Similar to the deal below, you can get S24 Plus 256GB for final cost of $662.59 if you go through JB hifi/Telstra cancellation process
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/866487?page=4#comment-1570…
Phone will be free upfront plus you get $200 gift card. You will be hit with $766.59 early termination cost plus $99 first month fee.
You may try to price match Telstra price of $1399 which will further save you $298.
$1700 - 1697-766.59-99+200
Stat bar limit is 6 years or just live in VIC and tell them to not call unless they want to proceed with legal action (unlikely for a debt under $5-10k).
this isnt Murica
I'm aware, here's the Vic law I'm reffering to:
"contacting a person about a debt after they have advised in writing that no further communication should be made about that debt. This applies unless you:
contact the debtor through an action issued by a court or VCAT
are threatening the debtor with court or VCAT action that the creditor intends to take"
https://www.consumer.vic.gov.au/licensing-and-registration/d…
Also, there are statue of limitations for debts in Australia too fyi.
no, in America that happens remember Australia is a convict settlement so cops love it when you do this.
Who on earth pays ~$100 per month for 24 months for a mobile plan, serious question?
I currently pay $10 -$15 PM I just can't imagine it. What is the benefit of paying this much?
Vodafone with their cpi price hkikes; bill went from $80isj to just under $100 a month.
Vodafone's cheapest plan on post paid is $49 PM, prepaid, $10 -$20 PM with an MNVO.
…iPhone users…
Rule.
This deal is not for those who would be keeping the plan. Its only for those who will cancel the plan after taking up this deal.
Phone will be free upfront plus you get $200 gift card. You will be hit with $766.59 early termination cost plus $99 first month fee.
makes sense.
Some employers pay for it!
People who can claim it via tax or can't afford the phone outright.
It's 300 Gig a month. Honestly, I don't see the problem as a lot of non-Ozbargain people don't need "NBN" at home. For $99 a month they can call people and shit post on X/FB/Reddit. It's more than enough data. Also, as below, they get a new phone. Yes, us l33t ozbargain users on Boost or whatever get a super cheap "monthly" mobile rate but it's not anywhere near 300 Gig.
That's quite a lot of Mia Khalifa…
No one. They are trying to normalize it with these deals.
I'm paying 95 a month for a family of 4. Well over a TB of rollover data too.
I am looking for something like this which company which plan.
Cheers
Aldi mobile family plan. There's a cheaper one too if you need less data. Telstra wholesale network which is far better than Optus in my experience.
may I know what company is this service? Thanks
Aldi mobile on the Telstra wholesale network.
People have been paying that kind of money since the iPhone6/Galaxy S5 days without a fuss.
As an ex telco employee, i can tell you that a lot of people still see phones as some kind of status symbol. Even when you show them ways to save or that a lesser model would suit them, they'd rather be poorer and fit in with the crowd.
For that 24/7 streaming of 4K Pron
Oh get your hand off it ;)
*tweezers
Mate, a lot of people signing up to 24 or 36 month $69-$99 plans to get the latest Iphone colour. Telstra/Optus/Vodafone are making bank.
the point of this deal, for the millionth time, is to cancel it immediately ….
is it better to cancel immediately, or is it better to wait for a month since you already paid $99 for 1st month?
I would cancel immediately as some of the reps are able to refund the first month, as long as you are lucky
little confused at the process, can someone outline what steps you actually have to take?
go read past posts, linked, pls
User name checks out
Get on contract to get phone. Cancel contract by paying the early termination fee. Overall cheaper than buying the phone outright.
Seriously they must be losing money thanks to ozbargain.
Another Australian company that will become like Dick Smith in a few years?
Umm they made $438.8 million profit after tax FY24. They are rolling in it.
Thanks to the likes of yourself ? But your in good company here .
90% of Telstra contracts were brought in by JB hi-fi, as per the sales rep. Even if 20-30% of that were the ones cancelling it within a month, that's still a LOT of people on an ongoing contract.
