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Dean Bailey
Hi everyone just a few more examples of how we get ripped off in Australia. I have done a few comparisons with online shopping both here in Aus and UK. The prices I believe would be the same online as in store but cannot guarantee it. Please I urge you all to do a bit of research online and compare prices, we are still... getting ripped off even now the $ is above 92 us cents.
Dyson dc 15 vacum cleaner: UK $392 Sale price $339, Harvey Norman $999.
Sony blu ray player: UK $321, Harvey Norman $399.
Roche Performa nano diabetic glucose meter: UK $27, Australia $70.
I have looked up loads of products both in Aust, UK and USA and guess what? Australia comes first for being the most expensive. I can understand prices being slightly higher as we have a smaller population, most of the products are manufactered in china so delivery should be less as we are closer.Read More
Dyson dc 15 vacum cleaner: UK $392 Sale price $339, Harvey Norman $999.
Sony blu ray player: UK $321, Harvey Norman $399.
Roche Performa nano diabetic glucose meter: UK $27, Australia $70.
I have looked up loads of products both in Aust, UK and USA and guess what? Australia comes first for being the most expensive. I can understand prices being slightly higher as we have a smaller population, most of the products are manufactered in china so delivery should be less as we are closer.Read More
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CHOICE Does your daily life revolve around nappies? Then why not help us find the best ones - we're looking for mums, dads and bubs to help us trial disposable nappies for two weeks in November. http://tinyurl.com/ygmsez5
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The CHOICE Shonky Awards expose products and services making dodgy claims. Like the product that claims to be doing its bit for the environment while lowering your electricity costs – so long as you don’t use it on any appliances deemed "too powerful"? Any idea what it is? Find out when winners are revealed on Oct 28.A...nd check out last year's winners - or should we say losers - at http://tinyurl.com/yga5vnzRead More
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The CHOICE Shonky Awards information for Australian consumers. Research products via buying guides, user tests, surveys and independent consumer reviews from Choice Australia.
Frances Anne Henderson I like using mineral foundations - great for my skin.
CHOICE Mineral foundations promise a fresh, natural look and a product that's good for your skin. But our trial found many don't deliver the benefits promised and some also contain potentially dangerous nanoparticles. http://tinyurl.com/yz3akaa
Anthea Mulholland Has everyone else noticed that Cadbury have decided to reduce their small blocks of chocolate by 100gms yet we are not seeing a price reduction at all? Cadbury you are not Lindt you are ripping off the consumers who have supported you and why would I pay more for less. I'm looking for an alternative - any suggestions?
Dean Bailey
The petrol companies are up to their tricks again, now that the aussie $ is higher I wondered why the price of fuel hadn't come down. I checked the nrma petrol watch scheme and low and behold prices were an average of 112.2 in sydney today thurs...day which is supposed to be the dearest day to buy petrol. Here in Armid...ale the average price is 129.9 the highest of all on the nrma site funny really as we are only 4 to 5 cents more expensive than Sydney usually. Perhaps on Tuesday which is the cheapest day for fuel in Sydney we will be 30 cents more expensive here in Armidale. I dont know how the fuel companies get away with it especially saying fuel is more expensive on Thursday they would not get away with it in other countries.Read More
Dean Bailey It's amazing the price of Special K has come down to $6.59 in our local Coles. Some of you may recall that I emailed Coles a few weeks ago to advise that the weight had come down from 630gm to 600gms with no price reduction. People power thats what I say and the more of us that do it the more the supermarkets will realise that we cant be taken for fools.
Dean Bailey
What a great debate on SBS Insight the other night both on and off the screen. I was so glad to see the supermarkets getting what they deserve from the consumer a backlash. As for Dick Smith saying we should stick to Coles and Woolworths as we are not being Australian if we shop at Aldi, perhaps he would like to consid...er that the above supermarkets are not being Australian by over inflating prices and ripping us off. I suggest that people go and look at other countries supermarket online shopping and check out prices, I have an account with Tescos in the UK (just for price checking) and regularly check out the difference between Oz and the UK.Read More
Dean Bailey
Boy oh boy do we get ripped off not just with groceries but almost everything. I went to buy some Philips Extreme power bulbs for my car the other day they were $85 in Oz compared to $52 in the UK including postage to Oz. I’m really glad Richard Branson is opening up an insurance business here as that is a big rip off ...as well; its like most things in Oz, lots of smaller businesses have been taken over by the big corporations which means no competition. As we are so isolated the big corporations think we don’t know how they over inflate prices, thank god for the web as we have much more access to this info.Read More
CHOICE If you missed last night’s SBS Insight show on competition in the grocery sector with Nick Stace, our CEO, you can catch it again @ http://tinyurl.com/ydf9k8u
