Roll up your sleeves and get the elbow grease out.

There's a Harvey's between the Walmart and Costco in poco, by the marks and canadian tire

Where Five Guys is?

Alrighty................ IN!

Yeah it's like connected to the 5guys iirc

Yup, right next to Swiss Chalet.

I have never, ever, gone into a Swiss Chalet, except to use their washroom. Any good? So many places, so little time. No Pho, either..........

Have any of y'all used VBCE or another currency exchange for a large transaction?
I understand VBCE is quite reputable but I tried to look around to see if they were insured in any way and I couldn't find it. I know they deal with a corporate transactions so the risk is low but I want to understand if there is any risk at all. For example if I send them a sum of money to exchange and somehow shit hits the fan, they weren't able to exchange my money and went bankrupt.

There's always that same risk regardless of where you go to. Banks too can fail overnight. However, places like VBCE has been around for so long and built a reputation and scale that the amount one's looking to exchange is usually a drop in a bucket on their scale.

Unless you are doing a few millions of dollars worth of transactions, I wouldn't worry too much. And if you have over 1M, you can always find a broker to exchange on the wholesale market that gives you pretty much the spot rate at any given moment. If you want to be extra careful, you can ask VBCE specifically to issue a bank draft (so it's backed by whichever bank issuing. I believe they use mostly RBC, and if there's a day we have to worry about RBC failing, we have bigger issues) instead of their business check.

I can't say it's worry-free. But the likelihood of that happening, given regular folks' amount, is just really low.

Fucking hell. I get here and they’re closed down. I’m disappoint.

Oh damn! I didn't think they'd closedown they like just opened

Just googled it, they closed on the 4th of this month!

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/f...age-bc-2844883

Sorry mg :( there's a popeyes, hmart, n Costco tho, hopefully the trip wasn't a total waste :(

From the article

No, wasn’t a waste. I should’ve gone to Popeye’s, though. Went To McD’s in Walmart instead, ‘cause they had those collectible Coke glasses. I have every colour now. The little things in life, eh?

Not sure about risk but work has been using VBCE for about 10 years, doing 400-600K transactions every couple of months.

Ok Aldergrove is way too far for a "quick bite" lol ... and don't quote me on this but I think the Tswassen Mill's one closed too. Can anyone confirm?
When I'm at the Mills I usually eat Montana's. Haven't been back in over a year though.

I vaguely remember reading that a few years back Arby's announcing they were gonna launch like 5 new stores in the next couple years, whatever happened to that... can't find the article anymore.

Went once, never again. Chicken was dry as balls and the vibe in there is like an old folks home.
Much rather grab a whole roast chicken from Costco for a fraction of the price and take it home.

Bwahahahaha.......... just watching reruns of SG-1. Colonel O'Neil says to Teal'c, in episode 8 of season 6..............so, who you takin in the cup? Dude looks puzzled...... you know, Lord Stanley's Cup... hockey? remember....... with the ice and the skates? We went to a game last year.

Indeed... I believe the Canucks of Vancouver are superior warriors......... Canucks, eh? Long pause......... lunch?

Yup. Heard that from just about everybody I've asked. Somehow, for whatever reason, people actually love the place. I don't get it. Then again, half of amurica likes trump

I went once when I was like 10, remember we all found it dry and either bland or salty :lol never went to it again, I was meaning to try it out again when I saw them in poco, since it's been over 20years, but I guess no one went to it lol

Some people just don't know any better because they've never had any better. I gave up trying the places locals would rave about in small prairie towns because every one of them was terrible. Chain places and fast food aren't exactly great, but they're consistent, so I stick to those now.

Swiss Chalet is a chain/franchise, though.

Sorry. Next time I'll put some coco butter on them. :fullofwin:

I agree though. Swiss Chalet es no bueno, except this one time they had fried chicken.

BTW, the one beside the Harvey's in PoCo, closed as well lol. Obsideon, rejoice :lol

https://www.vancouverisawesome.com/f...age-bc-2844883

Swiss Chalet used to be SO good ... but they went spiralling down the toilet in terms of quality. Now I think they retooled and just make frozen ribs and pies in your local grocery store.

Sorry I'm not comparing independent vs chain, just that what people consider to be "good" is entirely based on what they're used to.

I just want to say, I love you guys. No matter who you are. No homo.

So typical of restaurants that can't keep current. You can only survive so long on your reputation from years gone by. I hear Swiss Chalet is so bad now that the Swiss government is looking into having the word Swiss taken out of the company's name................. just kidding, gulolol.

Just a heads up. If you have any McDonald's Monopoly winning pieces, they expire on the 30th of November.

I have a Skullcandy $20 gift code that I'm not interested in. 5XNL9578RQMQ. Use it, if you can. Just post here if you've used it.