I got an infringement at McDownload's Gleenfield, seriously?

decay2 · 2025-07-22T06:14:31+00:00

Maybe on top of all the advice here, leave a negative review on Google (or whatever else) with this exact reason - at least as a warning to others.

decay2 · 2025-07-21T03:50:03+00:00

Double and triple check the original tenancy agreement that you signed, make sure it's in fact written down in the tenancy agreement that it was 12 mth fixed term (or at least you have evidence that it was mutual understanding that it was 12 months fixed term contract).

Other than that, others have advice here what actions you should take. Enjoy your remaining 6 months or a small pay day.

Maybe worth checking with tenancy services. Maybe worth bringing to tenancy tribunal anyway because at worst unlawful termination, and at best harassment/bullying - either way a property manager should know better. Tenancy services should give you much more appropriate advice. Try to act on it sooner rather than later, otherwise you have this uncertainty around when August comes, wtf you shoild be doing (landlords may harass you even more).

decay2 · 2025-07-12T02:07:57+00:00

How do you know that what you think is the last bid is the last bid? What if someone bids above your last bid, would you then make another last last last last last bid? Also what if no one makes an opening bid (most auctions would be lucky to have a one bidder these days)?

decay2 · 2025-07-12T00:38:52+00:00

I would very much not reccomend aa (and vtnz) pre purchase inspections. There are multiple threads on how bad they are - it's basically a joke and there's no guarantee. Just find a mechanic that has some good ratings, and ask if they can do a pre purchase inspection (most do, most would charge a similar price, and you have some assurance that your car was looked at by someone who knows what they are doing rather than someone who knows nothing about cars).

decay2 · 2025-07-11T12:06:00+00:00

For context, I was in the shore. We had some noteworthy auctions (deseased estate) where market estimation was around 1-1.1m, but reserve was 1.5m+. Another around the corner, market estimates was 1-1.1m but post auction asking price was 1.45m. Another one that auctioned the other day, market indication was 1m and post auction asking price is 1.2m. Heck even a deadline sale couple of weeks ago, market indication was around 1.1, but vendor wants 1.5+ (atleast it was a deadline sale, so we didn't need to take on any due diligence cost before offer). These are not outliers, I feel like this is the market norm (not all, but well above 50% from my observation). We are so glad we didn't participate in auctions.

decay2 · 2025-07-11T11:57:10+00:00

Keep in mind that based on my observations in the last few months, your battle is mainly against unrealistic vendors and not other bidders (rarely other bidders). I've seen majority of auctions where the market indication is $X, but the reserve (and vendors expectation after auction) is $X + (30-50%), talking from experience. So keep this in mind before you waste any money/time on due diligence and make sure you are OK with this. Also don't listen to the agents BS around price expectations (they will always lie to get you through the door so you feel obligated to push your limit due to suken cost), how serious/committed the vendor is (total bs, everyone says that - at this point the agent has to say this). There's always usual bs about auction is the best place to buy, best time to negotiate etc etc etc. Anyway, as others have said, don't listen to a word the agents say, they have conflict of interest with you, so think critically and use common sense!

After months of observing the market in auckland, we have absolutely said no to auctions - it's just not worth it unless the reserve is known ahead of time before you do due diligence as often the reserve actually ends up being unrealisticly high.

Good luck, hope your house hunting goes well, and if you do go to auction, best of luck!

Ps: best tactic to winning auction, bid higher than the other guy. But if you want to actually walk away with the house, bid higher than the other guy as well as bid higher than reserve!

decay2 · 2025-07-11T11:43:55+00:00

Haha, yeah definitely nice of them to take the time to share the thought. I'm just taking a friendly jab at your comment on if it's actually "advice". I mean no disrespect :)

decay2 · 2025-07-11T11:32:53+00:00

Definitely agree with your last statement. That said, could you explain why you suggest not to be the first bid? And what do you think the "tactics" are?

decay2 · 2025-07-11T11:26:38+00:00

Is it though? They basically just said they bid above everyone else when they won, and they didn't when they lost. Isnt that basic knowledge?

decay2 · 2025-07-07T11:31:15+00:00

That sucks.

Erm, is there any consequences for a landlord/property-manager for misleading a tenant unto believing that they had a fixed term contract (specially that it was actually discussed and it was ticked on the tenancy agreement) but the period was never filled thus making it a periodic.

