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#3492121 17-May-2026 21:14

Eva888:

Thanks. Don’t really understand how this works and is strange to me. So am I safe just moving out of the app without logging out?

Correct, go into the Passwords and Security part of the same menu and make sure the Pin is set and "PIN log in for this device" is on, and FaceID/TouchID enabled. The first is a default I believe, the second is normally prompted/encouraged. To use it as Multifactor you may need to go into banking via the Website and enable it (can't remember), but when it's enabled, logging in via the Web will trigger an App Notification "Are you trying to log in?".

As long as you havn't set he app not to auto lock/etc you should be fine.

A contribution to the thread, yesterday I popped out to run a few errands/shopping, so ordered a couple of things from PB, including a ream of A4, local branch didn't have the cheaper option (lets say A) in stock so grabbed the other option (B & 30-odd cents more). When I picked it up, they gave me the cheaper out-of-stock one, I pointed out that it seemed to be the case and the cashier sort of laughed it off. Took a closer look when I got to the car, and they had actually put the label for B on A... Hated kicking up a stink about it but have had extremely poor experiences at PB before.

Really a reminder you've got to carefully check things to be honest.

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#3492125 17-May-2026 21:29

snj:

A contribution to the thread, yesterday I popped out to run a few errands/shopping, so ordered a couple of things from PB, including a ream of A4, local branch didn't have the cheaper option (lets say A) in stock so grabbed the other option (B & 30-odd cents more). When I picked it up, they gave me the cheaper out-of-stock one, I pointed out that it seemed to be the case and the cashier sort of laughed it off. Took a closer look when I got to the car, and they had actually put the label for B on A... Hated kicking up a stink about it but have had extremely poor experiences at PB before.

That's not on. They shouldn't replace one item with another just to charge the higher price and still supply the cheaper item.

The correct procedure would be to refund and process again with the correct price.

Commerce Commission would like a word.

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#3492128 17-May-2026 21:54

snj: A contribution to the thread, yesterday I popped out to run a few errands/shopping, so ordered a couple of things from PB, including a ream of A4, local branch didn't have the cheaper option (lets say A) in stock so grabbed the other option (B & 30-odd cents more). When I picked it up, they gave me the cheaper out-of-stock one, I pointed out that it seemed to be the case and the cashier sort of laughed it off. Took a closer look when I got to the car, and they had actually put the label for B on A... Hated kicking up a stink about it but have had extremely poor experiences at PB before. Really a reminder you've got to carefully check things to be honest.

That's unusual. I've never had a problem like that. I'm tempted to ask which branch but it's probably an exception and not relevant to ask. A long long time ago I lucked a grumpy and physically aggro for absolutely no reason sales guy. I raised an eyebrow and he got on with it without further ado. Never saw him again. These days I'd probably mail the head office. It's not a franchise ie; they can tell someone to pull their head in. Never seen anything like that again anyway and had many good experiences before and after.

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#3492180 17-May-2026 23:07

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snj: A contribution to the thread, yesterday I popped out to run a few errands/shopping, so ordered a couple of things from PB, including a ream of A4, local branch didn't have the cheaper option (lets say A) in stock so grabbed the other option (B & 30-odd cents more). When I picked it up, they gave me the cheaper out-of-stock one, I pointed out that it seemed to be the case and the cashier sort of laughed it off. Took a closer look when I got to the car, and they had actually put the label for B on A... Hated kicking up a stink about it but have had extremely poor experiences at PB before. Really a reminder you've got to carefully check things to be honest.

That's unusual. I've never had a problem like that. I'm tempted to ask which branch but it's probably an exception and not relevant to ask. A long long time ago I lucked a grumpy and physically aggro for absolutely no reason sales guy. I raised an eyebrow and he got on with it without further ado. Never saw him again. These days I'd probably mail the head office. It's not a franchise ie; they can tell someone to pull their head in. Never seen anything like that again anyway and had many good experiences before and after.

Yeah they put it right when I went back in. The main reason why I didn't raise a stink immediately is that I had wondered if they'd effectively corrected the order to match what they'd done and things were already worked out.

The cynical side of me reckons they probably couldn't find it (the cashier when I picked up when she laughed it off had said they'd sold a bit), and so opened one of the boxes of the cheaper and threw a label on because all paper is the same (and the two were, 80gsm/etc, except for price).

Out of curiousity I just had another look, seems 0 stock for any of the options at Westgate now (including the boxed Matthews brand one).

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#3492181 17-May-2026 23:53

A few years ago I bought 7 different coloured packs of 250*A4 160GSM card from Warehouse Stationery. These were then cut down to 1000 A6-ish each by a different company.

When I piled the stacks of card up the white pile was noticeably shorter. The cards weighed less as well. I reckon they were 120GSM labelled 160GSM.

When I complained to WHS, the reply was "aren't you clever to find that"!

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#3492191 18-May-2026 08:10

snj:

The cynical side of me reckons they probably couldn't find it (the cashier when I picked up when she laughed it off had said they'd sold a bit), and so opened one of the boxes of the cheaper and threw a label on because all paper is the same (and the two were, 80gsm/etc, except for price).

If I'm looking up the same papers it looks like outside the current sale period both reams are the same price. Cheaper/dearer is a temporary term.>

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#3493226 18-May-2026 09:41

Went mountain biking yesterday at Woodhill Bike Park in Auckland.
As it was a very nice day, it was packed.

