Smokeydk wrote:

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They are 10cents now.......LOL

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 well we must have had this bottle a long while because it has 5c printed on it

Dougwe wrote:

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Cheaper to recycle or just chuck in rubbish Wombat

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 I did think of that but it would be a waste of 5c.

OK I'll take my pills.

Vic has not been nice to me since I joined GN

The 10c deposit only applies to bottles purchased in SA. They take a very dim view if anyone from interstate tries to salvage plastic bottles, aluminium cans and tetra packs here in SA. It's been tried, and they failed.
The bar code has the secret apparently, and you pay the 10c when you purchase the drink.
The system has worked here since the 70's, yet no other state actually pays the deposit. They recycle these items but no money changes hands.
Keep recycling folks. Driving along the highways and biways of this country I could see a very lucrative income source in each state to keep the roadsides clean and tidy, but no one else has taken it up.
Pensioners go riding the walking each morning and fill their shopping bags.

We used to return them in Qld too, when I was a kid. I don't know when they stopped it. I think they were threepence for a small one, and sixpence for the large Coke bottle. All glass in those days too.

I remember that Beth.  In the early sixties a mate and I went to an international match at the Exhibition grounds.  We played the curtain raiser so got in for free.  Instead of watching all the main match we went around and collected bottles.  Made over a pound each (a fortune in those days) in about half an hour.

In late fifties a mate and I used to collect old newspapers and sell them to local fruit shops/butchers and fish and chip shops.  Got between 1d and 3d a pound for them if we folded them out and rolled them up tied with string.  For those days made a fortune.  What happened to it?  More's the point what happend to my entrepreneurial spirit? LOL

dazren wrote:

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wombat wrote

OK I'll take my pills.

Vic has not been nice to me since I joined GN

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Now wombat, let me think about that ??????? hmmm there was the time that [ nah that did'nt happen ] hmm   what about the time that Vic said

oh naa that was not Vic !! hmmm Oh ! hang on I remember something that Vic said to you ?? OOPS hang on that was'nt nice !!

Well womby,  I guess your right, Vic has never been nice to you, so all i can really suggest is go ahead and shoot him 

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 now I have the ok from you I will do it tonoght after dark, so don't expect Vic to be on here tomorrow

dazren wrote:

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You won't be able to shoot Vic tonight ??? goinsoon said that you have taken the Orange pill already, that is the one for sleeping,

so looks like Vic is safe for one more day

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 zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz is that why i feel tired

Trouble is Wombat has had surgery, you won't recognise him now

Jack Mac wrote:

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I remember that Beth.  In the early sixties a mate and I went to an international match at the Exhibition grounds.  We played the curtain raiser so got in for free.  Instead of watching all the main match we went around and collected bottles.  Made over a pound each (a fortune in those days) in about half an hour.

In late fifties a mate and I used to collect old newspapers and sell them to local fruit shops/butchers and fish and chip shops.  Got between 1d and 3d a pound for them if we folded them out and rolled them up tied with string.  For those days made a fortune.  What happened to it?  More's the point what happend to my entrepreneurial spirit? LOL

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 John, we lived close to the Pacific Highway, south of Brisbane, so walked along the highway and collected them. If we found the big coke bottle, that'd be great! The refund paid for us to go to the local pool.

goinsoon wrote:

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Here you are Beth, this something for free, I cant do much while I am convalescing, so I got a little artistic

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 Aww, swimming with the goldfish. Thanks Brian.

GS & Vic, I have seen your comments and will be looking out for you, I have my gun ready

Like your new av Vic & GS

-- Edited by _wombat_ on Friday 3rd of February 2012 09:08:54 AM

I'm not sure as Uncle Al is creeping around me lately but if I do remember correctly here in Victoria when I was a whipper snipper if we took a soft drink bottle back we got money but Uncle Al prevents me from remembering how much, I think 5c. That would have been a lot then, you could get a BIG bag of lollies and not told they weren't good for you.

10-cent refund

Since 1 September 2008, the deposit on beverage containers is 10 cents.

Even if the container is marked 5c, consumers can still receive a 10 cent refund.

Since the state government increased the refund on beverage containers, more South Australians have been encouraged to recycle. At the same time, there has been less litter on our streets and less waste sent to landfill.

http://www.epa.sa.gov.au/environmental_info/waste/container_deposit_legislation