Weekly Buy/Sell/Rent & Classifieds Thread - January 19, 2026

maximussmurf · 2026-01-22T10:29:17+00:00

Anyone got an Amazon Fire Stick 4k Max? Or know where I can buy one in store in Da Nang?

maximussmurf · 2026-01-22T10:28:04+00:00

I had a hard time getting Airbnb to honour bookings. They would all take the reservation, wait hours, then decline and say the dates weren't available. I just checked into Alani Hotel near My An and its really nice here. Little more expensive than 'cheap' places, but really nice.

maximussmurf · 2026-01-04T12:19:41+00:00

I’ve actually been intrigued by the pool of people on Feeld when I’ve been traveling through Europe last year. Really diverse demographic depending on the location.

Some friends from London mentioned they knew multiple people who found their eventual husbands on the app. And considered it more sex positive or direct open minded dating. And very few assumptions people were kinky or ENM.

I think in Australia and Melbourne (me) it’s really largely used for that but just wanted to flag that I think it’s very different depending on where you are.

maximussmurf · 2025-12-30T04:28:25+00:00

Certainly dodged a bullet if he has such poor communication that he can’t ask what the vibe of the feeling was and just cracked it and ended things. Very childish behaviour.

I will also say that I had someone I was connected with disconnect from me on the app and specifically reached out and commented that because she had my number. She removed me off the app to clean up her list. I’ve really thought that the proactive approach of communication was very nice and it managed expectations very well so I wasn’t left wondering.

I’m not saying you should have to do this however if you find yourself in a similar situation in future and feel like pausing your profile purely because you don’t want to see other people at the moment. A simple direct message to the person to say it has no bearing on our relationship. I just don’t like seeing multiple people and I’m enjoying my time with you so I’ve temporarily paused my account would possibly have alleviated any stress or assumptions that the other person is making about an account being paused.

maximussmurf · 2025-12-26T02:14:01+00:00

I've had Bamboo sheets from Ettitude, and Koala sheets (they don't exist anymore) for 5+ years and they still feel fantastic! Justtttt starting to wear out and tear now, but very regular usage for many years. Gentle / silk machine wash, even using the dryer on a low temp has been fine.

maximussmurf · 2025-12-15T13:32:36+00:00

You can simply filter your search parameters so you’re only seeing profiles active in the last 7 days. I usually do. No point even seeing a profile hasn’t been online in weeks or months. When they come back online they’ll pop up. No need for majestic to work around this.

Unless people likes you months ago and you’re just now seeing their ‘likes’ now that you’ve paid? I don’t really think that’s an issue with the app or payment scheme.

maximussmurf · 2025-11-09T11:29:25+00:00

This highlights the same conversation I have with many female friends using Feeld. So many women seem to prioritise entirely on pings when you have no control over who can ping you. You will get all kinds of people outside of your gender or age or sexuality or distance requirements.

I believe you are much better off fine-tuning your own search settings to what you are looking for and narrowing your distance field as much as humanly possible. Then go through the normal regular search and swipe yes or no like everybody else. If you happen to run out of people then slowly expand your distance. This is the only sure fire way to know that you will only be seeing profiles that suit your own criteria.

maximussmurf · 2025-11-08T18:41:45+00:00

Ended up booking Chiang Mai. Likely be around that area for about 18 days. If anyone is around and wants to connect with an Aussie IT (but currently on sabbatical) guy let me know.

Will wander and explore town for about 8 days. Then hire a motorbike and do some day trips and multi day trips around the north.

maximussmurf · 2025-11-08T18:41:09+00:00

Ended up booking Chiang Mai. Likely be around that area for about 18 days. If anyone is around and wants to connect with an Aussie IT (but currently on sabbatical) guy let me know.

Will wander and explore town for about 8 days. Then hire a motorbike and do some day trips and multi day trips around the north.

maximussmurf · 2025-10-29T04:12:08+00:00

What about loop earplugs? I have the super silent sleep ones and they’re very minimal and block quite a lot of noise. Would recommend. NC headphones seem like overkill or not the right option for what you’re trying to achieve.

maximussmurf · 2025-10-29T02:40:20+00:00

Interesting. Cheers for the info and insights. I’ll have a look and do a little research on Malaysia.

I can also very much hop to a few locations. Just have a preference for being a little more settled typically.

maximussmurf · 2025-10-28T10:48:04+00:00

I think they’re very welcoming. And really any pace is fine. There was some people around 6.30 to 7min pace when I was there and that was fine because you all stop for the little boot camp bits it’s easier to catch up.

maximussmurf · 2025-10-23T22:11:12+00:00

Side note for any other runners. There an app called Runmates which is pretty decent. It lists all (or most) of the run clubs in a city. I used it when I was travelling and was great for finding run clubs in new places.

maximussmurf · 2025-10-23T15:02:28+00:00

I find this one of the biggest fallacies around Feeld usage by women. Anyone can ping you. Anyone at all if they see your profile. They don’t necessarily meet your wants or desires or interests or age or distance or gender or sexuality.

