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2,500 Free Telstra Plus Points for Fully Vaccinated Members @ Telstra (Plus Membership Required)

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2,500 Free Telstra Plus Points for Fully Vaccinated Members @ Telstra (Plus Membership Required)
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doweyy on 01/09/2021 - 23:26 plus.telstra.com.au (11497 clicks)
Last edited 28/09/2021 - 15:35 by 3 other users

Spotted this on the Telstra Plus page, seems like a nice freebie. Might come in handy at some point to be eligible for purchases with minimum point spends.

Thank you for making a difference

We’re supporting the COVID-19 vaccination program. From late Sept, Telstra Plus members who confirm they’re fully vaccinated by 31 Jan get 2,500 points and the chance to win 5 million points and credit on eligible Telstra services for a year.

Telstra Plus members can upload their COVID-19 vaccine document number via the My Telstra app from late September. The 2,500 points will appear in your points balance within 14 days within the app.

FAQ:

I’ve only received one jab. Can I still get the 2,500 Telstra Plus points?

  • Unfortunately, no. The offer is only open to Telstra Plus members who are fully vaccinated but the program is open until the end of January 2022 so you can apply for the points once you’ve received your second jab.

How do I find my COVID-19 digital certificate document number?

  • After you have your second jab, your COVID-19 Digital Certificate will be available through your Medicare account. If you don’t have the Medicare app, or don’t have a MyGov account, you can get help via the “How to get proof of your COVID-19 vaccinations" page.

I have a number of family members with different services on the same account, can we all receive the 2,500 bonus points if we’re all vaccinated?

  • Yes. Points are awarded at the member level so all Telstra Plus members on the account can claim the points.

As always, enjoy :)

Mod: Free Digital Care Package (Telstra TV Box Office Movie, Discount on Food Delivery) @ Telstra (Plus Members Only) - No vaccine required.

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          • G-rig on 03/09/2021 - 11:02
            +1

            @vinnieg1983: This, and usually overweight unhealthy people

            Plenty of examples of people in their 30s-50s with 'no underlying conditions' that have died from Covid who were unvaccinated. Luck of the drawer but it's a bit of cheap insurance to just get the jab.

    • Fraulein321 on 02/09/2021 - 17:38
      -8

      when they're pissing big clots and have their arms and legs burning amongst other side effects, they can thank their lucky stars that Telstra give them some points.

      • StarPlatinum on 02/09/2021 - 19:45
        +5

        Ahh yes cause dying and getting no points is better

      • MrFrugalSpend on 02/09/2021 - 21:51
        +3

        Yeah sure, cause there are zero known side effects of getting covid right?!? No one has ever gotten really sick, or long covid or clots or died from the virus right?

        The lady that co-created AZ was on tv this morning. She said the vaccine platform has been in place for over 10 years and was successfully used for MERS, another coronavirus. They just updated it for the new covid-19 strain. Even then they ran it through full 3 phase clinical trials again. If youve ever dealt with large organisations and government you know delays are usually due to them being disorganised, full of red tape, and people with no motivation. The vaccines were not untested, they just were motivated to do it all in good time.

        We expose our bodies to thousands of things through the pollutants in the air we breathe, bacteria, viruses and mould we contact, medications we take, what we eat, which could be heavily processed with artificial additives, smoke / vape, drink and other things like chemicals in cosmetics and sunscreen and cleaning products all the time. It's amazing some over-sceptical antivaxxers have decided to single out something tested and documented to be helping save millions of lives, when so many other things we all expose ourselves to without question is untested completely, unregulated, and potentially way more harmful.

        Vaccines save lives, save people from more serious side effects of getting viruses. No question about it. Sure some people will get some vaccine side effects and that sucks. Some will even die from the vaccine, a rare number but yes some will…. But way more people will get far worse impacts without it and way more will die without it. Simple undeniable fact based on proven statistics. I'll be brave and get the jab because now we have delta i think the risk balance has changed.

