Milky Moor posted:On the other hand - and playing Devil's advocate because I handled this exact issue for Coles - I think it'd be difficult to find people of other races doing this. This poo poo is endemic and both Coles and Woolworths are going to huge lengths to stamp it out. Anyone who knows anything about the SEA region also knows that their baby formula products are absolute poo poo, too. Really? You really think Wooly's is having a hard time finding people of other races buy 4 tins of baby food?
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Even if the exporting is limited to Asian people that doesn't mean that all Asian people are buying to export.
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Woolworths have just up and decided to stop delivering to me for whatever loving reason. They didn't cancel my account, I can place orders and then the next day they just cancel them. When I contacted their customer support about this, they said there are multiple accounts with my address, which is why the order was cancelled. When I asked them how can we fix this, because at the time I was dependent on home deliveries for food as my doctors hadn't given me the all clear to drive yet, they never got back to me. But I can drive again now so gently caress Woolworths.
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Jumpingmanjim posted:Apparently it will all come out tomorrow. Guy's talking here, I'll wait for someone to summarise because reddit is unreadable: https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/410n4q/i_am_outgoing_abc_technology_editor_nick_ross_ama/
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My partner is in charge of the online store for a formula company here and most of their orders are coming from people with Chinese names at the moment. Most of those orders are legitimate and completely within the terms of service for their store. Some of the orders are obviously from people attempting to bulk buy to sell on. poo poo like an order for every unit in a block coming at the same time with a slight variation in names and all paid for on the same credit card or multiple orders to the same address but to different names and with a variety of cards used. Or they try to manipulate the website code to enter Chinese delivery addresses which then get rejected because the delivery partner is Australia only. It's generally pretty obvious and those orders get declined and money returned. A few people call or even visit his office to ask why their bulk order was cancelled and they've been pretty open about the fact that they want it to sell on to people in China. There is huge demand, especially for Toddler milks and allergy formulas made with soy or goat milks. A lot of people are making a lot of money off this. One girl was a uni student and was using the money to pay her fees. At the moment they reckon about 75% of their sales are probably going to the Chinese grey market. Problem is that their production has been scaled to the Aus / NZ market so they're struggling to produce enough. Funny thing is, is that they operate in China and make the exact same products there under the same name, but it doesn't sell as well because even though it's a western company making it, Chinese consumers are still wary of any food produced on Chinese soil. Also NZ dairy has a really good reputation and is seen as better. The Netherlands part of the company are having the exact same issue because their dairy produce is seen in China as being of a high quality so is also being sold on there. I suspect the guys at Woolworths have probably been swamped with orders and they've hosed up. Woolworths will likely have had a spike in orders coming in and some legit orders have got lost in the mix with fraudulent ones. Or they're just incompetent. And possibly racist. We'll see. That was a lot of words about formula milk. Helith fucked around with this message at 08:03 on Jan 15, 2016 |
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It is interesting though. Capitalism - it's how we got to this.
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Guy's talking here, I'll wait for someone to summarise because reddit is unreadable: (Regarding a gag order) quote:In early March 2013 I was told by a senior ABC manager that ABC Management was expecting the Liberals to win the next election and that Malcolm Turnbull would be in charge of the ABC and that they didn't want to upset him. From this point on I documented everything. quote:It's not like I was given a form that said "Gag order" on it. I was told not to upset pollies. I had articles held back. I was told instead to write an article about "why the NBN had failed"... 4 months before the election. quote:As I've now said elsewhere, after the initial meeting I decided to record subsequent meetings to protect myself. Lucky I did:- (When asked for a rough timeline) quote:Feb 2013: Published The vast differences between the NBN and the Coalition's alternative There's also some complaints about a 2013 Media Watch episode which he says was an attack piece on him designed to keep him in line
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I find it interesting that Blackmores share price has gone from $34.20 to $205.50 in exactly 1 year.
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Romeo Charlie posted:I find it interesting that Blackmores share price has gone from $34.20 to $205.50 in exactly 1 year. Have they become 6 times more profitable?
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Doctor Spaceman posted:(Regarding a gag order) I would have thought that Media Watch was pretty legit but that episode does look like a genuine attack piece when it quotes him out of context to prove their point. Pretty disappointing to hear that even the ABC is hosed.
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Romeo Charlie posted:I find it interesting that Blackmores share price has gone from $34.20 to $205.50 in exactly 1 year. Yeah, bet you can't guess what they're going to start producing for which market!
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Ahahaha, Renai is throwing his "mate" under a bus.
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Mr Chips posted:Have they become 6 times more profitable? Helith posted:Yeah, bet you can't guess what they're going to start producing for which market!
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Romeo Charlie posted:They've only had a 83% growth in their net profits, but their market value is over $1.5 billion. They'll do well, all my Indo business colleagues stock up on Blackmores specifically when they visit here. I don't even take a multivitamin
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drat! it's time...ive finally found the courage to do what i know i should,to speak from my heart. in the upcoming election im voting Abbott. boats are an afront to my lord poseidon and i must speak out.
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Version with links and full details here.
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# ? Jan 15, 2016 10:26 |
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Wow looks like the ABC isn't just a left-wing mouthpiece, where's the now??
