OzBargain Hits 500,000 Total Deals - What Was Your Best Find?

GoIdDigger on 10/02/2025 - 16:11
Last edited 10/02/2025 - 16:12

Feeling a bit sentimental about the growth of this site that’s become a daily part of my life over the last few years. Some of my favourite forums to read have been about the best deals that other users have landed and I’d love to see an up-to-date one as we hit this milestone.

I have a few questions; what was the most memorable deal you were able to get through OzBargain (bonus points for the URL)? Have you seen a deal so good that you kept it to yourself and not posted it? If so, what was it? Confession time.

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  • Fredfloresjr on 10/02/2025 - 16:12
    +32

    DJI drone from Bunnings converted to $250 gift card.

    • BillyStm on 10/02/2025 - 16:17

      Also shared in this one back in the day. One I did miss unfortunately was when everyone grabbed the BOSE soundbars at an awesome price

    • Jimothy Wongingtons on 10/02/2025 - 16:19

      Was a bloody great day

    • skid on 10/02/2025 - 16:25
      -2

      The GOAT.

      Remember it to be early on a sunny Saturday morning.

    • NigelTufnel on 12/02/2025 - 16:52
      -1

      Oh man! I forgot about that one. I got that too. That was wild!

    • mbck on 13/02/2025 - 13:29
      -1

      Lol was thinking about that.

      Most recent would be the bose qc Ultra headphone for 179 in dec 2024

    • MrBillions on 14/02/2025 - 14:01
      +1

      DJI drone from Bunnings actually received!

      • WhyAmICommenting on 15/02/2025 - 17:02
        -1

        1x EV charger not received converted to $200 gift card

        1x EV charger received for $300 but worth about $1500

        That’s my fav deal and just last Dec/Jan

    • FrugalFrella on 15/02/2025 - 22:27

      I've had that gift card sitting in my inbox for >5 years still thinking what to use it on

  • jv on 10/02/2025 - 16:19
    +1

    Free Medium Meatball Meal

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/52577

  • MattyAu on 10/02/2025 - 16:27
    +16

    Received a free 32" monitor from Officeworks from a pricing error. Transaction was cancelled, money refunded, but they still sent the monitor.

    • BargainCowboy on 10/02/2025 - 16:30
      -8

      And you didn't give it back??

    • Save Medicare on 15/02/2025 - 11:37

      This happened to me also with officeworks, but i took the item back because I didn't want to get in trouble

  • battler on 10/02/2025 - 16:41
    +1

    Expedia Brazil

  • Gunnar on 10/02/2025 - 16:58
    +25

    I think the real value of Ozbargain is in the forums.

    For years my approach was to invest in stock and real estate but I’m now shifting this to Pokémon cards which I will pay for using gift cards

  • ozb-lurker on 10/02/2025 - 16:58

    Amex 5,000 bonus points for 5 transactions

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/6641

    Didn’t go overboard but still got $1,000 in gift cards for “free”.

    • bargainator9 on 12/02/2025 - 11:01

      Hard to forget this one! My wife and I went on a business class trip around the world entirely from this promo. Was definitely my best ever win - although I learned about it from Amex direct promo mailer rather than Ozbargain. Was about $60k of value at the time, including all of our flights and accomodation. Didn't cost me anything, I just changed the way I shopped with my amex to max points out.

    • Matt P on 13/02/2025 - 11:09

      I can't be too specific here or i'll either out myself or out someone here but story time!

      I used to work in a financial services company back in 2008 and part of our product was to offer charge cards to our customers relevant to the financial service we offered.

      One individual (who was quite senior in the organisation he worked for, think C level) submitted 100 reimbursement claims for microtransactions on his amex for something he would have normally used his issued charge card. Instead of a purchase being $80-100 a time on the charge card, each of his amex transactions were about $3-5.

      Management at the company decided he was working some kind of system and they offered to process what had been submitted but no more. He had already accumulated another 100+ before this conversation had happened and he dug his heels in.

      It was enough that they took their business elsewhere over it (although to be fair, relationship was a little rocky already)

  • boomramada on 10/02/2025 - 17:10
    +2

    You mean, best deal out of price error ? Lol

  • altomic on 10/02/2025 - 17:27
    +12

    I think the friends we made along the way was the best deal.

  • AustriaBargain on 10/02/2025 - 17:37
    +10

    The real deal was the deals we found along the way.

    • Daabido on 10/02/2025 - 20:54
      +5

      That got me right in the tight arse. No, you're crying.

  • elgrande on 10/02/2025 - 17:59
    +1

    It was a colour laser printer from Officeworks for $70.