        Of course you are free to think otherwise.
        Let's hope you don't become another victim of long covid, as a regretfulll ill-informed antivaxxer. In the meantime, I'll enjoy my points from Telstra and no worries :)

        • Fraulein321 on 03/09/2021 - 13:52
          -1

          TL;DR Not an antivaxxer. the difference between this vaccine and the previous one I had in the past is the lack of testing. I'd consider taking it if it undergoes the similar stringent testing. thanks. You do you boo but since last year, I vowed to warn whomever listens as opposed to selling my soul for some silver.

          • MrFrugalSpend on 03/09/2021 - 20:49

            @Fraulein321: Well TLDR, AZ is 10y.o.+ vaccine platform, heaps of data on safety, e.g. used with MERS (a coronavirus), updated to covid-19 strain, full 3 phase trials. On risk balance now we have an outbreak, we've way more chance of disease complications then from vaccine. Yes there are side effects, rarely serious, there are way worse from covid-19 disease.
            …So you can consider taking it then if you are truly not an antivaxxer.

            P.S. on risk balance, your warnings are similar to warning an American that worked in Afghanistan they may die from a plane crash randomly …. so they shouldn't fly home!

      • vinnieg1983 on 03/09/2021 - 10:06

        It's ok to be scared Fraulein321…don't have to hide it by ranting about side effects

        • Fraulein321 on 03/09/2021 - 13:49

          I'm cautious of the dangers of the vaccine not covid. I'll take my chances not an unpaid labrat.

          • MrFrugalSpend on 03/09/2021 - 21:39

            @Fraulein321: But paid labrat you'd be OK with? Maybe labors plan to pay people for vax would work on some!? It seems you have a poor understanding of risk and statistics…. lets hope you don't become a statistic as a result (for your sake), and that you don't take up hospital beds needed by people who have unavoidable illness or injury (for the rest of our sake).

            • CoreJava on 04/09/2021 - 13:26

              @MrFrugalSpend: Well, people can use the hospital bed, because no one is getting flu now.

              • MrFrugalSpend on 04/09/2021 - 21:43

                @CoreJava: People who say this and compare to the flu numbers have no idea about pandemics. Most misquote facts about flu deaths.

                Firstly, if everyone had flu jabs, the numbers would also be much lower.

                Secondly, the only reason our flu hospitalizations and deaths have been comparable in total is because we've never let covid rampant in our normal society. Lockdowns and vaccines are our defense to limit casualties.

                Pandemics spread rapidly because no one's body has seen the new virus before, so our immune systems don't know it is a threat and are slow to react. With flu, plenty of people have had it, severe infections spread more slowly. Many people who get it have been exposed to influenza before so fight it off with less serious illness.

                This is why concepts like herd immunity exist, and why 80% vaccines work. Vaccines teach our body to recognise the virus. 80% of people is enough to slow the spread so it would be about the same pace and severity as flu without the lockdowns and restrictions.

                Without these controls, we'd all get sick at once very fast and with high severity levels, and overload the health system. The world has shown this even with restrictions the numbers are way higher than flu. We simply do not have the hospital resources to cope.

              • MrFrugalSpend on 06/09/2021 - 21:58

                @Fraulein321: No worries, so you don't let statistical facts get in the way of your stories… sorry but global death toll at 4.5 million is way to big a stat to be able to shove where the sun don't shine and can't be misinterpreted either, its fairly simple.

                I've had the vax and as expected, like the dozens of people I know, it was completely fine and felt great afterwards, so a bunch of moronic cartoons about *side effects is pointless to me, so enjoy covid-19… p.s. theres no one to sue when the "shit hits the fan" when you get seriously ill from covid either. Especially considering its now your own fault for refusing medical advice.

                Perhaps some quotes about real people would help instead of cartoons:

                "Michael Freedy, a 38-year-old father of five from Las Vegas, died last Thursday morning from complications arising from Covid. He sent his finaceé Jessica DuPreeze a text message while he was in the hospital: “I should have gotten the damn vaccine."

