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02-08-2009, 06:03 PM
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#26 | | RS Veteran
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Suckers. My wireless phone plans are free.
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02-08-2009, 07:48 PM
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#27 | | Banned By Establishment
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property prices in Manhattan are $$$.
Cell phone plans are better in the USA. Got to love the roll over minutes every month, not just for one month.
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02-08-2009, 09:55 PM
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#28 | | I don't get it
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Originally Posted by slammer111  ^ What plan are you on? Please do tell  | SFU plan + Retentions add-ons
300 mins
6pm E/W
500 SMS
unlimited mobile browser
Bell to bell
SAF +911 included
$25ish after taxes
nowhere near the best but beats 90% of the plans out there (unless you're lucky and get put onto the enbridge plan which is seriously insane)
That, plus the mobile browser is compatible with the HTC TOUCH (only smartphone from bell that can use the mobile browser in place of a data plan) + unlocked the Touch + installed a custom ROM making it much smoother faster, better UI = major WIN Quote:
Originally Posted by hotjoint damn you gettin jacked,
I pay around 60 ish for mine
$17.50 Epp plan
200 daytime minutes
Free weekends and evening after 6pm
$30 Iphone Essentials Data Plan
500 Mb data
10,000 text mesages
caller id
Visual voicemail
My plan is the best  | Pretty good too. The only reason I'm sticking with bell is because of my plan and the htc touch. Quote:
Originally Posted by b-dub wtf?
i'm paying 100+ bucks for my plan
City fido - $50
3G plan - $30
Visual voicemail bundle - $15
+ various fee and tax. | nothing wrong with this. City Fido is a crazy deal assuming you actually use a lot of daytime minutes. If you don't then maybe not so much....really depends anyway. I don't use daytime minutes that much so 300 + bell 2 bell is enough for me. Quote:
Originally Posted by bcrdukes Suckers. My wireless phone plans are free. | how so
you work for one of the carriers or something?
Anyway, definitely try to milk your phone company for all they're worth. I'm pretty amazed at some of the retention plans I've seen from either redflagdeals or howardforums where people post their plans. sick sh*t
Last edited by E=mc²; 02-08-2009 at 10:03 PM.
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02-08-2009, 10:18 PM
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#29 | | I don't get it
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Originally Posted by nipples yeah but the states has much much cheaper cell phone plans than us in canada. |
The only thing the US have over us IMO is the fact that domestic long distance is free, and possibly caller ID/voicemail included in all plans.
If you're a student or looking for a plan under $30 it might be kinda hard.
e.g Verizon's cheapest indiv plan starts at $40.
compare that to a corporate plan or retentions plan where you could get more for the same price, or the same features (minus the free LD) for $10 cheaper or even more.
bottom line, screw consumer plans, we have retentions/corp plans. the US don't.
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02-09-2009, 01:35 AM
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#30 | | Ready to be Man handled by RS!
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There was a listing of median income:housing prices posted sometime last week and Vancouver was number 3 where as NYC was either 7 or 8.
Housing prices in Zimbabwe are in the trillions!111 omgawd we'd never be able to afford /endsarcasm
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02-09-2009, 09:10 AM
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#31 | | linguistic ninja
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LOL only on Revscene does a discussion about international living costs turn into a phone plan pissing match. Talk about penny-wise, pound-foolish  | |
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02-09-2009, 09:20 AM
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#32 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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it's all about that damned cell phone man.
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02-09-2009, 09:33 AM
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#33 | | Diagonally parked in a parallel universe
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Originally Posted by hk20000 it's all about that damned cell phone man. | the report probably wasn't even talking about cellphones... all it said was "phone service", this most likely refers to a land line. $17-34 a month sounds about right when compared to shaw or telus phone offerings.
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02-09-2009, 09:48 AM
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#34 | | RS Veteran
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/failsauce
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02-09-2009, 01:41 PM
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#35 | | Unauthourized Spammer
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There should be an IQ test before your account is approved for posting.
The bright side is I feel much more intelligent after looking at how dumb so many people on here are.
I've worked in both Boston and New York. If you're a hard working, intelligent person, the opportunity to make significantly more money in large cities such as Boston, New York and London over little villages like Vancouver are immense.
After you take into account the cost of income tax, property tax, sales tax and lack of tax savings tools in Vancouver versus the cost of living and the opportunity to make money, it becomes very clear that we are a joke on the global scale and significantly over priced.