  • loulou1 on 10/02/2025 - 18:20

    Free pod coffee machine plus a $6 profit (via Cashback redemption), free sample pack of pods (claimed online) https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/140564?page=4#comment

    • GoIdDigger on 10/02/2025 - 18:22

      That’s a sweet deal. What’s your honest opinion of the coffee it makes? Must be pretty bad surely

      • loulou1 on 10/02/2025 - 19:18
        +3

        Yeah, it’s junk LOL but I also got one as a gift for the monster in law so I had quite a sense of satisfaction about that.

  • ddhar on 10/02/2025 - 18:40
    +4

    Sub-$600 return flight to Dubai on Emirates.

    Easily my most memorable purchase.

  • welcomeUniverseWorld on 10/02/2025 - 19:10
    +2

    The best was the forums. I was able to just chitchat without revealing myself in person or getting any extra views from my friends. Thanks mates. I appreciate the forum

  • Clear on 10/02/2025 - 22:01
    +10

    US$10 worth of Bitcoin in 2014. I scored a lot of free BTC back in the day.

    • BluebirdV on 12/02/2025 - 10:14

      How much is it worth now?

      • Chandler on 12/02/2025 - 11:07
        +1

        Lets do this! Data sourced from https://calendar.bitbo.io/price/, since it allowed me to easily look at specific date ranges. Is it correct? Don't care :P

        #theydidthemath

        BTC @ 2014 low (on 31/10/2014)
        1 BTC = US$319.64
        US$10 = 0.031285196 BTC

        BTC @ 2014 high (on 05/01/2014)
        1 BTC = US$990.00
        US$10 = 0.010101010 BTC

        BTC @ yesterday (11/02/2025)
        1 BTC = US$100287.31
        0.031285196 BTC = US$3137.51
        0.010101010 BTC = UD$1013.00

        So US$10 worth of 2014 BTC could be worth anything from US$1000 to US$3000 today. Not too shabby. But it also highlights the issue with trying to make money off Bitcoin: to actually make millions off Bitcoin over that >10 years, you would have had to risk tens of thousands of dollars (and continue risking it over that 10 year period).

        • Clear on 12/02/2025 - 13:26
          +1

          I ended up selling off just before COVID to buy property. Seeing the prices now I wish I held on but property prices then vs now has nearly doubled.

  • HerpinDerp on 10/02/2025 - 22:20
    +5

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/566238 - Sold it back to Toyota before rego ran out for 48k.8k profit and a lot of fun.

    (Ended up buying a Rallye LOL)

    • Smol Cat on 12/02/2025 - 02:18

      Why did you end up selling it? This seems like a super fun car to drive and cheap to run too. Dream.

  • n3ck3ntry8bort0rgasm on 11/02/2025 - 02:41
    -3

    I bet you wish you knew..

    that surging is a powerful way of finishing an edge.

  • JIMB0 on 11/02/2025 - 12:04
    +1

    8c/kg bananas. People were scheming to get them cheaper by purchasing a 1/4 kg at a time and paying cash.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/228229

  • ForbiddenCouponJutsu on 11/02/2025 - 13:25
    +1

    Paid $1 for GamePass Subscription and made $9 in profit through CashRewards $10 CB.
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/728934

  • RTX9090Ti on 12/02/2025 - 07:02
    +1

    More than $10k worth of FREE shares from Tiger and multiple referrals.
    Several grand as well from Webull, but not as much as Tiger.

    • GoIdDigger on 12/02/2025 - 07:24
      +1

      Well played! That’s pretty insane

    • BluebirdV on 12/02/2025 - 10:13

      Wow, can you still get deals like this now? Did you do referrals on Reddit? How much of your time did it take to make $10,000?

      • RTX9090Ti on 12/02/2025 - 10:15
        +1

        having big family is handy, also work colleagues and friends. both ways got some bonus so works well for all.

  • Rafski on 12/02/2025 - 08:22
    +3

    Probably Citi Payall which has gotten me $2500 in gift cards or the MG4.
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/610776
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/867446

    • blushingelephant on 12/02/2025 - 09:57

      Payall was so good while it lasted. Got a return business flight to Europe on SQ from it plus saved heaps on mortgage interest.

    • asdfasdfasdfasdf on 12/02/2025 - 14:44

      Payall was good for me, too. I probably made about the same in gift cards or more, not to count the mortgage interest I've saved by keeping the money idle. If I add up all of it, I'd guesstimate that it was a good AUD 5k.

