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                    <title>Norman1 on ScotiaBank: bonus deal gone sour. Seeking advice</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Allow 56 days after written complaint to bank before <a href="https://consumerportal.obsi.ca/public/inquiries/inquiry">proceeding to OBSI</a>:</p>
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<strong>When can I bring my complaint to OBSI?</strong></p>
<p>Banks and federal credit unions have 56 days to help you. We can look at your complaint if 56 days have passed since you first complained to the bank or federal credit union in writing, or if you have not heard from them or if you have received a final response but are still not satisfied.</p>
<p>Investment firms and provincial credit unions have 90 days to help you unless you are a Quebec resident, then they have 60 days (with exceptional circumstances allowing it to extend to 90 days).</p>
<p>You have 180 calendar days to bring your complaint to us once you have received your firm’s final response in writing.
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					                    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 13:23:25 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>AndreyG on ScotiaBank: bonus deal gone sour. Seeking advice</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>February this year I enrolled in ScotiaBank’s special Bonus offer. ScotiaBank offered $1500 bonus for depositing &#062;$100k into registered account (RRSP in my case).<br />
I was doing this transaction with Financial Advisor. Of a particular interest was question: when the bonus would be paid. Terms and Conditions we got at that time said ‘within 3 months from May 31st, 2026'. I saved copy of the text of 'Terms and Conditions'.<br />
In addition I questioned the Financial Advisor 3 times: when the bonus will be paid? The answer was consistent: by Aug. 31st. I got physical evidence of this: my two hand-written notes and Advisor’s Email saying the same.<br />
Aug. 31st came and gone and the bonus did not arrive.<br />
When I inquired with the Advisor (who does not work in Burnaby branch anymore) and with branch manager about my Bonus I was answered that according to terms and conditions it should be paid in December. When I showed Terms and Conditions I copied I got told these are wrong terms and conditions. The advisor admits, vaguely, that he made a mistake. Yet not the Advisor nor Branch Manager comes up with the Bonus.</p>
<p>My understanding: it can not be that customers of the bank suffer because of the mistakes of the bank’s personnel.</p>
<p>I took it with them both but did not get anywhere.<br />
Complaint was filed but no response.</p>
<p>What should be my next step?</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2026 12:31:15 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>dougjp on Canadian Packaged Bread Class Actions Settlement</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Here we are in mid August and a cheque arrived in the mail !</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2026 02:44:13 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>Dean on Abolish Tipping ?!</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>.<br />
And then there's this recent article from the <em>'C.D. Howe Institute'</em> . . .</p>
<ul>Link  ➡️ <a href="https://cdhowe.org/publication/what-to-do-about-the-proliferation-of-tipping/" rel="nofollow"><a href="https://cdhowe.org/publication" rel="nofollow">https://cdhowe.org/publication</a>.....f-tipping/</a></ul>
<p>.<br />
The article makes some very good points. And among other things,<br />
note the term; <em>'Tip Creep'</em>.</p>
<ul>Dean</ul>
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					                    <pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 06:16:43 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>Dean on Windows 11 Pros &#038; Cons</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>.<br />
Back in the day (when the earth was still young), going from Floppies to Zips was a Major Quantum Leap . . . </p>
<p><img src="https://dvdyourmemories.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/1970_Floppy_Disk.gif" width="420" alt="" /><br />
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<ul>Dean <img class="spSmiley" style="margin:0" src="https://www.highinterestsavings.ca/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-smileys/sf-smile.gif" title="sf-smile" alt="sf-smile" /></ul>
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					                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 02:13:42 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>AltaRed on Windows 11 Pros &#038; Cons</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Years and years ago, I used Zip disks for backups, and then an external HDD for a decade or two.   Within the last 10(?)  years, I simply use cloud storage.   Not remotely concerned. Life is short.</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:18:06 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>cgouimet on Windows 11 Pros &#038; Cons</title>
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<p><strong>RetirEd said </strong><br />
Me too.  For over 25 years, with Zip disks.  Complete backups monthly, all financial files whenever changed, with a DOS batch file selecting.  Of course, on  a machine not connected to the internet.  </p>
