this is peak ozbargain
Show off Your OzBargain Gang Sign and Win Cash Prizes (Total $2,500) and OzBargain "Bikies" T-Shirt
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Employeescotty @ OzBargain on 04/10/2023 - 16:59 files.ozbargain.com.au (2295 clicks)
35 entrants, 1 win (1 unique winner)
Last edited 06/10/2023 - 16:57 by 1 other user
35 entrants, 1 win (1 unique winner)
Last edited 06/10/2023 - 16:57 by 1 other user
Dates
Closing Date
17/10/2023
Draw Date
20/10/2023
Prizes
Description
$600, $500, $400 & 10x $100 + T-shirts
No. of Prizes
13
Total Prize Pool
$2,500.00
Entry Requirements
Open To
Australia-wide
Entry Limit
One per person
Entry Methods
Website
Prerequisites
Account/Membership
OzBargain Gang Sign
Ever wondered how I can recognise a fellow ozbargainer in the shopping mall, on the street or at school/work? You don't want to make a scene "hey, do you happen to be that guy on OzBargain?!!" and prefer something more discreet. So here we have it — OzBargain gang signs — for the keen members here to identify their affiliation (when they are all queueing up for the same bargain together). MS Paint here showing how it is done:
It spells out O Z B just in case you can't recognise it. Or in animated GIF:
So, what are the uses of the OzBargain gang sign?
- Get to know other ozbargainers IRL.
- Show your dominance at the local supermarket.
- Terrorise sales staff at GH's electrical stores.
- Tell the other (at-fault) motorist at the traffic accident, that "this will be reported & discussed on OzBargain"
Here I have assembled some young ozbargainers from UNSW for some demonstration right in front of the Scientia building:
Competition
Now we come to the actual competition part. Being a proud ozbargainer, here's your chance to perform the OzBargain gang sign. You can do it by yourself at home. Or do it with your friends at the local shops, department stores, shopping centres, on the public transport, at your school or at work, or next to some other famous people who aren't aware of OzBargain… Be creative and entertaining, and send your entry in either photo or video format.
- Your submission needs to be uploaded to a media hosting site (for example, OzBargain file uploader, imgur, YouTube, TikTok, etc)
- Post the link to your submission as a comment in this post.
OzBargain moderators will go through each submission and give a score. The average score from all OzBargain moderators will be used to figure out the winners. There will be 13 winners with total prize of $2,500 in either digital gift cards or bank transfer (top 3 only).
- 1st prize: $600
- 2nd prize: $500
- 3rd prize: $400
- 10x honourable mentions: $100
Moreover, each of the prize winners will win one of our latest T-shirts "Bikies" in cobalt blue, as we all know that "Bikies" is often the obvious choice for the forum polls.
Terms and Conditions
- OzBargain gang sign of O Z B must be featured in the submitted photo or video.
- Closing Date: 17 Oct 2023
- Drawing Date: 20 Oct 2023
- Multiple submissions are permitted, but only one entry per user — all submissions will be judged collectively.
- Submission needs to be hosted on media hosting sites and must be publicly viewable.
- Competition is open to all OzBargain users residing in Australia.
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Wow. Eneloop as knuckle dusters. True gangsta
No one is forcing you to enter.
Post on your main account you coward. 😂
You are cringe yourself. Not only that, but you made a ghost account to post your crap.
You are one of those guys that is nothing, always will be nothing. That's why you don't have people around you, FYI.
That's really clever, nice work.
Nice work, nice dog.
nice podcast
Which avatar is the right-most one ?
I get the TKOs of Gerry, 2-letter username,… who's this on the right ?
How does the ice cream fit in, was it the deal fail
2in the pink ..
i see what you did tharrr
I suspect some don't read the requirement of the competition & would have their entries disqualified.
That's very clever. One handed beats doing a whole performance.
I did just realise that the comp is to re-create the official 3-gesture sign FYI. A few posts above you the Site Admin saysa few entries will be disqualified. :(
Looking at all the entries so far (including mine), no one has actually gotten them correct as per the instructions. Haha!
Ozbargain Gang
https://imgur.com/gallery/8vxKx9zYes!!
