FRUSTRATION

Doug T

I've already been there.... That's why the garage is filled up with Boat Anchors!

The value of this site is asking other members about their real life experiince with products and services. Derek, for example gave me some very good advice recently.

It seems that most retailers don't impart any product training at all.

The exception to this is Bunnings, whereby they focus on employing people who have significant product knowledge.

Sure there are some others out there doing the same, but it's becoming bloody frustrating.

Regards

Kim

Kim
Yeh, your right about Bunnings , ask any red shirt and they know where to look

Creeeikeys you guys are hard to please. For an adult wage of probably 15-16 bux an hour i probably wouldnt give you any usefull information out of princaple

Davoe hit the nail on the head.

People shop on price and get what they pay for!

I went into Hardly normals the other month and asked them if they sold GPS recievers for laptops ( i was in the navigation section of harvey normans ) The guy gives me a blank look and tells me there is no such thing and i would have to buy a stand alone unit ......

next question -- does it take topo maps -- his reply ... Um don't know ......

at that point i said never mind ---- took a drive to Strathfield car radio , bought the GPS receiver ( and usb bluetooth dongle )

Needless to say i wont bother going to any of those franchised stores any more

Boc

LOL good to see you're alive and kicking. I'll leave the "well" bit alone for now.

Barnesy,

That is a great Rig photo.

Wayne

I agree Wayne, I had to enlarge it as well, ended up sitting there looking at it for about 5 min (well maybe 2).
What sort of camera did you use Barnesy, anything special.

Regards

Franga

Barnsey,
I'll agree with the two previous posts, great picture. I was at Fortesque Falls in Karajini recently I would of loved to of got a picture of that quality. Good effort.

I'm glad people enjoy seeing my photo. I have just downloaded another pic of that same spring but using a different setting on the camera, it is more of an action shot.

I only purchased this camera s/hand about 6 months ago. It is a Canon eos 300d, digital SLR. Good quality, base model SLR. Only 6.5 magepixels but takes better photos than some 10mp cameras I've seen.

Barnesy

I have a hp 3.2mp digi camera that takes better photos then most camera's around 7 mp. Great shots.

I work for dick smith and believe me i can tell you lots and lots of stuff, but at the cost of my job and/or going to jail!!!!

Not likely!

Let's just say things are a changing

Head to Big W at Elizabeth..

They have operator-less checkouts (seriously, they are/were trialling them)

There is an operator to "assist" if you go through the 4 checkouts she watches. Then there are the normal ones. I have used it once for the experience, easy enough but will now only use the staffed checkouts even if it means a longer wait as this is just another way of cutting costs.

(even when you think about the possible added "shrinkage" (theft) although there are security measures in place, each operator you can cull probably saves $30k a year

Thought I had better add a little more explanation.
The 4.5kg is a little like a 9kg in a stubby version.
The 4.0kg is like an extended 3kg bottle.
Different diameters.

So which do you have?

Thing is that unless you carry a tape measure with you all the time the 4kg and 4.5kg are pretty hard to tell apart , had the problem at a "swap and go " so never again will use them , best is to have your own bottles refilled , Matilda sevos on nth side of Bris doing 9kg bottles for$15.95 and 4.5kg for $8.00 , lots cheaper than the swapers.

Must say I didn't realise there were different sizes of the same capacity too. I have a couple of 4.5kg and a 2kg (?) not sure now, haven't used it for a while but I always get mine filled rather than the swap setup, just personal preference, but all were bought from the same place over a few years so guessing they are all the same brand (Kookuburra??)

John C

You hit the nail on the head. The one I have at home is a 4kg bottle, whilst the one I purchased is 4.5Kg. The latter is a smaller diameter, which explains why I can't fully fasten it in the second cradle on the CT.

As I said in my opening post "probably all my fault". Dum Dum me!

Many thanks for the help.

Regards

Kim

Glad I could help.
Almost got caught myself afew months ago :o)

Now Icarry a 2kg as a spare when the 4.5kg runs out, and I can tell the difference in size :o)))