[April Fools] Standardise on New Currency - Introduce 🔋ENE

scotty on 01/04/2017 - 06:50
Last edited 01/04/2017 - 14:00

Happy April Fools Day! Look out when you trot through the Internet today :)

OzBargain April Fools pranks over the years: 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016.

At OzBargain it is all about getting the best value for your money, by finding the best bargain for the products you want to buy. However how do you actually define value?

At the beginning of human history, bartering was the mean for individuals and groups to trade what they own with what they desire. However as the civilisation advances, currency was invented a few millennium ago as a more efficient way to quantify value. Today the most used currency in the land of Down Under would be the Australian Dollar (AUD), but occasionally we also see deals posted on OzBargain in US Dollar, British Pound or Euro.

However we still have not define the value of one Australian Dollar (AUD $1). It’s an arbitrary concept that might mean different things to different people. At OzBargain we believe we need a better representation of value — a currency that we all understand.

Introduce 🔋ENE

Units of 1.2V 2000mAh AA Eneloop as an alternative currency is not a foreign concept to seasoned OzBargainers. Members have been calling it "OzBargain currency" whenever an Eneloop deal was posted. While AUD might have been stablised at around $0.75 USD over the last year, with Trump at the helm you never know what will happen to the world economy. 🔋ENE could as well be the future currency just as some of our members has predicted.

Imagine the conversation —

A: “how much is that Dyson V6 you got?!”
B: “traded 120 Eneloops for it the other day from The Good Guys”
A: “you got ripped off! Saw it going for 🔋100 with the last eBay 20% off sale”
B: “Damn!”

Discussions of value on OzBargain would be so much easier to understand!

To help OzBargain transitioning to 🔋ENE, auto-conversion will be performed on all the deals and forum posts at the rate of AUD $2.50 to ENE 🔋1, as an OzBargain Professional would never pay more than that for one. The auto-conversion should also work with British Pound and Euro, and our engineers are still working on getting the US Dollar to convert correctly. On pages where currency has been converted to 🔋ENE, you can move your mouse cursor to hover over the new currency to reveal what the original value is.

Eneloop Currency

You can also choose to disable the automatic conversion all together, if you are not ready to brace the new OzBargain currency.

That’s it for this announcement. Live long and prosper (in accumulation of Eneloops).

FAQ

I don't like this ENE stuff, how can I turn it off?

Sorry to hear that an OzBargain n00b is not yet ready for the Eneloop new economy. To turn it off,

  1. Hover or click on any ENE currency on the page that has been converted.
  2. Click on "Turn off automatic conversion" link at the bottom of the popup.

At the moment there is no way to turn it back on again — something that we'll be working on soon.

Site Discussion

Comments

  • C0mbat on 01/04/2017 - 07:09
    +35

    April fools! Nice one. But I have no idea what the real discount is on some of the deals now lol. It's baffling.

    • EightImmortals on 01/04/2017 - 07:35
      +10

      Not really, it's 1.21 gigwatts.

      • Kangal on 01/04/2017 - 15:33
        +1

        Jiga-what??

      • MementoMori on 01/04/2017 - 18:28

        Great scott!

        • [Deactivated] on 01/04/2017 - 19:38

          Thats heavy doc.

    • Lord Fart Bucket on 01/04/2017 - 07:35
      +7

      Easy, there'll be a front page deal soon with an extra cashback amount for ebay. It's about 0.00000000274 eneloops and every will go beserk over it… cause it's extra cashback!

      • terrys on 01/04/2017 - 09:01
        +2

        What is that in Moes?

    • GLO on 01/04/2017 - 07:47

      I was banking in the Tesla Power Wall 2 as my Gold Billion equivalent!

      Leaving the ENE as my daily currency!

      Not to forget my 10,000MAh powerbanks taking the place of my credit cards.

      • Scrooge McDuck on 01/04/2017 - 11:21
        +1

        I hope you've considered the inflationary risk of charge loss.

  • John Kimble on 01/04/2017 - 07:17

    Haha

  • chloden on 01/04/2017 - 07:20
    +1

    Maybe you can then sell OzBargain to Catch of the day on escanjve for eneloops.

  • goingDHfast on 01/04/2017 - 07:25
    -3

    May I be the first to say 2170 rulz and Eneloops are for noobs.

  • poorkid of instagram on 01/04/2017 - 07:34
    -1

    Lol
    We ain't April fools

  • Scab on 01/04/2017 - 07:34
    +4

    Units of 1.2V 2000mAh AA Eneloop as an alternative currency is not a foreign concept to seasoned OzBargainers.

    I went to McDonald's the other day and they asked me if I wanted Eneloops with that.

    • Wystri Warrick on 01/04/2019 - 08:47

      Aw for a moment I thought Scab was out of the penalty box.

  • sillycattle on 01/04/2017 - 07:39

    Very nice ☺️.

  • 00 on 01/04/2017 - 07:40
    +2

    When does the ENE trading exchange open? Some analysts are predicting a surge with a flattening commodity market spiking cause investors to shift their energy into Eneloops. I want in as it'll be comparable to nickel and copper no doubt.

