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American Express

Amex travel bookings

Does anyone know a better way to contact AMEX travel bookings centre? I have an issue with my booking but I can't reach them through the 1300- phone ("current wait time is greater than …

Car insurance renewal - agreed vs market value

Wondering if anyone has had experience recently claiming reasonable market value from their comprehensive car insurance? I'm trying to figure out whether to switch from agreed value to market …

Banggood

Accidentally Ordered through Banggood

https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/660573 I was looking at this deal from yesterday. I went all the way up to payment screen and then cancelled at the confirmation step. I never clicked through, I …

Real estate agent recontracted tenant without asking me

My real estate agent re-contracted the tenant for 6 months lease without asking me, what to do? Long story short, the 6-month lease was expiring, so when asked, I replied to the agent saying that I …

Resolving/escalating issue with builder

Hi all, I was hoping on some opinions on how to resolve an issue/escalate an issue that we have been having with our builder. Summary: - A less than 1 year old home had a sudden major underground …

Amazon AU

Sony Zeiss 35mm F1.4 (SEL35f14Z)

Amazon Sony Zeiss 35mm f1.4 (SEL35f14Z) for $1411 on Sony's Amazon store, and my local Sony store was able to price match. Might be a bargain for someone. But note there was only very limited …

poll Recommended Brand for Powertools?

What are your thoughts on buying power tools from the same brand - is this a must? And also, what brand would you recommend? This is mostly for installing cabinetry etc in an old apartment kitchen …

Suggestions for Mobile Port

Currently on Telstra 25gb plan. Coming up to the last month of 24 month contract. Paying $59 per month currently, but after cashrewards and selling gift card + Samsung s8 that came with the plan, the …

Kogan Mobile

Kogan SIM spam calls

Hey all, just wanted to know if anyone else was experiencing spam calls to relatively new Kogan prepaid SIMs? I activated a new Kogan SIM about two weeks ago to get some extra data this month on top …

Should Our Builder Know The Excavation Height?

My parents are building a house on a property that slopes from left to right. Our neighbour filled his land up, and we excavated down. We are okay with splitting the costs of a retaining wall as …

Johannesburg - Any Recommendations for SIM Cards/Banking?

Travelling to Johannesburg and possibly Capetown at the end of the year, any SIM card recommendations (local vs. buy before going)? Also, would the Citibank VISA card be suited for South Africa? …

CommSec

Any advice against going with CommSec?

My situation: 22 year uni student, graduating (hopefully) in 2.5 years. Uni debt of around $60,000 when I graduate. I work casually, earning anywhere up to $350/week, some weeks not working. I live …

Telstra

Google Play Credit Telstra Stacking

Anyone know if you can stack telstra prepaid credit and use it all at once in google play store? say if i wanted to buy something @ $40, $60, or 90$ etc

PAX - league of legends skins

Couldn't go to PAX this year, so if anyone is going to PAX this year and receives League of Legends related gifts (skin codes), and doesn't need them, feel free to PM them me! :) Also post …

Coke Rewards

CokeRewards - Lost Account (~7000 Points)

I had a coke rewards account with approximately ~7000 points in it. I entered a group of 10 codes, probably once a month. The last time I entered points was probably June/July. However, late July I …

United Petroleum

95/98 Petrol and E10 at United

Hey all, I just bought my first car recently (woo!), and I went to my fill in my car at United. I was about to fill up using 95 as I had decided against using e10 in the new car, but noticed that …

In sub-exchange, can't port number...?

My parents call overseas using phone cards a lot, so we were thinking about getting the TPG Unlimited Bundle (79.99/month+$99.99 set up fees) - unlimited adsl2 + home phone with unlimited …