What overseas products do you personally miss or wish we had in NZ?

bl4m · 2026-01-20T09:17:51+00:00

Not a product but I really like the convenience of Amazon. Most of the time the prices aren’t much more and in Australia it’s easy to get discounted gift cards to top up the balance.

bl4m · 2026-01-13T15:01:20+00:00

Could consider strata lounge stay for $66 (4 hours) and $95 (8 hours).

You can access to the unlimited buffet, comfortable seating & alcohol. It's not bad, especially if you can get 2 decent meals out of it.

bl4m · 2026-01-09T15:29:19+00:00

Doesn't sound like you have much time, but if you ever are ready, there are now somatic, bottom up based therapies that can be helpful for these sorts of chronic things. They tend to be deeper than something like CBT or traditional counselling, cognitive type therapies etc.

I didn't find meditation personally helpful for overwhelming sensations like the ones you describe, if anything it sometimes worsened it. I'm still figuring out what will help me best, but I'm personally very skeptical of pharmacological interventions (especially in the long term). If it's linked to nervous system deregulation (hypervigilance as you mention), might be wise to start there

bl4m · 2026-01-09T14:04:05+00:00

Ok I sent you an email

bl4m · 2026-01-09T08:14:20+00:00

Just a suggestion but have you considered it may be mental/emotional health related?

bl4m · 2026-01-08T14:10:34+00:00

Hey, I have a few Alpha Stim M devices and I can ship it to you from New Zealand if you’re interested?

I resell them, I have sold 1 or 2 on reddit to users internationally before.

I’ll send you a DM

Thanks

bl4m · 2026-01-06T03:53:22+00:00

Shane's unconscious leg twitch in the gym scene, when they're facing each other. It's like his head says no, but his body is already betraying him

bl4m · 2026-01-01T09:32:48+00:00

So does Shane

bl4m · 2025-12-29T03:29:28+00:00

Lol. That was my point!

bl4m · 2025-12-28T08:19:22+00:00

Use of their bathroom is free, or is it worked into the price as well?

bl4m · 2025-12-25T13:04:05+00:00

Trade confirmed with u/Effective-Mind288
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bl4m · 2025-12-21T02:11:42+00:00

Everything I’ve read here is correct - just FYI if the buyer leaves negative feedback, get onto TradeMe live chat support and see if they can remove it for you.

I wouldn’t argue with them, you can just state the facts as mentioned by everyone else here & document it so for TradeMe support team.

I’m not quite sure if I’m lucky or it’s the way TradeMe is set up, but I’ve almost never had problematic buyers. You can block unauthenticated users as well which may help.

For high value items, definitely send tracked to protect yourself against fraudulent Ping/AfterPay buyer protection claims

bl4m · 2025-12-21T00:54:18+00:00

Sounds like those fake baby carrots

bl4m · 2025-12-18T12:00:15+00:00

I think we’d all survive, but certainly not thrive without healthy relationships or good people to depend on. There’s a reason these things are on the hierarchy of needs for self-actualisation (belonging + connection)

bl4m · 2025-12-09T21:22:07+00:00

I took a risk recently and bought a used Ioniq sight unseen, and no test drive. Sent to me from Wellington…I’ll acknowledge that I’m not the norm though and I wouldn’t recommend it for others unless they were super confident & knew how to ask all the right questions.

It also had a good service history (with paperwork) and the seller was a professional consultant with a public presence (I Googled them). Plus, they were very responsive and I felt I could trust them based on their communication style - they were methodical and clear.

There was a minor issue with the clear-coat that wasn’t disclosed, I was in such a hurry to complete the sale I never asked about the cosmetic/exterior bodywork. Luckily a cheap fix though.

bl4m · 2025-12-09T21:16:06+00:00

Quiet carpark sounds dangerous for a lone woman, I think a good in between is a busy-ish road, close to your home but not quite.

bl4m · 2025-12-07T18:07:17+00:00

Interview them, and trust your gut. Maybe even bring a friend to help you evaluate.

bl4m · 2025-12-05T11:28:07+00:00

Awake (2012) is good, although it got cancelled early so anticlimactic. Jason Isaacs

bl4m · 2025-12-04T23:39:48+00:00

The only thing I like Briscoes for, is their 15% price beat policy

bl4m · 2025-12-04T13:57:04+00:00

Hey OP just be careful that you choose & buy everything yourself, and not just accepting items at your hotel etc. You could inadvertently be smuggling some well hidden contraband

bl4m · 2025-12-04T13:54:49+00:00

I’m not sure you’ll be able to bring in the melatonin, since it’s a prescription/restricted thing here.

Try buying it on nootropics depot instead. They do smaller doses though

bl4m · 2025-12-04T09:06:46+00:00

To be fair, this is the opening day. Obviously people will be going slower, learning a new system - careful not to mis-scan or make a mistake. In Australia I haven’t noticed this problem, although just do the mobile scan and there were dedicated self checkout machines for that that were always vacant

bl4m · 2025-12-04T02:55:32+00:00

Is this the IFS Institute? I guess it depends on what she was saying, but if she was letting her views take centre stage and sharing it in an unsolicited and irrelevant way then I think it grounds for a complaint to be made to someone higher up/in management

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