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I wouldn't touch ANZ for the fees alone. How do they justify charging over 3x the fees of Simplicity?

Don't get an Ecovacs vacuum. The app is terrible and loses it's map all the time

I would have thought that you would save more money getting a couple of quotes for your project than you would going with a company because…

Does anyone have any recommendations on what type of wood to get? Seems like everyone down here in CHCH is selling old man pine. I have…

Oh too late

Most of our appliances are only delay start, rather than on a specific time. But with 3 hours you don't need to be hugely accurate, just…

There were a lot of spreadsheets comparing power plans before I settled on that one. I was surprised about how much we could shift to those…

We are with Contact on the Good Nights plan that gets 3hrs free each night. We are managing to get around 25% of our power use during that…

Geekzone is a good place to have a read through. Lots of NZ relevant stuff on Home Automation…

Just like the one in the cellphone?

Thanks for the Link. I remember seeing it on here but my searching failed me

If you want $50 of the $400 back then you can talk to ANZ about home loans for 5min and they will give you free money. See the Home Loan…

I think the outlander is around 200mm longer but it is still a "mid size SUV"

A friend of ours has the latest shape Outlander PHEV and really likes it. Goes around 80km on battery so doesn't need petrol for his…

I would avoid TradeDepot and Midea and go for a second hand machine of a well known brand off TradeMe/FB. Look for F&P, Bosch, LG, etc. If…

It will be slightly more efficient, but not enough that you would notice the difference in your power bills I would have thought? Induction…

When Skinny put up their prices a few months ago, I asked them to give me the old price for the remainder of my contract and they said no.

You could look into a Wise Card https://wise.com/nz/card/

If you are in CHCH these guys are great and fast. Really helpful too if you need to chat through your idea https://www.mahita3d.co.nz/

Time to get more Eneloops I guess

Maybe your Dyson CS Rep has been reading this Cheapies thread...

Farmers have the Stainless one on sale for $1800ish at the moment. You might still be able to find white ones out there for cheaper?

Yeah I definitely recommend replacing all your filters (even with Temu/AliExpress versions). It makes the vacuum run much better if you…

I would be very suspect that you are actually getting what is advertised with batteries on AliExpress

The F&P RF402 fridges are bombproof

I have had the original Instinct (non-solar) for around 5 years now. It doesn't have some bells and whistles that newer smartwatches do,…

I also guess Teahupo'o. Jaws gets bigger but Teahupo'o is "heavier"

That $20k will be including second hand cars. What is the average price for a new car purchase in NZ?

The batteries degrading is mostly in older non-thermally managed EV's like the Nissan Leaf. There are Teslas and Hyundais that have done…

Got four coffee mugs for $8 delivered. Can't argue with that!