Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
#361
Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
Or bus there and taxi back. I do both.
We also do a taxi both ways - to accommodate my wife's wheelchair. My mother in law joins us - one to push the cart and one for the wheelchair. But even three able bodied people will often choose the taxi. There's not a huge difference between $6.75 by bus and $8, $10 or $12 depending on which supermarket...then there's the door to door aspect and weather issue.
It would be nice to have the option here but my wife would hate it. She really enjoys grocery shopping.
Last edited by BristolUK; Jan 29th 2015 at 4:37 pm.
#362
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Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
For a "car"? Not a 6L V8 Monster truck thing!?
I pay £380 for my little 1.3L Suzuki Swift here - just shy of $800 a year.
Now granted I will probably get something a little bit bigger in Canada, maybe a 2L Honda Civic as they seem pretty commonplace at the 2nd hand dealers.
But will insurance really cost that much?
I've got 4 years no claims on my car, and 7 years on my motorcycle.
#363
Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
For a "car"? Not a 6L V8 Monster truck thing!?
I pay £380 for my little 1.3L Suzuki Swift here - just shy of $800 a year.
Now granted I will probably get something a little bit bigger in Canada, maybe a 2L Honda Civic as they seem pretty commonplace at the 2nd hand dealers.
But will insurance really cost that much?
I've got 4 years no claims on my car, and 7 years on my motorcycle.
#364
Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
I can't tell you how much I miss Internet grocery shopping..... I keep wondering about setting up something similar- lots of wealthy cottagers in the summer months to keep it going- but really I just want someone else to set it up so I can use it!!!
#365
Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
For a "car"? Not a 6L V8 Monster truck thing!?
I pay £380 for my little 1.3L Suzuki Swift here - just shy of $800 a year.
Now granted I will probably get something a little bit bigger in Canada, maybe a 2L Honda Civic as they seem pretty commonplace at the 2nd hand dealers.
But will insurance really cost that much?
I've got 4 years no claims on my car, and 7 years on my motorcycle.
It will cost a bundle. I'd be delighted to get down to $500/month. Postal code is important, credit score is important, age and driving record are important. The vehicle not so much.
#366
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Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
Correct, here in the UK at today's exchange rate of $1.85 we would pay $3 Canada in general operates an antiquated "Dairy Farming Quote System" which effects all Dairy Products, you pay and only the farmer wins
#367
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Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
I'm only planning on spending $10,000 on a vehicle.
The thought of paying $6,000 for a years insurance on it is sickening - surely people just drive without insurance as a result?
I have 4 years no claims in a car, which I will bring proof of and a clean drivers licence. I do hope that means I won't have to pay quite that much, but even paying 30% of the vehicles value annually is hard to digest.
How can they get away with it? Are Canadian drivers that bad?
#368
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Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
Can't believe I was actually arsed to do this but - went on the Tesco's website and looked up the price of milk! The unit price per litre differed depending on quantity, but at 1 litre the unit price is 88p per litre. If you buy 2 litres it is 66p. If you extrapolate this out, 4 litres would cost $4.93 at current exchange rate. I then checked what I paid this week in my local supermarket and it was $4.46 for 4 litres. That wasn't on special either. Granted that was for a 4 litre jug so economies of scale no doubt was a factor. Surely that makes Canada better than England in every way. My petrol was 89 cents today - that's cheaper too.
Someone else can look at eggs.
Someone else can look at eggs.
VAT 20% against 15% HST BUT VAT HAS to be included in advertised sale price unlike HST.
You don't pay tax on used cars bought in the UK either
#369
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Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
For a "car"? Not a 6L V8 Monster truck thing!?
I pay £380 for my little 1.3L Suzuki Swift here - just shy of $800 a year.
Now granted I will probably get something a little bit bigger in Canada, maybe a 2L Honda Civic as they seem pretty commonplace at the 2nd hand dealers.
But will insurance really cost that much?
I've got 4 years no claims on my car, and 7 years on my motorcycle.
#370
Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
Who's them? Many BE members have used Johnson's Insurance who routinely recognize UK experience.
In my case when I last immigrated to Canada I was arriving from living in Germany. I used a broker who set me up with a policy from Zurich, a Swiss company with a Canadian subsidiary. They gave me full credit for an 8 year no claims record in Germany.
Not that it matters to the poster you replied to, but while they still operate in Canada, Zurich are no longer in the car insurance sector.
But what's all this got to do with the price of milk?
In my case when I last immigrated to Canada I was arriving from living in Germany. I used a broker who set me up with a policy from Zurich, a Swiss company with a Canadian subsidiary. They gave me full credit for an 8 year no claims record in Germany.
Not that it matters to the poster you replied to, but while they still operate in Canada, Zurich are no longer in the car insurance sector.
But what's all this got to do with the price of milk?
#371
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Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
I bet Eggman doesn't get prices like that. He's being ripped off by the British State apparatus. What he needs is a nice place closer to his son in Nova Scotia. It's too fast paced and aggressive in the UK. All those drunks and under age kids buying booze in the same isle my impressionable 7 year old might be queuing up at in the supermarket. Seems to me they should look at that. No wonder Britian is going to the dogs!
UK like Canada YOU WILL NOT be able to buy alcohol in store-yes we can here-or in a bar with out ID if you appear under 25 years-law here is 18 years.
Ripped off by the British State apparatus correct BUT Canada is far worse, monopolies and a hate of competition is the order of the day, it has no place in a free market economy but most Canadians don't understand just accept.
Trade Unions in Canada are like they were in 1970's UK, Thatcher broke them who will here and 50 years to late.
Yes in so many ways your 30/50 years out of date with Europe and the USA.
#372
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Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
Who's them? Many BE members have used Johnson's Insurance who routinely recognize UK experience.
In my case when I last immigrated to Canada I was arriving from living in Germany. I used a broker who set me up with a policy from Zurich, a Swiss company with a Canadian subsidiary. They gave me full credit for an 8 year no claims record in Germany.
Not that it matters to the poster you replied to, but while they still operate in Canada, Zurich are no longer in the car insurance sector.
But what's all this got to do with the price of milk?
In my case when I last immigrated to Canada I was arriving from living in Germany. I used a broker who set me up with a policy from Zurich, a Swiss company with a Canadian subsidiary. They gave me full credit for an 8 year no claims record in Germany.
Not that it matters to the poster you replied to, but while they still operate in Canada, Zurich are no longer in the car insurance sector.
But what's all this got to do with the price of milk?
Milketc like insurance in Canada is one big rip off
#373
Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
Do you think a Canadian HGV driver could get a job in the UK? Perhaps, I don't know, it's not a topic which has interested me.
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Re: Potentially moving to Halifax, NS
https://www1.johnson.ca/location/johnson-inc-halifax-ns
Do you think a Canadian HGV driver could get a job in the UK? Perhaps, I don't know, it's not a topic which has interested me.
Do you think a Canadian HGV driver could get a job in the UK? Perhaps, I don't know, it's not a topic which has interested me.