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'Woman hides in hollowed-out loveseat during raid; pair accused of mailbox thefts caught'

Woman hides in hollowed-out loveseat during raid; pair accused of mailbox thefts caughthttps://globalnews.ca/news/4474171/woman-hides-in-hollowed-out-loveseat-during-raid-pair-accused-of-mailbox-thefts-caught/ This happened not terribly far from wher...

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Another postal worker caught stealing mail.

https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/postal-worker-admits-to-stealing-more-than-6000-greeting-cards-filled-with-cash-and-checks-in-wauwatosa/ar-BBNpO5X?li=AAggFp5&ocid=mailsignout

'Canada’s duty-free limits may change with the new NAFTA deal – here’s how'

https://globalnews.ca/news/4413587/canada-duty-free-limits-nafta/?utm_source=Article&utm_medium=EditorsPick&utm_campaign=2015 I found this to be a well-balanced piece that thoroughly considered all sides of the discussion.

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De minimis threshold

Reading a news feed and one of about a dozen sticking points in the NAFTA negotiations is "the de minimis threshold, which is the maximum value of an item that Canadians can order from a foreign country without paying duties or taxes." I wonder how f...

Fresh Motorhome Scam Toyota and Royal Canadian Air Force

Yesterday, using facebook, someone reached out on the facebook marketplace trying to sell a beautiful too-good-to-be-true Toyota Motorhome. A fraction of the price, beautiful photos, selling because she's about to be deployed through her regiment at ...

Apologies but message board needs a 1 minute humour break...

And no offence intended to anyone. For a smile only!!! Enjoy!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuMtCJXstk0 -CM

The most entertaining thing you read today: 'Accidental Reflections in Objects Posted for Sale....'

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/8xeeqb/accidental-nude-photos-reflected-in-objects-people-were-selling-on-ebay-v25n2?utm_campaign=sharebutton Proceed with caution and, for goodness sakes, don't try this at home. Or here!

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Resolved! Buy Canada-EU-Asia

Hello friends!Donald Trumps is considering a massive import tax on goods exported from Canada, Asia, Europe & South America. President trump, you have made a mistake. You must change your approach. It's only gonna hurt U.S. businesses and most the Am...

Boring Boards

This Discussion Board used to be great - lots of participants and lots of interest. Had to read through two or three pages a day. I learned a lot using the boards. Now new content is half a page a day at best And! They are boring. Never mind the cont...

Resolved! Our immigration failure

Trudeau’s open arms immigration policy (announced when first elected) opened the flood gates for President Trump’s hundreds of thousands of US undesirable US illegal immigrants. Last month 2600 crossed the border into Quebec and the Liberals have no ...

Sellers milking the arbitrage method get store pushback.

A supermarket chain has decided to sell baby formula from behind a counter with quantity limits.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-44118612

variations missing from clothing catagory

I have been having issues since Friday when the "variations" portion of the listings vanished. I have phoned 3 times & got an email today saying the issue was fixed. It is not fixed & still no variation option when you go to list. I cannot list with ...

From attempted murder to BFFs:'Infamous Vancouver crow and Canada Post worker are 'super cool' pals'

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/infamous-vancouver-crow-and-canada-post-worker-are-super-cool-pals-1.3885362 I remembered the crow, Canuck, from previous newstories about how he stole a knife from police at an outdoor crime scene and that he was...

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Like a lead ballon: 'Russia's first postal drone has the worst possible maiden voyage'

It's funny only because it's not. https://mashable.com/2018/04/03/russia-postal-drone-crash/?utm_cid=hp-h-20#9iNbXhUkaPqJ Я задолбался!

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Canada income tax rates of 79%

The chart for 1955 (found while going through some old papers of my dad).Things have changed a bit...tax season from 62 years ago

'eBay is discontinuing guides' Grrr.

I worked quite hard on the two Guides I had created but mine already disappeared. About four months ago

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2018 budget to eliminate paper currency...

The $1, $2, $25, $500 and $1000 paper bills are to be eventually downgraded from legal currency to pieces of pretty paper. It's been 18 years since the last $1000 bill was printed, but over 700,000 are still in circulation.http://www.cbc.ca/news/poli...

'Trudeau to meet with Amazon, eBay CEOs on 4-day U.S. trip'

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/trudeau-embarks-on-four-day-us-trip-1.4523136 If there's follow-up about this from ebay, can someone update the thread? I wonder if the PM is an ebay shopper

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''Errant cow commits mail fraud' thoughts on your next INR to mid-west USA....

https://mashable.com/2018/02/07/cow-eating-mail-iowa/?utm_cid=hp-h-2#gBk8Xi1I1qqq Delicious lettermail. Take THAT, human farmer man

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'eBay Rolls Out Program to Combat Ad Fraud'

https://www.ecommercebytes.com/2018/01/27/ebay-rolls-program-combat-ad-fraud/ Can someone please dumb this down for me? I'd like to understand what this is about but I lack the grey matter to do so. Directly from the source: http://www.ebayadvertisin...

'5 Toys From the ’70s That Are Worth Way More Than You Think'

Although I have none of these items among my possessions, I find articles such as this to be incredibly fascinating. https://www.fatherly.com/gear/toys-from-the-1970s-that-are-worth-way-more-than-you-think/

'Liberals opt out of Canada Post overhaul'

Hitting the fan today, only moments after I received the message from the chair of the panel itself. (I testified with ebay support in October of 2016.) https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/liberal-government-wont-deliver-on-harper-era-chang...

'The best times to buy stuff on sale in Canada'

https://globalnews.ca/news/3973885/buy-stuff-on-sale-canada/ Screenshot compliments of GlobalNews.ca

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'Nigerian prince' email scammer arrested in Louisiana

http://mashable.com/2017/12/30/nigerian-prince-scam-arrest/?utm_cid=hp-h-1#uqj2PvzJ4PqP

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'Gold purchased inside Ontario coffee shop for $1,200 worth less than a small coffee'

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/canada/gold-purchased-inside-ont-tim-hortons-for-1-200-worth-less-than-a-small-coffee-1.3732216 This article strikes me as odd for a couple of reasons but I've never been in the market for gold bouillon so I don't actual...

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Another senior exec leaves Ebay, hired by Hal Lawton

https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2017/12/20/macys-adds-ebay-exec-to-c-suite.html

'UPS loses family's $846,000 inheritance when Bank draft goes missing'

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/toronto/ups-td-canada-trust-bank-draft-1.4447384 This story was updated since I first read it this morning. Never underestimate the power of Bad Press. That being said, UPS did lose it. That is the part of the tale ...

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Iron on t shirt transfer

I am not sure what to look for but the Iron on transfers dont work for our printer its lazor if the inkjet dont work what can we use for lazer thanks Avery said to avoid using ink jet all the time: it may over heat my unit thanks