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Pretty generous (not) given the mark-up on shoes is over 100%

3rd thought of the day - How do you tell its a Kiwi's fridge - the lamb chops have love bites.

So if you invest at 5% and the interest is paid monthly and then compounded each month, what is you annual rate of return?

Do your numbers again - your calculator shows $1,000 gives you accrued interest of $51.16

Re-invest the monthly interest you received at 5% and you will see that at the end of 12 months you have derived total interest of $5.12,…

All the same end result whether interest is paid monthly for annually. 5% compounded monthly is the same as 5.1% annually

I would support the idea of a term deposit for 5 years. IMHO there may be just one more rate hike before the year is finished, but I doubt…

AliExpress is a playground for the Chinese scammers. If you are lucky you may get what you order, but if not you may as well write it off…

Just make sure you never decide to adopt a child.

Equally, eBay give a seller which has 10% of their sales given a negative rating as : Top Rated seller: One of eBay's most reputable…

We had an issue with a Hisense TV a couple of years ago and their help line service was fantastic.

Short of using a different account via a VPN it is not possible to buy your own items on eBay. But, if I am wrong then please tell me how…

Obviously OP is bored on a Wednesday night and looking to strike up a conversation with anybody My only comment to OP would be to let…

Hard to believe that after selling you a lens for $14,704 they still charge you $11.90 for postage

Rather than expect OZBer's to provide a sight unseen accurate response, why not go to a second mechanic for an authoritative opinions?

My personal opinion is that Amazon leaves eBay for dead. Amazon is far easier to navigate compared to the clunky out-of-date eBay user…

Most people seem to ignore the fact that extras insurance should also be viewed as "insurance" to cover unexpected costs in the event of…

"inflammatory". or "inflationary" - latter makes more sense?

If you want to bundle your insurance needs than the best appoach is to go through an insurance broker and let them do the leg work.

Why not just contact Hardly Normal to get a definitive answer, or is that asking too much or yourself? That is, rather than put in a little…

A Touch of Class

Wonder if it is anything to do with the fact Victoria is basically bankrupt and they need to screw every cent out of people they can?

"NSW has just as much debt" Victoria has more debt than Qld, NSW and Tas combined

Nah, I am content to sit back and watch Victoria implode under the weight of debt.

There is not much nice you can say about Melbourne

Just to be clear - they do not make the individual redundant, they make the position redundant. Seems like in this case they are just going…

A possible "ashing" technique would be to pour petrol over them and set them on fire. This process will reduce them to "ash" every time

6lt on sale at Costco for $27.99 ($4.67 per lt)

What does your conscience tell you to do?

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