the cost of living

Why is it that a new printer is cheaper than the cartridge of ink you need to keep it working.

What happened to manufacturing that we can buy a printer made in China for $49. How can they be making a profit at this ridiculously cheap price? And ...if they are making a profit what of Harvey Norman, The Good Guys, J.B. HiFi and the rest? Are they just gouging? Greedy Bastards to charge three times as much for the same functionality?

Common sense says that the ink should be cheaper than the machine. There is something so wrong with the whole retail concept.

And what of the price of the ink? Why is it that on the internet you can get one for $11.00 delivered and Harvey Norman want $60. More greed? 

It pays to shop around and use a little common sense. 

Price matching is the new game in town

something lost in Translation. WTF

Telstra fesses up

This is a red letter day.I had a problem with my bill and went to the telstra shop to get it sorted.
They
admitted they were wrong.
gave me $4.oo more than I was due in a credit
fixed my problem in less than 15 minutes
and talked to me in a language I could understand.

I'm in shock.
It's nice to get that warm fuzzy feeling that everything is alright with the world.

fabulously wealthy. Uber rich

Julia Gillard says the fabulously wealthy will prop up the coffers of the government with changes to tax concessions on superannuation contributions.

Labor is privately saying they will only look to target the top 1 to 2 per cent of earners for any changes to tax concessions on superannuation contributions. But uncertainty remains.

Publicly they’re saying superannuation reform is not being used to plug a revenue hole in the budget.

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/opinion/so-who-are-the-fabulously-wealthy/story-fnh4jt54-1226611509446#ixzz2POiMuCg6
So what is fabulously wealthy?


A 80% mortgage for that river frontage property
A 100% car loan for a merc or a porche
A holiday on the tic. (credit card)

A portfolio of shares that are as volatile as nitro glycerine. Up one day down the next when someone sneezes.

or are you wealthy when you can give a big bundle to charity. Reward your workers with cars or holidays.
Fly to work in a helicopter? create jobs?

We may say ok they are wealthy so they can afford it. They can pay. Is this fair?
Did all the fabulously wealthy get there with shonky deals or hard work, long hours and sacrifice?
If the line in the sand is on income then what about the lottery winner who just one a million? He or she just stepped up a notch and they should pay. Or the recently retired who took that lump sum?

Shouldn't the population be treated all the same. a flat rate for everyone? Common sense says we should be treated equally only...
Some are more equal than others?

bus seats.

So will someone tell me why it is that when you have been sitting on a bus for 4 hours all you want to do when you get off is sit down.

EASTER NO GO ZONE

Is it being unreasonable to say NO to Easter. 
Common sense says that if you are not a believer, then why go through all the hype.
So when people say
"Have a happy Easter" I say
I don't do Easter.
They look askew. They frown. They don't understand.
It is a personal choice like eating shell fish or driving a diesel so why am I branded as mean. 
It is only a chocolate egg after all.  Ah...so it isn't about Christianity, it is about Red Tulip, Nestle, Ferrero and Cadburys.

Amazon take over

Amazon Buys Goodreads to Make Reading More Social

Amazon announced Thursday that it will acquire Goodreads, the popular social network for books, for an undisclosed sum.

Goodreads launched in 2007 and currently has more than 16 million members. The service lets users share and review books they've read or want to read, as well as to keep track of what their friends are reading.

So it seems to the league that there are less and less players in the mix and so what we read or choose to read will be decided by market forces. Of course it makes marketing sense to see what is trending, what is being shared and read and Amazon would be fools not to take advantage of the opportunity to look under the covers so to speak. But, still, you have to wonder on what they will do with the statistics they find...?