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Spotify Premium 12 Months for The Price of 10 ₱1,290 (~A $34) [VPN Required]

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Spotify Premium 12 Months for The Price of 10 ₱1,290 (~A $34) [VPN Required]
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zzymurgy on 01/12/2017 - 22:44 spotify.com (3139 clicks)
Last edited 04/12/2017 - 14:03 by 1 other user

Further to this deal on new Spotify Premium accounts in the Philippines, they now offer 12 months for the price of 10.

Unlimited music, overseas roaming, offline listening, and no ads - only ~A$34 per year.

Looks like this offer applies in many countries, but this one's by far the cheapest.

EDIT: FYI, I've been using Spotify PH for a few months as a result of an earlier post on Ozb. It was pretty easy to set up and I did not need a VPN. I just googled for a free Filipino proxy, changed my settings and checked that my IP address was correct, then set up a new Paypal account in PH and used it to sign up for a new Spotify PH account. The whole process took about 10 minutes and cost nothing.

To set up Paypal in PH I did have to add an unused credit card, but I haven't used it as I've been topping up my Paypal PH account from my AU account (it's even cheaper to do this if you sell something on eBay) and am now on the 12 month plan. At the end of the 12 month plan it reverts to the normal monthly price. The next debit date now shows 12/4/18 (That's 4th Dec to you and me).

Remove the credit card from your Paypal account to prevent automatic debiting, and remember you cannot use that card again with your local Paypal account. (Tip: American Express cards are best for this because they will usually send you a replacement card for free!)

Spotify PH is exactly the same as the local version, except that the home page gives you Pinoy charts.

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  • MysticalWok on 01/12/2017 - 23:01
    +10

    Wow that's a awesome price.

    Can I still use my existing account or do I have to create a new account to get this price?

  • Ragnarok1982 on 01/12/2017 - 23:05

    man why don’t they offer it here .. would sign up in a heartbeat with that sort of price lol

  • lonertic on 01/12/2017 - 23:17
    +1

    Free account for life! ;)

    …. Wth every Tesla….

      • Sir Flabo on 01/12/2017 - 23:26
        +24

        Tesla not Telstra :)

    • Diji1 on 01/12/2017 - 23:37
      +9

      Spend 80 grand to get a car and a $34 a year service, makes sense! … if you need a car.

      • WhyAmICommenting on 02/12/2017 - 00:28
        +11

        Makes sense - if you work for Westpac :P

        • leetguy101 on 02/12/2017 - 11:23
          +1

          Then it's an investment

    • WhyAmICommenting on 02/12/2017 - 00:28

      Didn't know that. Bring on the model 3!

  • PVA on 01/12/2017 - 23:23

    The pricing site says " One of the main reasons for the large price difference can be found in the particular catalog size in each country"

    So I guess the Phillipines one is poor compared to Australia.

    • mmd on 01/12/2017 - 23:35
      +4

      No, from what I read in the previous deal it is pretty much the same.

    • Diji1 on 01/12/2017 - 23:52
      +23

      One of the main reasons for the large price difference can be found in the particular catalog size in each country relative incomes of the countries population.

      • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 00:26
        +6

        Which isn't unreasonable I guess.

        • dosada on 02/12/2017 - 01:37
          -4

          You don't think it's unreasonable to charge two different people different prices for the same thing?

        • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 08:05
          +20

          @dosada: as long as it's reasonable to pay 2 different people massively different wages in the order of 100s of times difference. The wages in some of these countries is $1 a day.

      • yummycoot on 02/12/2017 - 00:50
        +1

        just like Steam.

    • Miss B on 02/12/2017 - 08:22

      My understanding is what you can listen to is dependent on where you are, not where your account is. I haven't had many issues finding songs I want, about on par with the issues I had finding songs on Google Play.

      • deanylev on 02/12/2017 - 13:58
        +1

        Pretty sure that's not true. I have a US account because my brother in the US pays for a family plan for us, and the other day I had Hopsin's new album available upon release - while my friends did not.

  • asa79 on 01/12/2017 - 23:24
    +1

    comes up as
    Save on Premium
    Listen without the distraction of ads
    Play music with no phone service
    Skip as many songs as you want
    $119.00 for 1 year. Paid once.

    • Meconium on 01/12/2017 - 23:37

      Try using a Philippine VPN

      • superforever on 01/12/2017 - 23:42
        +3

        I remember not that easy with just VPN. Payment also a problem, right?

        • Diji1 on 01/12/2017 - 23:53
          -7

          Your bank may stop the transaction until you/they contact each other to make sure it's you since the transaction occurring from a strange IP.

