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Google Chromecast Ultra - $39 + Post ($6.95 - $7.95) @ Catch (50 Units Only) 8PM AEDT Tuesday (31/10)

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Another daily deal. Looks like these will be a recurring event.

Tonight is the Google Chromecast Ultra.

Link to the banner on the home page

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  • +1

    You'll need 500gb/s Internet speed to get this

    • -4

      Nah I'm on 25/5 ftth and I get 4k YouTube easy

      • Whoosh

        • LOl just re-read your comment and got it, work has addled my brain :D

        • @kamban: hahahaha all good kamban 😂 happens to all of us

  • +11

    1 for the script kiddies to get, no one else

    Would it kill you to implement a Captcha?

    • I don't get what this means. ELI5.

      • This means people (kiddies) have written code (scripts) to repeatedly try to buy the item the second it becomes available at 8pm. Everyday consumers won't be able to compete with the speed that the "script kiddies" purchase all of the stock.

        A "captcha" is one of those jumbles of letters you see on websites to prevent automated scripts from running successfully because they require a human to understand them and enter the characters to progress to the next page.

        • Kids have the ability to code this sort of stuff nowdays? I must be getting old.

        • @YellowKnight: I'm pretty sure that coding is routinely taught in schools nowadays, which to be fair makes a fair bit of sense considering that a lot of future industries are going to depend on that skill.

        • Script kiddie is someone who uses premade scripts because they don't know how to write their own.

        • @acky: true but I wouldn't go into that much detail during an ELI5

  • How much for delivery?

    • $9 lol

    • Looks to be about $6.95-$7.95

  • +2

    another competition?

  • plus $9 delivery probably

  • +1

    I am setting an alarm for 7:45PM :)

  • I'm sure these will be gone by 8:01PM.

    • +5

      More like 8:00:01

      • +4

        or like 8:00:00:01

  • I assume you don't need Club Catch to snag this deal?

  • +4

    Look, no offence intended to catch.com.au (I'm not trying to be a dropkick) but I know there's pretty well no way I'm going to be able to snag one of these seeing as there's only 50 of them so I wouldn't even bother. Is having such a low amount more of an attempt to bring customers to the site rather than move a large amount of stock for a reduced amount?

    • +8

      Considering the fact that I was able to successfully pay via paypal within the first 10 seconds of the deal yesterday and my order got refunded by Catch because of "an error in their system", i don't think you have got any chances of getting one. I hope the Mods will ban this kind of deals as it's pure bait advertisement IMHO
      PS I have lodged a complaint with ACCC for the yesterday's deal

      • +1

        That's super shitty TBH; did they give any more information about that error in their system cause that sounds shady eh. Yeah, I'm pretty confident I wasn't going to have any joy. It really does seem like bait advertising to me too, particularly if you've got people buying the things straight up and they still can't deliver. I mean yeah, I guess first world problems but then why bother to have a deal that's for the first 50; again I'm not trying to be inflammatory, I'm curious because Bunnings will have a special on stuff or SCA and they'll have a ton of stock.

    • PRO TIP: use the official and much faster Catch app. Of yesterday's 50 buyers, 49 used our app, not the website. It's the best thing you can do for a better chance at that coveted 50@8PM steal.

      I guess they want more people to download their app?

      • I used the mobile site, was pretty quick, no slow down at all.

  • -2

    How is this a valid deal

  • Sold out in the first minute

  • +2

    Easily got one.

    • +1

      Hmm as did I. On patchy 4G mobile and having to log in. Maybe they didn't actually cap at 50 and let more through for some goodwill ?

  • Better mark it as expired. It's 8:01PM.

    I had one in my cart, tried to check out, went through PayPal and then it came back to CotD and said it was sold out.

    • Much faster checkout if you have CC instead of PayPal

      • Bugger. Guess I know for next time.

  • +2

    Got one pretty easily as well.

  • +1

    Thanks OP got one on my phone

  • I had it in my cart, and pressed pay with my saved address/CC by 8:00:40 and it was too late. Grrr

  • Hands aren't quick enough for the scripts. It's like going head to head with Django, you know it's not going to end well.

  • I gotta say though, it sold out within the first 20 seconds

  • +1

    Got one

  • +1

    Uuuuh I missed the AEDT aspect. :P Why do you guys have to have daylight savings.

  • Thanks op got one..

  • +1

    Thanks, surprised I got one :)

  • Can't believe I got one. Someone must have accidentally entered 500 instead of 50.

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