Hello,

I sold a used car privately to an individual this week. I disclosed before the sale that the car needed a brake change, and otherwise there were no mechanical problems or defects. I provided all service records, etc. We signed a contract that says the car is sold "as seen" without guarantee, and he paid cash after quickly looking over the vehicle. It was dark and rainy, but I assumed he had seen some minor scratches and dings that are normal for a car from 2009. He seemed really fine to buy the car and the whole transaction was quite fast.

However, today he messaged me with photos of the minor body damage, quite upset. I told him that I didn't intend to mislead him, and that I was very sorry for the misunderstanding, and that I had assumed he had seen the damage when checking out the car and was OK with it. He is not yet asking for a refund but I just wanted to ask here if he has any legal ground to cancel the sale or ask for a refund based on this? Am I liable for this because I didn't write about the cosmetic flaws in the for-sale ad?

Hello,

M32, second year in Switzerland.

I'm doing fine here, but there is the possibility of move within my group abroad and I might leave Switzerland let's say in the next 2 years.

Would it still be worth to do the 3rd pillar for me? Consider I did not do it last year.

I'm taxed a la source at the moment, but still I would have a tax return in case of 3rd pillar.

Am I missing something?

Thank you

On RAV since last 2 month. In January, we are expecting our first child. I have read that daily allowance changes from 70% to 80% once you become a parent? Also will I be eligible for paid paternity leave for 2 weeks?

I’ve been looking for volleyball clubs for teenagers in Zurich canton, close/around to the lake. I’ve tried sending an e-mail to a club where I live, but it’s been 2 weeks and they haven’t answered (didn’t see or ignored, I don’t really know).

Do you guys know any volleyball clubs for teenagers, and not older people like adults? I’ve only found clubs for adults around where I live, and I don’t mind going a bit far from where I live to do volleyball!

This week, our building is going without water for 3 out of the 5 working days, from 8 AM until late afternoon (although yesterday it was only from 8 to 11). The reason given is maintenance work.

I could understand if this happened occasionally—maybe four or five times a year. But in the past three months, we've had at least 15 days like this, usually lasting from 8 AM to 5 or 6 PM. On top of that, we’re often notified just one day in advance, or, if we’re lucky, two days.

Is this allowed? Are we really expected to go 10 hours without basic hygienic necessities, like flushing toilets or washing hands, for multiple days a month?

> Article from the title <

"So erklärte Willets Anwalt gegenüber der NZZ, die Staatsanwaltschaft selbst habe ein Dokument vorgelegt, laut dem im Halsbereich der Verstorbenen keine DNA von Willet gefunden worden sei. Filmaufnahmen zeigen laut Nitschke und niederländischen Journalisten, dass die Amerikanerin selbständig in die Kapsel gestiegen ist und den Knopf gedrückt hat, der den Stickstoff in den Sarco fliessen liess.

Die Aufzeichnungen der Sauerstoffkonzentration in der Kapsel sollen zudem eindeutig belegen, dass der Sauerstoffgehalt bei der Aktivierung des Sarco stark abgefallen und die ganze Zeit auf tödlichem Niveau geblieben sei. Das wäre nicht möglich, wenn Willet oder sonst jemand den Deckel des Sarco vor dem Tod der Amerikanerin geöffnet hätte."

I liked how everybody went for "boo murder" and their pitchforks with the first headlines.

Previous Post:
‘She's still alive’: First Sarco suicide pod user ‘found with strangulation marks’ as boss remains in custody : r/Switzerland

The Volkskant Article from which a reporter was present, which is quite informative and balanced: Volkskant Article

I'm sitting in an IC from Lausanne to Geneva when 5 people come up to the person beside me, present themselves as "douane Suisse" and ask for their id with an angry face. Once they saw her ID,they walked off. They were all wearing civilian clothes with different rucksacks and one of them had rubber gloves. They got off at the next stop and seemed super chill. I'm very confused. Another detail that I found weird is that they were all different ages from like 20 to 50 years old.

Can anyone explain this?

Die F-35 Diskussion flammt wieder auf. Eine Meinung dazu: https://x.com/brad_ch13/status/1863904747930918969

Ist es schon zu spät, diese Flugzeuge nicht zu kaufen? Oder ist der Vertrag bereits unterschrieben und wasserdicht?

I am 10000km far from home, until January... and just received an email from the Post, that a registered letter (against signature) from the car administration is on the way to my home

"Einschreiben Inland - Folgende Sendung ist versandbereit und macht sich bald auf den Weg zu Ihnen.

Brief von Strassenverkehrs- und..."

Are the invitations to the vehicle check sent by registered letter?

thanks!

Hello guys, I finished my PhD contract in the uni in the middle of this year, while it ended, in their record I had about 25-ish days of vacation days left untaken. And by law they would have to pay me if I request (so so so many people I know just ignore that even thought it says in the exit document they send you).

Our department HR rep for us is a lovely lady and did things very efficiently while I was employed there, no complaint. But since I left, she just says “will do it later” “I have more urgent stuff to do” every time I contact her, since late July! Now I’m think she is just dragging it so maybe I will let it go, you just can’t have nonstop urgent stuff since July in a small academic department.

Is there some “soft” way you could recommend how I can escalate this? I’m a third-national foreigner here.

So I want to buy a good quality hotpot but Im not sure where. Ive checked it online like amazon etc.. but the comments are confusing. I live near to Zürich. Should I just buy one in an asian shop? I would really like to have a decent hotpot at home.

