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tightarse on 19/06/2015 - 17:26 bigw.com.au (14039 clicks)
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You reckon this was cheap, well check this out! Found this in the new BIG W Total Toy Domination Sale catalogue which starts next Thursday 25th June. Please don't ask how I got it so early LOL. If I have time, I'll scan and post the whole catalogue tomorrow. Now off to the footy. Enjoy :)

Full catalogue now online here

check stock availability after setting your location - thanks to CoolMJ
if the 530 has sold out then the 532 should be offered as a substitute at the same price

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    • dreamerman on 29/06/2015 - 16:22

      That sucks big time.

    • jang on 29/06/2015 - 16:39

      same happened to my friend at macquarie centre
      was hoping he can get one for me as well when he texted me that a nice and helpful lady was severing
      however her manager denied

      edited: think only eastgardens will do it at sydney's stores but cbf to check as its a 40 mins drive

      • tofu on 29/06/2015 - 18:52

        Best to give them a ring first to save the long drive. I went there on the weekend, saw they still had 532 at the counter but didn't offer it as sub.

  • Ash-Say on 29/06/2015 - 20:05

    Did you guys have to produce ID to buy these handsets?

    I purchase two and I was asked to produce drivers licence and medicare card.

    • minted on 29/06/2015 - 20:21

      I had to provide D/L only

    • Ronnnie on 29/06/2015 - 21:13

      No, I haven't been asked to provide ID.

    • [Deactivated] on 30/06/2015 - 07:55

      Did they fill out a form?

      The law a couple of years ago required an ID check when buying prepaid mobile products, and again when you activated. They changed the rules November 2013, removing the ID requirement at the time of sale.

      There may be retail staff who aren't up to speed with the changes.

  • cheesecactus on 29/06/2015 - 20:22

    Visited The Belmont big W, no stock of 530s, said nothing about 532s (and i didnt see any either). They said no stock at riverton either.

  • 4wd on 29/06/2015 - 21:29

    So I've ended up with one of these phones to use as just a GPS data logger but it appears to be suffering the infamous SD card corruption/unrecognised bug that plagues this model.

    https://www.google.com/search?q=lumia+530+problem+with+sd+ca…

    TL;DR: In the light of me being hit by what seems to be a common problem with this model, it may be an idea to check whether yours suffers the same problem by giving any SD card a good read/write exercise before expending any money getting it unlocked.

    My experience: using 32GB Samsung EVO Class 10, 16GB Sandisk Class 4, and a 8GB Kingston Class 4 - all produce the same problem.

    eg. Install Mapfactor Navigator from the Windows Store to the SD card, that's fine. The problem starts when I go to install maps for it, if I'm lucky I'll get just the basemap (71MB but that will usually fail) downloaded and installed on the SD but anything else will just report it failed saying my internet connection failed (no it didn't) or that I've run out of storage space (despite having >1GB free internally and >30GB free on the SD).

    This also happens if I try and do a Win10 update on it, there will be 1.45GB internal free, >30GB SD free but the ~1GB update will go to the internal storage and then the phone will complain that the ~200MB-300MB left isn't enough to update the phone please uninstall something. Everything that can be uninstalled, has been.

    I've soft-reset, hard-reset, and are tempted to hammer-reset it. Only one thing left to try and that's restoring it back to Lumia Cyan, (it updated itself to Lumia Denim).

    If that doesn't work it will be going back as unfit for purpose.

    • dreamerman on 29/06/2015 - 21:45

      I must be lucky because I have 2 Samsung EVO 16GB MicroSDHC Cards in both 530s. I updated to latest 8.1 and my kids loaded it with games. Its been 3 weeks all seems to be ok.

      • 4wd on 29/06/2015 - 22:02

        Yeah, well, if it was going to happen to anyone … :/

        Just did a binary compare between the Navigator map files off the Lumia SD card and the same files off my android phone … the Lumia ones just contained rubbish.

        Who knows, maybe when I return it all they'll have is 532's in stock … yeah, right … not with my luck.

        • dreamerman on 29/06/2015 - 22:04
          +1

          Did you try to format the SD card using the phone instead of your PC?

        • King Tightarse on 29/06/2015 - 22:08

          @dreamerman:
          Good call - this works sometimes

        • 4wd on 29/06/2015 - 22:09

          @dreamerman: Yep, both phone and PC.

