Time to Flex! What Deal You Most Proud of?

hasher22 on 19/07/2023 - 01:12
Last edited 19/07/2023 - 01:14

I don't care if it's from a price error, bug, genuine sale, word of mouth…. whatever.

What service or product you got that you felt you got an amazing price for and was it worth it?

  1. My Beats Studio head phones for $201 which was the biggest steal at the time in 2015. Dicksmith ebay had it online at a sale price for $407 (Think RRP was around $450 or more at that time), then Dicksmith had a massive online ebay sale. I jumped on the sale and got it for $201. Not even 1 hour from the sale started, later my brother wanted it as well, he jumped online and Dicksmith bumped up the Beats back to RRP and excluded the Beats from the discount code. I got very lucky! I am still using those beats today and they are still going strong, no plans on replacing them.

  2. My LG 28" Ultrawide monitor with 144hz refresh rate I got second hand but pretty much brand new for $150 because the owner was going overseas the in next few days and just posted the monitor up the same day as he needed to get rid of it ASAP. I got it I think around 2017-18, I was just browsing on Gumtree for a monitor and I was the first one to message him, picked it up within 1 hour and paid cash. When I searched the RRP of the model, it was well over $700+. No dead pixels, everything looked brand new and I couldn't believe I paid $150 for it. When I made the deal, the seller said he got 10+ messages for the monitor. I am still using the monitor today and still going very strong!

What are your crazy deals?

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  • Ghost47 on 19/07/2023 - 01:31
    +10

    I walked into an Anaconda store around 7 or 8 years ago during summer and stumbled on some Cederberg down jackets that were going for $40 each. Solid buy. 100% worth it.

    Also my car which I bought second hand three years after it was originally purchased. By then the seller was selling it for 50% of fthe original RRP because they had to get rid of the lease as it was financed and they were moving overseas. Top trim level too. Guy who sold it was a school principal and an honest bloke, transferred the cash to his account and he didn't just walk out of the bank acting like he didn't know me, he paid off the loan there and then and I learnt he didn't actually make any money off the sale, it was just to get the debt off his shoulders. These days you'd worry about being scammed. I actually went back to his place a couple of days later when the debt was settled and gave him a few hundred dollars to say thanks, still have the SMS from him in my phone thanking me and calling me a "nice guy" lol. I've never had an issue with the car either except for an oil leak for not changing the oil on time (which is why it's also been a solid buy for me). Again 100% worth it. Hoping to get to the point where (annualised out) the cost of the car will be something like $500 a year. That's value.

    • Muzeeb on 19/07/2023 - 08:09
      +14

      except for an oil leak for not changing the oil on time

      Ummm. Ok.

      • Xistn on 19/07/2023 - 08:16
        +5

        It's a Euro thing to leak when you havent been serviced per the schedule.

        • Muzeeb on 19/07/2023 - 08:22
          +1

          That makes sense. Cheers

        • JimB on 19/07/2023 - 10:15
          +21

          It's also a Euro thing to leak when you service it per the schedule.

          Eurolife

        • toomuchdogfur on 19/07/2023 - 10:27
          +10

          It's also an Euro thing for oil to just "burn off" in normal use.

          With extra burn if you start the engine too cold.
          Or too hot.
          Or if you drive too fast.
          Or too slow.
          Or if you drive too far.
          Or not far enough.

        • Drakesy on 19/07/2023 - 12:20

          Euro's just generally suck.

        • Ghost47 on 19/07/2023 - 13:54
          +2

          I don’t own a Euro, it’s a Japanese car. If I owned a Euro I’d probably have a lot more issues with it.

          • PVA on 21/07/2023 - 13:36
            +1

            @Ghost47: Japanese Honda Accord Euro ?

      • jizmo on 19/07/2023 - 11:10
        +1

        Think about drinking lots of beer and not doing scheduled toilet breaks. Things will start to leak.

      • Ghost47 on 19/07/2023 - 14:12
        +1

        To be a clearer the “leak” was a few drops of oil on the floor after about eight hours of the car being parked and came from the oil drain plug because of the washer going bad. If I replaced the oil (and the washer) earlier the “leak”wouldn’t have occurred.

        My point was that I’ve not had any major mechanical issues with the car in the decade I’ve owned it.

        • Muzeeb on 19/07/2023 - 14:13

          That makes even more sense. Cheers.

          Sounds like the sump plug was rattled on crushing the sacrificial washer to oblivion.

          • Ghost47 on 19/07/2023 - 14:23

            @Muzeeb: Not sure, I thought over time the washer could fail. It was fine for over 12 months (I think I left it until 16-17 months to get the oil changed). Won’t do that again.

