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While we can accept that the difference between minimum wages explains the reasoning for self checkout terminals this must, surely, be considered with the comparative costs of living. If it could be worked out how many hours of work it takes to buy a loaf of bread, a litre of milk and many other...

As a caravanner I have always considered that leaving the caravan attached (and locked) to the car was a safe means of securing both. Who’d have thought such a scumbag trick would happen.

I use PetrolSpy all the time especially when travelling from rural Vic to Melbourne to see family. We have our regular stop at a Metro station which is always the cheapest so top up there when travelling down but use EG Fuels to top up before leaving Melb. I always have a Woolies fuel voucher...

Here we go again!! Pics of Guy Sebastian and Richard Wilkins with sad faces leading to scams that could rob you of as much as you want to “invest”. These adds come from Google Ads and if SDC cannot do anything about getting them stopped on this website then we may be able to do something. If...

Not a “red mark” but a red flag (a warning). In this case many scammers cannot spell or even copy data correctly so the incidence to poor spelling or poor grammar is usually a warning that the email did not come from a reliable source.

I check my bank balances and transaction every day or at least every two days. I am happy to note that Westpac will now allow proper passwords to enter their online banking. Allowing letters, numbers and special characters instead of just 4 numbers as has been since internet banking became a...

There we go again reporting scams that people have been victim to. While reading this a few minutes ago I noticed that yet another scam attempt is on the go right in front of us SDC readers. (See pic). Is there nothing that SDC can do to prevent these scams involving innocent celebrities from...

It is correct that if your ONLY source of income is your age pension then you do not need to lodge a tax return UNLESS you have had tax taken out of your payments. BUT you do need to lodge a non-lodgement advice to get them off your back. If you have ANY other income (earnings, bank interest...

They have every right to film who they want on THEIR premises. Come to my house and you will be filmed too!!

This sounds like the same thing that Westpac launched a week ago. Anything that may help in preventing banking scams is good for me.

I NEVER answer a call from a number I don’t know. I have software on my phone which warns me about telemarketers and possible scammers. It’s called HIYA. If it’s a number who really wants to talk to me they would leave a message but that rarely happens. I think I counted 15 calls last week from...

For the last couple of years I have swapped NBN providers every 6 months each time using their “introductory” price. Now I am running out of service providers to do this. Even the one that stated “for new and returning customers” no longer offers this. The change, each time, has been seamless...

Check the printed label. When it is printed the time that it is printed (pretty close to the time it was taken from the oven) is shown. A good tip to see if they will be going “cheep” soon.

One of the funniest videos I saw was on YouTube where a person with very advanced technical knowledge was able to get access to the scammers computer after downloading the “sharing” software. He was able to completely delete everything on the scammers computer and had the scammer in tears. Worth...

My advice after moving from the Melbourne suburbs to Western Vic is to start clearing out early. We thought we did but it still was not early enough to get everything done in time. Use a reputable moving company. We got quotes and they were breathtaking (mainly because of the distance). We went...

Err,, I think you have the wrong end of the stick Bruce. CREDIT CARDS are used to spend money that you don’t have in your bank and you are borrowing the money you spend from the financial institution. DEBIT CARDS are used and can still be used to spend the money that you already have in your...