Whinge of the day thread...

[leannemfarrell]

Another rip off. My wife bought a packet of biscuits and I found that the amount was almost half the quantity of previous purchases and what once filled the container now only fills one side. I don't believe the price was halved. She said that the packets had been like that for some time. As I don't eat them on a regular basis, I had no idea that things had changed so much. I also noticed that they are now stacked vertical instead of horizontal, thus reducing the amount by half. MackkaView attachment 5049View attachment 5050

Heres a tip with tim tams.. in woolies look on the top shelf above them and youll find a family pack... 2 rows of the biscuits for $6.00 instead of 1 row pack for $4.50. My own whinge is i just looked up the prices to make sure i got them right and gound theyve put the prices up (but so have coles after checking) so arnotts jumped the price of the big pack this week from $4.50 to $6.00! Why are all the prices taking such huge increases at once. Another not long ago was the largest pack of rice bubbles went from $7 to $9.50! These are huge price jumps and on so many items across the whole shopping, it increases the total bill by a huge amount! Doesnt seem fair

 

[Dave's Office]

Here's a better tip for TimTams, I only buy them when they're 1/2 price, they taste much better.

 

[Mackka]

Heres a tip with tim tams.. in woolies look on the top shelf above them and youll find a family pack... 2 rows of the biscuits for $6.00 instead of 1 row pack for $4.50. My own whinge is i just looked up the prices to make sure i got them right and gound theyve put the prices up (but so have coles after checking) so arnotts jumped the price of the big pack this week from $4.50 to $6.00! Why are all the prices taking such huge increases at once. Another not long ago was the largest pack of rice bubbles went from $7 to $9.50! These are huge price jumps and on so many items across the whole shopping, it increases the total bill by a huge amount! Doesnt seem fair

No wonder Coles and Woolies are locking their prices in as they have just had the biggest price increase in years and don't want to lose any of that extra margin. I will let my wife know about the Top Shelf TimTams , thanks.

 

[The Kof]

Heres a tip with tim tams.. in woolies look on the top shelf above them and youll find a family pack... 2 rows of the biscuits for $6.00 instead of 1 row pack for $4.50. My own whinge is i just looked up the prices to make sure i got them right and gound theyve put the prices up (but so have coles after checking) so arnotts jumped the price of the big pack this week from $4.50 to $6.00! Why are all the prices taking such huge increases at once. Another not long ago was the largest pack of rice bubbles went from $7 to $9.50! These are huge price jumps and on so many items across the whole shopping, it increases the total bill by a huge amount! Doesnt seem fair

If people stop buying them the price will drop .

 

[Redfin]

Tim tams are hardly a "grocery" item.

 

[Mackka]

What would you call it Redfin? It comes out of a Grocery Store .

 

[RM Outback]

What would you call it Redfin? It comes out of a Grocery Store .

Hopefully not a luxury item, the price will go through the roof if that happens Doesn't bother me what they classify them as or the price, I don't eat them.

 

[allcables]

talking about prices and not buying items from shops, if everyone stopped buying crap out of ch--a there economy would start to change and maybe they would have a second thought about bullying other countries like aust
just my thoughts only

 

[Mackka]

China's purchases of Australian Beef, Coal etc over the last 12 months have skyrocketed. Mackka

 

[Jaros]

I buy what looks best for price - simples.

 

[Dave's Office]

And they're insatiable appetite for our iron ore has kept us afloat financially since the pandemic started.

 

[Moneybox]

I know nothing about the batteries in cars but lead-acid batteries in electric forklifts have independent cells that can be changed but it's certainly not a backyard job to do it.

 

[Guessologist]

60 day notice to vacate in the mail, in the worst rental market conditions possible. Not far off being able to buy but the market is hardly ideal right now and the timeline would be crazily tight even if we found something we liked. Thankfully we are sorted for a new place but the potential for suffering for displaced renters is crazily high, competition for the few houses available at any time is enormous.

