latest mobile homes in Spain newsletter

Selling privately: ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )

The mobilehomesforsaleinspain Facebook Group now has over 20,000 members, and we know that a few members joined the group because they are waiting for homes to go on sale in Park La Posada.

Until this week, only Costa Difference could post homes for sale on La Posada within the group as the main admin. However, Buy or Sell Mobile Homes has taken over as the main admin, which means Costa Difference will take on a new support role.

The change means Posada residents can now post their home for sale in Park La Posada in the group (subject to group rules), with Costa Difference’s input covered under Park La Posada’s terms and conditions regarding private sales.

Buy or Sell Mobile Homes taking over as the group’s main admin has also enabled residents of other parks to post their homes for sale, subject to their Park’s terms and conditions, and it did not take long for people to advertise their homes for sale.

Auto replies again: ( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡° )

Last week, our email address, newsletter@, was compromised. A Chinese bot spammed us by the bucketloads in Chinese! In turn, we spammed back unknowingly with auto-replies—as Monty Python’s Flying Circus would put it, spam, spam and more spam. 🙂

So, starting this week, we have set up a new email address, and when you use the mailto link in the newsletter to send your answer, it will work perfectly. newsletter@ still works but has had the spam filter set high with no autoresponse.

On testing, some mail providers put the new autoreply mail into the junk folder 🙁 If that is where you find it after sending us your answer, please mark it as not junk. Once done, click Allow all mail from costadifference.com. That should stop it from happening in future.

Airline fined by the province: (꒪⌓꒪)

The Andalusian regional government’s consumer affairs department in Spain recently fined TAP Air, Portugal’s national Airline, 6,000 euros for cancelling a passenger’s return flight because he had not taken the outbound flight.

The Spanish passenger failed to make the Seville to Lisbon flight but did turn up for the return Lisbon to Seville flight, only to be told that TAP Air had cancelled the booking under their no-show terms and conditions.

Some airlines include a clause in their contract of sale that if the person booked does not take the outward flight, the Airline is automatically authorised to cancel the return flight. Not every country will accept it, however.

TAP Air now knows that in November 2018, the Supreme Court of Spain ruled that clause in an airline’s terms and conditions illegal.

A quick check of Ryanair’s General terms and conditions of carriage did not find such a clause, so it looks like TAP Air was behind the times with its terms and conditions. The error cost them 6000 Euros, plus they had to refund the passenger for both journeys.

It all happens in Posada: (▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)

Last week, team member Trevor reported this to the newsletter team via WhatsApp: “Two grandchildren of residents have learnt to swim this week; they were so excited. “Look at me,” they kept saying. Last week, one of them had water wings and a rubber ring on; this week, they were swimming lengths in the pool unaided.

One significant advantage of having grandparents living in the community is that grandchildren do more than watch their tablets all day when visiting.

On the subject of La Posada, Christine from the entertainment committee contacted the team last week with entertainment news. She confirmed that on September 7th the Soul Brothers were the last act to perform outside. The last outside event is the first real sign that summer is ending because the weather certainly does not signal any change.

Below is what the residents can look forward to for the rest of the year.

• On Saturday, October 19th, the very popular Mama Cath & Tand the Soul Sisters.
• On Saturday, November 2nd, a traditional Halloween party with BBQ.
• On Saturday, November 11th, the ever-popular Box Drum Band, a 3-piece live band.
• On Saturday, December 24th, a Christmas Eve Party offering an evening of themed music for those who want to feel Christmasy despite the glorious sunshine and no chance of snow.
• On New Year’s Eve, Ricky Levazze will entertain and party with the residents through to the new year. “Another year over, and fun just begun” 🙂

Car due to be tested? Ouch! (¬▂¬)

In Spain, cars are tested in centralised ITV stations rather than garages. If yours is due soon, get in quickly, as strike action is about to hit every ITV station in Malaga province.

Strike days include the Antequera ITV station from September 19th to September 30th. So, if your ITV (MOT) is about to run out, the nearest one to the La Posada community would be in Lucena, which is in the province of Cordoba and not part of any strike action.

Food for thought: (◕‿◕)

“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” – Abe Lemons.

