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Boost Prepaid - 12 Months | 80GB Data | Unlimited Talk/Text $140 (Was $150) @ Big W (in Store Only)

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From the upcoming Big W catalogue starting 29/08. Maybe can pay with WISH gift cards to get another 5% off. Update: Comments suggest it's not possible.

Cheaper than direct from Boost.

  • UNLIMITED Calls & Text to standard numbers
  • UNLIMITED INTERNATIONAL standard calls & text to 25 selected destinations +1200 standard mins & text to 30 selected destinations
  • Stream Apple Music Data Free
This is part of Father's Day deals for 2019.
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    • Borg on 06/09/2019 - 22:39

      Are you certain one can pay for vouchers with a Wishcard?

      • EVA-01 on 06/09/2019 - 23:41

        Forgot to specify. What I meant is to get the voucher using eGiftcard at any Woolworths, not Big W.

        • Borg on 07/09/2019 - 09:27

          Last time I tried (6 monghs ago) when buying, it would not allow payment via Giftcard. It is possible that it was due to Boost was on special at the time (at Woolies)? Are you sayin BigW do accept Giftcard payment?
          I am due for a topup on 16th so might give it a go again…..even at Woolies.

          • CVonC on 07/09/2019 - 12:00

            @Borg: It won't work even if it's not special

            • Borg on 17/09/2019 - 00:22

              @CVonC: As per below, it worked fine at Cig counter.

        • EVA-01 on 07/09/2019 - 14:18
          +1

          Bought a few for family members this way in the last few months without issues (not on special, too). I bought over the cigarette counter everytime, though.

          • Borg on 17/09/2019 - 00:21

            @EVA-01: I can confirm it worked fine (today) paying for $150 top up using Wish Gift card via Woolies cigarette counter. In turn saved me $7.50. Better than nothing so happy with that.
            Cheers for clarifying.

  • pyramid on 07/09/2019 - 18:09

    Big W Altona meadows (Vic) has few if anyone needs. I bought one but going to return as I have already put port in request 2 days back on $2 sim

    • snappy1234 on 08/09/2019 - 14:21

      Big W at Canberra Airport (Majura Park)
      Has restocked plenty at gift card/sim stand.

  • ozhamada on 08/09/2019 - 14:49

    Rouse Hill, Sydney, BigW has stock after ordering in over forty to meet rain-check list. Get there quick - the staff member told me that they were not permitted to rain-check again and can strictly only sell stock on hand.

  • stevenaquilina on 08/09/2019 - 16:52
    +1

    Big W Burleigh Heads QLD have x8 $150 / 80gb SIM packs in stock on sale for $140 as of Sunday afternoon

  • Tomato on 08/09/2019 - 21:35
    +2

    does anyone know if boost can be used overseas to receive sms free?

  • pyramid on 09/09/2019 - 11:08
    +1

    Porting to Boost is becoming nightmare for me now. Porting requested last week on Thursday and calling Boost multiple times hasn't helped either.

    • alvinmk on 09/09/2019 - 18:19

      Not for me. Bought 2 last week. Transferred / ported the same night and confirmed working the following night. New to Boost. Transferred /Ported from Aldi Mobile retaining my numbers.

      • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2019 - 15:29
        -1

        Well good gum drops for you because apparently 800 people are waiting

  • Webbo on 09/09/2019 - 16:02

    For anyone that successfully ported: I got a message from telstra and entered my transfer verification code like they said. Does that mean I'll be ported soon?

    • [Deactivated] on 09/09/2019 - 16:08

      My experience is that you should receive an email from Boost when your number is successfully ported and is active with Boost. If you're not sure always talk to Boost customer service.

    • alvinmk on 09/09/2019 - 18:21

      Yes, that's what happened to my port, but it was late at night, so the port completed the following evening.
      And you will receive an email too. Another way to know is you will not be able to use your old SIM I.e. you will no longer be able to call that number.

  • engen Arsch on 09/09/2019 - 18:02

    Has anyone has trouble Porting to Boost? I've been waiting 7 days, contacted them at least 10 times and still no answer as to when they will port or what the problem is. As per above comment, I even checked if they need to post a blank sim. It seems like they have some massive issues going on

    • alvinmk on 09/09/2019 - 18:26

      No trouble porting for me. The only issue I had was during the ID validation. I used my drivers licence online which failed. I then continue the registration by calling Boost support and wala, the same ID validation worked. After that I received the transfer validation SMS from Telstra (not boost)

      • engen Arsch on 09/09/2019 - 18:43

        Im glad your's worked! I went through the port process, verification code and got the email saying it would be done in 24 hours, it is woolies (Telstra) network to Boost don't know if that changes things

    • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2019 - 15:30

      so far 2.5 days!

  • Webbo on 09/09/2019 - 19:36

    Anyone have trouble porting from vodafone. 6 hours and counting so far. Would like to know what time it is likely to port.

    • pyramid on 09/09/2019 - 20:36

      Same here (Lebara aka Voda)….did you activate and verify by clicking link Boost sent via sms

      • Webbo on 10/09/2019 - 10:04

        Yes I did activate and verify(about an hour after activation) after I put old sim back in phone and received text from telstra(boost)

    • luztra on 10/09/2019 - 10:24

      I ported two Vodafone prepaid services on Friday. Couldn’t do it online (system issue) so had to ring and get customer service to do it. One service was ported in ten minutes, the other service just ported this morning after many calls to Boost (Telstra) porting team.

