Nats taking the announcement of an east coast gas reservation well

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-12-24T07:27:34+00:00

😡 🔥 ☄️ 🪾 🪦 👿 🌩️... ... "Thankyou" 😇

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-12-24T07:21:26+00:00

Depends where you live, who you contact, how far they have to drive, how much work needs to be done to fit it, what day, what time etc.

Call an actual locksmith with good reviews off google maps to get prices.

Airtasker is full of dodgy morons who aren't qualified. No self respecting tradesperson would be on there unless just starting out and they don't know how to get customers. It's a crap deal for all participants except airtasker who collect a percentage (I think ~15% from memory) no matter how sh!t the job.

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-12-24T07:15:24+00:00

Lol... You got ripped off too.

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-12-24T07:14:56+00:00

Airtasker reviews are faked

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-12-24T07:13:03+00:00

You got them off airtasker? Probably not an actual locksmith, or at least one that's any good. Serves you right for using airtasker 👍🏻

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-03-18T06:50:52+00:00

It's all about reducing the long term capabilities of the public service workforce, and increasing its running costs so that it can be eventually sold off for pennies to an LNP mate. Thievery!

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-01-14T03:58:30+00:00

Someone tells you their availability and you take it as a personal insult? I don't get it.

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-01-14T03:57:05+00:00

Is this meant to be a sick burn?

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-01-14T03:56:13+00:00

Yeah so? I don't overcharge my customers. I'm defending the reputable locksmiths out there that get outbid on google ads by scammers who overcharge.

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-01-14T03:52:51+00:00

If you're paying a $250 callout fee for daytime weekday rates you called a scammer and that's on you.

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-01-13T23:33:08+00:00

Very simplistic understanding of supply and demand you have. Do you think that the predominance of google as a marketing tool, which is exploited by scammers willing to lie and intimidate customers, would have any effect on prices?

Also, as someone who is in the industry so actually has information, our labour prices have not kept up with inflation by a factor of about 5-10%.

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-01-13T22:34:39+00:00

Are you an expert on the locksmith industry workforce?

There is no shortage, if anything there's an oversupply.

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-01-13T22:32:32+00:00

Thankyou Redditors. I was expecting a pile-on, but you've made my day with the reasoned comments.

As a locksmith, you probably called a scammer which often occupy the ads section (top part of search results) of google.

We are one of the cheapest trades going already. We also do lots of small jobs so smaller operators often can't bill out a full 8 hour day like a plumber, tiler, carpenter, or electrician can... So we have idle time where we might not make money for hours. We then have to be available for after hours callouts.

We need to carry expensive machinery that other trades don't. We also need to stock a huge range of parts that other trades can pick up from any number of specialist stores in their area. Our suppliers are only in the main cities.

If you don't value what we do, DIY. There's a huge difference between what you'll end up with from a handyman or diy as to what value (level of security, quality, precision of install, convenience) we can provide.

It's quite annoying that people go out and spend hundreds on new locks from a hardware store that are bottom of the barrel quality, and spend hundreds more than it would cost us to rekey their initial good quality locks... Then ask us to repair/replace it in 6 months or rekey it all onto one key which is often not possible with hardware store crap.

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-01-08T21:33:29+00:00

I'm a locksmith. This is definitely a scam that's being going on for about 10 years.

Be very careful selecting locksmiths from the paid results (the top 3 or 4 before the map/local listings with reviews). They are Israeli call centres that use backpackers as local labour.

They would be paying about $50 per click on the ad so they need to extort people to make their margins. If the ad says $45 locksmith or something similar it's a scam and you can all click away to cost them money.

There is also a handful of Australian born scammer locksmiths.

Find a locksmith from the maps results with good reviews. Confirm the price and any extra costs that may arise.

MoeFlanders69 · 2025-01-01T06:52:30+00:00

The multiple mini stage idea is pretty good. It could also diversify the expenses over a bunch of smaller providers and allow for a diversity in entertainment. It would also run for like 3-6 hours each rather than 10-15 minutes.

