You’ll either love it or hate it dear readers, but Myer’s Chinese based website experiment, which aims to repeal the GST that customers pay on locally sourced goods has gone live today. The problem with the site (Myfind.com) is that the majority of its ‘deals’ hardly look inspiring enough to make the shift across from cheaper and more established e-tailers. More »
If you’ve ever been burnt when you’ve bought something online, Gus over at Lifehacker has pointed out that a new website, econsumer.gov, has launched to help consumers who have experienced dodgy online retailers. It’s backed by consumer agencies from 25 countries, too, so you know that there’s some real muscle behind it. Definitely worth knowing about… [econsumer.gov via Lifehacker]