$1400 off Apple MacBook Air M2/M3 on 24-Month 300GB $99 TGG Mobile Plan (Port-in/New Customers, Selected Stores) @ The Good Guys

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Little birdie has told me about this deal from The Good Guys. Same concept with JB - sign up, get the discount, chat with a rep via JB Mobile app or Telstra app to cancel the plan :)

Terms & Conditions - credit/thanks to @overthinking

$1400 off MacBook Air M2 or M3 when you sign up to the: $99 The Good Guys Mobile BYO Upfront 'BEST' Plan. $99 Per month plan. Min cost $2376 over 24 months

  • Available to port-in and new customers only (excluding JB Hi-Fi Upfront/Prepaid, The Good Guys Mobile & Broadband, Telstra and Boost).
  • The $1400 off the purchase price of any MacBook Air M2 or M3 (referred to as “The Good Guys Voucher” in the Telstra Terms and Conditions available at https://t.ly/CO4Yf and replacing the dollar value of the Voucher in the Critical Information Summary available at https://t.ly/n3jrP) will be applied to the purchase price of the MacBook Air M2 or M3 instore after connection after approval by Telstra.
  • If you cancel or move to a lower cost/different plan then you must pay a Voucher Repayment Fee to Telstra pro-rated against the remaining months of your plan’s minimum term.
  • This offer is not available in conjunction with any other The Good Guys mobile or broadband offer.
  • Purchase of the plan must be completed in store.
  • Full plan details and Telstra Terms & Conditions available at https://t.ly/CO4Yf apply.
  • Included data for use in Australia only. If you exceed your monthly data allowance, you can continue to access your data with speeds capped at 1.5Mbps.

Participating Stores

ACT
Belconnen, Fyshwick

NSW
Alexandria, Auburn, Bankstown, Blacktown, Campbelltown, Caringbah, Castle Hill, Chatswood, Kotara, Moore Park , Penrith, Port Macquarie, Tempe, Wetherill Park

VIC
Ballarat, Bayswater, Bendigo, Brighton, Dandenong, Essendon, Frankston, Geelong, Hoppers Crossing, Maribyrnong, Northland, Nunawading, Shepparton, Sunbury, Taylors Lakes, Thomastown, Warrnambool

QLD
Cairns, Capalaba, Carseldine, Helensvale, Hervey Bay, Ipswich, Kawana Waters, Loganholme, Macgregor, Mackay, Morayfield, Oxley, Pimpama, Robina, Townsville, Tweed Heads

SA
Gepps Cross, Hectorville, Marion, Mile End, Noarlunga

WA
Busselton, Cannington, Cockburn, Joondalup, Malaga, Mandurah, Midland, Osborne Park, O’Connor, Rockingham

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Comments

  • Nice!

  • +13

    If people are going to ask again, please have a read on the Google Pixel 9 Pro XL deal:

    • The ETC can’t be paid with gift cards, this is managed by Telstra for your final invoice
    • It’s a $1400 off gift card provided to you to purchase your MacBook Air
    • The CIS will still show the $800 gift card: This is what Telstra sees on their end, not the $1400 gift card provided to you
    • With this deal, the M3 Air 256GB will have a final cost of ~$1264; M2 around ~$1064
    • +3

      Presumably you have an invoice at full price for the Macbook air for tax deduction purposes too..

      • +1

        Also full GST if you happen to be going overseas in the near future.

    • Normally ignorantly argue rather than ask ;)

  • Cancellation fee?

    • +3

      The same old same old ~$766.66 since it’s pro rata as you’ve paid for the first month

      • How do you calculate that 766 thank you

      • What if you stayed for 9 months and paid $891 then cancel. How much do you need to against the voucher fee?

        • 13 x 33.33 =433.29 as I read the CIS

    • -1

      Full amount

  • -1

    If you cancel or move to a lower cost plan then you'll need to pay a Voucher Repayment Fee pro-rated against the remaining months of your plan’s minimum term

    • +13

      I just literally wrote a whole summary above 🤦‍♂️

  • Terms and condition:
    The Voucher Repayment Fee is a pro-rata amount, equal to the total amount of
    the base Voucher divided by 24 and multiplied by the months (or part months)
    remaining in your Voucher Term. For example, if received a voucher with a 24-
    month Voucher Term, then in:
    (a) Month 1: You will need to repay 23/24 of the Voucher you received;
    (b) Month 12: You will need to repay 11/24 of the Voucher you received; and
    (c) Month 23: You will need to repay 1/24 of the Voucher you received.

    So it's full amount I believe

    • +1

      Not the full amount of $1400, it’s the $800 instead as this is what gets reported back to Telstra

      • I found terms and conditions via website, so not sure

        • +3

          I was talking to the OzB JB/TGG employee earlier about it

        • Do Not apply 'Voucher value. Apply 'Voucher Repayment Fee' CIS shows Maximum Voucher Repayment Fee is $800.

  • +2

    i found this telstra page with all details:
    https://www.telstra.com.au/help/critical-information-summari…

  • +1

    can someone dumb this down for me like your explaining the cost and process to a 5 year old

    • +9

      My understanding is:

      • You sign up for a 24-month TGG/Telstra plan
      • You receive a gift card ($1,400)
      • You purchase your MacBook of choice, redeeming said gift card
      • You cancel the plan, paying out the first month ($99) and cancellation fee ($766.59)

      So to calculate the final amount, take the price of the MacBook and minus $1,400, then add $865.6.

