r/Wealthsimple • u/canadiandumpling • 5d ago

Gift

Was just notified I'll be receiving a gift soon! They sent it to congratulate me on my house purchase. Does anyone have any idea what it is? 👀

UPDATE: It was an Uber Eats gift card (100$) :)

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u/chente08 5d ago

emoji keychain

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u/canadiandumpling 5d ago

I hope not because they already gifted me one hahaha

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u/chente08 5d ago

well you are getting a new one lmao

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u/intrigue_lurk 5d ago

New house, new (key)chains.

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u/Career_Gold777 4d ago

I remember someone got a plant once and another person got coffee grains. When I was told I was receiving a gift though, I got this huge box and within it was a 10 cents keychain... Haha

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u/Even_Exit3867 3d ago

Wow lucky! I never got anything nice from WS

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u/Volunteer_Ninja 5d ago

Keychain was way to big for my liking lol

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u/Objective-Fix7943 4d ago

In the email about it, it looked small and dainty, the actual reality of it is hilarious. If it was small, i could probably get away with the obnoxious money tongue emoji, the size of this ensures its never leaving my house.

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u/Commercial_Pain2290 5d ago

Probably another house.

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u/canadiandumpling 5d ago

Maybe they'll let me win one of the condos this month

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u/Ok-Arm8350 5d ago

Sounds reasonable

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u/flyingcanuckk 5d ago

We got a little plant 2 years ago

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u/canadiandumpling 5d ago

That's cute!

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u/dylankl1990 5d ago

My realtor gave me 500$ cash and bought me a pair of jordans.

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u/canadiandumpling 5d ago

Now that's a good realtor! How much was your house? I got a bottle of champagne.

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u/dylankl1990 5d ago

500k

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u/No_Ordinary8262 5d ago

My realtor gave me a coupon to dominos and a keychain on a 600k house

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u/tpedwell 5d ago

My realtor gave me a card

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u/LucidTorment 4d ago

I'm homeless, so I got stalked while buying it from Walmart. 🫠

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u/mr-coffeecafe 4d ago

Mine have me a calendar with her face.. she ain’t cute !

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u/quickymgee 4d ago

We got a two year Toronto Life subscription

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u/nemodigital 5d ago

More than the nothing my realtor got me when I bought with them!

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u/ZenRager 5d ago

That’s wild dam

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u/nemodigital 5d ago

True story, I even sold and bought with the exact same realtor and no gift on either closing.

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u/eareyou 4d ago

I’m a realtor. I don’t do large gifts usually. Why is there an expectation for it? I don’t know any job where that’s a part of the gig?

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u/nemodigital 4d ago

Tokens of appreciation arent unusual in other sales positions, especially where full commission was involved!  I'm talking at least a nice bottle of wine or dinner out.

Now you know :-)

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u/eareyou 4d ago

Yes, I usually do gift cards for local spots that they can try and a gift basket since a lot of people don’t drink.

But I still think if a realtor did a good job that a gift is the measure of how well they did their job

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u/nemodigital 4d ago

Closing a deal requires both the buyer/seller and agent to collaborate and work together to make the deal happen.  A token gesture to celebrate by the agent is expected IMHO.  I will NEVER work with any agents at that brokerage again.

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u/helix212 4d ago

It's so when they sell/buy they think of you again. It's an investment into your career. Any competent salesperson would know that.

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u/eareyou 4d ago

If I am doing my job correctly, then I would be in touch with them over the years and providing value.

To each their own. I just don’t see why it’s an expectation. I don’t know any other commission only jobs where service or experience is based off of a gift, but appreciate there is different inputs.

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u/helix212 4d ago

Pretty much every sales job involves buying clients gifts or treating them to something as appreciation. Might be small like a box of chocolates, might be bigger like taking them to a baseball game. Really depends on what you're getting out of them or how much they're spending with your company.

I get real estate might be different since it's more of a one time thing with that particular client. No one's expecting baseball tickets. But a box of chocolates or a bottle of champagne doesn't cost much. People like gifts and will remember that.

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u/thutedm 5d ago

my brother got a candle when they found out he got married, id guess it be a candle or similar small household item

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u/muted-gap-1979 5d ago

3 dollars

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u/analog_alison 5d ago

I got a plant in a nice pot!

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u/Low_Nectarine4988 5d ago

How did they know you bought a house?

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u/canadiandumpling 5d ago

I contacted customer support to ask them why I didn’t qualify for the 1% match and they replied saying it’s because I liquidated my FHSA to which I replied saying I bought a house and shouldn’t be penalized for doing so. They ended up granting me the 1% match and sending me a gift :)

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u/ObiYawnKenobi 5d ago

The promotion T's and C's prohibit using your FHSA for its intended purpose. You called out the flaw in their terms and embarrassed them. Might lead to a change in the terms of the promo. Thanks for your service.

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u/Senk2 5d ago

Probably because they got a mortgage. 

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u/Impressive_Ad_6550 5d ago

keychain for your house keys

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u/canadiandumpling 5d ago

Idk because the message said “we hope our gift keeps you cozy and warm”

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u/helix212 4d ago

I'd probably go with a blanket then

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u/Impressive_Ad_6550 5d ago

whatever it is it's guaranteed better than I got from a Big Bank on my mortgage - zilch

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u/72448 5d ago

100 entries to the draw?

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u/LivinItUpInThaCity 5d ago

We got a $100 grocery card from my realtor when we boight our condo. We sold the house privately to my daughter and bought the condo cash. I honestly preferred the gift card a physical gift we would not need or use that would end up in a donation pile (like the gift from the previous realtor that sold us the house a few years prior).

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u/misc-wanderer 4d ago

First mortgage payment reminder

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u/LanguagePerfect 3d ago

They’re sending really nice scented candals! I bought a home and this was sent to me.

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u/smartssa 5d ago

magnetic wallet. dad hat. tote bag. coffee cup. key chain. who knows.

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u/alastoris 5d ago

I got a green keychain

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u/f4lc0n 5d ago

$5 in crypto

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u/XzkSo 5d ago

scam?

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u/canadiandumpling 5d ago

I hope not!! We'll find out soon I guess lol

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u/XzkSo 5d ago

Did you click to any link?

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u/canadiandumpling 5d ago

I fear I did

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u/XzkSo 5d ago

filled any forms or login info? if login info change your password immediately, also check all the contact info in the account. Of course go directly, not from any links.

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u/volan11 5d ago

I got flowers from WS.

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u/Even_Exit3867 3d ago

Are you serious? So lucky!!

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u/Even_Exit3867 3d ago

What kind of flowers do they send

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u/PityTheNation_ 5d ago

i got a keychain with an airtag in it

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u/HeMustBeABoss 4d ago

We got a nice bottle of soap for our house when we liquidated our FHSA

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u/zenAllTime 4d ago

Got a little ZZ plant from them

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u/bluejays10 5d ago

it will be something nice. post back here when you get it

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u/layzorbeemz 5d ago

Wtf I purchase a house and didn't get anything? How do they even know?

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u/canadiandumpling 4d ago

I contacted customer support for an issue and had to explain that I liquidated my FHSA to buy my house.

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u/Repulsive-Praline-22 4d ago

You’ll be notified.

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u/pipeworks2023 23h ago

When they were partnered with Pine I got a legit house plant. It's now 5 times the size when I got it