    • nubzy on 19/07/2023 - 08:49
      +3

      Heh, similar to my car buying story. It was a lease car and sold for well under 50% of new price, looked, felt and drove like new and still does to this day. I don't want to get rid of it as the thought of shelling out so much $$$ for a new car and having horrendous depreciation is sickening. Don't seem to come across used bargains anymore even with the more obscure brands :(

      • Ghost47 on 19/07/2023 - 14:14

        Yeah, the next car I buy will probably be another lightly used new car. The depreciation driving off the lot isn’t worth buying new.

    • Stopback on 19/07/2023 - 09:42

      Cars are liabilities

      Unless 10 year old camry

      • Ghost47 on 19/07/2023 - 14:13
        +1

        Don’t disagree there. Not a Camry but it is Japanese.

  • Vancomycin 1000mg on 19/07/2023 - 04:49

    Bought two instant pot duo nova for $69 (nice) bloody steal.

  • Steve222 on 19/07/2023 - 05:16
    +66

    I got an email last week informing me that Prince Mumba Jumba has sadly passed away. He left me $8.5 Million in gold in trunk boxes and all I have to do is pay $900 for shipping and taxes. What a bargain. Just paid for the shipping and taxes and now waiting for my gold.

    • franco cozzo on 19/07/2023 - 05:39
      +6

      Prince Mumba Jumba was renowned for his benevolence…enjoy your wealth!

    • Sinnerator on 19/07/2023 - 08:06
      +29

      Australian Customs here, we are currently holding your gold bars in trunks until you pay us a customs clearance fee of $900

      • Littlevu on 24/07/2023 - 01:02
        +2

        Delivery guy here. As you do not have the security clearance to collect yourself, you need to pay me $900 to deliver to your home. Those gold crates are heavy.

    • CrispyChrispy on 19/07/2023 - 08:52
      +4

      Weird, he told me the same a month ago… 🤔

      • Xistn on 19/07/2023 - 11:17
        +2

        Oddly he told me this a decade ago…

      • Thenarrator on 25/07/2023 - 10:36

        i guess the 8.5m was already divided equally amongst his heirs

  • Gunnar on 19/07/2023 - 07:27
    +15

    Back when I worked at office works I got a $400ish printer for $0.95

    It was on quit cycle and went down to $1.00, I happened to have $0.95 in change so took my staff discount card out and used that too

    The same day I also got a $300 scanner for $1.00 (I didn’t use the staff discount card because it would have meant getting $0.05 change)

    • druex on 20/07/2023 - 22:11
      +2

      The good old quit cycle report was the map to bargains. Got a basic desktop tower for $40 because it was close to a year old. Same with a Navman GPS and Sony Camcorder.

  • Porker on 19/07/2023 - 07:32
    +15

    Went to the Salvation Army store to buy some books for my kids and found a boxed Heman toy from the 1980s for $6. Grabbed it immediately. Box was opened but complete with manual etc.

    Sold it on market place for $400.

    • whyisave on 23/07/2023 - 22:11
      +1

      Once I found a Louis Vuitton handbag in Kerbside cleanup in Manly (Sydney).
      I put it on eBay, and it sold for AU$ 160 (+ $55 shipping too).

  • whitepuma on 19/07/2023 - 07:58
    +15

    Just last year

    Garage sale.

    Near perfect condition Nintendo GameCube, violet colour, 2 original controllers, 6 games. $20

    Kids had moved out of home, so the parents clearing out stuff just assumed it was all worthless

    • Hunter14 on 20/07/2023 - 16:34
      +6

      Would have loved to hear the convo when the parents told the kids how much they sold their games for.

      • WhyAmICommenting on 20/07/2023 - 18:38
        +3

        Probably on here venting about it somewhere 😂

    • cdaddy on 22/07/2023 - 21:15

      Someone out there got a bargain on my Gameboys that I had as a kid because of a situation like this 😭

  • Sinnerator on 19/07/2023 - 08:04
    +2

    acer swift 1 laptop brand new TGG canberra jan 2022 $150
    AND
    AND
    AND
    they demanded my phone number, you know, for warranty purposes
    I said no, forced them to take my money, took my receipt (you know for warranty purposes) and walked out

    • Logical on 20/07/2023 - 13:19

      That's all Acer's are worth… The number of these coming back for repair is never ending

    • WhyAmICommenting on 20/07/2023 - 18:39

      Why was it $150 ?

  • tissue on 19/07/2023 - 08:11
    +1

    Best ozbargain was the $700 return flights to the USA through Expedia Ireland, back when the dollar was at parity (or slightly above).

