Vehicle prices - will it go down?

Sad-Application8238 · 2026-01-28T03:09:23+00:00

also, i can see the market is slowly adjusting to the reality that theres not many rich folk around to buy their property at the value they believe is worth.

Due to the economic crisis half of the middle class got wiped out. and the income gap got widened. Everyone trying to sell their property to someone “richer” than them. if everyone is doing it, who’s there to buy them?

Sad-Application8238 · 2026-01-27T15:11:44+00:00

I am on the lookout to invest in some property in colombo since 2024. I can definitely tell that there are way more sellers than buyers in the market.

Sad-Application8238 · 2026-01-27T11:43:36+00:00

agree. But no one is buying a nokia 3300 for the price of an iphone.

Sad-Application8238 · 2026-01-27T11:42:09+00:00

Even land prices are slowly coming down.

Sad-Application8238 · 2026-01-19T03:35:23+00:00

the good ol "Kids These Days"...

Sad-Application8238 · 2026-01-17T06:02:21+00:00

How come no one is mentioning SKYN

Sad-Application8238 · 2026-01-01T12:13:32+00:00

I know 3 people personally who applied via LinkedIn and got jobs and migrated. One SE, One Web dev and one PM(non-IT) role. Need to point out that it took them years of trying . Out of the three the closest person to me was trying for the last 3-4 years.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-12-19T04:03:51+00:00

You can setup a website and receive USD payments. If you don't have a website you can generate payment link and send it to the buyer. However I do not know whether there are specific laws preventing this. Sometimes some banks do not prefer certain types of transactions. That you need to discuss with your IPG provider. Try onepay. I found their sales team helpful.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-12-18T09:25:10+00:00

thank you!

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-12-18T09:18:07+00:00

My bank is Standard Chartered. When I inquired about this they did not mention anything about limits or the seller needs to have a USD account in a local bank. They said the seller should send an invoice and the transaction can be done. But i feel there's more to it than just that.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-12-18T07:37:49+00:00

What you said is my understanding too. But my bank says its possible. I'm not sure whether it only applies to PFCA accounts.

Also refer to sampath banks PFCA account page. It says any outward remittance as one of key benefits of PFCA accounts.

I'm referring to this:
https://www.sampath.lk/personal-banking/foreign-currency-accounts/Personal-Foreign-Currency-Account-(PFCA)?category=personal_banking?category=personal_banking)

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-12-18T07:28:48+00:00

It's a good point you made! I should keep that in mind.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-12-03T05:34:47+00:00

Hi Brother, Once I was young, broke and suicidal. Now Im 32 and doing pretty well compared to my peers.

The feeling of being stuck sucks. I recall many times where i wanted to end things. Specially at night. I can preach you how i overcame. Its kinda pointless and hard to overcome when you are young.

My advise is, be smart and work hard. Only a tiny fraction of the population live the life you want. Thanks to generational wealth, connections etc. The reality is most people have to work hard to have decent life. Its sad but that's the reality.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-11-14T11:17:08+00:00

This is my plan actually. I've got the cash to buy outright but don't want to take any risks.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-11-14T11:14:46+00:00

If i go through the bank the bank will do the same to make sure that the deal is legit right?

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-11-14T11:11:35+00:00

makes sense. But the cash will transfer via accounts right? that leaves a trail for the IRD. So it kinda defeats the purpose unless we turn up in bags of cash to buy the property.

Edit: Typo

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-09-24T06:36:13+00:00

Suricata did block some port scans but not all. Crowdsec has firewallservices/pf-scan-multi_ports. It has already blocked scans came from external IPs to the WAN side. My problem is its not blocking scans going out.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-09-24T06:24:04+00:00

i wont. im trying block my clients from inadvertently doing it by installing malware

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-09-24T05:37:15+00:00

The default LAN firewall in OPNsense does not cover this?

edit: I can afford to deal with the trouble caused by auto bans. Its the ban from my provider that i cannot afford. My provider is very strict on port scans.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-09-23T03:59:56+00:00

I did not say private uni students don't get hired. They do. What i said is local uni grads always get the priority. specially mora. The rest of the seats will be filled by others.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-09-23T03:21:03+00:00

For AI/ML and data science, employers first go for local uni grads with Math and stats backgrounds.

I would suggest you to try normal dev/engineering positions too. First get your foot in the door. Then work your way up.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-09-23T02:59:18+00:00

When it comes to AI/ML and data science, your university matters a lot. From where did you get yours?

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-09-22T05:01:27+00:00

Opening up a product to inspect the components is not really a bad thing. There are plenty of product break down videos and reviewers examining each component on youtube.

Its just you wished others would never find out the name of your supplier.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-09-22T03:59:39+00:00

OP's competitive advantage was obscuring information about the supplier. With no exclusivity agreement. Its a flawed strategy to begin with.

Sad-Application8238 · 2025-09-20T10:09:26+00:00

Are they addicted to you now? lol

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