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Belong Mobile $40 Starter Kit for $20 | $25 Starter Kit for $10 @ Officeworks

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Belong Mobile $40 Starter Kit for $20 | $25 Starter Kit for $10 @ Officeworks
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Charlie Dont Surf on 19/10/2018 - 11:49 officeworks.com.au (408 clicks)
Last edited 19/10/2018 - 18:30 by 1 other user

For those OzBargainers looking for a bit more data bang for their buck, Officeworks now have the $40 Belong Starter Kit on sale for $20, and have also matched Coles' deal of the $25 Belong Starter Kit for $10. (See current Coles deal here: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/409474)

Belong $40 Starter Kit: https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/belong-40-…
Belong $25 Starter Kit: https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/belong-25-…

Please note:

  • The $40 Belong Starter Pack will provide you with 15GB of data upon activation, as per its "Large Plan". You will be credited with an additional 15GB on your first billing date ie. 15GB on activation + 15GB on your first billing date. (The initial billing date uses the credit inherent in the starter pack, so you don't need to pay anything in addition.)

  • Initial billing dates are every eighth day (4th, 12th, 20th, 28th of the month). So, for example, if you buy and activate today (19th October), tomorrow you will get an additional 15GB (total = 30GB). ** NOTE: It is best to delay your activation until shortly after one of these billing dates**

  • After that first billing is transacted, you can then migrate down to the 1GB, $10/month "Small Plan" and bank your 30GB of data for future use. The unused data continues to get rolled over.

  • All Belong Mobile plans include unlimited standard national calls, SMS and MMS (includes 13, 1300 & 1800 numbers)

PS: Don't forget to use a referral code to get an extra $20 credited to your account, and also to the account of the referrer. (Limit of 10 Referrals per account.)

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  • Maq on 19/10/2018 - 12:23

    This is great, thanks OP. Any idea on how long we can delay the activation if the sim is bought today? I am now on the $15 3-month Kogan plan till mid Dec.

    • jimojr on 19/10/2018 - 12:29

      12 months from the date of purchased.

    • Charlie Dont Surf on 19/10/2018 - 12:43

      There will be no problem for a mid-December activation, I waited around 3 months between purchase and activation and there wasn't an issue. Don't forget to put in a referral for your $20 credit!

  • roowomba on 19/10/2018 - 13:43

    Just wondering can I port my own existing number with this kit. If buy online i think there is an option to keep existing number. Thanks in advance

    • PissLUR on 19/10/2018 - 14:26
      -5

      no.

    • tg on 19/10/2018 - 14:59
      +3

      Yes you can.
      I have done this 3 times.
      One for my dad, one for my mum and one for my grandma

  • bajirao on 19/10/2018 - 14:19
    +5

    Note that though these are termed "starter" kits - they are actually credits when you create account. So you don't have to go on $40 plan if you don't need. For example if you go on $10 plan then the $40 kit will last you 4 months (plus 2 months additional if you used referral code).

  • excite on 19/10/2018 - 14:31

    so the initial $40 or $25 will only last for one month, then you need to pay at least $10 per month, is that the case?
    or you can choose the $10/month when activate, thus $40 will last you 4 months?

    seems that my question answered above by bajirao

    • luztra on 19/10/2018 - 14:56

      Yes, you can activate the $10 p/m plan on sign up, so you will get four months credit. Also, don't forget to get a referral link and get an extra $20 credit, which will give you an additional two months on the $10 plan.

    • Quantumcat on 21/10/2018 - 09:15

      It is better value to activate it as $40/month and then change, if you use more than 1GB a month. Only activate it as $10/month if you definitely never exceed 1GB.

  • ice666 on 19/10/2018 - 17:46

    What about the bonus data though if I activated $10 per month?

    • Charlie Dont Surf on 19/10/2018 - 18:27

      As per bajirao's post above, if you buy a $40 starter kit and activate it on the $10/month plan, then you will effectively have four months of mobile access paid for (4 months x $10 per month) using your credit, for which you have paid $20.