Many native born and raised Canadians complain about the 'rich Asians' coming from Hong Kong and Korea. This is because while those parts of the world are more expensive, the amount of money that can be made there is astronomical compared to Vancouver.
The only market Vancouver has is construction and Real Estate, a dangerously concentrated market that functions like a self propelled suicide machine.
Vancouver is a great place to retire, it's a horrible place to make a future.
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02-09-2009, 01:45 PM
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#36 | | Banned (ABWS)
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I find it funny this guy is comparing a city like New York to Vancouver, but you need a high double digit salary or six figures to live comfortably here too.
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02-09-2009, 03:08 PM
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#37 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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Originally Posted by jigga250 no there aren't
obviously bigger cities will have larger numbers of 10+ million houses, but there aren't any significant areas where "thats the norm" | Like achiam, I live in London. Speaking in Canadian dollars, there are entire areas with average home prices in the 10 million dollar range. Of course, some buildings are broken up into smaller flats (a rarity), but the average house in Belgravia/Mayfair would exceed 10 million dollars cdn, easily.
In my area, most large homes were rezoned ages ago with 1,000sq apartments going for roughly £1,000,000. In the proper 'posh' areas, there was no such redevelopment, and most homes go loads of cash.
Don't be a pen15 and make assumptions about things you know nothing about.
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02-09-2009, 03:51 PM
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#38 | | Hypa owned my ass at least once
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Originally Posted by bcrdukes @ this thread.
/failsauce | Uhh, you were one of the participants of the phone plan pissing match. Quote:
Originally Posted by bcrdukes Suckers. My wireless phone plans are free. | | |
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02-09-2009, 05:09 PM
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#39 | | RS Veteran
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You take my posts far too seriously. Relax. It's only Monday. Lets' go have a beer. | |
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02-10-2009, 11:25 AM
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#40 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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Originally Posted by bengy I find it funny this guy is comparing a city like New York to Vancouver, but you need a high double digit salary or six figures to live comfortably here too. | Exactly...
You need 6 figures in Vancouver to be middle class these days as well..
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02-10-2009, 01:49 PM
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#41 | | Willing to sell a family member for a few minutes on RS
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Originally Posted by MXQBLGH SFU plan + Retentions add-ons
300 mins
6pm E/W
500 SMS
unlimited mobile browser
Bell to bell
SAF +911 included
$25ish after taxes
| nice thats a dope plan. Wish I could get everything I currently have for $25ish a month
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02-10-2009, 02:17 PM
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#42 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Originally Posted by jigga250 no there aren't
obviously bigger cities will have larger numbers of 10+ million houses, but there aren't any significant areas where "thats the norm" | Where are you referring to?
I really hope you're not speaking of Chelsea in London, or the Upper East Side in Manhattan, or the Peak in Hong Kong.
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02-10-2009, 02:21 PM
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#43 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Originally Posted by Eastwood What's teh most expensive: Victoria, Vancouver, or Kelowna?
I always thought Kelowna was teh most expensive in BC. | I believe the record was a Whistler condo in 2004. It was listed for $26M but was sold to an American family for $22M.
The other really expensive property that usually peaks for Greater Vancouver is the massive house on Celtic Avenue in the Southlands. Its ownership has changed several times in the past 5 years but has consistently sold for between $19M to I believe $22M.
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02-10-2009, 02:26 PM
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#44 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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Originally Posted by Chuck Norris There should be an IQ test before your account is approved for posting.
The bright side is I feel much more intelligent after looking at how dumb so many people on here are.
I've worked in both Boston and New York. If you're a hard working, intelligent person, the opportunity to make significantly more money in large cities such as Boston, New York and London over little villages like Vancouver are immense.
After you take into account the cost of income tax, property tax, sales tax and lack of tax savings tools in Vancouver versus the cost of living and the opportunity to make money, it becomes very clear that we are a joke on the global scale and significantly over priced.
Many native born and raised Canadians complain about the 'rich Asians' coming from Hong Kong and Korea. This is because while those parts of the world are more expensive, the amount of money that can be made there is astronomical compared to Vancouver.
Vancouver is a great place to retire, it's a horrible place to make a future. | Completely agree. My only advice to people in Vancouver is to get the fuck out when you're still young. Save up a stash, and move to a big world city.
Everytime I go back to Vancouver, my friends are STILL doing the same shit jobs, and nothing ever changes.
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02-10-2009, 02:51 PM
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#45 | | Banned (ABWS)
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I can't wait for the economy to improve so I can head to a real financial centre like NYC, London, or HK. Vancouver is just embarrassing as a job market for finance people.
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