        • superforever on 02/12/2017 - 00:07

          @Diji1:

          PayPal？

        • [Deactivated] on 02/12/2017 - 00:10
          +1

          Must use phillipines credit card or phillipines paypal

        • melay0326 on 02/12/2017 - 00:48

          Can you pay while you are there using the country’s wifi but using au credit card?

        • Meconium on 02/12/2017 - 12:26

          @melay0326: No difference between that and using a VPN. I was there last week, had to use VPN to Australia to access certain sites/download stuff properly

        • ilikeit on 02/12/2017 - 23:40

          I created a PH PayPal and transferred money to it. When I signed up for Spotify I elected to pay by PayPal, but is Still had to give details on a CC - I used my AU no worries. Lots of people did the same thing in the initial PH Spotify post.

      • asa79 on 02/12/2017 - 00:22
        +2

        Sounds like a lot of hassle

        • boretentsu on 02/12/2017 - 03:02

          Divided by 5 and it's pretty worth the effort

  • Ryanek on 01/12/2017 - 23:47
    +3

    Spotify Price Index

  • mec on 01/12/2017 - 23:49

    these bypasses are why companies raise prices and make these services less accessible to people who have less access to money.
    ie.
    http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/125700-Electronic-…

    you may think of this as a quick win and by all means do it. but just think of the consequences for other people.

    • Diji1 on 01/12/2017 - 23:55
      +19

      GTFO, have you seen EA's profit statements? That's on EA if they want to screw poor people, not their customers.

      • mec on 02/12/2017 - 00:01
        +7

        I'm open to being told I'm wrong, but why so aggressive? also that was just an example.

        • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 00:28
          +3

          This is ozbargain, it's full of idiots.

        • toasty on 02/12/2017 - 00:56
          +6

          @MikeKulls: Spending six years in the company of people you describe as idiots is very telling. R U OK?

        • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 08:09
          +2

          @toasty: I endure the idiots for the bargains. Interestingly 4 people down voted me but 4 people up voted me. I was expecting 100s of neg votes for that comment which is what usually happens if someone says anything slightly controversial. Even completely sensible comments get downvoted. So around 50% of people think ozbargain is full of idiots.

        • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 08:14

          @MikeKulls: it's actually a bit encouraging. It shows theres a good proportion of people who think things need to change here. A good start would be to use a system like stack overflow where the people who voted negative are visible and it there is a small cost involved in down voting someone. Certainly having anonymous neg voting isn't a good thing.

        • tryagain on 02/12/2017 - 08:55

          Because people don't like it when it's pointed out that they are the rich dude screwing over poor people for their own financial gain.

        • magic8ballgag on 02/12/2017 - 10:07
          +8

          @MikeKulls:

          This is ozbargain the internet, it's full of idiots.

          FTFY.

        • CrankyCarrot on 02/12/2017 - 13:54
          +1

          @Lorindor:

          I was just thinking that. Glad someone else typed it so I don't have to mess around with the bold and strike-through formatting stuff.

        • serpserpserp on 02/12/2017 - 21:07
          +2

          @MikeKulls:

          I feel ya.

    • 2ndeffort on 02/12/2017 - 12:24
      +4

      So in other words it is my responsibility to prop up the balance sheet of a multinational organisation otherwise they will take out their wrath on poor people in developing countries?

    • Meconium on 02/12/2017 - 12:32
      +4

      Come on, this is OzBargain. We're here to find the cheapest price and exploit discounts and price errors for our personal gain. What businesses choose to do is up to them, and if they have to change their policy because too many people are exploiting the sales/pricing differentials they chose to implement, that's their call. But we're here for bargains. This is a bargain.

      • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 21:55
        -2

        True true, although I think having to use a VPN is surely a killer. I'd have to contact my entire house plus several phones while the family is out and about.

        • Meconium on 03/12/2017 - 01:23

          Dude, read the instructions! VPN is just to register. Don’t need one after that.

        • MikeKulls on 03/12/2017 - 09:18

          @Meconium: yeah, my mistake, others have said the same. Original post is light on the details though.

  • sonique on 01/12/2017 - 23:54
    +1

    Agree. Support the business that let's you access pretty much any music anytime. It's only a cost of a meal a month.

    • Diji1 on 01/12/2017 - 23:56
      -1

      Remember when artists got paid by their distributors?

      • sonique on 02/12/2017 - 00:02
        +1

        Yeh…your point being?

      • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 11:03

        Spotify is a much better model imo. That album you paid for once 20 years ago no longer helps the artists. But on Spotify they are getting a revenue for it again.

