The novelty of a twenty-four hour Kmart will never surpass me…read more Honestly. As if Kmart isn't appealing enough already with its $2 kitchen goods and its $8 crop tops, here in Hobart (well, ok, New Town... a short drive down the road) you can get them at literally any time of day. There's nothing like a 3am stroll through the aisles to make a girl feel alive.

"Never purchase at Harvey Norman anymore. Terrible service and disrespect their customers!!!" That…read morewas the comment I wrote before my talk with the Good Guys staff. If Harvey Norman staffs could behave in a professional manner, I would have not come to the Good Guys, and that comment would have never been written. I just bought a Panasonic fridge on Sunday 28th December 2014 at more than $1700. The sale person told us that the fridge would be delivered between 10am and 2pm on Monday. I bought the new fridge because the old fridge is not working properly. And really mentioned to the sale person about that. That is, I need a new fridge as soon as possible. And when the sale person said that the fridge would be delivered on Monday, I decided to buy it instead of going to theGoodguys since I need it urgently for the XMas leftover and for the New Year. Since the bought fridge is larger than my old one, we already bought more food with the expectation of putting all those in the new one. Also, when I was away, my parents at home removed all of the food out of the old fridge and disjoined all of door shelves/compartments from the old one, so that the old fridge was ready to be taken away when the new one would be delivered at 2pm at latest as promised. However, we waited until 2:30pm and no fridge was delivered. So we came to the store in Murray Street and asked the sale person. She said that something happened in the system and it stated the fridge would be delivered tomorrow and just said apologies even though we told her that we already bought new food because the new fridge is bigger and that the food would be rotted without being stored at cold temperature. I wonder why we did not receive a call in the early morning that the new fridge would not been delivered as promised? The Harvey Norman staffs would be responsible for this issue when the delivery time is not as promised and call their customers about it in the early morning. I believe that if there was any problem in the system such that the fridge was not taken today, the problem must be noted in the morning since all trucks depart from the storage in the morning. But we did not receive any notice. On Monday, we had to arrange someone at home to sort out all of the existing food in the old fridge, to wait for the new fridge and now we again have to assemble all of the compartments back to the old fridge, put all of the existing food back in the old fridge and don't know where to put the new food in. And all I got from Harvey Norman was an apology. Is it fair for Harvey Norman customers? Another problem happened today - Tuesday 30 December at noon. The fridge was delivered with lots of scratches and dents on all of the three sides. We called the staff at Harvey Norman Hobart store and after many discussions, they told us that we have two options: either keep the scratched and dented one with $100 reduction OR get the new one at the same price. We don't accept for just their apologies for all of their mistakes since we had to wait for the fridge for two days, had to cancel lots of our outdoor activities, put all of our Xmas and New Year food in and out of the old fridge back and forth, and wasted money for rotted food due to their delayed delivery. They told us that since we got a discounted price when I purchased the fridge already, so they won't reduce the price although lots of trouble they caused us later. I asked them that "do you mean we must accept all of your problem just because we got a negotiated price when we purchased it?" She said yes. How terrible!!! They are UNACCEPTABLE!!! ---- After lots of discussions with the Harvey Norman staffs, especially the manager and after our talk with the Good Guys, things are now sorted out. I revised the rating of Harvey Norman from 1 star to 3 stars.

As I mention in all my reviews of bookstores, I love them. Especially the ones that are locally…read moreowned. Fortunately and unfortunately these are the only types of bookstores still in existence. Oh, I remember the days of Barnes and Nobles and Borders where I would spend hours just looking through and finding things I was looking for and not looking for. We were looking for books about Tasmania flora and fauna and one of our guides on our hike had recommended Fullers. Fullers is a pretty sizeable bookstore with a lot of variety. They have an attached cafe where you can grab something to sip on while you read. We were most interested in the Tasmania section of which they had 3 bookshelves dedicated to. They had Tasmanian cuisine, Tasmanian hikes, Tasmania flora and fauna and much more. I had tried to look for a few of these books on Amazon to avoid having to pack them in my bag but no luck so this is the only place where you're sure to find these books to take home! I brought my giant stack of books to the cashier. After paying for everything, they asked if I wanted them mailed to me. What a wonderful surprise! They said that the owner does this service especially for their overseas customers. Of course I had to add a couple more things to my order just to round things out! This is a great place to stop by if you're in town especially if you're looking for something special about local life to read. Look forward to my next stop here!

