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So what would've happened if you stopped the car anyway for a photo - they issue a ticket and that's it?

I've never been there so I don't know the surrounding, but could your wife take photos outside while you roll through?

There was no one there when we went in March this year. Maybe you just coincided with an event?

they had these golf carts that kept looping around the castle. Just made it very uncomfortable to do anything and they kept harassing us to move the car, move the car, we just snapped a quick couple before we got chased off.

lousy rent a cops.

i dont think there was a event at 9:15ish in the morning on a thursday, but they had this group of latino tourists? students? something....

Any ebay seller/buyer here? I just picked up an item and for the first time, i got dinged PST and GST ... it was a personal seller, not a retail. Used item, not new.

They started charging on July 1, happy Canada Day

^ really, they squeezed it through without much attention. At least I didn't hear of it. Effin gov't ... now they want taxes through sale of personal items on platforms like ebay?

People who used eBay as a business caught CRAs attention a few years back. Government went to court to get records from eBay of users that made over $1k a month. So now eBay collects taxes.

USA eBay has been doing it for years state to state…

Canada forced eBay to do it starting July 1… they sent an email out beforehand to all users announcing it.

It’s truly despicable that there’s no accounting for goods being used or not.

Just wait, FB Markeplace will be next… government HATES that so many goods are changing hands online.

But damn ... there are decent used stuff online and then there are those who do business ... isn't there a way to tax those who do over $X per month vs. the little guy.

back in the day, sellers used to charge taxes of their own accord when they were honest and reported to the CRA, they would post their GST # in the posting IIRC.

that's b/c some ppl would charge taxes and pocket it and didn't have a GST # :lol

but some ppl would only charge you taxes if you were in the same province as them.

i wonder if my seller is in china - are taxes still applied on ebay.ca?

It’s not even charged if your seller’s ship from location is American… it’s up to customs when it comes in shipment wise

Some China sellers drop-ship from local warehouses though, so have to be conscious of where the “item location” is I think.

Have we talked about this? Automatic tip suggestion on machines. Really hating to have to tip 15% to just grab a coffee and a pastry and go. I mean there are like 3 extra steps in order to tip 10% ... how about putting 10% as a suggestion? Oh ... and the % is always the total which includes the GST/PST.

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Just a way for businesses to make it appear like it’s cheaper, while subsidizing their offensively low wages through politeness or pity.
Why the fuck is their a tip function at liquor stores?

I'm probably what some would consider a soft-hearted person in general and it bothers me a LOT to have to push buttons and select No Tip options on payment terminals, especially at pretty much every fast food/take out place.

It adds so much negativity to the experience. I actually feel a sense of relief when a cashier turns the machine out toward me and it's just the food total and I have to tap.

The culture needs to change somehow.

Also when I was at Coachella the last 2 times it was held, they use Square terminals there and the No Tip option was a tiny button in the bottom corner AFTER tapping the "Custom Amount" button while the 10/15/20%+ options were these giant blocks... try figuring that shit out when you're wasted... literally stand in the drinks lineup watching everyone sway on their feet trying to poke something on a screen but just hitting a 15 or 20% button instead... and you're already paying $38usd for a vodka redbull or $14usd for a cup of beer. Yah they put so much care into pressing your cup into a tap lever for 5 seconds.

I have to admit, I tipped a clerk at a liquor store a few weeks back... was buying a 6 pack of Modelo and had an interesting conversation with him about Mexico and some stuff he was doing with underprivileged kids, felt like contributing in some small way to his endeavour

i wonder how tips work/get distributed at a BCLB store though

It was an indie store, I don't think the government ones have a tip option? It's been a long time since I was in one

I still tip at the liquor store sometimes if the person helps me find something or is exceptionally polite. I just don't like the idea of it. I'd rather pay $22 for the 4 pack, and the guy behind me pays $22 for the same 4 pack meaning a reasonable business plan that pays it's employees.
Rather than I pay $22 and the guy behind me pays $20 for the same product.

68Style ... you described exactly the psychological manipulation behind this strategy. I wonder if it is the credit card company, the retail business, or the company that does the transaction that sets those preset %. Can a coffee shop say to VISA/MC, I like to have 10%, 12%, 15%, No Tip as options on my machines?

And don't get me started on Ubereats, DoorDash, etc. on their tipping options ... it feels like the suggested tip to driver start at like 20% on top of all the other admin, delivery, bullshit fees already added to your order. :flamemad:

We have decided on a no door dash/skip/uber eats policy in our household. I hope all these delivery apps fail miserably and bankrupt their investors in the process. They are just gouging small business and collecting money on the backs of labour that they don't even pay for.
Those machines can be custom set to anything you want. This pizza place I went to a couple times in North van had their tip options start at 20% and go up to 35. Fuckin idiots. It was already $35 for a large pizza.

I’ve also never ever used a food delivery app. I hate the concept / extra costs. My building is just a mess of takeout bags on a Friday or Saturday night… who the fuck orders a Five Guys milkshake for delivery and thinks that’s going to be any good when they get it?

sometimes these food delivery apps have a 30% promo and its actually cheaper to get delivery than to drive out yourself. Also when you sign up for uber eats premium, you get a lot of these 50% off coupons (i think like 5-7 of them?) and then you just cancel before the end of the month

But i agree, fuck these apps. Just abuse them when you can.

Yeah, I only use the apps for delivery for big corporate chain restaurants, and avoid them for independent places, as the discounts get passed down to the restaurant. When profit margins are so slim for restaurants, I can't imagine how they can eat 30% regularly from Uber Eats orders.

I'm firmly on the no-app train. I only order delivery from restaurants with their own delivery staff (the traditional places, like pizza and chinese).
I don't think many of types of food that you see on those app services really travels well anyways.