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iPhone 13 256GB $1409.98 Delivered @ Costco Online (Membership Required) ($1339.48 Price Beat @ Officeworks)

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iPhone 13 256GB $1409.98 Delivered @ Costco Online (Membership Required) ($1339.48 Price Beat @ Officeworks)
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Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 08:50 costco.com.au (2212 clicks)
Last edited 01/04/2022 - 11:53 by 3 other users

Costco have got a pretty great discount going for the iPhone 13, and if you can find stock in Officeworks they will price beat to bring it down even further. Normal RRP is $1519.

Picked up an iPhone 13 256GB in Product RED for $1339.

Some commenters are convinced OW won’t price match, but I had no resistance from the counter when I showed them I was a Costco member, and the supervisor signed off on the beat.

Proof of OW price beat for the naysayers:
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/241169/95046/54ba29e9-…

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  • Diplomats on 01/04/2022 - 09:02
    +6

    OW will not beat Costco.

    • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 09:05
      +11

      I didn’t have any trouble getting a price match. Included an image of my receipt as part of the deal post.

      https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/241169/95046/54ba29e9-…

      • jv on 01/04/2022 - 09:07
        -5

        They said NO to me…

        It requires membership so it's against their price match policy.

        • mountains on 01/04/2022 - 09:19
          +1

          I guess their policy changed while ago, they have removed membership stores in their excluded list.

          What is excluded from the Price Beat Guarantee?
          • Cashback and coupon offers
          • Commercial quantities and pricing
          • Stock liquidations
          • We reserve the right to limit sales to reasonable retail quantities.

          • jv on 01/04/2022 - 09:21
            -8

            @mountains: Good luck trying to get a price match then…

            They will not match stores that have special prices for members only… incl. apple / microsoft educational offers

            • mountains on 01/04/2022 - 09:25

              @jv: Agree, bcz educational offers are excluded

              including Apple Reseller Education pricing.

              From my last conversation with OW support , they will consider delivery factor if there is no Costco in your city.

          • MKBHD on 01/04/2022 - 10:01
            -2

            @mountains: Your post is misleading with incomplete information.

            Commercial quantities and pricing (i.e. a reduced price not available to the public and including Apple Reseller Education pricing.)

            Costco is not available to the public it is members only.
            This is a case of a staff who is a newbie and a manager who can't be bothered. We as a customer win in this case which is not a bad thing. But don't expect this honoured all the time or everywhere.

            • mountains on 01/04/2022 - 10:15

              @MKBHD: Sorry for that, what I meant was, OW do price-match Costco, its not against their policy, as long as you show them the price (but not screenshot). It’s not like Kogan or grey imports websites, which they straight away decline.

              • MKBHD on 01/04/2022 - 10:17
                +1

                @mountains: According to the policy - they do not! It's clearly written in their policy why.

                reduced price not available to the public

                • Eeples on 01/04/2022 - 10:57
                  +1

                  @MKBHD: You are missing the “commercial quantities” part of the exclusion.

                  Indeed OW will match Cosvo (as evidenced by the OP).

                  They will perhaps match educational pricing too as long it’s not commercial quantities. This need to be tested again.

                  It needs to be retested because OW policies have changed.

                  Jv, when we’re you unsuccessful?

                  • MKBHD on 01/04/2022 - 12:41
                    -1

                    @Eeples: Trust me, this part of the policy hasn't changed. It has always been worded that way. You don't have to take my word for it though, you won't get this price match approved at most stores to prove my point.

            • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 17:40
              +2

              @MKBHD: Guess there’s newbie staff and supervisors everywhere since of bunch of others below were able to get the same deal I did without issue.

              Or you’re just wrong.

      • Diplomats on 02/04/2022 - 08:04

        With all the comments of success they must’ve changed their terms and now allow the price beat from Costco.

    • doogiechap on 01/04/2022 - 09:39

      It depends… I purchased my iPhone 13 with a Costco pricematch after two unsuccessful attempts at other shops.

    • Arnoldo1988 on 01/04/2022 - 18:43

      Got 2x iPhone 13 price matched a few months ago from Officeworks no worries. Did it through their phone service

  • xenoic on 01/04/2022 - 09:03
    +2

    No one can beat Costco because it’s behind a membership

    • kaitoivan on 01/04/2022 - 10:03

      JB did, just need to prove that you have Costco membership

  • jv on 01/04/2022 - 09:09
    -6

    Proof of OW price beat

    Just because you found a newbie that went against their policy does not mean others can get it…

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/533291

    • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 09:13
      +7

      Don’t know what to tell you mate, I asked at the counter, and they had the supervisor sign off.

