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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 298112" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Wasn't us...</p><p></p><p>Yes, there are lots of Woolworths in Australia. Aussie owned, I think. Woolworths is primarily (for us) a grocery store, with Big W being an everything else kind of store with clothing, whitegoods, cosmetics, furnishings, books, electronics - you name it. They are marketing heavily in Australia in competition with another company, both of them giving petrl vouchers (4c a litre off) for purchases over $30. But you can only get the 4c a litre off at THEIR service stations and I've noticed that the prices are always about 5c a litre higher anyway. Plus the opposition places next door are charging the exact same (slightly higher than everyone else) amount. So a lot of smaller independent stores and independent petrol stations have been gettingh forced out of business, and ACCC (Australain Concumser Complaints Commission) is investigating the two big stores for price fixing and collusion.</p><p></p><p>A gang of ID theives got nabbed a few months ago, they were making fake credit cards from identity theft stolen from letter boxes and online, and going on spending sprees then laundering the proceeds. I hope your bank is passing the details of your problems onto the Aussie Federal Police, to include in the case files. Clearly there aere more than one gang, but the chances are they are connected. I could even speculate as to which race they come from... it seems to be a cultural thing, not an Aussie thing per se. The gang members are not Aussie born.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 298112, member: 1991"] Wasn't us... Yes, there are lots of Woolworths in Australia. Aussie owned, I think. Woolworths is primarily (for us) a grocery store, with Big W being an everything else kind of store with clothing, whitegoods, cosmetics, furnishings, books, electronics - you name it. They are marketing heavily in Australia in competition with another company, both of them giving petrl vouchers (4c a litre off) for purchases over $30. But you can only get the 4c a litre off at THEIR service stations and I've noticed that the prices are always about 5c a litre higher anyway. Plus the opposition places next door are charging the exact same (slightly higher than everyone else) amount. So a lot of smaller independent stores and independent petrol stations have been gettingh forced out of business, and ACCC (Australain Concumser Complaints Commission) is investigating the two big stores for price fixing and collusion. A gang of ID theives got nabbed a few months ago, they were making fake credit cards from identity theft stolen from letter boxes and online, and going on spending sprees then laundering the proceeds. I hope your bank is passing the details of your problems onto the Aussie Federal Police, to include in the case files. Clearly there aere more than one gang, but the chances are they are connected. I could even speculate as to which race they come from... it seems to be a cultural thing, not an Aussie thing per se. The gang members are not Aussie born. Marg [/QUOTE]
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