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<p>Wow ... That brings back memories ...</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:11:44 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>RetirEd on Windows 11 Pros &#038; Cons</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Me too.  For over 25 years, with Zip disks.  Complete backups monthly, all financial files whenever changed, with a DOS batch file selecting.  Of course, on  a machine not connected to the internet.</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 01:08:53 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>cgouimet on Windows 11 Pros &#038; Cons</title>
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<p><strong>Dean said </strong><br />
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Suggestion . . .</p>
<p>Store &#038; Backup all your documents, files, photos, etc. on Encrypted Memory Sticks (instead of OneDrive, iDrive,  etc.), and then your Not held Captive/Beholden to Anyone . . .</p>
<p>It works for me<br />
Dean  </p>
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<p>Yep. I've been doing monthly critical data backups onto USB sticks for 15+ years. </p>
<p>I retain monthly backups for the this and last year, quarterly for the previous 2 years and year-end for years before that ...</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:01:11 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>CAD on Abolish Tipping ?!</title>
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<p><strong>mmlt said </strong></p>
<p>Much the same here. I'll use 'take out' rather than sit in a crowded restaurant. Partially to avoid tipping stress but mainly to enjoy  food in the privacy of my own home.  </p>
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<p>Did you try to learn to cook? WAY, WAY better to eat when you KNOW what you are eating instead of somebody's snot or nails or whatever dipped in 1000x cooked oil and other garbage.</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 08:51:02 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>Dean on Windows 11 Pros &#038; Cons</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>.<br />
Suggestion . . .</p>
<p>Store &#038; Backup all your documents, files, photos, etc. on Encrypted Memory Sticks (instead of OneDrive, iDrive,  etc.), and then your Not held Captive/Beholden to Anyone . . .<br />
<img src="https://multimedia.bbycastatic.ca/multimedia/products/300x300/198/19877/19877604.jpeg" width="300" alt="" /><br />
It works for me <img class="spSmiley" style="margin:0" src="https://www.highinterestsavings.ca/wp-content/sp-resources/forum-smileys/sf-smile.gif" title="sf-smile" alt="sf-smile" /></p>
<ul>Dean</ul>
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					                    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 06:13:04 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>mmlt on Abolish Tipping ?!</title>
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<p><strong>RYAN said </strong><br />
I reduced my visits to restaurant because of tipping inflation and go to fast food or food court  instead which don't require tipping. Also I don't accept inflated default tipping rate 20% or so and tip a lower rate if I do go to a restaurant.  </p>
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<p>Much the same here. I'll use 'take out' rather than sit in a crowded restaurant. Partially to avoid tipping stress but mainly to enjoy  food in the privacy of my own home.</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2026 02:09:45 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>AR on Windows 11 Pros &#038; Cons</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Thinking out loud,</p>
<p>Again, microsoft extends updates and you agree to onedrive service which becomes a paid service?</p>
<p>It is tied to your email and thus all your windows devices and/or more? </p>
<p>Is it still 5gb and then they want money as per my page 3 post #56?</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:15:35 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>Dean on Windows 11 Pros &#038; Cons</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>.<br />
Yup, that's ⬆️ fairly well known . . .</p>
<ul><strong>Link:</strong> <a href="https://en.softonic.com/articles/windows-10-gets-another-free-year-of-security-updates-esu-now-runs-through-2027" rel="nofollow"><a href="https://en.softonic.com/articl" rel="nofollow">https://en.softonic.com/articl</a>.....rough-2027</a></ul>
<p>.<br />
Kudos to Microsoft  for doing that, for those with computers that can't handle Windows 11.   But come Oct. 2027 ... their time will be Up !</p>
<ul>Dean </ul>
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					                    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 11:21:10 -0700</pubDate>
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                    <title>Bill on Windows 11 Pros &#038; Cons</title>
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					                        <description><![CDATA[<p>Still running Windows 10 on my old desktop, just got an email from Microsoft saying they're extending the free security updates for another year, to Oct 12, 2027, I don't have to do anything.</p>
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					                    <pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:26:57 -0700</pubDate>
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