                Conservative radio host Phil Valentine spent months preaching vaccine skepticism to his followers in Nashville… Valentine’s station, 99.7 WTN, announced on Friday that the host contracted Covid and that he is in “serious condition” in the critical care unit. The experience has led Valentine to reconsider his stance on the vaccine. “If he had to do it over again, he would be more adamantly pro-vaccination,…

                "WNDB’s Marc Bernier, a late Daytona, Florida, talk radio host who dubbed himself “Mr. Anti-Vax” in December while assuring his listeners “I’m not taking it.” True to his word, Bernier contracted COVID-19 roughly three weeks ago and his death was announced over the weekend by his radio station––which had awkwardly acknowledged his on-air “anti-vaccine” commentary just before his passing"

              • Fraulein321 on 06/09/2021 - 22:11

                @Fraulein321: CAN

      • CoreJava on 04/09/2021 - 13:24
        -1

        Totally agree with your view. Just like any other thing, first version always come with problems. This mRNA is the first time it is being used by human. I do not know why everyone wants to become a lab rat. I prefer lock down and staying home and enjoy my nbn at home. When people ask, simply say you are vaccinated. As I got a lot of friends who are vaccinated become quite hostile to those who are not and blame the lockdown due to people who are not vaccinated.

        • MrFrugalSpend on 04/09/2021 - 21:33
          -1

          Get AZ, tried and proven traditional platform, not a mRNA experiment, much lower risk of serious illness, clotting and death than chances you now have with the disease as we have a growing outbreak.

          If everyone had the vaccine, we wouldn't have a lockdown, plenty of AZ. Not saying you are to blame, all the facts and messaging has been bungled.

          • CoreJava on 04/09/2021 - 21:43

            @MrFrugalSpend: You get AZ and Pfizer all you want. Only if there is a vaccine that can prevent me from transmitting, otherwise I doubt I will get any jab.

            • MrFrugalSpend on 04/09/2021 - 21:53

              @CoreJava: Of course i have.
              And you should thank all of us who have , because it is the 80% that bother to risk getting the vaccine that solve this for those <20% too scared / skeptical to.

              It doesn't matter whether you transmit once 80%+ are vaccinated. It's not going to make vaccinated people die and the unvaccinated it's their own fault for avoiding a preventable disease by then!

              If it were up to me to make the policies, come December, once everyone has had opportunity to get both vaccines, unvaccinated people would be made last priority to receive a hospital bed for covid ahead of any other illness. Just like it should be for self-inflicted smoking or drugs illness.

              • CoreJava on 04/09/2021 - 22:15

                @MrFrugalSpend: Lucky that you are not the one who make the policies. Thank god for that. I feel that you are getting upset at unvaccinated people. I think lockdown must have caused a lot of mental illness issue. Maybe call the mens line for help.

                • MrFrugalSpend on 05/09/2021 - 08:47

                  @CoreJava: Thank god you aren't making the policies. We have a proportionally safe and tested solution to prevent serious illness and death…. only if you take it before virus exposure… but you encourage people not to use it. You couldn't make a tough choice to save people. My goodness, then you expect health care workers who are already overloaded to still treat you as a priority! Selfish

                  Of course I am getting upset an unvaccinated people, if you all went out and used the millions of spare AZ sitting in fridges, we could open everything up, huge ease the serious and illness and death, visit our families in other areas, travel very soon. You think the answer is to sit at home on your NBN, lots of people have to go out and do things to keep your NBN running, the power and water on, food supply available as well as preferably have lives worth living.

                  I have no mental health issues, I have the cognitive capacity to trust the right sources of information and make the right call. I must say I felt great after getting vaccinated, like I'd made a difference at solving something big and my little step in a big team effort. Whereas you seem to have inherent psychological issues that has predisposed you to distrust of medical scientists and authority. Either that or you are young and lack life experience, combined with the Dunning Kruger effect. We can't stay at home forever, its killing peoples livelihoods and separating families.

                  You're either part of the problem, or part of the solution.

