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[NSW, VIC] Tontine Exchange Your Old Pillow For A Free Fresh One

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[NSW, VIC] Tontine Exchange Your Old Pillow For A Free Fresh One
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iaijutsu on 21/10/2010 - 11:01 tontine.com.au (4866 clicks)
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To celebrate the launch of the Tontine Fresh Pillow campaign, you're invited to head down to one of the locations listed below to exchange your old pillow for a FREE Tontine Fresh Pillow.

SYDNEY

  • Thursday 21 October 6am - 10am: Martin Place Sydney (expired)
  • Friday 22 October and Saturday 23 October 9am - 5pm: Westfield Bondi Junction. Lvl 5 Homewares Precinct.

MELBOURNE

  • Thursday 21 October 6am - 10am: Flinders Street Station (expired)
  • Friday 22 October and Saturday 23 October 9am-5pm: Westfield Doncaster. Ground Level. Eastern Mall Run (fashion precinct end)

Limited to one pillow per person. Offer only available at the above listed times and locations, while stocks last.

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Not sure if this counts as a freebie or not as you do have to return an old pillow in its place… good way to get rid of a grungy old one though.

EDIT: Tontine has now added some terms to their webpage

mod - added states to title

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  • Evil-Elmo on 21/10/2010 - 11:05
    +2

    No fresh pillows for Brisbane :(

    • naphman on 21/10/2010 - 12:19
      +4

      Yea obviously us heathens in BNE don’t use pillows.

      Funny how I wont buy a Tontine anymore.

      • kwaker on 21/10/2010 - 14:16
        +1

        why wont you buy tontine?

        sheridan pillows are good i use them

      • Bappy on 21/10/2010 - 14:41
        +15

        Yeah - we use Bricks in BNE
        Pillows are for softies :-)

        • HCBargain on 21/10/2010 - 15:22
          +8

          You should go and exchange your brick for a pillow.

        • Tenebrae on 21/10/2010 - 15:46
          +17

          Bricks? LUXURY!

          When I was a lad we DREAMED of sleeping on bricks. We had to use land mines.

        • mad__llama on 21/10/2010 - 17:23
          +5

          But you try and tell the young people today that… and they won't believe ya'

        • citybargainhunter on 23/10/2010 - 14:38

          Queenslanders…

  • zhenjie on 21/10/2010 - 11:12

    awesome

  • drmix on 21/10/2010 - 11:14
    -4

    a little late for Sydney - Martin Place =[

    • iaijutsu on 21/10/2010 - 11:15

      That's a little unfair to neg it - check out the second line. Bondi Junction Friday and Saturday.

      EDIT: Looks like neg was removed.

    • iaijutsu on 21/10/2010 - 11:19

      Just in case, I have swapped dates with locations to avoid any possibility of confusion over expiry, and added the word "expired" after the two dates that are no longer available.

    • Ishadeon on 21/10/2010 - 11:31
      +1

      I am too late for flinders street so I will have to miss out. Lol the scare campaigns. Can't pillows just be hand washed anyways… said Isha as the grapes were too sour.

  • Garlic on 21/10/2010 - 11:19
    +10

    WTF???? Westfield Bondi JunctioN?? people in the East got plenty of money to buy better pillows…and Martin Place ?? catch a train with your old pillow??? what are they thinking????

    • superforever on 21/10/2010 - 11:23
      +8

      They just don't want u to exchange.

    • muzzamo on 21/10/2010 - 13:32
      +4

      um that they have a business to run, and they are targeting their target demographic?

  • polkadots610 on 21/10/2010 - 11:19
    +13

    It'll be funny being seen hugging a old pillow on the bus and train. But then again, it'll be the most comfy public transport ride ever(:

    • kumak on 21/10/2010 - 14:25
      +2

      Not to mention if there are stains on your pillow. Gross!!!

      • Roja on 21/10/2010 - 17:57
        +2

        As long as you don't mention where those stains came from you'll be alright

        • retiredfeline on 21/10/2010 - 18:00
          +3

          Just fib and say it's dribble. :)

  • wilddude503 on 21/10/2010 - 11:46
    +1

    Good marketing, wish there was one for adel, would exchange like 10 pillows lol

    • EarlyBird on 21/10/2010 - 11:58
      +9

      Are you running a B&B?

