CHOICE 2015 Shonky Awards

scotty on 08/10/2015 - 13:58

It was released yesterday. For those who don't know about CHOICE's annual Shonky Award, here's the definition on their website:

CHOICE's annual awards name and shame the shonkiest products and companies taking advantage of Australian consumers.

SHONKY: (adjective) Australian slang meaning "unreliable, unsound, dishonest, poor or of dubious quality; shoddy"

Winners this year are:

  • NAB "low rate" credit card
  • Arnott's Tiny Teddies
  • Payday lenders
  • Nanosmart laundry balls
  • Samsung top loader washing machines
  • Ikea
  • Coca-Cola Company
  • Kleenex flushable wipes

Visit CHOICE.com.au for details.

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  • inherentchoice on 08/10/2015 - 14:11
    +1

    So they had a competition and $499 prize for describing a Shonky Award nominee, but the competition wasn't posted here on OzB?

    • scotty on 08/10/2015 - 14:37
      +14

      OzBargainers too cheap to subscribe to Choice magazine to get notified about the competition?

  • [Deactivated] on 08/10/2015 - 14:14

    What's wrong with Arnott's Tiny Teddies?

    Edit: Nvm found it

    Arnott’s took the biscuit for creating its own “school canteen — meets amber guidelines” logo for Tiny Teddies.

    • nocure on 08/10/2015 - 14:18
      +2

      They're tinier then last year.

      • pointless martyr on 08/10/2015 - 14:35
        +1

        Or maybe not tiny enough? False advertising if they are actually deemed small.

      • Inshinshishimop on 08/10/2015 - 16:29
        +1

        Maybe you're getting bigger?

  • cypher67 on 08/10/2015 - 14:36
    +3

    How did Dick Smith Ebay sales not make the list?

  • pointless martyr on 08/10/2015 - 14:36

    1) Dick Smith
    2) ebay
    3) Kogan
    4) Daylight

  • try2bhelpful on 08/10/2015 - 14:40
    +1

    What universe is Kleenex in. Those "flushable" wipes are causing problems all over the world, not just Australia. I just have an old water bottle in the loo and put some water on the standard toilet paper. Works just as well and it is actually flushable.

    I think NAB was a tad dudded on this. The standard credit card is 18-20% over a number of providers and there are a lot of other providers who have "low rate" credit cards at the same rate as NAB.

    http://www.creditcardfinder.com.au/?utm_source=google_ccirs_…

    I always pay mine off at the end of the month.

    Good financial advice - Pay off your credit cards and don't go for the Payday lenders.

    • 7hours 44min ago on 08/10/2015 - 15:50
      +7

      I just have an old water bottle in the loo and put some water on the standard toilet paper. Works just as well and it is actually flushable.

      ಠ_ಠ

      • try2bhelpful on 08/10/2015 - 16:05

        You want to explain why you disapprove. (I had to look this one up, hadn't seen it before). It is cost effective, means I don't need a bidet, and cleans more effectively than dry paper.

        • 7hours 44min ago on 08/10/2015 - 18:17

          Was just having a dig because it's unusual. I guess if you have strong TP and don't let it soak for to long you could be onto something…

        • try2bhelpful on 08/10/2015 - 19:43

          @cymon: Without going into too much detail, we use Quilton and I don't soak it. It works and it doesn't destroy the city plumbing like the Kleenex stuff does. Maybe try a different emoticon next time. :)

          https://support.skype.com/en/faq/FA12330/what-is-the-full-li…

        • 7hours 44min ago on 08/10/2015 - 21:40
          +1

          @try2bhelpful:
          ¯_(ツ)_/¯

        • try2bhelpful on 09/10/2015 - 14:34

          @cymon: I can accept that one.

        • inasero on 27/11/2015 - 15:31

          gosh defensive much?

        • try2bhelpful on 27/11/2015 - 19:36

          @inasero: Not sure who that is aimed at but seems odd to come in on a conversation that is now weeks old.

        • inasero on 27/11/2015 - 23:09

          Your comment strengthens my observation

        • try2bhelpful on 28/11/2015 - 11:40

          @inasero: I would not call it an observation, more somebody who seems a tad obsessed your own hubris.

        • inasero on 28/11/2015 - 11:51

          keep digging :)

        • try2bhelpful on 28/11/2015 - 12:02

          @inasero: right back at you dude. We could go the verbal ping pong all day but I am bored with your little mind. Now I'm shutting you down. Byeee.

        • inasero on 28/11/2015 - 12:04

          More like didn't know how to handle the truth. Okay you run along now and cry to mummy

      • [Deactivated] on 09/10/2015 - 11:36

        Buy cheap toilet paper-get in touch with your inner self.

      • [Deactivated] on 09/10/2015 - 22:09

        Using saliva works much better than water and wont cause 'breakthroughs' - I never go to the loo without some ;)

  • ilikeradiohead on 08/10/2015 - 14:54
    +1

    I don't really get the Coke one. Like they funded a group to encourage people exercise in lieu of changing their diets, but it's not like they're telling people that they way to Ryan Gosling's abs is at the bottom of a can of coke.

    I think the claim that they have found the shonkiest products of the year deserves a shonky haha

  • Baysew on 08/10/2015 - 17:36
    +5

    The prediction for the 2016 Shonky would have to be Volkswagen.

    • inasero on 27/11/2015 - 15:32

      haha agreed

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