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Melbourne Airport Parking Options

Looking to travel from Tulla. for a week and investigating my various parking options. Have used Andrews several times in the past but you can wait 15-20 minutes for them to pick you up and take you …

Woolworths

poll Woolworths Dumps Australia Day Merchandise

This whole process of corporate Australia pandering to the woke community is getting totally out of hand

Accomodation Recommendations for Phuket Holiday

Looking to get out of Australia for a break and am enticed to go to Phuket. What I am looking for is: (a) up market resort away from the tourist riff-raff (that's worth a neg. vote!) (b) no rug …

Downfall of Crypto's

Now that the crypto bull have had their bollocks handed to them on a plate I wonder where from here? Very difficult to find any reason for a recovering in the current environment

Property Prices Bubble Has Burst

I get the impression the property market is a lot weaker than the press and (especially) the land rats would have you believe. Over the past few weeks more properties have been withdrawn from sale …

Inflation Is Taking off

As per the post heading, inflation is alive and well, to the point it is getting out of hand. Over the past few weeks a couple of examples are: Coles/Woolworths home brand tissues have increased from …

Best Broker for Buying a New Car (Mazda)

Looking to buy a 2022 Mazda CX 5 GT (170kw) and was looking for anyone that can recommend a good buyer broker service

Dyson V15 Best Discount Pricing

Looking to find the best pricing to buy the Dyson V15 Detect model with a RRP of $,1,399 Suggestions as to using which methods, e.g. gift cards etc etc to achieve purchase price would be highly …

fedex.com

Fedex Melbourne Import Delays

Understand that the Fedex depot at Melbourne airport is closed due to COVID. We had a package arrive at Melbourne aiport from overseas via Sydney on Sunday and rather than being delivered to us on …

Australia Post

[VIC] AusPost to stop parcel pickups again (Greater Melbourne)

Understand that AusPost are again going to temporarily halt parcel pickups from customers as from this Friday for 5 days. Claim is it is so they can clear the backlog of parcels. To my mind it may …

Everyday Rewards

Stolen Woolworths Reward Dollars from Account

Happened to notice, just by accident, that the Reward Dollars on my Woolworths Reward Dollars account was almost zero, whereas it should be $60 plus. Logged into my account and saw that someone in …

U.S. Postal Service

USPS Not Accepting Parcels Bound for Australia

Just received this message: "the USPS will temporarily stop accepting packages destined for Australia: First-Class Package International Service, Commercial ePacket, International Priority …

End of Solar Feed-in Rebate in Victoria

The end of solar feed-in rebates for new installations in Victoria is being introduced. https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/power-failure-ho... Most likely put off a lot of people considering …

Fixed Rate Home Loans Are Closely Aligned to The Bond Markets

With the long end of the bond market getting trashed and the price falling hard and fast, intending borrows should watch the market closely as all bank fixed rate loans are closely aligned to the …

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Royal Australian Mint AC/DC Seven Coin Collection $110 + Delivery @ Royal Australian Mint

expired Royal Australian Mint AC/DC Seven Coin Collection $110 + Delivery @ Royal Australian Mint

The R.A.M has just announced the issue of a limited edition 7 piece AC/DC collector set of 7 x 20c coins in a special holder. From the RAM website: "AC/DC fans will feel like they’re on a …

Car Manufacturers Workshop Labour Rates

I am curious as to the differing labour rates charged by the car manufacturers in their own workshops around Australia. In the Eastern suburbs of Melbourne the Mercedes dealership charges $275 (incl …

Qantas

Last Qantas 747 Flight to The Plane Boneyard

After 49 year Qantas is retiring the last 747 plane in its fleet. Track the final flight here https://www.flightradar24.com/QFA7474/2500f1e0 after the page loads shrink the page to see the …

ALERT for All of My OZB Colleagues to a New Internet Scam Twist

Received one of your never ending phone calls today from a caller with a foreign accent saying my IP address address has been compromised and my PC hacked. I asked which IP address was that. When I …

Harvey Norman

OZB's Favourite Retail Head Got It Wrong (Again)

Extracted from the AFR - "Less than two weeks after billionaire retailer Gerry Harvey called the COVID-19 crisis an 'opportunity,' Harvey Norman has cancelled its interim dividend to …

Tracking Bushfire Discounts, Who Is Offering What?

Seems every business, man and his dog is offering some form of discount and/or donation to the various bushfire appeals. How does one keep track of just what is promised vis-a-vis actually …

Home for Used VCE Books

Cleaning out the attic we have boxes of text books for years 10-12 that our kids used about 4-6 years ago. The books are in excellent condition, albeit the edition numbers are likely not books on …

Unable to Find Problem with a Rattle in Hyundai I30 Following Crash Repair

About a year ago my daughters 12 month old Hyundai i30 Active X was rear ended by some 20'ish bimbo more interested in sending a text message than looking at the road ahead. Ploughed into the …

Scam Call - Pretending to Be from Telstra

Beware of the Telstra scam currently doing the rounds - I have had 3 calls in 3 days. Call will appear to be from a genuine Aussie number (which it isn't) and the Indian caller will claim you …