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Event/Greater Union $7.50 Movie Tickets until 5th February

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Event/Greater Union $7.50 Movie Tickets until 5th February
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viper8548 on 21/01/2010 - 16:48 eventcinemas.com.au (8192 clicks)
Last edited 03/02/2010 - 17:22 by 2 other users

Pre-purchase tickets for just $7.50 during our sale period ending midnight 5th Feb 2010. Come back online before March 24 to redeem your pre-purchased tickets to the movie of your choosing!*

So hurry! This offer is for a strictly limited time and only for family and friends of Event Cinemas, Greater Union and Birch Carroll & Coyle It's simple, here's how it works:

  1. Select your cinema and the number of tickets you would like to pre-purchase
  2. Enter your credit card details and pay for these tickets and you will be issued with a unique code for each ticket purchased
  3. Come back online before March 24 and redeem your unique code for tickets to the session of your choosing.
  4. You will be sent your print@home confirmation email to collect your tickets at the cinema

Note: Offer is not valid for redemption for on February 14 2010 (Valentines Day) or at any time for a Vmax, Gold Class, 3D or special event session

Mod edit - modified expiry date to 5/02/2010.

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  • vsia2165 on 21/01/2010 - 16:55
    +1

    wow excellent deal!

    I can't believe movie tickets are 17 dollars for adult now! - jaw dropping stuff.

    I'll prolly buy 6-8 of these.

    Thanks!

  • ShortyX on 21/01/2010 - 16:58

    Any good movies coming out before March 24?

    • melmac77 on 21/01/2010 - 17:02

      http://www.eventcinemas.com.au/Movies?show=comingsoon

      The Road & Alice in Wonderland standout to me.

    • innov on 21/01/2010 - 17:23

      Invictus came out today, Morgan Freeman as Nelson Mandela with Matt Damon playing union whilst Clint Eastwood is directing! A great line up indeed, plus it would be funny hearing Matt Damon impersonating the South African accent lol.

  • melmac77 on 21/01/2010 - 17:04

    Does anyone know when you can start redeeming them? I'm gueesing the 4th?

    • Free Fall on 21/01/2010 - 21:34
      +1

      You can redeem them today if you want.

  • ozblogger on 21/01/2010 - 17:04

    So buy now watch anytime till March 24 ?
    OR only between 4 Feb - 24 March ??

    • defiant on 21/01/2010 - 18:04

      Fair point - has anyone purchase the discounted ticket, then redeemed it for a session prior to the 4th of Feb? Thanks

      • Free Fall on 21/01/2010 - 21:33

        Yes you can. I just reserved two seats to Sherlock Holmes this Saturday (23rd Jan).

  • Matador_OZ on 21/01/2010 - 17:16

    Great find, thanks

  • davedrastic on 21/01/2010 - 17:28
    +2

    What's the friend and family thing?

    • ShortyX on 21/01/2010 - 17:37
      +2

      They've done it before…they're just trying to make it sound like it's more exclusive I guess.

      • Cripto on 21/01/2010 - 18:25
        +1

        Yeah agreed lots of other companies do it too, just a strategy/tactic to increase exclusiveness

    • bigosmallo on 21/01/2010 - 18:35
      +7

      Honestly, why would you want to sit in a dark movie theatre with dozens of people all around you beating off?

    • gilbarc on 21/01/2010 - 18:38
      +7

      Do you post this comment every time there's a cinema-related bargain posted? I swear you made the same comment last week.

      • RobboTheYobbo on 21/01/2010 - 23:00
        -3

        ye bre it is a lajitamite question.

  • antkey on 21/01/2010 - 17:50

    seems no Avatar 3D in Melbourne, but still very good find.

    • ShortyX on 21/01/2010 - 17:54

      You can't use them for 3D movies.

  • No Child Support on 21/01/2010 - 18:45
    -5

    cough torrents cough

    • twig on 21/01/2010 - 19:39

      action and horror movies way better in cinema

    • [Deactivated] on 21/01/2010 - 22:24

      I've got nothing against torrenting movies, but if you're not going to get off your duff and pay for a movie at the cinema every now and then, there won't be any damn movies being made!

      • vsia2165 on 22/01/2010 - 00:22

        I can only imagine watching a fakey version of avatar online lol..

        Horrid would be the word

        • [Deactivated] on 22/01/2010 - 00:30

          haha I know right.. It's bad enough that people like my nan and pop went and saw it in 2D, but 2D and video recorded would be terrible.

    • Henryzz on 23/01/2010 - 00:17
      +1

      torrents are old… cough rapidshare ;)

  • mitt.tushar on 21/01/2010 - 20:36

    gr8 post mate … thanks…

  • eiyuu000 on 21/01/2010 - 22:18

    Awesome post mate, thanks!