Fullers is an incredible bookshop, filled (Fulled?) with incredible things. Every genre is covered…read more(including a "Tasmania" genre, of course), as well as a plentiful stationery section and the all-important book-themed bric-a-brac (think mugs, tea towels, etc). Proudly independent and open seven days a week, this seems to be the place to go for everything reading-related. Once you've made your purchase, you're welcome to get straight into it by settling down for a cup of coffee in Fullers' own Afterword Cafe, located inside the bookshop. I'm so glad I stumbled across this treasure; I have no doubt the girls in here will know me by name very soon.

Of all the US chains that show up in Australia, Target was a surprise. I showed up here one day to…read morefind something that the US version would have but found it at Woolworths instead. This store has 2 levels and has street-side and mall-side entrances. It's a bit on the smaller side compared to my local Target.

Today after my work shift I came into the shop to buy my little sister a birthday present for her…read more18th birthday. I was in the beauty section looking at a range of different things when all of a sudden this women (an employee) comes up to me standing less than a metre away "organising" things on the shelf, mind you I am pregnant and have just finished work, so I say to her "if you think I'm stealing I'm just trying to buy my sister her birthday present," she then continues to start accusing me of putting things in my bag so I show her my back which clearly has nothing accept my wallet inside. The whole time I'm browsing in the store she is following me, she stood in my way so I couldn't go into isles aswell as continuing to call me names. I get to the cash register to check out and the whole time she continues to accuse me of stealing, telling me I'm poor and I'm going to have no future, she says that I am nothing. Another women working near the checkouts politely asks if I've stolen anything and I say no, the other women keeps yelling calling me all sorts of names, I start to tear up and I continue paying and show her my receipt. Her name is Nicole. I am never coming back to this store again!!

As far as secondhand bookstores in Hobart go, this one is middle-of-the-road. The stock here isn't…read moreas old/quaint as Kookaburra's down the road, and not as densely-packed as Deja Vu's. The specialisation here seems to be glossy non-fiction from the past few decades, and as such there are always lovely books on display in the windows. Frustratingly, the hours of this shop seem a little odd; it's rarely open when I go by. In addition, I once showed up shortly after the opening hours advertised on the door and the shop never opened - no note, no explanation. If you can catch it with the doors open, however, it's well worth a look.

Cute comic store in town. They sell mostly books but they also have a few games ie dice games. The…read morestore also sell some items ie mugs and figures.

Welcome to Hobart's geek heaven…read more Area 52 is the place for geeks of all sizes and shapes, hosting an amazing collection of books, comics, card games and board games of all shapes and sizes, puzzles, collectables, you name it! And if you can't see it on the shelves, the lovely staff can likely order it in for you. All of the above is on the first floor, and if you dare to venture up the stairs there's a plethora of gaming tables to take your Area 52 relationship further. They host regular games days (usually on Saturdays) for you to try before you buy, so to speak (or just have a fun day surrounded by those of your ilk). For Christmas last year I was given a gift voucher for Area 52 (my boss knows me well) but I almost couldn't trade it in because the voucher itself was awesome, a little square silver token with a good amount of weight to it. I recommend. (I also recommend trading them in for awesome things; I walked away with a couple of excellent games and a stack of sale books. Yay!)

Great little hardware shop in the middle of Brighton. The store is only small, but the variety is…read morehuge, with the prices being on par and some times even cheaper then the bigger hardware chains. If they don't have it in stock, they can point you in the right direction. Staff are awesome and very welcoming

Very helpful when it came to figuring out what we needed to charge our laptop, after blowing up the…read moreconverter we were using. They could have sold us a very expensive ($150.00) piece of equipment - which we would have been happy to pay, but figured out that all we needed was a $12.00 part. Kudos to their salespeople!