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$500 immediately gets eaten up for mortgage registration and discharge fee, as well as the banks own settlement fee. Not much of an…

Thanks for this info, was gonna buy it for Japan. Would have been annoying to have intermittent working data

Not banned, but had the Philippines based account cancelled recently

Use a debit card instead of a credit card

Thanks for that, I've tried with four credit cards and didn't work. Used a debit card and worked all of the sudden.

My Spotify (previously using the Philippines trick, just got changed to the free version. Still took my monthly subscription tho. Anyone…

Judging by your username you have your biases. I've been to China three times to visit family (yes I'm Chinese) I found people there are…

Real Chinese was erased by Mao through the cultural revolution and the great leap forward. If you want to see what a thriving Chinese…

I found the people there are generally warm and more helpful compared to other Asian countries. If you think their English is not up to par…

Metro lines are super convenient in Taipei, the east district of Taipei is modern and has a lot of foot paths. Although ditch the pram if…

Fun fact, the owner of the ozbargain website is Taiwanese

Is it just me I kinda prefer dry rigid towels, just feels more crisp/dry and clean

Bought this machine maybe nine years ago, moved houses twice, never had an issue with it and still going strong!

Anyone know if these sit well on big heads like mine?

Anyone know what's stopping me from registering a car in Qld (say with a Qld utility bill as proof of address) and driving it down to…

If you're paying interest on credit card you shouldn't have a credit card. You're essentially subsidising the rest of us card churners

If your income isn't straight forward (mix of rental, dividends or payslips isn't a set amount each pay) I'd say don't bother as they have…

ANZ application process is shocking, took about ten phone calls and a whole heap of documents to get it across the line in a space of two…

Ok so it sounds like you're saying the client ends up paying the "mandate" either way going through a broker?

Commercial loans you pay an application fee that covers the broker upfront (generally 0.55%) as well as whatever the bank charges on top.…

Larger Taiwanese population in Brisbane

Bought a $200 Aldi mower, and hated every single day of mowing the lawn, eventually died and invested in a $1000 Honda mower, never had a…

Cancellations are coming through, looks like they jacked the prices up as well :(

Yep and you had people defending them calling them a 'small business', few months later has an IPO on asx

Any comparison between this and the Jabra range?

Yep does appear to read that way?

Ah missed it, thanks for that

Whats this amazon deal?

Whatever you do, do the FX exchange wither with an online provider (like transferwise), or do the FX at the Singapore side. Australian…