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Daily Discussion Thread 🦦🦦🦦 Saturday, August 3, 2024 (aussie.zone)

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[–] Baku@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Apparently Officeworks will sell you a pack of iced vovos for $3.54 at any time. Coles or woolies are $4. You can get them on special for 2 bucks every couple of months, but if anyone wants them noooow, Officeworks have your back

love ya, offeys. Plus, free delivery if you have onepass 🤷‍♂️

Apparently nine life (like the tv channel?) will sell you a pack for $78.00. But don't worry - they're on sale. Previously $130.00.

(I genuinely can't tell if I'm missing something. it seems like they're actually selling a single 210g pack for $78, not even one of those boxes they come in they put onto the shelves)

[–] Alamutjones@aussie.zone 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They’re selling all SORTS of weird shit. Among their best sellers are imported aspirin, fancy toothpaste and a “posture corrector”. The iced vovos are only the start

[–] dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Many companies have started an online "marketplace" for other traders to use their brand page as a sales space. Eg Bunnings Marketplace. Basically somewhere to re-sell temu/aliexpress.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago

And i fucking hate it. Fucking five hundred goddamn marketplace results when i'm trying to fucking find out if my local Bunnings has a specific shelf bracket in stock.

[–] RustyRaven@aussie.zone 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This looks like it is some sort of weird scam or money laundering site. None of the prices make sense, and the products listed don't fit the information on what the company is about.

[–] ajsadauskas@aus.social 1 points 3 months ago

@RustyRaven @dumblederp @Baku There's a whole thread about these guys over on the Choice website: https://choice.community/t/online-websites-that-appear-australian-but-are-not/29603/9

The short answer is that NineLife is not owned by or affiliated with Channel Nine, or its TV channels 9Life or 9Now.

NineLife looks like it's based overseas, possibly in the UK or the US.

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

They used to sell 5kg boxes of fizzy lifesavers, but sadly stopped. you can still get like 1000 teabags and 4kg of biscuits for reasonable prices

Edit: realised far too late i'd typed 300 teabags. You can get boxes of a thousand.