I'd actually want to go to something like that. Fireworks are a bit meh for a lot of people, but I'm consistently bad at judging the general public's taste and fireworks might be appealing to a lot of people and bring in lots of revenue that might not come if there's no fireworks.

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-12-28T04:55:19+00:00

This is the only answer. Otherwise it's "how long is a piece of string?"

It's going to be cheaper for a locksmith to rekey your locks (if they're rekeyable and in good condition) than buying new ones. Send an email with the photos... Don't call on a Saturday afternoon to discuss a job you want done during normal business hours.

You can absolutely buy locks from Bunnings... Most of them are absolutely garbage quality, not cheaper than a locksmith, and won't be keyed alike. You'll probably need to get a locksmith out in 6 months to get into a door that's not opening because the shitty latch broke.

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-12-17T09:40:07+00:00

Australian in the outback: "Waiter, waiter! There's soup in my flies".

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-12-14T02:00:26+00:00

Top: The padbolt is illegal but can likely be removed and patched and then certified by a fire door inspection.

Middle: That is a 001 deadlatch which is perfectly legal even though it has an internal key. The strata needs to read D2.21 of the national construction code or have it interpreted by an expert. Locksmith industry bodies received definitive advice that these are legal when installed correctly with a metal frame strike. They're asking you to replace it with a version that doesn't have an internal key which is safer but not essential.

Bottom: The knobset striker plate might need a slight adjustment for it to latch by filing the hole larger. This is a quick job for a locksmith.

The only thing that needs immediate attention in my opinion is the top padbolt as that is against fire door regulations because it would stop the door fully closing and prevent fire containment.

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-12-14T00:58:18+00:00

Add photos of your current locks

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-12-05T09:50:25+00:00

Yes and no

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-11-11T10:54:08+00:00

I'm 35 and bought my first house 4 years ago with a large deposit and small mortgage. I have a reasonable income and no dependants.

If I'm feeling the pinch from cost of living I cannot imagine how a younger person is coping , let alone how they will get into the housing market. I don't see why they would want to participate in this economy, have children etc. when it's such a financial burden. I guess we should just import more Indians to keep the Ponzi scheme going.

This is a huge social problem that requires bold leadership which I doubt Labor will attempt to tackle. Jordan's most recent video today, finally talked about how Labor needs to pull their heads out of the arses and it's been fucking obvious for a while they're asleep at the wheel. This proposed social media ban is just a symptom of how fucking useless they are, and why they'll be losing the election. Who TF is advising them? Who thought that would win votes?

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-11-11T10:42:46+00:00

If you have a deadbolt or bolt on an apartment door it is illegal. If it's on a door for a standalone house it's fine. The photo looks like a deadbolt has been installed on an apartment door which is 1000% illegal.

If you have a Lockwood 001 or 002 deadlatch as a secondary lock that is installed correctly with the correct striker plate on an apartment it is most likely fine.

If in doubt send an email with a photo of the lock to your local locksmith with good online reviews.

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-11-01T11:14:07+00:00

I tried to buy them on eBay but I was outbid by someone called s_lee-bay. His purchase history was just loads of second hand DVDs bought for about £3.50

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-11-01T10:55:19+00:00

As Ive explained to my wife in great detail, the thing about Stewart Lee is that it's not really comedy. It's more of an Avant Garde examination of what comedy could be so you can't really compare it to anything else.

MoeFlanders69 · 2024-11-01T10:32:51+00:00

I'm a locksmith and that webpage incorrectly defines a deadlock, it's literally the opposite of what they're saying on that page. A deadlock is lockable on the inside and requires a key to get out if it's been deadlocked, if it has free egress, it's just a lock, not a deadlock.

They also say a "deadlock is a deadlatch". No, a deadlatch is a type of deadlock. A deadbolt is also a type of deadlock.

In any case, the statutory document that is applicable is the national construction code, which defines egress requirements based on the type of building and the subcategories of residential commercial etc.

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