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  #3330281 11-Jan-2025 18:22
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MadEngineer:

 

msukiwi:

 

Deceptive Supermarket "product placement"!

 

End of isle display! (Only pricing shown is for $3.49)

 

Yet "Normal" pricing shown on the Macaroon shelf in the biscuit isle. A price check @ the checkout showed NO discount!

 

(With Clubcard there was NO discount)

 

I wonder how many customers were / are caught out by this?

 

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This is one of my absolute favorite pet hates.  NW seems to be the worst for it, PnS also.  Sometimes it seems like they're deliberately positioning price tags and product to be deliberately misleading. 

 

 

It’s illegal. Report them to the Commerce Commission.





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  #3330285 11-Jan-2025 18:59
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eracode:

 

It’s illegal. Report them to the Commerce Commission.

 

 

A 3rd grocery player can't come soon enough. While we're at it, the ComCom also needs break-up/divestment powers.





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  #3330286 11-Jan-2025 19:04
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I am absolutely shocked/not shocked that despite the president elect comitting 34 counts of crimes before he was President, he has managed to avoid any punishment at all. 

 

What in the name of all that is holy, was the point of the whole freaking thing. 


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  #3330287 11-Jan-2025 19:04
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deepred:

 

A 3rd grocery player can't come soon enough.

 

 

Do not hold your breath.





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  #3330289 11-Jan-2025 19:05
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networkn:

 

I am absolutely shocked/not shocked that despite the president elect comitting 34 counts of crimes before he was President, he has managed to avoid any punishment at all. 

 

What in the name of all that is holy, was the point of the whole freaking thing. 

 

 

Because America.





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  #3330290 11-Jan-2025 19:06
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deepred:

 

A 3rd grocery player can't come soon enough. While we're at it, the ComCom also needs break-up/divestment powers.

 

 

I think the ComCom needs a lot more resources than it has. I'm particularly keen to see some prosecutions under the new Unconscionable Conduct laws.

 

It's all very well going after the low hanging fruit, but meanwhile a bunch of rogue traders get away with murder because they know the cost of legal proceedings is prohibitive. The ComCom needs to send a clear message that unconscionable conduct will result in prosecutions. 


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  #3330292 11-Jan-2025 19:15
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Please, no US politics here. I have left the politics threads for exactly this reason.

 

 





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  #3330293 11-Jan-2025 19:18
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Rikkitic:

Please, no US politics here. I have left the politics threads for exactly this reason.


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  #3330294 11-Jan-2025 19:21
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boosacnoodle:
Rikkitic:

 

Please, no US politics here. I have left the politics threads for exactly this reason.

 


You have a Ukrainian flag in your profile pic?

 

So what? I don't go on about it.

 

 





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  #3330430 12-Jan-2025 07:20
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Rikkitic:

 

boosacnoodle:
Rikkitic:

 

Please, no US politics here. I have left the politics threads for exactly this reason.

 


You have a Ukrainian flag in your profile pic?

 

So what? I don't go on about it.

 

 

 

 

Also, Ukraine is not in the US. 😜





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  #3330630 12-Jan-2025 15:29
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MetaQuest update risk since before Christmas

 

Meta: Quest 2, Quest 3 and Quest 3S software update issue. We've discovered a software update issue that caused some Quest 2/3/3S headsets to be unresponsive and unable to start up correctly. We are actively working on resolving the issue for all users, but in most cases, you are now able to use your device normally. If you have a device that is still unresponsive, please click the button below for next steps. Thank you for your understanding.

 

Waiting for January update before it's safe to update..


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  #3330640 12-Jan-2025 16:38
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Went to the fruit market on Saturday then to the supermarket.

 

In season Nectarines and Plums  $3.99 kg at Market. Eggplant $2.50, much smaller than last years.

 

Packn Save Kilbirnie. An obscene $12.99 kg for the same yummy branded nectarines and the plums. Eggplant, smallish $4.49 each. 

 

 

 

 


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  #3330695 12-Jan-2025 18:13
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Eva888:

 

Went to the fruit market on Saturday then to the supermarket.

 

In season Nectarines and Plums  $3.99 kg at Market. Eggplant $2.50, much smaller than last years.

 

Packn Save Kilbirnie. An obscene $12.99 kg for the same yummy branded nectarines and the plums. Eggplant, smallish $4.49 each. 

 

The NZD/€ exchange rate also rose relatively sharply in December.

 

 





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  #3330721 12-Jan-2025 19:52
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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/trendy-uk-pizzeria-charges-220-for-hawaiian-to-discourage-customers-from-buying-divisive-variant/YX5MDFFI2ZB7HG2ZQ3YL34WSNU/

 

 

 

I despise food 'elitism'/snobbery. 

 

If you don't believe it's right for customers then don't sell it, but don't create conflict by offering it at a stupid price and start every conversation about it with conflict. 

 

A sign that says 'sorry we don't offer Hawaiin Pizza' would be far less wanky. 

 

 


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  #3330726 12-Jan-2025 20:22
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That very few of the 'epic' youtube videos in the thread for that purpose contain anything epic in my opinion :) 

 

 


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