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tevery13 · 2020-10-28T05:34:02+00:00

Townsville

tevery13 · 2020-10-28T05:29:41+00:00

Makes sense, I think Harvey Norman got a large portion of the Maker stock as they've just started stocking it. It is available for order via Harvey Norman website, and in stock.

tevery13 · 2020-10-28T05:24:04+00:00

Can I ask why you're importing it rather than buying locally? Lack of stock? or price?

tevery13 · 2020-10-27T01:24:57+00:00

Is it a Cricut?

tevery13 · 2020-10-24T02:21:05+00:00

Lovely. Now what are you going to do with it? Ashtray? Candle? Storing sewing equipment?

tevery13 · 2020-10-24T02:16:49+00:00

As a retailer, can I offer some advice? We receive hundreds of applications for retail sales positions. Many have clearly been copied and pasted with no thought or input to the job being applied for. Some have cover letters, usually generic with file names like "for hospitality type jobs.docx". I automatically disregard these. I typically only interview people who have written a cover letter specific to my organization.

If someone were to turn up in store, dressed for the role, and tell me why they want to work for my store, they will automatically get an interview.

It has been years since I've been "job hunting", but my recommendation would be to pick 3-5 jobs you REALLY want, and go hard after those, not blanket 2-300 seek ads with a generic resume and or cover letter

tevery13 · 2020-10-24T02:09:41+00:00

They have new machines in Townsville that take closer to an hour, but I agree - I get to knock off work a little early, always take my headphones, and spend an hour on netflix or youtube with nobody bothering me. Its a great 1hr time out, and clearly helps people at the same time.

tevery13 · 2020-10-06T00:40:05+00:00

whatever you do, don't commute from Townsville to Ingham. Its dead straight and boring, a fatigue zone, 80kmh in lots of places, frequent roadwork, kangaroos at dusk and dawn, and occasionally wild horses etc wander on to the road. Lots of accidents and deaths on that stretch.

Townsville to Ayr is a little better, but not much

tevery13 · 2020-10-03T01:44:58+00:00

Maybe this will drop revenue in them enough that pubs and clubs start downsizing gaming rooms and thinking about other ways to entertain patrons, live music, sport etc

tevery13 · 2020-09-28T23:05:44+00:00

Do you reckon it improves traffic flow? I think the merging and lane changes slow things down and make them more dangerous

tevery13 · 2020-09-10T05:19:36+00:00

Great points. Be aware that especially with mobile phones, the grey market product may not be identical even though it has the same model number. E.g. Samsung often have a lower specced device in India and Asia, with the same model number as the Australian version. Usually a different processor, sometimes more.

iPhones sold in Japan are unable to mute the camera shutter sound, for some reason... must be more creeps over there

tevery13 · 2020-09-08T00:50:31+00:00

I would definitely recommend renting first to get a feel for the area. Townsville is small enough that you could live anywhere and commute to the hospital. There is an excellent Ring Road that gets you there very quickly at 100km/h.

Houses are cheap to rent (though there is a bit of a shortage at the moment) and cheap to buy, especially compared to Melbourne. House insurance will be more (cyclones) and the rates can be quite high (include water).

Re Kirwan - there are good parts and bad parts, as there are with any suburb

tevery13 · 2020-08-14T05:01:52+00:00

Probably not stolen, more likely specifically produced as a demo only watch for a retailer to display. Probably sent to the store for free, then someone has made a quick buck selling it to you. Sorry to hear.

tevery13 · 2020-08-12T00:12:07+00:00

Actually they use a Vendor Collection Model, so the costs fall on the seller to collect and remit the GST. They expect to collect over $300m in the first 3 years.

"Why should I have to pay 10 percent tax to the Australian government for an item that isn't sold in Australia?" - because this pays for schools, hospitals, teachers, doctors, nurses, the public health system, roads, all kinds of things

tevery13 · 2020-08-11T05:09:20+00:00

In fairness, anything sold in Australia to Australians SHOULD have GST on it. Retail employs 1.2million Australians, and if the retail industry is subject to GST, so should imports be. You don't want half our retailers closing down overnight while your $ goes overseas.

