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Ours do, regardless of legal issues, and the caller display too!
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An update: I contacted Samsung UK again and was lucky enough to speak to a pleasant chap who guided me through re-setting the region on the printer... now it is compatible with the local UK cartridges! You can also find re-setting guides on the net...
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We had a problem with UK printer when we moved to OZ as it would only accept UK cartridges. I thought at the time that this regionalization was unique to HP. Now we had to return back to the UK (with an OZ-bought Samsung printer) and the problem is exactly the same - it will only accept Australian cartridges!!! I looked into changing chips etc but you have to print a report with all the info for that - and it wouldn't print. Don't really want to re-fill cartridges as it might lead to other complications - including being rejected by the printer. I contacted Samsung UK and they said that there is absolutely nothing I can do, not even reset a region on the printer. Does anybody know an OZ/Asian-Pacific retailer who can send cartridges to the UK? Any other 'creative' ideas would be highly appreciated as the printer is colour laser and almost new. Don't really want to keep buying printers every time you move the country!
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I suffer from Fibromyalgia and the warm sunny weather is a blessing for me. When it gets cloudy, windy, cold and rainy I am literally "under the weather" - ridden with aches and pains and tired to exhaustion. Unfortunately, my OH decided to go back to the UK, so I am really dreading it. Painkillers don't work for me. Would be good to know which ones are effective
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I found in my box a cable with RJ11 jack at one end and a UK jack at the other. Just need to find an electrical charger for a mobile to fit or use an adapter.
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Seems like there is a hope. Ours are Telstra dect phones - one of the latest ones. Any info on these?
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Sorry for a daft question but we bought here a very nice and rather expensive set of landline phones, so shame to give them away when we depart to the UK. I read somewhere that OZ and UK home phones are incompatible? Or if we just change the leads to the UK ones they might work back home? Anybody knows?
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Francesca, you are not alone who feels "ripped off" here. I am afraid this is a common feeling amongst recently arrived ex-pats. We have been in Brisbane for 2 years and feel increasingly ripped off. Despite getting the PR we are forced to return for economical reasons. How it works: Australia and more so Brisbane is in recession. Yet more and more immigrants are welcomed into the country because immigration in OZ is a great money spinner and generates a lot of revenue for the government and businesses. They know very well that a lot of newcomers will go back for various reasons: either get homesick, lost a job, can't find a job, can't pay enormous healthcare and dentist bills, find living here too expensive or simply can't stand the heat! So in the meantime these immigrants get fleeced for every penny they got - visa fees, doctors, property market, rentals, consumer goods, various state charges for buying a car and a house - the list can go on and the scale of it is enormous. The more immigrants - the bigger revenue and more work for the locals who provide services for these immigrants. The Australians don't like immigrants yet the country can't sustain without them. Now that the unemployment is high you have to be a local to get a job - Brisbane is so clicky! Us and many of our friends have faced this already. It is all about whom you know, not how good you are. This is just the beginning of recession here - it will get worse and the recovery will take a long time - check economic forecasts. We love the climate and the relaxing lifestyle of Brisbane but going back.
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Thank you so much Chiara, I will definitely consider this.
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That would be really good. Thank you Chiara
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Thank you Whoiam. I will explore this option. Would be good to hear some more recommendations.
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Can anyone recommend a good dentist in Brisbane please? Preferably with years of experience in more complicated work.
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Hi Chiara, I need lots of dental work done and thinking of going abroad because of the prohibitive cost in OZ. Can you please find out which dentist your friend went to in Phuket and what they think about it? Can anyone recommend other good reasonable dentists in other countries? I am talking about complicated expensive work - crowns, bridges, implants, not trivial fillings. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Newly built houses come with built-in dishwashers but otherwise it varies. You may prefer to put in yours even though there is one installed. The house we are renting is nice but the dishwasher is cheap and prehistorical. Another thing is, you get much more for your second-hand goods here if you want to sell them than in the UK.
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Our washing machine works fine here, no problem with connections. Definitely bring, especially if it is good European make - Bosh/Miele cost a lot here.
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We brought our unlocked phones here and use OZ sims. I am with Virgin, which is OK in the CBD but is quite bad outside it. It is on Optus network. Telstra is said to have the best coverage but is quite more expensive than other providers - think of it as Orange in the UK. My husband is with Telstra on his work mobile and has no problem with it. I am looking for a different provider myself at the moment, any suggestions here?
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We brought the whole container full of furniture ans stuff. Virtually everything was useful, even the smallest of things. We were advised against taking anything outdoors - garden furniture, bikes etc. because of potential customs problems (soil contamination). You can't bring anything with petrol or gas residues or very rusty, so bbq and lawn mower were out. However, we deeply regret about our good bikes and teak garden furniture - just clean them well with Jays fluid. We sold them cheap but they cost a lot to buy good ones here. We are glad we brought all electrical appliances - all work here except old TVs and landline phones. German/European appliances are very expensive here, so I am glad I took my Bosh machines. Depending on the area you are going to you might find that your winter clothes will be useful, but then again you will need them for trips back home or visits to colder countries, so might be worth keeping some. When deciding what to bring, think of it as what it useful to you now - you will need virtually same things here with small adjustments for the climate. Have a good sort out and sell everything you don't use through private paper ads, garage and car boot sale - this will de-clutter and free space for things you really need. Also, you might want to leave stuff that is quite old or in poor condition and you are likely to replace soon. Remember, however, that it will cost a lot to buy everything at once, so if you have space and you need it - take it.
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Here is a link to average dental charges: http://www.privatehealth.gov.au/healthinsurance/whatiscovered/averagedental.htm. Depending on the state of your teeth it can be cheap or cost a fortune. Definitely have done as much on the NHS as you can before you go!
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I am glad that we have clarified now about these mysterious bulk billing doctors and their discretion. It is important for newcomers to understand this and have the real picture. As the last poster suggested, perhaps we can now move back to the broader subject of health care provision?
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<p>Thank you. very much. What is the name of the clinic in Brown Plains? I am around Tingalpa. I need a dentist for a mature adult though and a good one too because of advanced problems.</p>
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I was not talking about them being in CBD but somewhere in the city. Those are well outside the city, in fact, in other towns.
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<p>Thank you for your useful info Fairystar. Would you please tell me which PG surgeries do you go to and who is a good doctor?</p>
<p>Thank you</p>
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Thanks JoandJon this link was already provided in my thread including dental prices
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Thank you for your comprehensive answers Fish, this is really appreciated. On the bulk billing doctors, however, I don't want to mislead people. I have done my research too. I personally rang the GPs practices from the list supplied by a previous poster and they said bulk billing is only for children, pensioners and concession card holders - despite what they say on the website. The practices you have listed are all but one not in Brisbane but in fact 15-25 km from CBD. This would mean for a working person taking half a day off work to see a GP - not possible for many working in the city, especially for patients who need to see a doctor often. There are other problems with bulk billing clinics, such as long waiting times, poor medical service (judging by patients reviews). And the last but not least, these bulk-billing practices make a small percentage of all GP practices in the area. If bulk billing medical centres were so widely available, then the private ones would be out of business whereas, in fact, they are in vast majority. I have to repeat again that bulk billing seems to be a privilege at a doctor's discretion, most likely for the old patients but not for the new patients and possibly only for some types of appointments but not all.
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Here is an extract from a typical GP surgery conditions of service: 'It is not possible to repeat prescriptions over the phone. This ensures good standards of practice. In exceptional circumstances , at the discretion of the treating doctor , collection may be possible, but will attract a fee and may not be ready until the following day' see the full list here: http://www.marketstreetmedical.com.au/services.html