 

[Manpa]

Guessologist, I feel for you, finding suitable rental properties in the current climate is extremely difficult. We recently divested two rental properties that we built in the last eleven years, rising interest rates, rising property valuations and there effect on our emergency services levies, council rates etc plus the need to dip further into our superannuation funds when the market is up and down like a yo yo pretty much forced our hand into selling. I’ve no doubt many other landlords would be in the same boat and putting properties on the market.

 

[Mackka]

It's Seniors Month in Qld, Yahoo, well not really. You see if you need a Bowel Cancer Screening (not me), the cost of the Preparation is $85.00. Yep no Medicare reduction, nothing. As Bowel Cancer is a major killer in Australia you would think, considering all the bloody TV ads telling everyone to do the test, that there would be some reduction especially for Pensioners that may not be able to afford the Prep or they must go on the waiting list like the thousands of others on the public system.

 

[Manpa]

It's Seniors Month in Qld, Yahoo, well not really. You see if you need a Bowel Cancer Screening (not me), the cost of the Preparation is $85.00. Yep no Medicare reduction, nothing. As Bowel Cancer is a major killer in Australia you would think, considering all the bloody TV ads telling everyone to do the test, that there would be some reduction especially for Pensioners that may not be able to afford the Prep or they must go on the waiting list like the thousands of others on the public system.

Picoprep for a colonoscopy is only $25 at the chemist, what have they got whomever using?

 

[Mackka]

Different product mate and it's the one the hospital buys, and you don't have a choice of buying your own.

 

[user 22230]

It's Seniors Month in Qld, Yahoo, well not really. You see if you need a Bowel Cancer Screening (not me), the cost of the Preparation is $85.00. Yep no Medicare reduction, nothing. As Bowel Cancer is a major killer in Australia you would think, considering all the bloody TV ads telling everyone to do the test, that there would be some reduction especially for Pensioners that may not be able to afford the Prep or they must go on the waiting list like the thousands of others on the public system.

Not sure why you surprised ? Your been copping it in the sphincter for your entire working life so why would it change? Gave the telly a kick in the guts the other night when some expert / rabbit was stating that people firstly need to plan more for their future and put more away and when asked how much they should allow annually for their super retirement his answer was 67K a year
Now given the average worker out there is struggling to pay his bills on a weekly basis, I'm not sure just where he gets the extra to put away from? Then add to that the average workers wage is not even 67K a year but apparently he needs more to retire on that what he is earning whilst working. Someone needs a reality check me thinks

 

[Hawkear]

Not sure why you surprised ? Your been copping it in the sphincter for your entire working life so why would it change? Gave the telly a kick in the guts the other night when some expert / rabbit was stating that people firstly need to plan more for their future and put more away and when asked how much they should allow annually for their super retirement his answer was 67K a year
Now given the average worker out there is struggling to pay his bills on a weekly basis, I'm not sure just where he gets the extra to put away from? Then add to that the average workers wage is not even 67K a year but apparently he needs more to retire on that what he is earning whilst working. Someone needs a reality check me thinks

I think you hit it on the head Diginit when you said that the average worker is struggling to pay his bills on an income less that what is recommended for retirement.
But I think the point that was trying to be made was does one really want to be struggling to pay bills after they are retired?
When you live on superannuation, no government or employer tops up your income to cope with inflation. You have to do that yourself from your own super.
A $67K super income may sound generous but but if that is all your super fund is capable of earning through investment income, then some years into retirement that WILL fall behind average earnings and the only way to keep pace would be to start eating into one’s super capital.
Using up capital can mean that your super may not last the distance and you could fall back into struggle town again with rising bills, health expenses etc sooner or later in your retirement.
Sad to say transitioning into a zero carbon future seems to be making things more expensive, energy, cars etc. so I would really have to agree that we should plan for a more expensive retirement.
For those of us already retired that may be too late but for those still working, time is an asset.

 

[Dave's Office]

Those colonoscapy ( not sure about the spelling even though I've had my share of em) preps used to be free in SA as they should be everywhere, bowl cancer is one of the easiest cancers to prevent with regular screening.