Personally I let the wife deal with this :) As a native Russian she rarely seems to get asked for payments in dollars. Our rent has been fixed in rubles from the start and she wouldn't dream of letting them raise it in the present economic conditions.
Best Nick On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM, Donald Craig <[email protected]> wrote: > It depends on who you are speaking too. I for one am on a Ruble contract, > and I have been through a lot of such situations since coming here many > years ago. My rent is in rubles but when the rate went down to 23, I was > requested adjusted dollar to ruble rate at 28 and now they want to change > it > back to dollars at a rate of 28 is that fair? > > Your comment seems a little one sided considering the amount of people who > have lost their jobs recently. Expats are brought into a country for a > reason (in most cases), to help companies get established who needed > experienced personal to help set up various companies where the country in > question didn't have the in-house knowledge. > > Don Craig > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:expat-bounces+craig <expat-bounces%2Bcraig>=officescape.ru@ > lists.ru] On Behalf Of Human > Resources > Sent: Saturday, February 14, 2009 2:55 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Expat List apartment rate decines - sad really > > > > Love the (our) expat crowd, been around the FSU for 15 years. > > But, seriously is there any group as ill equipped for survival? > > Rents are down. > Russia is in an economic crisis. > Ruble rents are down. > If you paid USD4,000 a month and it was 92,000RFR, you should be paying > FEWER RFR today not more. And certainly NOT negotiating to pay 40% more in > rubles by returning to the USD rate. Without exception, every one of our > commercial and residential renters is taking a haircut on rents in ruble > terms. > > You can find a better place for 92,000RFR. Leave now. Move on. Feel the > wind in your hair and the return of your sense of personal dignity. > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > > _______________________________________________ > Expat mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lists.ru/mailman/listinfo/expat > http://www.expat.ru/forum/ > -- Best Regards Nick Wilsdon e3internet http://www.e3internet.com Skype: Nick_Wilsdon US Tel: (415) 508-4120 UK Tel: +44 (0) 20 3287 6977 RU Tel: +7 499 5029700 Personal Blog: http://NickWilsdon.com http://www.RussianMarketer.com
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