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HOW FEES HIT HOME
The evidence is in - fees really bite! Statscan recently compared the average amount Canadians spend each year on bank fees and compared it to other expenditures*. If you don't think fees take a big chunk out of your wallet, think again. Better yet, think of what fees are taking from what you really want, or need to spend on!
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Service Fees
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Makeup, Skin Care and Manicure Products
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Unfair fees are ugly. Even a good beauty regime can't cover them up.
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Personal Deodorants
and Soaps
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Proof that you can't mask the smell of fees.
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Renting Videos, DVD's
and Video Games
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There's nothing 'feel good' about fees - they're a tear jerker.
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Going to the Movies
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Unfair fees - they're the villain. Put them out of the picture for good.
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Visiting Museums and
Other Activities
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Even to the untrained eye, fees would never be called a masterpiece.
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School Supplies
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No kidding! You could prepare kids for school for what you pay in fees. What's more valuable?
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Textbooks
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Learning is a right and a key to success. Throw the book at unfair fees.
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Womens and Girls
Athletic Shoes
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Girls! Half of our shoe budgets going to bank fees! Kick unfair fees where it hurts.
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Dry Cleaning/Laundry Service
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Unfair fees fight dirty. Proof that we're being taken to the cleaners. No offence to cleaners.
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*( Statistics Canada, 2007)
Average annual amounts
for Canada.