I constantly remind my friends and colleagues that loyalty doesn't pay!
What if I sign up then ask to change to lower plan?
just sign up and cancel
If you manage to get them to price match $1399 and the discount is $1700 what do you get for the difference of circa $300? Do you get a second JB Hifi voucher? Credit to buy something else at the same time?
If you can't find a store that will give both the price match the the Giftcard together, which option should you choose?
If they somehow price match, which I kinda doubt, you would have $300 on the giftcard. Cause they don't actually discount the phone $1700, they just give you a $1700 giftcard which they then use to give the phone for free.
(Thats what happened with my Flip)
Your title price is incorrect it is not $662.59 + $200 Giftcard
The title is slightly incorrect if OP is basing on the last deal posted for the Samsung Ultra. If we are going by the last deal, it should be $865.59, since the S24+ will have a $0 upfront cost
However I do disagree that the title should not include the final fee for cancelling the plan.
Hey guys, it says that you need to repay any vouchers. Doesn’t this mean you will need to repay the $1700?
No, discussed many times on previous deals. Telstra sponsors the $800, JB sponsors the remaining
This might answer my question below. Telstra charges the termination based on the amount they sponsor and then JB Hi-Fi just loses the rest??
Essentially yes
I’ve put these questions that y’all asked into a consolidated FAQ
They do not change and replace the $800 with $1700 that’s in the CIS, this will remain as $800 as far as I know based on recent deals that I’ve signed up to
How did you work out the early termination fee of $766.59? Looking at the terms and conditions it looks like the whole $1700 is the voucher, for which you have to repay the voucher for remainder of the term prorata (ie 23/24 x 1700 = $1629.17)?
Or is there something weird that happens where, although they are giving $1700 as the voucher, they pretend the voucher is only the standard $800 for calculating the early termination fee?
The terms and conditions for the deal suggests they would treat the $1700 as the voucher "The $1700 off the purchase price … (referred to as the 'JB Hi-Fi Voucher' in the Telstra Terms and Conditions)"
Yes to this. I think the jig is up, lads.
The terms have changed for JB Hi-fi Mobile plans and the "$ off voucher" is now baked into the contract. Found this out when I got the Pixel on the $1200 off deal a couple of weeks ago.
Incorrect - they have always put this clause in every deal
Read the FAQ that I linked above
Interesting… I stand corrected. Haven't done a JB phone deal since these white label plans have come out. I'll double check the contract I have on my desk at work but in the JB Hi-fi app the numbers line up.
TLDR "Voucher repayment amount" to calculate cancellation < Actual voucher received
🤦🏻 not again. Plz read the comments from similar previous deals.
Keyboard lawyers are back again lol
Their loss, our gain
At this rate, I would rather keyboard lawyers do their job to stop the floodgate from opening to a point of no return (ie, revision of the t&c to close up the loophole)
Phone + 2 year contract telstra 3600GB annually: 662.59 + 2400 = ~3000
Phone separately + 2 x "1 year prepaid telstra 300gb annually": 1,399 + 2*300 = ~2000
Obviously contract packs much more data, but personally I don't know anybody who needs more traffic than 300gb annually.
This deal is not for those who would be keeping the plan. Its only for those who will cancel the plan after taking up this deal.
662 + 766.59 + 99 = 1527 which is more expensive than just buying the phone. What's the catch?
Phone will be free upfront plus you get $200 gift card. You will be hit with $766.59 early termination cost plus $99 first month fee.
$99+$766.59=$865.59 plus you get $200 GC
If you need plenty of traffic and Optus reception is good enough for you, then there's Felix $40 plan with unlimited traffic:
Phone + 2 year prepaid Felix = 1,399 + 24*40 - 60 (first 3 months discount) = ~2300
Felix is on the Vodafone network, not Optus.
Yes, they will be network sharing in regional areas only, but that's not until next year.