          BTW, here was another interesting symptom: when I reset the phone from Settings->About phone I chose to erase the SD card also … it didn't happen.

          The phone was reset but when I went to install an app to the SD card, I got a notification saying that there was data from another phone on it, do I want to format the card.

          These microSD cards are working just fine in cameras, phones, the PC, and a RasPi.

          Currently I'm just waiting for the Lumia Cyan firmware to get flashed in, if it still doesn't work then it goes back.

          EDIT: Phone recovery failed, I'll reset it and try one more time.

  • kiamsup on 29/06/2015 - 22:05

    Anyone having a preview of next week's catalogue? I hope 532 is advertised for $19 and 530 for even less.

    • BadGiraffe on 30/06/2015 - 12:56

      Hahaha! Love the username. You live in Melbourne?

      • dreamerman on 30/06/2015 - 14:28
        +1

        I think 3 of us are from the same old country.

  • dmac on 30/06/2015 - 20:52

    Looks like some stores have stocked up again.
    Lilydale has stock despite online stock check saying they don't.

  • tdw on 30/06/2015 - 21:42

    the whole of Perth seems to be pretty much out of stock

  • Bludge on 01/07/2015 - 13:41

    Top Ryde Big W has restocked with about 10 Nokia Lumia 530 just got one.

  • k on 01/07/2015 - 16:16

    Big W Wetherill Park have plenty. They even asked how many I wanted.

  • coolrunnings on 01/07/2015 - 16:47

    The Lumia 530 is 3G, not 4G, correct?

    • tianyujojo on 02/07/2015 - 11:36

      It is 3G. No 4G.

      • bonz on 02/07/2015 - 13:54

        I believe it's 3.5G ;)

  • samehada on 02/07/2015 - 16:47

    I found no stock on this phone but I found something else ;) and I have bought them all…lol

    • tdw on 02/07/2015 - 16:51
      +1

      you're gonna have fun entering in all those coke rewards tokens :D

      edit: aw damn you edited it out lol

      • samehada on 02/07/2015 - 16:55
        +5

        haha, you are quick… stupid Google Photo has my name in the link. Here is new link :)
        http://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/24969/31753/img_1508.jp…
        http://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/24969/31751/img_1509.jp…

        @tdw: There is a limit of 10 tokens a week per account :) I'm waiting for their next movie ticket deal

        • tdw on 02/07/2015 - 17:07
          +1

          imgur.com seems to be quite popular.

          yep, it sure is slow progress getting those tokens in. there's still some jb hi fi gift cards if that's your thing too.

        • samehada on 02/07/2015 - 17:15

          @tdw: Since there is a limit of 4 tickets per account, it is better to have many accounts. Movie ticket is the best value for these tokens, you just need 10 tokens and even with the membership ticket it will cost $12 which means each label worth $1.20.

          These ticket is special which can be used for any day including Sat after 5pm and no surcharge for 3D. If you use the standard value of a 3D ticket it will be $23, which means the label worth $2.30. They even have promotion to double the token value once ;)

        • CVonC on 02/07/2015 - 17:23

          Loool how much were they though?

        • samehada on 02/07/2015 - 19:26
          +2

          @CVonV: it's on clearance for 50c each… I hesitated to buy all at first but my ozbargain side gave in …lol… so I bought them all :)

        • CVonC on 02/07/2015 - 19:54

          @samehada:

          Lol so win. How many were there all up?

        • samehada on 02/07/2015 - 21:51
          +1

          @CVonV: not 100, only 80…lol
          http://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/24969/31760/img_1512.jp…

          The staff only counted as 78, I didn't even know until I got home and counted it.

        • CVonC on 02/07/2015 - 22:08

          @samehada:

          LOVE IT!

          which big w was this anyway?

        • samehada on 02/07/2015 - 22:13
          +1

          @CVonV: Waverley Garden, VIC

      • samehada on 02/07/2015 - 17:19

        I just realised that I also have 100+ bottles of wine … haha… just from some of the promotions here from ozbargain…lol

    • hollykryten on 02/07/2015 - 20:18

      I'm sure your teeth and diabetes would thank you.

