Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
Apr 22nd 2011, 12:26 pm
#811
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
We must have found the biggest rip off last weekend, stayed in hotel on gold coast, just loved the water saving shower head, looked it up online, $195 in OZ, same thing in UK 5 GBP, had to check it, but yep, 5 quid 
Need to start importing bathroom fittings I think
Need to start importing bathroom fittings I think
Apr 22nd 2011, 12:28 pm
#812
mmmmmm duff
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Apr 22nd 2011, 1:04 pm
#813
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
Pretty impressed with it as well.
Apr 24th 2011, 3:55 am
#814
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
Reading this thread http://britishexpats.com/forum/showthread.php?t=714362
I found the article above and thought it deserved a mention on this thread, as this thread had been mentioned in the article
I found the article above and thought it deserved a mention on this thread, as this thread had been mentioned in the article
Apr 24th 2011, 4:12 am
#815
Mostly Harmless
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
We got ours for next to nothing with our 'water usage check' thing the council was doing a few years back ... very handy for peeps on tankwater.
Just Another Example Of Rip Off Australia!
Apr 24th 2011, 4:14 am
#816
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
Yup, that's when we got ours. Bloody country!
Apr 24th 2011, 4:15 am
#817
Melbourne - NE suburbs
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
Like you said, we had ours exchanged for free
Apr 24th 2011, 4:16 am
#818
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Apr 24th 2011, 4:29 am
#819
Love Machine
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
If you want your face painted then i'm sure that someone will do it for nothing, and I would be worried if you are holding out your hands for a free sausage.
The queue will be round the block.
The recession is coming to Australia.
Apr 24th 2011, 4:33 am
#820
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
I'd better cut back on my iced-coffee habit then.
Apr 24th 2011, 5:05 am
#821
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
recessions go
it is what it is
Apr 24th 2011, 7:02 am
#822
Daffyd Duck
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
when recession comes to australia i wonder what the rest of the world would be like?
Apr 24th 2011, 8:02 am
#823
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
Apr 24th 2011, 8:38 am
#824
Rhino with a big horn!
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
At least when recession comes there's room to drop the prices.
Apr 24th 2011, 1:59 pm
#825
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Re: Anyone Quitting Aus due to High Cost of Living
There is a perception now, and probably more than a perception, that Australians are paid the highest salaries in the world. Companies will milk that for all it's worth. Competition should take care of that but as we know that doesn't really exist in Australia.