What to buy before you move to Malta?

enough euros for a daily fix of pea cakes...

white goods, laptops - most electrical goods actually

Let's see...when I'm back in Canada I tend to load up on:
- computers and associated things (routers, laptops, printers)
- small appliances (horribly overpriced here)
- clothes - I've barely bought anything here. Expensive and I'm 5'10 so I have a hard time finding things that are tall enough
- shoes - I haven't had much success finding shoes for a decent price that don't immediately fall apart
- furniture is also ungodly expensive (think 80€ for a bookshelf), although many flats are furnished.

Oooo thought clothes would be ok - now im going to re-think what i take with me....!
Shoes too....eek...think the car might be loaded with all my stuff!

Clothes - seems to be a couple of issues...choice, there are a lot of Italian fashions here which are not to eveyone's taste (ask my 14 yo daughter!)...and price, brand names are generally expensive and even though there are UK fashion stores here such as Next it's a bit galling to see the UK prices on the labels and then see what they are charging in €...and it's way worse than the exchange rate! Some stores are better than others in that respect - Debenhams I believe commit to equal pricing across Europs and so their Malta prices are largely in line with their UK ones for the same items.

Tim (male fashion expert!)

In regards to plugs, you should probably bring sockets that convert from European 2 prongs to UK 3 prongs... The sockets here are 3 prong but a lot of the appliances are in the 2 prong format!

We rented furnished places though so the appliances are probably fairly old, I am sure most new stuff would ok!

When you buy an appliance, if it has a euro 2 prong plug ask at the checkout desk for a UK style 3 prong plug adapter...they should give it to you for free.

Auto insurance, and a dehumidifier...

The Gap, Old navy and Banana Republic now ship to Malta...Shipping cost more than the clothes but it may be worth it to you. JC pennys also ships here.

If anyone knows of any other American stores that ship here...please let me know.

If you were French, I'd say good (preferably Maille) 7° red wine vinegar; here you find 6° and it doesn't make a good salad "vinaigrette".I had the same problem in Italy, in fact.

Lately I was looking for solid colour 100% cotton flat sheet and all I could find was polycotton.

If you like IKEA, bring whatever you want from there because there isn't one here.  I really miss a good trip to IKEA every few months to stock up on stuff I probably didn't need to begin with but couldn't resist!

Good luck with your move!

Kim

a divorce

georgeingozo wrote:

a divorce

Haven't understand Can you please explain!

djinn wrote:

If you were French, I'd say good (preferably Maille) 7° red wine vinegar; here you find 6° and it doesn't make a good salad "vinaigrette".I had the same problem in Italy, in fact.

Lately I was looking for solid colour 100% cotton flat sheet and all I could find was polycotton.

I order my sheet/bedding from JC penny's.JCP is not exacty a top quality store but I find a lot of their stuff better quality than here. They have home goods, clothes and electronics. Their website is jcp.com. Just know that you'll have to pay 18% duty at the post office on total price of order and shipping because it's coming from the US.

P.S. I just found out that the Gap and Banana Republic have a UK store...shipping is only 6 buck right now

KTS wrote:

If you like IKEA, bring whatever you want from there because there isn't one here.  I really miss a good trip to IKEA every few months to stock up on stuff I probably didn't need to begin with but couldn't resist!

Good luck with your move!

Kim

I miss Ikea too! We stocked up on a lot of their stuff before we came. Malta has a similar store...KREA...but it's just not the same.

The more stuff you bring from your country the better!! I wish I would of brought more furniture...I just dont like the stuff here..and the stuff I do like is TOOO expensive.

Yud wrote:

georgeingozo wrote:

a divorce

Haven't understand Can you please explain!

You can't get divorces in Malta.  There is currently a fraught national debate about whether this should change.  Malta does recognise foreign divorces though.

Is there any tax on personal goods send from US / where I'm living now/ to Malta - if I'm a UE citizen?
Thx.

In general you will have to pay a 1200 € deposit that you will get back when you show that you have been living in Malta for 1 year. You should also have a detailed content list and avoid shipping TV's as these are taxed extra.

There are previous posts on this question.

Ricky

mgrima68 wrote:

KTS wrote:

If you like IKEA, bring whatever you want from there because there isn't one here.  I really miss a good trip to IKEA every few months to stock up on stuff I probably didn't need to begin with but couldn't resist!

Good luck with your move!

Kim

I miss Ikea too! We stocked up on a lot of their stuff before we came. Malta has a similar store...KREA...but it's just not the same.

The more stuff you bring from your country the better!! I wish I would of brought more furniture...I just dont like the stuff here..and the stuff I do like is TOOO expensive.

There's an IKEA store in Catania now - so just pop over on the ferry and fill your car up!

Tim

prepay a therapist for the PTSD you will aquire while driving 

iamharibo wrote:

In regards to plugs, you should probably bring sockets that convert from European 2 prongs to UK 3 prongs... The sockets here are 3 prong but a lot of the appliances are in the 2 prong format!

We rented furnished places though so the appliances are probably fairly old, I am sure most new stuff would ok!

when you buy electricals here by law they have to give you a 2-3 adaptor if the goods are 2prong

toonarmy9752 wrote:

iamharibo wrote:

In regards to plugs, you should probably bring sockets that convert from European 2 prongs to UK 3 prongs... The sockets here are 3 prong but a lot of the appliances are in the 2 prong format!

We rented furnished places though so the appliances are probably fairly old, I am sure most new stuff would ok!

when you buy electricals here by law they have to give you a 2-3 adaptor if the goods are 2prong

Maybe they are supposed to by law, but they don't always do it - until we learned better we frequently came home without the adaptors...now we know and if they don't volunteer them we ask.

Tim

fair point hammers.....lets hope you get some next season LOL

hammersfan wrote:

There's an IKEA store in Catania now - so just pop over on the ferry and fill your car up!

Tim

OOOOHHH!  Looks like a quick trip to Sicily will be in order this summer!  That is good news.

Thanks!
Kim

to be honest - i wouldnt thank you for anything from ikea......

toonarmy9752 wrote:

to be honest - i wouldnt thank you for anything from ikea......

Why rain on somebody else's parade?

Tim

a simple opinion hammers - like opinions on restaurants you know what i mean....

I'm with Tim on this one. An answer popped into my mind after your comment, Tim 'it's the nature of the beast'.

please yourselves - i do.....its not like its life threatening is it..

ah well if you cant accept an honest opinion your problem not mine


trolls are us UK....

long may they thrive amongst you

toonarmy9752 wrote:

ah well if you cant accept an honest opinion your problem not mine

It seems deliberately provocative. Anyway, you are of course welcome to your opinion, and I've read many of your posts that I've found helpful and informative...I'd just like to see those rather than then unhelpful and unnecessary ones is all. But that's just my opinion too - so do whatever you want.

Tim

they are opinions (some informative some helpful some not )thats what forums tend to be - as for the points it wasn't a pop at you it was a simple joke hammers thats all.....nothing more....(clearly you didnt see it that way) and as for the restaurants Pop that to was a simple explanation of "opinion" as people see them.

Hello everybody!

The forum is here for sharing opinions and experiences.

So, peace everybody.

Regards,
Harmonie.

exactly

heehee.....

So is there anything else we could take from the uk ~???

Poundstrecher maybe ...

iceland tesco asda sainsbury and morrisons - in that order,,,,and maybe primark...lol

LOL....

Agreed