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    Mastercard is dropping card numbers—here's why it could change the way you pay forever

    all the clever tricks devised today are BY the banks FOR. the banks. The problem the banks are trying to solve today is....how can we make the public responsible for the fraud...the banks certainly dont want to pay, it HAS to be OUR fault
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    Could you lose your pension? Services Australia’s warning to downsizing homeowners

    YES if I sold my home the govt would save a fortune ....nothing (or little) would affect me I would lose most of my pension and any wealth I have would be in my new home , still I suppose I could eat the walls or dirt
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    Is ALDI’s bold new move a deal-breaker for Aussie shoppers? The verdict is in

    we wont get a choice ITwillHAPPEN...when were you consulted about auto self serve registers etc.....we have no say IT WILL HAPPEN
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    Bank's shocking move leaves 72 yo victim with $24k loss—‘It broke my heart’

    ONLY TO PROTECT THEMSELVES. THEY arent very good at the system THEY introduced to us..UNTIL THEYcan develop the system properly we will have to suffer being the victim (unless one has a rather large account)
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    Looming money overhaul spells danger for cash users! Here's what you can do

    so if cash is gone we now have to lose the value of our dollar ...at present about 4 % so ea dollar we spend is now worth 96 cents ...that is until they increase the charge, of course everything will be increased to fool us into thinking the banks are paying this fee, but as always the end user...
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    Shocking odds reveal whether you can recover money after scammers take it

    Banks created the on line banking in their panic to keep customers from soiling their pretty banks, and since creating a scene whereby the crooks dont have to actually rob the bank they can now rob the clients direct on line ...I feel the banks in creating this method of banking ,the banks...
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    Australia's surging scammer crisis is making global headlines—here’s why

    they will do that anyway, they still charge for quick clearance and hold funds for a few days while the 'cheque clears'...interest free loan to the bank....banks dont reduce fees unless they get it via another way
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    Extortion scam

    I think their first lesson is being scammed by their teacher........I bet they are outraged by such dishonesty
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    Is this the future of Australian housing? See what others think about this massive change

    I wouldn't be buying shares in Victa lawn mowers......
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    'Oh s***': Family warns about the dangers behind a common party trick!

    breathing from a balloon is very different than breathing from a compressed cylinder. ......even oxygen from a compressed cylinder can do the same, it must go through regulator gas coming out of a balloon is not very pressurised but a tank IS
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    'My daughter was disgusted': Woman shares disheartening experience after losing savings

    $2000 wow how much does this wonderful bank sponsor the golf and sports events, what about the helicopter (must cost a pretty penny Worstpac seems to fund these but then this person was ONLY customer using a faulty system of the banks ...if you offer a service and charge for it you must deliver...
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    'My daughter was disgusted': Woman shares disheartening experience after losing savings

    this type of crime has been created BY the banks crazy idea of keeping people out of banks and do it all on line (they still charge the fees) they still hold deposits for 3 days for clearance(in this day and age) and now they are hell bent on making errors ,the customers fault . They should be...
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    Drivers left in disbelief over shocking fuel price gap between two nearby stations

    44cents a litre tax...I recall some time in the past that was to replace a tax or two ...or was that GST ?..I guess I must be dreaming a govt wouldn't do anything like that...just what taxes were removed with GST ?I forget...or maybe im getting old
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    'You can't make this up!': Man shares shocking price hike for his credit card

    yeah ..lets get rid of cash...and the banks will help by not increasing card fees (ha ha )....not for me im gonna use cash as long as I can
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    Millions to gain from this bank’s revolutionary change—find out if you're one of them!

    its a bit late we have all been educated to not dirty up their precious branch and so we stay away from dirtying up the carpets and dont annoy the staff by expecting service ....its too late for me I wont deal with a bank other than on line now and I hate it....banks are so annoying and phone...
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    Could you be driving illegally without knowing? Significant errors leading to suspended licences

    yes very, very annoying....I usually skip to stories and view the mid trend before reading from beginning ....ONLY a reader
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    Stop wasting money on weekends and holidays! Discover the surcharge rules everyone should know

    so if I buy my groceries on Saturday I need to pay more ? or if I catch a bus or taxi, purchase from a butcher or hardware store ????where does it stop? lots of people work on weekends and have weekdays as their days off and enjoy the ample parking etc and other benefits no one is forced to work...
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    Maximise your retirement funds with the latest superannuation reforms! Here's what we know so far

    one virtually has to become a lawyer and accountant to even discuss the stupid over regulated crap that is super rules ....I have bugger all super yet what profit it makes is dissolved by accountants and audits because I had the audacity to have self managed super fund , it virtually costs me...
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