I’ve been offline since Boxing Day apart from some email checks and one post while staying with my parents. Here’s an update: 1. We visited my parents at Moe. It’s awfully hot everywhere at the moment, and the Latrobe Valley was no exception. After a couple of nights, Juliet and I went to Melbourne for [...]
Praise for the taxman
It’s not often the Tax Office receives any praise, so I’d like to make this offering: I have a company called Alpine News, which I established four years ago after struggling with tax liabilities under a sole-trader structure. Alpine News took over my public relations business, Gorey Media. I also published a newspaper under the [...]
Bizarre business logic
I came across a good example today of bizarre business logic. I have return air fares from Albury to Sydney, which I booked in May, to attend the Super Test. I leave early on Friday and come home late on Sunday. Having found the cricket admission prices too high at $125 per day, I will [...]
Web Central Australia
I want to comment here about a company called Web Central and their billing practices. Here’s the background to my story: 1) On March 1, 2004 I purchased and paid for a URL forwarding service from Melbourne IT for www.alpinenews.com.au. The cost was $99, which I now know to be way over the odds. With [...]
