what a ******* disgrace... 

I was having a really good day gnads and now I fell like punching someone square in the face.... 

like Greggy... 

anyways...

I found that these companies were no cheaper than the actual Motel/Hotel themselves if you went directly to their sites last year while travelling interstate to a funeral...

they were handy to find motels in a certain location all at once... then I'd go directly to the Motel Website to get their number to book in which saves them having to pay a commission.. .

but what I didnt know was that the commission was going overseas and no tax paid...

gessus that pisses me off... 

the ordinary guy/gal in the workforce pays every single cent of tax... they get screwed like no one else...

and yet our governments are allowing Multinationals get away with paying no tax on Billions of Dollars pouring out of this country!!!

why??

are they stupid?

are they corrupt?

both?

and this is why Donald J Trump won the last election in the US... people got sick of stupid corrupt politicians that were selling them down the drain....

fair dinkum... 

oh.. and guess what else I just found out..

I had some money in our holiday account of around 10K right...

and U bank paid some interest... $6.50 for the month or there about...

and I thought... strewth... why bother saving..  .... right?

but then I saw....

another $5 approx was being withheld by the bank to pay it as TAX come the end of the year...

like WTF???? 

so the bank wont even give me my interest... or anyone else's..

they are keeping it and reinvesting it and making money ON YOUR MONEY that should be put into that account...

******* arseholes... 

I don't know why anybody would not ring the hotel/motel directly. If people are that stupid then they deserve to be fleeced.

Black Orchid wrote on Sep 8^th, 2018 at 3:18pm:


Actually, a find a lot of the time the direct fee is the same as thru bookings, so I guess they extract a cut from them. If it's a small owner operated place I go direct and when I call I make a point of saying I found it thru bookings and is OK to book directly with you?

They tend to sound pleased so I'm guessing 10%?

Black Orchid wrote on Sep 8^th, 2018 at 3:48pm:


its always worth a try...

but these days I think... I don't mind if they get all the money... most of them never look rich and just battlers like us....

but I just remember that if I want them to be there next time I go.... I don't mind paying them...

people who tend to underpay themselves usually go out of business...

I go to this quiet cafe a bit out of town... one weekend we spent $24 for coffee's, toast and eggs on toast...

next weekend same again, accept I had bacon on my eggs as well... $24 

so I said.. .hang on... it was $24 last week so it should be more...

and she's like - nah thats ok... you lit the fire etc... so im telling her... don't under charge... we want to see you still open this time next year and the year after that...

beats Macca's hands down with their fake food, people yelling non stop.. .beepers going off non stop... and street rats hanging around swearing...

**** that....

I'll pay the extra thanks..

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Sep 8^th, 2018 at 4:23pm:


Yeah I'm not looking for a discount, just to be looked after as I've looked after them by saving them $20 or 30. When you turn up they always seem extra friendly, and they're likely to bump you to a better room if available.

Gnads wrote on Sep 9^th, 2018 at 10:51am:


The powers-that-be don't have the balls or the brains.... they have vested interests instead.

No politician can seriously think that privatisation has been and will be a good thing - yet they persist in it.... they don't care about the common person.... the one that pays tax.