First Canniversary
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First Canniversary
Well, I'm a couple of days late but my first Canniversary was on 1 May.
My (cradle Canadian; born in Vancouver General Hospital) +1 and I are absolutely loving life in Vancouver, Canada. The last 12 months have been amazing (up until recent events, of course). We love living here, love the life, love the people, love our new city - you get the picture. We've thrown ourselves into life here - established our routines, joined clubs and activities, engaged with our community and made friends.
Probably my biggest beef with life here is shelf sticker prices not including tax and container deposits! So pretty small beer in the scheme of things.
British Expats was an invaluable source of information and advice throughout the permanent residence application process. Thank you to everyone.
Now counting down the days until I can make my citizenship application!
My (cradle Canadian; born in Vancouver General Hospital) +1 and I are absolutely loving life in Vancouver, Canada. The last 12 months have been amazing (up until recent events, of course). We love living here, love the life, love the people, love our new city - you get the picture. We've thrown ourselves into life here - established our routines, joined clubs and activities, engaged with our community and made friends.
Probably my biggest beef with life here is shelf sticker prices not including tax and container deposits! So pretty small beer in the scheme of things.
British Expats was an invaluable source of information and advice throughout the permanent residence application process. Thank you to everyone.
Now counting down the days until I can make my citizenship application!
#2
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congrats on the Canniversary
#3
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Congrats.
Every time that comes up most people appear to think it's a good thing as they get to see how much tax they're paying. I'm not one of them.
As for the bottle deposits, I'm more irritated by the fact that here we only get half of it back. Not that I've returned any for a few years. We put our empties out for someone who once asked if he could have them and now he gets them every week.
As for the bottle deposits, I'm more irritated by the fact that here we only get half of it back. Not that I've returned any for a few years. We put our empties out for someone who once asked if he could have them and now he gets them every week.
#4
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Congratulations! Great so see another person make a happy life for themselves in Vancouver.
#6
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But as I have said before its all about the big picture, and it sounds you are certainly embracing the big picture!! Glad to hear your settling in well and enjoying your new life!
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Congrats on your first year! May all your other anniversaries be as happy!
Stick around... keep us updated
Stick around... keep us updated
#8
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Congratulations! Hope all this craziness is over by second anniversary 🥂
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From memory, when the GST was introduced in 1991 stores had the option of including it or not including it in their pricing. Most stores excluded it but one store chain, Woolco, included it, so their prices seemed higher than their competitors. Their sales suffered badly. I don't remember if they changed their policy but 3 years later they were bought out by Walmart.
On the other hand "The price you see is the price you pay...no hidden extras" has been considered a successful advertising campaign and as an example, flights (if anyone can remember them) in the UK have long been advertised including all the various extras.
It irritates me to see "7 night vacation for $649" and then taxes taking it well past a grand.
#11
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Congrats.
Every time that comes up most people appear to think it's a good thing as they get to see how much tax they're paying. I'm not one of them.
As for the bottle deposits, I'm more irritated by the fact that here we only get half of it back. Not that I've returned any for a few years. We put our empties out for someone who once asked if he could have them and now he gets them every week.
Every time that comes up most people appear to think it's a good thing as they get to see how much tax they're paying. I'm not one of them.
As for the bottle deposits, I'm more irritated by the fact that here we only get half of it back. Not that I've returned any for a few years. We put our empties out for someone who once asked if he could have them and now he gets them every week.
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That's interesting.
On the other hand "The price you see is the price you pay...no hidden extras" has been considered a successful advertising campaign and as an example, flights (if anyone can remember them) in the UK have long been advertised including all the various extras.
It irritates me to see "7 night vacation for $649" and then taxes taking it well past a grand.
On the other hand "The price you see is the price you pay...no hidden extras" has been considered a successful advertising campaign and as an example, flights (if anyone can remember them) in the UK have long been advertised including all the various extras.
It irritates me to see "7 night vacation for $649" and then taxes taking it well past a grand.
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Re: First Canniversary
Thank you everyone for your kind wishes (and the mutual commiserations over complicated pricing LOL).
Cheers
MelVan
Cheers
MelVan