• @[email protected]OP
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    Of thank F…!

    Commbank finally reversed the duplicate transaction that put my account into the negative by a large margin.

    Spent the whole day stressing about it. I hope that’s the end of the ordeal and nothing else happens.

    Might actually think about getting a 2nd bank account somewhere else just as a backup sometime.

    Now I finally concentrate on doing other things other than worrying about things.

    • @[email protected]
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      39 months ago

      This happened to someone I know today as well! Apparently something happened with their system.

      • @[email protected]OP
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        49 months ago

        They did maintenance last night and when it came back live it started duplicating transactions I made on Thursday, which happened to be when I had some payments to make.

        It really sucked and just shows if something like that happens the bank won’t be there to cover you.

    • Rusty Raven M
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      That’s a relief for you!

      I have accounts with a couple of banks for that reason. I’ve considered starting an additional one too, but I’m not sure if that’s overkill.

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        Yeah so it doesn’t leave me in a bind like this even though it’s exceptionally rare.

        Anyway I’m going to destress tonight if I can. I’ve wasted basically all day monitoring it all.

      • @[email protected]
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        49 months ago

        It’s a hell of a lot of fun!!! I play bass like a guitarist, not a real bass player, but it’s fun as fuck lol

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          Love it.

          I have my dad’s old electric guitar and am considering taking lessons and buying an amp for it. Maybe then I shall get a bass.

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            49 months ago

            There’s an app called yousician which is nice for starting out.

            Or a website called “Justin’s guitar”.

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      59 months ago

      Very nice!

      I didn’t get to ask the other day but maybe you can layer a bass track under your guitar?

      I don’t know how it would sound though if you did that.

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        59 months ago

        That’s what I’m thinking as well. But it’s going to require using my laptop on stage.

        That will require significant testing to ensure it doesn’t crash.

  • @[email protected]
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    Been to gym. Been to market.

    My fruit and veg people have sold up and retire next week. This is wonderful for them…but I’m kind of a little bit sad

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      89 months ago

      You’ll have to do the ‘unfamiliar market’ tango - find a little old lady dressed in black, and follow her at a discreet distance and shop where she shops, buy what she buys. Has helped me out both here and in France (a longish time ago). No interaction as such necessary.

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      59 months ago

      I’d love to, but due to where I live it costs 50 bucks to get a decent one delivered :(

          • StudSpud The Starchy
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            Pita bread and whatever veggies and deli meats you want, tomato paste, spinach. Slap that all on a pita bread, oven for 20 minutes 180-200c.

            You can also do leftovers pizza. Whatever leftovers you have, slap that on the pita and cook. It’s much tastier than takeaway honestly

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              Gives me ideas for next time.

              Going to cost it all to see how well it goes.

              I think when it comes down to it I couldn’t make it cheap enough to beat some of the frozen ones.

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      Ugh… Tempted. Gave up on cleaning the house today and been in bed all afternoon as I’m just beat. Craving a cheesy treat. But I think I’ll leave that for tomorrow when I’m with a friend and have my leftover pasta for dinner tonight.

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    The new Preston Bunnings sucks. Such a pain to get in and out of. I guess at least it encourages me to go to other hardware stores.

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      DC coffee and the Italian supermarket next to it had to leave so that place could be built, it’s good to know there are more reasons to hate it

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    Woke up in a massive panic this morning to an overdrawn back account message.

    Panicked like hell to try and work out what happened.

    Commbank have really stuffed up and duplicated transactions and now has left me overdrawn and unable to get anything today.

    They better fix this up. The duplicated transaction was the biggest thing I had to pay, why couldn’t it have been an 8 dollar transaction?

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        I tried but was stuck on hold for awhile.

        Was browsing online and they’ve acknowledged the problem but still doesn’t help me since I have payments coming out tomorrow and on top of that I can’t go out and do anything today.

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          Yeh fair. I just logged in to check mine and there was a pop up about it. Hopefully because it’s a widespread issue they’ll fix it in a few hours or something

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      Ah fuck, that sucks the worst when it happens on a weekend! I hope they can fix it up asap. I once had a monthly rent payment duplicated when the REA payment systems changed and that damn near gave me a heart attack

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      It looks like it’s affecting heapssss of people. What a major fuck up. So many weekends ruined and much more than that. Wow

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        Yeah this is looking like a major issue. Who the fuck rolls out a system update on a Friday night/Sat morning

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    Normally I love putting stuff together, like Ikea furniture etc etc

    I’m now in a room with the door locked trying to build this cat tower and there’s a monster on the other side of the door who is DEMANDING to be let in.

