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Thread ID: 117342 2011-04-13 23:10:00 Merc oil change on Winz bk T (215) PC World Chat
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1194334 2011-04-13 23:10:00 What the heck is Winz doing? Story here (www.nzherald.co.nz) bk T (215)
1194335 2011-04-13 23:25:00 yeah its crazy - ive seen on multiple occasions people apply for WINZ grants for their cars - one guy actually got $3000 for his "wheel repair and tyres" claim

so instead of getting the factory wheel fixed or replaced (would have cost no more than $100 for a secondhand factory alloy) he goes out and gets some super fly chrome 18" wheels and new rubber put on instead

the car was incorrectly lowered too so the wheels sat on bad camber and would chew the insides of the tyres out withing 20,000km - never mind - just ask for another grant of $1500 to replace them!

the whole thing annoys me greatly D:
MAC_H8ER (5897)
1194336 2011-04-13 23:30:00 You may find that even though WINZ pays the bill that it is a loan and not a grant. Interest free no doubt. Bobh (5192)
1194337 2011-04-13 23:35:00 Looks like it's totally out of control! I really feel that all my taxes have gone to the wrong hands. I now understand why some people are trying to avoid paying taxes.

What are those 'Managers' in the Winz office doing? Don't they have a guideline somewhere to follow? Or, our whole welfare system is in a mess?
bk T (215)
1194338 2011-04-14 00:10:00 My dad had his mobility scooter fixed with a Winz payment. However, it's not free, he had to borrow it and he pays them back.

Pensioners.

This lady may have been a pensioner. And just because it's a mercedes doesn't mean it was new, newish or even in good nick. I knew someone who had a Merc, utter heap of crap it was too, it finally died beyond economical repair and went to the wreckers.
pctek (84)
1194339 2011-04-14 00:22:00 Does it say how old the Mercedes is? Is it an E63 AMG?? SLK?

Or a 25 year old beat up merc?
Cato (6936)
1194340 2011-04-14 00:24:00 Mercedes should have kept the oil and discarded the car. prefect (6291)
1194341 2011-04-14 04:29:00 Mercedes should have kept the oil and discarded the car.

trouble with that is some idiot about my age will get hold of it and put it back on the road with giant chome wheels and a rego plate along the lines of "VIPRYD" and drive around as if hes somehow upperclass in his german equivilant Toyota Corolla GL :yuck:
MAC_H8ER (5897)
1194342 2011-04-14 06:03:00 You may find that even though WINZ pays the bill that it is a loan and not a grant. Interest free no doubt.

You are correct, it is a loan but I do no know if it interest free.
Ulsterman (12815)
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