Air NZ is an effective monopoly in New Zealand. They don't have to provide any service.

Agreeing to buy my granddaughter an icecream at a "Shake Shed" in a mall, ringing the bell (as per the sign), only to have the staff member appear from out the back and say "I'm on a break, come back in 15 minutes."

Yes staff require breaks, but what happened to the concept of displaying a "Back in 15 minutes" sign, or turning the lights off etc. We left and my granddaughter (age 4) is now describing her as the naughty lady who wouldn't get her an icecream 😀

The announcement of a $700m pedestrian and cycle only Harbour Crossing in Auckland, when we still aren't funding Trikafta or housing people sufficiently. 

And at that kind of money, couldn't we have made it a Public Transport bridge with cycle and pedestrian access? 

Handsomedan:

 

The announcement of a $700m pedestrian and cycle only Harbour Crossing in Auckland, when we still aren't funding Trikafta or housing people sufficiently. 

 

And at that kind of money, couldn't we have made it a Public Transport bridge with cycle and pedestrian access? 

 

Maybe wheelchair users and homeless people should mass on the Harbour bridge and block traffic. That seems to work.

Rikkitic:

 

Handsomedan:

 

The announcement of a $700m pedestrian and cycle only Harbour Crossing in Auckland, when we still aren't funding Trikafta or housing people sufficiently. 

 

And at that kind of money, couldn't we have made it a Public Transport bridge with cycle and pedestrian access? 

 

 

Maybe wheelchair users and homeless people should mass on the Harbour bridge and block traffic. That seems to work.

 

 

 

Yup - the sick and dying should break the law enmasse - they'll be rewarded for it.

But it gets better: It's actually $800m because that figure doesn't include finishing it at either end. 

"In addition to the estimated $685 million cost of the bridge, a further $100 million is allocated for the previously announced, connecting cycle and walkways through to Westhaven on the city side, and Akoranga on the northern side of the harbour."

Stu: PBTech and their Queens Birthday weekend sale. The discounted pricing on (at least) some items have increased overnight, even though there are over thirty hours of the sale to go. Listed stock levels on hand hasn't changed for at least some of the items I was looking at (Eufy items, mainly). No explanation noted anywhere I can see. Damn annoying!

The "headline" disclaimer on their site:

PLEASE NOTE: This sale is for in-stock products only with no back-orders or rain-checks available. Stock is strictly limited and offers are 1 per customer and exclude commercial / trade customers unless otherwise specified. Not all sale products are available in all PB Tech stores and some may be available online only.

What on earth does that actually mean?

If you've got good information that they've advertised stock for sale, still have stock remaining but withdrew the "sale price" offer, then dob them in to CommComm.   Their dodgy ill-defined disclaimer shouldn't give them an "out".  They could advertise something like "big sale price for first 20 items sold", but if not stated as such, then a consumer should expect that all stock will be at sale price.

(IANAL)

Handsomedan:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

But it gets better: It's actually $800m because that figure doesn't include finishing it at either end. 

 

"In addition to the estimated $685 million cost of the bridge, a further $100 million is allocated for the previously announced, connecting cycle and walkways through to Westhaven on the city side, and Akoranga on the northern side of the harbour."

 

if the total cost for it when finished comes in under a billion dollars and ends on budget i think it would be a first for a Govt project.

When a website tells you to scan a QR code for more details, instead of just using a hyperlink like a normal person.

That woman's voice in the Triton hearing aid commercial. She sounds like some kind of futuristic Scientologist drilling into your brain.

Rikkitic:

 

Air NZ is an effective monopoly in New Zealand. They don't have to provide any service.

 

 

 

Having travelled extensively overseas domestic anz is better than many internal airlines.

I'm a little curious as to what other "service" do you think they should be providing that equivalent airlines in countries with our population/size provide?

A.

When you pay a large premium to have sausages in your Watties spaghetti, but there are only four of them in the whole tin. 

afe66:

 

Having travelled extensively overseas domestic anz is better than many internal airlines.

 

I'm a little curious as to what other "service" do you think they should be providing that equivalent airlines in countries with our population/size provide?

 

 

 

A.

 

I have also travelled extensively overseas. A race to the bottom doesn't make them any better. They are inflexible and unresponsive to their customers, amongst other things. They also hang on to other people's money when refunds inconvenience them. They charge extortionate fares wherever they can get away with it, and try to obscure this by doling out a few cut-rate seats they can't fill anyway. I could go on.

Rikkitic:

 

That woman's voice in the Triton hearing aid commercial. She sounds like some kind of futuristic Scientologist drilling into your brain.

 

Eh?