    Best deal I have was scouring Gumtree in every generic "desk and office chair" that was for sale. Managed to get a 3 year old Herman Miller Mirra chair for $50 from someones home office who was retiring the business. Told him that he could keep his desk as I already had one (which I think made him believe he could sell the desk again and make even more money).

  • boomramada on 19/07/2023 - 08:12
    +20

    When Masters were around, bought three lampshades $2 each, it was mark down. Try to install it but didn't fit, so returned it and they refund the original amount of $100+ each. 😬
    That could be the reason, they went bust.

  • SnowDragon on 19/07/2023 - 08:16
    +11

    BWS had a glitch with their website where you could order multiple bottles of spirits and it only charged you for the first one.
    In hindsight I should have ordered a lot more

    • Malarkey on 19/07/2023 - 08:50
      +10

      I too enjoyed the BWS glitch.

    • z z on 19/07/2023 - 09:10

      Yep, this one was a good one. I stumbled across it too, and was about to post it, but someone bet me to it!

    • Murdrum on 23/07/2023 - 18:49
      +1

      This was something like a 7am deal that by chance I checked New Deals early in the morning. Conservatively I only got
      6x 4 packs of beer for price of 1x4
      4x 1L spirit for price of 1

  • ThithLord on 19/07/2023 - 08:39
    +1

    5PCS 0.2W 3 x SMD 2835 22Lm USB LED Light Portable Camping Lamp

    5 x USB LEDs for a grand total of 1c delivered. Five of the little buggers, delivered, from Chyna. For 1c!

  • parisian on 19/07/2023 - 09:08
    +4

    2x Macbook Pros 2015 - I7 - 16GB RAM - 256GB SSD that were incorrectly listed for $1500 each instead of $2900 on Apple Refurb in 2017.
    Best Macs we've had - still running like Day 1!

    • wizzlesticks on 21/07/2023 - 08:16
      +16

      That's really unfair on the seller though. The item should have been shipped back to them. They lost a $1k guitar through no fault of their own.

      • thlunasa on 21/07/2023 - 21:04
        -5

        ehhh he was pretty abusive and uncooperative on the whole path to even enquiring to P-B

  • z z on 19/07/2023 - 09:17
    +27

    SnowDragon reminded me above… Ordered 14x 4packs of pre-mixed spirits at BWS online, that were on a decent special. Went in-store to collect, and they looked at me strangely, and said "Oh, you're that big order that came in just now". And wheeled out two massive trolleys. Then they commented "You must really like this stuff!"

    I explained, "no, I only ordered the smaller 4-packs". And they said, "no, check the paperwork — it says cartons. That means these big ones".

    So, they proceeded to help me load the car with 14x 24 packs… Only just fitted.

    I'd spent just over $100, for over $1k's worth of vodka mixers… Still trying to get through them all to this day :-)

    • Xistn on 19/07/2023 - 12:34
      +3

      Address? Mummification by alcohol sounds good to me!

  • altomic on 19/07/2023 - 09:32
    +1

    too many awesome deals
    this deal I posted from 2 weeks ago for slabs of beer for $19.95 - i was buying vodka and saw the stack of slabs and grabbed one. the Dans guys scanned the slab and said $59.95 (or something like that). I said "it's on clearance" , he looked over at the sign, said "oh yeah, one sec" and then reduced it to $9.95. cool beans,., so I grabbed a second slab because…..beer.

    the 2016 virgin deals through expedia - booked 4 overseas holidays for 2017 due to stupidly low prices -
    e.g. beijing $893 for myself and my 3 kids return, Chennai $1060 for myself and my 3 kids return

    already had tickets for $1300 return. from a jetstar deal for August Jetstar. 1 adult + 3 kids, and vietnam in april for $1000 (i forget the amount, but stupidly cheap) for 1 adult +3 kids.

    2017 was a crazy year for travel

  • ShortyX on 19/07/2023 - 09:59

    2007 Big W Boxing Day Sale - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/2518

    My first introduction to OzBargain and bought a Victa Sabre lawn mower for $198 - still using it today.

  • Clear on 19/07/2023 - 10:17
    +6

    I came first in the 100m race back in grade 4.

    Oh sorry we're talking OzBargain deals. That Alienware monitor that one time which had everyone crying.

    • Muzeeb on 19/07/2023 - 11:37

      Sounds like a bargain.

      • Clear on 19/07/2023 - 11:39
        +4

        All thanks to you. I've mounted it in my Tesla which is another word that makes OzBargainers cry.