    Edit: She realised if she jumps high enough she can pull the door handle down and open the door.

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    OK. So, say you want to have a night out by yourself on a Saturday night, where you can talk to randoms and generally be social.

    What bars or what suburb is best?

    Also, this is where we are at now:

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      Easy:

      The Old Bar, Fitzroy. Go out the back and feel free to join in on anyone’s conversations. It’s small, and is an alternative crowd.

      Oscar The Wild are playing there tonight (Sat) too.

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        I used to do that at the Old Bar like 20 years ago. Good to hear it’s still got the same vibe

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      Depends. Am I going to hook up or just meet friends? I’m kidding. I don’t know where to go to find either haha.

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        Lol it’s alright man, neither. It’s been ages since I’ve gone out to socialise by myself.

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    I put on the first Paddington movie for the boys the other day because I heard it was good when it came out, and it is quite good.

    It’s silly and over the top in all the right ways, with a villain that’s just evil with clear motivations. It felt like a 90s movie made with today’s technology.

    Also turns out the director worked on Darkplace and directed all the Mighty Boosh episodes so of course it was going to be good

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    Beep Beep 🚚
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    At my second inspection. Crusty old dude rocks up and talks only to me and asks if I’m viewing the apartment, then asks if I’m single and gives me this creepy grin and says he’d prefer a single to move into the apartment. Oh and of course he’s the owner. Shakes my hand and encourages me to apply. Completely ignores the other attendees (male).

    I might’ve seriously considered this apartment despite the very dated kitchen and bathroom and no fly screens, it’s pricey but in a very quiet green location and has a sunlit balcony… But after the above interaction I am definitely not applying wtf

    E: I am meant to be cleaning the house but our purritude has other ideas. Purrhaps she has sensed my overall distress. I’ll miss this lil sweetie when she leaves on Monday

    little nugget on my lap

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      There’s something about the eyes of Soxcats that always stand out.

      Don’t know if it’s the colour and the shape but Soxcat always looks so serious.

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      I find it odd the LL is at the inspection if he has a REA managing the property? And the whole interaction, yikes. The LL will probably have keys. Stay the hell away!

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        Yeah it smacked of over-involvement. No thanks! Luckily I’m not being made to vacate so I don’t have as much pressure, I’ll keep looking.

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        Sucks because I really might’ve seriously considered it for the quietness and the cleanliness. Light filled and still convenient for work. I was sat in the park wondering if I stuck on my own fly screens and everything else worked okay, could I still stick it out since there’s a REA intermediary… Esp as this is probably one of the few times I have an advantage (??) as a single renter. But it’s for entirely the wrong reasons

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          Yeah. That’s not the sort of advantage you’d want for sure, it’s creepy and puts you in danger I’d say as well.

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      Ewww! Even with the positives it’s not worth dealing with that. Plus, if he’s really dodgy you don’t know what he might do

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        Yeah he seems like the kind of guy who lives nearby and might get… too involved in a bad way. He told the REA to send him a report of all the applicants immediately for his review, within earshot of us all. I can’t think of any reason why a LL would prefer a single tenant over a couple except that a single person is easier to bully/manipulate. I think I’m going with my gut on this one

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          Yep. More than that he might have keys and could randomly let himself in when you’re not home, place hidden cameras, invite himself over when you are there and push boundaries…

          He dived to try and create a situation where he could have a massive power differential with/access to a single woman. Which is not a safe situation.

          And being a single isolated person does make you easier to bully/manipulate.

          He seems like a massive creep and a danger

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            Letting himself in when you are not home is probably a best case scenario. When I used to work at Legal Aid they had a case where they were doing an urgent Intervention Order for a woman who had woken up in the middle of the night to find the landlord and his son in the bedroom.

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              Yeah. It seems fucked up and extreme that women have to consider these possibilities but yeah.

              Whether this guy “only” planned to become overfamiliar and harass a lone female tenant or he planned to push the boundaries in another way, this guy very obviously didn’t have good intentions.

              Kind of stressed out for any woman who can’t find somewhere else before her lease ends or if he learns to be less obviously creepy upfront