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Leather furniture construction
Posted by John under Furniture
Often you will see stories in the media about leather furniture retailers offering poor quality products at a high price. Sometimes when they make the furniture any scratches that are evident are covered up with shoe polish. Yes, they use all sorts of tricks and that is because they are not using “high grade” leather like they claim (there is no such thing really and the fact that they can drop the price by half during sales shows that).
26th
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Australian Pharmacists To Recommend Blackmores Over Others
Posted by John under Food
With every new example of greed an opportunity arises to do the opposite for the benefit of consumers. This week saw a perfect example with a large group of Australian pharmacists signing a deal to promote one brand of dietary supplements over others. Unfair competition? Yes! Unethical? Yes! Opportunity for other current and new pharmacists to exploit? Yes for sure!
26th
Organic Cotton Growing In Australia Still Has Devastating Affect On Ecosystem
Posted by John under Clothing
Although organic cotton growing is supposed to be ethical, one need look no further than Australia to see that it still does significant damage to an important part of Australia: the lower River Murray.
26th
Toilet Paper In Australia And The Public Speaking Out
Posted by John under Bathroom
Several years ago the media reported in Australia that people had noticed that a major supermarket chain there was selling “green” toilet paper.
26th
Advertising Disguised As News Stories
Posted by John under Media
Quite often you will see “news” stories that are nothing more than advertising that is thinly disguised as news. This sort of nonsense makes me sick.
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