    • sloshie on 21/10/2010 - 13:08
      +1

      There was one better in Adelaide a few weeks ago - SA Lotteries was doing a promotion about winning the lotto and taking a siesta - so they were handing out free pillows at the railway station. Was a little surreal walking around town with every second person having a pillow tucked under their arm!

      • daydream on 21/10/2010 - 15:21
        +5

        Instead of being bashed at a station there could be pillow fights! ;-)

  • vwh on 21/10/2010 - 12:44
    +1

    Does a 30cm x 30cm sofa cushion type pillow counts?

    • retiredfeline on 21/10/2010 - 16:42

      I wonder if they will also take the old sofa that is attached to the pillow I want to hand in. lol!

  • unity1 on 21/10/2010 - 13:06

    Is there a limit ie is it one pillow per person?

    • Amanda856 on 21/10/2010 - 13:31
      +2

      Yes I heard on the radio in Sydney this morning that it was limited to 1 pillow exchange per person

      • vwh on 21/10/2010 - 14:06

        Eh? Limited to 1 pillow per person?
        Can't be bothered to drive to Bondi Junction then, except if it's going to be the expensive memory foam / down range.
        Yeah right, what's the chances. It's just the polyester one, which cost like $5-$10 @Kmart, right?

      • retiredfeline on 21/10/2010 - 16:45
        +3

        If you're that keen maybe you exchange an old pillow, go down to the car park, pick up another old pillow, try to change the expression on your face, hope that they don't recognise you, and do another exchange. ;)

  • markmeister92 on 21/10/2010 - 13:31

    sweet

  • wonga on 21/10/2010 - 13:36

    Anyone know how much these pillows are worth? Or what the quality is like?
    I'm not keen on driving 30mins if they are rubbish.

    Also, couldn't find a shop called Homewares Precinct on the Bondi Westfield's site. Is it referring to a store or a specific area?

    • iaijutsu on 21/10/2010 - 14:26

      A friend informed me they recieved a Tontine High and Firm. I haven't gotten one myself yet so I can't confirm this.

    • sash213 on 21/10/2010 - 16:15
      -3

      sash: What can I do for you?
      wonga: I need to know where I can get some free pillows.
      sash: free pillows? My goodness, what an idea. Why didn't I think of that? pillows! Wonga, there's four places. There's the Pillow Hut, that's on fifth.
      wonga: Uh-huh.
      sash: There's Pillows-R-Us, that's on fifth too. You got Put-Your-Head-There.
      wonga: Mm-Hmm.
      sash: That's on fifth. Snore Low, Sweet Chariot… Matter of fact, they're all in the same district; it's the homewares district on fifth.
      wonga: Oh, the homewares precinct!
      sash: That's right.

  • infernal_max on 21/10/2010 - 14:01

    Damn op, give us melb people a break!!! Doncaster is out of the way for most of us and like sydney, the people near there should be able to afford there own, I have 2 extras I'm about to throw out:(

    • iaijutsu on 21/10/2010 - 14:17
      +5

      I didn't make the deal I just posted it as soon as I found out about it - as a heads up to the true cheaparses that are willing to go the extra mile for a freebie. :)

      • infernal_max on 22/10/2010 - 00:19

        Atleast you shared! And touché lol

    • timmye on 21/10/2010 - 14:56

      Whats all this banter about people being able to afford pillows?

      Tontine isn'tt a charity. They aren't going to give away pillows to every suburb just because their target market is in certain areas.

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 21/10/2010 - 15:04

      Awesome … I pass by Doncaster regularly :) :) :)

      • iaijutsu on 22/10/2010 - 10:50
        +1

        BTW Thanks to the mods for the formatting. :)
        Cheers

  • nubzy on 21/10/2010 - 14:12
    +1

    not sure if I should go to Bondi tomorrow and do this, its a 50 minute drive. But I do need new pillows.. hmm.

    How do they enforce the 1 per person?? Surely I could just grab one then get another 5-10mins later?

    • portmac on 21/10/2010 - 14:46
      +3

      Surely 50min of your time, (not to mention petrol) is worth more than a $10 pillow.

    • iaijutsu on 21/10/2010 - 14:59

      I assume they will recognise you when you return, judging by the photos on their website.

