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Gold Coast 1 Week with Family. Advice on Best Value Theme Park Tickets and Which Ones to Visit

Hi All, I am visiting with family (wife and kids 11 and 7) to gold coast in last week of June. Accommodation is sorted. First time to GC so we have absolutely no experience of what to expect but an …

Wellington Trip NZ (Places to Visit and Things to Do)

Hi All, We are visiting Wellington, Nz next week. Family of 4, (2 kids aged around 10). Flights and accommodation sorted. Appreciate responses on: Should we take NZ currency? I have CBA debit card …

Cooling off on Property Sale - Private Offer VIC

Hi All, Recently made a private offer for a property in VIC, offer was accepted without any deposit asked (By real estate agent). We decided to cool off on 2nd day (within the mandated 3 day cooling …

Things to Do: Making Owner Occupier Home as Investment Property

Folks, A couple of things that I think I need to do before I make my property as investment property. Would like to know in case I missed anything: 1) Make OO loan into Investment (Need advice if I …

Looking for an 2 BR Accomodation In Melbourne

Hi Folks, Bit of an update. My secondment in Melbourne from Tassie has made me interested to live in this beautiful city. We came here 5 months ago and have been sick of living in Southbank high …

6 Month Project in Melb CBD. Need Advice on Good Public Primary School for My Son (7 Year Old)

Now on to my trusted network (of Ozbargainers) for some serious advice. I have a 6-8 month project in Melb CBD (Next to S Cross station) starting in May end - early june,2018. I am thinking of …

lovehomeswap.com

Love Home Swap 1 Yr Platinum Membership. Is It Worth It ?

Hi fellow Oz bargainers. Keen to know if the below deal is worth the $432. https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/341828 I made them match the deal and have been given 2 weeks for the trial (ending 16 …

[OzBargain 11th Birthday] Hobart Meetup

Hi All, Enough of fun being made of our little precious Tasmania, lets get together and celebrate ozbargain's 11th birthday here at Hobart. I am looking for 25 people here at Hobart who are …

Gumtree

Things to Lookout For When Selling a Car on Gumtree

Hi All, Tried googling the topic but didnt get much help. So the story is that I got this Pulsar 2013 Sedan Full service history (Ex Government Car) pickles last week. Its good and I want to sell …

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Platinum 54.5" 4K UHD TV @ Target for $599, 3 Yr Warranty

expired Platinum 54.5" 4K UHD TV @ Target for $599, 3 Yr Warranty

Saw the deal in Target catalog today (TAS). Can see it online too. Looks like australia wide deal. 3 year warranty and looks like value for money.

Best Home + Contents Insurance if Subletting a Room in House ?

Hi All Curious to know what home and contents insurance options someone has if they sub let a room in the house (via AirBNB or Gumtree and the likes). I presume the normal insurance would not cover …

National Australia Bank Group (NAB)

Blackmail from NAB Mortgage Officer

HI All, Now a classic example of predatory banking. I took a NAB mortgage 3 months ago (All variable loan rate) and have now decided to refinance with CBA (which got approved and I have settlement …

Dealing With a Tradie For The First Time

G'day All, Short story, I just got a new house and am getting a small kitchen installed. I have got the designs almost finalised with this small business (Basically one guy, he works from home …

Kogan

Would Kogan Honour Dick Smith Gift Cards after Buying DS Online Business

HI All, Curious if people have an idea if Kogan would honour DS gift cards now that it has bought DS online business. I could not get my DS gift card exchanged for Coles/Woolies as I received it as …

Looking for an E Bike Kit

Hi All, I am looking forward to get a DIY for my bicycle (It is a hybrid cheap bike that I purchased from Kmart a while back and has served me well for over 6 months now). I am moving house and …

Just Put in an Offer for an Old House, Have Few Questions Regarding The Offer and REA Tactics

Hi All (Thanks and appreciate if you somehow read through the long story below), Gooday. I have been actively searching for houses in Tassie for past 3 months now and recently put down an offer for …

ANZ

Best way to utilise 50k ANZ Reward points

Hi All, I am just finishing up 1 year of ANZ Black reward card. Have got 50K points accumulated. May have to close the credit card if ANZ does not wave the 2nd year annual fee (I think they wont). …

Strange Neighbor Behaviour

Hi All, Apologies if this looks duplicate (and it may look to many indeed) but I just got a call from my landlord (today evening) about our neighbor complaining about noise coming from our house …

Best Deal Mel-New Delhi

Wondering if there are any better deals for the above route. Couldn't get any better deals from valueworldtravel.com ?