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Question: was the agent wrong? Would be interesting to hear the background on this before jumping to conclusions.

It took that long to go through NCAT and get a resolution. Tenants dragged this out for as long as they could get away with. 3 hearings…

It was before then. I ended up going to the insurance complaints commission (which is funded by insurers and a waste of time - and they…

Consumer Affairs are usually useless in this area... in most areas actually.

EBM. I dont know who underwrites them and I'll spare you the details but i had to fight for my money. Many resl estate agencies push their…

Been there before. Landlord insurance was pretty useless and covered the bare minimum. Forget NCAT. They have no jurisdiction overseas. You…

Sharepoint and OneDrive. Setup a document library, no VPN required. You can set it up to sync on each pc so the files are local and it'll…

I detest Luxottica for what they did via their threats to stop selling Oakley through their retail channel. Aeguably, this forced Jim…

Looks like wear and tear to me. There's no way your landlord will get away with this, no way. I've just taken my house back from tenants…

That mount is only wide enough for a single stud. I'd be looking at a mount that can span 2 studs, especially where the TV can swivel…

If the Government is providing something for "free", it means that we are paying for it. No way, José. I'm not subsidising your business.

Worth it. I have been using the variable speed DC model to circulate air in my home office for 3 years. Without it, the room would be…

Cash flow at your stage of life is challenging. Ride it out. Consider salary sacrificing some money into super. You will need to work out…

They go on sale occasionally, but nowhere near as often as they used to. You can thank the ACCC for this, and Bunnings of course. Bunnings…

Try adulting from time to time. Own it. It's not society's job to look after you.

Was the baby conceived by app also?

Maybe - but why ask on a cheapskate site? Put some effort in and go to a car site instead.

Not sure why you'd ask on a bargain site. Try a car site instead. People here generally care about VALUE, and $200K on a car does not…

Quit being so negative, stop resisting.

I don't have the capacitance to understand that.

If the teachers can't help themselves and don't know how to disable email notifications outside of core business hours, that's their…

A heat gun is definitely better than a lighter for heat shrink, I do lots of heat shrinking with my very old heat gun. I’m cheap so I…

I do this with my 15 year old corded XU1 heat gun. Only when I have to, like if the pork belly hasn’t had enough time to fully dry out…

Classic! So true. Even my psych agrees that there's way too much over-diagnosis. I've been dealing with this for life and have built up…

I did a 24 hour BP monitoring regime with the machine. Conclusion was that my BP was elevated both on and off meds. I stopped regularly…

Oh look, a squirrel! That's what my wife would always say to me. Any time she'd try to have a serious conversation - "Now, shut out the…

100%, great advice. Exactly - in fact my weekends are more valuable to me personally and yes, when I have difficult tasks/days on weekends…

I have multi-focal/progressive sunglasses. Got them at Specsavers. Not a great choice in frames - next time I might try some online…

HI all, Per my post https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/805436 12 months ago, a few people asked how it was all going - happy to give an…

Does the mechanism need some sort of periodic lubrication perhaps?