Costa Difference has a long history of arranging for custom-built park homes to be built and installed in La Posada. Quite a few residents living in what some now humorously call “Millionaires Row” designed their own park homes by going to the factory in Alicante.

The new home the park team installed in Park La Posada last week was very clever in design. Placing the side POD to the front of the home (rather than back a bit) gives the impression from the front that it is a double-unit park home without breaking the size rules for homes and PODs.

Talking about clever designs, take a look at the video of the all-new Lomas de Balsares model (what a Spanish name 🙂 halfway down the front page of buyorsellmobilehomes.com. The spacious interior looks perfect for Dr Who, who is used to the Tardis being spacious inside but small on the outside.

Newsletter Lottery: ‿

For the benefit of new subscribers, the news is that we buy a Euromillions ticket each week (using a two-way number selection system) for Friday night’s draw. We will share 50% with newsletter subscribers if it wins the jackpot.

As with everything in life, there are terms and conditions that you should read at least once. Click here to read them. The newsletter lottery is not an automatic payout; subscribers must claim before sending the following newsletter.

Our T&Cs mean subscribers who read the newsletter and check the numbers will benefit from any win. This week’s numbers for tonight’s Euromillions draw are 14-16-24-43-50 / 03-09. The lottery is for 29 million Euros.

If our ticket for Friday night wins the lottery, we will say how many people claimed a share by calling 0044 800 772 3980 before the deadline. More chance of catching leprosy? Previous lottery winners do not think so 🙂

Sneaky’s brain teaser 

Sneaky Beaky is our fun-loving co-editor, and he has a brain teaser that gives you a second chance to win some money as he buys a lottery ticket for the La Primitiva draw every Saturday night. Send in the correct answer to his question, and you will automatically get a share if it wins the jackpot 🙂

First, we deal with last week’s “Sneaky Beaky’s” question, which was this:

One day, 18 years ago this week, nature and television lost an Australian star. Born in Victoria but not the train station in London. Here is an anagram containing all the letters to help you name him. “evinwrites“.

The answer was the Australian zookeeper and conservationist  Steve Irwin, who tragically died on September 4th 2006.

21 people registered the correct answer using the link before Saturday night’s draw. If Sneaky’s ticket for the Primitiva on Saturday night had won, we would have contacted them by now to arrange payment of their winnings :-).

Now to this weeks Sneaky teaser:

One day this week, 40 years ago, this person became the prime minister of a country that is in the news almost daily. Times have changed, but the problems the country faces remain the same. Here is an anagram containing all the letters to help you name him. “epsomshrine”.

Please click on this “mailto” link to send us your answer. Your email program will then open a new pre-loaded template and activate a server-automated response with the lottery numbers.

If you send your answer to us any other way, you will not receive the lottery numbers in advance, and we might not get notified of your answer.

Sneaky’s funny bone. (-‿◦)

Single resident Sebastian (67 years old) recently registered on the Spanish state medical system using his form S1.

The first thing he did was go to the medical centre for his initial check-up. Fellow resident Stan went with him as he now speaks a fair amount of Spanish after many lessons.

After a physical exam, the nurse took blood and urine samples, and afterwards, the doctor told them to return in a week. When they returned a week later, the doctor told Sebastian that the tests revealed that his cholesterol was a bit high, but apart from that, he seemed in reasonably good shape.

“Will I live to 80?” Sebastian asks, with Stan translating everything.

The doctor said it depends. Do you drink beer, wine, or spirits? No, was the reply. Do you smoke? Sebastian again said no, never have. Okay, do you have a very active sex life, then? The doctor asked. The answer was again no, with Sebastian saying he had been single for years.

Finally, the doctor asked him if he enjoyed playing golf, watching football on TV, and eating delicious Spanish jamon tapas, BBQs and fish.

Sebastian then said that he disliked all sports playing or watching and was a vegetarian, which might explain his high cholesterol, as he eats eggs and cheese mainly.

The doctor then gave him a perplexed look, turned to Stan and said, “Why the hell does he want to live until he is 80?”.

Smiling now? (¬‿¬)

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