• expired

Melbourne OzBargain Meetup & Gaming Night: Free T-Shirts & Food from 5:30PM Thursday (Nov 30) @ Pokéd (Bourke St. Melbourne)

2780

OzBargain is turning 11 years old and to celebrate we are having meetups all over the country.

Our Melbourne meetup will be at Pokéd @ 111 Bourke Street from 5:30PM Thursday and is a gaming night (Catan, Cards Against Humanity, Exploding Kittens, etc.). Thanks to Justin from Pokéd and Gameology for lending out his venue and his time.

  • Free food (likely Dominos pizza + Shanghai Dumplings + maybe something else).
  • $2 soft drinks sold via Pokéd.
  • Free OzBargain t-shirt (with womens shirts this time). Limited supply of 1 box, first come, first serve (maybe 30 mostly black shirts?).
  • Free Not a Bot virtual badge.

If you don't want to hang around or interact with anyone, that is fine. You can come in, write your username down (so I can give you a badge) and take a shirt/food. I will be giving the t-shirts out strictly from 5:30PM and no earlier.

If there are any suggestions for food or something else you think would be worthy (Entertainment Book Swap, group buy, whatever), please let me know.


For people in other locations, we need your feedback and/or confirmations.

If there are others who wish to help organise a meetup, please do some in the threads above or start your own.

Related Stores

OzBargain
OzBargain

closed Comments

  • Where do i put my username for a free shirt?

    • first come, first serve

    • +17

      There will be a pen and notepad at the venue. Low tech.

      • +3

        Hmm.. when your username is 'anonymous'.. but you want to get a free t-shirt, but don't want to reveal your privacy, but you really want those dumplings.. I don't know what to do.

        • +15

          Physical VPN?

        • +2

          @neil: I'll wear a mask :). Great Idea!

        • +1

          @anonymous01: get one of those horsehead ones.

    • +1

      Hmm… they all look like size S, M or L so it's likely there will be many shirts left over

  • +32

    Free divorce consultation would be the icing on the cake

    • +2

      Or a live OZB's "AMA [insert theme here]".

  • I shall be there…pretty handy location.

  • +1

    lol catan sounds fun tho.. might drop by if it’s not raining

    • Have you got wood for sheep?

  • +1

    I shall be there. It's right under my office :)

    • +1

      Lucky you. Will be driving all the way from Franga.

  • +25

    do decent girls turn up for these or is it all just a bunch of fat neck beard guys with ponytails?

    • +161

      Yes there are always lots of glamorous single women at these events, looking to meet guys who are really tight with their money.

      • +6

        Glamorous single women will have to wait - I don't see any deals for flights to <insert location of ozb meetup>

      • +62

        "hey baby, wanna head to hungry jacks? I know all the coupons" - this line works all the time.

        • +21

          You know you have found the one when she replies - "Phone is fine, baby".

        • +4

          wait, you don't get your phone out and shake?

        • +1

          @c0balt:
          Amateurs.
          I can remember off the top of my head three go to meals
          2 jnr whoppers 2 small chips at 4.95
          2 bacon deluxes at 6.95
          2 small whopper meals at 9.95

          I use drive thru and just say I have a coupon for said offer

          One at a time ladies… 😂

      • Wow this is a chronical comment from you, WatchNerd.

      • and all the guys will be there looking for a bargain….?

    • +7

      Meetup, not hookup.

    • +4

      wouldn't you prefer to meet indicent girls?

    • +2

      LOL. I'll be there - if I can't get last hour tix for a show I want to see. :P

      • -5

        A girl!!!! I call shotgun!

  • +2

    thumb up for the event!

    • +1

      Just the one?

  • +26

    Is there free parking for my high yield Mercedes?

    • +11

      That you purchased from Aldi?

      • +7

        OW pricebeat

  • Am I able to live stream the event in Sydney?

    To give you an idea of what I mean by live stream here's a recent video I did:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mM4gOm8WyAs

  • any idea what time you will be there til?

  • +5

    Should bring your switches along and play some network games

    • +7

      And some eneloops and torches in case it gets dark.

      • +3

        and some AmExs to Shop Small before midnight hits. Ah the dream

        • +4

          And a Dyson to clean up after the meet

        • @FatBlanket: and some microfibres cleaning cloths to tidy up afterwards

    • +8

      Of course you're going to want some Piston earphones and Xiaomi Power banks for your Switches.

  • +2

    Did this restaurant/cafe open during the Pokemon Go craze?

    • +1

      Poke is Hawaiian food, not to be confused with Pokemon.

