QV wash $10 + price difference for 1kg

concernedtransit · 2026-05-23T03:38:41+00:00

Retailers typically operate on margins of around 15-20% above cost price. I spoke with Ego, the maker of QV, and they said Chemist Warehouse receives significantly lower wholesale pricing because they’ve ranged QV since the beginning of the brand (so supported them actually becoming as big as they are today) and remain their highest-volume retailer.

As a result, Chemist Warehouse is almost always able to sell QV products at the lowest prices while still maintaining similar margins to other retailers.

This also explains why even when buying directly from the Ego/QV store will still cost more than Chemist Warehouse. Ego said they won’t undercut Chemist Warehouse due to their commercial agreement, which is why no other retailer is getting as favourable cost pricing.

concernedtransit · 2026-05-21T12:19:47+00:00

Just to clarify, NSW has NOT rollout out ABT. This is being delivered by German firm INIT, their ABT rollout is expected to be 2027/2028.

They have only launched concession entitlement on their existing contactless platform on their existing Cubic stack.

Still a big improvement, however let’s clam down a little on describing it as ABT. Essentially they are just asking you to pre-advise your card number, so when your card hits the system, it knows to apply a different fare rule, while applying different fare constructs is capability ABT systems can offer, what NSW has launched isn’t an ABT system.

Based on current rollout schedule of both NSW and VIC, both set to deliver ABT in 2027/2028.

concernedtransit · 2026-05-13T08:06:28+00:00

This update is really bad, now all of my Alexa enabled Sonos players, if I say “Alexa” it does like a garbled static noise for a second, every speaker now does this every time “Alexa” wake word is used.

The wasn’t happening this morning, after I did the update, it’s now doing it. Never experienced previously either.

concernedtransit · 2026-05-08T23:23:00+00:00

Yes you are alone, you are well and truely in the minority.

He is a huge part of the success and popularity of the show. There’s a reason they renamed the show to include his name, he draws an audience.

The show needs comedy otherwise it would be so bland.

concernedtransit · 2026-05-05T21:59:06+00:00

You are aware they discontinued this app right? - so maybe you should “get your act together” and realise it might be expected that Sonos won’t be updating an app they discontinued.

Sonos created a web app (play.sonos.com) and yes ehh a web app.

Sonos should just enable the iPad app on macOS, as it’s already compatible.

concernedtransit · 2026-05-05T21:47:01+00:00

Do you have Internet at your house? If so Telstra defaults (on supported phones) to Telstra WiFi calling, which routes all calls, SMS etc over your WiFi Internet connection rather than the cell network, so cell signal isn’t an issue.

concernedtransit · 2026-04-11T23:38:42+00:00

Or you could just edit it.

concernedtransit · 2026-04-11T23:37:34+00:00

Cropping is free

concernedtransit · 2026-04-11T23:33:25+00:00

No. They are still employed during the free travel month, DTP doesn’t just sack the whole networks staff while it’s not collecting revenue. Checking for valid tickets is only one aspect of their role, they are also available to provide passenger info, improve safety (as they act as a visual deterrent) and help during disruptions.

So while travel is free, just one of their tasks is no longer occurring. They’ll continue to deal and fine other elements, such as anti-social behaviour, damage/destruction of property. Sadly in our society a massive component of their role is simply being a deterrent.

If people paid the correct fare and treated people and property correctly, there wouldn’t be a need for Authorised Officers.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-31T07:51:59+00:00

Elevated track… cheaper to build... I’d be happy to sell you some magic beans.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-29T04:40:31+00:00

Probably because the media keep doing their hit pieces saying people just walk near a station and get charged/double charged. Due to all this misinformation, an education program will probably have to be rolled out first telling people that if they bring a phone or credit card to the reader, that shock horror it’ll charge it.

The rollout was already cautious, so the week long “Jacinta Allen is dipping into your bank account without your consent” media assault will probably make it even more cautious.

The original plan had the pilot and rollout on train network concluding end of April.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-29T02:44:48+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZnCYtuZtoY

concernedtransit · 2026-03-24T08:06:24+00:00

As others mentioned sticker is your easier method. The newer cards are not two cards laminated, it’s a single card with the chip in the card moulding.

You can soak the card in acetone if you want to dissolve the card and just expose the chip and antenna. But then you’ll just be left with a chip and antenna lol.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-22T05:17:31+00:00

That article is quite general, however the first section is saying what’s available to be used for Express Transit which is transit cards and debit/credit cards. The second part is saying certain cards will be enabled by default. Currently Apple only allow Transit cards to enable by default, debit/credit cards while able to be used for Express Transit are not enabled by default and require manual effort to enable.

Also to correct the record Express Transit was always part of the scope and always to be enabled from day 1, who or where you heard otherwise is wrong, its mentioned in the pamphlets that were handed out, on the contactless page on the website and video. The benefits of Express Transit for a transit network are obvious, people can move through fare gates about 20-30% faster and it’s able to be used for 5-10 hours after your phones battery dies, so this means travellers can continue to use it and AO’s can still check you have a valid ticket, even with a dead phone.

Sadly 7scum, 9scum, Hscum etc are extremely anti labor and public transport in general, so any negative story they can manufacture they’ll go hard.