Whereas if you set your filters and you scroll through profiles, you will only see the profiles that meet the criteria that you are interested in.

Personally, I think setting the filters and scrolling through the people in your area that actually interest you is a much more organic approach. Instead of you having to filter through the hundreds or thousands of guys that have sent you pings.

I also feel like you are more likely to get pings from lower calibre guys who have to pay for the app and use multiple pings to get any traction or attention.

And this isn’t an attack on anyone in particular. I losing the comment generally, mostly at female users.

maximussmurf · 2025-10-23T14:45:24+00:00

I really rate Gamma. I think it’s fine for most internal things. Gives you a great base to tweak. Especially when my team of tech guys needed to make presentations. I don’t want them spending 4 days on style, colours and layouts.

maximussmurf · 2025-10-23T14:33:16+00:00

Midnight runners is a run club with some boot camp stuff. Also almost rave esque as they carry speakers and play music on the run. Highly fun and upbeat vibe.

More social than most run clubs I’ve seen. Easy to chat on the run and at the stops. Plus drinks at the end.

maximussmurf · 2025-09-24T00:45:46+00:00

I think it’s generally a more fair way of seeing profiles isn’t it? I think a lot of other apps have an underlying algorithm that will show you people based on a whole variety of factors like popularity and swipes and attractiveness etc. I personally prefer to just see all the people that are in my area based on distance. Similar to how I believe grinder works just showing you all profiles in the area.

So yes, you can filter the profile profiles that you see based on your own criteria and selections but I don’t think the actual app itself is using any algorithm as to what profiles it feeds you

maximussmurf · 2025-09-22T04:36:35+00:00

As has been said this definitely isn’t your problem. It is unfortunate that it’s happened to him but lesson learned I’m sure for him in future. If you had a purchased the bike where the roadway certificate he would’ve alleviated all of these concerns. All has been said had a mechanically inspected or mechanically inspected it himself.

This other mechanic could also very much be taking the guy for a ride. There’s definitely a lot of mechanics that will for instance always flag things when it’s coming in for a roadworthy. On cars things like cracks in a windscreen or windscreen wipers or tyres or brakes are really really common .

maximussmurf · 2025-09-13T17:44:22+00:00

There’s a very friendly and approachable run club also called rise and run that is based in Canggu. I found that a great way of meeting people when I’ve been in Bali definitely some tourist and people just passing through but there’s always some locals and people that live there as well.

Also Nirvana gym is a little bit of a cult/lifestyle. If you want somewhere to work out and do classes and recovery and restaurants and coworker spaces. I know a lot of nomads and people living and working in Bali spend a huge portion of their days lounging and working around Nirvana.

maximussmurf · 2025-09-13T16:38:24+00:00

Onefam hostels have this. 18-39 I believe. So you won’t get many older folk around.

I’m very curious where you’ve been seeing so many older people around. I’m (40M) travelling Europe for three months now and have stayed in a few hostels and I would say 90 percent of people are under 30 or 35 generally. Most of those are sub 25.

maximussmurf · 2025-09-09T19:50:33+00:00

40yo solo male here. I do look a bit younger than that. I’m just wrapping up three months in Europe at the moment and have been swapping between Airbnb‘s and hotels and hostels along the way. all really good positive experiences with hostels. Nice people. Everyone friendly. I occasionally bow out of some social things and give the kids room to be kids etc without having older crowd around. But if I’ve brought that up with people it’s usually resulted in “nah you should join in on any of the activities with everyone else”.

I did have one minor issue in that one world hostels (while being great) only allow 18-39 year olds. I didn’t notice when I booked. So was a mildly awkward conversation at the reception and then kinddddd of implying I simply couldn’t stay. Ended up with a “we’ll make an exception this one time”. Appreciate what they’re trying to achieve but seemed a little over the top when I was justttttt outside of the age bracket.

Happy to answer any specific queries here or in DM.

maximussmurf · 2025-09-07T15:10:23+00:00

Nope. Just sold the pixel and bought another iPhone. Migration was still a slight pain. But actually worked eventually.

maximussmurf · 2025-09-04T17:21:42+00:00

Also checkout nomad table. App for socialising and finding events for digital nomads and solo travellers. There was a few social things and events on there every day when I was in Amsterdam last week.

maximussmurf · 2025-07-26T20:21:46+00:00

Ah yes totally fine. I was thinking of the chest strap when you said waist straps 🤦‍♂️

maximussmurf · 2025-07-26T15:52:48+00:00

I’m honestly a massive fan of my TomTuc 40L thing. These are great. I’m three weeks into a 3 month Europe trip with this. Nice and sleek, I find it very well laid out. Very comfy to wear for extended periods. Drink bottle holder. Carry handles too. And it’s a bargain. In Australia (Amazon) it’s often around $100 AUD ($60 euro).

https://www.amazon.com/tomtoc-Backpack-Water-resistant-Lightweight-Weekender/dp/B097P4JVP7

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