Have noticed that today bonus increased from 500 to 700 again. This offer was there earlier too.
Telstra $99/Month 12 Months Plan + Bonus $700 Gift Card - New & Port-in Customers @ The Good Guys (In-Store Only)
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Ozfanmel on 24/05/2021 - 14:48 thegoodguys.sirv.com (2590 clicks)
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Not since they added voucher repayment
Omg, did they actually have it where you could basically pay $99, get a month of Telstra service, get a $700 gift card, then you could cancel without penalty? lol
No, there was an Early Termination Cost (ETC) of some dollar amount, which usually worked out cheaper than the plan/included phone cost so you could profit easily.
Just to add in, if you tried to do it a couple of times, it'd eventually flag and they wouldn't allow you to sign up on future offers. Not sure if it was rigorously enforced or not.
This plan is currently $65 per month on Telstra. So the $700 gift card is really worth only $292.
Good investigation Inspector..
Still not convinced it's better than going direct thru Telstra on their $65/month with 180gb plan? $780 total cost vs $1188. Obviously get ~$300 more value in a gift card if you're going to spend that anyway but with Telstra you get more data, data sharing, some international call allowance, no lock in contract etc…
It's good if you claim a tax deduction for your phone bill because you get a deduction for $99 instead of $65.
Being dumb i didn't think about this. Clever idea mate. Cheers
So assuming you're paying tax at 30 cents in the dollar, you'd rather pay an extra $34 for the same deal to get back $10.20 in tax? You're worse off by $23.80.
Your forgetting about the gift card.
Even if you assume the lowest bracket, 19c per $1.
You pay $99/mth
Get $18.81 tax savings ($99*0.19)
Assume you sell the gift card for 10% off, $52.50 cashback per monthNet cost $27.69/mth
Direct Telstra $65 plan is $52.65/mth after tax deduction.
Cost would go down even more for higher brackets.
Clearly they know how much their plans worth
Yeah these always have a bottom line around $40/month
where did you get this? any news on the mobile broadband one only?
last deal was pretty sweetif you go to tgg website, there is telstra plan section to see all the details
ooOOO thanks, its not as sweet as before, might give jb a call first. thanks a lot dude.
Do you get the 10 off as well going through chat?
only for the people whose company provide communication allowance monthly and can cover this
Hm..pass.
Hopefully there'll have a $69 (or better still $59) p.m + $500 GC for JB Hi-fi soon.Same here, really need one of these in the next few weeks! I think I'll even jump on $400 because nothing happened around Click Frenzy.
One usually comes out in June which is what I jump on. Hanging out for it too
so waiting for it.
Yep, my plan ends in a month so waiting for a new deal.
Why would anyone even bother with these plans?
I think it’s mostly because of the great value.
What great value?
$1198 total
$700 gc likely be able to sell for $650
Leaves $548 for 12m plan, unless you need this kind of data it’s average at best
If work pays your phone bill you get $700 for free, as much data as you could want and the benefit of being on telstra
@Quantumcat: I’m just commenting in general, for the majority this plan is useless & people get sucked in to the gift card & massive data they don’t need, if your work pays for it yeah definitely works for that
The only reason I can think of is for people who can claim their monthly bills as an expense through work.
Aah right, so people show it as 99 dollar per month for tax deductions.
What I meant is a straight-up reimbursement. So you pay Telstra $99, work refunds you $99 via receipt claims and you get a $700 voucher. No ATO involved here.
work refunds you $99 via receipt claims
good onya mate. but not everyone works for such work
@DAT: Neither do I - that's why I wrote above that I can only see how this plan is interesting 'for people who can claim their monthly bills as an expense through work', in response to U30004's question.
@bozbargain: yeah cool, But again, I doubt if any of those companies that used to "reimburse in full" (I used to work for one 10+years ago) are still doing it because I heard some of those corporate/business plans are cheaper instead of paying employees separately. again not an expert.
@bloopzorm9: Yup most do. Just gotta work for a company where communication/data is required for your line of work. Eventually you reach a point where its cheaper to let the employees choose their own plan and use their own phone as opposed to the company providing a handset or phone
I used to chase these before switching to Belong.
Now I pay $10 /month and haven't actually paid in 8 months from referal bonuses. not a heavy data user though so won't suit everyoneHmmm I'm thinking about just going to boost if no jbhifi deal comes round
I found Belong is the same quality network as Telstra through JB hi-fi anyway.
And the savings are outweighing gift card value by a long way
Would be appreciative if u can spill the beans on this $10 a month deal?
@agalea101: See below, I neglected to realise that belong minimum plan is now $15/month.
Search OzB for Belong and there are plenty of deals that explains best plan and how referal bonuses work etc
Do they still have that 10/mth plan?
$15 now sadly. $10 a month available for those who already on it. Sorry I should have mentioned this as it's not available, but even the $15 is likely saving vs Telstra directly.
Definitely.
I'm on optus 25/mth(10gb + 250 mins international but this is moot tbh), on it because I want optus sports. Plus I got unlimited data (1.5mbs).
Not sure if I get 5g connection, but not planning on getting a 5g phone anytime soon anyways; nor will my data allowance last long either lmao
For example, $99/month is $1,188pa.
Belong $15 month is $180pa (less with referal bonus on startup and discounted start-up kit) usually$40 bonus value easy to obtain.
That's over $1000 more expensive to get the gift card.
Again, if data usage is heavy not quite apples and apples, I have NBN at home so only use data outside of house, average 5gb/month.
The party is over with these deals. Nothing beats the $1000 flagships they were offering on a 12 month $59 deal last year which you could then pay a $390 ETC the next day.
it’s exploitation hence comes to an end
I can't believe this deal has stayed up for so long without any details, how many GB data, call inclusions etc?
Still waiting for this deal with $10 monthly credits make it $89 / month.
it is now extended until 20th June
Thanks, Updated the deal
welcome :)
Buy then cancel within a month?