Thanks. I'm with Cajamar and as I understand it I have to transfer my pension each month to qualify for free banking. I still pay charges on our debit cards.

Why don't you get a revolut card, pay cash from your UK account onto it, exchange it on the app at the interbank rate into euro's then transfer it to your spanish bank account, no charges whatsoever, I use it all the time, I think you can transfer £4000-5000 per month free before they charge you, j...

Thanks to you all. Graham

I have several DAT tapes with video recorded on them. These were produced many years ago on a long gone Sony (?) video recorder. I would like to transfer the videos onto some other medium which is more accessible. I cannot afford to buy a Dat player costing many hundreds of euros. Any ideas? Graham

My dad had his done in malaga city - behind corte ingles theres a clinica baveria - it was €1500 per eye, but there are no garentees. My dads eyesight was restored 100% but only lasted maybe 1 year and now he has trouble reading the writing on youtube on the 32" tv from 2 metres away. The idea of h...

I was told yesterday that if I bought an apartment here in andalucia and then after obtaining the appropriate licence I rented out said apartment I would, if I paid into the social services system, be eligible for free healthcare. I would have to present and pay my income tax returns at the appropri...

Beachcomber. I have used this calculator in the past. Excellent. Off the top of your head - is there an equivalent one for Mallorca? Graham

I don't know whether this question should be on this topic or 'Living in Andalucia' but here goes.... My son has asked me if when he goes to sit his written theory test does the documentation that he takes all have to have his current /all the same address? Because he has moved around in andalucia q...

That seems very logical and reasonable. Thanks gerry

My son has a dog he obtained from the dog shelter. How does he alter the details on the microchip?

Try Energy Nordic. They are the cheapest we have found. At the risk of upsetting Sid - can you mention my name if and when you sign up with them? Graham

Since we moved over here to spain some 18 years ago we have enjoyed many many bottles of the Monte Plogar Cariñena red wine from Lidl. It originally cost 1.69 euros and is now 1.79 here on mallorca. We originally thought it was called Crianza due to the labelling and our ignorance. The label is now ...

The following article was posted on facebook on 10 th march 2019: Bank account commission in Spain to be capped at €3 a month BANKS will be forced to cap current account commission or ‘admin charges’ to just €3 a month by March 25 in a welcome move introduced this week by Spain’s national government...

Thanks Enrique - I managed to remove and install a clean version. Wife now speaking to me.

I routinely use chrome browser but recently my wife wanted to use firefox. However I cannot even open it without the prompt saying I have to reboot to complete a previous version installation. This just loops round and around. Revounininstaller does not see firefox. What can I do now?

I worked as autonomo and paid into the social security for 12 months in 2003/4 I applied for and gained my UK state pension in 2012 when I was 65. I was throughout this process and still am resident in spain. Subsequently ( I think the following year) I read on the internet that anyone working in mo...

I qualified with 12 months.

"...If you make at least 50 transactions a year using your debit cards (each card), not counting cash withdrawls, the cards should be free"
That's interesting. I'll check my usage history. Might save me 30 euros. Cheers peteroldracer. Graham

AkoAko - the 365 account is supposed to be free banking and yes you have to purchase the shares to qualify. Years ago simply transferring my pension into my cajamar account meant I qualified for free banking but they changed the rules to the above. Free banking does not mean that everything is free....

AkoAko - sorry I didn't make myself clear. In order to open a 365 account we had to purchase some of their units (I forget how many but I seem to remember it totalled more than 1000 euros worth). So I should receive interest on these units.