    • Puglife on 19/07/2023 - 11:39
      +4

      I got a participation trophy in Grade 5 for a team I never played in. Still holds a special place on my mantelpiece.
      The only trophy i ever won…

      • Clear on 19/07/2023 - 11:40

        Winning. I had my name etched on an artillery shell for best shot but didn't get to keep the trophy. I'm jealous.

    • Nillionaire on 20/07/2023 - 14:35
      +1

      I got my pen license in grade 2

      I have since forgotten to write cursive and can't read it anymore

  • Caped Baldy on 19/07/2023 - 11:12
    +1

    That ebay deal earlier in the year where it was $50 off a $100 spend. I didn't abuse it too much but got a 3 piece Baccarat stone cookware set that's pretty good.

    • brendanm on 19/07/2023 - 13:21
      +3

      I've got bad news about that baccarat stone set.

      • Caped Baldy on 19/07/2023 - 13:26

        Cancerous or something?

        • brendanm on 19/07/2023 - 13:28

          The non stick lasts about 5 minutes, and they buckle like there's no tomorrow.

          • Caped Baldy on 19/07/2023 - 14:33

            @brendanm: Is this your personal experience or is there somewhere that has this reported as a widespread issue?

  • Puglife on 19/07/2023 - 11:37

    LG CS 65". Bought it in January for $1388 delivered.

    I didn't need it but it was just too good a price to ignore.

    • whorishmouth on 21/07/2023 - 11:39

      How, where?

      • Puglife on 21/07/2023 - 13:28
        +4

        Targeted offer/promotion through LG. I had an offer through an email and got a 50% off coupon.

        • whorishmouth on 21/07/2023 - 17:54

          Farrr….that's a steal, well done.

    • SuperLuigiBros on 24/07/2023 - 10:14

      Damn that's amazing. I found a 65" CS deal for $1999 recently. The best deal I could find otherwise was about $2200 for a 55" C1 so I jumped on the CS and felt really good about it. $1388 is fantastic.

  • Almost Banned on 19/07/2023 - 12:02
    +2

    I deal that still warms my heart when I think about it was the Business Class fares on Air Asia for less than most people paid in economy.
    It was our first trip to KL - but we fell in love with the place and went back many more times.
    It was just so satisfying seeing people troop past who had paid more to sit in the back row next to the toilets while we spread out in business - and I took my kids too, whose legs were short so their feet hardly touched the ground being able to spread out in their lie-flat beds when the six footers in the back were cramped in for hours…
    Ahh, the good old days.

  • tallkid123 on 19/07/2023 - 12:31
    +1

    Rare $1 PS3/Xbox 360 game clearout at JB HIfi in 2015

    I got a lot of games for my collection that day.

    • AustriaBargain on 19/07/2023 - 14:24
      +1

      $75 for three years of Ultimate was a pretty sweet deal too actually.

  • Drakesy on 19/07/2023 - 12:32
    +6

    PS4 was thrown out for rubbish collection on the verge,
    Plugged it in and it displayed an error code, googled it, changed out the hard drive and she's good as new.

    Other one was during 2019 - pre covid, picked up a fully specc'd out gaming PC i7 - GTX1080 which had a bad batch of ram off a verge, replaced it. Bitcoin took off, sold it for something like $1500.

    Best Ozbargain one was the 4 for $40 wine deal at Liquorland during Covid which had $40-$45 bottles of wine for $10. Picked up a few Penfolds & St Hugos for next to nothing, the workers were hoarding them while they could. Cellar to this day is very healthy.

  • spackbace on 19/07/2023 - 13:32
    +1

    2 return flights to melb plus 2x nights accom and 12 bottles of wine for $180 total

    10tb ext hdd for about $150 a couple of years ago

    Easily winning a small batch bottle of Jack Daniels, easily winning $10/$20 worth of gcs through optus just before Xmas, easily winning $300+ in gcs for the body shop before xmas

    There's likely more that I've forgotten!

  • George Washington on 19/07/2023 - 14:00
    +4

    macpac 99 dollar halo. saving me winter bill

  • donbot on 19/07/2023 - 14:22

    Amex offers back in the day were gold, particularly with multiple hits and saving to supplementary cards. These ones come to mind:

    • Tango Energy
    • Momentum Energy
    • BP Gift Cards
    • First Choice Liquid Gift Cards (Coles)

    Granted, some of them as slow burn to realise the benefit of (still using up the last of tango credit from nearly 2 years ago), but I've had my share of cheap energy over the past 5 years due to these promos and free credit by paying on supplementary cards.

  • AustriaBargain on 19/07/2023 - 14:24
    +3

    The free 500g of coffee even though the deal was expired. Saved me $6 and half a trip to Aldi it did.

