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I brought a pair of shoes back to a store to get a smaller size as the shoes were just a bit too large for my feet. When I asked a sales representative to see if I could get another pair, she told me that I could not do it today. I was a little surprised, but she insisted that no exchanges or refunds could be made until the 28th.
On the way out I checked the receipt, and sure enough there was a note (in French) on the bottom of the receipt indicating that no refunds or exchanges could be made on the 26th or 27th. Doh!
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It seems as if my feed script seems to cause some of the information not to show sometimes. It's quite strange actually. I thought that it was a timing issue, but I guess I'll have to take a closer look?
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I went to the mall to exchange my shoes, and only when I took a closer inspection of the receipt that came with the gift did I realize that the shoes were bought in Quebec! The name of the malls were the same so I did not really clue in to why the receipt was in French. In any case, I got a pair one size smaller and they fit quite nicely, so I took them away with me. Apparently there was a minor issue with the receipt. The taxes were different, which made sense because Quebec taxes on tax (I believe), but it seems as if owed five cents!
I then realized why this was the case: The QST is 7.5% which is less than the Ontario PST of 8%. However, because the QST is applied to the total including the 7% GST, the actual tax applied was 8.025%.
However, since the GST is now at 6%, the QST has an effective rate of 7.95%, which is now less than the Ontario PST. So the Quebec government lost 0.075% of their sales tax rate since July and will lose another 0.075% next July.
People of Quebec rejoice!
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I got home and had a quick bite before heading out to the high school reunion. The roads were good, but I was pretty sure that I did not want to ride out of town. Traffic was moving at a slower pace than usual, so I was going faster than the flow. I did not pay too much heed to other cars since I was in no rush and I was not going all that fast.
With traffic being light, I did end up in my own bubble of road for a time, and during that time I saw a pair of headlights closing in on me from behind. I had cruise control on so I paid no attention, until the car crossed to my right and passed: It was a police cruiser. No wonder why the other cars were going slow. They cop must have been in a hurry though because it blew by me.
I arrived at the party late, as usual. We had a pretty good turnout actually. I was one of the last people to arrive, and everybody was already very well settled. Although I had technically organized the party, I really did not do any of the logistics, getting a place, or food, or whatever, so I didn't think my presence was required from the get go.
In any case, we had most of the regulars show up, but I think it was a little smaller than last year because of the lack of viable e-mail addresses I actually had on hand. I'll have to remedy it for next year.
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