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The Most Dangerous Cars Study (USA)

Road deaths only happen every hundreds of millions of vehicle kilometres travelled. It is only that so many vehicle kilometres are travelled that the number of road fatalities are as many of they …

Beware of Fake AMD CPUs from eBay

I started another thread about ordering a new AMD CPU that was unavailable in Australia from an eBay seller in China. He has 3K+ sales and a 99.5% rating, and the price was fair, so it seemed …

eBay Australia

Package from China? Open It in Front of a Witness!

Decided to upgrade to a Ryzen 8600G. But I'm into low power stuff. So when I saw an eBay seller offering 8600GEs - the 35W version of the 65W 8600G - for not that much more than the price of an …

ALDImobile

Warning: ALDI SIM Does NOT Work in Telstra Locked Phone

I thought we'd mutually figured all this out. I'd thought this is what we'd been telling people on OzBargain. And Google didn't find me any references to the contrary. A SIM from …

Are These Unreasonable Delivery Arrangements?

Am I being unreasonable, or is the business? I bought something offered as a deal on OzBargain. It was $299. Including shipping. The seller refuses to do anything to arrange delivery until I commit …

Are ADAS - Advanced Driver Assistance Systems - a bargain for car buyers? Mostly no

A study from the US's Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has looked at whether ADAS actually works. And they've found that mostly they have resulted in no reduction in crashes. Blind …

AliExpress

[RESOLVED] Why can't I buy anything from AliExpress

OzBargain regularly has deals from AliExpress. I saw one I was interested in. So I registered. And bought it, or should I say, tried to. It was in my trolley. I selected to pay using PayPal. I went …

Did My Renault Get Zapped by The Big Solar Storm?

Its 1am. I'm woken by a series of clunks from the back yard. I go out and check and can find nothing. Then I check to see if someone had been interfering with the car. And its locked. I NEVER …

Transaction Denied, Not Happy, Credit Union

I had work done on my car. Went to pick it up. The bill was pretty much what I expected. $2036-40. Tried to pay with my Visa debit card from my credit union. Waved it over their new Commonwealth …

Big nbn Price Increases Are Coming

NBN and the ISP have been arguing for a couple of years about what the next lot of NBN prices increases will look like. The ACCC was the referee. NBN wants one thing, everyone else another. As time …

Should OzBargain Hide/Cancel/Censor Merely Unpopular Views

I once read an SF story that people put things in three categories: I like it I don't like it It should be banned. As I get old I find I live in a society where increasingly things are …

Should Companies Have to Warn Buyers Their Product Only Works with "Genuine" Consumables?

Had a Brother P-Touch label printer, a 1230PC, one that prints from my PC. I bought it years ago and hadn't used for a while. Got it out of the cupboard and tried to use it, but I got a …

Living without a large intestine

I got sent the bowel cancer test kit every 2 years, and didn't bother. Then a few months ago I had a persistent gut ache, so I thought I'd do the test. Just in case. The news wasn't …

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Silicon Power UD90 1TB gen 4 M.2 SSD $109 + Delivery @ Mwave

out of stock Silicon Power UD90 1TB gen 4 M.2 SSD $109 + Delivery @ Mwave

Mwave is selling it at $109 + shipping. Looks like a bargain there when everyone else, including Amazon, is selling it for $159. Its gen4. Mwave says 4800 MB/s read, 4200 MB/s write. So its not the …

McAfee

I Just Got a McAfee Subscription Scam Email Based on Old Optus Info

Was an Optus customer a while back. Have changed some things like my email address since then. But not my credit card. Just got a fairly obvious scam email saying my credit card had been charged …

Woolworths

You Only Get ONE 10% off Shop Per Month at Woolworths

For those who don't realise, it doesn't matter how many Woolworths branded products you buy that offer a 10% off shop once a month at Woolworths, you only get ONE 10% off shop each …

Telstra

Telstra to Open up Its 5G Network

Not sure what there is to discuss about this, but there are regularly comments in the forums that people want a 5G plan, but they are only available through Telstra, Optus and Vodafone directly, not …