Love it!! this is exactly what I was requesting - https://www.ozbargain.com.au/comment/14373599/redir
Don't worry Scotty - this is just a side quest. We still love you most
Also - my own slight variation
- to make it more unique
- the Z more pronounced, and
- help stabilise hand in this position to assist whilst queuing
Love it! Looks a bit suss though ☺️
my fingers arent cooperating for either
That's what I was also trying to get clarification on,
when I asked earlier
ie.
is it our creativity in displaying OzB , in our own hand-gestures ?
or
is it just the different ways to display the pre-set hand-gestures ?no creativity my dear
never fear
ChatGPT is here
Should be giving the middle finger to the Hardly Normal sign
Imagine falling in love with your other half because of our love for Ozb, then on the day of the wedding the bridal party makes these gang signs in most of your photos so that when you look back on it, you'll never forget the reason you fell in love..
https://imgur.com/BzIRt87dammm bro got a whole backstory
It is the pre-set hand gestures that has already been come up with.
With all due respect, I can understand why previous commentators have mentioned it is dorky/cringy, given that 3 people were part of the demonstration to spell out each letter. This may seem embarrassing for some to pull it off in a public place, hence why in the space of a week there's only been a handful of entries (every qualified entry is going to win something by the looks of it)
I reckon holding up a single/double handed stationary gesture is more discreet and people would be more comfortable putting it into practice.
Maybe Scotty can consider to bend the competition rules? Or is it back to the drawing board for my entry?
Dropped a Gang sign, now posting this post via prison cell. They thought I was sending a signal to the youth gang.
The middle guy's fingers are made for that Z! So crisp.
I'm confused about the hand signs as there's discrepancies between the MS Paint version, the GIF version, and the example photo.
MS Paint version shows it from the signmaker's POV, with all 3 letters appearing the right way round to the signmaker (but will be flipped left to right when viewed by other people)
- O: thumbs on the bottom
- Z: right hand on top
- B: left palm pointing up
GIF shows it from the viewer's POV, with O and B appearing the right way round for the viewer but the Z is reversed
- O: thumbs on the bottom
- Z: right hand on top
- B: right palm pointing up
Photo shows it from the viewer's POV, with all 3 letters appearing the right way round for the viewer
- O: thumbs on top
- Z: left hand on top
- B: right palm pointing up
So none of the letters are done the same way across all 3 explainer images. How do we know which is the official/correct way to sign?
Although the GIF has all 3 letters signed in a way that makes up the majority (2 out of 3, bolded) case from the 3 examples, I don't think it can be regarded as correct given the Z and B are facing different ways. The signs should either be entirely correct orientation when viewed by the signmaker (as per MS Paint), OR be entirely correct orientation when viewed by the viewer (as per photo).
entirely correct orientation when viewed by the viewer
Because we want to see the OZB on the submission. The GIF was wrong (rush job taken the night before I posted the comp, don't have time to redo it).
Ok so go with the photo version. Does it matter if the O is thumbs on top or thumbs on bottom?
It does not matter.
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/30182/107226/ozb_image…
HSC students communicating in their xam today - they were focussed on bargains not their English exam.
Lol this is great!
Thanks the students loved getting into the swing of ozbargain. I always include ozbargain in my commerce and business studies classes.
Never too early to become an ozbargainer
Hahaha,…OzBargain weaved into the Education curriculum.
I swear its where a large portion of us started haha
gonna share the prize?
You're a legend @twilsoncrow
This is soooo funny. Glad to see that students are learning lifeskills!
Checking if entries need to be submitted by a set time Tuesday night, or before midnight is fine?
Before mid-night AEDT time.
Teaching my kids how to troll Samsung at their Flip-Side Pop-Up Store (we were asked to pull an Emoji face with the photo the staff takes showcasing their new Flip 5 phone) #FutureOfOzbargain #OneofOZBMostHatedStores
this is peak ozbargain…
now you can all sign each other at your all-you-can-eat ozbargain meetups!
As I scroll through the deals of OzBargain's front page
I look at my bank account and realise there's nothin' left
Quality goes hard. Nice submission
You know I had the exact same idea doing it in the tunnels. I was even thinking of doing some jv shrine. Unfortunately they've been too flooded lately and I'd need to find 2 others.
