GorGasm 563 Report post Posted April 4, 2022 On 4/1/2022 at 12:50 AM, Twistee said: Pukekohe, Patumahoe, Tuakau and Waiuku Lol those areas have been like that for 20+ years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Twistee 453 Report post Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) @GorGasm I would argue that as a local that regularly travelled through these areas for the past decade it has gotten significantly worse recently. Edited April 4, 2022 by Twistee Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3258 Report post Posted April 9, 2022 Tools. The price of them, in NZ. Take hose clamp tools. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/building-renovation/tools/hand-tools/pliers/listing/3546065846, for example. I'm buying an identical set from Germany. EUR37 + shipping. Less than NZ $100 all-up. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
coop 261 Report post Posted April 9, 2022 11 hours ago, gjm said: Tools. The price of them, in NZ. Take hose clamp tools. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/building-renovation/tools/hand-tools/pliers/listing/3546065846, for example. I'm buying an identical set from Germany. EUR37 + shipping. Less than NZ $100 all-up. Just as bad as car parts. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KwS 2425 Report post Posted April 9, 2022 "but if you dont support NZ companies you are a bad person blah blah" Yeah, stop price gouging us and we wont buy it from overseas then. 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Eagle 1662 Report post Posted April 10, 2022 14 hours ago, gjm said: Tools. The price of them, in NZ. Take hose clamp tools. https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/marketplace/building-renovation/tools/hand-tools/pliers/listing/3546065846, for example. I'm buying an identical set from Germany. EUR37 + shipping. Less than NZ $100 all-up. You can buy the same ones on aliexpress around $100 too. NZ a bit hit and miss on tools. All the commonly used stuff is usually fairly well priced. All the less common 'specialist' type stuff found in automotive workshops typically have huge margins on them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Choo 16 Report post Posted April 12, 2022 What is the point of contact forms/emails on websites if no one ever responds to them? I shall take my business elsewhere 😤 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lord_jagganath 421 Report post Posted April 20, 2022 storeman just let an unmarked pallet worth 40k get picked up by an unmarked box truck with no paperwork. when i was away. and i am now blamed for it ( not directly, but there is the insinuation) :sigh:. hoping the truck was definitely one of our regular forwarders, though they claim there is no knowledge of it. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M3AN 4016 Report post Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) That's no good. Why was a pallet worth 40k unmarked? Edited April 20, 2022 by M3AN Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lord_jagganath 421 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 ^ storeman forgot to place labels on it. labels were in the office, but we have put processes in place that will prevent this. Mostly sorted, awaiting confirmation from freighter and trucking co. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Driftit 2078 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 The resurgence of Caravans. Burn them all. NZ desperately needs to introduce a towing license similar to the UK. The Hyundai SUV with 2 adults, 3 kids, a full boot, 5 bikes on a flimsy bike rack, towing a shittyly restored early 80s wheeled chode of a caravan that has had all the rest of the luggage stored at the very back is quite bloody scary to follow. Especially when you realise the driver has probably never towed anything other than a rental trailer from his local gas station to move some cuttings of which he took 10 mins trying to back up his drive and took the downpipe drain off the side of his garage. 4 6 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GorGasm 563 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 (edited) Wish I could get an oil filter cheaper overseas. $150 >_<. Still cheaper than paying the dealer for an oil change $150 filter $300 for oil $200 for labour plus some random amount they add each time they plug in a computer to check it. $1000 yay! Edited April 21, 2022 by GorGasm Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Palazzo 477 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 18 minutes ago, GorGasm said: Wish I could get an oil filter cheaper overseas. $150 >_<. Still cheaper than paying the dealer for an oil change $150 filter $300 for oil $200 for labour plus some random amount they add each time they plug in a computer to check it. $1000 yay! https://www.ccbmwauckland.co.nz/value-service-plus Would be cheaper to come to Auckland, have lunch and drive home, assuming that’s for your 535i. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GorGasm 563 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 Nah, the Maserati. The 535i is certainly cheaper. $340 aint too bad. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sammo 2544 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 29 minutes ago, Palazzo said: https://www.ccbmwauckland.co.nz/value-service-plus Would be cheaper to come to Auckland, have lunch and drive home, assuming that’s for your 535i. Jeez that’s a good offer 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
