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Apr 28th 2010, 7:28 am

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Amazulu

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Re: Petrol Price Zip Up

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Originally Posted by ABCDiamond

The problem was that we would no longer get the cheap Tuesday petrol with a fuel watch system.

Fuel tends to be cheaper in WA and we don't get these 'cheap' fuel days like in the rest of the country as there is no need to. Fuelwatch kind of prevents it.

ULP can be got for 119.9 tomorrow in Perth.

Apr 28th 2010, 7:34 am

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Originally Posted by GarryP

Salter flat kitchen scales.

$129 in Harris Scarfe, reduced to $39.95 in their current 'sale', 65% off - wot a bargain ehh?

Except I bought exactly the same item for £9.95 in Robert Dyas in the UK ($16.50 at current exchange rates).

The basic con here is is lack of knowledge, lack of alternative and lack of change due to exchange rates fluctuations. Typical aussies don't know how much they are being ripped off, don't have a working marketplace to turn to for better prices, and haven't taken notice of the exchange rate movements.

For those that do, its almost always better to import from the UK or elsewhere, and avoid the aussie shops for any purchase you can.

Salter 306 5kg Electric Flat Scale
$225.50 www.salter.com.au 16.74% of weekly wage
£150.00 www.amazon.co.uk 28.79% of weekly wage

Salter 1066WHDR digital kitchen scale
$49.50 http://www.salter.com.au/Categories/...ories-400.aspx 3.68% of weekly wage
£12.99 2.49% of weekly wage http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/P~146195...cale+1066+WHDR

Some things are better, some are worse, some are the same.
Not sure how the Salter UK RRP compares to Salter Aus RRP.

Apr 28th 2010, 7:36 am

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Originally Posted by Amazulu

It used to be cheaper in QLD, than it was in WA, so most people would have voted against Fuel watch, bringing the price up. However, with things having changed, it may be a different matter if they asked now.

Apr 28th 2010, 7:41 am

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Todays petrol at 12:20 PM
Perth and Brisbane Bayside (before supermarket discounts)

123.7 United 9 Winterford Rd 6163 Hamilton Hill
123.7 United 182 Leach Hwy 6154 Myaree
123.9 Coles Express 101 Hampton Rd & South St 6160 Fremantle
123.9 Caltex/Woolworths 309 Stock Rd & Sainsbury Rd 6163 O'Connor
123.9 Coles Express Marmion St & Carrington St 6157 Palmyra
123.9 Coles Express 394 Canning Hwy & Waddell Rd 6157 Bicton
124.9 7 Eleven 902 Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Rd 4156 Mackenzie
124.9 Caltex/Woolworths 420-426 Mt Cotton Rd 4157 Capalaba
126.5 Matilda 118 Birkdale Rd 4159 Birkdale
126.9 Caltex 1015 Mt Gravatt-Capalaba Rd 4156 Mackenzie
126.9 Caltex/Woolworths Cambridge Dr 4161 Alexandra Hills
126.9 Matilda Wondall Rd & Preston Rd 4178 Wynnum

Apr 28th 2010, 7:43 am

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Re: Petrol Price Zip Up

I've been importing stuff from the UK since I got here. Some things are usually way cheaper, including postage. Funny too that they tend to get here faster than ordering stuff online from Australian web sites.

No wonder the government is trying to put an internet filter in place.

Apr 28th 2010, 7:48 am

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Re: Petrol Price Zip Up

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119.9 at Gull in High Wycombe tomorrow.

Apr 28th 2010, 8:27 am

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119.9 at Gull in High Wycombe tomorrow.

That is one advantage, knowing what the price will be in advance.

Apr 28th 2010, 9:04 am

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Re: Petrol Price Zip Up

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Originally Posted by ABCDiamond

Salter 306 5kg Electric Flat Scale
$225.50 www.salter.com.au 16.74% of weekly wage
£150.00 www.amazon.co.uk 28.79% of weekly wage

Salter 1066WHDR digital kitchen scale
$49.50 http://www.salter.com.au/Categories/...ories-400.aspx 3.68% of weekly wage
£12.99 2.49% of weekly wage http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/P~146195~Salter+White+Electronic+Kitchen+Scale+106 6+WHDR

Some things are better, some are worse, some are the same.
Not sure how the Salter UK RRP compares to Salter Aus RRP.

This one http://catalogues.harrisscarfe.com.a...=&pageview=one which I only noticed because I've got one and its exactly the same.

Basically, when you compare like for like 99% of goods are more expensive in Aus than the UK. Playing with average salary etc. doesn't dodge the reality that often its cheaper to import an item than it is to buy in the shop down the road. That's particularly true if you are looking at some item which is small in size, yet expensive.

Apr 28th 2010, 9:24 am

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Re: Petrol Price Zip Up

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Originally Posted by ABCDiamond

Purely a tangent, but who the heck pays $225 for set a kitchen scales

Apr 28th 2010, 9:40 am

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Basically, when you compare like for like 99% of goods are more expensive in Aus than the UK.

99% is exaggerating.

We have just looked at 3 Salter scales, one is about the same price, one may be cheaper in the UK, and one is cheaper in Australia.

As I said before "some things are better, some are worse, some are the same"

Salter 136 Kitchen Scale Price: £17.69
from https://www.topcashback.co.uk/cashba...e_/Salter/1036

Quote:

Originally Posted by GarryP

often its cheaper to import an item than it is to buy in the shop down the road.

That may change again when the £ recovers.

But so far, I have found that only books are really worthwhile as a general item for that.

Apr 28th 2010, 9:43 am

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Purely a tangent, but who the heck pays $225 for set a kitchen scales

Probably people who pay $2,000 for a coffee machine

Apr 28th 2010, 10:22 am

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Re: Petrol Price Zip Up

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Originally Posted by Amazulu

I recently bought some swimming goggles - $70 at Rebel Sports, $27 delivered from a UK website!

Same here, new wiper blades for my Mercedes Vito here $168 posted from the UK including postage $90

Apr 28th 2010, 10:32 am

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shears

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Re: Petrol Price Zip Up

If you have google as your homepage you can get different tools on it - one is called Motormouth Petrol Price Tracker. You just put in your postcode and it tells you the cheapest local petrol.

Apr 28th 2010, 10:49 am

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Re: Petrol Price Zip Up

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Originally Posted by shears

If you have google as your homepage you can get different tools on it - one is called Motormouth Petrol Price Tracker. You just put in your postcode and it tells you the cheapest local petrol.

But not Caltex for some reason. Well not on mine and my nearest Caltex is very often the cheapest.

Apr 29th 2010, 5:14 am

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Re: Petrol Price Zip Up

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Originally Posted by Amazulu

119.9 at Gull in High Wycombe tomorrow.

Ours ended up as:
123.9 Caltex Capalaba
126.9 Caltex Alexandra Hills
but Caltex Victoria Point isn't listed

Petrol costs me nothing at the moment.... I'm waiting for the mechanic to fix the car !

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