What's scarier than ozbargainers meeting irl? Ozbargainers with a gym pump https://imgur.com/a/e6SqIkZ
P.s - it was worth all the looks
Left-hand person looks upset,
whilst middle and right-hand person are smiling :-)
Should’ve bought more stuff to show on my ozbargain shrine :(
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/194802/107358/img_1189…
This is was very awkard from me…
Sadly no one from the macas lot noticed
Might throw some sound over it, tommorow..
My second entry - based on my troubles understanding gift cards in supermarkets
figured i had to visit ozbargain's mecca to do mine. featuring some ozbargain favourites if you look closely, but please don't pixel peep my poor photoshop…
My (updated) Entry: https://youtu.be/dkWJI2bzIQI?si=poUUHGEmUWcFSVLw
Fellow Gang Members, please visit me in my backyard for the unoffical OZB Gang HQ, filled with 100% OzB Flex!
The HZ is a (relatively) sturdy $19.99 Capri Sun Shelter (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/757842)
Within the HQ is the Eubie gang atire, which can only be purchased when 88% off (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/757817)
The aspirant to the HQ is wearing the formal $40 Oodie initiation robe (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/793018)
We have the following OZB flex to prepare tasty treats:
$29 Kenwood Blend X-Classic Blender (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/344347), $29 Soda Stream Spirit (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/625966), $89 Philip's Air fryer (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/787567),
However, since we are Ozbargainers, we will probably just live off coles baked beans and Mutti Pulpa (visit https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/654144 if you don't know what I am talking about and find the comment from Greem85) and T2 Tea (bought with Cashback from CashRewards)
We can keep our gang HQ sparkling clean (so clean even JV will approve) with the following OZB flex:
$2 Greenleaf Watering Can (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/707643), $11 Tradies Mate Broom (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/801343), $599 Dyson V10 Absolute (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/386244), $130 Xiaomi Air Purifier (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/382678), and $255 Daikon Air Purifier (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/760706).
I have generic Kogan sheets if anyone wants to stay the night and spare Canningvale towels. Feel free to listen to some tunes with my $95 Bose from JB Hi-Fi (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/589616). Wingspan (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/665757) remains unopened from the $49 Kmart deal so come along and lets have a game!
As we are not connected to the mains, please bring your Eneloops to help out.
May the Bargains Be With Us All.
Looking forward to you visiting soon!
Here is a picture of the den, for those who want a closer look: https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/18801/107368/img202310…
😲 Wow. So graceful and elegant
talent 🫣
Just a reminder that the competition closes at midnight AEDT tonight — 7 hours to go!
Scotty,
How strict are you on how a 'Z' is made?
The instructions have two 'V' symbols made from four fingers, but it seems that there is a strong temptation to use thumbs to connect the hands in various ways.
I was thinking that connecting two thumbs (tip to tip) also looks quite good since thumbs are shorter than fingers, so the 'Z' ends up with the top and bottom beams more on top of each other. What do you think?If you looked at other entries there was one that used thumbs — I'm fine with that.
nice work!
✨ Quality ✨
I re-watched this again, and again,
and I love your showering with the OzB t-shirt on, haha.
haha…Drake approved !
Heres mine.
Never work with animals or kids.
https://imgur.com/gallery/yXQhIC4She's 1/2 staffy 1/2 Ozbargain,
Great board game collection!
Thanks. Ill tell my hubby, he's a bit proud
Have you got a favourite?
@bluepop: My answer is going to be disappointing but I actually really like the social deduction games (mafia, werewolf, avalon).
Here's my entry:
I title it: OzBargain generations
A family that slays (bargains) together stays together.(The reference to generations refers to both the people in the photo as well as the OzBargain t-shirts featured)
You should turn on Closed Captions,
and see what the translation is for Eneloops .Thanks for the recommendation. I needed a laugh.
Very funny I like how you switched from Ozzy accent to Chinese accent
Here's my video entry: https://youtu.be/q1_ejRgMbjM
I've designed this to work with YouTube's Loop function. :-)
This should be on loop,
on all the display TVs at JB HiFi.
Cringe 😬