....is this true Bricktop Dinky Diana?
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Apparently we have the most expensive worst packages on the planet & pay more thsn anyone else.
I use pre pay. It's 50 AUD every 28 days.
40 GB data, unlimited calls and texts within Australia, and unlimited international to 10 countries, 300 minutes to 22 other countries. They offer a 60gb for 60 AUD but that's way more than I'd use.
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40 GB data, unlimited calls and texts within Australia, and unlimited international to 10 countries, 300 minutes to 22 other countries. They offer a 60gb for 60 AUD but that's way more than I'd use.
Prepaid is very popular in Asia..
Chunghwa Telecom has comparable plans for about thirty dollars Canadian.
I stopped doing lock in contracts after I got stung with a couple of 4 figure bills.
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40 GB data, unlimited calls and texts within Australia, and unlimited international to 10 countries, 300 minutes to 22 other countries. They offer a 60gb for 60 AUD but that's way more than I'd use.
I pay $40 Canadian for just 6 GB of data & phone text to Canada & the USA wide calling only
By Canadian standards thats considered 'a deal'.
But of course by Australian standards its nothing!
Still...at least its better than mist Canadians who easily rack up $120 phone bills or more per month
The providers are very stingy and cheap in Canada
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It's not that common in Canada yet.
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It's not that common in Canada yet.
It's become more popular here now that prepay nearly meets or in some cases exceeds services of lock in contracts but many people can't afford to buy their phones outright still, so post paid remains to scam people.
Sat phones have really come down in plan prices here too. They even offer prepay on sat phone plans.
I'm getting one later in the year for my vehicle.
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Apparently we have the most expensive worst packages on the planet & pay more thsn anyone else.
Yeah, but you should see what we pay for maple syrup.
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Apparently we have the most expensive worst packages on the planet & pay more thsn anyone else.
Yeah, but you should see what we pay for maple syrup.
Not as much as we pay for rainbow lorikeets and sulphur crested cockatoos.
You'd hate to see some sections of roads with tens of thousands of dollars worth of roadkill splattered over 50 or 60 metres, then.
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:swoon:
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Not as much as we pay for rainbow lorikeets and sulphur crested cockatoos.
We get them delivered to our house for free.
And they eat all our NUTS!!!
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Plans are getting a little more competitive recently. They couldn't get any worse.
For cockatoos?
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I'm getting one later in the year for my vehicle.
We have them at wellsites. It's still expensive here.
Silly cheap here. Don't know why.
We're the test site for it.
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Apparently we have the most expensive worst packages on the planet & pay more thsn anyone else.
Yes..youre getting ripped off..
I bet your booze is way cheaper than ours tho..
Its ridiculous the costs here.
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Apparently we have the most expensive worst packages on the planet & pay more thsn anyone else.
Yes..youre getting ripped off..
I bet your booze is way cheaper than ours tho..
Its ridiculous the costs here.
I have no idea what alcohol costs here, but yes we are getting ripped off on our cell plans.
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I bet your booze is way cheaper than ours tho..
Its ridiculous the costs here.
Alcohol, cigarettes and gambling are just forms of taxation.
And they all share one common feature.
Can you guess what THAT is?
Answer: The government doesn't like competition to its thieving and so it's illegal to open private casinos, grow your own tobacco, or distill your own spirits.
Close, but no ceegar!!!
They are all addictive to the weak, poor and vulnerable.
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They are all addictive to the weak, poor and vulnerable.
So why do the well to do lobbyists approach government officials to lock in the behaviours that the majority of all people (within the gov and outside of) enjoy and financially benefit from?
Because your thesis has no merits.
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I bet your booze is way cheaper than ours tho..
Its ridiculous the costs here.
And they all share one common feature.
Can you guess what THAT is?
They're not taxed enough.
Only if you're a government junkie.
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They are all addictive to the weak, poor and vulnerable.
So why do the well to do lobbyists approach government officials to lock in the behaviours that the majority of all people (within the gov and outside of) enjoy and financially benefit from?
Because your thesis has no merits.
Addictive behaviour is good for business. You have a guaranteed source of revenue, whilst pretending you're trying to contain said behaviour with higher taxation as a form of "deterrence".