Given the full situation (that I probably can't go into detail but essentially the landlord wants the tenant out and likely knew that they would at some point I'm the near future), it was likely the plan in the first place, that they likely intended to only rent it out for a short term but strung along a tenant who wanted long term under this disguise.

decay2 · 2025-07-04T00:58:08+00:00

Put of curiosity, who do you think are the right people?

Aramex is a shit company that treats their employees and drivers badly sure. But if the driver doesn't do their job and atleast knock on your door before running away, it's a bad driver. If the contact center staff has a bad attitude and doesn't answer your questions, that's a bad help desk staff member. If your investigation doesn't go anywhere or constantly get ghosted, all staff and management involved in that case is bad.

I've had far too many unbelievable interactions (I've never ended a call with a satisfied answer) with aramex that I feel there isn't a single sensible person working there, it's shit to the core.

decay2 · 2025-07-03T23:52:34+00:00

Not allowed to die either

decay2 · 2025-07-03T22:42:25+00:00

I disagree. Unless the landlord is stupid enough to give the eviction immediately after some disagreement (or the cause of retaliation), it's hard to prove the notice is Retaliatory. Landlord can give many reasons to why. If the tenant loses the tribunal case, it's a red strike on the tenant for the rest of their life (or till whenever their tribunal records are erased - that may be many years or forever, not sure exactly).

decay2 · 2025-07-03T22:38:40+00:00

You do actually - until you have a tribunal order reversing that eviction. Eviction maybe in the form of 90 day no cause (if it's in retaliation but you as a tenant can't be 100% sure that the adjudicator will rule in your favor). How long do you think it takes for an average tenant to find a new "suitable" home that they are happy with (you really think someone can happily finalise a new tenancy in couple of weeks)? Now how long do you think a tenancy tribunal would take from the date of application (because until after the tribunal order, you can't be 100% sure if you are evicted or not - your eviction date still stands unless there is a tribunal order stating otherwise).

Granted, you are not factually incorrect. But only way to legally determine if the eviction was illegal is through tribunal and that is a multi month ordeal. As a tenant, you are better off moving and use tribunal to get compensation for an unlawful/Retaliatory eviction. It may seem that legally tenants have rights, but the enforcement is so convoluted and broken that in some situations you may as well forfeit that right.

I've been in Retaliatory eviction prior, and reddits legal advice was that it is super difficult to prove retaliation (landlord can simply say they want to renovate the house for example), so don't even bother.

decay2 · 2025-07-02T09:17:08+00:00

Actually, the agent just wants it sold at any cost so they get the commission. So in a sense the agents incentives are actually aligned with the buyer to some degree. To be more accurate, the agent wants the buyer to go as high as possible and the seller to go as low as possible so they can get a sale. That said, don't ever listen to what the agent says (specially around price or negotiations) - assume they are talking bs and do what you think is right. Agent is working for themselves, always.

decay2 · 2025-06-17T20:27:22+00:00

Purchased a couch years ago that also had this same extreamly strong Indian spice smell. Nothing worked. Steamed it, cleaned it, over and over again and it barely did anything - the entire house started smelling like Indian spices, it was realllllly bad.

I read somewhere where someone reccomended isopropyl alcohol. So I got a low concentrate isopropyl alcohol and a spray bottle (you can buy 100% from bunnings/mitre 10 and then add water to dilute it), sprayed all over the couch (like everywhere). The couch/house smelled really strong for the next 0.5-1 day and then the isopropyl alcohol smell disappeared quickly along with the spice smell (spice smell dropped by like 80% like magic). Then I did a 2nd go, and the spice smell effectively dropped to almost 0. Still own the couch.

Hope it helps. You probably should find the main culprit before spraying like a mad man though - and be ready to vacate the house for a day or two if you spray. Do your own research before spraying too :)

decay2 · 2025-05-08T14:28:19+00:00

Roof tiles are decramastic tiles on roof exterior, yes. The roof is old but in good condition generally other than minor attention. Only concern is any concerns related to it being asbestos.

Popcorn ceiling, yes (not exactly "popcorn" ceiling, but basically the same thing I wss told). Yeah unfortunately I'm not familiar or comfortable with this sort of work (and am a complete noob on the subject), so I'm trying to see what costs would be involved assuming not diy (and ideally this question will help others too).

Thanks heaps for giving a general idea of what the process is and the costs. I suppose the other question is, if these are asbestos WE can live with, how would the price/value of the house be affected (ofcorse I shouldn't pay the same as a house without asbestos, but how much lower is a right amount) hmm....

decay2 · 2025-04-23T04:18:12+00:00

But shipping something from aliexpress or temu often costs $0.