  • Puglife on 19/07/2023 - 19:21
    +3

    The Xbox One S from Telstra for $275 with 24 months game pass. Sold the console for $275, still enjoying the free gamepass.

  • lainey13 on 19/07/2023 - 22:54

    The 2015 Priceline Emirates pricing error. Got MEL-LONDON for $800 return during Easter 2016. You won't find that price again! Considering the distance and the experience, a better deal than my €‎4 Barcelona-Lisbon flight with EasyJet… or my £4.50 return train ride from Birmingham to Edinburgh….

  • CatGrandma on 20/07/2023 - 12:36

    $5 Jetstar flight from Melbourne to Perth. I got a $5 return flight too. Weird flight times and carry on only but that doesn't really bother me. I think I got a whole row of seats to myself because no one else wanted to get to Perth at like midnight.

  • Breno785au on 20/07/2023 - 13:00
    +8

    3 years of xbox game pass ultimate for $70 😁

  • 900dollaridoos on 20/07/2023 - 13:02
    +8

    second hand magna (12 years old at the time). $1k. Gave me 8 years and ~300k km with only one mechanic visit and maybe like 5 self oil changes haha. Only ever spent money on tires.

    • Herbse on 21/07/2023 - 09:04
      +2

      Magnas were so under rated.

  • Seaeagles on 20/07/2023 - 14:36

    Samsung 75 inch TV about a year ago.
    Was only released onto the market less than a month and all the stores had a list price of $5,400 or more without delivery, same price with the Samsung website.

    I got onto the Samsung website chat and was able to purchase the TV for $3,200 delivered.
    I made sure it was the same model that had just been released before committing.

  • Blugok on 20/07/2023 - 14:38
    +3

    Dell printer $9

    • batrarobin on 21/07/2023 - 21:26
      +3

      Posted by yours truely! :)

  • Benicio on 20/07/2023 - 14:42

    that HP Omen gaming laptop deal a few months ago - $3000 after the discounts/cashrewards. Normal price now $4000

  • 819mac on 20/07/2023 - 15:14
    +1

    This is going back quite a while, but when I was a teen Target has a deal where you could buy an Xbox controller and 3 specific games for $20. I already had 2 of the games, so I bought 2 of the packs, then went straight to EB and traded 5 of the games in for $5 each. Broke high schooler me was quite happy to get 2 controllers and a new game (which turned out to be a really good game) for $15

  • dlakers3peat on 20/07/2023 - 15:21
    +8

    Bought a 2023 rolex at retail. For people who know will understand.

    • Drakesy on 20/07/2023 - 16:13

      TELL ME YOUR SECRET

    • Bargainitis on 21/07/2023 - 20:58
      +1

      Signs of the time I guess…

    • poppingtags on 23/07/2023 - 01:25

      With or without purchase history?!

  • Deals For Days on 20/07/2023 - 15:37
    +1

    A new one, but MooMoo stock referral bonus. Nothing beats cash and I’ve gotten 500+ AUD from referral bonuses. For essentially 20 mins work at most…

    • Nalar on 20/07/2023 - 16:37
      +2

      $660+ from Webull, same idea.

  • Breno785au on 20/07/2023 - 16:02

    OOo my current RTX 3080 Vision for $850 virtually brand new off ebay this time last year.

  • MrMoo on 20/07/2023 - 16:03
    +3

    I got 3 of these weird ass dolls shipped for free.

    https://www.amazon.com.au/gp/product/B0851HHLL6?ref=ppx_pt2_…

  • Halsmich on 20/07/2023 - 16:17
    +1

    2x Koss KPH40 from the Black Friday deal for $56. Ordered 1 pair, then the order got lost, so had to faff about getting a free replacement sent. 2 months after I originally ordered the replacement finally arrived, and another 1.5 weeks after that the lost order arrived as well. Worth the long wait.

  • drprox on 20/07/2023 - 16:51
    +1

    Few good ones but most recent bargain we procured is a coffee machine. Our ozb fav dual boiler started tripping the house circuit (I suspect the common internal leaking is responsible), anyway first but of luck this is with 9 days of warranty remaining.

    My wife found a sunbeam em6900 on Facebook for $50, whe enquired and the guy said we could have it for free!
    It's in excellent condition, came with everything and seems like it'll be a great backup unit for when we dua get the DB back.

  • pogichinoy on 20/07/2023 - 17:02
    +7

    Free flights (2 x adult) to anywhere around the world with Qatar for healthcare workers. Though you had to pay for airport taxes which is to be expected.

    I woke up at 6am to try to score the code and on the third and last day I got it.

    We ended up going to France, Switzerland and Italy last year.

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