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for the last time, I'll get excited flicking through a Big W advertisement!

as Im moving out in a month, I noticed a victa lawn mower for $130 bucks off...I thought sweet

I get up there after work, and they had sold out...so I ring 15 different stores in NSW, all out...makes me wonder if they actually had any to begin with.

I also noticed that they have a policy that if its out, they'll offer a similar product, but they wont budge...bastards!
 
call other stores including bunnings ,good guys , harvey norman, bing lee and see who will price match,(keep the ad).
 
I have a friend that used to manage the K-Mart near here and she said that sometimes (not all the time) they would advertise stuff with the full intention of not having it in-store but customers would come in looking for the whatever it is, not find it and then the shop assistants would "recommend" a similar product the store was trying to clear.. It's dodgy brothers..
 
Thats a bugger, we saw the same ad and were hoping to buy the same mower too!
 
Who the hell doesn't have a dead lawn anyway???

If you were in Melbourne I'd be able to help you out.

I miss fresh mowed lawn smell.
 
chad thats not funny, i have mowed mine 2 weekends in a row and it keeps raining here and my grass is going nuts , i will have to cut it again this weekend (i have never seen anything grow like it).
 
Hey trey, I will check in Shepparton as I am driving to the Gold coast late next week and could meet you somewhere on the way and drop it off if it is in stock here
 
chadjaja® said:
Who the hell doesn't have a dead lawn anyway???
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Me.

Every day I carry at least 8 ten-litre buckets out onto the front lawn from our washing machine (five person family = washing every day).

It is as green as the day is long, to the point where if you walk on it, your foot sinks into it a good ten centimetres. It's in better nick now than it was before the restrictions!
 
HBM said:
Me.

Every day I carry at least 8 ten-litre buckets out onto the front lawn from our washing machine (five person family = washing every day).

It is as green as the day is long, to the point where if you walk on it, your foot sinks into it a good ten centimetres. It's in better nick now than it was before the restrictions!
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Man, how big is your washing machine?

Im doing the same at my house, but no way is the grass saying alive
 
It stopped raining in T'ville a couple of weeks back, finally. But as I was driving home from picking my son up (from his job at BigW) the rain started again. Mowing is a weekly event here as well.
I will ask someone about the mower. Let you know.
Will have dig around the house for the brochure.
 
theflyinggerco said:
Man, how big is your washing machine?

Im doing the same at my house, but no way is the grass saying alive
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Ours was a healthy lawn before it all, though. Never brown or yellow-ish. Always green, so I suppose it is easier to maintain it than to build it up.

Plus, it takes vigilance. All up, there is a minimum of 100 litres per day (5 x 10 litre buckets per cycle. 2 x cycles per wash) a day, every day.

Works a treat, and I reckon I could even be getting some definition in my shoulders these days from carrying the bloody things out there! :D
 
Trey said:
for the last time, I'll get excited flicking through a Big W advertisement!

as Im moving out in a month, I noticed a victa lawn mower for $130 bucks off...I thought sweet

I get up there after work, and they had sold out...so I ring 15 different stores in NSW, all out...makes me wonder if they actually had any to begin with.

I also noticed that they have a policy that if its out, they'll offer a similar product, but they wont budge...bastards!
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They usually only have 1 or two at each store to get you in the door !
 
ace e said:
chad thats not funny, i have mowed mine 2 weekends in a row and it keeps raining here and my grass is going nuts , i will have to cut it again this weekend (i have never seen anything grow like it).
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Same here - That's Sydney for ya !
 
well this gets more interesting...

went into the penrith store - there sign was different to my local one.

it apologised that they didnt have any stock, and that the saving wasnt $130 but only a $10 or so reduction...very odd...very sus!
 
haha i got done as well. We are moving out in a few weeks and i couldnt believe the price but it was too good to be true. Guess ill have a look at bunnings on the weekend. But let me know if you find a cheap one anywhere
 
Trey said:
well this gets more interesting...

went into the penrith store - there sign was different to my local one.

it apologised that they didnt have any stock, and that the saving wasnt $130 but only a $10 or so reduction...very odd...very sus!
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they usually dont have many of big sale items, i always had to deal with irrate customers who wanted rainchecks on like $50 bikes and stuff when i worked at K-Mart (K-Mart penrith actually ;)), you gotta get their early!!
 
a raincheck is when the store will get you the same product (or comparable) at the same as the advertised price, thats why a lot of really cheap stuff has "no rainchecks" next to it
 
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