u/ImpossibleCan9084

Hello guys. Through the official website (triple checked this) I paid for a booking for a couple of days in the UK.

Since the website asked me for a check in time, which I still didn't have, I wrote to the property owner about this. Then, they sent me a message with an image about their apartments and whatnot, followed by a welcome message, all in English, but with strange characters all over the letters, like: ''Ťо соոfіrⅿ аոḋ ѕесսrе уоսr rеѕеrⅴаtіοո'' and all like that.

In the same message, they sent a link that my Chrome immediately blocked, citing malware and online scams. I wrote back asking for this, but they haven't answered yet. Upon calling them on the phone number Booking provided, I can't reach them at all.

I had to call Booking and explain the whole thing, because there's a cancellation fee, and even though I don't want to cancel and the property had great reviews, this is a strange situation. I haven't been charged yet.

The agent recognized that something was off, so she told me that the security team has been alerted and they'd get back at me in 48 hours.

I read about Booking scams, but this is a first for me. The place I booked had nothing odd-looking and there were good reviews, both old and recent. It was even in Booking's recommended, at the top.

The worst part is that they might be doing this on purpose, so people is put off by the weird message and cancel, thus paying the fees. What do you reckon I should do here? I totally understand about cancellation fees, I paid some in the past, but this is a total scam and I have no fault in here. Thank you for reading!

Hello guys! Sorry, not a programmer, but I'm a heavy user of ASCII. Lately, my whole num pad has been 'disabling' the codes if I copied something before.

It doesn't matter if it was text, link, or even image, it won't work for at least 1 minute before going back to normal. I've been looking for the reason/solution around, but I can't seem to find anything. I'm on a Windows 11 PC that's working all great.

It happens several times a day and I can't understand why. I would really appreciate the help!

Buenas tardes. Hace poco más de 2 meses me mudé de casi una década en Irlanda a España.

Trabajo para la industria de la animación, lo cual significa que a veces mi trabajo dura entre semanas, meses, o si tengo suerte, llego al año; depende del proyecto. Al mudarme, mi jefe aceptó mi cambio a freelancer (autónomo) y gracias a eso pude traer mi trabajo actual a España.

Luego de vueltas y mareos, llego al RETA para darme el alta. Antes de finalizar, indica la página que hay una calculadora para ver cuánto va a ser mi cuota dependiendo de mi salario.

En Irlanda, mi salario quedaba alrededor de €2500 en mano en un sueldo base de €2800 mensuales, luego de pagos como asalariada. Según la calculadora, en España se me van a descontar alrededor de €430 (mínimo) u €840 (máximo) por mes, lo cuál me parece mucho más que en Irlanda.

Uno de mis colegas también está en mi misma situación, así que le pregunté cómo se dio el alta y me dijo que.....nunca se la dio.

No sé bien qué hacer. Tengo otros colegas que abandonaron freelancing y se consiguieron algo asalariado de sueldo mucho más bajo y a duras penas llegan a la quincena, porque esta industria paga todavía menos en España. No quiero perder mis clientes, contactos ni trabajo afuera.

Traté de conseguir algo en el país, pero incluso con experiencia lo mejor que me ofrecieron fue un proyecto de 2 meses con sueldo de €1100 y luego a la calle. Estoy intentando cuidar mis ahorros de Irlanda porque quiero comprarme una casa, ya casi tengo 40.

Qué se puede hacer? Por favor sean amables en los comentarios, no tengo ayuda de nadie ni conozco gente que sepa de estas cuestiones. Muchas gracias.

I've read some posts in here saying that this shouldn't happen if I paid to ZenMarket before they send the package, and that's what I did.

Now customs has the package and they sent me a bill asking for the same tax and the same amoun I paid to ZenMarket, even though said amount was specified on the receipt.

If I don't pay under a certain amount of time, they will send the package back. What can I do here?

EDIT: Thank you so much for your help and kindness! I talked to Correos on the phone and turns out that money is not from taxes, but handling fees and simply Correos charging extra...also, the €3 from the new missive. I'm glad nothing went wrong on ZenMarket's side, but I'm changing shipping options in the future so Correos won't touch my packages anymore, if possible!

Hey guys. I'm leaving Ireland soon, going to Portugal. I work for a company that has a good part of the workforce working as freelancers, including a couple of my colleagues who are already waiting for me in Portugal.

I'm on my 3rd consecutive full time year with this company. I told HR today about this, and the head of department said that my employment will end as soon as I leave Ireland because the company won't be able to claim the tax break if I'm not resident and working here physically.

Then I asked them if I will at least be considered when they need someone in my position (high demand, low offer, so they will need more like me), but they said the company can't hire me until 2027, according to Revenue's rules.

Said rules say that if I'm resident in Ireland in the same year (2026) for more than 180 days, I cannot start freelancing in Ireland from abroad. They said it's a very strict rule, so they won't be able to hire me for the rest of this year, which totally destroys my plans unless I'm super lucky and I can get a new job as fast as possible.

I tried searching for this famed Revenue rule, but I can't find anything, maybe because I'm burnout with the moving. The question is, where can I find more about this rule?

I don't want to call HR and the company liars, but this is definitely something very, very odd. Even my team lead was confused, what with half of our team being freelance and all. What do you think?

Hello guys. I'm moving to Spain from Ireland at the beginning of June. I talked with a seemingly good transport company here in Ireland, but after sending the guy the videos of the things I want to move, he left me in read for almost a week before sending the quote, which I didn't like. I don't want to trust my belongings to someone who doesn't answer my messages in time.

Thing is, I have virtually no furniture. I collect toys, so it's basically a room full of boxes with toys and figures, plus clothes, computers, bedding and the like. Fragile stuff here and there. I'm wondering if there's a good, serious service in Spain that I can hire from Ireland. What do you have in mind? I never in my life moved with more than a suitcase, so I'm kind of freaking out right now.