      That post is from two years ago too…

      • xoom on 01/04/2022 - 09:24
        +2

        Hate to agree with jv but this is a ymmv moment. Lets just say pot luck if you can get OW to pricebeat Costco. I mean sure great you got it OP but its no guarantee for others.

        • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 09:29
          +1

          I’d have posted the extra bit about an OW price beat on “OzBargainIfYourLucky” but there doesn’t seem to be such a site.

          • xoom on 01/04/2022 - 09:38

            @Mitch889: I meant my comment as nothing personal. Sure hope you didn't take it like i was insulting you. And i apologise if you saw it that way.

            Just saying that people have tried before geting Costco to pricebeat with varying degrees of success.

            So to those that got OW to pricebeat Costco. Good on you.

            TL;DR

            Asking OW to pricebeat Costco. Sure give it a go. The worse they can say is no.

            • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 09:49

              @xoom: Haha all good mate, didn’t take it that way at all, just having a little fun!

              That’s what I figured, all they asked was to see that I was a member and that the website showed stock, and the put the price beat through without an issue.

              If they’d said no I would have bought from Costco, still a good price.

        • mountains on 01/04/2022 - 09:31

          The problem here is not eveyone have Costco membership. So, you cannot show them costco products via Phone for pricematch . And they do not pricematch with the help of Screenshot pictures as it is not live.

          As mentioned by the OP

          I showed them I was a Costco member

          • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 09:49

            @mountains: This is why I put “Membership Required” in the headline.

            Plenty of people don’t have access to some of the deals posted here, doesn’t mean they don’t get posted.

    • Eeples on 01/04/2022 - 10:58

      No. You aren’t getting it.

      OWs policy has changed.

      (It is more likely that OW managers do not know their own policies than there being a newbie manager).

      • jv on 01/04/2022 - 11:04
        -1

        No. You aren’t getting it.

        That's what I said…

  • Bargains4days on 01/04/2022 - 09:18

    Any Costco deals for the 13 Pro max? Don't have Costco membership so I don't know.

    • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 09:22
      +1

      All the current Costco prices:

      https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/241169/95047/56a230c1-…

      • DeepDreamer on 01/04/2022 - 17:09

        What kind of Ozbargainer sorts price from high to low?

        • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 17:36
          +1

          One who was screenshoting the page as it loaded to help someone out.

          • DeepDreamer on 01/04/2022 - 22:23

            @Mitch889: Not buying it. Something un-Ozbargainy here.

            On another note, thanks, bought one with OW price beat. The attendant first claimed that the $60 Costco membership had to be taken into account. I then pulled out your receipt photo and all resistance whithered.

  • winternational on 01/04/2022 - 09:30

    need to consult with Jon Prosser… wait a moment…

  • Newbshopper on 01/04/2022 - 09:36
    -1

    Which OW in Sydney can Price beat?

    • mountains on 01/04/2022 - 09:50
      -1

      As long as you have Costco membership, any store.

    • MosaicCub on 01/04/2022 - 10:49

      The Auburn one has been great, give them a call, as long the price you are matching is available on a catalogue print or online, they are willing to price match.

  • aman00024 on 01/04/2022 - 09:58
    -1

    OW’s can PB over the phone with Costco/Amazon.

    Too easy

  • mdavant on 01/04/2022 - 10:02
    -4

    No need to price match soon as the govt will be giving away more free money.

    • wtfnodeal on 01/04/2022 - 10:11
      +2

      If that’s the case I will have the saving from the PB plus free money from the government. Money is never too much.

      • Charity on 01/04/2022 - 22:47

        When you are a Russian oligarch you can get it confiscated by the west, literally because you have "too much".

  • Techie4066 on 01/04/2022 - 10:29
    +2

    I know some of you can't resist iPhones. But my goodness these prices. I picked up an S22 for half price on release date (JB $450 trade-in bonus + discounted GC from Woolies) and it's a country mile ahead of this!

    • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 17:36
      +2

      Cool.

      • Techie4066 on 01/04/2022 - 17:40

        Yeah it is actually. OzBargainers typically wouldn't settle on an 11% discount on a 6 month old phone.

    • nomoneynoproblems on 01/04/2022 - 20:52

      Apple silicon is a mile ahead the s22, sorry everyone else. Unless you’re pixel peeping there’s not a not whole lot else.

      • Techie4066 on 01/04/2022 - 21:37

        Not the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1, it's not.