Felix is also speed restricted, which may not be suitable for some.
Ouch. I thought they were on Optus. That explains why unlimited traffic is so cheap. 20mbit/s is restricted, indeed, but for most use cases for one person, it is more than enough.
@alpln: Totally agree, it'll be suitable for a lot of people and it's still an incredible deal for those users.
Well you need to get out more, anyone who uses there phone as the main source of internet and tethers their phone to watch/stream content through Apple TV/chromecast ect is going to use way more than 300gb per year. I use 150-250gb per month easily but buy data for my belong $21pm plan which is mostly covered by $80 starter sims and referral credits so very cheap.
Not everyone has NBN at home so if you add that to your data usage I’d bet most people use way more than 300GB per year.
@Ash-Say the price in title needs to be after fees but before rebates, cash backs or gift cards
Hi sorry if this has asked before. I have a Samsung s23, are there any bonuses with trading this in for this deal?
No. Trade in deals aren’t stackable
Do you have to go through to effort of porting your number from one carrier to telstra? or can you just get a new phone number for this deal, then cancel it.
Simply get a new number and then cancel it.
So I got x2 of the Samsung S24 Ultra plans like this today. Is it possible to return one of the unopened and sealed phones for a full refund as I want this deal instead ?
Yes
You reakon I'll also be refunded the $99 I already paid for the 1st month bill but I haven't made any calls or browsed using mobile data whatsoever ?
No. They refuse to do so. They were several months ago but not anymore. Still a great deal nonetheless. Can always claim the $99 on tax if you use your phone for work purposes
@0806449: Sorry, Apple fanboy here. Already own an iPhone 15 Pro, which I got from a previous JB Hi Fi loophole deal
Do let us know if you decide to return the phone. Want to know if they give a gift card equivalent to the amount of money of phone or credit back to your card.
They did a straight swap under change of mind and they refunded the difference I paid $487 refund mind you my phone was still sealed
Refund back into a credit card??
@Tuffstuff80, did you have to forfeit the $200 gift card on return of the phone?
So we need to port a number over…. then cancel the plan, do i lose the sim number? Or do i port to another provider the next day?
If is an important number yes. You must move or you will loose it.
Simply get a mew number instead of porting your existing number and then cancel it.
If you get a Mew number, it will be #0151. 😉
Just port to another provider, you will receive final bill for $766.59.
So does this phone end up costing $662.59 plus a $200 gift card or phone ends up costing $662.59 after using the $200 gift card ?
+200
So it's $662.59 and you get a $200 GC on top which sort of brings the price down to $462.59 ?
No. It'll be $766.59 for the phone upfront plus $99 for the first month's service. So $865.59.
Plus you have a $200 JB gift card in hand.
@Tuffstuff80: Sorry, no, not upfront, as in, at the shop. I meant that's what it will ACTUALLY cost you… in a real world dollars sense.
G… Samsung phones are way over priced. Whilst everyone might thing JB is losing money, I would think the opposite.
Your complaining because the highest rated Android phones are "overpriced"? Despite them still being cheaper than the competition?
K bro, go buy a pixel at full rrp
Pixels are also discounted lol
Pixel 9 is $0 on the $99 plan or $750 off on the $79 plan.
9 Pro XL is $1600 off on the $99 plan.
$1650 off Pixel Fold.
Only if you use the "deals". They are def not cheap by any stretch (inflated RRP).
Price matching wont work right because the price will be 1399 minus 1700, they arent gonna give you the difference in cash do they?
The S24 Ultra is a much better deal if you can price match the phone cost to Telstra.
1899-1700+99+766.59 = $1064.59 with a $300 JB Hi Fi voucher (effectively $764.59)
No ends up being $1364.59 with a $300 GC. Effectively $1064.59 ?
I am paranoid that if I do it this way, I will get the debt collectors knocking on me door a year later asking for the rest of the money.