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poll Car Buyer Claims I Declared Wrong Sale Date - How to Confirm? UPDATE: Service NSW Screwed up Themselves

So I recently sold my car, and the buyer claims I declared the wrong sale date. I sold it yesterday, 29th of July, but the buyer claims I declared it incorrectly as "27th July". I find …

poll [NSW] Traveling to My Friend Mechanic to Get My Car Fixed for Free - Would This Be Considered Essential Travel?

So I have a problem with my car (oil leak/broken seals or something) that makes my car chug a lot of oil when driving. Local next-door mechanic quoted me $700+ to get it fixed, meanwhile, my friend …

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$10 Bonus Cashback with $20 Spend (Excludes eBay, Catch Connect, Dan Murphy's) @ Cashrewards

expired $10 Bonus Cashback with $20 Spend (Excludes eBay, Catch Connect, Dan Murphy's) @ Cashrewards

From the link in the email: Terms and conditions This promotion is open only to members that receive an invitation email directly from Cashrewards. To activate and receive the bonus, you must be …

Landlord Wants Me to Move out or to Increase Rent Because "They Can Not Afford My Current Agreed Rent" - Is This Allowed in NSW?

So this email just shook my world out of nowhere and is really making me mad about the whole situation. My fixed term contract ends at 19 July 2021, which I thought would allow me to feel safe and …

Aussie Retailers Selling Physical "Brand New" Nintendo Switch Games Which Are Obviously Not Brand New - Why Is This Allowed?

TL;DR at the bottom, but read the full story so you know the big picture. I will omit specific store names in my story and specific games so I don't get doxxed or something by an angry …

ING

poll Is Getting a Credit Card Really THAT Bad for Your Credit Rating?

So long story short, I got an offer from ING to get a credit card with them (Orange One), make 5 purchases and I will get a $100 bonus, which sounds incredibly good to me. They also have no annual …

3 Never Used Bank Cards Expiring Next Month - How to Make The Most out of Them on "New Customer" Bonuses?

Firstly, please don't ask why I have so many bank cards, it is a long story. Anyway, I have 3 bank cards that have the expiration date of 5/21 and only realized it now, so I am thinking how can …

Apple

Should I Update My iPhone 7 to The Latest iOS So I Can Fake My Location for 7-Eleven Fuel Discounts?

I currently have an iPhone 7 still running iOS 10.3.3 I am scared to update because of all the stories where Apple slows down older devices on purpose to make you angry and eats battery like crazy …

westconnex.com.au

M5 East - a Motorway in Sydney Which Was Free for The Last 19 Years Is Now Tolled - What Is Your Opinion?

I was surprised when I found my regular "Avoid Tolls" route to work is not the same anymore today, so I decided to take another look. Turns out, M5 East is now tolled. So far I only lost …

poll How to Send 100GB of Photos to Japan with Horrible Australian Internet?

I owe a friend in Japan about 100GB worth of photos and I am thinking of ways to do it in a time-efficient manner. So far I came up with 5 options: Just put the photos into a new 128GB flash drive …

Gumtree

Want to Send a Laptop Interstate for a Gumtree Buyer... How to Not Get Scammed?

I KNOW I KNOW, I SHOULD NOT ETC. BUT HEAR ME OUT This is an older ThinkPad X200s which are hard to find/get in Australia and the buyer wants to buy it for BIOS modding, I talked with him about it …

poll 7 Day Water-Only Fasting - Good Idea or Absolute Craziness?

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I have some sources saying that Australia will go into full lock-down (only allowed to go supermarket and back home) starting Monday, with announcement to be made …

Australia Post

AusPost Bends in Half & Stuffs My Parcels into My Small Mail Box - Says It's My Fault. Who's in The Right?

This has been happening for quite a while. First big annoyance was when I received some official A4 sized documents that need to be kept in pristine state, yet, the delivery guy decided bending and …

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Make Your First Apple Pay Transaction with Your NAB Visa Card and Get $10

expired Make Your First Apple Pay Transaction with Your NAB Visa Card and Get $10

Check your email if you have recently set up a NAB card with Apple Pay and haven't used it yet! The fine print: The cash back offer of $10 is available to the customer addressed in this …

ALDI

Using a Tent on The Beach during The Day - Is It Legal?

I recently bought the instant 4 person tent from Aldi, with the idea to use it for when I am going to the beach, as me and my family are pretty sensitive to the sun. It's pretty big and I …

Heinemann Australia

Buying an iPhone in Sydney Airport - Will ACCC Consumer Rights & Guarantees Apply to It?

So it looks like I will have a trip overseas soon and my phone is starting to show it's age, so I am thinking to buy a new iPhone in duty-free shop at Sydney's Airport. This will basically …

Where Can I Get Category 4 Polarised Sunglasses?

