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Things I will never do again after living in Germany(Berlin) for 6 years.
\- I will not buy another bike here (stolen twice, once from my own apartment building).
\- I will not store any valuable stuff including my luggage in the Keller (stolen several times). What's the point of a Keller then you might ask. Exactly!
\- Clothes you think you are donating are actually managed by third-party, for-profit companies that pay the charity for the right to use their logo.
Resale: A small percentage (10-30%) of the best-quality items are sold in local thrift shops.
Export/Recycling: The majority of clothes are sold in bulk to international markets (e.g., in Africa or Eastern Europe) or sent for industrial recycling/rag production.
I use vinted now to sell them myself and made around 200€ in one month.
They go into these boxes only if nobody wants it.
\- I will never work as a Fahrradkurier even if the economy in Germany is the worst and I am unemployed for a long long time( fortunately,
I have a white-collar job now). I worked as a kurier for about a year when I first moved to Berlin with Gorillas and I had an accident where I lost my front tooth. Guess who cared? Nobody. Because accidents happen with this kind of job especially during Winter and you have to be very careful. It is on you. Still missing a tooth after 5 years and paying to fix it every now and then.
\- I will never work in warehouses like Amazon, they steal your soul. You will make more money but at what cost?
\- Watch out for phishing emails or SMS. It is easy to fall for messages from fakeDHL when you're expecting a package. I almost did, but I entered my backup account details where I keep only 100€. Scammers were too greedy and decided to withdraw 5000€ and was automatically declined. I closed that account in the end.
Berlin is all fun and games until you get scammed.
\- Fake online shops. There are so many of them. I almost purchased a washing machine from a fake LIDL as the price was too good (to be true). I reported them. If they only have Credit Card as a payment option, they are most likely fake. I pay with Klarna (within 30 days) now. So if that option isn't there, I don't even buy.
The end...
of the beginning.
#local
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Things I will never do again after living in Germany(Berlin) for 6 years.
\- I will not buy another bike here (stolen twice, once from my own apartment building).
\- I will not store any valuable stuff including my luggage in the Keller (stolen several times). What's the point of a Keller then you might ask. Exactly!
\- Clothes you think you are donating are actually managed by third-party, for-profit companies that pay the charity for the right to use their logo.
Resale: A small percentage (10-30%) of the best-quality items are sold in local thrift shops.
Export/Recycling: The majority of clothes are sold in bulk to international markets (e.g., in Africa or Eastern Europe) or sent for industrial recycling/rag production.
I use vinted now to sell them myself and made around 200€ in one month.
They go into these boxes only if nobody wants it.
\- I will never work as a Fahrradkurier even if the economy in Germany is the worst and I am unemployed for a long long time( fortunately,
I have a white-collar job now). I worked as a kurier for about a year when I first moved to Berlin with Gorillas and I had an accident where I lost my front tooth. Guess who cared? Nobody. Because accidents happen with this kind of job especially during Winter and you have to be very careful. It is on you. Still missing a tooth after 5 years and paying to fix it every now and then.
\- I will never work in warehouses like Amazon, they steal your soul. You will make more money but at what cost?
\- Watch out for phishing emails or SMS. It is easy to fall for messages from fakeDHL when you're expecting a package. I almost did, but I entered my backup account details where I keep only 100€. Scammers were too greedy and decided to withdraw 5000€ and was automatically declined. I closed that account in the end.
Berlin is all fun and games until you get scammed.
\- Fake online shops. There are so many of them. I almost purchased a washing machine from a fake LIDL as the price was too good (to be true). I reported them. If they only have Credit Card as a payment option, they are most likely fake. I pay with Klarna (within 30 days) now. So if that option isn't there, I don't even buy.
The end...
of the beginning.
#local
source
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