Change Of Topic?

As you may have noticed, I have began to severly get off topic about what this blog is about. This blog is suppose to link the readers to high quality cheaper than retail products and yes it does occasionally try to accomplish this objective. Glad to see though that I haven't gone completly off topic. This blog is still very much about the retail industry, shopping and consuming.

Lately though, I have found myself to be more so of an advocate for consumers. I am highly critical of the big players out there who think they can just rip off small time folk such as ourselves. I just don't think it's right and fair.

Anyways, I promise to have more posts soon. Meanwhile will be interesting to finally see the budget tonight once it is released which I expect will be very shortly within the next couple of hours.

Stay tuned.

Coles Express a Rip Off!

The newly appointed petrol commission agency called today for consumers to boycott Coles Express when buying petrol. They claim that Coles Express are leading the pack when it comes to higher petrol prices.

The fact is, consumers shouldn't be spending this amount of money on petrol while the petrol companies heap a large profit. I paid $1.45 for petrol today, the highest I have ever paid for petrol before in my life time! Yes it was from Coles Express too. This was before I saw the news today though.

It is quite fair to say that the main driver of high petrol prices has been due to the rising cost of oil as a result of the ever increasing lack of supply. The monopolisation of the petrol market by Woolworths and Coles defiantly is another major contributing factor. They are stamping out the competion. I believe that Coles and Woolworths should have never been allowed to enter the petroleum business in the first place. They already rip us off at the checkout.

Eventually, there will come a day, perhaps 20 years or so now when the world runs out of oil. Yes, this means that we will continue to see the rapid rise in petrol prices. What are we going to do when we run out of oil? Will all the cars in the world be useless? I think it's time that the Government pushes and starts promoting alternatives to petrol such as gas powered and electric cars. Even hydrogen, although hydrogen powered cars are quite pricey ($1 million for BMW's 7 Series hydrogen vehicle). These are pressing questions and issues which need to be addressed if we are to adequetly prepare ourselves for the future.

Woolworths, They Really ARN'T The 'Fresh Food People'

Woolworths claim to be the fresh food people? Well I can tell you for a fact, they arn't! We all have seen those ads on TV (If you live in Australia) about how much effort they go into picking their apples and oranges and getting them into the stores fresh within 24 hours so they can sell them to us freash...

..Well there is something they've forgot to mention. Their 'fresh food' is in fact stored in freezers for up to four months at a time! So just think about that next time you go down to your local Woolworths and decide to pick up a few 'fresh' apples. I should mention, Woolworths are not the only company that does this. Coles does this too. As does Aldi, although i've been told that Aldi don't keep their fruit and vegies out in the freezer for as long as Woolworths and Coles do.

I prefer to buy all my fruit and vegies from a local fruit and vege shop where you are guranteed that they haven't been near a freezer and you can be sure that they are actually fresh!

A Woolworths & Coles Dominated Market?

Recently the Federal Government announced that it was considering plans relaxing regulations in Australia to allow internation players enter the Australia supermarket market. Currently the market is dominated by two main players who im sure we all know are. Yes, Woolworths and Coles.

The monopolization of this market by these two players is being blamed for record high grocery prices. Quite frankly, I believe these companies are evil and only care about their shareholders and making a profit. But I guess most companies are like that? These two mega corporations are pushing small businesses out of the market therefore there is minimal competition so they can then rise their prices as much as they like. It's highway robbery.

But then, I think, does this country really want to be ruled by Walmart? An American mega corporation who is possibly even more evil than Woolworths and Coles. The newest player to hit the scene is the German company Aldi who seem to offer significantly cheaper and fresher products than both Woolworths and Coles. I would love to hear what you guys think about this? Do you think the Government should be easing regulations to allow bigger players into the Australian market? This would hopefully eventually provide more competition in this market, therefore hopefully resulting in cheaper products for the consumer.

GTA4 Released! Get it Cheap!

Well, as you're all probably aware. Grand Theft Auto IV has finally been released after much anticipation! I bought my copy the other day on PS3 for $85.00 Australian dollars which is about $78 Amerian dollars. I wonder when Rockstar will release it on PC? Anyways, I noticed that in the States you can get the game for as little as $59.99.

PS3 Version



Xbox Version

Amazon Kindle. Join The Reading Revoloution!

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Download Quality MP3 Music!

So i've finally started getting into this whole downloading music phase that everyone seems to be doing these days rather than going out and purchasing a CD. It actually has many benefits. It's alot quicker and cheaper than buying a CD. I prefer to use Amazon over iTunes though. Mainly because I don't have to download Apple's software and the music is a little bit cheaper than iTunes. Check it out. Click the link below to take you directly to Amazons MP3 page.

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