  • CoreJava on 02/09/2021 - 02:06
    -2

    I personally prefer lockdown and stay home to use nbn

    • G-rig on 02/09/2021 - 05:31
      +6

      Lol

    • pennypincher98 on 02/09/2021 - 19:15
      +2

      Yes you did get down voted

  • customundo on 02/09/2021 - 02:22

    Makes sense. It would be hard to chase down those monthly payments from dead anti-vaxxers

  • LoserScott on 02/09/2021 - 03:38
    -4

    So if I'm vaccinated but not a member in anyway I get punished, but if Im Not vaccinated but a full member in everyway I get punished.

    Seems like a good deal to me.

    • bean_counter on 02/09/2021 - 05:08
      +3

      There's a simple solution for either scenario - unless you enjoy being "punished"

      • LoserScott on 02/09/2021 - 11:02
        -4

        Listen to you all day, the unvaccinated, and the one on full plan.

        Nice.

        Listen to you all day, the unvaccinated, and the one on full plan.

        Listen to you all day, the unvaccinated, and the one on full plan.

        Listen to you all day, the unvaccinated, and the one on full plan.

        Did I happen to mention,

        Nice.

        What was your question again?

        • Tunblor on 02/09/2021 - 15:49
          +1

          ….What?

          • LoserScott on 02/09/2021 - 16:31

            @Tunblor: Still forgot

            • jv on 02/09/2021 - 21:18
              +3

              @LoserScott:

              Still forgot

              That's a symptom of covid.

              Go get tested and self isolate for 2 weeks…

    • D3m3ntia on 02/09/2021 - 08:06
      +2

      How dare an evil corporation require you to be a consumer of their service to reward you…

      I don't think we need to discuss the second scenario, for can't argue with them Facebook facts

    • ScruffTheJanitor on 02/09/2021 - 09:53
      +1

      Not being able to get a deal is not being punished.

    • 47 on 02/09/2021 - 05:15
      +10

      Do not protect you from dying, according to TGA

      If you are going to present a claim, please also link a trustworthy resource. Otherwise, you just look like an opinionated idiot.
      Early real-world data from vaccine recipients in England, Scotland and Israel show that vaccination provides a high level of protection from symptomatic COVID-19 infection and serious illness, along with a large reduction in the risk of hospital admissions. Quoted from Assessing the long-term safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine.

      • bob19 on 02/09/2021 - 06:49
        +2

        Mate, you cut my sentence wrongly and combined different parts into one. I guess, this is your way of comprehending information.
        I wrote: "according to TGA, [vaccines] are still undergoing large-scale clinical trials".
        As for the "do not protect you from dying part", check out the events unfolding in some countries with the highest vaccination rate.
        For instance, in Israel and England - vast majority of deaths from Covid during the current wave are FULLY vaxxed.
        Below is the link to a TRUSTWORTHY RESOURCE, e.g. official data from UK government and not from some BS article which you take as you source of information.
        ENGLAND
        Technical Briefing 20 (1 Feb to 2 Aug 2021)
        The data in Table 5 (pages 18 and 19) shows the following:
        There were 3 times less FULLY vaxxed people admitted to hospitals compared to unvaxxed (47,008 vs 151,054).
        However, 59% more of FULLY vaxxed people died than the unvaxxed (402 vs 253).
        Death rate of unvaxxed admitted to hospital: 0.167%
        Death rate of FULLY vaxxed admitted to hospital: 0.855%
        Accordingly, death rate of FULLY vaxxed was 512% HIGHER compared to the death rate of the unvaxxed!!!
        https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/…

        And here's another link for you where you may check the situation in Israel (nation of 9.3 mln people), where 80% of people over 12 are fully vaccinated:
        https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/israel/
        Daily new cases are approximately 12,000
        Currently infected: 83,500
        Majority of people in hospitals are FULLY vaxxed. Sadly, many died.
        They are now vacinating people over 40 for the 3rd time.

        • MBix on 02/09/2021 - 06:56
          +1

          That's a lot of words for telling us you don't want 2,500 points. Can smell the anti-vax steaming from you just from the way you formatted your retort!

          • bob19 on 02/09/2021 - 07:08
            +1

            @MBix: For your info - I am fully vaxxed with all the fully approved and thoroughly tested vaccines.
            As for the lots of words - I simply provided the government's data which exposes lies of those who tell people that they won't die from Covid if they are vaxxed.

