Finally an Australia Post store that has fantastic staff and care for their customers. Recently I had to post some items to a friend in the US and was not sure of what I should send it in to keep the cost of postage at a minimum. The lady at Australia Post was very knowledgeable and friendly and directed me to a lighter packaging that suited my needs best and cost the least, as I had alread prepackaged the items with bubblewrap. I will definately be returning to this AusPost in the future.

I went in to buy a small express post bag and the lady that served me was extremely unhelpful. She seemed to simply not want to be there which made it difficult when I had a few questions about the express post bags. I would not recommend this post office, the range is small and the service very poor.

The rolls of sushi here are not fantastic, their hot food is pretty good, however the service was terrible, we were ignored and then made o wait while the guy at the counter served his teenage friends. Not impressed.

Approximate cost: $3.00

Fairly standard Ekersley's store, fine paper, etc available. Handy location when you are in a rush and need fine paper in the city. Standard pricing to be expected of high quality paper. We brought a couple of sheets of translucent paper for Uni.

Approximate cost: $0-15

We were looking to green up our energy usage and jumped online to find this website. You can order a free energy saver powerboard for Brisbane residents only and you get a bunch of vouchers as well. This was exactly what we were after because we booked a guy to come out to check our power usage through the vouchers which was also free with out $50 voucher. Awesome!!

Approximate cost: $0

We decided to purchase a Summer Pass online through DreamWorld.com.au for 2011, to use the next day. The website is fairly easy to negotiate and you can also book a Q4U pass online too which is very helpful. Payment was made and the receipt was sent but they had issues with their IT system and the actual tickets weren't sent out. I called them in the morning of the day and they confirmed that all I needed to do was come to the Customer Service Desk and they'd fix it all up which they did, which was fantastic. It was quick and easy to get through the line and into DreamWorld.

Approximate cost: $69

We needed to hire a Satellite phone for a few weeks and we were having issues finding a company that would fill in the gaps of our knowledge and be able to tell us what phone we should hire. Found Lance and SATCOM, he was a god-send. We told him what we needed the phone to do, he told us what phone we needed and really went above and beyond to make sure it was the right phone and would work where we needed it.

Approximate cost: $0-1000

Best collection of Vintage clothes in Brisbane, hands down and great quality. Brought a few shirts from these guys and they were really helpful and cheap!! Only issues is that parking can be a problem so I suggest you catch a bus in and walk up to the shop, it's near the big church. Loved the 80's dresses that they had in too!

Approximate cost: $0-50

Finally a decently priced eco website that doesn't cost you the earth. Great products and good service. I really liked shopping with these guys, we found a bunch of things we needed that were very hard to find and the delivery was quick. Easy, quick and ethical.

Approximate cost: $0-100

I brought a new set of personalised rego plates recently through ppq.com.au. Website is fairly easy to negotiate and I like that you can see what the plates will look like when completed. It's hard to find good plate combinations now-a-days, but I managed to find one that worked for me. Love the Layby function, easy and you can ay over the phone via credit card.

Approximate cost: $415