  • DarkOz on 01/04/2017 - 07:49

    I just called Philip William Lowe and reported this!

  • BigLeviathan on 01/04/2017 - 07:50

    Ah….so this is the reason why OZB down for more than 5 minutes at 4AM this morning…I thought ozb server run out of ENE juice that they need to outsource the power from the normal muggle power

    What happen when ENE currency is overruled by BITENE (as opposed to BITCOIN) currency?

  • Aemit on 01/04/2017 - 08:01
    +2

    How do we enable/disable this?

    • scotty on 01/04/2017 - 08:41

      You can disable to by clicking on "Turn off automatic conversion" on the pop up. Sorry no way to turn it back on at the moment.

  • avgbowlofpho on 01/04/2017 - 08:06
    -3

    Can we please keep this feature?, loving it! :P

  • freakatronic on 01/04/2017 - 08:15

    Hilarious

  • TrailerTrash on 01/04/2017 - 08:21

    Clever concept! 🤓

  • cornucopia on 01/04/2017 - 08:25
    +2

    Sound loopy to me .. :-) .. !!

  • Pluto88 on 01/04/2017 - 08:25

    Japanese eneloops = 0.30 - $1

  • pyramid on 01/04/2017 - 08:34
    -1

    1st April.. Thanks.

  • tassieeagle on 01/04/2017 - 08:36

    Finally something to do with all my eneloops!

  • retiredfeline on 01/04/2017 - 08:36
    +5

    Now the new cry will be: Eneloops in title!

  • Scab on 01/04/2017 - 08:41
    +2

    @ Scotty, I think you should also replace the +- with voltage.

    • Kangal on 01/04/2017 - 15:35
      +2

      Not gonna lie, I've been reading it as "+2 Volts" instead of "+2 votes".

      • Scab on 01/04/2017 - 16:03

        I just gave you a jolt.

  • belongsinforums on 01/04/2017 - 08:44

    Safest website to come to on 1/4

  • stabfish on 01/04/2017 - 09:04
    +1

    Is the value of the ENE affected by whether or not they are charged?

  • Pone on 01/04/2017 - 09:10

    Yay, finally ENE is tradable now.

  • wiseOz on 01/04/2017 - 09:11

    Classic and good for old school :)

    Enjoy oz fool day !!!

  • ProjectZero on 01/04/2017 - 09:19
    +1

    LOL… took a while to realise, good one guys XD

  • squeeb on 01/04/2017 - 09:26

    Great idea. Haha.

    • ca6leguy on 01/04/2017 - 09:37
      +1

      I tried to give officeworks 3 Eneloops for for my purchase, somehow they looked at me with a funny face.

  • sween64 on 01/04/2017 - 09:26
    +1

    I feel so out of the eneloop, I have no need for an endless supply of batteries.

  • unifex on 01/04/2017 - 09:28
    +2

    This sounds stupid

  • ozdesi on 01/04/2017 - 09:29

    Damn will target store refund my ps4 video games and issue me ENE or store credit? I don't want batteries as refund for my games.

  • unifex on 01/04/2017 - 09:30
    +1

    Can we change this back it's really annoying

    • scotty on 01/04/2017 - 09:33
      +1

      If you are not ready for Eneloop revolution, hover over a price, click on Turn off Automatic Conversion and it would be gone…

      • [Deactivated] on 01/04/2017 - 09:41

        Funny. How to turn off on a mobile phone?

        • ozdesi on 01/04/2017 - 09:42
          +3

          Buy a desktop first

        • scotty on 01/04/2017 - 09:51

          Same method. Tap on the converted Eneloop currency, and click on Turn off automatic conversion.

        • [Deactivated] on 01/04/2017 - 09:53

          @scotty:

          Got it. Thanks. When i click on it, it goes to deal, but if i go back, the option is there to change.

    • NeoWilson on 01/04/2017 - 09:37
      +3

      Why would you want to!! Embrace the future and start thinking in ENE

  • unifex on 01/04/2017 - 09:31
    +1

    This is not going to go all day is it?

  • ozdesi on 01/04/2017 - 09:32
    +2

    Will I short ENEs when I carry them in my wallet? Is that treated as demonitization?

  • kyteflyer on 01/04/2017 - 09:32

    I hate this. I have no idea what anything is worth, and have to click on the blasted green thing to find out. Make it go away please.

    • SKiZO on 01/04/2017 - 12:36
      +2

      @scotty, can I please have more negative votes just for today?

      • Moderatorhamza23 on 01/04/2017 - 13:13

        You can purchase a 10 pack of negative votes for 🔋5 or 25 pack for 🔋9 (best value!)

        • SKiZO on 01/04/2017 - 13:25
          +1

          Nice :)

          (I may or may not have gone looking for this feature…)

        • nocure on 01/04/2017 - 15:36

          Link please

  • ca6leguy on 01/04/2017 - 09:35
    +2

    I one word, this is Sh!t!

  • sinners007 on 01/04/2017 - 09:38
    +3

    This is without doubt the worst April fool feature OzB has run… I'll be back tomorrow when this rubbish is over.