        You get:
        - The same size phone
        - Gorilla Glass Victus+
        - A frame that doesn't dig into your palm
        - Smaller display bezels
        - Always-on display
        - All of Samsung's software goodies including Dex and split-screen
        - 5 years software updates guaranteed
        - 8GB RAM
        - Larger camera sensors and OIS has greater movement
        - 8K video
        - HDR10+ 120Hz brighter display
        - In-display fingerprint sensor
        - Bluetooth 5.2
        - USB-C with faster data transfer

  • JackLiuAu on 01/04/2022 - 10:36
    +2

    FYI: I just phoned an OW store and put on hold a Midnight. Girl told me the Costco link would be perfectly fine for PB.
    Cheers.

  • channan88 on 01/04/2022 - 10:45
    +3

    I don't have a Costco membership but OW price matched over the phone with no questions.

  • some_one_some_where on 01/04/2022 - 11:52

    Popcorn…watching from a safe distance!

    • xoom on 01/04/2022 - 11:55
      +1

      Im watching from behind plexi glass just incase sparks fly between both sides.

  • rohitroygre on 01/04/2022 - 12:03

    Green is OOS at Costco. I don't think Officeworks will PB the Green one!!! :(

    • xoom on 01/04/2022 - 12:06

      If theres is anything i can be sure of. That is if its not same model same colour. No pricebeat for you.

      Found this out the hard way. Was buying a sony bt speaker but the black one was sold out so only manage to get pricebeat on what was not sold out which was blue.

  • rohitroygre on 01/04/2022 - 12:09

    I got PB once for an item by Officeworks which was OOS but it actually wasn't OOS when I called. I was on hold for 20-25 minutes and in the meantime it got OOS. So I told this to the Officeworks team member and they still PB it.

  • BuzzBuzzBuzz on 01/04/2022 - 12:52

    Officeworks internal policy is not to price beat Costco. The price must be publicly available to be eligible for the PBB. You may have got lucky, some supervisors don't give a shit, but no store manager would approve that price beat.

    Source: Former Officeworks employee.

  • ItsBatman on 01/04/2022 - 14:44
    +1

    Thanks OP, got one from OW Auburn

  • kevinxp919 on 01/04/2022 - 14:48

    Oh man, Thanks so much for ur post and I have got same price from OW

  • raydebug on 01/04/2022 - 15:21

    eBay plus gives a 12% off can bring the price down to $1399.86 whichs rrp is 1590

    • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 18:12

      That RRP is inflated, it’s $1519 from Apple and has been since launch.

      • raydebug on 01/04/2022 - 22:05

        ebay is not a place for fairness haha

  • sena86 on 01/04/2022 - 16:13

    While some debate whether Costco is included or not in the price beat, I told my friend about this deal and she picked up 2 iPhones without a Costco membership.

    Thanks OP for the deal.

    • xoom on 01/04/2022 - 16:18
      -3

      The debate isn't whether people have gotten OW to pricebeat Costco or not. The debate is whether OW will do or have done it for all their customers. And the answer to that is no.

      Dont get me wrong. If you get OW to pricebeat Costco. Then 👍 thats a win for you.

      • sena86 on 01/04/2022 - 16:21
        +1

        I'll probably be shot down for this, but when I spoke to OW recently, I was informed their policy has changed. I know in the past (early last year) I was denied a price beat from Costco as well, but I suspect that has changed if many people are getting it more easily and perhaps some of the staff just haven't been informed of the new guidelines.

        I've had similar issues in the past with OW where not all staff know the latest rules around the price beat (which is fair as there must be slight changes to the policy more often than we know).

      • mountains on 01/04/2022 - 16:44

        I'd have agreed if it's 2019. They have changed that recently between 2020-21 somewhere.

        • xoom on 01/04/2022 - 18:05
          -2

          Well i didn't specify a time frame did i? And its good thing they changed to policy. A win for us.

  • cyrus515 on 01/04/2022 - 16:25
    +1

    Thanks OP! Got one from OW. The counter checked with OW manager, and confirmed PB with Costco without any questions.

  • CodeI on 01/04/2022 - 22:22

    Isn't the same version? It says AU$1,329.00

    https://www.becextech.com.au/catalog/iphn13256midfi-p-18378.…

    • Mitch889 on 01/04/2022 - 22:24
      +1

      A very quick scan of their FAQ reveals this:

      “ Some products described in our online catalogue as “AU STOCK” are covered by manufacturer's Warranty, and other products may be covered by international warranties. ”

      That iPhone is almost certainly a grey import.

      • CodeI on 01/04/2022 - 22:49

        thanks mate

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