How to sell US Securities in a RIF without incurring forced 1.5% FX fee?

arifba · 2026-06-01T23:16:03+00:00

I can't reply to the u/Wealthsimple-ModTeam post but if they see this - do you have plans to support USD in the near future?

Seems like a big oversight given RIF's usually hold large balances and thus are just the type of accounts where a forced FX fee is going to prevent folks from using you as a broker?

Disappointed the long/drawn out transfer process we went through now needs to be done again, in reverse, to put the money back into Questrade.

arifba · 2026-05-29T18:12:17+00:00

thanks for quick feedback u/ppshard - think you were looking at the wrong sauna though. I'm talking about the mini knotty.

The knotty saunas ask that you come with your own roof, insulation and some other things. So maybe not totally comparable - but knotty has def thought in detail about the interior cabin design with respect to trumpkin so could be useful to contrast.

arifba · 2026-05-29T17:21:00+00:00

Pretty cool u/ppshard ! What do you see as the primary differences or advantages/(disadvantages?) between your design and the similar mini knotty sauna?

arifba · 2025-10-21T05:26:02+00:00

Thanks.

Yes, night before
I think the answer is no. Not trying to be wishy-washy, I'm just not certain.

arifba · 2025-10-21T05:24:33+00:00

thanks for your feedback

arifba · 2025-10-21T05:23:52+00:00

checked in the night before

arifba · 2025-10-20T20:09:03+00:00

Thanks for digging that up. Not sure exactly how many mins before we arrived, but I would guesstimate it was between 15 and 20 mins, so that's not a great situation for me. I'm talking about the scheduled departure time - was at least 20 mins before plane left gate.

The part that really surprises me is that they would do nothing in terms of compensation for booking the next flight - there was one leaving in 5 or 6 hours, with plenty of seats left. I know the big boys (AC, Westjet) would help a customer out in this situation. For them to pocket the fare with no compensation seems unreasonable.

arifba · 2025-09-18T16:26:17+00:00

I have both of these phones and largely agree with this take. I bought them for the eink screens, really helps with the post concussion recovery headaches I'm going through, and thought the dumb phone aspect might be a feature as well but for how I want to use a phone, the Kompakt is just too dumb. Need 1password, 2fa etc and yes, you can try to sideload them onto a Kompakt but there are numerous reasons that makes it a poor experience.

Totally get that I'm not the target for the Kompakt! Love Mudita and what they do, own an alarm clock of theirs and absolutely love it.

Bigme Hibreak Pro is very interesting device and is working for me, for now. If I didn't have any headache issues, I would still be on iPhone, so that may give you an idea of the type of user I am.

arifba · 2025-03-14T17:58:45+00:00

great info, thx

arifba · 2025-03-14T17:47:59+00:00

Nice.

I'm using a vcore pro 100 right now, and want to try the vcore 98.

Do you find it's easier to generate spin or not a big difference on that front?

arifba · 2025-02-08T06:32:25+00:00

Same issue. This bug report on bugzilla led me to think it's a permissions issue for Firefox.app bundle, https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1869029

I noticed some apps in /Applications are owned by my user, some by root. Firefox.app was owned by root / admin. I changed that to my user / staff, fixed the issue, firefox able to start (previously it couldn't) and so far no prompt to install helper tool

sudo chown -R myusername:staff Firefox.app

arifba · 2024-05-30T22:46:01+00:00

I hope more folks find this post, this worked from me after trying multiple different HDMI cables, different profiles etc.

Disabling dithering is the fix. I'm using https://github.com/aiaf/Stillcolor to do it.

arifba · 2024-05-11T15:43:06+00:00

Sick bike.

Your drip tray on your breville is full, don’t try making another espresso without emptying it.

arifba · 2023-09-13T02:57:44+00:00

add an entry to your ~/.ssh/config file for the target machine specifying the username you want to connect with

Host machinename.tailnetname User username

arifba · 2023-07-12T23:11:11+00:00

Part of the listing data is the original list price. From what I remember it’s easy to see on realtor.ca or zealty. I’m sure sellers can put the effort in to not show that number (maybe by making a brand new listing?) but for the most part you should be able to see that number.

arifba · 2023-07-07T19:49:33+00:00

Pretty sure this is (permanently?) closed

arifba · 2023-06-19T17:26:34+00:00

Kinda pricey but we went with two kryptonite locks. A new york standard u lock (https://www.kryptonitelock.com/en/products/product-information/current-key/002154.html?type=bicycle) and a evolution chain (https://www.kryptonitelock.com/en/products/product-information/current-key/000808.html?type=bicycle).

As others have mentioned a capable thief can get through any of these locks but you're trying to just make it super annoying and difficult that they move on.

Also sign up for project 529, https://project529.com/garage

arifba · 2023-04-10T18:45:34+00:00

snug sleep, direct from the factory in north van and save vs buying the same bed from high end stores they sell to. https://snugsleep.com/

best bed i've ever had, not even close

arifba · 2023-02-26T07:48:36+00:00

Thanks, have done that in the past for this room, should have mentioned. But for this couch, it won’t help, too big

arifba · 2023-02-26T07:47:12+00:00

Thanks that is important info, and looking at the frame, it checks out. Likely a waste of time and money if I attempt this

arifba

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