      • +1

        Correct!

        You could also then return the MacBook within 30 days and pocket a $1400 gift card, or better yet have it refunded onto your credit card if the staff member isn't paying close attention to how you paid.

        • But if you return the Macbook aint you still paying first month ($99) and cancellation fee ($766.59) which means your gaining $1400 in store credit for $865.59?

          and its probably less value then that because JB cards do go on 15% sale at times

          • @smeng: Correct, or $1400 back on your credit card for $865.59 spend (if the staff member just has you put the full refund back on card)

            • @SirFrankGrimes: so if we assume 15% of $1400 GC is worth $1190 and if we get refund direct to CC it would be 1190-865.59 = $324.41 profit is that correct?

            • @SirFrankGrimes: refund goes to gift card + any card payment

              • @Feeblely: On the odd occasion, they’ll just refund you the whole thing onto your credit card. It happened to me recently at JB for a similar situation

        • How soon did you return the macbook and cancel the mobile plan?

      • +1

        thank you for the excellent write up !!

        so for example

        $2399 for a M3 16gb - $1400 gift card = $999 payable(can you use GG Giftcard for this portion) + first month ($99) and cancellation fee ($766.59) = $1864.59? is this correct?

        and if you use GG GC for the $999 portion it becomes even cheaper?

        • can you use GG Giftcard for this portion

          also wondering the same thing

      • +5

        So the net effect is $1400 - ($99 + $766.59) = $534.41 discount off the Macbook price and one month's Telstra plan usage?

  • Damn I hope they bring back the IPad deal I missed out 😭😭

  • can you use the $1,400 gift card on something else like an iPad instead? Will they know?

    • +1

      "$1400 off the purchase price of any MacBook Air M2 or M3"

      as per here

      I believe we're locked into using it on a laptop. I'll report back after I visit a store.

      • Just return the laptop and buy an iPad. 30 days refund policy.

  • I signed up to this deal in 2022, (ending this year) and purchased an appliance with the gift card. I at the time didnt know of this trick to cancel and just pay the base gc cancellation, and decided to keep the plan.
    However, when i go in mytelstra app, and look at the cancellation cost, it takes into account the $99/month for remaoning months.
    Have the terms and conditions changed since then ?

    • this is getting confusing now… either just the repayment fee of $800 or $800 + remaining months….
      do you have the ozbargain link to the 2022 deal?

    • Plans in 2022 weren’t up front like they are now. They were contracts with a cancellation fee and requirement to pay remaining months.

  • this is tempting. hopefully it'll work as the above description!

  • Its funny, such a damn big loop hole on this deal, and they never notice about that and let us keep doing this ???

  • Some stores have started to decline gift cards as you have exceeded what they call more refunds and cancellations. probably best to keep a couple of accounts in hand.

  • +1

    It's a deal only when the MBA is on sale for $200-$300 off the RRP.

    • do they do price match/beats?

      • This is what I need to know before jumping in

  • +2

    Just went to the store and got Macbook Air M3 512GB 16GB Midnight Black. Also switched electricity from AGL Value Saver to Good Guys AGL Value saver which got me further 70$ off. So final price 929$.

      • $99+$800 cancelation fee=$1828 . They often go on sale for that price.
      • +1

        Can you provide any examples? RRP $2399, Edu $2249. Best I know of was Apple edu GC offer bringing price to approx 2k.

  • Legend @BargainsGrabber. Just went in-store now and purchased an M3 256GB for $399 + $99

    The lady at TGG told me to tell all my friends about this deal haha

    • +2

      Couldn't you price-match it as well?

      • Goddamn. Time to hand in my Ozbargain membership

        No one mentioned it was cheaper elsewhere in the comments. Didn't even think of it

      • +1

        You could but depends on the sales assistant

        One of my local JB allows it, but the other doesn’t

    • is that the price for the 8gb?

      • Yep. Not sure they have the 256GB / 16GB in stores? Would have bought it if they did

    • Don’t you get hit with the cancellation fee too? Unless you didn’t cancel.

      • Yep, that's the next step. Upfront cost in store though is the $1,799 laptop - $1,400 gift card + $99 first month

  • does anyone know what invoice they provide? if it includes the $1400 giftcard value in the total?

    also for a BYO deal, do we need to have an existing phone number or can we ask for a new one?

    • +1

      The invoice shows a full priced Macbook with $1,400 of the total paid via gift cards.

      30%+ off on top of everything else in tax deductions depending on your income bracket

  • Has anyone been able to successfully price match prior prior to receiving the 1.4k discount?

    • Wasn’t hard for me to do with iPad version of this deal

  • Pull the trigger and bought M3 256gb last night it took them over an hour to apply the $1400 discount. Now the question is when people jumping on chat and canceling the plan ..? Straight away or wait for a month or so…?

    • Did you get it priced match?

  • +1

    Yes m3 8gb/256 for $1699 instead of $1799 . But all the retailer drop there price to $1699 today anyway

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