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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #435 on: June 13, 2012, 06:43:05 am »
roybn a 2bedroom place in my area is $ 560

That  is expensive. The wages in Sydney must be a lot higher than here.  I don't know  how some people manage. Living on a pension is hard enough but at least everything is owned.

When I see what people pay for school shoes I wonder the kids don't go bare foot. Raising a family today is  far more expensive .  I never even owned a stroller  and the cost of those things are astro.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #436 on: June 13, 2012, 06:54:08 am »
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #437 on: June 13, 2012, 06:57:08 am »
BIG TIME  :(
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #438 on: June 13, 2012, 06:59:02 am »
Gret i would say on average $1200 per week
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« Reply #439 on: June 13, 2012, 07:27:01 am »
That's astronomical Uni. Is it so expensive because of the business side of things?

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #440 on: June 13, 2012, 07:37:26 am »
yep, very hard to make money these days
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #441 on: June 13, 2012, 08:01:17 am »
Gert, I used to live in Cairns North, near the hockey fields....

$370 rent for a house in yungaburra is crazy.
wish I could earn $1200 per week.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #442 on: June 13, 2012, 11:30:28 am »
Wow Uni. I can't believe your house insurance. That's astronomical! We used to live in the outskirts of Sydney and recall our cost of living to be higher than qld, especially food. Don't get me started on when we used to rent in the Eastern suburbs!
Gert, it's really sad that your house insurance has gone up so much that you are considering not insuring. We went through the same issue. Our premiums have tripled in the Lockyer Valley for obvious reasons and we really considered not insuring but can't afford the risk. We were not flooded in jan 2011 and didn't make a claim and we could safely say after those levels we could be relatively safe but then we have to consider things other than flood.  Insurance companies have us over a barrel.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #443 on: June 13, 2012, 01:40:00 pm »
Is the benefit of shopping at the local farmers market for your F & V because its fresher than the supermarkets? Or also cheaper? We have one but I rarely shop there.

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« Reply #444 on: June 13, 2012, 02:29:37 pm »
Is the benefit of shopping at the local farmers market for your F & V because its fresher than the supermarkets? Or also cheaper? We have one but I rarely shop there.

For me it's the freshness. The supermarket near me has the most tragic fruit & veg, whatever I buy has to be used basically straight away as within 2 days it's unusable.

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #445 on: June 13, 2012, 09:48:14 pm »
Insurance rates all go on what the crime rate is in your area, ( how safe).



For the markets, its the freshness and price here.
picked one day, sold the next, not spending months in storage.
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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #446 on: June 13, 2012, 10:05:30 pm »
Brumington, it's a commercial property

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Re: Anyone want to join me on my $100 per week food challenge
« Reply #447 on: June 13, 2012, 10:14:23 pm »
Yes, they've got you over a barrell for anything commercial - loans, mortgages, insurance, different phone rates, different electricity rates, even rubbish collection.  Regardless of the size of the business you still get stung.  It's very hard to keep going at times.
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« Reply #448 on: June 13, 2012, 10:26:13 pm »
Yes, they've got you over a barrell for anything commercial - loans, mortgages, insurance, different phone rates, different electricity rates, even rubbish collection.  Regardless of the size of the business you still get stung.  It's very hard to keep going at times.

its getting really hard to make a wage,and the worse is yet to come  :(
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« Reply #449 on: June 13, 2012, 10:32:13 pm »
Yes, they've got you over a barrell for anything commercial - loans, mortgages, insurance, different phone rates, different electricity rates, even rubbish collection.  Regardless of the size of the business you still get stung.  It's very hard to keep going at times.

its getting really hard to make a wage,and the worse is yet to come  :(

I didn't realise that electricity and rubbish collection was charged differently.

Did hear on the news last night that electricity is going up 20%.