      Your bonus data at activation will be 1GB, plus 1GB on your first billing date. If you use a referral code, you will get another two months free.

  • peterpeterpumpkin on 19/10/2018 - 18:56
    +4

    Hello SIM professionals…

    So my understanding from this topic (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/402761), this comment within (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/6361549/redir) and this reply in particular (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/6450551/redir), without reading any terms and conditions, is that if you want to mainimise payment and maximise data you need to perform the following to receive the full benefits of Belong's offerings:

    A. If you don't need much data:
    1. Get a free SIM from https://www.belong.com.au/mobile/get-sim and sign-up using a referral credit of $20 on the $10 plan.
    2. Do this 10 more times by referring yourself to get $200 of credit to last you 20 months.
    3. If you need more data you just get another new SIM referred by a secondary SIM and sign up to a $20 plan on both to get 5 GB of data with each, that you transfer back to your primary account. This can be repeated ad infinitum if you actually do need a lot of data, but may be slow at 5 GB at a time.
    4. If the referral promo is still there in 20 months, port out and do this indefinitely and never pay for a mobile plan again.

    B. If you need a lot of data:
    1. Buy a $40 SIM for $20 and as many you think you will need over the next year or so in case the promo runs out. You predict Kogan will keep on delivering cheap one-off SIMs so you might go conservative.
    2. Get free SIMs to reach your 10 referrals quota from the step above, if less than 11 $40 SIMs are purchased, to get 20 months of a free mobile plan. You hope that 20 months should see data provisions increase or you play the market of the future.
    3. Once your referrals run out, use free SIMs to get 5GB x 2 as necessary by using a chain of referrals.

    • excite on 19/10/2018 - 19:01

      looks like you actually get 20 months free in Option A?

      • peterpeterpumpkin on 19/10/2018 - 19:13

        Yeah. Or I suppose 2 + 20 (so 22). That's quite surprising since if you only wanted the cheapest long-term plan you could churn this out in a month with 10 support requests to cancel those 10 extra post-paid plans.

  • jonesyGT on 20/10/2018 - 15:09

    Just went & picked up 2 of these.

    Cheers all for the great deal & ideas.

  • sschen on 20/10/2018 - 15:20

    Guys, I don't currently have a Belong account/sim.

    If my aim is to get on the $10/month plan with as much data as possible, how would you go about this?

    Just buy multiple $40 kit for $20 each? Or buy 1 $25 kit for $10 as the primary sim, then buy a few more $40 kit for data topup???

    • askbargain on 20/10/2018 - 18:12

      People like me sell data for $1 per GB at classifieds.

    • Quantumcat on 21/10/2018 - 09:18

      See peterpeterpumpkin's response above for a good answer.

  • slowFTL on 21/10/2018 - 11:41
    +1

    Thanks Charlie Don't Surf and peterpeterpumpkin. Will take this opportunity to test out Belong. Quick clarification…isn't it better to activate just BEFORE one of the initial billing dates to get the bonus data earlier?
    Edit: Just found a whirlpool page that explains why it is better to activate just AFTER one of the billing dates Whirlpool. Thanks again guys :-).

  • slowFTL on 22/10/2018 - 23:05

    Just saw "24 hrs Activation apply" red stickers on the $25 and $40 Belong starter kits in Auspost store??

    • Charlie Dont Surf on 23/10/2018 - 10:42

      I remember seeing this at Post Office too. If I recall correctly, it means/says to WAIT twenty-four hours before activation. Strange.

      • bobvegas on 23/10/2018 - 18:24

        Does that mean when you buy the card from a post office, the process of buying it doesn't automatically activate the credit on card?
        That's what I"m thinking. Instead verified? & batch sent once a day??
        I"M just making stuff up, trying to get a logical grasp on such a sticker

        • Charlie Dont Surf on 23/10/2018 - 23:55

          The credit in the pack is activated when you acticate the service ie. complete sign-up and activate the SIM.

