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Answers - Mexico - Avoid Real Estate and Contractual Scams Part II
Not all Mexican Landlords will try what I have said in this article. But you've got to be on a hightened alert especially when a landlaord tries to get you to pay for several months advanced rent. Make sure this person is really the actual owner of the property. You can hire bilingual Mexicans to check for you.
Fact of Life #2
A Mexican landlord
Fact of Life #2
A Mexican landlord
According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
would rather die than ever return a deposit to a renter. Now, I do not know if that is actually true, but it would seem from those with whom I’ve spoken, Mexicans and Gringos alike, no one, and I mean not one soul, has been able to extract a deposit—ever.
Here is a list of the excuses I have gathered in my interviews with fellow expats and Mexicans who have t
Here is a list of the excuses I have gathered in my interviews with fellow expats and Mexicans who have t
; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.
Examples of combination products may in
Examples of combination products may in
ied to get their deposits back from Mexican landlords:
· You broke the electricity (how is this even possible?).
· You broke the hot water heater (which was vintage 1940).
· That frying pan of mine looks suspect (the landlord usually provides pots and pans).
· I had to replace the floor (that was installed when the house was built before World War I) and it
· You broke the electricity (how is this even possible?).
· You broke the hot water heater (which was vintage 1940).
· That frying pan of mine looks suspect (the landlord usually provides pots and pans).
· I had to replace the floor (that was installed when the house was built before World War I) and it
lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.
is your fault.
· You were too noisy and the neighbors complained (huh?).
Something else that takes place constantly and that you have to watch for is the “Gringo Rental price” and the “Mexican Rental Price.”
Just why do Mexicans think they can exploit a Gringo when they see one coming down the pike? Now, is this true of all Mexicans without exception? I do n
· You were too noisy and the neighbors complained (huh?).
Something else that takes place constantly and that you have to watch for is the “Gringo Rental price” and the “Mexican Rental Price.”
Just why do Mexicans think they can exploit a Gringo when they see one coming down the pike? Now, is this true of all Mexicans without exception? I do n
here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
t know since I have not met nor had experiences with “all Mexicans without exception.” But it is
beginning to look like my expat innocence (stupid na?vet?) is getting a lesson in what it is “really like” to live in M?xico.
I am a person who can get along with “almost” anyone. I have had the philosophy that someone is innocent until proven guilty. (Oh, my. Ho
I am a person who can get along with “almost” anyone. I have had the philosophy that someone is innocent until proven guilty. (Oh, my. Ho
d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.
Combination pro
Combination pro
na?ve is that?). Even if I hear the vilest rumors about someone, I generally regard them as just that—rumors—until that person actually acts out those rumors in my face. In other words, I always give someone the “benefit of the doubt” until he proves to me otherwise.
It is becoming apparent to me there “is” some anti-American sentiment here; only it is subtle
It is becoming apparent to me there “is” some anti-American sentiment here; only it is subtle
ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
and unassuming. I have yet to witness personally, or hear on the news, about any marches as were seen in Argentina the last time Bush was there, in which the locals chanted, “Yankee go home.” However, I do not exclude the possibility of seeing something like that someday in M?xico.
How the anti-American sentiment shows itself here is Americans are seen as stu
How the anti-American sentiment shows itself here is Americans are seen as stu
easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
id, arrogant, imperialistic, and self-serving. (I do not entirely disagree with that evaluation. Witnessing some of the behavior of Americans in this country, I can see where the Mexicans get this idea.) However, this unfortunately seems to work itself out in the attitude “since some Americans are horrid behavioral monstrosities, we Mexicans can take advantage
nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
f all of them and exploit them”—and exploit them they do.
It used to be the only Gringos who would come to M?xico were the rich ones. Thus, all of us are still seen in that light. Mexicans, in my experience, see gringo faces and think we are all fabulously wealthy. In fact, they think we throw more money away than a Mexican makes in a lifetime.
Traditionally,
It used to be the only Gringos who would come to M?xico were the rich ones. Thus, all of us are still seen in that light. Mexicans, in my experience, see gringo faces and think we are all fabulously wealthy. In fact, they think we throw more money away than a Mexican makes in a lifetime.
Traditionally,
and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
it was the “rich American” who would come to M?xico, usually to the country’s west “Gold Coast,” and buy up all the real estate. You can still see this in cities like Puerto Vallarta. Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who lived in Vallarta, were prime examples. These rich Americans would hire the locals as servants. The servants, when they went home after wo
ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
k, would tell family and friends just how Americans lived—like movie stars. They appeared to be, and were in most cases, fabulously wealthy and acted like the spoiled children that they, in most cases, were. Thus the stereotype was set.