  • phulli3 on 21/01/2010 - 22:55

    just bought four tickets, great post mate.

  • mick123 on 22/01/2010 - 08:15

    wonder if there is a way to combine this with the Mitchum 2 for 1 which I got lately?
    ie. 2 for 1 paying only $7.50 total.

  • tuxbargain on 22/01/2010 - 08:23

    I tried to get tickets BUT when I went to the payment screen it asked for a PIN number…

    I wasn't given pin numbers …just codes..

    Is there some other way of using them?

    • melmac77 on 22/01/2010 - 11:51
      +1

      When you have first selected the Movie and time there is a screen where you select how many adult and how many childrens tickets on this screen there is a red area marked family & friends tickets you must click there once you do it will ask for your tokens.

      • tuxbargain on 23/01/2010 - 09:42

        thanks for that…

  • turnera61 on 22/01/2010 - 08:53

    Nice one - i'm buying heaps

  • gothioso on 22/01/2010 - 08:56

    just bought 6 tickets for macquarie centre and 4 for george st, best bargain for a regular movie watcher like myself

  • chee1 on 22/01/2010 - 10:11
    +1

    great find thanks. will buy some for the long wkend

  • melmac77 on 22/01/2010 - 11:53
    +2

    These tickets are redeemable as of now you don't have to wait for after the 3rd. Also please be aware myself and 3 friends used this promotion last year out of the three of us one was double charged it took 4 weeks to refund the money, so make sure you check your credit card transactions afterwards.

  • ceilceil on 22/01/2010 - 11:59

    just bought 10 tickets for macquarie centre!!! thanks!

  • pgriscti on 22/01/2010 - 13:31

    Does the standard $1 booking fee come in when purchasing initially or when claiming? or never

    • melmac77 on 22/01/2010 - 13:55

      Never, when you select to use them the fee does show but the $7.50 total doesn't change so I would suggest that they are putting it through there system as $6.50 plus $1 booking fee.

  • pgriscti on 22/01/2010 - 15:41
    -1

    Just noticed that page is not secure and is accepting credit card payments.
    Cannot see a SSL certificate.
    Not proceeding until SSL secure.

    • [Deactivated] on 22/01/2010 - 15:55

      It's a httpS address, and is verified and uses on 128bit encryption on some elements on the page (presumably the ones that handle your personal info!)

      • pgriscti on 22/01/2010 - 15:57
        -1

        Where are you seeing its verified.
        Other secure sites show the SSL certificate applied but this site is not

        BTW: just because its a https address doesn't actually mean its secure

    • pgriscti on 22/01/2010 - 15:59

      Ok, I can see the certificate now.
      Only accepted secure parts of the page.

  • surethang on 22/01/2010 - 17:08

    Cool! Thanks :)

    But what's the "CSC code" (last field on the form)? It has a "what's this" link next to it, but it's broken.

    • pgriscti on 22/01/2010 - 17:26

      The 3 digit code at the back next to your signature

      • surethang on 22/01/2010 - 22:22

        Ohhhhhhhh, that code. Doh! With so many promotion/discount codes going around OzBargainville, I was thinking it was something like that. Sorry.

        Thanks :)

  • UFO on 22/01/2010 - 22:04

    links dead :(

    • kokomo1978 on 23/01/2010 - 00:30

      No… it's fine.

  • tuxbargain on 23/01/2010 - 09:41

    thanks Melmac77…. We've already used a couple of our tix. Great for movies you might be a bit 'iffy' about seeing.

    • Trance N Dance on 23/01/2010 - 17:27

      and no +ve?

      • tuxbargain on 24/01/2010 - 13:44

        I'm new to this site. Check it out…a big +ve…

        • Trance N Dance on 24/01/2010 - 20:44

          oh ok, sorry
          well then A BIG WELCOME!!!
          there is a + and a - under the post to the left, that's where u vote positive for a good deal or negative for a bad deal

  • Trance N Dance on 23/01/2010 - 17:27

    ummm when i click the link to use the family an friends code it doesnt work…..

  • abnormalitie on 24/01/2010 - 12:23

    wow good find, espc since student mondays are now $7bucks + $1 booking fee…and yes you can buy it at the counter and save that dollar but get some dodge seats….though with that said alot of cases where people dont respect allocated seating…but yes….fantastic find..

  • y_owez on 24/01/2010 - 23:28

    +ve! just bought 5 for now..gonna get more before expiry date!

    this cinema has no allocated seating?

  • y_owez on 24/01/2010 - 23:37

    -ve . why isnt there any good movies for Melbourne city cinemas?

  • ljiljana on 25/01/2010 - 08:02
    +3

    This should be the normal price. They're charging us double what they do in America.

    • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2010 - 21:48

      They're only pushing people towards pirated movies by charging $17 a head!