        On the flip side I don't have to pay $30 for a cd and find it sucks

        • Meconium on 02/12/2017 - 12:35
          +1

          To be fair, the revenue they are getting from Spotify is appallingly small compared to the way it used to be. But I guess it's better for the artists to be getting something than just for the entire world to be pirating their work. But make no mistake, this system benefits Spotify, and then the consumer, and in distant third place, the musicians.

        • sonique on 02/12/2017 - 14:32

          @Meconium:

          Unless you are a non profit org, companies interest will always be in the company. U got bills to pay and investors to appease and keeping the business from going bankrupt.

        • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 15:22

          @sonique: I just did a bit of research (googling) as I was interested. The answer isn't too unexpected, the artists selling cds get ripped off big time. There are a lot more people in the chain and costs involved and the band is lucky to get 50c a cd. They typically have other costs to pay out if the 50c also. Spotify pays around 0.7c per stream.

  • autolux on 01/12/2017 - 23:56

    shame my vpn service has no philippine location.

    surprised spotify dont block you after a while of using a philippines account from other countries?

    • Saitek on 02/12/2017 - 04:31

      Same, I use TOR VPN

      • superforever on 02/12/2017 - 11:04

        What payment method you used?

    • ilikeit on 02/12/2017 - 08:09
      +1

      Vypr.

  • ezza on 01/12/2017 - 23:57
    +3

    I'm currently posted in the Philippines for work. To be honest Spotify is a luxury and given the economy here its not something that has taken off at all. I can see why its priced in such a way.

    • jelko on 02/12/2017 - 00:56

      Exactly.

      People in the Philippines are much poorer than people in Australia. They could not afford to pay the same amount for Spotify that people do in the US or Australia. If they charged AUS/US rates then hardly anybody would buy it - by reducing it to such a low amount Spotify may not make as much money but at least they're making more than nothing.

      If everybody who currently has a Spotify account started using the Philippines rates then it would not be sustainable for Spotify. Therefore I believe it is immoral use this loophole.

      • donkey on 02/12/2017 - 01:43
        +5

        If everybody who currently has a Spotify account started using the Philippines rates then it would not be sustainable for Spotify. Therefore I believe it is immoral use this loophole.

        so when I buy a can of coke for 8 pesos in the Philippines, am I rorting Coca Cola because I'm earning AUD ?

        • A Banana4scale on 02/12/2017 - 09:59
          +2

          Coca Cola posted a net income of $1.2 B and it makes sugar water.

          Spotify posted a loss of $182 M and it pays record labels and artist for their music.

          I'll let you decide if you want to keep using Spotify or go back to piracy or getting shafted by buying your music.

        • donkey on 02/12/2017 - 13:34

          @spawnlaeer:

          Spotify posted a loss of $182 M and it pays record labels and artist for their music.

          Spotify started by pirating music to get it's service up and running with a lot of music

          https://torrentfreak.com/spotifys-beta-used-pirate-mp3-files…

          https://torrentfreak.com/spotify-threatened-researchers-who-…

          I'll let you decide how honest Spotify are and whether or not you should feel bad about using a loophole to pay them less based on geo-restrictions

        • sonique on 02/12/2017 - 14:28
          -2

          @donkey:

          I didn't read the links because it's the internet and dunno if it real or not.

          The point is they are legit business now. A game changer in streaming music that even made Apple to copy their model.

          Without Spotify we are stuck with buying the CD or pirating it.

          Or are you just trying to justify your pirating rather then pay

        • idonotknowwhy on 02/12/2017 - 17:18
          +1

          I don't really have a horse in this race but

          @sonique:

          I didn't read the links because it's the internet and dunno if it real or not
          they are legit business now

          You don't know if those links are real or not, but your certain that Spotify is a legit business?

          Without Spotify we are stuck with buying the CD or pirating it.

          So you missed the whole iTunes / digital download thing?

          Or are you just trying to justify your pirating rather then pay

          Why would he have to justify anything on the Internet?

        • isthisreallife22 on 02/12/2017 - 19:27

          @spawnlaeer: I suspect most people that would consider this are currently using the free version of Spotify only. This is more than zero

        • sonique on 02/12/2017 - 19:56

          @idonotknowwhy:

          Hahah @ you doubting Spotify a legit business. Do you think tailor swift or Beatles albums would appear on Spotify if it's not. I can't believe you actually think that.

          Read my posts. I'm encouraging ppl to pay for Spotify not pirate.

          Yes I am a spotify subscriber.

        • donkey on 02/12/2017 - 20:03
          +2

          @sonique: they are legit … now. Whether or not you feel obliged to pay people who have no shame setting up a business by pirating as much as possible… well, that's upto you and everyone else.