            • MBix on 02/09/2021 - 07:13

              @bob19: So you have a COVID Vaccine?

              Mate I fully agree with you, they should give all those 12 to 18 month old kiddos 2500 points too that have the mumps jab. Just the other day I saw a toddler signing up to a Telstra plan at my local store. At first I wondered if he was going Android or Apple, then I thought to myself hot damn I hope he doesn't have the mumps.

            • PhatTofu on 02/09/2021 - 07:47
              +3

              @bob19: Aww so cute, looks like someone wants to pretend to be a statistician! You clearly left out that there is much more to the data than meets the eye, and to take into account proportions of populations…

              https://www.covid-datascience.com/post/israeli-data-how-can-…

              In particular, the key factors here that contribute to this confusion are:

              1. High vaccination rates in the country (nearly 80% of all residents >12yr)

              2. Age disparity in vaccinations, including

              3. Nearly all older people being vaccinated (>90% of residents >50yr) and

              4. The vast majority of unvaccinated being younger people (>85% of unvaccinated <50yr)

              5. Older people are orders of magnitude more likely to be hospitalized with a respiratory virus than young people (residents >50yr are >20x more likely to have hospitalized serious infections than residents <50yr, and residents 90+ are >1600x more likely to have hospitalized serious infections than residents 12-15yr)

              • bob19 on 02/09/2021 - 19:47
                +1

                @PhatTofu: It's not about the stats. It's simply about the factual TRUTH that fully vaxxed do get seriously ill and do die contrary to what we have been told before.

        • 47 on 02/09/2021 - 07:08

          from some BS article which you take as you source of information

          BS because it doesnt suit your agenda?

          • bob19 on 02/09/2021 - 19:43

            @47: I do not have any agenda. I called Your article BS because it's just some speculations which have been written by some unknown person back in May.
            I provided you with the credible source of information which is UK government which proves that fully vaxxed people do die and in large numbers.
            You have been told that fully jabbed do not die. This is what they told you when they launched these jabs. But after half a year it has become clear that this assumption was totally wrong. But instead of accepting this, you just prefer to ignore the FACTS because they do not suit your agenda.

            Btw, in Israel they just announced that those who had two jabs won't be considered fully vaxxed anymore and their "green passports" will be cancelled and they will lose their "freedoms" until they get the third jab.

        • knackers on 02/09/2021 - 07:13
          +2

          78% of over-16s are fully vaccinated in the UK, the unvaccinated are likely to be children. Covid presents differently in children, they're less likely to succumb to the illness. Citing ratios is missing the forest for the trees, the mortality rate has plummeted in the UK because of high vaccination rate.

          • bob19 on 02/09/2021 - 19:48

            @knackers: You have been told that fully vaxxed people do not get seriosuly ill and do not die. The TRUTH is that fully vaxxed do get seriously ill and do die contrary to what we have been told before.

          • bob19 on 03/09/2021 - 00:00

            @knackers: The mortality rate has plummeted everywhere because Delta strain whilst being more infectious is significuntly less dangerous. Vast majority either don't have symptoms or have it as a cold or a mild flu.

            • knackers on 03/09/2021 - 06:19

              @bob19: I know Sky News keeps stroking your ego by telling you a sub-high school level education is better than a post grad degree. Allow me to burst your bubble, they are wrong, you sound like a complete moron.

        • [Deactivated] on 02/09/2021 - 07:58

          Someones been watching Alan Jones

          • bob19 on 02/09/2021 - 19:51

            @[Deactivated]: Someone researched the official data coming from UK and Israeli government which clearly shows that fully vaxxed do get seriously ill and do die contrary to what we have been told before.
            If you prefer not to see it, it's your problem.