  • ash2000 on 21/10/2010 - 14:49
    +1

    Eeew….look at all these dribble stained pillows at Martin Place.

    http://www.tontine.com.au/images/FE-12-b.jpg

  • daydream on 21/10/2010 - 15:29
    +6

    Funny they advertise their pillows as being washable and now they are printing "use by" dates on them (each way bet?). Next they'll make self destructing ones so "we'll know when to buy a new one" ;-)

    From their website: Register Your Pillow - "By completing this pillow registration, you are confirming you would like to receive a reminder informing you when your pillow may not be so fresh anymore." lol

    Kmart have Tontine pillows on special from today. 3pack Medium feel/height is $15 ($5 per pillow). Other varieties are $15 per 2pack.

    • wonga on 21/10/2010 - 15:34

      Thanks for the that info. The freebies are most probably their cheapest range, unless someone can state otherwise. Now I know it's not worth the drive for me.

  • JetBombat on 21/10/2010 - 19:47
    +4

    Funniest ever comments thread! :-) I even registered just to say that.

  • BigglezThePigglez on 21/10/2010 - 19:48

    Is this for a whole bed or just a pillow?

  • odysseus on 21/10/2010 - 23:01

    Wonder how all these people found out, to bring their pillow with them to work?

  • Untameable on 22/10/2010 - 00:00
    +1

    Great, Perth gets screwed again.

    • infernal_max on 22/10/2010 - 00:22
      +5

      East siiiiiiiiiide is da best side bro!!

  • Josh81 on 22/10/2010 - 01:52

    I've got close to 10 crappy old pillows lying around the house, shame, no go for Bris'o. It's only 1 exchange per person i guess.
    Some of my old pillows are really warped, and some are flat as a pancake. I would love to see their faces if i took one of those in.

  • ofey on 22/10/2010 - 13:02

    OK, so I went with 2 others to Doncaster in VIC and they said they're out of stock.
    What happened to one person one pillow? Out the window. I saw an old couple walking around holding 6 new pillows and 3 old ones. They told me they brought 9 old pillows and got the last six.

    The Tontine rep said they'd have more at 1430hrs.
    Let's hope I get some then… .

    Went back traded 3 grungy old ones for 1.
    It pays to be a senior citizen, they changed like 3 as a couple.
    But for me, they held firm for 1 to 1.

  • htrieu on 22/10/2010 - 13:28

    are there anymore at doncaster? i am planning to head there soon

    edit: plenty left at 2:45pm

    • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/10/2010 - 16:53
      +1

      The one I got was called Tontine Goodnight Firm & High Pillows

      which seems to be different to the

      Tontine Pure Happiness Firm & High Pillows for $34.95 at BigW

      • vwh on 22/10/2010 - 17:36
        +3

        You are always expected to pay extra to get happiness.

        • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/10/2010 - 17:37

          har har har :P

        • cheng2008 on 23/10/2010 - 01:52

          so that's what they meant by "would you like to pay extra for a happy ending!"

      • daydream on 22/10/2010 - 18:33
        +1

        From the pics, those old, dirty pillows must have been "Impure Happiness" ones then ;-)

      • SomeGuyOnOzB on 22/10/2010 - 21:23

        Note: They said that the demand was higher than expected and there might not be any more pillows for Saturday's exchange

  • wfdTamar on 23/10/2010 - 08:19
    -1

    Really stupid and unfair way to do a giveaway. Neg for Tontine.

    • retiredfeline on 23/10/2010 - 10:39
      +1

      Fair doesn't come into it. It's their money and their goal is to maximise publicity for money spent. Whether or not they achieved that is a different question, but it's not a question of fairness.

      • wfdTamar on 23/10/2010 - 11:09

        Funny how you only ever get comments like that from people that live in the giveaway area.

        • retiredfeline on 23/10/2010 - 11:22
          +1

          I didn't go get a pillow, too far away for me. But a pillow exchange is not a civil right.

  • [Deactivated] on 23/10/2010 - 12:23

    There was a massive line at Doncaster. No way I was waiting that long and probably not enough for that many anyway.

  • happykamper on 23/10/2010 - 12:58

    Are there many/any left @ Doncaster?

  • passerby on 23/10/2010 - 13:17

    Plenty in Doncaster. Line was long, but it was quick. Got my pillows in less than 5 mins. It was basically touch and go thing. Totally hassle free :)

  • HmrW on 23/10/2010 - 14:59

    queueing up at doncaster westfield atm. Ran out of first batch of pillow but they seems to have more comin. Around about 50 ppl queueing up now

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