arkie0 » user profile

Member Since 07/11/2018
Last Seen Hidden
Badges 19 2
Location Melbourne

Recent Activities

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
16/07/2025 - 16:44
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.…
15/07/2025 - 22:09
It was a repair minor bump but less than $1500
15/07/2025 - 22:06
If the cost to repair is less than the excess, then you might get refunded the difference - I did with AAMI
15/07/2025 - 20:45
> 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…
29/06/2025 - 21:40
Good in theory, however we have the political parties of Australia not Scandinavia and would just result in increased politicians pay on…
29/06/2025 - 21:35
Exactly Norway Sweden Finland and Denmark have 25% GST/VAT. They are the most regressive taxing countries in the world.
29/06/2025 - 20:40
Haven't needed to use it yet just switched over from superhero this FY, I'll find out in a few months.
25/06/2025 - 12:40
https://passiveinvestingaustralia.com/online-trading-platforms-comparison/ I'm with betashares, no fees for EFTs buying or selling, no…
24/06/2025 - 10:57
I used to be clean and healthy, now I'm an OzBargain addict
02/06/2025 - 13:28
Usually threads like this don't gain much traction heaps of people still upvote the techfast deals and if you mention the poor build…
30/05/2025 - 22:10
damn I've been working in IT for years and been getting CPU fan wrong all this time?
30/05/2025 - 22:05
What car is it?
28/05/2025 - 21:34
That scenario can occur at any house and not everyone has public liability insurance
24/05/2025 - 15:03
I did that once with ING for a couple of dollars of interest that wasn't meant to be there - and they credited $20 for it
22/05/2025 - 17:19
Agreed, on top of that the ones on student visa working 12 hour days end up becoming PRs... then buy a house. Then the sensible citizen…
21/05/2025 - 12:38
We do buy 10kg bags of rice, other things we do is buy discounted food, think reduced price bread and freeze it if your going toast it who…
19/05/2025 - 15:07
+1 for effort... he asked me the same question and no way was I wasting my time to go thorough receipts and give him an itemized breakdown
19/05/2025 - 12:31
> I want to learn as well Step 1 - Live paycheck to paycheck Step 2 - Adapt
19/05/2025 - 09:45
You believe what you want, that's your prerogative. For reference youfoodz or hellofresh is at about 5$ a meal - without discounts, that's…
19/05/2025 - 08:56
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 -…
18/05/2025 - 21:57
> 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…
18/05/2025 - 15:25
Breaky would be something like coffee(instant nescafe) and toast, spread like jam and egg Asian household so usually core is rice & Asian…
18/05/2025 - 15:19
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".
17/05/2025 - 20:24
Land tax applies to an investment property, commercial property (and no its not any different) and holiday home. Yes, the OP was talking…
16/05/2025 - 00:31
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…
15/05/2025 - 23:09
How much more than [2240%](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgN8oQxR4Kg) in 10 years?
15/05/2025 - 22:15
This already occurs via increased stamp duty and land tax - what % of rent charged should go towards land tax is a justified amount?
15/05/2025 - 18:04
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…
15/05/2025 - 15:45
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…
15/05/2025 - 14:18
Loading...