Comments on: And to think that Muscat has been charging us €7,500 a year for his since 2008 https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/ Daphne Caruana Galizia is a journalist working in Malta. Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:15:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Gino Vella https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3071085 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 14:15:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3071085 Daphne, Muscat’s car is actually two years older than this one in the advert, so you have to deduct another €5,000 from the asking price.

]]> By: Les Bonbons https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3071018 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:39:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3071018 In reply to Le pauvre homme.

Technically it is not a service. He is being compensated for using his own car. Of course in reality what it means is exactly what Daphne said, within the next 2 years he would have accumulated 75K for a car which today is worth around 9 or 10K. And he gets to keep it too.

]]> By: Daphne Caruana Galizia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3071011 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:28:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3071011 In reply to Le pauvre homme.

That’s compensation for using his own car, so it doesn’t fall within the tendering/direct order parameters.

]]> By: Le pauvre homme https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3071007 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:14:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3071007 Can a service valued at €7,500 p.a. be awarded without a tender? If yes, can the PM shut up about a service for €59?

]]> By: GTI https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3071005 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:07:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3071005 Of course, it says it all in the model JTDM Joseph Ta Dejjem Muscat forever creaming off the public.

]]> By: Paul J Farrugia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3070956 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 22:13:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3070956 In reply to Claude Sciberras.

Joseph’s is the base 1.8 petrol (without the JTS injection system). Viva l-fuel consumption u s-CO2 emissions. The BMW 730d Lawrence Gonzi used, was much more fuel efficient as well as being more stately and larger.

]]> By: Paul J Farrugia https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3070955 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 22:11:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3070955 Consider that the car is this ad is:
a) newer than Gowzef’s (Joseph’s is 2007)
b) Diesel and not the base 1.8 Petrol (without JTS high pressure injection)
c) Probably has less milage
d) Actually quite expensive for a 159, as they are huge depreciators

The PM has shafted the public even more

]]> By: Mhux hekk https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3070954 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 22:03:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3070954 Yes, I am sure that the garage he goes to for maintenance and repairs charges him the full list price because I was born yesterday.

]]> By: Neil Dent https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3070920 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:59:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3070920 Yeah so his heap is at least two years older than this one. It was second hand already when he bought it, so let’s say it’s a 2006 car? Fair enough, no? I’d imagine more like €6k these days.

]]> By: Napoleon Dynamite https://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/2016/02/and-to-think-that-muscat-has-been-charging-us-e7500-a-year-for-his-since-2008/#comment-3070919 Tue, 16 Feb 2016 20:58:00 +0000 http://daphnecaruanagalizia.com/?p=76520#comment-3070919 In reality even 11k is optimistic, especially in our second hand market.

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