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Member Since 09/02/2007
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Location Melbourne
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neil commented on Sushi Train wanted to charge 50c for a glass of tap water
[Lifehacker](http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2013/05/would-you-pay-for-a-glass-of-tap-water/) just picked up the story. >We contacted Sushi...
23/05/2013 - 11:50
neil commented on Homewares SAMPLE SALE and End of Range Warehouse Clearance (Dandenong, VIC)
Any examples of the sale? How do we know this is a bargain? P.S. Funny but you may want to fix: > ALL STOCK HEAVILY **REDEUCED**
23/05/2013 - 09:58
neil replied to  justanick on Late OzBargain newsletter
>Where is the link to the post where the guy collated all the deals ? I can't seem to find this ? It's a joke. I don't have the link but it...
22/05/2013 - 11:30
neil commented on Late OzBargain newsletter
As above, [RSS](http://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/feed) and [Twitter](http://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/help:twitter) are good ways to say...
21/05/2013 - 11:20
neil commented on Need Help!!! Looking for the cheapest flight to go Tokyo from Melbourne
See http://www.ozbargain.com.au/wiki/category:travel for flight search websites. My guess will be Jetstar. Or you could do the Mel-KL via...
20/05/2013 - 18:23
neil replied to  snks2k on XnRetro Free on Android
If you don't want to see these deals, click the *Hide from Listing* link and either hide solidsnake's posts or Google Play store deals.
20/05/2013 - 12:59
neil replied to  EliteTek on UPDATED (Full 800 SKU Included See Update 2) Deal Extreme - 50% off Hundreds of Items!
Short history: [DX](http://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/dx.com) was first banned for rep posts due to unpopular deals. The company then...
19/05/2013 - 22:04
neil replied to  cameldownunder on UPDATED (Full 800 SKU Included See Update 2) Deal Extreme - 50% off Hundreds of Items!
DX is banned and has been for a while. This deal was excepted due to a request by the OP. Moderators don't check every comment. Please use...
19/05/2013 - 21:40
neil replied to  EliteTek on UPDATED (Full 800 SKU Included See Update 2) Deal Extreme - 50% off Hundreds of Items!
Um, [DX is banned](http://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals/dx.com) and has been for a while. It was only exempted for this one deal. Contacting...
18/05/2013 - 17:44
neil replied to  beatlock on [CANCELED] Melbourne OzBargain Meetup - $5 Includes Food, Pinball, Video Games & Drinks for 3 Hours. May 17, 7PM (80% off RRP)
90% of their business is pinball sales. So while it's sucks for them not being able to host events, they wouldn't want to risk the rest of...
18/05/2013 - 16:34
neil commented on Order cancelled unilaterally
Are you referring to the [DX deal](http://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/103271)?
18/05/2013 - 16:26
neil replied to  barghunt1 on $10 off $100 Spend at Target This Weekend (Sydney Daily Telegraph / Herald Sun Coupon Required)
Votes tab at the top of this page, then hit the revoke button.
18/05/2013 - 03:31
neil replied to  mcmonte on OzBargain becoming filled with trivial specials?
>When a new deal is being posted, an automated check could be run to ensure fewer dupes. This already occurs. The system checks both the...
17/05/2013 - 01:10
neil commented on OzBargain becoming filled with trivial specials?
>But all I am asking is that you take a hard look at what's getting posted recently and be a bit "tougher". Whether or not something is a...
16/05/2013 - 16:17
neil commented on [CANCELED] Melbourne OzBargain Meetup - $5 Includes Food, Pinball, Video Games & Drinks for 3 Hours. May 17, 7PM (80% off RRP)
OK, I just got the full story. It wasn't a noise complaint but it is an issue with a complaining business who is neighbouring Bumper (not...
16/05/2013 - 15:33
neil commented on OzBargain becoming filled with trivial specials?
>Personally I really could not care if the mods allow the site to go in this direction. Its up to them, and I guess its good for their...
16/05/2013 - 14:01
neil replied to  Atre on [CANCELED] Melbourne OzBargain Meetup - $5 Includes Food, Pinball, Video Games & Drinks for 3 Hours. May 17, 7PM (80% off RRP)
Happy to do that. Guess I'm buying? My preference was to have the first meetup organized and fun so people can get to know each other. Then...
16/05/2013 - 12:36
neil replied to  neil on [CANCELED] Melbourne OzBargain Meetup - $5 Includes Food, Pinball, Video Games & Drinks for 3 Hours. May 17, 7PM (80% off RRP)
They told me they also had to cancel a bucks party at the venue this weekend as well. The woman I spoke to was quite upset with good reason...
16/05/2013 - 12:27
neil commented on [CANCELED] Melbourne OzBargain Meetup - $5 Includes Food, Pinball, Video Games & Drinks for 3 Hours. May 17, 7PM (80% off RRP)
Up until today, I was quite amazed how smoothly this was running... So at 9AM today I get a call from the events person at Bumper Action....
16/05/2013 - 11:51
neil commented on [CANCELED] Melbourne OzBargain Meetup - $5 Includes Food, Pinball, Video Games & Drinks for 3 Hours. May 17, 7PM (80% off RRP)
**Another update for the food:** We have confirmed that [Gyoza Douraku](http://www.gyozadouraku.com.au/) will generously be supplying 60...
15/05/2013 - 14:21
neil replied to  zukand on Free Udemy HTML5 & CSS3 Responsive Site Design Course (Normally $45)
It's on the screen for a short amount of time. Easily missed. http://pbrd.co/YI8iNa Never seen pasteboard before. Great site.
15/05/2013 - 12:15
neil replied to  zukand on Free Udemy HTML5 & CSS3 Responsive Site Design Course (Normally $45)
It does. See the bright red box at the top of the page: >Coupon code tuesdaydeal is sold out. Good example of responsive web design. ;)
15/05/2013 - 11:56
neil replied to  zukand on Free Udemy HTML5 & CSS3 Responsive Site Design Course (Normally $45)
Maybe they had a limited number of uses for the coupon. It was posted on dealnews an hour before here, so probably dealnewsed and...
15/05/2013 - 11:49
neil replied to  dirtybird on DX.com banned site?
That's not quite it. Deals posted for banned sites will be removed. We have no issue with regular users posting DX deals. Unfortunately, to...
15/05/2013 - 11:42
neil replied to  greenpossum on OzBargain becoming filled with trivial specials?
Sure, I can suggest it. The only issue is that people tend to categorize things incorrectly often. Even this very post was put into the...
15/05/2013 - 11:32
neil commented on OzBargain becoming filled with trivial specials?
If you go to the [deals page](http://www.ozbargain.com.au/deals) and click settings you can block lots of stuff. * Do not show highlighted...
15/05/2013 - 11:15
neil replied to  dirtybird on DX.com banned site?
The first time it was posted by a DX ghost account. That's why it was removed. So yes, the reason says banned site which is true but also...
15/05/2013 - 11:09
Free Udemy HTML5 & CSS3 Responsive Site Design Course (Normally $45)
neil posted a deal Free Udemy HTML5 & CSS3 Responsive Site Design Course (Normally $45)
>Today only, Udemy offers its HTML5 & CSS3 Responsive Site Design Course for free. That's a $45 savings and the best deal we've seen for...
15/05/2013 - 10:17
neil commented on DX.com banned site?
DX's employees/reps were continiously spamming our site. We first just put a block on rep only posts but then they started creating new...
15/05/2013 - 09:39