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Boost $300 Prepaid Starter Kit | 12 Months Expiry | 240GB Data | Unlimited Talk & Text $249 @ Cellmate

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Boost $300 Prepaid Starter Kit | 12 Months Expiry | 240GB Data | Unlimited Talk & Text $249 @ Cellmate
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charedblack on 21/10/2020 - 16:27 cellmate.com.au (1510 clicks)
Last edited 16/11/2020 - 16:58 by 3 other users

Telstra are putting up their prices on their pre-paid plans and wish to charge me more for less service - Thanks guys!
After fighting with them for an hour, I decided it was time to finally move onto Boost and pay half the price for the same network.
Cellmate has the $300 sim discounted to $249, which is a good price.
Officeworks were happy to price match over the phone which brings this down to $236.55, which is a great price!

Officeworks phone number: 1300 OFFICE (1300 633 423)
Officeworks item code: BO103350
Officeworks direct link: https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/p/boost-300-…

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  • jv on 21/10/2020 - 16:28
    +13

    and wish to charge me more for less service

    Common occurrence.

    They are doing the same to people they are moving from Cable to NBN.
    Halving the speed and increasing the price at the same time…

    • bewade on 21/10/2020 - 22:29

      I'm still on cable, for now

  • USER DC on 21/10/2020 - 16:40

    Boost support is terrible i will never be using boost again, going back to kogan or perhaps trying Woolworths/coles . With boost mobile in Adelaide cannot make calls over 4g network, and have to call stores twice or thrice over 3g/2g network just to get connected.

    • bdl on 21/10/2020 - 16:58

      Remember Woolworths mobile uses Telstra's wholesale network, so maybe Coles (Optus) or Kogan a better choice for you

    • [Deactivated] on 21/10/2020 - 17:41

      Kogan Mobile burnt many people a few years ago..

      I’d never go back there, no matter how pretty the deal was

    • Make it so on 21/10/2020 - 18:44

      That's not Boost - that's Telstra. See this thread.

      Telstra is screwing customers with phones for whom they do not support VoLTE (which would enable 4g calls) by reducing capacity on 3g (by repurposing that frequency for 5g).

      • USER DC on 21/10/2020 - 19:01

        Yes that problem occurs with me.
        But mine is addition to that that if I enable calling over 4G LTE network in network settings, i can only talk to people (from first attempt) for only like 70 seconds.

        AND such a problem is not Telstra screwing customer rather boost network not working over 4g calls

        • USER DC on 21/10/2020 - 22:03

          They fixed issue after like a week

  • spuderump on 21/10/2020 - 17:09

    Does boost get access to Telstra 5G?

    • charedblack on 21/10/2020 - 17:16
      +1

      Doubt it as their website says only 3G (until 2024) and 4G - https://boost.com.au/coverage-map/

    • hopper on 21/10/2020 - 17:20

      Telstra might not share 5G, eSim and One number features anytime soon.

      • Amaris on 21/10/2020 - 19:35

        Boost will get 5G/ eSIM/ One number if and when Telstra prepaid gets it.

    • JustJames24 on 22/10/2020 - 16:13

      No the owner of Boost said it was pointless for the forcible future.

  • BaeSuzy on 21/10/2020 - 17:30

    god dammit thats smart, i bought it last week forgot about price matching!

  • Sleuth on 21/10/2020 - 17:50
    +2

    Thanks, price-match worked over the phone.

  • jontybell on 21/10/2020 - 17:52

    Can I use this to top up an existing boost account (I signed on with a similar deal last year)?

    • Dave Id on 21/10/2020 - 18:06

      Nope.

    • charedblack on 21/10/2020 - 19:22
      -1

      You would have to port out and then back in to then be able to use this kit. Other posts for this product have lots of info on this. Seems to be a $2 optus sim can do the job.

  • Free Parking on 21/10/2020 - 18:01
    +20

    Support small business guys. Purchase from Cellmate if you can afford the extra $12.45.