            • [Deactivated] on 02/09/2021 - 19:56

              @bob19: sigh here we go again. I think I've seen it but send it to me again. We've never, not once, been told the vaccine will make you completely immune to covid. It does however, reduce your risk of hospitalisation and the extent is important because it tells us how much of the population we need to ensure how hospitals can cope. I'm pretty sure BOTH data sets support that idea, and data from Sydney, that if you are unvaccinated, you are MORE LIKELY to end up in hospital. Let me guess, it was Alan Jones who said 'CONTRARY TO WHAT WE'VE BEEN TOLD [despite no one really saying this or they're just so stupid they took it too literally], VACCINATED PEOPLE DO END UP IN HOSPITAL' it's literally one of the first arguments you hear from antivaxxers.

              Is everything experimental? Arguably if we are dealing with the new vaccines but they are the best we have because their effectiveness are high. But it's not as if mRNA is new and mRNA is a brand new concept and the effect is supposed to be the same. How long they last though is definitely an issue right now but could also be attributed to the fact that covid is more deadly than the flu in general so it was to be expected.

      • aussieprepper on 02/09/2021 - 07:26
        +1

        Yea but new data contradicts the old data, or else they wouldn't be wasting money on a booster shot already. Its fine to give people the vaccine but if its not working long term, its not the right answer unless Covid is treated like the seasonal flu.

        Confronting a surge of COVID-19 cases that officials expect to push hospitals to the brink. Nearly 60% of gravely ill patients are fully vaccinated.
        https://www.science.org/news/2021/08/grim-warning-israel-vac…

        • Tunblor on 02/09/2021 - 09:33

          Look at the ages of the gravely ill, you're cherry picking data.

          • bob19 on 02/09/2021 - 19:54

            @Tunblor: The ages of the fully vaxxed gravely ill vary a lot.
            Also, why don't you look at the ages of gravely ill with Covid? In AU the median age of people who died WITH Covid is 86.

        • bob19 on 02/09/2021 - 23:44
          -1

          Since January 2021 many prominent medical scientists and doctors (many with decades of experience and world-wide recognition), who were not afraid to go against the governments' dictated agenda, have been warning about the development which we are seeing now in the countries with the highest vaccination level. But noone listened to them. Instead they were labeled anti-vaxxers and conspiracy theorists.
          Now we can see that all their warnings were 100% accurate.

          • Fredorishi on 03/09/2021 - 00:34
            +2

            @bob19: Come on everyone. Listen to Bob, he clearly knows more about this virus and statistics than all the public health experts, virologists, statisticians etc. Hes not an anti-vaxxer, but clearly the vaccines aren't working and everyone shouldn't get vaccinated even though Bob has been.. Thanks for exposing the truth, Bob, you really should get a medal mate. Well done. And to think I gained this enlightenment here on Ozbargain. Wow! Thanks for sharing THE TRUTH, Bob. Really, really well.done.

    • sleet on 02/09/2021 - 06:43

      Privacy? If you choose to disclose it, then it is up to you.

    • Lord Fart Bucket on 02/09/2021 - 07:58

      Don't worry dude. Natural selection will work just fine too.
      Thanks for all your contributions. kbaithnx.

    • BargainKen on 02/09/2021 - 08:13

      Shhh, common sense has no place here 🙃

  • hopper on 02/09/2021 - 04:48

    Just logged in and noticed I lost all my points and it’s 0 now 😭
    Waiting for tech assist

    • screensaver on 02/09/2021 - 05:16
      +1

      they only last 3 years

      • MBix on 02/09/2021 - 06:57
        +1

        Has Telstra Plus even been around 3 years?

        • lynsis on 02/09/2021 - 07:45
          +1

          I don't think so. It looks like it started in May 2019?

  • 47 on 02/09/2021 - 04:49
    +4

    There's 1 report for Targeted Offer 😂

  • srhardy on 02/09/2021 - 06:29
    -3

    The DARWIN Award season, get a bonus 2500 points that gets you squat all

  • IamAI on 02/09/2021 - 07:15
    -4

    Comply, follow orders and get rewarded (or so thats what they want you to think) This is the beginning of the.Great Reset. "You will own nothing and be happy"

  • Poor Ass on 02/09/2021 - 07:29

    What are the chances they will sell this information off?

    • Carrera1963 on 02/09/2021 - 09:51
      +1

      I'd say zero, as the repercussions would be huge. Also this:

      "Your COVID-19 digital certificate document number will be used as proof of vaccination and then deleted from our records once it is no longer required for the sole purpose of administering the major prize draw promotion."

