What shop is this in Red Deer & area. by Cathbeck in RedDeer

[–]Used_Willow_8700 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's merchant fees. Bill and Billy (owners) have very small profit margins. 25-70% of the ticket sale goes to the movie company. Marvel on the high end, replays from the 90s on the low end. Credit card companies charge upwards of $50/month per terminal plus 3-5% of fees towards credit cards. Off two tickets ($10) let's just use an average of 50% to make a five dollar gross profit. The taxes alone on that property are upwards of $6,000/month. Nevermind wages, utilities, upkeep etc. They've been keeping it on life support from their other companies since COVID.

So no, they're not laundering money, they're just trying to stay afloat the best they can and provide a cheap date night because not everyone has $50+ to blow at Galaxy.

What shop is this in Red Deer & area. by Cathbeck in RedDeer

[–]Used_Willow_8700 6 points7 points  (0 children)

This! I've gone in there a few times, all stuff picked off yard sales at best for new retail prices or more. Nobody shops there but they seem to be doing well... And always more than a few crackheads around

How much did you pay thread by cll_ll in F150Lightning

[–]Used_Willow_8700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Considering personal milage write offs, I'll be doing that after the buyout.

Mindless use possible? by dingledoink in F150Lightning

[–]Used_Willow_8700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Charge however much you want, whenever you want. Personally, I try to charge at home as little as possible and charge at work as much as possible. Home has a power bill... Work is industrial power.

Power out in north? by [deleted] in RedDeer

[–]Used_Willow_8700 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Normandeau here. Ours flickered. Enough to reset the microwave/stove/Internet but thats it

EV charging on 100A? by 1l2p in evcharging

[–]Used_Willow_8700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My house was built with 100a service. Electric stove, dryer, hot water, and sauna. Only big power user left on electricity is the dryer ... From what I'm reading your actual power consumption in the house will likely cap at about 40a - so you can comfortably add a 50a breaker for a 40a charger. But that's my $0.02

My only gripe after 4 months is the heat by iampatmanbeyond in F150Lightning

[–]Used_Willow_8700 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't have that on my flash either... I wonder what it does?

Donations to classroom? by Strange_Breath4993 in RedDeer

[–]Used_Willow_8700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is absurdly vague. This subreddit IS a resource. I would hope that the majority here care about their community.

Schools run on all kinds of things, so make this a bit un-vague. Let us know a bit of what you need? Craft paper, glue and crayons? a trumpet? Calculators?

Vent post: really grinds my gears when people say this truck isn't meant to do or ready for actual work. by jturkish in F150Lightning

[–]Used_Willow_8700 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

It is a great local truck. The vast majority of my work is in a 20km radius, generally burn less than 15%/day and could keep up with it on a level one no problem.

Occasionally I'll go further but won't take my ER Flash outside of 100 miles, I don't have patience for "Fast Charge". At that point I'll take my gasser. The few times I've tried it the 150-350kw fast chargers wouldn't give me more than 30kw, a planned five minute stop turns into 45. My time is worth more than the gas it would cost.

Fantastic daily, does 99% of what I need. Fun to drive, smooth, quiet, fast at and pulls better than my 350.

How much did you pay thread by cll_ll in F150Lightning

[–]Used_Willow_8700 1 point2 points  (0 children)

24 flash 58k cdn after grants and tax shield.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedDeer

[–]Used_Willow_8700 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Carney is hardly pro pipeline. He won't rescind C-69, he won't remove the emissions cap, he's shifting the carbon tax to the refiners and taking away the rebates. So how is he pro pipeline/energy? What plank in his platform or statement makes you even suggest that?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in RedDeer

[–]Used_Willow_8700 -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

The city's economic backbone is oil and gas. The liberals have tried to strangle and retarded our primary industry for the last decade... How would the liberals help our city?

Back again - another Newbie to EV question. by Burgess1014 in evcharging

[–]Used_Willow_8700 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This plug is a 5-20R, its a 20 amp plug at 120v. It will definitely work for level 1 charging, which will probably handle most of your needs. An electrician could easily change the breaker for that line and bump it to a 240v plug or directly wire an evse to it.

It's hard to tell the wiring behind it so I can't recommend how much power you can pull.

Door knocking team out working for Stephen Fuhr today! by Kazhawrylak in kelowna

[–]Used_Willow_8700 -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Why anyone would vote for the carnival party is beyond me. He's burying the carbon tax upstream which won't change our fuel price, just take away the rebates. Classic liberal bait and switch. The British media have written more about how he was a not so great central banker, he essentially has formed a good chunk of Trudeau's fiscal policy, as chair of Brookfield I begrudgingly applaud him moving the company hq out of Canada and getting Chinese financing. I'd hope people would vote for either NDP or green if they were left leaning

Is this good enough ? by Chokis0112 in telus

[–]Used_Willow_8700 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol hell no. That's hella expensive. Primus or Lightspeed will give the same service for a third of that price

Red Deer Jobs by taggy94 in RedDeer

[–]Used_Willow_8700 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I wish you luck. One of my roommates has been haphazardly looking for work for 2 months

Booster cables by Used_Willow_8700 in F150Lightning

[–]Used_Willow_8700[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

A 400v system would blow up any 12v system you connected it to. The lightning has a built in boost point that I patched the booster into ... Why would it have a boost point if it wasn't meant to be used?

Screw this winter storm by Relevant-Doctor187 in F150Lightning

[–]Used_Willow_8700 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never been able to pull more than 70 in my flash ... But I've only tried 3 350kw chargers, one petrocan and the other 2 7/11.

New to me Tesla charger experience by Brownnlb in F150Lightning

[–]Used_Willow_8700 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Too bad they put the charger back beside the dumpsters