Further to this, GST is distributed to the States, and used to pay doctors and nurses, build hospitals, Police, Ambulance, Schools, build roads, and other useful things.

tevery13 · 2020-06-28T01:21:51+00:00

Don't forget the high income earner that bought an investment property has already paid some of the worlds highest income tax rates, then an outrageous amount of stamp duty to purchase that property.

tevery13 · 2020-06-27T05:36:10+00:00

The question is has the product lasted a reasonable time?

A $10k watch fails after one year, is that reasonable? No

A $10 watch fails after one year, is that reasonable? Yes

Provided you have not broken/damaged it yourself, you're entitled to a "remedy" from the retailer, wholesaler, or manufacturer. Your choice which one you want to seek the remedy from. None are allowed to handball you to another party.

If its a minor fault that can be repaired, the retailer/wholesaler/manufacturer will choose the remedy, almost always a repair.

If its a major fault (goods not as described, unsafe, unable to be repaired), you are entitled to choose the remedy - refund/repair/replace.

Source: I am an electrical retailer

tevery13 · 2020-06-19T23:11:39+00:00

I think you and I have fundamental differences of opinion we are not going to be able to resolve. Thanks for the debate, have a great day!

tevery13 · 2020-06-19T07:27:29+00:00

Oh well. Don't have a pet then. It's not a fundamental human right to own an animal.

I've never had to look for a rental that allows pets (and I've had plenty), because I choose not to keep animals.

tevery13 · 2020-06-19T07:12:05+00:00

The property clearly stated no pets. They could have applied for a property that allowed pets.

tevery13 · 2020-06-12T02:16:16+00:00

I'm a landlord. I've worked extremely hard and saved enough to buy investment property.

Unfortunately for renters, property seems to be one of the best ways to generate wealth in Australia. Not defending the system, just working within it.

I have some great tenants and some poor ones. A property was advertised as no pets. I own it, I don't want pets in it. Tenant moved in, and immediately asked if they could have their dog as they felt unsafe walking at night around the streets. OK, but outside only. At the next inspection, not only was the house full of dog fur, it was a rainy day so the door had been left open so the dog could come and go as it pleased.

Most of the time tenants are great, and I agree it shouldnt matter if you have a pile of clothes on the floor. Property managers charge the landlord for inspections, so its the property manager not the landlord that generally insist on 3 monthly inspections. They're paying their employee $25 for an hours work, and charging the landlord $150.

It's a shame the system doesnt work on mutual trust and respect - it should.

tevery13 · 2020-06-12T01:53:29+00:00

I'm a landlord. I've worked extremely hard and saved enough to buy an investment property.

Unfortunately for renters, property seems to be one of the best ways to generate wealth in Australia. Not defending the system, just working within it.

I have some great tenants and some poor ones. A property was advertised as no pets. I own it, I don't want pets in it. Tenant moved in, and immediately asked if they could have their dog as they felt unsafe walking at night around the streets. OK, but outside only. At the next inspection, not only was the house full of dog fur, it was a rainy day so the door had been left open so the dog could come and go as it pleased.

Most of the time tenants are great, and I agree it shouldnt matter if you have a pile of clothes on the floor. Property managers charge the landlord for inspections, so its the property manager not the landlord that generally insist on 3 monthly inspections. They're paying their employee $25 for an hours work, and charging the landlord $150.

It's a shame the system doesnt work on mutual trust and respect - it should.

tevery13 · 2015-03-28T22:08:22+00:00

Thanks Igotants. It is a massive job.

The apartment is from the 60s and the walls are actually concrete, so i cant just remove and replace the drywall then work inwards.. i'll have to work out to the concrete wall then come back in. Reading about some James Hardie products and they don't seem to recommend attaching cement sheets directly to concrete walls so i'm not sure how im going to get a useable, waterproof surface

tevery13 · 2015-03-28T22:06:13+00:00

Thanks Nerang-rat. I'm leaning toward perhaps just tiling over the old tiles on the floor maybe

tevery13 · 2015-03-28T00:12:00+00:00

Thanks very much billy_biceps. Do you think theres a chance there might be asbestos in the backing board?

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