    • Benjy on 05/11/2020 - 12:20

      Office works declined my price beat anyway one is a start kit and one is a prepaid sim they said.

  • drprox on 21/10/2020 - 18:28
    +2

    Been with boost 12 months next month, been great, highly recommend. One not often talked point is the fact you don't need to worry about your clown telco charging you incorrectly every month!
    Now to find a top-up for mine which expires next month…

    • mrctan on 21/10/2020 - 18:40
      +2

      $150 recharge should be available to you 👍

      • drprox on 21/10/2020 - 19:13

        Yeah but it's only 80gb :( though I did only use 150gb for the year and looks like a $200 recharge is 150gb!

  • HappyPooPants on 21/10/2020 - 18:55

    I've been eyeing these lately, but 12gb month just doesn't seem to cut it these days, and the data add ons are crazy expensive.

    • kuwahshi on 21/10/2020 - 18:58
      +1

      This could be thought of as 20gb p/m.

      • HappyPooPants on 21/10/2020 - 19:15

        Lol my maths was wrong. I was thinking 12gb!!

        Ok so the next question, why not woolies?same data, same international but also %10 off shop

        • charedblack on 21/10/2020 - 19:20
          +3

          Boost uses the real telstra network. All others Telstra resellers use a modified telstra network. If that doesn’t matter to you, then there is no real reason to use boost.

          • sdoin on 21/10/2020 - 20:38

            @charedblack: What are the differences?

            • buffalo bill on 21/10/2020 - 20:59
              +1

              @sdoin: For the majority of people the wholesale network is fine, but for people frequently in fringe reception or regional areas, the difference is a reliable service vs no signal at times.

              The wholesale network does work well for a lot of people, but Telstra offers more coverage.

        • hopper on 21/10/2020 - 19:47

          does Woolies offer Volte and Vowifi?

          • Amaris on 21/10/2020 - 20:32

            @hopper: In addition to VoLTE and VoWiFi, Boost also now offers visual voicemail (for ios)

  • EnforcerOfJustice on 21/10/2020 - 19:11

    Very happy with this product after using it last year to transfer from Kogan. Does anyone have any tips as to how to recharge an existing plan cheaply though? I began one of these plans 11 months ago and I'm approaching the end of the plan. Presumably porting out and back again is an option but I'd rather reload an existing plan if possible and don't want to overlook any deals before I simply buy another 12 months $300 through the app

    • scottb721 on 21/10/2020 - 20:06
      +1

      I'm in the same boat. 11 months into the Telstra $250 deal from last year for me. What to do what to do.
      The GF just bought two Optus 365day/100GB prepaids for $150 each. Very tempting.

  • jlogic on 21/10/2020 - 19:17
    +2

    Yeah I switched from Optus to this and it so far has no issues. I did think that I made a mistake because you had to be careful with data usage whereas on Optus I had data share so didn't really worry too much and had a higher quota.

    But I like keeping $360 dollars in my pocket a year and the ability to make phone calls when Optus couldn't.

  • Baghern on 21/10/2020 - 21:05

    Its been slow, but they've been trying to move people to those 12months contracts for a while now

  • kungfu_tofu on 21/10/2020 - 22:07

    when do these starter packs need to be activated by?

    • mua.x on 22/10/2020 - 10:18

      I read the officeworks site and they said anytime

      • Maestrok on 22/10/2020 - 17:06

        Definitely not anytime. It will depend o stock they send to you…Normally officeworks ones will have a long expiry though.

        • mua.x on 24/10/2020 - 15:23

          update on this - received mine today and it has the expiry April 2021 so yes guess it depends on the stock

  • grumpyalby on 22/10/2020 - 09:14

    Can this sim be used as a data sim in an ipad?

  • mua.x on 22/10/2020 - 10:19

    Thanks! Price matched over the phone this morning

  • MyEducation on 22/10/2020 - 13:36

    Boo, out of stock from cell mate and officeworks won't price match if it's out of stock :(
    Good deal though

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