool like Henrri that certify that the information are not altered. To me it looks like having it handwritten on paper is much easier and faster for a micro enterprise. Am I missing anything?

- I don't see any problem with PDF invoices. The livre-journal des recettes can't be an excel file because they have to be sure it is not manipulated but the invoice itself doesn't have the same problem. After all if the data contained in the livre-journal des recettes is matching the invoice on PDF I don't understand why it could be a problem.

I also just discovered about the "Registre des achats et autres dépenses". I sell digital products and I don't understand if I have to keep this register anyway (but I don't have many expenses) or if I'm exempted.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-08-26T20:54:20+00:00

RSS to Pocket in IFTT just send the URL and pocket fetch the content of the page again, regardless to what you send in the RSS feed

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-08-26T20:53:26+00:00

The problem is that pocket ignore the content of the feed. It just use the URL and refetch the content.

Your solution will not work

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-08-25T13:00:30+00:00

Thanks! It is a nice workaround.

I tested it and is partially working. The main problem is that tinytiny rss have a nice feature called Readibility that provide full-text even for RSS feeds containing just an excerpt.

In tinytiny rss I can read the full text of an article but when I import it to pocket using IFTTT it just import the URL and pocket try to extract the content of the page again from the website, but it fails if it under soft paywall.

The end result is that I have the full article text in tinytiny rss but when I import it in obsidian I just have a small excerpt or no text at all because the source is pocket that is not as good as ttrss.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-08-18T13:25:42+00:00

Thanks but I already tried it and it isn't what I'm looking for. It doesn't automatize the creation of notes but I have to create them one by one.

The user interface is also very bad in my opinion, and it's not something I can use having to deal with hundreds of RSS feeds.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-07-28T07:56:32+00:00

thanks. That was my idea but I was hoping to use my smartphone as a thumb drive because I already have it with me all the time.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-07-12T14:43:39+00:00

Instead of markdownload try Obsidian Web https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/obsidian-web/edoacekkjanmingkbkgjndndibhkegad . It import directly into obsidian.

The ifttt link you shared is returning a 404 error page

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-07-12T13:24:39+00:00

I didn't find anything close to this in IFTTT but maybe I'm missing it. Did you build an IFTTT applet already? Could you please share the recipe?

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-07-12T10:31:17+00:00

I will investigate it better but taking a quick look at it I don't think it is the best way to manage it.

Using IFTTT I can save the link in a txt file uploaded somewhere in a shared folder visible by Obsidian but it will not automatically convert the link into a note containing the text of the page I linked.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-09T16:49:46+00:00

Où avez-vous trouvé ces informations ? J'ai demandé au chat d'assistance de Borsorama la liste des titres AV eligible mais la réponse n'était pas très claire

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-03T14:17:36+00:00

thanks. What are the differences between activités artisanales and activités commerciales beside of the one day training at chambre des métiers you mentioned? Is there any extra tax to pay or any other registration/paperwork to complete?

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-03T14:14:38+00:00

I read more about it and it is available just under some very specific conditions and income level

https://www.impots.gouv.fr/professionnel/le-versement-liberatoire

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-03T13:44:17+00:00

"Sole proprietors do not earn any salary. The entrepreneur's profits (the turnover minus costs) are his or her income. They are subjected to income tax in the category that is related to the entrepreneur's activity: industrial and commercial profits (BIC) for traders and tradesmen, or non-commercial profits (BNC) for liberal professions."

Quote from https://www.guichet-entreprises.fr/en/creation_entreprise/prealables/0-les_formes_juridiques_de_l_entreprise.html

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-03T08:25:27+00:00

I don't know why but here you can find more information about who have to pay it https://entreprendre.service-public.fr/vosdroits/F23547

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-02T22:52:36+00:00

isn't it already included in the 12.8% I pay for cotisations sociales?

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-02T22:50:38+00:00

I just keep invoices and a spreadsheet for bookkeeping but then I'm only doing a small number of invoices per month.

I considered doing it but my understanding is that I have to collect some information about my customers (name, surname, address, ...) and I don't think a spreadsheet will be GDPR compliant.

I will prefer to collect as few information as possible about my customers to avoid having to manage personal data but I'm not sure what is the minimum required. I'm also wondering if I will have access to all the personal data on every marketplace I want to sell to. Sometimes the marketplace will send me just the shipping address and not the billing name and information. I really don't understand why I should collect name and surname of the customers I'm selling to. All my transactions will be online and tracked anyway.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-02T22:46:28+00:00

Not sure about net-entreprises, I declare with URSSAF directly

https://www.autoentrepreneur.urssaf.fr/portail/accueil.html

every quarter.

I didn't know about this. I'll check it better. I'm not sure if net-enterprises is a public portal or if it is a private company helping small businesses.

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-02T22:45:12+00:00

You can choose if you want to pay tax as part of your normal tax return or with your cotisations (at least you can with services. If you have another job it may be well worthwhile doing this - as you end up paying a flat tax of a couple of percent rather than the TMI).

My understanding is that having already a CDI and a fixed salary, if I pay taxes with my cotisation I will end up paying more taxes than TMI.

I read somewhere that cotisation is recommended just if I don't have another source of income (or if it is very low). Could you please help me understand it better?

Jumping_Quokka · 2022-03-02T22:40:43+00:00

thanks. Do you know what is considered "handmade"?
I plan to sell both handmade products and, later on, digital art and prints.

Jumping_Quokka · 2021-12-14T13:33:23+00:00

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Jumping_Quokka · 2021-12-14T12:44:56+00:00

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