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Been here 6 years and have been asked to provide footage 3 times -- twice by neighbours (different neighbours each time) and once by…

Finally, someone gets it. There's more than cost and customer support to review when you compare RSP to RSP. I've been on Launtel,…

Been using Newgroup Ninja for many years but I’ve noticed in the past 12 months their speeds have been very poor for me. I’m with ABB…

I clicked through to Amazon after reading your post and was pleased to see them still on sale for $197. I purchased 5. I've since refreshed…

Thanks for this guidance. Called the retention team, told them I was advised to give them a call to apply the $20 off per month discount…

Yep! NAB initially blocked the sale as a fraudulent charge and I confirmed it wasn't by responding to the text message. I processed the…

Successfully paid for and received 5 x $500 vouchers this morning at 9:21am AEST. Managed to get the $200 off my $2500 order despite the…

You were not looking in the right spot for Apple TV+ content. Apple's streaming service is exclusively original content made by Apple and…

Yep! I can also confirm that you can call up and have the salesperson send you an invoice to your phone to pay with the 15% off. First…

My ~6 year old 8TB WD Red in my NAS is failing so I have to pull the trigger sooner rather than later!

$15 away from being the best price ever according to camel³. Good enough for me. Purchased.

Final update posted below as a new comment!

Hi all. Appreciate those who’ve checked back in to see how it all went. I took yesterday morning off work (for reasons that are boring…

I’ll be taking on board some of the helpful responses here. To summarise: I will be heading back to the store on Wednesday with my dad. I…

I’m quite tech savvy and I worked for almost 7 years in the hospitality and retail industry. I would like to consider myself very…

They have the FB and Instragram logos on their business card, but I’ve not yet had a look at their pages. I’ll see what comes of from…

No. Stand-alone company, it appears.

2018 13” MBP with Touchbar. 256GB SSD. $850.

Yep, the laptop has had its PRAM, NVRAM reset multiple times. I also did a complete internet recovery twice. It’s definitely a hardware…

The issue presented itself when both employees of the store typed on the keyboard. They then both completely ignored that it happened and…

Yep. After this ordeal with the store today, I really just want to cut all ties and get a refund, ideally. I’ll head into the store with…

Worst. Interaction. Ever.

This seems like a good route to take. I’ll see what my next visit brings and decide from there.

Yep, agreed. Not brushing it off. I'll try and WFH on Wednesday so I have the time to go in with him but I'm not expecting anything…

Yeah I will, but I don't like my chances. It's very much a "he said, she said" scenario. To add to the complexity of this issue, it's an…

My dad is going back in tomorrow and unfortunately I won't be able to go in with him (I need to be in the office this week). I've told my…

Ah, this is good to know. Apple did indeed provide a global repair program.…

I've had a look at Westpac's guidelines for a chargeback and I don't know whether this is a viable option. The reason for a chargeback to…

My dad bought a second hand MacBook Pro from a brick and mortar store. It comes with 3 months' warranty. He passed it to me to set it up…

Apple critics are the cross-fitters of the tech world -- they *have* to let everyone hear their criticisms of the brand.