Unfortunately, this means a lot of families and people with no self awareness, no off-road riding ability and many "near misses".
As a regular rider and regular at that bike park, I find it incredibly frustrating.
There should be an orientation briefing for first timers, IMO.
Simple things like:

Don't stand on or behind/below jumps
Don't block entrances and exits on trails
Don't enter a trail in the middle with your baby on a shotgun seat, so you can hear him giggle with delight as a 125kg mass comes barrelling down the jumps at around 40km/h - someone will get killed!
Don't ride 6 abreast slowly up a hill and then weave back and forth when faster riders are politely asking you to make way so they can come through
Don't be a dick
Don't ride a grade 4 trail when it is apparently your first time on a bike.
Don't stop on a blind corner and admire the view in the middle of the trail

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#3493241 18-May-2026 10:06

snj:

A contribution to the thread, yesterday I popped out to run a few errands/shopping, so ordered a couple of things from PB, including a ream of A4, local branch didn't have the cheaper option (lets say A) in stock so grabbed the other option (B & 30-odd cents more). When I picked it up, they gave me the cheaper out-of-stock one, I pointed out that it seemed to be the case and the cashier sort of laughed it off. Took a closer look when I got to the car, and they had actually put the label for B on A... Hated kicking up a stink about it but have had extremely poor experiences at PB before.

Really a reminder you've got to carefully check things to be honest.

I remember years ago I went to Noel Leeming and they had the wrong price label on a product (coming to something like $80 instead of $50). It was the last one on the shelf. I took it to the counter and said I was pretty sure that was the wrong label. She scanned the barcode on the label and said "it's $80". I wasn't prepared to deal with that level of stupidity so I just walked out.

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#3493380 18-May-2026 13:31

Called by Bloom Hearing Specialists who I don’t have any appointments with and had no contact with since a one off walk in two years ago.

'We are calling about your scheduled appointment.'

Me. 'I don’t have any scheduled appointments.'

Bloom. 'Shall I reschedule one for you.'

No!

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#3493386 18-May-2026 13:40

Eva888:

Called by Bloom Hearing Specialists who I don’t have any appointments with and had no contact with since a one off walk in two years ago.

'We are calling about your scheduled appointment.'

Me. 'I don’t have any scheduled appointments.'

Bloom. 'Shall I reschedule one for you.'

No!

That's actually quite funny. "Reschedule" a meeting that never existed.

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#3493388 18-May-2026 13:47

My main annoyance today is that despite being a member, i did not get a member's only presale email from Auckland FC for the Grand Final, which gives early access and a 20% off discount.

By the time I had sorted that error out, the only presale allocated tickets left were $238 per ticket.

That's about $200 more than I was planning on paying per ticket.

Quite annoying.

Apparently a football club dropped the singular code on a social media site and there have been non-members and scalpers buying lots of 10 at a time.

Wonderful stuff from Ticketmaster and A-Leagues as usual. Bloody hopeless. And not AFC's fault.

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#3493435 18-May-2026 15:10

freitasm:

For the original question, regarding soda bottles, a 1.25 l bottle of Coca-Cola or Pepsi usually lasts a couple of days without gas loss.

When I was a kid, we had these little caps with an integrated piston-pump that screwed onto the top of soft drink bottles. You closed the cap and then pumped it until ti felt firm. The increased pressure in the bottle kept the CO2 in solution and probably pushed a little back in. They worked quite well IIRC.

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#3493436 18-May-2026 15:16

Handle9:

I’m literally selling/giving away half my of worldly goods at the moment.

The whole process is painful. Nobody reads the listings, they all ask the same stupid questions and they all want to trade 3 shekels and a goat instead of paying cash.

In my observation the people who ask questions aren't usually the people who buy. I don't answer questions. I don't often have trouble with time wasters, post auction hagglers or unreliable people either.

But I have found, living in a small town, that selling stuff online often isn't worth it. Small market, not enough demand and low prices. Donating stuff isn't that much less lucrative and it has fewer steps.

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#3493440 18-May-2026 15:30

MikeAqua:

In my observation the people who ask questions aren't usually the people who buy. I don't answer questions. I don't often have trouble with time wasters, post auction hagglers or unreliable people either.

But I have found, living in a small town, that selling stuff online often isn't worth it. Small market, not enough demand and low prices. Donating stuff isn't that much less lucrative and it has fewer steps.

And dealing with timewasters makes just putting it all in a skip and paying for it to be gone an attractive option.

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#3493441 18-May-2026 15:30

MikeAqua:

freitasm:

For the original question, regarding soda bottles, a 1.25 l bottle of Coca-Cola or Pepsi usually lasts a couple of days without gas loss.

When I was a kid, we had these little caps with an integrated piston-pump that screwed onto the top of soft drink bottles. You closed the cap and then pumped it until ti felt firm. The increased pressure in the bottle kept the CO2 in solution and probably pushed a little back in. They worked quite well IIRC.

Chemistry lecturer at Uni proved mathematically that they didn't actually work due to partial pressure of CO2 or something. Essentially, while they could create pressure in the bottle, the CO2 would still be happily able to escape the liquid into the available air in the bottle.

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