How Often Do You Find A Bargain On OzB And Buy Something?

mickyb80 on 14/08/2021 - 14:01
Last edited 14/08/2021 - 14:07

Since being actively flicking through the OzB site over the past month or so, I've found myself looking at loads of potential bargains I'd not otherwise known about.

Openly admitting to having what some may call a shopping addition (I prefer to term it as being a bargain hunter - especially with this crazy lockdown) - this morning I thought to myself, wait a sec, would I be buying this stuff if I wasn't finding bargains on OzB?

Wondering how others buying habits have been modified by OzB. How much lockdown has modified your spending and the likes.

Poll Options

  • 19
    I'm here for entertainment with a bowl of popcorn.
  • 4
    I'm buying more online due to lockdown, OzB doesn't make any difference?
  • 12
    Spending more because of OzB (impulsive - damn you OzB).
  • 90
    It's been good, OzB helps me find a bargain for X.
  • 1
    There are bargain's on OzB? I just here to $#!7stir on the forum!
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Comments

  • Jimothy Wongingtons on 14/08/2021 - 14:03
    +33

    I come for the bargains but stay for the drama in the forums section.

    • mickyb80 on 14/08/2021 - 14:05
      +1

      I think you would be one with a bowl of popcorn then, in that case! hahahahha

    • DashCam AKA Rolts on 14/08/2021 - 14:12
      +1

      I come for the bargains but stay for the drama in the forums section.

      Ditto.

    • SF3 on 14/08/2021 - 14:30
      +1

      drama in the forums section.

      Days of our lives. Lost keys, face masks, security guard, escalation, being rear ended, dark arts, collecting cans…

    • franco cozzo on 14/08/2021 - 17:14

      the dramas over price errors keeps me quite entertained

  • Godric on 14/08/2021 - 14:26

    Frequently

  • Hithere on 14/08/2021 - 14:31
    +1

    I often find a bargain on OzB and justify buying it by saying " I needed it to go with my (insert random item here)"

  • MS Paint on 14/08/2021 - 14:35

    Please link to a recent bargain

    • brendanm on 14/08/2021 - 17:09

      Bunnings drone 2019.

      • MS Paint on 14/08/2021 - 17:20

        That was probably the last bargain.

    • Yummy on 14/08/2021 - 18:34

      $186 Euromaid fridge by AO.

  • RockyRaccoon on 14/08/2021 - 14:36
    +1

    Nah, I only come for the dumb surveys…. there's enough of those every day.

    • mickyb80 on 14/08/2021 - 20:27

      Shame we can't claim cashback on all the polls, hey?… lol!

  • mapax on 14/08/2021 - 14:45

    A quick look through my history indicates that the last item I purchased as a result of seeing it on OzBargain was nearly a year ago.

  • SF3 on 14/08/2021 - 14:50
    +2

    Missing poll opinion.

    The most recent item I bought, was from one of my deal post. :)

    • mickyb80 on 14/08/2021 - 20:26

      lol… that's a fair point indeed!

  • freefall101 on 14/08/2021 - 16:09

    Half the time I'm not even sure if it's a bargain, I just buy stuff anyway.

  • dylo on 14/08/2021 - 16:29

    I'm here for the competitions/forum , rarely look at deals unless there is something specific I am after.

  • franco cozzo on 14/08/2021 - 17:13

    i am mainly here for the beef jerky dramas

  • herecomestheoost on 14/08/2021 - 18:13
    +3

    If anything this website has made me tight with money, whenever I want something (that I don't really need) I search ozbargain and if I see it cheaper on an expired deal, I'll wait.

    Every now and then I'll buy something from a deal (2 or 3 items a month)

    But I enjoy the community, I frequent the website (3 or 4 times a day) I look through the bargains but I save the forums for last.

  • Seraphin7 on 14/08/2021 - 18:43

    In recent times the greatest "bargains" I've got from here are temporary cashback deals or discounted gift cards.

    Actual product discounts seem rare at the moment.

  • whitelie on 14/08/2021 - 18:54

    I don't think I've had too many impulse buys where I buy something that I didn't need but was too good a deal to pass up. Am I even an OzBargainer?

    Pass a lot of work time on here keeping up with the drama/forums

    • mickyb80 on 14/08/2021 - 20:25

      "I don't think I've had too many impulse buys where I buy something that I didn't need but was too good a deal to pass up. Am I even an OzBargainer?"

      Perhaps: "I don't think I've had too many impulse buys where I buy something that I didn't need but was too good a deal to pass up. Am I even an OzBeginner? - Yet to get lured into the mystic habit of Bargain Buying…?" Or, maybe you're super strong-willed! 👍

      • whitelie on 14/08/2021 - 22:34

        I think usually I'm too late to the price error bargains like the Bunnings Drone for example. Absolutely no need for a drone but would have grabbed one if I was quick enough and would have even been happy with a GC reversal

  • Noire on 14/08/2021 - 19:17

    I'm mostly just looking at dining and takeaway and forums nowadays.

  • onetwothreefour on 14/08/2021 - 19:36

    Cashback on alcohol are my favourite deals of the past 18 months.

  • dust on 14/08/2021 - 19:38

    I work for an insurance company and I'm here to convince more people to get insurance on their vehicles.

  • popsiee on 14/08/2021 - 19:38

    Don't tell me you put that last option for jv ?

    • mickyb80 on 14/08/2021 - 20:22

      JV?
      Not sure who or what JV means in this context?
      But there was a certain (to remain unnamed) member that did come to mind when I write the last one, yes. If That's what you mean? 🤭

  • mattyman on 15/08/2021 - 12:34

    Hardly ever. Bargains are normally all gone by the time I see them.

  • gimli on 15/08/2021 - 13:27

    12

  • ozbjunkie on 17/08/2021 - 22:09

    I mostly read and respond to comments.

    I feel like I've graduated to being a reformed consumerist bargaineer, not through any virtue of my own, but because I have found all the things I need on here and purchased at great prices already.

    Also, once in a while Pam shows up with comments that offer more contemplative substance than any Zen koan

  • Ender Wiggin on 18/08/2021 - 00:52

    I like a good bargain.

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