Monthly Archives: October 2009

Guest Post: Glen Wiggs on Minimum Pricing of Alcohol

Posted on October 31, 2009 by

Another post by my father Glen Wiggs. In this one he refers to a Scottish study where imposing a minimum price of alcohol did nothing to reduce sales of ready to drink products (sold to younger folk), but did reduce … Continue reading →

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Excess pay and excess bloat

Posted on October 30, 2009 by

Fairfax execs to feel shareholder ire on pay, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. A nice juxtaposition – this Sydney Morning Herald article reporting complaints about former Fairfax senior execs earning too much in payouts is accompanied by a video ad. I … Continue reading →

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Let me buy stuff Apple

Posted on October 30, 2009 by

Cart – Apple Store (New Zealand), originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. A rare mishap on an Apple site – this the Store.Apple.co.nz site. I would like to buy the new mouse, but when I try to view the cart I get … Continue reading →

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Alcohol minimum pricing – Reversing the Facts

Posted on October 30, 2009 by

A PRESS RELEASE FROM MY DAD. Plenty more to come on this topic I feel Website: www.ffar.org Email: gwiggs@ffar.org Media Release Box 776, Noosa Heads Queensland 4567 Australia ALCOHOL MINIMUM PRICING – Reversing the Facts The Scottish Government is actively … Continue reading →

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Why not switch to the BNZ Global Plus Cards?

Posted on October 29, 2009 by

ccselector.html, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. Technebish and Adam suggest I switch to that I switch to the Global Plus Platinum Card. Here, straight from the BNZ website, is the comparison table between the Global Plus, Platinum (mine) and GlobalPlus Platinum … Continue reading →

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An open letter to Air New Zealand

Posted on October 29, 2009 by

Dear Air New Zealand Why are you walking away from the revenue provided by people with bank rewards programs – and stopping conversion to Air New Zealand Airpoints Dollars? I refer of course to the recent notification by BNZ and … Continue reading →

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An open letter to BNZ Credit Cards

Posted on October 29, 2009 by

To/BNZ Credit Cards Wellington, New Zealand CC/ a few other folks. Dear BNZ Credit  Cards; I am very upset. The other day I opened this message in my BNZ internet banking inbox (good to see the newer website by the … Continue reading →

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The stupid American Express “prove you are you” policy

Posted on October 29, 2009 by

My phone rings – it’s a blocked call. I answer, and then a pause before I hear: “Hello Mr. Wiggs It’s so and so from American Express and this is a courtesy call. Can you please answer a question to … Continue reading →

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NZ Newspaper Readership Numbers

Posted on October 27, 2009 by

More Red Sea – this time the changes in circulation numbers for Newspapers. The charts show the difference in readership between 2007/8 and 2008/9. Once again these are supplied by Roy Morgan. I’ve put the Sundays, which is once-weekly and … Continue reading →

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NZ Magazine Readership numbers

Posted on October 27, 2009 by

The Roy Morgan newspaper and magazine readership numbers are out. I created some charts to read the Magazine numbers better – so here they are. They show the differences between 2007/8 and 2008/9 readership numbers. Click on the images for … Continue reading →

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The least remarkable ad campaign

Posted on October 27, 2009 by

The least remarkable ad campaign, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. I’m pretty sure MyFarm is unhappy about the placement of their advertisement in NBR’s afternoon update email.

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A very clever ad

Posted on October 21, 2009 by

S0 why are we not building using more rail?

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Those global roaming costs and Kindle in NZ

Posted on October 10, 2009 by

Amazon.com: Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display, U.S. & International Wireless, Latest Generation): Kindle Store, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. I’m glad to hear via NBR that both Vodafone and Telecom are fighting for the rights to deliver Kindle content. That’s … Continue reading →

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Lingopal still big in Japan

Posted on October 10, 2009 by

Lingopal sales by Region, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. Six months on and Lingopal is consistently getting half of our revenue from Japan. While Europe has a good showing it is really surprising to us how low the US sales are, … Continue reading →

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News from afar – patience required

Posted on October 8, 2009 by

After the comments in the last post I decided to find some numbers behind the Mozambique experience of Stuff and NZHerald. Happily the Stuff website eventually came back up. However the experience is less than stellar. My first test shows … Continue reading →

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