> Message: 6 > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 06:21:55 -0700 (PDT) > From: Gabriel de Figueiredo <gdefigueir...@yahoo.com.au> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Arrest warrant against Indian student in Oz - > dnaindia.com
> See also > http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25963630-661,00.html > and > http://www.theage.com.au/national/southbank-crash-police-vow-to-hunt-killer-20090821-est9.html > On another topic, foreign students will face greater screening as the > (Australian) Government cracks down on visa fraud and scrutinises their > (students') ability to finance life in Australia. > http://www.theage.com.au/national/education/foreign-students-face-more-stringent-tests-20090820-es2w.html > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Ruby Goes <rubyg...@bigpond.com> > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Sent: Friday, 21 August, 2009 12:56:49 PM > Subject: [Goanet] Arrest warrant against Indian student in Oz - dnaindia.com > > > http://www.dnaindia.com/world/report_arrest-warrant-against-indian-student-in-oz_1283946 > > rubygoes Thanks for the links Gabriel. rubygoes > > Message: 9 > Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:10:10 +0000 > From: Albert Desouza <alizadeso...@hotmail.com> > Subject: [Goanet] Fight for your right > To: Major domo goanet > > > Albert writes:- We have a habbit of buying lots of electrical and electronic > and digital gadgets and 98 % of these gadgets sold in the Goa market have > defects but the shopkeeper knows very well that all the defective items can > be pushed into the goan market. You buy a computer in Mumbai or Bangalore and > you buy one in Goa and see the difference. Goans have one dirty habbit. We > are over friendly with the person selling goods, and the one who comes to > your house for maintainance. Baba re puta re are the adjectives used when the > mechanic comes to your door. I too belong to this group. I have learnt much > from my friend Tony De Sa. It was the time when consumer's forum had just > been started and I had complained to this forum without knowing much about > the forum. My complaint was against electricity department. Tony De Sa had a > simple case. He was coming down to Goa from Bombay. He was to board the bus > at a particular point but at the last moment the bus stop was changed .He had > t > o take a taxi. Paid Rs. 30 for the same. He filled a case in the consumer's > court fought the case and won.His case was not much for gain but to teach > people like me how to fight. This was the time I too learnt that I should > fight for my right. I had bought IFB washing machine, two years warranty. > Within six months the chasis got rusty. They replaced it. Eight days before > the expiry of the warranty the timer started giving trouble. The mechanic was > a wise person. He took a thread and wound it round and made it work .The > timer worked and exactly one month later it stopped to be told that I had to > pay for the timer. I approached the consumer's court. I won the case. Got a > free IFB and got a cheap publicity also. The result this news of the case > came in all the leading newspapers in India. It was a loss for the IFB. They > came out with best quality product. Its almost ten years now that I have the > IFB God forbid nothing has happened so far. > Good on you Albert! Wish I had your patience. rubygoes _________________________________________________________________ Need a new model in your life? Sell your car fast. http://a.ninemsn.com.au/b.aspx?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fsecure%2Dau%2Eimrworldwide%2Ecom%2Fcgi%2Dbin%2Fa%2Fci%5F450304%2Fet%5F2%2Fcg%5F801459%2Fpi%5F1004813%2Fai%5F866383&_t=758314219&_r=carpoint_tagline&_m=EXT
