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#3434530 14-Nov-2025 13:56

Way back I recall that the export market was for tails leaving legs etc for locals. Now I think they are exported whole and live leaving nothing.

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#3435107 16-Nov-2025 20:48

Several months ago I borrowed a car and pre-paid for a toll. Just now got an email from the NZTA saying it was unused. Does that happen often? Did something else weird happen, like could the owner have already set up an account and it billed directly?

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#3435179 17-Nov-2025 12:02

Is Starbucks Matcha Latte the same as Starbucks Green Tea Latte?

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#3435239 17-Nov-2025 13:45

MadEngineer:

Several months ago I borrowed a car and pre-paid for a toll. Just now got an email from the NZTA saying it was unused. Does that happen often? Did something else weird happen, like could the owner have already set up an account and it billed directly?

That is possible. I have a family member who works for a large transport company and his car rego is apparently in LTNZ system in such a way all trips under that rego are paid by the transport company. Not sure how this all works but that is a possibility. Does NZTA give you the option to transfer your pre-paid toll to e.g. your own rego?

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#3435241 17-Nov-2025 13:49

gzt: Is Starbucks Matcha Latte the same as Starbucks Green Tea Latte?

Not according to this AI generated video

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#3435893 19-Nov-2025 10:06

Pretty much all of my contacts on LinkedIn claim to be leaders.

Where are all the followers and workers?🤪

Sometimes I use big words I don't always fully understand in an effort to make myself sound more photosynthesis.

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#3435894 19-Nov-2025 10:29

Not wasting their time on the circlejerk that is linked in.

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#3436016 19-Nov-2025 16:17

gzt: Is Starbucks Matcha Latte the same as Starbucks Green Tea Latte?

i didn’t know they had coffee on the Galactica.

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#3436047 19-Nov-2025 18:44

Coloured sand....why?

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#3436071 19-Nov-2025 20:01

Zigg:

Coloured sand....why?

https://www.kmart.co.nz/product-recall/

Is there any company with more product recalls than Kmart?

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#3436080 19-Nov-2025 21:24

Zigg:

Coloured sand....why?

Because money.

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#3436323 21-Nov-2025 06:07

Recently I bought a 2m extension lead from Bunnings. It was of good quality - solid and well-made.

Stating the obvious, to manufacture this there needs to be:

copper and steel mined and produced
wire and metal plug/socket components made
plastic made and moulded around the metal bits as insulation and housings
printing and packaging then shipping and handling across the world

Assuming it’s not a loss-leader product, how the hell can Bunnings sell this for only $3.16 and still make a profit? They must have paid only about $2 for it.

Even allowing for mass production, small individual components and bulk buying, it barely makes sense to me. If it had been $15, I would have thought that was a reasonable, OK price.

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#3436326 21-Nov-2025 07:30

I doubt they pay $2 for it. It doesn’t make sense, you'd pay $4.90m for 2c+E flex in a 10m pack. Cheaper to buy a longer extension cord and cut both ends off.

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#3436328 21-Nov-2025 07:37

Bung:

I doubt they pay $2 for it. It doesn’t make sense, you'd pay $4.90m for 2c+E flex in a 10m pack. Cheaper to buy a longer extension cord and cut both ends off.

It's not as if it's even a commodity product sold in tens of millions. It's got NZ/Oz-specific fittings - not exactly a massive market in world terms.

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#3436331 21-Nov-2025 08:32

Economies of scale. The smaller the child, the cheaper the labour.

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