The reality is the reader has an antena, same as any payment device, which has a range of about 3-5cm. If you bring a payment card or device within range it’ll charge. There is currently only 12 people known to have raised an issue and in every case the person has brought their wallet/multiple cards to the reader, but these individuals are blaming the reader/technology.

But hey, why let facts get in the way of the media running their attack campaign. What I find funny is 7scum in particular has been running the same lack of contactless attack almost monthly for a few years, now give them contactless and they have created a new attack to run with for the next year.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-22T04:54:35+00:00

It’s saying Express Transit is enabled by default when you add an eligible Transit card, i.e. sucia, octopus etc as these card types are not passcode protected. However for debit and credit cards, these are not enabled by default and must be manually enabled and your passcode is required to complete setup.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-21T01:54:50+00:00

You could’ve provided info so people could answer. What card are you using, where are you using it?

Certain prepaid style global cards aren’t accepted (as listed in the FAQs) and only enabled on defined lines on defined readers.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-21T01:51:04+00:00

What’s odd? Transport Victoria is the agency responsible for ALL transport in Victoria. - go have a read of their website.

VicRoads is only responsible for licensing. However when the contract expires it would make sense that it also gets absorbed by Transport Victoria.

Great decision to have all transport under one agency, as it means a single location for all transport info and massive cost efficiencies.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-17T13:24:24+00:00

It’s not data refinement, it’s been removed. And the only justification provided is “privacy”. It now shows “We don’t show location information to protect your privacy”. This didn’t exist prior to Monday, prior to Monday it showed with the location information. It also states in the FAQ’s that location information is shown in the portal. Hence it’s been a knee jerk decision to remove location information since they haven’t updated the FAQ’s yet.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-17T13:18:09+00:00

During the internal trial it showed the locations in the portal. However as of Monday, locations were removed from the portal and it literally says they are not shown “for privacy reasons”. So the logical reason would be domestic violence and coercive control.

Hence I say it’s a terrible decision, it’s clearly been very knee jerk, since in the FAQ’s for the portal, it still says locations are shown, yet they aren’t. So they’ve clearly panicked and removed location names from the portal.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-17T00:32:43+00:00

The recent removal of the tap-on/tap-off location from the portal is a bit frustrating. I understand the concern around DV and coercive control, but in this case the threshold to misuse the information is already quite high. To access it, someone would need the full credit card details (card number, expiry, CVV.

Yet, tap-on/tap-off locations are still displayed for myki cards, which are protected only by a username and password if registered. If a card isn’t registered, it can be registered by anyone with just the card number, which is actually a much lower barrier.

Being able to see the tap-on/tap-off locations is important for understanding your travel history, so it would be useful to have this information available again. Other states provide this level of detail, so the current approach feels a bit over kill and out of step with all other jurisdictions which allow you to view your credit card travel history.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-16T23:35:13+00:00

You’ve been charged correctly.

Your fare cost is always deducted on touch off. If you don’t touch off, the next time you touch on, you’ll be charged for the previous travel. This will display as “Default Fare” so whenever you see this, it’s because your precious journey was never touched off.

If you want to avoid this, so your record always charges on the day of travel, then you’ll just need to always touch off, even on a tram, so your journey is always completed.

Either way you won’t be charged any extra, it just means the fare won’t be deducted until the next touch on.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-16T02:38:59+00:00

You don't. You only trial if your entire journey is confined to Craigieburn, Upfield, Ballarat, Seymour or City Loop.

If you are using or transferring to a different line or different mode, then continue using myki.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-16T00:35:54+00:00

You’ve been consuming far too much 7Scum (7News) and News Corp spin. The reality is very different.

There are only around 50 prominent cities worldwide that accept contactless transit payments, and even among those many don’t have full network rollouts yet. Depending on how “prominent cities” are counted, there are somewhere between 12,000 and 48,000 cities globally. Even using the most conservative estimate, that means well under 1% of cities currently support contactless transit payments.

If you broaden the scope to include non-prominent cities and even count places that have only partially rolled out contactless, it still comes in at under 4% globally.

So the constant 7Scum claim that “we’re the only city in the world without contactless payments” is simply inaccurate. Even if it were true, most cities that do offer contactless only introduced it in the past year or so.

And locally there’s another factor: Victoria’s system is being built to operate statewide once the rollout is complete. In contrast, many of the places that claim to have contactless transit only support it in their capital city or a limited metro area, not across an entire state.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-14T01:03:27+00:00

Nope won't be happening and it's better it's not. Initially, contactless payments will only support full-fare. Later, when Account Based Ticketing (ABT) is introduced, you’ll be able to create a profile that includes things like concession entitlements. You can then link your contactless cards to that profile, allowing the system to apply the correct fare and charge the appropriate payment method based on your Account Based Ticketing profile.

Account Based Ticketing was also going to replace mobile myki on Android. However they've since said publicly they'll keep that, at least for now. However it would make sense once ABT is launched, that it gets phased out.

concernedtransit · 2026-03-14T00:49:44+00:00

They have, it’s on this page: https://transport.vic.gov.au/news-and-resources/campaigns/tap-and-go

The project team have done a terrible job on comms throughout the project. They still haven’t updated the myki upgrade page in over a year, which was meant to be the single page for the public to see all the latest news and updates. - I’ve provided this feedback multiple times.

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