Question for OG

by **Jan** » 25 Jul 2006, 10:25

OG - we've been trying without success to buy in the UK that marvellous Aussie post-mozzie-bite remedy Stingose. Friends will be Down Under at Christmas and we may have to ask them to stock up on our behalf.

Do you know the stuff I'm talking about? Is it still readily available or shall we be asking the impossible?

Thanks

Jan

by **Trailer** » 25 Jul 2006, 12:40

Hi Jan. OG is in Broome. Getting back on the 30th.

by **Jan** » 25 Jul 2006, 15:42

Thanks, Trailer - I should have remembered. I can wait...

by **Oor Willie** » 25 Jul 2006, 22:42

Jan
If you look on the other chat page you will find an answer to your question posted by Alan

by **Jan** » 26 Jul 2006, 20:41

Thanks - I've replied to the other message. It's quite correct but I'd still like to know how easy it is to get the stuff in Oz, as I suspect it's far, far cheaper than buying one container from a wholesale supplier.

by **Ozzie Geoff** » 01 Aug 2006, 07:08

Hi Jan, Sorry, I've never heard of it, but then again, mozzies don't bother me. Next time I'm at the shops I'll have a look for you.
I presume its a spray can and not a roll on.
Over and out...Ozzie

by **Jan** » 01 Aug 2006, 10:36

Thanks, OG - that would be great. It's a pump action spray - plastic bottle about 4-5 inches high - I thought it was compulsory equipment in every Ozzie home

Not being eaten by mozzies (or indeed by any biting insect) would be the first thing I'd wish for if the genie were let out of the bottle.

Jan

by **Ozzie Geoff** » 03 Aug 2006, 14:32

Hi Jan, Have had a look in a couple of chem-marts and supermarts but no can see.
Our 3 primary ones are Rid, Bushman and Autoguard.
I'll keep looking...make it a sort of quest like the holy grail...Gawd, I must get a life!!

by **Jan** » 04 Aug 2006, 14:24

OG - trillions of thanks for looking. Don't go *too* far out of your way though.

And enjoy that life when you find it.

Jan

by **Ozzie Geoff** » 05 Aug 2006, 14:16

Jan, Do you know who makes the stuff?

by **Allan** » 05 Aug 2006, 15:33

[quote="Ozzie Geoff"]

Jan, Do you know who makes the stuff?
[/quote]Sorry to butt in, OG and Jan but I think it's made by Pfizer Australia.

http://www.pfizer.com.au/Products/Stingose/Default.aspx

by **Jan** » 07 Aug 2006, 10:22

Now that's what I call service - a message board moderator who answers questions for you

Pfizer Australia it is. They must have bought the licence from a firm called Hamilton, who used to make it. We contacted them last time we bought some; they directed us to their UK agent and we bought direct from them. Which is what we tried to repeat this summer with no success.

Jan

by **Ozzie Geoff** » 08 Aug 2006, 13:41

Eureka!! I've found it, Jan..tons of it.
I was looking in the repellent section whereas Stingose is not a repellent but an after bite soother. It was only after I eventually asked an assistant that i found the answer!!
Right, its around 6 quid (sorry no pound signs on my machine) for the pump action and around 4 quid for the gel.
I'd only be too happy to send you some.
Let me know.
Oz.

by **Mille** » 08 Aug 2006, 15:07

Oooiiiii, OG. You still owe me some Vegemite, mate! And was it some breakfast cereal too?? Remember? :twisted:

by **Ozzie Geoff** » 09 Aug 2006, 02:47

Oooii yourself

Brekky cereal? The bell does not toll on that one, Mille. Now, Vegemite is another question. If you let me know your address I'd only be too happy to send you some.
Its made in tube and sachet form now as so many ex-pats want it

Trouble is, the kids will get hooked on it and I'll be sending over in drums

I think you should have my email from way back when...

by **Jan** » 09 Aug 2006, 10:37

Brilliant! No need to send, though thanks v much for the offer. Our friends who'll be in Oz at Christmas can stuff their suitcases with it.

You're right - I should have said post-moz not ante (anti?). latin puns at this time of the morning - time I did some work!

Thanks again

Jan

by **Ozzie Geoff** » 10 Aug 2006, 15:05

My pleasure, Jan

I thought you may have wanted some for your up-coming holiday on Symi.
Give me a yell if you do, i'd only be too happy to shoot some off to you

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