Angus Kidman

1 week ago | finder.com.au | Angus Kidman

Score thousands of Qantas Points the easy way while paying for your streaming. Excellent! My all-time favourite supermarket bonus deal for Qantas Points is finally back. If you buy a Netflix card from Woolworths this week, you'll score 20 times the dollar value in Everyday Rewards points. For a $50 card, that means 1,000 bonus Everyday Rewards points, which converts to 500 Qantas Points if you've linked your accounts (and you definitely should).

1 week ago | anguskidman.show | Angus Kidman

Way back in 2014, I wrote a piece I’m still proud of for Gizmodo Australia, explaining why Canberra should be considered the Star Wars Holiday Special capital of Australia. The reason? The legendary bomb from 1978 – which featured all the key original Star Wars cast alongside 1970s variety TV stalwarts such as Bea Arthur and Diahnn Carroll – was broadcast in Canberra in 1984, years after it had “disappeared” from most official Star Wars history.

2 weeks ago | finder.com.au | Angus Kidman

Everyday Extra is losing a major benefit. I've long been a big fan of the Woolworths Everyday Extra scheme. For $7 a month, you can score shopping discounts and bonus Everyday Rewards points that are worth a lot more than $7. But a forthcoming change has me somewhat peeved. From 1 June 2025, Everyday Extra members will no longer receive 10% off a monthly shop at BIG W. According to Woolworths, this is because the prices are already so cheap there the discount doesn't make sense. Yes, really.

2 weeks ago | anguskidman.show | Angus Kidman

I’ve whined before about ABBA’s overpriced approach to merchandise. Now the savvy Swedes are at it again. This year marks the 40th anniversary of ABBA’s legendary self-titled album, the one with ‘Mamma Mia’ on it that proved they weren’t just Eurovision one-and-a-bit-hit wonders. So as expected, there’s a bunch of new tatt on offer via the official store. I’ve never been interested in the half-speed vinyl singles that form the backbone of these anniversary campaigns (I’m a CD addict, after all).

2 weeks ago | anguskidman.show | Angus Kidman

I became momentarily excited when I saw an article on IKEA Hacker entitled ’20 IKEA Products Under $1 That Work Suspiciously Well’. But then I clocked that the pricing referred to was American, not Australian, and most of them would actually cost more than a buck at my local IKEA. Digging deeper into the Australian pricing, of the 20 items highlighted by the guide:Just 2 are actually under $1. 6 cost exactly $1. That’s very cheap, but not under $1. 11 cost more than $1.