• Australia summons technology giants
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"that according to some estimates the price of some of goods in Australia were as much as 60% higher than in the US." Thank god that they're finally doing something about this bullshit.
From the bit of the title I saw I thought it was going to say something like [I]Australia summons the dark lord Cthulhu[/I] or something :v:
My Dad came back from Vegas once. He brought 3/4 of a gallon of bacardi rum for 17 dollars. Here it's $35 for 750mL. Finally Gillard and friends have decided that not everyone is on political wages.
"Sir! You've been summoned!" "Where to?" "TO THE LAND DOWN UNDER" sorry not sorry
[QUOTE=DwarfOverlord;39547070]My Dad came back from Vegas once. He brought 3/4 of a gallon of bacardi rum for 17 dollars. Here it's $35 for 750mL. Finally Gillard and friends have decided that not everyone is on political wages.[/QUOTE] Price of alcohol is most likely due to the heavy taxes applied due to the rather heavy alcohol abuse in our communities. This is tackling a rather different issue.
when i try and help people with builds and i see the price gap between Canada or USA and Australia i always just punch a table. Our mobile phone prices are also off the roof and games also and much more. Although i do understand scale of our market compared to USA and CA but the price gap is just eye watering.
[B]Technology Giants.... [I]AWAKEN[/I][/B]
[QUOTE=Reds;39547315][B]Technology Giants.... [I]AWAKEN[/I][/B][/QUOTE] Please its much more than that down here we usually do a political blood sacrifice where the prime minister bathe in the blood of the stricken here is an example [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTmkowx_1xk[/media]
im glad they're doing something about this, the prices here for software is insane
I always wanted the Iron Giant to awaken from my country
But aren't US prices excl tax??
About damn time, no more "Higher cost of living" bullshit story.
[QUOTE=SuperHoboMan;39547063]From the bit of the title I saw I thought it was going to say something like [I]Australia summons the dark lord Cthulhu[/I] or something :v:[/QUOTE] [B]Summon the Technology Giants![/b] [t]http://wallpaperz.co/art/paintings/giant-robot-wallpaper/download/giant-robot-wallpaper-1920x1080.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Reds;39547315][B]Technology Giants.... [I]AWAKEN[/I][/B][/QUOTE] Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Technology Giants A'stralia wgah'nagl fhtagn
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