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Get ready for it, we have amazing new changes coming to Don’t Pay Retail the most obvious being our new look web site!
 Don’t worry, the main features and style for our site will remain the same, Don’t Pay Retail will still be Don’t Pay Retail, but we felt it was time to revamp and bring […]

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An unfortunate long time between posts.
At DontPayRetail we work hard at constantly improving, reviewing, streamlining our business. We expect even our accounts dept or poor order processing slave to voice an opinion or suggestion, as it all helps.
We are changing a few things on our site.
First, we have been able to secure for our […]

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Ignorance at its best.
A real shame. The Australian Political Party, “Family First” is calling for special tax breaks for first home buyers.
Basically it is trying to convince the government that we should allow first home buyers to make the interest on their first home tax deductable.
First. I am the biggest PROponent of cutting tax, on […]

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For most people, the debate over whether digital cameras can compete with film cameras is over. The continual technological improvements in digital cameras mean that the quality provided by a digital camera can be just as good as with a film camera.
Obviously, a lot of the weight of this debate lies squarely on the […]

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Olympus have a new camera on the market, the FE240.
This little gem packs a lot of features into a small camera. Some camera manufacturers try and pack large zoom lenses in their small cameras to try and be better than the rest, however more often than not, this will result in a very poor quality […]

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According to this article we are perhaps in the midst of a housing market recovery in the big 3 cities of Australia at least.
I have been telling people for quite some time now that it is a buyers market and one can really shop around for a bargain. If the article is to be […]

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This little unit has been a very popular item for Dont Pay Retails customers this week.
Many people think about backing up their systems, even their personal ones, only after they suffer a major crash.
For under $335, you can have a 500gb external hard drive that will back up your computer, notebook, even Mac whatever with […]

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Your average John and Jane Doe saving for a deposit for their own home wouldnt even consider an investment property.
Why not?
Its easier.
Think about it.
Payments on your own home are not tax deductable. Payments on your investment property are.
You earn no rent from your own home. You earn rent from your investment property.
So take the same […]

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Housing affordability stretched indeed.
What rubbish.
Sure house prices have gone up, but not beyond the reach of most Australians.
The problem is most people want their cake and eat it too.
A $500 000 mortgage is well affordable on a dual income couple/family, of which more and more are these days.
Your average MONTHLY payment on a 500k mortgage […]

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The Olympus Evolt E-330 Digital Camera is the perfect camera for the creative and technically minded photographer.
The Evolt comes equipped with 7.5 mega pixel image sensor.
This versatile camera offers a useful interchangeable lens mount which can be used for Olympus Zuiko Digital lenses.
The Olympus Zuiko Digital 14-45mm f/3.5-5.6 lens is included when you purchase the […]

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