      • samehada on 02/07/2015 - 21:58
        +1

        Guess I need to look for liver and kidney supplement sale… I got 100+ bottles of wine as well just from ozbargain deals…lol
        http://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/24969/31761/img_1518.jp…

        These are from the mysterious flight sale from Jacob's creek last time (I got 5 flights, 6 bottles for 1 flight) and the Catchoftheday 75% off sale recently ($10 for 6bottles) which taste really good, the Clickfrenzy and Chandon deal from Winemarket, and some other champagne deal from Winemarket. The one I bought from Scoopon email deal really sucks, it is the worst wine I've ever tasted.

        Haha, most of my stuffs from the photos are from OZbargain deal, TCL TV $299 from HN, $19 IP Camera from Kmart, and $50 Sony sound bar from OW (it is $99 but display one, missing remote and all cables so they sold me for $50)… =))

        P.S: $10 Monopoly from BigW as well, and I put my name down and got a Lumia 530 as well, can't get 532 at $19 but not so bad.

  • viki8702 on 02/07/2015 - 17:43

    bought one from Garden city (QLD) around 1pm today and there was still 5 left that time, if anyone wants it.

    • CheepCheap on 02/07/2015 - 19:17
      +1

      Around 8 at Brookside (Qld)

      • ozy on 03/07/2015 - 10:06

        Broden?

        • CheepCheap on 03/07/2015 - 20:04

          I didn't buy them, they were in the cabinet. I waited 5-6 minutes to be served, ended up giving up. As long as no-one from Ozbargain reads this I might get one on the weekend…but I don't know why I want one yet.

        • ozy on 03/07/2015 - 23:12
          -1

          @CheepCheap: i'll meet you there, we'll clean the place out then sell them on

        • CheepCheap on 03/07/2015 - 23:31

          @ozy: hold onto them for a few years until they mature first

        • ozy on 03/07/2015 - 23:54

          @CheepCheap: like parmesan cheese?…
          No, just get ny bro to unlock them and resell for a quick $20? Here and there ..

  • hollykryten on 02/07/2015 - 20:16

    I bought one from Rockhampton (QLD) also around 1pm today and there were stock remaining under the counter when I left (couldn't see all the way under the counter so I couldn't tell how many).

  • coolrunnings on 02/07/2015 - 22:08
    +1

    I lucked out… I got Officeworks to price match it and realised as they were ringing it up that the difference was that the OW model was an UNLOCKED Lumia 530. So I saved on the unlocking fee and paid $18 for the thing. I don't really need another phone but this should make a great backup phone just in case as well as a music player and GPS.

  • ozy on 03/07/2015 - 10:03

    Noosa has plenty in stock…. Like no one here knew

    • delfredo on 03/07/2015 - 16:19

      They do. It's just that nobody knew how to unlock for free.

      • ozy on 17/07/2015 - 09:33

        I called telstra, winged i had a home phone with them,got it unlocked free

        • cooldude123 on 18/07/2015 - 14:45

          Which department did you call? Prepaid Mobile phone or the accounts dept?

        • ozy on 18/07/2015 - 16:34
          +1

          [@cooldude123] & scotty: prepaid mobile. Mind you it took 1hr, so make sure you use that free sim it comes with, so you can call them free.
          I just spoke to the 1st drone, esculated to the super and said if not for people like me they'd have no job!
          1st drone offered $100 unlocked
          2nd drones super offered $25
          I called BS and said they can do it and costs them no money and i wanna use it overseas and in australia like all my other phones. Keep pushing and they'll cave. Seriously its a f***ing IMEI and a program they use, first $100 paid by some doosh paid the tech who made it his wages,( and then some) being that its out sourced anyway now.
          Good luck and and PM me if you want my details to help.
          IDGAS who knows me or who calls, your either a bargain hunter or a Person of less knowledge in the bargain game.
          Plus if you you look at my clubtelco posts comments, my number name and email are all there!
          I never found a community at school or at uni who arn't willing to make "the man" drop to his knees for customers.
          Scotty made a site for people to come together to share, and people everywhere try to excite his main goal. Expletive them and expletive the haters!
          I just bought 120 tubes of toothpaste today at 14c each! I want cost price to counteract the inflation placed upon the average ~~ joe~~ bazza in the untrained and uneducated world of bargain hunters. Good luck! And pm if you need me.

        • cooldude123 on 18/07/2015 - 20:14
          +1

          @ozy: Thanks for the help, I really appreciate it ozy. I'll give it a go tomorrow morning.