      • But they even have an accent on the e…

        • +1

          Yeah I got confused too, but after research it all made sense. Funny how things work out

        • @MathNerd: Pokémon = Pocket Monsters, therefore, Pokéd = Pocket Food.

    • Yes we did, but we didn't base the name off it.

      • Oh ok. Makes sense.

  • I shall be there. It's very close from my office.

  • Awesome ill be there.

  • The one week when I'm out of the city for work. Enjoy guys!

  • +11

    I still remember Dec 2015 when I was planning to move down under. In the US we had slickdeals.com..Am not kidding, I found ozbargain and even though it was at the same scale as slickdeals was, it was amazing to find a kindred spirit site….so that boosted my decision to come down under..LOL…and I dont regret it ever.

    • +2

      Glad to have you.

    • +2

      Melbourne is one great city. I travel overseas for holidays but I would never live anywhere else.

    • same with me .. back home we had www.hotukdeals.co.uk

  • +3

    Thanks Neil for the post.
    Chiming in with my RSVP. Can't wait for my first OzB meetup! Will be wearing my π t-shirt with pride :) Hoping to get an OzB t-shirt though, as that would be insanely good.
    See you guys there!

  • This seems so much more awesome than the Sydney event. :(

  • +10

    Hopefully I can find my future girlfriend at this event

  • +11

    "$2 soft drinks sold via Pokéd."

    Not even a bargain.

    • +5

      For this crowd, I think it's expected to bring your own drinks and not spend a single cent at the venue.

    • +1

      Happy for you all to bring your own drinks!

      • +1

        Thanks Justin for hosting. I had fun. :)

  • HOLYTSHIT FREE FOODDDDD :D

    • Oh crap it's melbourne..
      Hey Ozb, care to reimburse my flight ticket? Jk

  • +2

    Fabulous! but wait, no ACT meetup…

  • Would love to go, but I'm almost 4 hours away and working that night. :-(
    Have fun and share some photos. Enjoy!

  • so good. cheers mate

  • Still wish it was a Friday. Next time.

  • I'm in

  • Happy BirthDay.

  • Let's have a drink

    • I vote for drinks at Elephant and Wheelbarrow. Not really a gaming fan so the idea of catching up at Poke, having a word with other fellow members and heading to E&W sounds like a great combination. Sorry about this idea neil.

      • No worries. Just let us know where you will be in the pub and we can send others over if they are interested.

  • +21

    At Sydney meetup today, we mentioned that if both jv & TA come to the Melbourne meetup, some of us might even consider flying down there.

    • +12

      Hey scotty. Not sure if you're taking the piss or not lol. I missed the Chatswood one today because I'm in Melbourne, and I'm going to miss the Melbourne one because I'll be in Chatswood for work this Wed-Fri.

      • Haha, perfect timing!

      • +4

        Ha. When we went around the table today asking which OzBargainers people would like to meet the most, you two's name came up…

        • Little do they know TA is a Brazilian in his late 20s 😜😂

    • Yeah that would be amazing if that happened!

  • the organiser sure knows the target audience

  • +3

    Don't forget cashrewards! Wait what

  • +6

    JV should be our guest speaker :)

  • +1

    When you really want a shirt that shows the world how cheap you are, but you also don't wanna have to take a train home to Croydon at night.

    Tough call.

    • I am framing this shirt, it's going straight to the trophy room. ;)

      • +2

        The trophy room pool room

        • +1

          We have a pool room at work, though I don't think work would let me hang it up with the portrait of Queen Victoria and the oars from Eton.

  • +3

    At the risk of being shot down…. Doesn't this… Ahhhh…. Technically…. belong in the forums?

    • +7

      Maybe you should report it to the mods, and they can check with their manager Neil, who posted the deal, haha.

      • I cannot stop laughing!!! Ahhhhh…

    • Angry reacts only

  • I’m in. Can’t wait to see some popular fellas in this community :)

  • +1

    11 years already…. Congrats and thank you for creating and maintaining this site and community.

  • +1

    Hi Niel, is this breastfeeding friendly, got a newborn and want to come with the family, but unsure if i can depending on bubs mood

    • +18

      I don't think Don Burke is going, so you should be fine.

    • +1

      Let myself or Justin know what we can do to assist.

      • Thanks Neil, having second thoughts since he only getting his vacs today. Hope it all goes well!

        • Congratulations on safe delivery and best of luck with your baby. You will have plenty of need for Ozbargain as he/she grows up.

Login or Join to leave a comment