          If you want complete peace of mind, buy your starter pack from OW or Coles, where I haven't seen that sticker.

          I don't have an explanation why the stock at the Post Office has them.

          • bobvegas on 24/10/2018 - 11:54

            @Charlie Dont Surf: Sure but I"ll give you an example of what I mean, if you steal a $25 sim from coles, when you go to activate the sim it won't contain any credit. The supermarket has to activate the credit on sale, and immediately the card contains $25 credit. They must not do the instantaneous activation at post offices for some reason.

            • slowFTL on 31/10/2018 - 11:59

              @bobvegas: You are right. Just check with Auspost staff, said we need to wait 24hrs before attempting to activate the sim card.

  • mikezillakind on 24/10/2018 - 01:07

    i can still Transfer the data to a 2nd sim right ?

    • Steptoe on 24/10/2018 - 03:19

      No limit who the data goes to.

  • tellhimhesdreaming on 26/10/2018 - 14:08

    I finally got on this train. Bought two $40 sims, activated one as my main with a referral code from ozB and ported across in about 10 minutes which was awesome.

    Then used my referral code from my main to activate second sim and have gifted its data to my main. Billing date in 2 days means I should get an extra 15gb on each Sim, so a total of 60gb for my main account. And then have $20 credit still left on each sim card resulting in an extra couple of GB and access. So something like 64GB of Data and 3 months access for $40 outlay.

    Awesome value!

    • slowFTL on 26/10/2018 - 23:43

      Shouldn't you have $40 credit on your main sim and $20 on your second sim? ($20 each to referrer And referree?)

      • tellhimhesdreaming on 29/10/2018 - 09:53

        You are correct, I goofed - an even better deal then!

        • slowFTL on 29/10/2018 - 10:24

          :-)! Could you use the $40 credit on your main sim to get another 15Gb?

          • tellhimhesdreaming on 29/10/2018 - 10:49
            +1

            @slowFTL: Yeah definitely could, but I think I'll just use it for an extra 2 months at $10 a month now that I've got my 60gb banked as I'm generally not a big data user.

            There's also data for sale at $1/GB in the classifieds and/or future $20 sim promos I'm sure!

            • slowFTL on 29/10/2018 - 10:58
              +2

              @tellhimhesdreaming: Absolutely! I have yet to activate my Belong sim…have to get thru a few Catchconnect, Kogan etc sims first lol! Too many to juggle with all the good deals floating around lol!

  • bdl on 27/10/2018 - 10:45

    $25 Starter Kit is back to $12.50.

    Does anyone know how long these prices will be available at Officeworks?

    • Charlie Dont Surf on 29/10/2018 - 11:33

      This promo seems to come and go, I bought my pack back in July on a similar offer. You don't need to activate it immediately, so you can always buy it now and hold onto it. I'd be surprised if it ever goes below $20.

    • PissLUR on 29/10/2018 - 11:46

      order online for local pickup.

  • Kris2018 on 07/11/2018 - 09:06
    +1

    Hi All,

    I am planning to buy the $40 half price Sim from officeworks.just wondering if the bonus 15gb is still available.

    Also, if I buy the Sim from Officeworks, would I still be able to get referral bonus? And how do I get it?

    • Hope140 on 13/11/2018 - 18:54

      Yes, 15GB bonus is still available.

  • harpie on 11/11/2018 - 22:30
    +1

    Wondering same is 15gig bonus still avail?

  • billyb67 on 12/11/2018 - 21:23

    How long does it usually take for the referral credit to show up?
    Did it three days ago but it's still not showing up anywhere except in history…

    • Kris2018 on 14/11/2018 - 18:16

      Normally it's instant, the refferal credit is credited as soon as you enter the referral code and finish the transaction.

  • vik27kum on 16/11/2018 - 13:39

    The link https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/belong-40-… is at $40 as of now, not $20.

    Am I missing something?

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