    • scotty on 01/04/2017 - 09:41
      +6

      Ha yes. Even the April Fools features from the good old days were better. We should definitely add that feature here.

    • Sergeant Salami on 01/04/2017 - 09:44

      Sure is! They probably left it too late.

  • scotty on 01/04/2017 - 09:39
    +1

    I have no idea why all these people on OzBargain but does not want Eneloop? I have now added an FAQ entry to the original post on how to turn off the automatic conversion.

    • ozdesi on 01/04/2017 - 09:41

      That ruins the fun part.

  • Sergeant Salami on 01/04/2017 - 09:42

    Why won't it work in the comments hahahaha $$$$$$

  • tee123 on 01/04/2017 - 09:48

    I think it would be so much better to have this symbol represent our buying power and when you hover over the price tag it would show RRP. Example: 'Tiger Rice cooker 🔋300'.

  • zeroxp on 01/04/2017 - 09:52

    If this were launched earlier, DSE won't go out of business. They becomes the bank.

  • shmahoo on 01/04/2017 - 09:55

    I'm against this as it's against my religion*

    *PS - my religion changed this week when I won the Energizer $5000 competition!

    • scotty on 01/04/2017 - 09:57
      +1

      Burn at the stake heretic!

  • shmahoo on 01/04/2017 - 09:57
    +4

    Can I use eneloops to recharge my prepaid phone credit?

    • scotty on 01/04/2017 - 09:58
      +3

      I am sure it recharges both your prepaid phone and prepaid phone credit.

      • holdenmg on 01/04/2017 - 10:26

        Eneloops fire up Samsung Note 7 mobiles. lol

  • holdenmg on 01/04/2017 - 09:57
    +5

    Headline:

    Eneloops to solve SA Energy Crisis

  • CheapskateQueen on 01/04/2017 - 10:01

    Lol oh OB <3 first real laugh of the day

  • swiggity swag on 01/04/2017 - 10:02
    -4

    This is stupid what moron is buying things with rechargeable batteries. Change it back or you'll find a lot of people will stop using this site.

    • holdenmg on 01/04/2017 - 10:09

      Comments like this leave Eneloops flat.

    • nocure on 01/04/2017 - 10:11
      +4

      Change it back or you'll find a lot of people will stop using this site.

      That can only make it better, bye.

  • holdenmg on 01/04/2017 - 10:04
    +2

    Rumour:

    ASX:ENE Energy Developments Limited tipped to soar at open on Monday.

    Company denies involvement with Eneloops. lol

  • AddNinja on 01/04/2017 - 10:14
    +2

    I'm an April fool - I completely thought this was a serious, but quirky, addition to the site. I resolve to be less credulous. And to buy up on eneloops in case there's a run on them.

    • holdenmg on 01/04/2017 - 10:18
      +2

      Unfortunately, there are already reports of 7/11 paying employees with Eveready Super Heavy Duty when Eneloops were agreed on.

      Then there are the grey import Eneloops flooding in…

      Dark days ahead.

  • skywards on 01/04/2017 - 10:15

    Can someone please shed some light on these eneloops? How did it all started and how the ozbargain community embraced it like they're prepping for something?

    • BargainKen on 01/04/2017 - 11:30

      nuclear holocaust by the sounds of it.

  • newozbargainermelb on 01/04/2017 - 10:20

    Bring back giphy

    edit: btw, I like the new logo.

  • holdenmg on 01/04/2017 - 10:29

    I'm having trouble getting OzForex https://www.ofx.com/en-au/ to show me
    and AUD/ENE conversion…

  • bargainhunter on 01/04/2017 - 10:30
    +3

    Ohmy goodness, there appears to be resistance to the new currentcy.

    Best of luck Scotty

  • cristobaljamesy on 01/04/2017 - 10:33
    +1

    My phone is going off like a pinball machine with all these 'classic' deals being posted!

  • Symbiotic on 01/04/2017 - 10:37

    Watt a joke

  • bdl on 01/04/2017 - 10:43

    You could use this prank in the future to auto change currencies for future bargains?

  • some_one_some_where on 01/04/2017 - 10:46

    All I'd say is, if it ain't broken don't fix it.

  • [Deactivated] on 01/04/2017 - 10:48
    -1

    More annoying than funny

  • Godric on 01/04/2017 - 10:51
    +1

    This April Fools feels more like adware virus pop ups from the early 2000's lolol

  • Trying2SaveABuck on 01/04/2017 - 10:58

    This is april annoying

  • rvsure on 01/04/2017 - 11:14
    +1

    Time for our own sovereign nation with Scotty for PM.

  • BargainKen on 01/04/2017 - 11:17
    +1

    The real question is, is the new Eneloop currency B28 capable?!?!?!?

  • Distance on 01/04/2017 - 11:17

    annoying af

  • OfTheOverflow on 01/04/2017 - 11:18
    +4

    Geez some people don't have a sense of humour, I think it's hilarious

    • scupper on 01/04/2017 - 13:58

      For five seconds

  • dasher86 on 01/04/2017 - 11:24
    +1

    How do you determine the differenced in China made Eneloops and Japanese one's?
    It's flawed to think that they are worth the same.

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