Comments on: 10 reasons why you should NOT invest in Romania

By: ffxiv gil

ffxiv gil — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 14:21:52 +0000

Such a usefule blog wow !!!!

By: Gabrielle

Gabrielle — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:46:09 +0000

You have some issues with Romania. I think that goes without saying.
It’s easy to point out the bad things about any country. How long has been since you’ve been back ?
If you hate a person or a system you shouldn’t identify a country with your hate feelings. Especially not the country you are born in…
I think there are wonderful things in Romania and there is no person that I’ve ever met here in US that would not go back today if they would have a similar life back home. Home for every each one of them is the place you hate and criticize.
I’m sorry you feel this way and I’m more sorry that you make it sound like the final and ultimate truth. There are many angles and you are free to say what you want but people might take it as good and this would really suck.
You don’t make a point about NOT investing in Romania but rather you people to stay away from Romania. Why? Most of the investors that pursued a business in Romania have doubled their money in a few months. Any where else would take a life time for the same returns.
I know you are probably not going to post my comment as I’m sure you had some other opinions shared with you after your post. I don’t care. This was just to let you know that blogs like this are hurting not only the country but also the people that could help change the exact things you hate.

By: Lyle Randall

Lyle Randall — Sun, 30 May 2010 19:02:28 +0000

If only more people could hear about this..

By: Petre Nicoara

Petre Nicoara — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 08:31:17 +0000

I agree, for some countries is the people. But for Romania, the people in charge are doing everything to ruin it. Everything. Corruption is everywhere, from the small town 1$ to $1.000.000+ bribe, it’s on TV, on media, everywhere. People are rotten, they are ready to give up life long friendships over a glass of wine, there’s almost no trace of humanity in most of them.
I agree that Romania has God given landscapes and generally is a wonderful area to live in …. if you have no neighbors at all. I also agree that you can turn out 100% profit within a year, but that profit is taken because there’s no law or institution that can control your activities. There’s no active civil society organization and all the state employees are either incompetents, either don’t care about you, the person that comes with a problem that they can solve.

If people stay away from Romania, they won’t invest in it. If they invest, the bureaucracy will drive them mad. Or make them pay the corrupted people to get some things moving; papers, plumbing or anything else. Constant corruption on every level, that’s what Romania’s made for. You wanna succeed in this country? get yourself a million bucks, make a business with 100k and rest of 900k give it to the politicians as bribe for your business; they will return you the money, with 300% rate and propose you businesses for another 10-20 millions, with money taken from state budget, from EU or from funds that should modernize the country.

And yes, ofc I have issues with my country! Why? Because I’m ashamed today to call myself Romanian, I would be more happy to pass as some African country citizen. And like me are millions of Romanians.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:29:16 +0000

By: Allen Taylor

Allen Taylor — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 09:34:33 +0000

Nice writing. You are on my RSS reader now so I can read more from you down the road.

Allen Taylor