Seems like there aren't any Category 4 sunnies for sale anywhere in Australia, except Decathlon. Now they have 2 models for category 4 sunglasses. However, these ones are not available. They …

AliExpress

New "Trend" in AliExpress - Seller Won't Ship Item Unless I Order Something Extra from Them

So my girlfriend started ordering from AliExpress various shoes and dresses and whatnot. One day she comes across this dodgy seller, as I never heard about the practice that these sellers are doing. …

BWS - Beer Wine Spirits

Case of Beer Scanned at Higher Price than Shown on Shelf at BWS. What Were My Options?

tl;dr Shelf price of beer case was $54, but scanned at $56. Cashier was reluctant to do anything about it. Got the $2 difference back in the end but shouldn't there be some kind of scanning code …

ALDI

What is the policy of discounting Special Buys and at ALDI?

tl;dr - questions at the bottom A month or so ago I saw a $50 paper shredder as a Special Buy at my local ALDI. I don't really need it, but I wanted one as a time-wasting "toy" …

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[NSW] Cadbury Twirl Caramel 39g Chocolate Bar $0.25 @ The Reject Shop, Rockdale

expired [NSW] Cadbury Twirl Caramel 39g Chocolate Bar $0.25 @ The Reject Shop, Rockdale

Portable diabetes at only 25 cents a pop! All of them have an expiry date of 6th of June 2019, so you can stock up for about half a year's worth. High chance this is only at Rockdale Plaza in …

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expired RAXFLY Lightning Cable for iPhone 1m US $0.77 (~AU $1.07) Delivered @ AliExpress

Bought one myself and decided to share. Got charged $1.07 on ING debit card after GST and the delivery is free. Not sure if MFi certified but for (almost) $1 can't complain! A lot of stock (840 …

Service NSW

poll [Service NSW] PayPal Available for Rego and Licence Payments

Received this email today from Service NSW: Service NSW now offers PayPal for online and mobile payments. At the moment PayPal can only be used for Roads and Maritime Service transactions …

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Free Iced Coffee or 600ml Water Bottle When Your Bank Account Balance Is Less than $2.50 @ 7-Eleven ATM

expired Free Iced Coffee or 600ml Water Bottle When Your Bank Account Balance Is Less than $2.50 @ 7-Eleven ATM

Similar to this deal but it turns out if you have less than $2.50 in your bank account (that is linked to your debit card), you can still print the receipt without getting charged! Steps to get the …

Windows Preinstalled on a Laptop - Can I Cancel Licence and Get Money Back?

Hello, I recently bought a laptop, but it came with Windows 10 Pro preinstalled. The thing is, I use Manjaro Linux and not Windows, so the first thing when I got my laptop was put a USB stick with …

PCTECH sale - "This code can't be applied to your order." Everytime! (SOLVED)

Hello, Today is the last day of the PCTECH sale but everytime I try to use the coda on any of the shops listed I get a text saying. This code can't be applied to your order. How can I fix …

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Keji 50L Storage Container $5.98 @ Officeworks

expired Keji 50L Storage Container $5.98 @ Officeworks

First post! I remember buying similar (or the same size?) keji container for cheaps a few months ago. Quality for the price is good in my experience. Product Dimensions (mm) 426W x 553D x 305H …

AliExpress

Having Trouble with My AliExpress Dispute

Hello. I recently bought a 64GB USB Flash Drive for $18 from AliExpress. I bought it because I liked the design. When I received the item, turns out it has an ugly text logo some of the cheap USB …

How to Gain Weight Fast and Cheap?

I am having trouble putting on weight even after taking desperate measures. Two weeks ago i started my "pizza diet", which consists of 3 frozen cheese pizzas and 2 star beef mince, both …

Cheap Android for Clumsy Sister?

So my sister broke 4th phone in 2 years and I had enough of this, decided I will buy her the cheapest Android phone possible that fullfils her needs. Basically, what she uses it for is: * …

Tyres and Renewing Rego

Hello, I will need to renew my rego in a month and a friend got me worried on my car's tyres. He said it won't be considered roadworthy if the front tyres are not of the same brand. …

Australian Taxation Office

Buy All Tax Deductable Items in June 2017 and Claim Them in 2016-2017 Tax Return?

I started work as a sole trader (carpenter) and only recently started to read up on tax related stuff. Currently I use old tools from friends or tools I bought from gumtree (no receipts or proof of …

Drop Vodafone for a Cheaper Telco?

Recently I stumbled upon this $10 per month deal for my mobile needs and it seems like perfect for me: Never use more than 1GB per month Don't make much calls (maximum 1 hour of calls per …

Where to sell used PC parts? (like CashConverters?)

Where can I sell a bunch of computer parts like RAMs, motherboards, GPUs, CPUs etc for instant cash? Basically like CashConverters but for computer parts? I already tried gumtree but it's …

Australian Taxation Office

Fee for Tax Preparation Higher Due to ABN Income

I've been trying to do my tax back stuff through elodge.com.au My total income is less than $18200 for the 2015-2016 financial year so I won't even bother to make any deductions as I …

Found CPU and RAM in my demolition work, how much are they worth?

So I was doing demolition work and saw a bent motherboard on the ground so I picked it up and saw that while it was bent, the CPU and RAM looked in good working condition so I removed them and put …