Amazons Eco(?) packaging - a thick paper envelope with bubblewrap glued to the inside...

The apparent pathalogical inability of some diesel drivers to actually switch off their engines when they stop.

Product A has vitamins measured in micrograms, printed on the packaging as "µg". So far, so good.

Product B - from the same manufacturer - inexplicably has them in "mcg".

eracode:

 

It’ll be OK after 1 April next year when GST comes off fresh produce. 😁

 

Until the supermarkets pads that 15% out with price increases and the cost to change their systems...

outdoorsnz:

 

Until the supermarkets pads that 15% out with price increases and the cost to change their systems...

 

Ah, yes, I remember when GST increased from 12.5% to 40.625% (at least judging from a $2 product that became $2.50 "because of GST").

Behodar:

Product A has vitamins measured in micrograms, printed on the packaging as "µg". So far, so good.

 

Product B - from the same manufacturer - inexplicably has them in "mcg".

neb: Two guesses, one system can print greek symbols and the other can't

That's a scary thought when even the original 1981 IBM PC had µ in the ROM!

Behodar:Ah, yes, I remember when GST increased from 12.5% to 40.625% (at least judging from a $2 product that became $2.50 "because of GST").

Just like (YES I'm old!) 5 aniseed balls for a Penny became 7 for 1 cent with the decimal currency conversion. (Should have been 10!)

msukiwi:

 

Behodar:Ah, yes, I remember when GST increased from 12.5% to 40.625% (at least judging from a $2 product that became $2.50 "because of GST").

 

Just like (YES I'm old!) 5 aniseed balls for a Penny became 7 for 1 cent with the decimal currency conversion. (Should have been 10!)

 

I'm an oldie also but my recollection was that a pound (240 pence) became 2 dollars. A cent was equal to 1.2 pence.

You gained as the equivalent was then 6 aniseed balls for a cent.

Free trials that require a credit card. Nope!

Trying to get a medical certificate for my son who shattered his collarbone. 

Hospital didn't give him one on discharge. ACC require one to cover his part-time wages (he's a student and works part time in fast food). 

Called hospital - sorry, it's been a week, you'll need to speak to the GP. 
Called the GP - you'll have to make an appointment - the doc will want to examine him. Err..no. He's just had surgery to put 4 pieces of bone together with a titanium plate - he's in a sling, has all the paperwork you need (which has been sent to the doctor as part of the discharge process). The paperwork details every little thing, with the exclusion of providing a medical certificate for ACC/work. 

Unfortunately his doctor is a money-hungry so-and-so and they charge like wounded bulls. Time to move him to my doctor. 

But forst, we need the medical certificate - please provide one and if you feel the need to charge for it, so be it. But we're not coming down for you to look at something he's already got outpatient appointments for, just so you can charge him for a "consult". 

Shrinkflation isn't new. During the short-lived MRP (Maximum Retail Price) scheme back in the 1970s, products had to carry a shield emblem stating the maximum price the product could be sold for. I bought a box of Heards Barley Sugars, MRP labeled "7 ounces, 40 cents". The label was a self-adhesive sticker, which I carefully peeeled off. Underneath it said "8 ounces, 35 cents". I haven't bought barley sugars since. 

Handsomedan:

 

Hospital didn't give him one on discharge. ACC require one to cover his part-time wages (he's a student and works part time in fast food). 

 

Bit weird the hospital didn't send you something -- they record everything! Also, the hospital usually would ask you to complete an ACC form while you went through triage. 

I feel for GP's though, they don't get much money for what they do. 

Handsomedan:

Trying to get a medical certificate for my son who shattered his collarbone. 

Hospital didn't give him one on discharge. ACC require one to cover his part-time wages (he's a student and works part time in fast food). 

Called hospital - sorry, it's been a week, you'll need to speak to the GP. 
Called the GP - you'll have to make an appointment - the doc will want to examine him. Err..no. He's just had surgery to put 4 pieces of bone together with a titanium plate - he's in a sling, has all the paperwork you need (which has been sent to the doctor as part of the discharge process). The paperwork details every little thing, with the exclusion of providing a medical certificate for ACC/work. 

Unfortunately his doctor is a money-hungry so-and-so and they charge like wounded bulls. Time to move him to my doctor. 

But forst, we need the medical certificate - please provide one and if you feel the need to charge for it, so be it. But we're not coming down for you to look at something he's already got outpatient appointments for, just so you can charge him for a "consult".