      • pyramid on 10/09/2019 - 15:54

        Good for you mate. I spent 40 mins waiting to talk to someone from Porting team and finally got hold of someone who told me that they have application outage since 2 weeks hence porting are not happening….I suspect complete BS***

        • pyramid on 12/09/2019 - 15:35

          Spent another hour on phone and could not get through anyone….bloody frustrating…

          • luztra on 12/09/2019 - 17:57

            @pyramid: Are you speaking with the porting team? The number I called was 1800 631 334.

            • pyramid on 12/09/2019 - 20:39

              @luztra: Yes…. could not get through today after two try of 1hr and 40min wait…

    • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2019 - 15:35

      2.5 days from Kogan

  • wabster on 10/09/2019 - 07:39
    +1

    I had no issues porting from Optus post paid. My/our contracts ran out on the Friday, and on Saturday morning I registered the SIMs online for myself and my wife, using our drivers licences, and both ports were done in under 15 minutes. It is interesting that all receipts and comms are from Telstra.

    We are really liking Boost for sure, not only is it great value on this annual deal but we seem to get top connections and clarity of calls, no trouble calling the USA either. We're located in regional Qld and Optus was getting a bit flaky, so much so I thought my hearing was playing up! Recent trip to suburban SW Melbourne saw no issues either.

    Cheerz Wabster.

  • samtran97 on 11/09/2019 - 11:22

    Telstra/ Boost is absolutely horrible at their jobs in porting over. Coming from Vodafone it has been over 8 business days.

    Time after time calling the transfer team and being told to wait, that they are sending through a new sms or are working on it or are having technical issues. All I hear are excuses and no definite answer when I will get my number back. My old sim card does not even work either.

    Called them again today after the usual 30 minute queue and was hung up on the spot? What great customer service. So not being able to help at all and hanging up on you is what they would do instead for you.

    Other people seem to get port through with no problems and others are having similar problems. What can you even do? All you are told to do is wait wait and wait for 48 hours, then another 48 hours. Pathetic.

    • pyramid on 11/09/2019 - 12:12

      If you are porting $2 sim, its worth asking them to cancel porting. I'm in similar boat and called them again , they said they have application issue and porting process is stuck.

    • [Deactivated] on 11/09/2019 - 15:31

      yes have to agree

    • Webbo on 12/09/2019 - 15:34

      Let us know when they finally port you. I'd like to know roughly how long it takes.

      • samtran97 on 13/09/2019 - 10:15

        After working with them to sort out the problem once again, we found out that my number is active and I can receive messaged on the old sim number so the problem is solely with Telstra.

        Being told to wait another 24 hours for an SMS message to come through, nothing has (big surprise there).

        It has been 10 business days and today I'm pulling the plug and cancelling the port.

        • pyramid on 13/09/2019 - 10:34

          Wow…mine is 7th business days - yesterday spent an 1.5hr phone but was on wait and finally i disconnected…i will ask them to cancel portin

  • abcd on 16/09/2019 - 11:14

    Just spoke to 1800 631 334 (what Boost chat service rep referred to as special team and took 45 minutes to be connected..) and they admitted issues being going around in the past 3 weeks. Rep said the reason was due to changes in whole technical team.. Not sure if it's that hard to port numbers..
    Was advised that porting should take 48 hours but no guarantee (lot of backlogs)…

    • Webbo on 17/09/2019 - 15:35

      Been ported yet? I received another text message from telstra yesterday morning but still nothing.

      • abcd on 20/09/2019 - 09:27

        Nothing progressing after 1 week.. Called 3 times to follow up but same response every time saying they can only send emails to porting specialist team, but can't speak to them in person?? Bit stupid… Loosing patience

        • mapax on 20/09/2019 - 09:57

          Not sure if this works for boost but when I was porting to Telstra two weeks ago the guy at the Voda store claimed that live chat with Telstra is a lot faster for porting than calling.
          In my case it went well, my port was started on a Friday at ~13:30 and went active at ~19:30 that night.

          • Webbo on 20/09/2019 - 17:01

            @mapax: Done 3 live chats already and no success. They just told me everything looked fine and I should be ported soon. Now 10 biz days and counting…….

            • mapax on 20/09/2019 - 17:34

              @Webbo: Dang, that's just ridiculous.
              Lol, not only does it sounds like boost don't want to sell these packs but they don't want to port people that do manage to buy them.

              • Webbo on 24/09/2019 - 18:58
                +1

                @mapax: Hooray!! Finally ported from vodafone to Boost after almost 3 weeks. Suspect it was me engaging the TIO yesterday. They said they had already sent e-mail to boost about the matter.

    • johnjones8 on 22/09/2019 - 10:41

      Tried to port on Monday night, still waiting.
      Got the same answer on the phone as well, about this being a technical issue on boost/telstra's end and nothing else to do but wait. At least it doesn't disrupt your current service.

  • Intel1 on 24/09/2019 - 14:21

    Just ported mine over from Kogan to Boost took 1 hour, All done works fine, no dramas.

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