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Many Canadians are taking advantage of the high Canadian dollar by shopping across the border — with cheap milk and gas being two of the big draws — but some Americans are fed up with the cross-border crowd.
Some Bellingham, Wa., residents started a Facebook page calling for American-only hours at the local Costco.
On the Facebook page "Bellingham Costco needs a special time just for Americans," residents write that they have seen flats of milk stripped away in seconds.
Some write that they have to wait in long lines at the Costco gas station as Canadians fill up first their cars, and then their gas cans.
Others have posted photos of cars with British Columbia licence plates that take up more than one parking space.
Some just complain about Canadians being rude.
Ken Oplinger, president of the Bellingham/Whatcom Chamber of Commerce, is urging locals to have patience for their Canadians visitors. He said that without them, the living situation in the city and county would be quite different.
"In the last two years, our sales tax generation has doubled or tripled the pace in the rest of the state, and its almost entirely because of the Canadians coming south," he said.
The administrator of the Facebook page, which had over 2,000 "Likes" as of Sunday, posted a message earlier this week telling Canadians that they are not being blamed.
"To our Canadian friends on here that think we hate you: You have to look at the root of the problem. Bellingham has laws that keep big box companys from expanding. The overcrowding in this small, slow paced town has agitated people," the note said.
A spokesperson for Costco said the Bellingham store is bursting at the seams, and that the company would love to expand the Bellingham store.

goose писал(а):Галло́н — мера объёма, примерно равная 4,55 литрам

11 галлонов х 4.55 л= 50,5 л бензина. х 1.37 cad= 69.1 cad

А можно до 100 долл везти товара, а почему индус больше не купил бензина?

goose писал(а):Галло́н — мера объёма, примерно равная 4,55 литрам

old man писал(а):Если есть лишние сорок минут - езжай заправлятся в Костко. Да и бензин там сакс.

Fedor P. писал(а): Как то наблюдал картину, наш канадский индус заправил машину, 2 канистры по 5 галлонов и начал наливать малюсенькую на 1 галлон.

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old man писал(а):Если есть лишние сорок минут - езжай заправлятся в Костко. Да и бензин там сакс.

А где лучше, у Алибабаича?

Swallow писал(а):А к нам у Costco подошел мужик и спросил - берут ли с нас пошлину за продукты на канадской границе. Говорим - если в пределах 100 долларов провозишь -то нет. Мы же не знали, что он местный. Думали "наш" Он остался недоволен - что -то пробурчал про taxes и сказал что это not fair. Так что - народ местный недоволен.

old man писал(а):Если есть лишние сорок минут - езжай заправлятся в Костко. Да и бензин там сакс.