          A team set to publish a book on the untold history of Spotify were threatened by the company, one of its researchers has revealed. Earlier this year, Rasmus Fleischer, who was also one of the early figures at The Pirate Bay, said that Spotify used 'pirate' MP3s to launch its beta. Soon after, the researchers were contacted by a lawyer, with strong suggestions to stop what they're doing.

          a few years ago he was involved with a band that decided to distribute their music on The Pirate Bay instead of the usual outlets. Soon after, the album appeared on Spotify’s beta service.

          “I thought that was funny. So I emailed Spotify and asked how they obtained it. They said that ‘now, during the test period, we will use music that we find’,”

          very legitimate

        • sonique on 02/12/2017 - 20:31

          @donkey:

          Yeh I have no problem.

          If spotify indeed pirate songs( as you keep pointing out ) but yet the major record labels that own these song still decide to put the songs on there, why would I have a problem when they even don't.

      • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 22:05
        +1

        Hello, please stop with your logic. This is ozbargain, you will get negged for showing logic.

    • Little Jimmy on 08/12/2017 - 21:47

      good for us

  • Fobsessive on 02/12/2017 - 00:41

    Spotify'a revenue allocation method is so unfair for listeners of small bands https://medium.com/cuepoint/how-to-make-streaming-royalties-…

  • fez on 02/12/2017 - 01:01

    How do u pay for it ?
    Paypal didn’t work

    • ilikeit on 02/12/2017 - 08:17

      You can pay by setting up a PH PP account, but you need to attach a CC. I used my AU one and use PP for ongoing payments. Use the search bar for the original PH post. You need to a PH VPN to set up the PP - I used VYPR.

      • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 22:07
        -3

        Wow, a Philippines pp account and a Philippines VPN that you need to keep running for every device. All to save a couple hours of wages a year.

        • ilikeit on 02/12/2017 - 23:09
          +1

          VPN is only for set up the first time. Set and forget.

          Does geo-blocking or pricing exist to make digital content more affordable in developing nations, or to make multi-national companies more profit in developed nations?

          It's just a digital border…

        • MikeKulls on 02/12/2017 - 23:21

          @ilikeit: yeah my mistake. I saw someone else say the same thing re VPN. With regards to cost if it's a price difference between US and AU then I would agree. With Philippines I can see why it is cheaper. As others have said, if you get onto a deal like that you are risking the cheap price for people over there. We live a life of luxury over here quite often at the expense of people in these countries. To risk them having to pay our price is a bit rough imo.

          As for Spotify's motives, I would say they are just trying to make money knowing they won't sell it at $120 a year over there so $34 is better than nothing.

        • ilikeit on 02/12/2017 - 23:29
          +1

          @MikeKulls: I get what you're saying.

  • BugsBunnyAUS on 02/12/2017 - 01:13

    Not a bad deal. Any free Philippines VPN?

    Was going to sign up to Apple music (3 months free, then 6 months free via Telstra) but this does seem like a better choice overall as I doubt there will be anything this cheap for quite a while

  • concento on 02/12/2017 - 01:32

    Can you sign up to the cheap 3 months deal, and then pay for this for a total of 15 month?

  • Khanna on 02/12/2017 - 01:36

    Australian payment cards are not working.

  • jlim87 on 02/12/2017 - 01:44
    +1

    Isnt an AU family account as cheap as this?

    • marquise on 02/12/2017 - 03:11

      Yeah that's about $36. But this deal is good for people who have no family or friends and like to jump through technical hoops.

      • slickaz on 02/12/2017 - 07:17
        -1

        What?!
        Where can you get Spotify Premium Famiky for
        36$?! - a year??

        Spotify website says It’s 17.99 a month .

        I don’t mind paying its the right thing to do, I have friends working at Spotify and they say financials are getting very important over there, operating at a slight loss.

        • bluebo on 03/12/2017 - 10:24

          17.99 a month between six people which means each person pays 3 a month.

        • dn4hc on 03/12/2017 - 11:54

          @bluebo:
          You can't have 6 people on spotify family.

        • bluebo on 04/12/2017 - 16:30

          @djEthen:Pretty sure it's 6. Right now I share it with 5 others.

      • Cousin IT on 02/12/2017 - 07:22

        Where do you guys get the AU Family account for that price per year? It's $17.99 per month according to the Spotify website.

        • d1s34s3d on 02/12/2017 - 09:54
          +2

          Split cost of the yearly sub among the number of allowed users. $36 per person per year.
          You just need enough people to agree to pay their part.

        • Cousin IT on 02/12/2017 - 12:38

          @d1s34s3d: ahh OK, now I get it. Thanks!

  • ntrpd on 02/12/2017 - 01:57

    this is a really good deal, can you or anyone make a guide how to do the VPN thing in order to use this deal? im a noob to VPNs

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