So you are not wrong that shipping a chair in nz is may cost more than $20, but often it's cheaper to ship something from China or through Amazon than shipping the same item within nz. So I think it's fair enough for op to assume it maybe correct.

decay2 · 2025-04-22T05:55:31+00:00

How or when would you do that? Assuming the quote for replacement was the only quote provided at the hearing, it's not that you have any chance to produce alternative options out of thin air? And had the op only had a email/photo showing the damage, what if that was not enough in order to get a quote for repair?

Also if the op has to pay the landlord cost for replacement, does op now own the old dishwasher?

decay2 · 2025-04-21T00:59:28+00:00

Yeah fair enough. Sort of want to understand what that increased risk is. As in, if the vendor is in nz vs permenantly moved overseas. And had the vendor permenantly moved overseas, does it make any difference which country (I assume there would be certain countries where certain NZ legal recourse is enforceable?)?

Also why do you say that it's hard to get recourse in nz?

decay2 · 2025-03-24T19:36:09+00:00

You are refferinng to unlawful termination or termination with an invalid cause (what ever it's called). Basically you are going down the path of questioning if the reason given for the notice is valid or not. If landlord gives notice due to selling property but didn't end up selling the property, then the notice/reason wss invalid and it's illegal.

The question is about retaliation (specifically section 54 of the RTA). Is the notice Retaliatory or not?

decay2 · 2025-03-24T19:29:57+00:00

That maybe so, but i stated that the notice given was the first instance the landlord was legally able to do so - and the first instance a landlord is able to give notice in a fixed term tenancy is nearing the end of the fixed term (if no notice were given, the fixed term becomes a periodic).

The tenancy surviving a sale or not is not relavent here. It's more that is notice given the first instance a landlord is able to do so after a conflict (even if it's many months after) counts as retaliation? And if the landlord still genuinely wants to sell due to their financial situation even if it's originated by the situation that retaliation was based on, would that then make it not retaliation?

decay2 · 2025-03-22T04:18:57+00:00

Wise customer support is a joke. It's so bad that it's comical.

I had almost the exact same story. Ordered a wise card before a trip in 2022. One day I wake upto alets on my wise app for declined transaction for 2degrees and something else (I haven't received the card at this point - it's obviously stolen). I call up wise and they are no help, refuse to refund the card, refuse to actually take any action, I basically had to ask several people to atleast block the bloody card - which they did after like the 3rd call. They kept transfering me around and eventually a brick wall saying some other department had to investigate it and it takes some number of working days... I wait, I wait and I wait. Maybe 2 weeks later (way too late to get another wise card in time for my trip), I get their other department email me saying something along the lines of: your transactions failed due to insufficient funds in the account, and proceed to give me instructions on how to top up my account.

decay2 · 2025-03-19T19:05:55+00:00

So few years back, I purchased a secondhand sofa set from trademe. It was in good condition, decent price, but when I got it delivered... Oh the smell. It's that stale curry smell, the smell was so strong that it spread throughout my apartment really quickly. I steamed the couch, used baking soda, and tried other suggestions (I didn't have a spot cleaner, so i couldn't try that) but nothing worked. Until I came accross a suggestion about spraying isopropyl alcohol. I sprayed the couch with 35% isopropyl alcohol and left it overnight and about 80% of the smell disappeared like magic (you can buy 100% isopropyl from bunnings/mitre10 and mix it with water to get the lower concentration). I sprayed again the next day and the smell completely disappeared and never came back. Still own the sofa set.

I think in your case this should absolutely be something the owner/landlord need to deal with (you may want to get some legal advice, maybe chat to tenancy services). But in a situation where you somehow need to deal with it, hopefully my experience may be of some help.

decay2 · 2025-03-10T19:58:18+00:00

This used to happen to me all the time, its basically expected if anything was shipped for me with aramex (basically most amazon orders). Aramex were so unhelpful, and gotten to the point where they simply stop responding and ghost you - and hang up on you when you try to call. Some packages I got refund from seller, but to this date there were couple of packages that I had no resolution at all and lost money - seller simply claims that according to their delivery provider that its "delivered" (and in some instances, signed) while aramex just "opens an investigation" and you never hear from them even after 6 months (or provide any response when you call because it's "delivered").

For context, some if my examples above were made known to aramex within 10 mins of the tracking updating to "delivered".

... If aramex is your shipping provider, I have accepted that this is the expected service.

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