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Starshark posted:It is interesting though. Capitalism - it's how we got to this. I'm tempted to say "no it's communism" but then I remember China is basically communist in name only these days and the formula/milk scare is the result of capitalist idiocy + rear end in a top hat government who won't fix the problems inherent in their food supply.
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ScreamingLlama posted:I'm tempted to say "no it's communism" but then I remember China is basically communist in name only these days and the formula/milk scare is the result of capitalist idiocy + rear end in a top hat government who won't fix the problems inherent in their food supply. LOL if you thought for a second China is communist these days. As the great Lord and Savior Zizek says, they're the perfect model of modern capitalism - business protected by government.
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Recoome posted:Wow looks like the ABC isn't just a left-wing mouthpiece, where's the now?? Unusually, catallaxy has been utterly silent a day into this! Never mind, one of their main Essendon supporters proves by awesome logic how unfair WADA's appeal is. Also, anti-vax phd's are totally ok otherwise it's censorship. I'm sure they'll get around to the ABC some day.
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ewe2 posted:Unusually, catallaxy has been utterly silent a day into this! Never mind, one of their main Essendon supporters proves by awesome logic how unfair WADA's appeal is. Also, anti-vax phd's are totally ok otherwise it's censorship. I'm sure they'll get around to the ABC some day. Why would you read catallaxy files?
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Refer to my last answer to this question.
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http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...tors_picks=true Moral panic 2016 - girls on instagram smoking weed "gambling with their lives" yes
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Lid posted:http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/he...tors_picks=true Strictly out of moral concern, News dot com dot au will now publish several images of topless young women doing drugs.
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Amethyst posted:Strictly out of moral concern, News dot com dot au will now publish several images of topless young women doing drugs. The only time to read news.com.au
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A GAME that encourages violence against indigenous Australians has sparked outrage, with more than 20,000 people signing a Change.org petition to ban Survival Island 3 — Australia Story 3D in less than 24 hours. The game was available from Apple’s App Store and Google Play since last month but has now been removed. It warned players, in the form of white men armed with bows and arrows, to “beware of Aborigines” and required them to shoot or beat indigenous people to death in order to earn points. WARNING: Disturbing video and images below. The game promised users an “unforgettable experience”. Developer Kristina Fedenkova, explained: “Your goal is to survive. Beware of angry animals, especially if you don’t have any weapon. At nights, there is really dangerous, (sic) try to hide somewhere ... Hunt animals or grow plants — you have to eat something. You also have to fight with aboriginals (sic) — you invaded their home!” Videos of the game were recently uploaded onto YouTube but many have since been taken down, shockingly they showed a player beating an Aboriginal man to death with an axe.
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so a factual retelling of the settlement of Australia is banned?
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Laserface posted:so a factual retelling of the settlement of Australia is banned? That's disingenuous as poo poo.
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I'd play a tower defence game where the enemies were all European settlers.
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hooman posted:That's disingenuous as poo poo. Just more sweeping under the rug by the liberal government for the atrocities of the past mate.
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I made the word cloud a week ago but didn't get around to posting it. Better late than never. Word cloud for December: Bonus word cloud for all of 2015: 2015: JFMAMJJASOND 2014: JFMAMJJASOND 2013: AMJJASOND Highlights from last month's thread: Laserface posted:I am debating going on Centrelink while out of work because its significantly less than my previous one, but its work from home and I can at least do it because it's fun. Hooman posted:Guys, I'm starting to realise they feed bullshit n aren't excepting it anymore n you lot cant handle it!!!!" Anidav posted:I'm hoping Turdball porkbarrells a New start Increase with the utmost respect for human rights – nothing less will be shut down.
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It really only moved like 3 or 4 of those words around in that post of mine. Nice to finally make an appearance.
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Laserface posted:It really only moved like 3 or 4 of those words around in that post of mine. Nice to finally make an appearance. My favourite ones are usually the ones that are straight quotes with a random subject change in the middle. Good luck buying Apple for $5k. I generally just quote from the most recent few posters when I post the word cloud. I should automate it a bit to give people who don't post on the same schedule as me a chance.
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hooman posted:That's disingenuous as poo poo. Allow me. Laserface posted:so a factual retelling of the settlement of Australia is banned? If you wanted a truly period-accurate representation of colonial Australia, you'd have Aboriginals chained up as humanoid livestock (they weren't legally classed as human until the late 1960s), Chinese gold miners being publicly assaulted, rabbits and foxes running rampant and little boys wearing dresses. This game is just 'kill all coons' and has no educational value to speak of. Moving on swiftly... quote:Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has thrown his support behind the woman tipped to replace New South Wales Labor general secretary Jamie Clements. I thought the name sounded familiar... when I looked at the article photo of Kaila Murnain I was like "pretty sure I went to school with her".
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EVIL BUDGET
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Courtesy of the screams emanating from anti-Turnbull right-wingers, here is an overview of the election pork-barrel strategy. The screaming is about the access of disabled, women, ex-service people and Aboriginals to business funding for the employment of disabled, women, ex-service people and Aboriginals of course. I mean, money is for the good people after all. Otherwise Turnbull is literally buying friends.
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Why is Turnbull constantly being portrayed wearing a tin can top hat? Am I missing something here?
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