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TL:DR: any decent replacements for catch.com.au that shut down last year?

So around this time last year Catch.com.au hit the wall. I used to use it for buying bulk of home essentials for a good price, like rubbish bags, washing powder, paper towels, fem. hygiene products, as well as different bits that were on special and were useful. Before buying I would check and compare with supermarkets, etc. the free delivery with onepass was useful too.

Anyway, now it's gone and I've finally used up almost everything I bulk bought before it went away. I have a pretty good choice discounts that helps, and an independent supermarket with good deals sometimes. Nonetheless I'm left crawling back to wool

When I press power , it is normal until it first reaches temperature. When the single and double shot lights would come on, the lights flicker and then the single shot lights up as if I had pressed it. It begins dispensing water continuously. I can prevent this by pressing double and single at the same time before the water starts, disabling the shot buttons, but allowing me to do grinding and steaming.

Any idea what's causing it and how I might be able to fix it?

As I said, I (25m) want to help her (27f) feel as comfortable as possible, especially since she is making a big sacrifice moving this far for our relationship.

Some context: I am Australian (European descent) and she is moving to Australia with me. We are getting married in Brisbane, then the first 6 months she will be living with me in a small town in the tropics until my work contract finishes. Then we will move back to Brisbane. If it helps, she is mostly Chinese Indonesian background and from Jakarta, and she is a Christian. She is close with her family but has been living in Tangerang on her own for a few years. We have been in an LDR for years including over covid. I have visited her

I've been looking at flash CD players (I have a Rotel A11 tribute and it sometimes whispers to me at night that it yearns for its brother) but I can't bring myself to pay AU$600 for a CD player, let alone what some of the more upmarket ones cost. I have a CD player in my old Teac LP P1000 that I had before I got into all this and it seems to do fine. Sounds great plugged into my amp & speakers. What does a $600 (or $1200 etc) cd player have that this doesn't? I'm not trying to have a whinge, I just simply have never heard one and can't picture what it would do, and I live 800km from the nearest hifi shop so I can't go try one out.

Even better, does anyone have a good recommendation of s

I have been named in the will of a relative from NZ for about 40k. In contact with the lawyer in charge of the estate and we were all sorted to send across the money, when we realised my bank (ME Bank) doesn't accept international payments through SWIFT, which the money will be sent through. They suggested I open another account with a bank that does accept it, but I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed and I am not quite sure what bank/account to go with. I don't really want to get sent another card just to receive the money, send it to my main savings account then close the new account. Additionally I live in a remote Far North QLD so I will likely close the account before I even get anything maile

For context I like music a lot but haven't been an "audiophile" really. Got some AT headphones and whatever but I've only had disposable income the last couple of years. It's just for a reasonably sized bedroom in an apartment and perhaps a living room in the future. Also I'm in Australia so brands are a little limited.

Anyway I had this all in one teac thing that ruins records but is fine for listening to cds, Bluetooth or the radio. When I learnt it's harmful for records I stopped playing them on it.

Finally able to properly upgrade and I'm looking at:

Pro-ject T1 Phono SB (A$599)

RotelA1 Tribute amp (A$989)

Wharfedale Diamond 12.0 bookshelf speakers (A$465)

I figured for now I'd als