balancerider 757 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 37 minutes ago, Palazzo said: https://www.ccbmwauckland.co.nz/value-service-plus Would be cheaper to come to Auckland, have lunch and drive home, assuming that’s for your 535i. Not holding my breath for their counterparts in Wellington to offer the same - captive audience here 🙄 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cement 871 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 "Please insert card OR select payment type" ... me inserts card hoping for a logical experience and quick transaction ... nothing happens ... forced to select 'EFTPOS' on stupid f**king machine just like 99.9% of ALL transactions they perform ... just liven up that sh*t straight away and make the people who want to pay with some cash, a gram of meth, some vouchers and a prezzy card push the stupid button !!! ... and then ... "Would you like a receipt ?" -> "No" ... *prepares to walk off* "Please take your receipt" ... *double back swearing at machine, throws paperwork in bin in disgust* 4 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E28E30 335 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 14 minutes ago, balancerider said: Not holding my breath for their counterparts in Wellington to offer the same - captive audience here 🙄 I asked them about this a couple of months ago and the person I spoke to said “It is an Auckland thing, we may bring it here”. 😕 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Palazzo 477 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 17 minutes ago, Cement said: "Please insert card OR select payment type" ... me inserts card hoping for a logical experience and quick transaction ... nothing happens ... forced to select 'EFTPOS' on stupid f**king machine just like 99.9% of ALL transactions they perform ... just liven up that sh*t straight away and make the people who want to pay with some cash, a gram of meth, some vouchers and a prezzy card push the stupid button !!! ... and then ... "Would you like a receipt ?" -> "No" ... *prepares to walk off* "Please take your receipt" ... *double back swearing at machine, throws paperwork in bin in disgust* That receipt thing does my head in. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3258 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 f**king oblivious idiots. That's the drivers in their little metal boxes, and the NZTA in their offices decreeing roads should be bounded by wire ropes. Heading to work yesterday, I see an emergency services vehicle exit a roundabout, about 400m behind me. Headlights flashing, emergency beacons doing their thing. And useless f**kwits in their cars paying ZERO attention, blocking progress. Maybe not deliberately, but just because they are so unaware. When I pulled to the left, a couple of vehicles overtook me, looking across at me and shaking their heads. Only then did the wailing of sirens, flashing lights and so on get through into their little worlds, and one truck actually hit a barrier when he pulled to the left so violently he lost control. Paramedic driving the vehicle was remarkably calm, and the vehicle slowly makes progress up the road, fighting every single car it comes up behind, until it encounters a large truck and trailer, who has nowhere to go. Barriers mean there's nowhere for him to pull over or get out of the way. Slow vehicles in front of him are stopping him accelerating at all (I heard his horn a couple of times, but that was probably a bit pointless), so there sits our paramedic, waiting for an opportunity to make any sort of progress. 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sammo 2544 Report post Posted April 21, 2022 @Cement 100% Supermarkets are shocking for this - I think Bunnings (or Mitre 10?) do it with about 3-4 less un-needed button presses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
balancerider 757 Report post Posted April 22, 2022 3 hours ago, E28E30 said: I asked them about this a couple of months ago and the person I spoke to said “It is an Auckland thing, we may bring it here”. 😕 Not just an Auckland thing. Coombes Johnston offer it too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
E28E30 335 Report post Posted April 22, 2022 Sorry I meant Continental Cars Auckland only, not Continental Cars in Wellington Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gjm 3258 Report post Posted April 22, 2022 Uhmericans, insisting a gallon is 3.7l. Well, in the US, where gallons and pints are smaller than the rest of the world - yes. Elsewhere... No. Then compounding the nonsense by insisting that 128fl. oz is a gallon, and as such is fine... These people have obviously not done their market research, or they'd know the NZ Weights and Measures Act specifically states all measurement are to be in the metric system. But no... They right. (I'm feeling especially grumpy. ) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lord_jagganath 421 Report post Posted May 1, 2022 Collected pug this morning, drove like a dream. rocked up to the office, stalled and now dead as a doorknob. LMAO. 1 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
