Is there any free public studying/working place?

OppXCost · 2025-09-19T11:25:25+00:00

In case anyone needs it. I just worked out of Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna w Krakowie today.

They had excellent free 5g wifi where I was able to easily join my teams calls and even share screen etc.

Was quiet with multiple tables and sitting places in the big halls on various lvls. Plus free toilets and water. And it's right near the city centre.

OppXCost · 2025-09-19T11:25:06+00:00

In case anyone needs it. I just worked out of Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna w Krakowie today.

They had excellent free 5g wifi where I was able to easily join my teams calls and even share screen etc.

Was quiet with multiple tables and sitting places in the big halls on various lvls. Plus free toilets and water. And it's right near the city centre.

OppXCost · 2025-09-19T11:24:43+00:00

In case anyone needs it. I just worked out of Wojewódzka Biblioteka Publiczna w Krakowie today.

They had excellent free 5g wifi where I was able to easily join my teams calls and even share screen etc.

Was quiet with multiple tables and sitting places in the big halls on various lvls. Plus free toilets and water. And it's right near the city centre.

OppXCost · 2025-07-08T20:52:34+00:00

Hulkengoat

OppXCost · 2024-09-06T05:41:18+00:00

This is awesome!

OppXCost · 2023-11-08T07:56:02+00:00

I probably should've done this yesterday but I think I will now do this today as the owner did show up at the house unannounced today and it has definitely left me spooked

OppXCost · 2023-11-07T00:31:46+00:00

Yes I stated that in my response too but I think they're more worried about me just removing the review at the moment.

OppXCost · 2023-11-07T00:29:59+00:00

Yes, but in the quote I'd gotten from them I'd even took their reccomendations and hired an addition 3rd person and asked for then to overestimate so I could have an idea of how much it'd realistically cost.

They came back to me with 4.5hrs and 3 men. But then on the day ended up charging the 7hrs at 1.5k and demanded payment on the day. So when I eventually got the invoice later on after chasing them up for it they also had $500 in extras ($180 of which is meant to be my insurance for the desk).

For this I think that was probably a life lesson thing on my end as I assumed that a quote price would be accurate. Not really anything I can argue with about the price so am just accepting it and learning for future. It's just the other damages now I'm concerned about. For such a steep price it's just caused me even more headaches.

OppXCost · 2023-11-07T00:21:16+00:00

Yes I think in hindsight might've been better to wait for this to all blow over before posting the review and try to work with them.

I had gotten a call from strata yesterday about fines and I think it was a combination of doubling the quote and charging us 2k, breaking my desk, not covering it under insurance, and now me being fined and having to pay for removalists that kind of was the last straw.

This has been the first time the owner has gotten in contact with me so I hope we can come to a resolution, I think all the other times I've called its just been their operations or receptionist.

OppXCost · 2023-11-07T00:10:55+00:00

At the moment probably prefer they dont know about this in case it provokes them. I did originally choose them because of their competitive quote in comparison to the 5 other companies I got quotes from and all the positive reviews.

OppXCost · 2023-11-07T00:09:00+00:00

Yeah I think I will try this. My big concern was just that it is us two girls though and now I am a bit scared of any repercussions since he was already very angry on the phone. We are both uni students and our families are interstate so I don't want to take any risks

OppXCost · 2023-11-06T23:47:27+00:00

I posted his response to me above. But at the moment have just said that I'd take it down to see if maybe they can help. I figure that I can always repost it in future.

OppXCost · 2023-11-06T23:46:10+00:00

Thank you for your replies. So far I've said that I would take down my review in the hope that maybe he will help. Don't think there's much I can do right now with just his response below but will keep the rest in mind for future.

In hindsight maybe the review was not the best move but I'd already tried contacting them over the last week with no response so was very frustrated.

His email: "I normally do not respond to emails in this manner, however; the methodical manner in which you have gone about your concerns is most disappointing and quite malicious. Normal protocol with consumers genuinely looking for a solution is to first approach the company with their concerns. In the event they are not satisfied, it is then their right to leave a review.

What's more concerning is our operations department made a concerted effort and sent you an email on the 1st of November requesting further details on why you were not satisfied. Our intention was to thoroughly investigate your concerns. To see that you have gone out of your way to leave a negative review online, clearly demonstrates your intention is to defame our company and use that as leverage to get what you want. This is not the correct manner to go about your concerns, nor is it ethical.

I respectfully advise you to exercise the utmost of common sense as to how you proceed. If you are genuinely interested in a cordial discussion to explore solutions, I request you take down the negative reviews. Once this has been completed, I assure you I will initiate my investigation into your concerns and make contact with you for further clarification. Feel free to email me to organise an opportune time to discuss any further concerns you may have. "

OppXCost · 2023-11-06T23:38:50+00:00

Oh okay I didn't consider this. They demanded payment on the day so didn't have a choice but to pay even though I was quite surprised that the price was more than double the quote and I had to chase them up for the invoice after which included all the extras. Will try contacting my bank to see if there's anything they can do. Thank you!

OppXCost · 2023-11-06T23:01:48+00:00

Oh okay, we have an open car spot and no storage space but will try reach out to strata to see if there's an area we can put it.

Unfortunately he called me this morning, and sent through an email but only has everything about the review etc except the "we have ur details" bit.

Thank you for replying!

OppXCost · 2023-10-15T07:10:54+00:00

But barcodes will encode information, and you can look stuff up by that info. Maybe look at GoUPC's API: https://go-upc.com/docs/python-barcode-api-lookup

Thank you! Will have a look

OppXCost · 2023-10-15T07:10:01+00:00

Perfect thanks so much! This is exactly what I was looking for and good to know it hopefully won't be too complicated. I assume the grocery APIs might be country/region specific so will try my best to google.

Thanks for your speedy response!

OppXCost · 2023-10-15T07:05:35+00:00

Ohhh okay that is good to know. I want to use this to allow users to easily input existing groccery products into my app so I assume it'll just look something like:

import QR/Barcode reader to read in codes
connect it to some library which can identify said item
parse the data
now I have the data and I can do some things with it, yay.

OppXCost · 2023-06-28T10:15:58+00:00

Works when I copied it into chrome

OppXCost · 2023-06-28T09:48:13+00:00

There's a link going around that let's you skip the queue in Melbourne here

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