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Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 20th 2013, 8:09 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone in Vancouver?

https://www.facebook.com/groups/492820287422075/


It is now a group.

Please join this as it makes more sense than the event :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 20th 2013, 6:27 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone in Vancouver?

Fantastic :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 20th 2013, 6:05 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone in Vancouver?

:)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 20th 2013, 6:01 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone in Vancouver?

Glad to hear a good news story but sorry your friend is leaving..

Up certainly up for a meet up, I'm on Smithe just by Granville so not to far away :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 20th 2013, 5:58 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone in Vancouver?

There is a first for everything :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 20th 2013, 5:57 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone in Vancouver?

I take it your not coming then ;)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 20th 2013, 12:40 am
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone in Vancouver?

Nice to meet you ;) We also left South London :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 20th 2013, 12:39 am
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone in Vancouver?

I hope it's not going to be that hard!
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 20th 2013, 12:01 am
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone in Vancouver?

We are Downtown, I started

"The Downtown Vancouver Social Club" on Facebook as a public group and was trying to get that going so thought this maybe a good way to recruit :)

(It is of course...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Mar 19th 2013, 11:35 pm
Replies: 47
Views: 2,754
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Anyone in Vancouver?

Well I decided after the success of meeting expats in the States through this site I would try to get a group together who live in Vancouver.

As this is now a permanent move for us and it does not...
Forum: Canada
Jan 28th 2013, 9:06 pm
Replies: 19
Views: 4,278
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: UK to Canada removal companies.

We used Robinsons and our things were trashed I would avoid at all costs.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 18th 2012, 5:28 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,362
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone have an account with Vancity?

Vancity also offers a US account (which we need as O/H will have to travel back to the states for work once a month). We are going in today to sign the papers after opening the account over the phone.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 18th 2012, 6:38 am
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

Great to hear it worked for you for us (after always being great for me in the UK) it just went down hill from there.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 18th 2012, 6:09 am
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

As about in the US and here in Canada HSBC had a very large amount of our money in fixed savers (You cannot touch them for the term no matter what happens).

They would not even give me a credit...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 18th 2012, 5:49 am
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2012/03/21/hsbc-financial-closures.html

They are pulling out of consumer lending.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 18th 2012, 5:43 am
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

I expected HSBC Premier to be a little better on the amount I was transferring. Not as good just a lot better than it was.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 18th 2012, 2:56 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,362
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone have an account with Vancity?

That's good to know
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 18th 2012, 2:54 am
Replies: 15
Views: 1,362
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Anyone have an account with Vancity?

It feels pretty good to be stepping away from HSBC :)
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 18th 2012, 2:52 am
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

I tried to do the transfer through Global view however the rate to do it with HSBC was 2 1/2 cents less per pound than an FX company. Because it was a large amount it made a big difference.
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 17th 2012, 11:39 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

The reason we did not get a good rate was because they are pulling their lending out of Canada by the end of 2013..

I have to say my Financial adviser has been fantastic and given me very good...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 17th 2012, 8:13 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

Thanks for the information PC was also discussed yesterday the only negative I heard was regarding the cash points..
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 17th 2012, 8:11 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 1,362
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Anyone have an account with Vancity?

If As I am running as fast as I can away from HSBC Premier I am considering using Vancity?

Any feedback on the good / bad would be much appreciated..
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 17th 2012, 8:09 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

I agree 100 %

We are going with ING for our mortgage, better rates, better terms, not locked in to a collateral mortgage as with HSBC (this is not something we wanted).

Are you banking with...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 17th 2012, 8:07 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Re: Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

I have spoken to two financial advisers that have confirmed they are pulling out. They have already sold off some branches.

Certainly not standard practice to have such a hassle when doing...
Forum: The Maple Leaf
Dec 17th 2012, 7:52 pm
Replies: 32
Views: 7,768
Posted By BadgerNaboo

Avoid HSBC Premier at all costs

There is really to much to go into here. However I have had an account with them in the UK since 1996 without any problems.

I switched to a HSBC Premier account when I was moving to the US to make...
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