I hate Centrelink.

[bemkah]

I am so bloody cranky. Centrelink STILL have not paid me and it's been 2 months since I contacted them about my uni course. So I have no money with which to buy textbooks and stationary, no money to pay my phone and internet bills, no money to pay my mother to live in this house, and no money for my anxiety medication. Everytime I call them to ask

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[andywhere]

Have u try the online bookstore Cocomartini

http://www.cocomartini.com/

I get all my textbooks for this semester from this bookstore. All are brand new and half price discount from normal price.

Good luck and wish some help.

hehe ^_^

[cousin_of_black]

I hope that place is Aussie! *checks* *shakes head* How sad, it appears to be American, judging by the US$30.14 for A Cultural History of the English Language

[bemkah]

Matie, centrelink haven't paid me yet. Ive called them, Ive emailed them, I've gone into the centrelink here and asked them whats happening, and all they do is give me the run around. I'm bloody sick of it. I applied for student allowance on the 30th of November last year, and now it's the 1st of Feb and I still haven't gotten paid! I'm about to murder someone. I also dont understand why it is that we students get paid a bloody pittance but if you're a jobseeker, you get twice the amount. I should have applied for jobseeker allowance, at least I'd have it by now. I hope they backpay me, I will scream bloody murder if they don't

[cousin_of_black]

*raises hand to volunteer with Centrelink killing*

would like to clarify something about that hundred bucks of books. They were mostly books for interest. One was for lit, and it was second hand, and I don't need it till semester two really, so.

But I did get a whole subject's worth of books from a classmate last year, so that saves me a lot. Will buy that lovely girl a present in gratitude. I thought maybe flowers, but I realise now a packet of Tim Tams will prove far more useful!

Uhoh, cat has discovered the delights of my knitting basket...

I really hope Centrelink pays you soon! In the mean time, do you still need stamps, 'cause I send you some tomorrow!

OOh, and tell me what books you're doing, I might have some of them!

[bemkah]

Oh thanks heaps matie! yeah I still need stamps, that's so lovely of you. *hugs*

Ok books I'm doing this year for lit -
* The Garden Party and other stories - K. Mansfield
* The Strange case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (have)
* Seven centuries of poetry in English - J. Leonard (ed)
* The Bedford Glossary of Critical and literary terms - R. Murfin and S. Ray.

And the others I wont know until the 11th of Feb. My most expensive books are for anthropology, archaeology and german. It all gets pretty bloody pricy doesn't it?

[cousin_of_black]

Bummer! I don't have any of those books. I hope you find them soon! It's always fun foraging for secondhand books!

I'll go to the post office right now!

*huggles*

[bemkah]

It's all good mate, thanks heaps anyway! *hugs*