The rich, upper class Americans became the local servants’ “PATRONS.” They would often pay their servants the lowest possible
The rich, upper class Americans became the local servants’ “PATRONS.” They would often pay their servants the lowest possible
ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.
Following aspects would a
Following aspects would a
wages, but the locals accepted this because the Americans provided for them in other ways. They paid for the Mexican’s family members when they took ill, for the births of their children, baptisms, deaths, and so on. The rich Americans got by with treating the locals badly and paying them poorly because, in the long run, they would provide these extra services
dd to the challenges in developing combination products:
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
Which combination prod
that benefited the Mexicans. One rich upper class American could not be outdone by his rich upper-class neighbor so he would keep up the Patron act to conform. Again, Mexicans benefited.
What Mexicans never saw, and had no experience with, was an American “middle class.” It didn’t exist then nor does it now exist in their culture. There was absolutely no conce
What Mexicans never saw, and had no experience with, was an American “middle class.” It didn’t exist then nor does it now exist in their culture. There was absolutely no conce
cts are meaningful and rational?
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
Which therapeutic categories to select?
Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
Do combin
t of an American who wasn’t Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton rich. There was no concept of an American who could not, nor would want to, become their Rich American Patron and take care of them and all their family members. There was no idea what an American middle class looked like much less that one existed.
Mexicans with property to sell or rent have been acc
Mexicans with property to sell or rent have been acc
tions increase the patient compliance?
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
What would be the developing cost?
How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
stomed to rich, upper-class Americans who would breeze into town and show a willingness to pay outrageous prices for everything from housing to food. There developed, therefore, the prices for “The Gringos” and the prices for “The Mexicans.”
My wife and I have seen this over and over again here in Guanajuato. We have experienced this with the landlords here. T
My wife and I have seen this over and over again here in Guanajuato. We have experienced this with the landlords here. T
t?
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
ey see you coming and, suddenly, the local property owners start hearing, “Cha-ching, cha-ching.” Dollar signs start floating before their eyes. The vendors and service providers are the same way. Their culture evolved the idea that anyone from America is so wealthy, he can afford to pay higher prices than Mexicans can pay. They take full advantage of this.
If
If
ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
you are a Mexican trying to rent a house, you will be told one price. If you are an American, be prepared to pay through the nose.
It is, I believe, because Mexicans have no concept of a middle class, a class that is just now beginning to visit, and even expatriate, to M?xico.
Our friends from northeastern America were paying $700.00 a month for their mortga
It is, I believe, because Mexicans have no concept of a middle class, a class that is just now beginning to visit, and even expatriate, to M?xico.
Our friends from northeastern America were paying $700.00 a month for their mortga
y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
e. They moved to M?xico and a landlord charged them $600.00 a month to rent a studio apartment. But, they
were new to Guanajuato, the landlord knew it, and they were stuck with an overly inflated rental—BECAUSE THEY WERE GRINGOS.
Is this evil exploitation? Maybe. But it is their culture. If they are ever to change, it will have to be on their terms and in th
Is this evil exploitation? Maybe. But it is their culture. If they are ever to change, it will have to be on their terms and in th
.
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
ir time.
Is there anything you can do about it? Nope. If you cannot cope with it, then expatriating to M?xico is not for you.
Our former landlord rented our former casita, less than 1000 square feet, with two bedrooms, one bath, and service patio with a washer, to us for $500.00 a month. That is OUTRAGEOUS for Central M?xico.
Then, after we moved, she turned
Is there anything you can do about it? Nope. If you cannot cope with it, then expatriating to M?xico is not for you.
Our former landlord rented our former casita, less than 1000 square feet, with two bedrooms, one bath, and service patio with a washer, to us for $500.00 a month. That is OUTRAGEOUS for Central M?xico.
Then, after we moved, she turned
elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
Companies that provide selfless information through particip
around and rented it for $700.00 a month to some other Americans. For Mexicans, the price for this property would have been around $400.00 a month.
Lastly, you have to watch out for landlords who believe you are such a filthy rich American that they have no qualms whatsoever about wiring the outside security lights into your meter and conveniently not tell you
Lastly, you have to watch out for landlords who believe you are such a filthy rich American that they have no qualms whatsoever about wiring the outside security lights into your meter and conveniently not tell you
tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products
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