So where I live, there are 2 stops at the end of the bus line that are out of service for the next 2 days due to street works. I normally get on at the second stop, but have to walk a few minutes to the next one. Absolutely no problems for me. But I saw an old lady (maybe about 80) with a walking frame waiting at the bus stop that is out of service, so I ran over and told her she has to move to the next stop as the bus isn't coming here today. She had no idea, (the only info was a small notice on the time schedule, I wouldn't expect elderly people to take any notice of it. Anyway, I ran to the next stop to ask the driver if he could wait for her as she made it over as fast as she physically could with her walker, she had made it to about 1 minute away from the bus when it was scheduled to leave, the driver literally could have just reversed 5 seconds to pick her up. But no. "Ne, ich muss fahre jetzt." It's her fault she doesn't know about the changed schedule.... Dude, she's 80 years old, it's f***ing cold outside, have a heart. I just can't comprehend the lack of care.

Rant over

How do ya'll survive here?! I've been in Switzerland for a month and I'm literally dying. I don't want to let go of all the amazing chocolate, cheese, milk, patisserie, fondue the list goes on. help!!

Morning all,

So I moved my father over to Sunrise Fiber from Salt because they provided me with a Zyxel modem that supports bridge mode and all kinds of other stuff thats important and he uses. He ported over yesterday and they sent him the shitty Connect Box 3 Fiber. When he asked, they told him they don't supply the Zyxel anymore. He said, in that case, please activate bridge mode on my Connect Box 3 Fiber to which they said, we can't do that, the box doesn't support it. He has a whole Unifi setup and so he needs it in Bridge mode to do certain things.

This doesn't make sense, since my partners parents have the Connect Box 3 (HFC) and it works on that one.

Has anyone been able to get this working?

Thanks!

Hi everyone! I would like to offer an unwanted cat an indoor home. For this, I‘ve been regularly monitoring the site „handicapcats“ for the last couple years, waiting for the right oportunity of a FELV/FIV+ cat or any other reason why they need to stay indoors. Now I came across a Greek shelter that specifically exports to Germany/Switzerland and actually has a cat that seems like a good match. It’s a standard adoption fee and they’ll handle the passenger+PETC transport to ZRH. But I have no experience with stray pets and this seems a bit too good/easy to be true. I only know a few people who got dogs from Greece. Has anyone of you gone this route and would be able to give me some info/recommendation? Is it common to get cats from Greece? Are there any risks involved? How do I know if a shelter is legit?

Since the winter is coming, I’d like to put my clothes away in the basement. We live in an old house. Is it safe to fold your clothes into a suitcase and put it into the basement for ~ 5 months? Do you have any tips about storing clothes in the basement? Thank you!

Edit: thanks all for the suggestions!

With Salt having yet another total blackout I'm starting to get fed up with it. Can anyone recommend any other ISPs?

Right now we're paying about 60 or 70 CHF / Month (not sure as I'm not the one paying for it) for what normally are a reliable 10 Gbits/s. Swisscom is too pricy for essentially the same services and I've heard it had a lot of outages recently as well.

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Hey,

I've been researching for a while but can't find anything really pertinent regarding the new gpsr regulations ( that starts from the 13th of December). I have a small business here in Switzerland and I'm starting to get really stressed about all this. Does anyone have any clear info ?

Thank you so much and good night everyone .

Hello my fellow Eidgenosse

I need some help with an issue I'm facing:

My girlfriend and I moved into a new flat earlier this year. At the entrance, there's a distribution box where I've installed our router since the OTO-Box is located there. The flat also has LAN sockets in different rooms.

Here’s the problem:
When I connect directly to the router, I get a download speed of around 1.5Gbps, and the same speed when connected via Wi-Fi right in front of the router. However, in other rooms (like my office), when I connect my PC to one of the LAN sockets, the speed drops to around 100Mbps. I suspect the wiring in the flat might be old, or there might be another issue.

Does anyone know how I can get normal download speeds from the LAN sockets in other rooms? It’s really frustrating not being able to stream and download at the same time...

Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Feel free to DM me if needed.

Thank you all <3

I purchased an item on amazon.de which was supposed to be delivered by DPD. After 1 month DPD didn't deliver, I cancelled the order and received the refund. Now DPD is asking for the import fee (Mehrwertsteuer + Verzollung). Are they entitled to receive this money?

Edit: For clarity, DPD is not intending to deliver (I received from amazon.de a refund for the purchase cost). I told DPD that I don't think I should pay as I haven't received the item, but they ignored this.

My husband and I used to enjoy going there for special things, now it’s a total waste of time.

Higher prices, terrible boring selection and equally bad service.

The grocery section is still nice …

How are they still in business? What happened?

As we approach the festive buying season, a word of caution. August 2023 I bought a Lenovo Yoga Laptop costing 1400CHF from my local Fust. It came with a 2 year guarantee which I extended to 3 years for an extra 125CHF....all covered in the unlikely event something goes wrong with it, or so I thought. Spoiler alert, it doesnt. A month ago the screen failed, completely black. Laptop running fine but the screen was dead....this in itself was really annoying. This is not a cheap laptop and it failed after just over a year.

So I took it back to Fust expecting it to be repaired or replaced, or so I thought. I was told that this was a "manufacturer's" guarantee and was not covered by Fust even though they sold it to me. They would have to send it away to Lenovo to be repaired which takes 2-3 weeks. Annoying but ok. They suggested copying the hard drive to retain all the data as in their experience the hard disk can be wiped when laptops are repaired. They offered this service but charged me 90CHF to copy the HD...again annoying but ok. When it came back the HD was indeed completely blank. They then charged me a further 380CHF to reinstall all the missing software and put the data back.

This seems to me that it it is not in Fust's interest to sell reliable laptops. They make money selling laptops which break and then charge nearly 500CHF for the repair despite being under guarantee. Am I missing something here? This does not seem right. Do all electrical retailers pull the same scam? Anyone else seen similar?