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09-02-2010, 07:40 PM
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#51 | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by Mananetwork SERIOUSLY! It costs this much to park at these schools?!
Park a couple blocks away for free and ride the bus in! | haha but this will completely defeat the purpose of driving
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09-02-2010, 08:03 PM
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#52 | #savethemanuals
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Originally Posted by PiuYi i thought that before too.... but i'm on my 4th ticket already | How about changing your plates then? Costs $18 I think and its like a fresh start? Or do they check the vins and stuff.
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09-02-2010, 11:34 PM
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#53 | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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09-03-2010, 09:21 AM
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#54 | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Maybe I'm getting old, but I think this thread needs some perspective...
If you can afford to pay 5K+ a year in tuition, I think a few hundred bucks a year for a parking pass should be affordable. I don't have any sympathy if you can afford to drive to school, pay tuition, and enjoy all of the other perks of student life. Moreover, instead of complaining about parking rates, I would complain more about the declining quality of the education, the corporatization of the campus with no tangible benefits to the students, and the diminishing value of a bachelor's degree before complaining about a couple hundred bucks. Just sayin'.
I took the #25 to and from campus 5 days a week for 5 years which amounted to 2 hours of my time per day. Pay up or get on the bus.
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09-03-2010, 11:30 AM
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#55 | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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^ its not a few hundred bucks... its almost 1000. In 4 years that's almost a full year of tuition already. How is that affordable? Probably costs as much as the average university students car lol...
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09-03-2010, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Gee.Tee.Ar Probably costs as much as the average university students car lol... |
a lot of university students who can afford to park drive really nice cars: 3 series, m3, c series, 350z, g35, porsche, etc. etc.
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09-03-2010, 01:43 PM
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#57 | Proud to be called a RS Regular!
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Originally Posted by orange7 a lot of university students who can afford to park drive really nice cars: 3 series, m3, c series, 350z, g35, porsche, etc. etc. | Yeh it makes sense if they can afford that much to park then they probably have a nice car. Therefore the parking lots are full of nice cars. They are not the ones complaining
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09-04-2010, 06:03 PM
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#58 | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by Tapioca Maybe I'm getting old, but I think this thread needs some perspective...
If you can afford to pay 5K+ a year in tuition, I think a few hundred bucks a year for a parking pass should be affordable. I don't have any sympathy if you can afford to drive to school, pay tuition, and enjoy all of the other perks of student life. Moreover, instead of complaining about parking rates, I would complain more about the declining quality of the education, the corporatization of the campus with no tangible benefits to the students, and the diminishing value of a bachelor's degree before complaining about a couple hundred bucks. Just sayin'.
I took the #25 to and from campus 5 days a week for 5 years which amounted to 2 hours of my time per day. Pay up or get on the bus. | The point of this thread is about dual taxation
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09-04-2010, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Y2K_o__o The point of this thread is about dual taxation | +1
it's about tax on tax.
not so much on parking rates.
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09-08-2010, 08:04 PM
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#60 | OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday
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Originally Posted by Gee.Tee.Ar ^ its not a few hundred bucks... its almost 1000. In 4 years that's almost a full year of tuition already. How is that affordable? Probably costs as much as the average university students car lol... | Parking is not supposed to be affordable for the average student. Driving to school is a privilege, not a right. Quote:
a lot of university students who can afford to park drive really nice cars: 3 series, m3, c series, 350z, g35, porsche, etc. etc.
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The point of this thread is about dual taxation
| Yes, I know what the thread is about, but my point was that if you can afford to drive to school, you can afford a few extra bucks. All parking lots, not just UBC's, are subject to a double tax.
On a side note, before HST, I was theoretically double-taxed on everything else via the PST.
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09-08-2010, 08:26 PM
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#61 | i like gifs
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09-13-2010, 02:45 PM
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#62 | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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if you go on the ubc parking website.
"starting jan 2010, parking tax will increase from 7% to 35%"
Last year I paid $710 tax included for 2 parkade pass,
this year, $821.50 tax included for 1 parkade pass.
WTF
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09-13-2010, 04:32 PM
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#63 | Rs has made me the man i am today!
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Originally Posted by Tapioca On a side note, before HST, I was theoretically double-taxed on everything else via the PST. | no no thats just 2 taxes, the HST on the parking tax would be like putting PST on your GST
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