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A grade. Dell Latitude 7390 or 7300. You could get 5300 for the same price. Intel 8th Gen with win 11 installed.

Some guy showed me a link on here to a 14kw lithium battery for like $4k. If you can afford it I'd test going 10kw then put batteries in…

> The future (I believe) should be massive solar panel installations managed by corporations Not going to happen. Too much push back. In…

Track record would suggest they won't. Giving everyone $300 this year on their electricity might be better used to put in a big Tesla…

> which probably means you'd never recoup the cost of the EV If you Uber with your Tesla at nights hehehehehe Tesla owners have a funny…

> (but it will cost a lot) If you think about it. 6.6kw is the most common solar array in Oz. Think it tops out at 4kw per hour in summer…

> hm it's not cheap enough to do that due to limited supply, burning coal/gas is Don't forget that gas is for peak. It comes back down to…

Goes back to having your cake and eat it at the same time. Business business and the government are in bed together on this. Nobody talks…

> It would be cool that at some point in the future, we can use our electric car as battery backup. There is push back isn't there on this.…

If roof top solar is that cheap (considering feed in is like 5c) without all the cost of leasing space, maintenance and capital why don't…

Think in SA the new standard for inverters is the grid can turn off your inverter from exporting remotely.

No. Didn't look like it. The usual 20% inflation this year.

Yes I have done so before with Budget Direct. It shows as a claim which did not proceed but reported. Not counted as a claim (because I was…

> My provider has just said their 50/20 is going up to $79.95 a month For that price might as well pay $5 more for 100/20 My parents get…

It is fun understanding how the business model works. Mens razors. Some twin blades are as good as 3 blades but they went to 4 blades and…

Guaranteed price jack. All smoke and mirrors. My 6.6kw solar system. I was able to get a itemised quote and the cost of install was $2500…

I worked for Oral B. They had factories in Europe, China and Americas. Reason why I got the US$0.15 number is they didn't want countries…

The difference I can tell is as follows: 1. China ones. They are okay (you get what you pay for and Oral B ones are probably made in China.…

Maybe they realised they screwed up and should have found me to pay for good advice. Who knows. Sometimes people have this hate…

You can sell it. Pay the CGT on it. Then see what you've got left. Example He lives in a PPOR $3m (not part of means test) IP is worth say…

Someone starting out work today will have $3m at retirement. Problem with the $3m super super tax is it isn't indexed so it is a time bomb…

> If you invest based on all the "what-ifs" then it's unlikely you will invest at all. Actually not true. You just need to open up more…

> Tax still payable but only on the distribution not the unit price growth Until they find it viable to tax unrealised capital gains (like…

My PE fund went up 100% But my China fund went down 50% It depends on the amount invested I might have just broken even. (It is a true…

Google discounted cash flow valuation model. Spolier: higher the rate lower the present valuation of shares due to cost of funding.

> people on 60k salary get a lot less when they claim deduction on their printer compared to when I claim my printer while being on top…

It is actually a wealth transfer. I am surprised you took and deal. Obviously want to keep the regressive thing going. Imagine if nobody…

> Govt is giving all FBT exemptions on EVs on cost of tax payers but for how long this crazy model is sustainable? Long as they can get…

> not realising that their prices are a joke It is only a joke when they tell people they can't afford it. The millionaire Corolla drive is…

> I don't see the rationale in buying EV's. If its to save the planet from climate change, certainly not. Would work in narrow user case.…