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Preferred repairer had low reviews but no issues - don't need a repairer all that often to be able to compare a good one from a bad one

arkie0 replied to
Bruceflix on Car Insurance When Market Value of Car Is Almost Same as Excess Amount

Easier and quicker - called 2 other repairers had a wait time of like 2-3 weeks, cbf calling around to every repairer for quotes and times.…

It was a repair minor bump but less than $1500

arkie0 replied to
donga100 on Car Insurance When Market Value of Car Is Almost Same as Excess Amount

If the cost to repair is less than the excess, then you might get refunded the difference - I did with AAMI

> And now they can't even reproduce > Look up to Korea, Singapore and China lol ranked 1 (China),2(SK) and 3(SG) for lowest birth rates in…

Good in theory, however we have the political parties of Australia not Scandinavia and would just result in increased politicians pay on…

Exactly Norway Sweden Finland and Denmark have 25% GST/VAT. They are the most regressive taxing countries in the world.

Haven't needed to use it yet just switched over from superhero this FY, I'll find out in a few months.

https://passiveinvestingaustralia.com/online-trading-platforms-comparison/ I'm with betashares, no fees for EFTs buying or selling, no…

I used to be clean and healthy, now I'm an OzBargain addict

Usually threads like this don't gain much traction heaps of people still upvote the techfast deals and if you mention the poor build…

arkie0 replied to
Malik Nasser on PSA: TechFast Poor Quality PC Builds (Double Check Your System CPU)

damn I've been working in IT for years and been getting CPU fan wrong all this time?

arkie0 commented on What Is Likely Wrong with My Car?
What car is it?

That scenario can occur at any house and not everyone has public liability insurance

I did that once with ING for a couple of dollars of interest that wasn't meant to be there - and they credited $20 for it

Agreed, on top of that the ones on student visa working 12 hour days end up becoming PRs... then buy a house. Then the sensible citizen…

We do buy 10kg bags of rice, other things we do is buy discounted food, think reduced price bread and freeze it if your going toast it who…

+1 for effort... he asked me the same question and no way was I wasting my time to go thorough receipts and give him an itemized breakdown

> I want to learn as well Step 1 - Live paycheck to paycheck Step 2 - Adapt

You believe what you want, that's your prerogative. For reference youfoodz or hellofresh is at about 5$ a meal - without discounts, that's…

Yes 3 adults, 2 above 70 though, they do not eat much. The poll suggests otherwise and a few other replies in line with 50 per person -…

> Biggest cost I would say is some of the kids stuff like nappies and wipes etc (for our 18 month old). Will be easier when the kids are…

Breaky would be something like coffee(instant nescafe) and toast, spread like jam and egg Asian household so usually core is rice & Asian…

arkie0 commented on How Much Do You Spend on Groceries?
150 week, 3 people I did a budget in previous post a few days ago and got ridiculed because 150 for 1 person was "hilariously low".

Land tax applies to an investment property, commercial property (and no its not any different) and holiday home. Yes, the OP was talking…

The absolute values are in the story as well. Commerical or Residential it doesn't matter - It's all a single land tax, if land is used to…

How much more than [2240%](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgN8oQxR4Kg) in 10 years?

This already occurs via increased stamp duty and land tax - what % of rent charged should go towards land tax is a justified amount?

lol... all I'm saying live frugally (to me it's normal, I grew up with that because that's all we could afford 40 years ago) you interpret…

You're 100% right it will. You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you choose to play the hand. I'd make the same choices to get…
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