Originally Posted by
fassy
Well, that’s probably why the city gross in Hyllinge closed… I think about two years ago
The Maxi has the prime location there. The City Gross was just hiding on the other end and most people just didn’t notice it at all. I only saw it when I needed to pick up some stuff from Jula which Bauhaus didn’t have.
I think Hyllinge is pretty well located to both attract Helsingborg and surroundings but also people like me which live but further away but to far from the next major place like Kristianstad or Halmstad.
and by the way…. I hate coop even more then city gross… given the coop in Väla isn’t that bad but still a coop.
The only good coop I have been to is the one in Lund. Give it a try and they take AMEX
Originally Posted by
vanillabean
How does it work? I just have no idea!
When some years back we got off the bus from Oslo to Copenhagen, Tanums shopping center I think it was, we got the bus tickets there to take the local bus to Fjällbacka; that was our introduction to Coop, which stayed with us during trip. I had never really thought of Coop in Denmark, but always liked Brugsen and Irma. It wasn’t long until I got a membership card, not to forget a Coop bank card. I think it’s charming how the Swedes pronounce Coop, reminding me of the damn good coffee FBI agent in Twin Peaks. In Denmark, it’s basic co-op.
Only for people with Swedish CPR - we were so happy to be able to finally paid 50SEK to sign up when we first moved to Sweden.
Originally Posted by
fassy
It used to be even better in times when the COOP Master Card had a cooperation with Betalo. I used to pay rent etc through Betalo and earned tons of COOP points that way.... that was REALLY lucrative.
The good old days - I saw you writing about paying taxes well in advance and I found out too late and missed that window.
Originally Posted by
fassy
For years I kept my Amazon.de Prime account active and ordered basically everything from Amazon.de. Shipment over night, at no cost. At German price levels.
Last summer they started to charge for shipment.... EUR 5.99 and applied the 25% VAT via a Swedish VAT number... I kept buying there, as it was still way cheaper than in Sweden and most Swedish webshops also charge for shipping. But then.... since a few months now Amazon.se is live! A few weeks later now Amazon.se is offering the Prime membership as well including free delivery to the door on the next business day. Funny enough, they still ship from Germany
And still way cheaper than any Swedish shop. At the same time offering probably the best customer support of all online retailers.
Also I buy a lot at ebay Germany. Most of the commercial shops there ship to Sweden for a fair price.
Bought my wheels from eBay Germany - shipped to my door instead of a postombud 50km away.