          And I definitely agree with what you're saying about Ozbargain. We're all in this together to "stick it to the man"

        • ozy on 18/07/2015 - 21:55

          @cooldude123: or woman.

  • BadGiraffe on 03/07/2015 - 11:09

    One more in Altona Meadows, and few more in Werribee last I checked.

  • mazuko on 03/07/2015 - 13:00

    what is the battery like on 530?

    • dreamerman on 03/07/2015 - 20:26

      No complains from both my kids so must be ok.

  • irresistible on 04/07/2015 - 15:14

    anyone knows how to unlock the nokia 532?? i dont mind paying to get it unlocked!!

  • dreamerman on 04/07/2015 - 19:31

    Was at Macquarie Centre bigw just now. 530 all gone leaving a stack of 532s. It is going for $79 down from $99. No luck getting it for $19.

  • bonz on 04/07/2015 - 19:38

    While picking up some photos at wetherill park overheard the guy telling another customer he's got a few of the 530s left

  • Jdm2me on 05/07/2015 - 12:11

    They still have 3 at forest hill and 1 at ringwood

    • dreamerman on 05/07/2015 - 12:41

      You mean 530s or 532s?

      • Jdm2me on 05/07/2015 - 17:51

        it is 530s. Got 1 for myself. it would be great if I can get 532 but they still have 530.

  • Helmuth on 05/07/2015 - 15:14

    Ebay unlock failed - have a message from the vendor. Will try and find out why.

    Edit: sometimes for new stock it can take 2-3 weeks for the manufacturer to update the database. He's refunded me the money and told me to check back in a couple of weeks.

    • Helmuth on 22/07/2015 - 18:46

      Tried again 2 weeks later and he had the code. My phone is now unlocked

  • dreamerman on 05/07/2015 - 18:10

    Just came back from bigw Penrith. 530s sold out and will restock late next week. About 5 532s in cabinet and wanted $79 for each. No joy.

  • jdf on 06/07/2015 - 11:50

    For anyone still after a 530, most stores have restocked today.

    • yanman on 06/07/2015 - 17:49
      +2

      I tried today and they'd sold all 6 but they'd previously reported stock so I don't think it's restock items.

      Also OP can you please remove this "if the 530 has sold out then the 532 should be offered as a substitute at the same price" - it's BS and misleading.

      • dd721411 on 07/07/2015 - 00:53
        +1

        My local NT store offers 532 at $19 so it really depends on which stores will honor the offer.

        • dreamerman on 07/07/2015 - 07:13

          Sigh….wish I could get my hands on it. Fat hopes trying to get it at this price in NSW North West surroundings.

  • cowiie on 07/07/2015 - 08:38

    Got a question guys, does this phone work as a wifi hot spot? I have the optus/woolies 5GB data to use each month but can't share the wifi on my iPhone so I was wondering if I could put the optus sim in here so I can use the data on my laptop? That is, after I unlock the phone?

    • ddhytz on 07/07/2015 - 11:24
      +1

      Yes, you can.
      Just turn on the internet sharing in the settings you will have the broadcast name and password, very simple and easy to do.

      • cowiie on 07/07/2015 - 14:02

        Ok thanks for that info! Now to check if my local has stock left…

  • Frantic on 08/07/2015 - 04:32

    these any good as ip cameras?

  • mayo88 on 09/07/2015 - 19:51

    Tried to unlock it with the ebay seller but he couldnt do it…. Anyone here able to unlock these phones now??

  • rawm on 10/07/2015 - 14:36

    Just called BigW Broadmeadows VIC, no more stock and not getting anymore in for the $19 price. They even substituted for the 532 and that's sold out too!

  • dreamerman on 16/07/2015 - 11:06

    Telstra Lumia 532 is not $49 at BIGW catalogue 16 Jul - Wed 29 Jul 2015.

  • Polak on 17/07/2015 - 08:07

    Told the guy on ebay to do a ozbargain deal, $5.00 unlock, He laughed and said Telstra charge $80 to unlock, I said if you lower your price you will get more customers and therefore make more $$$, he wasn't Interested, going by the feedback here, he can't do them anyway.

    • Helmuth on 22/07/2015 - 18:47

      See my comment above - wait a couple of weeks and he'll have the code. He just did mine.

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