      • Poor Ass on 02/09/2021 - 11:54

        Ooooo I dunno

        If they are selling my details to telemarketer who knows what else they can do

        But is a risk everyone needs to assess

      • Maz78 on 02/09/2021 - 14:19

        And you genuinely believe that? Because there's never been a time that an org/company have lied and then leaked peoples personal info.
        Surely they would know who has it with the sudden uptake of 5G that's injected into everyone..?

  • mr_asstight on 02/09/2021 - 08:00

    Say no to experiment gene therapies and health passports

  • ozbar on 02/09/2021 - 08:02
    +2

    This is a joke right lol

  • Raulioli8810 on 02/09/2021 - 08:04
    +2

    Absolutely disgusting behaviour from all these companies

    • MBix on 02/09/2021 - 08:19

      Is it?

    • CyberMurning on 02/09/2021 - 08:19
      +1

      agree. bad moves but i think it is something to do with the government as well.
      GB keep saying the company is okay to mandate but gov cant.

  • zzzman on 02/09/2021 - 08:29

    What exactly can 2500 Telstra Plus points get you?

    • seeknsearch on 02/09/2021 - 08:34
      +1

      Vaccinated.

    • BargainKen on 02/09/2021 - 08:46
      +2

      If its anything like Qantas, a small pack of peanuts on the plane

      • scar4ace on 02/09/2021 - 09:52
        +4

        So in other words - it's peanuts.

        • BargainKen on 02/09/2021 - 13:36
          +1

          Literally yes 😁

  • Motek Benzona on 02/09/2021 - 08:41
    +2

    Oooh free video rental in exchange for multiple clot shots. My heart has swelled with …Well I thought it was love for the generosity but now i know its Pericarditis from my 15th booster

  • stingykent on 02/09/2021 - 08:48
    +4

    blood clots and heart inflammation in exchange for some telstra points hmmm sounds tempting lol

    • buckster on 02/09/2021 - 12:54
      +3

      Yeah because a covid infection so so much better 🙄🙄🙄

      Oh, you probably don't believe it exists right?

      • Fraulein321 on 02/09/2021 - 17:42
        +3

        the 99.97% recovery rate says otherwise.

        • buckster on 02/09/2021 - 18:27
          -1

          Rather not have to deal with the 2-6 weeks of illness thanks.

          Also the 99.97% takes into account vaccination

          • Fraulein321 on 02/09/2021 - 18:28

            @buckster: No it doesn't. Coolio, enjoy all the damage an experimental vaccine will do to your body down the line. Personally I'd rather the so called '2-6 weeks of illness'. ;)

            • [Deactivated] on 02/09/2021 - 20:14
              +1

              @Fraulein321: 15.5% in indonesia right now among the unvaccinated, oh wait that's cause they don't have the equiptment we do. Well it would suck if everyone needed it all at once right…

          • Raulioli8810 on 03/09/2021 - 08:00
            -1

            @buckster: You honestly think this untested vaccine is any better? You can still get the virus and spread it even if you're vaxxed. Open up your eyes. It takes years and years to properly develop a vaccine.
            Only question I have for you people who love the vaccine, what are the long term effects of it?
            Can't tell me? Of course not because no one knows. There hasn't been enough testing and research

            • buckster on 03/09/2021 - 08:02
              +1

              @Raulioli8810: Most of those years are spend trying to secure funding.

              No effects from my vaccine in 6 months. Know people still experiencing effects from a positive infection 16 months on. Do you know the long term effects of Covid infection? No? Didn't think so.

              If I get sick from the virus my illness will be brief and mild compared to yours. Good luck

              • Raulioli8810 on 05/09/2021 - 07:36
                -2

                @buckster: I'd rather take my chances with Natural immunity. Especially now as I've been watching the news and interviews. The doctors have said themselves they have no idea what the long term effects are.
                There are new strains emerging which your precious vaccine will not be able to stop. So you'll need booster after booster after booster. Good luck with your compramised immunity.
                My natural immunity is 30x stronger then any "vaccine". So again. I'll take my chances.

