View Poll Results: What's the most annoying aspect of living in Australia
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 46. You may not vote on this poll
What is it about Oz that shits you to tears?
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A real estate agent is preferable to the alternative.
Hold on, no, I got that wrong.
Hold on, no, I got that wrong.
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Not a thing, I LOVE it here!
I suspect you don't though, so why not just go back to where you came from!? *SIMPLES*
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Somehow, though, despite the carve up the market being pretty similar to the UK, the pricing in Oz is just so similar. Unless you buy out of date food Woolworths, Coles, Bi-Lo, IGA etc just don't seem to compete on price - not sure if Aldi is the same as there ain't one in Cairns.... I can't understand why there is no price competition unless they DO follow some oligopoly pricing policy.....Oddly, it's the same at Rusty's market in Cairns - about 50 stalls - selling groceries from the Tablelands - but all at exactly the same price!! It really is odd how the price elasticity of demand theory is just so unapplicable in Oz...
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Why is it more expensive to drink in Melbourne than Sydney?
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