Damn skippy. Not that I think anyone in a position of authority is going to do anything about it. Just look at The Cable Beach Post Office, also known as Sandals Staff Parking.
Lithium batteries are perfectly safe, or as safe as 20 gallons of gasoline. The one caveat to that statement is if you buy a knockoff Chinese electric car with no safety standards, like the ones being sold here.
I'm sure Atlantis would have absolutely zero issue with Wendy's going in to Marina Village, where they not only get paid a pile of money in rent, but take a percent of your sales. They only have a problem with this because guests will be spending money off property, and they don't get their cut.
Can someone please explain to me how duty isn't just straight up theft/extortion?
I buy a thing for $100.
$5 of that cost is designing it.
$20 is raw materials
$20 is manufacturing
$10 to ship it from China to the US
$5 to market the product
$10 to ship it from the port to the store
$5 cost to warehouse it before sale
$5 US sales tax.
That leaves the reseller making $25. We then bring the item from the US to The Bahamas, and the government somehow thinks they deserve twice as big a cut of the profits as anyone. They did not design, manufacture, warehouse, market, sell, support, warranty, or transport the product, but somehow deserve the lion's share of the price tag?
I've met some really mean Pit Bulls. I've also met some really mean Potcakes. I've met some really friendly Pit Bills, and some really friendly Potcakes. Most vicious dog I've ever met was a Standard Poodle.
Certain breeds do have certain traits, but any dog can be trained to be mean, or well tempered. Completely up to the owner who raised it.
Why are they still beating this dead horse? Repeat after me: "Crypto is a Ponzi scheme". It has no real world uses, it has no intrinsic value, and is incredibly inefficient.
AnObserver says...
Damn skippy. Not that I think anyone in a position of authority is going to do anything about it. Just look at The Cable Beach Post Office, also known as Sandals Staff Parking.
On Ex-Trust chief’s parking fears on Goodman’s Bay penthouse
Posted 19 October 2023, 4:42 p.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Being born in a country and having the right to live in that country seems a pretty basic human right.
On Bahamian-born – but at risk for deportation
Posted 19 October 2023, 11:45 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Lithium batteries are perfectly safe, or as safe as 20 gallons of gasoline. The one caveat to that statement is if you buy a knockoff Chinese electric car with no safety standards, like the ones being sold here.
On EV battery fires, are we ready?
Posted 19 October 2023, 11:39 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
I'm sure Atlantis would have absolutely zero issue with Wendy's going in to Marina Village, where they not only get paid a pile of money in rent, but take a percent of your sales. They only have a problem with this because guests will be spending money off property, and they don't get their cut.
On Wendy’s chief on PI: ‘What’s all the fuss?’
Posted 18 October 2023, 3:27 p.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Nothing to see here. Just kickbacks to the numbers boys by way of rent.
On Sign of the times for inquiry ahead?
Posted 18 October 2023, 3:26 p.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Can someone please explain to me how duty isn't just straight up theft/extortion?
I buy a thing for $100.
$5 of that cost is designing it.
$20 is raw materials
$20 is manufacturing
$10 to ship it from China to the US
$5 to market the product
$10 to ship it from the port to the store
$5 cost to warehouse it before sale
$5 US sales tax.
That leaves the reseller making $25. We then bring the item from the US to The Bahamas, and the government somehow thinks they deserve twice as big a cut of the profits as anyone. They did not design, manufacture, warehouse, market, sell, support, warranty, or transport the product, but somehow deserve the lion's share of the price tag?
On Exempt app has led to 90 percent increase in revenue at LPIA, says financial secretary
Posted 18 October 2023, 9:12 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Who paid for this trip? Why was it necessary?
On PM to meet with Pope Francis
Posted 16 October 2023, 9:25 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Decades of our "leaders" preaching that working a service job makes you "lesser than" has come around to bite us in the ass. Who'd a thunk?
On Ghanaian nurses to arrive by end of month to help relieve shortage
Posted 14 October 2023, 9:45 a.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
I've met some really mean Pit Bulls. I've also met some really mean Potcakes. I've met some really friendly Pit Bills, and some really friendly Potcakes. Most vicious dog I've ever met was a Standard Poodle.
Certain breeds do have certain traits, but any dog can be trained to be mean, or well tempered. Completely up to the owner who raised it.
On Adopted pit bulls returned to Humane Society of Grand Bahama after alleged mistreatment
Posted 13 October 2023, 12:33 p.m. Suggest removal
AnObserver says...
Why are they still beating this dead horse? Repeat after me: "Crypto is a Ponzi scheme". It has no real world uses, it has no intrinsic value, and is incredibly inefficient.
On Bahamas ‘leading from front’ on digital assets
Posted 12 October 2023, 4:16 p.m. Suggest removal