  • syousef on 02/09/2021 - 08:55

    Tesltra could t hank me by not slashing their upload speeds in half in the middle of a pandemic and giving me no way of restoring those speeds at any price. Planning on switching to a different provider later this month, after 23 years with Bigpond.

    • Carrera1963 on 02/09/2021 - 09:53

      By "Telstra" do you mean "NBN"? Or are you actually on a Telstra-provided service?

      https://www.crn.com.au/news/aussie-broadband-boss-slams-nbn-…

      • syousef on 02/09/2021 - 22:36

        "From [email protected]
        Subject: Important changes to your internet plan

        Hi XXXXXX,

        We are no longer offering the Premium Speed add-on with our Unlimited Internet Plan.

        Your Unlimited Internet plan currently has a Premium Speed add-on which increases your internet speeds to 100Mbps download and 40Mbps upload. This is faster than your plans default nbn™ Standard Plus speed which is 50Mbps download and 20Mbps upload (typical speeds - 7pm to 11pm).

        To maintain your current typical download speed of 100Mbps we're moving you to the Premium Internet plan from 24 September 2021. Your typical upload speeds will reduce to 20Mbps.

        We're moving you to our Premium Internet plan from 24 September 2021.

        The minimum monthly cost of your new plan for XXXXX will be $110.
        To help with the transition we're giving you a $15 credit for 12 months so you'll pay $95 for the next 12 months. We've applied this credit to keep your price close to your current plan price as your Premium Speed add-on was provided at a discounted rate. If you change to another plan this credit may no longer apply."

        How nice of them to only increase my bill by $5/month for the next 12 months while they slash my upload speed in half.

        Aussie Broadband and Superloop can still do 100/40 at my address. Meanwhile Telstra are claiming due to a technical issue they can't provide it anymore (even though I'm getting it right now), and trying to get me to "agree so you can get the discount" - in other words holding my complaint to ransom. Every few days I ask to have it escalated but they just start over. Time to ditch Telstra - I started with their Broadband in 1998 and had a phone phone for years before that.

  • Zacsik on 02/09/2021 - 10:34
    -1

    Is this able to be claimed yet? I am fully vaccinated.

    • buckster on 02/09/2021 - 12:55
      +1

      It says 28 days to go

      • Zacsik on 02/09/2021 - 15:32

        Thanks!

  • bean_counter on 02/09/2021 - 10:36
    +7

    If the benefits of getting vaccinated weren't already apparent to an individual then I don't see bonuses like this changing their mind. I've had my jabs because of concern for my health and those around me. That's enough incentive for me and to me the benefits far outweigh the risks. Is it a perfect solution - no, but what's the alternative? Tough it out and let tens of millions of people (or more) die? Or wait for the perfect vaccine to be developed, which may never occur and in the meantime let tens of millions of people?
    There's plenty of negative comments about getting vaccinated against COVID but not much about their solution to this pandemic - probably because they don't really have one. It's generally easier to pick holes in solutions than to come up with a good one yourself.
    In the meantime, I'm happy to get any bonuses like Telstra Plus points or Qantas FF points that businesses want to throw my way. I'm also happy they are giving points to people who have already had their vaccs rather than just an incentive (minor) for those who are yet to get them. Thanks OP

    • Maz78 on 02/09/2021 - 14:22
      +1

      They're "throwing" points at you for further uptake of your info… You get nothing for nothing..

      • bean_counter on 02/09/2021 - 15:48
        -1

        And you get nothing for nothing too

    • bob19 on 03/09/2021 - 00:12

      There are solutions but they will be in breach of the contracts the govt has signed with big pharma.

  • stingykent on 02/09/2021 - 11:43

    Damn, so many brainwashed sheep on ozbargain 🐑🐑
    Just wear a mask, just stay at home, just get the jab, just get the 5th booster shot and everything will go back to normal LOL

    • ozbargainer88 on 02/09/2021 - 12:38
      +6

      Time for your daily dose of Ivermectin, sheep.

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