Water woes
"During the recent water crisis I had quite a saga with Watercare over a leak that was finally identified as being in our mains supply after the meter," writes a reader. "As our meter is one of three right next to each other their initial cursory investigations were inadequate. Finally they got in the correct subcontractor to clearly identify where the leak was coming from.
"After spending $1800 on repairing the leak I applied for the leak refund scheme, only to have multiple emails from them stating 'if you had a leak then it will be obvious through an increased next bill'. This at a time when they were exhorting us to save water, which we had done. Indeed our next bill is lower than our last. After further emails they offered $23 towards my plumber's bill - this wouldn't even cover the plumber's callout fee."
Noisy neighbour gets taste of his own medicine
Fed up with the constant noise made by his upstairs neighbours, a man in China got his revenge by buying a device known as a "building shaker" online. After the diplomatic approach failed, the man went online and bought the tool, which pounds on the wall or ceiling and is marketed as the perfect way to get back at noisy neighbours.
