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Saw this almost-freebie on the Telstra Plus Rewards Shop. S20, S20+ cases are 22,000 points each for reference.
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Ordered 1 but fully expect this to be cancelled lol
Oh shit, can't believe I missed that!
:'( instant overwhelming sadness and regret when someone points out a deal like this you missed.
@hypie: Nah, I don't think of it that way. Happy for those OZBers managed to get one. Not a fan of Alcatel Android devices anyway.
Someone bought 6 and put it on Ebay. Telstra honoured all orders wow!
Received two and they are absolute trash.
No more regret! Haha
yeah, they aren't great. the speaker is alright, but we use the tablet solely for the free Sesame St books on google play mentioned on here a while ago for my 1-year-old.
Thanks, but I won't be holding my breath for it…. it'd be nice if people who actually had the phone got these….
i dont have S20. shud i order it :D
Don't make me shudder
It'd almost be a shame if he bought an S20 when it's the Ultra :)
:p
you r the man :D
I'm holding out for the S20 plus, but prices are stubbornly too high for me. There is a cohort on gumtree that got these for 50% off as they are samsung staff - they're selling for around 65-70% of RRP. I just don't want to buy off them because of warranty issues
More likely they're using a .edu account to buy them cheaply.
One of them even showed me the receipt. He got an s20 ultra for $999. Showed a 50% discount.
The education store deal is around 1399 for the ultra
I got mine 50% off. $999 for Ultra. Telstra staff (Ex staff, old workmate hooked me up).
You wont have warranty issues
@BarryBargain88: Staff purchases are done through the Samsung online store. Standard warranty as long as you provide the invoice.
However as a staff member, if you get caught onselling staff purchased items brand new, you will lose your job. Rightfully so.
@hypie: Funnily enough the guy blocked out his address but left his name. His secret is safe with me of course, but highly risky behaviour by the looks of it.
I'm surprised Telstra don't have mysterg shoppers scanning gummy for staff doing the wrong thing.
@Lets Make Sandwiches: When some of them sell it with their personal mobile number listed surely it wouldn't be very hard to tie the two data points together…
@hypie: lol, if an Optus, Vodafone or Telstra employee on-sells their 50% Samsung code, you think Samsung has the power to sack them haha. No chance.
@BarryBargain88: It depends on what the terms and conditions are. If a company chooses to pass on value to its employees only for that value to be transferred to somebody else, it may be dismissable if they have been clear on the rule not to do it.
Ordered, on the basis that "if you build it, they will come". No doubt the S20 Ultra will find its way to me once I have a case. If not, eBay.
buy a key chain for Tesla next week :D
Brilliant!
They will come alright… Probably in 5 years time, S20 Ultra will be cheap enough to justify getting one to use it with this free case.
I hope some of you poor bastards who paid $2k for an Ultra get this case 🤣
Cool phone on paper but sounds like it's getting some bad press.
I got bored after 10 orders.
You're the reason we can't have nice things.
Yes, I'm single-handedly the reason you can't have nice things. /s
Damn!! I wanted to be that guy 😎
Not sure if it's slow or it's stuck on "Please wait while we submit your order."
Telstra Plus site is not good with load. Too many OZBers trying to get one.
Yeah It's just slow. I think it went through.
Good on you, except based on my past dealings on issues with Telstra Plus orders, there is no easy way for CSR to contact Telstra Plus directly.
The lousy nature of the Web site may help Telstra a bit.
I am also an honest ozbargainer. I reflected on how much of my time they wasted to fix issues with my service, including:
Taking the above into account, they still owe me even if they send me the stupid case.
Please only order 1, don't be a grub and ruin it
you are such a honest thief
He did pay 1 point though… So technically, it is still a transaction. Tel$tra could still cancel it.
you won this time
@randomguy1: What did I win? I did enrol in the Telstra Plus competition. I doubt I will win anything though.
I don't have an S20 Ultra. Technically, I am a Tel$tra shareholder so I am funding this pricing error. The share price is below T1 price…
Back to 22,000 points
Still 1 point for me
It was one point but once went to sign in, it switched to 22,000 points
S20 Ultra. Only S20 Ultra is 1 point. S20 and S20 Plus are 22,000 points.
Telstra Plus team are slow as there is no easy to contact them directly.
@netsurfer: Was able to log out reload the page and log back in and it kept the 1 point. Ordered fine.
still 1 point. Only for the ultra
Those looking for a matching S20+ Ultra to go with it, the current top deal is
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/533074
just ordered
Bought for fun. Waiting for some free points as compensation now lol
Cheers OP! :)
Thanks OP. Ordered.
Thanks just ordered
deal gone, ozbargained :(
did u check ultra?
Can't even see Ultra on my login, just S20 and S20 Plus
Think I was 10 seconds too late - link worked, went through the checkout, it failed, link brought me back to the S20 version. Probably time to call it.
Missed by a few seconds, got an error upon checkout.
Thanks ordered
gonski
That’s the gonski education report you are thinking of….think “goneski”
Lol…yes Sir!
Says 22,000 points for me
Good luck, i am still waiting for them to ship Telstra Plus redemption from mid/late March
Missed out but hopefully people get it delivered like we did with the Alcatel Tablets :)
Thanks OP - Got mine! :-)
Hey all,
Has anyone been able to contact telstra customer service via chat or phone?
On the live chat I get an automated robot, and on a phone call it states they aren't help me with my query.
Thanks in advance
just say "let me talk to someone" and the bots shuts up and redirects you. That the best help you will get with telstra at the moment or a brick wall, same same.
Get them via Facebook…
Oof missed this by quite a while but hopefully gets honoured and I hope one day I'll be able to use my points for something like one of these errors lol.
Had one of these LED cases for my s8.
Lasted all of about 5 months before it would give me gibberish instead of time then after another month nothing at all. The ribbon in the cover seems to be rubbish.
Definitely not worth the full rrp.
id imagine they have improved since then. I recall some old variations even inadvertently scratched the users screens (note 8 or s7 etc…). JB ended up selling those for $1.
Has anyone got a shipping confirmation. My order went through but nothing until now.
Likely won't be sent, checked my Telstra Plus points and 1 point has been refunded.
Damn! :(
Same :/
Same…oh well.
All 10 points from my 10 orders refunded, oh well had try.
I've been looking at Telstra Rewards and some of them are utterly ridiculous. Use your points, plus pay more than the RRP of the item to get it? Why would anyone do that?
Because it could still be attractive in certain cases. Telstra offered 50,000 points for signing up for direct debit last year. For Android users, people were able to get Galaxy Buds for free with those points. However, for Apple users, they could use 40,000 points + $96 AUD to get AirPods 2 (there is no 50,000 points option). That technically beats the eBay Plus $99 AUD deal in which you really need to be super fast in clicking. The left over 10,000 points could be used to exchange for something else.
There were more cheaper items on the Plus store before. I am guessing people have redeemed them.
Telstra Plus is really only useful when Telstra offered sufficient quantity of bonus points for signing up to a deal.
I'm talking about deals where they're actually asking you to pay them over and above the retail price, plus use your points! There are a few of them in the rewards store that just make no sense to me.
points refunded. no email or messages about order being cancelled or why.
Thanks for the info. Noticed that too. Looks like Telstra Plus team have improved in dealing with this type of errors. Previously, they would take ages to sort out a system error.
They should at least send an email..
LOL… 1 point. You pay Telstra 10 cents, you can get 1 point. Actually no, minimum is $1, and you get 10 points.