      Can't imagine having a few kids and a missus. After popcorn I'd be down $100!

  • Tiger on 25/01/2010 - 15:10
    +1

    Great find! I just bought a few tickets and redeemed them straight away for an online purchase. They didn't charge the usual $1 per ticket online charge either!

  • y_owez on 25/01/2010 - 17:12

    damn! why limited shows and crappy times

    • [Deactivated] on 25/01/2010 - 21:48
      +1

      You can see any session except for 3D ones..

      • y_owez on 27/01/2010 - 13:08

        still not many good ones at melb cinemas :(

  • techagile on 28/01/2010 - 10:43

    great post, hey is there any way, can we directly buy these tickets from cinema ticket counter?

  • signpost on 28/01/2010 - 20:29

    Do they ever ask you to show your credit card whenever you redeem your tickets?

    • [Deactivated] on 30/01/2010 - 19:43

      No. Why? Committing credit card fraud? ;)

      (or maybe you're sending the kids off. that would seem more logical.)

  • mastablasta on 03/02/2010 - 11:05
    +2

    Received an e-mail (and I verified on the website) that you now have until midnight 5th Feb to purchase tickets.

    • TeaEarlGreyHot on 03/02/2010 - 16:54

      Confirmed here also.
      Have updated the title, description and expiry date accordingly.

      ~~
      \_/7

  • peeweekathi on 03/02/2010 - 15:04

    Looks like this one has been extended! I just got an email and this is on the link now:

    Hurry, 2 days 9h 0m remaining
    Pre-purchase tickets for just $7.50 during our sale period ending midnight 5 Feb 2010. Come back online before March 24 to redeem your pre-purchased tickets to the movie of your choosing!*

    So hurry! This offer is for a strictly limited time and only for family and friends of Event Cinemas, Greater Union and Birch Carroll & Coyle It's simple, here's how it works:
    1. Select your cinema and the number of tickets you would like to pre-purchase
    2. Enter your credit card details and pay for these tickets and you will be issued with a unique code for each ticket purchased
    3. Come back online before March 24 and redeem your unique code for tickets to the session of your choosing.
    4. You will be sent your print@home confirmation email to collect your tickets at the cinema Note: Offer is not valid for redemption for on February 14 2010 (Valentines Day) or at any time for a Vmax, Gold Class, 3D or special event session.

    https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/online-ticketing/friends-and…

  • golfpunk on 04/02/2010 - 12:01

    Does anyone know from experience, if 'Silverscreen' is considered a 'special event session'

  • Funky Moose on 04/02/2010 - 23:38

    Ergh, I accidentally bought two codes for Indooroopilly rather than Inaloo beacuse I was trying to book a movie in a hurry. Anyone want to buy them off me?

  • retiredfeline on 05/02/2010 - 13:10

    Help ozbargainers, a friend of mine I told about this deal redeemed a few codes he had already purchased, but forgot to put an email address in the email box. It threw an error but the transaction went through anyway because the codes were now shown as used up when he retried the transaction. So he doesn't have his confirmation email. The contact us link doesn't work.

    Is there any way to have that email resent? Is there a page somewhere you can enter your used-up code and have the email resent? Wouldn't people accidentally enter the wrong address or who have spam filters that bounce email also have the same problem of losing the confirmation?

    Update: my friend has found the Help page, but he'll still have to speak to a human. But it seems an error-prone system I must say.

    • Funky Moose on 05/02/2010 - 13:43

      Where is the help page? that may be useful to me too.

      • retiredfeline on 05/02/2010 - 17:50

        My friend said to pass this info on:

        "Go to the URL http://www.eventcinemas.com.au/help and click on one of the "more topics" links. There will then be a link "Still need help? Click Here to Contact Us" which will take you to a web form to fill out."

        As for his booking, he said:

        "I received an e-mail from Event Cinemas Macquarie with the booking reference, and the promise to pass my description on to IT."

        A group of us are going to the film, so I hope our tickets will be waiting for us. Fingers crossed.

        • kokomo1978 on 19/02/2010 - 15:14

          I have the same problem yesterday, and filled out a form but haven't heard from them. Did your friend have any luck?

  • TeaEarlGreyHot on 05/02/2010 - 13:45

    Thanks ViperDude.
    I rec'd the cinebuzz email also and just bought 4 codes.
    We did the same last year when they ran this offer.
    I makes the normally outrageously overpriced GU tickets comparable with the Balmoral/Hawthorn/Southbank (Brisbane) cinemas.

    "I like to watch",
    Jean-Luc.

    ~~
    \_/7

  • MDM on 05/02/2010 - 18:58

    This is awesome! I have bought 8 tickets, and I've never been to the movies so much! Ticket prices are sooo expensive these days!

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