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Portable Head Units - Anyone Used Them?

Seen a few of these advertised on Facebook, Amazon etc. Plug into the cigarette lighter socket and attach to dashboard or window so no tricky installation needed. Apparently they do the usual …

Rewards Credit Cards

So our long standing credit card is being discontinued and moved to Macquarie Platinum in August if we don't do anything before then. Existing card limit is $10k. Just wondered what …

Best Value 55 Inch TV under $1,500

Opinions welcome. Looking at Hisense, Sony and Samsung models at the moment.

Amazon AU

Anyone Bought a Refurb iPhone from Amazon?

If so, what was your experience? Good quality product? Looking at a new phone for my son and some good prices there for "Amazon renewed" iphones.

Boost Mobile

Switching from ALDI to Boost - Worth It?

I'm in Sydney metro. I know Boost has "full" Telstra while Aldi has a different/lesser version. Is there likely to be a noticeable improvement If I switch? I've found Aldi pretty …

Daughter Needs a Laptop for High School - Recommendations

So, my daughter is going into year 10 in 2018. Until now we have leased a laptop from the school (HP probook) but this service will no longer be offered next year and its up to us to find a suitable …

Best place to buy bathroom tiles Sydney

Anyone know of a good supplier with low prices? Currently renovating a bathroom and want to get the best deal I can.

Kogan

Kogan Agora 6 Plus

This is being trumpeted as the answer to two year plans (for those who have never heard of Xiaomi etc I assume) on news.com. Being compared with the Samsung …

Redmi Note 3 Owners - Camera Issue

I've had the phone for a few months and its been great. However, I have an issue with blurred images from the rear camera. In contrast the front camera takes pretty good images. Initially I …

Phone under $500 - Must Have Decent Camera

Wife needs a new phone as her HTC M7 battery is becoming problematic. I have the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 and love it, but the camera is pretty average, especially in low light. Its the one thing that …

carloans.com.au

Anyone used carloans.com.au?

I'm looking to sort out some finance for a car I am buying (loan approx $21,000) and have spoken to these people. Anyone know if they are any good?

Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 with Chinese ROM

Thinking of buying one of these from eglobal, but its only available with the Chinese ROM at the moment. According to what I have read the main difference is that it won't have the google Apps …

Will a PCI Card Give a Better Connection to My Router than USB?

I'm having a few issues with intermittent wifi connection from my desktop. I'm using a basic USB type wifi connection. Distance to router is maybe 10 to 12 metres. Do PCI cards have a …

Best smartphone up to around $200

My 12 year old daughter has managed to lose my old iphone 4 she was using and if it doesn't turn up soon I will need to replace it. I don't want to go much over maybe $200 but there seems …

Laptop for $400 or less

My Acer has suddenly died, won't turn on. Whle I may be able to get it repaired we are going overseas in a few days and a laptop will be very handy in keeping the kids entertained in the …

Tablet under $200

Looking for decently priced tablets for the kids. Wifi only is fine and not Apple as I resent thowing money away. For games, watching movies etc. My limited research is finding it hard to go past a …

eBay Australia

eBay Hong Kong based sellers

Might be a dumb question, but what is the main risk if the seller has decent feedback and paypal is used for a purchase? Is it mainly a warranty thing that makes Aus stock more popular/expensive? I …

New phone at a good price

My old iphone 4 is showing its age in terms of performance and I want to replace it. Obviously looking for improvements in all areas such as speed, camera etc which should not be hard given how out …

Laptop under $450 - 15.6", basic Word Processing, Internet, etc

Only basic stuff like word processing, Internet, watching DVDs, watching shows or movies online and live sport streams. No gaming and would like a 15.6 screen.

Kids School Shoes

Its that time of the year again. My 6 and soon to be 10 year olds will need new shoes for the return to school.

Tablet of Netbook

We are going to Europe for a month later this year and my wife has started banging on about buying an ipad so that we can get online at wireless hotspots etc.

Laptop under $400

No tech snobs please. This is for basic needs, no gaming, no special sound/graphics requirements.