  • Poor Ass on 12/02/2025 - 09:24

    Castrol Edge 5W-30 A3/B4 5 Litre $2
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/442101

    All the Nespresso machine $100 cashback deals before they tighten the rules. Buy machine from a store with good change of mind policy, claims cashback, receive cashback and return machine for a refund

    • Matt P on 13/02/2025 - 11:26
      +1

      Costco had machines that were normally $180 but they did $100 off "instant offer" bringing them down to $80. Nespresso hadn't updated their terms and conditions at that point to exclude Costco from the promo.

      Bought 3 at $80 each. Claimed cashback (first one went through smoothly, they fought me on the other 2 though). Sold the machines for about $120 each, i think i let the last one go for $100. $400 profit!

    • RolandWaites on 15/02/2025 - 00:52

      This one is my greatest. I still think about it weekly. Walking out the store with two bottles for $4 felt like The Italian Job.

      • Poor Ass on 15/02/2025 - 10:45

        Nostalgic lol

  • blushingelephant on 12/02/2025 - 09:55
    +9

    Easily the Fratelli Fresh PastaPort.
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/511526

    Paid $400 5 years ago for 1 free pizza, pasta or salad everyday for life.
    Still go 2-3x a week 5 years later as live walking distance to my local. Don't think this one will be topped.

    • Poor Ass on 12/02/2025 - 10:31

      do they all know you there?

      • blushingelephant on 12/02/2025 - 15:31

        Yep pretty much!

        • Poor Ass on 12/02/2025 - 15:52

          photo of the food next time thanks

  • BluebirdV on 12/02/2025 - 10:11

    Oppo Reno 5g in May 2020 for $600 at the evil hardly normal. Discounted from $1440.

  • HunterDes on 12/02/2025 - 10:25
    +3

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/696220
    Still use the tabA8 daily

    • Poor Ass on 12/02/2025 - 10:27

      haha yes that was a good one

  • Dreamcast on 12/02/2025 - 11:09
    +2

    No best find, though I could imagine how much I would have saved if I didn't find this website :/

  • NatoTomato on 12/02/2025 - 11:24
    +2

    Gotta either be the Adobe Creative Cloud for like 10$ a year that they then cancelled on me, or the iPhone 12 mini deal from amaysim.

    Really needed the phone after losing my old one at NYE so was timely.

  • wfh on 12/02/2025 - 12:15

    Nothing too crazy, but $300 RMs from the qantas store. Still going strong

  • Methodical on 12/02/2025 - 12:29

    3 years of gamepass for around $70 :)

  • Talsek on 12/02/2025 - 12:46
    +1

    10 cent items from JD.com when it launched years ago

  • diddy50 on 12/02/2025 - 12:50

    The HP laser toner redemption deal where five toner codes got a free Wii and eventually the cash amount of a Wii.

    Officeworks was busy that year

  • Tzeeman on 12/02/2025 - 14:46
    +3

    I did not get one but it is my favourite deal of all time

    The Weber bbq deal and Tom

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/158680?page=7#comment-2213…

    • devilbabies on 13/02/2025 - 19:11
      +1

      The 50% off all BBQs on ebay is the one I always remember too. I bought a BBQ for half price, then listed and sold it (without receiving it yet) on the same day. Luckily I was able to pick it up from the seller before my buyer wanted to pick it up.

      Just found my old emails - I bought a Weber Q200 for $245 and sold it for $399.

    • Taita on 13/02/2025 - 19:21

      That was the most memorable bargain post ever.

  • Zondor on 12/02/2025 - 15:52

    Free Dominos pizza from back in 2012

  • JustASmoothSkin on 12/02/2025 - 16:11

    This deal was my best (https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/180912) , but I got lucky as my local auspost decided to clear the stock out. So instead of $99, They were stickered for $29, originally was going to get 2 from memory but bought all 6 when I saw the price.

  • theguyrules on 12/02/2025 - 16:25

    Win a Domino's Voucher for a Traditional/Value/Chef's Best Pizza and 2 Garlic Breads from Tap King (1 in 2 Wins)
    It was ridiculously easy to enter, using the gmail alias trick, I won probably 20-30 of these and my housemates did similarly. As a uni student it was GOLD.
    They were delivered for free too, but they would only allow one code per delivery so the poor delivery guys saw us a LOT.

  • kokita on 12/02/2025 - 16:32

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/76169

    Back in 2012, 40-inch TV from Amazon Germany only for ~AU$500 including shipping.
    If you buy at Australian retailers, the price would be $1000.

  • RedHab on 12/02/2025 - 16:51

    HP N36L NAS for $170 back around 2011. Still serving files and doing other things.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/44381

    • jedimaster on 17/02/2025 - 14:14

      i had two of these from marketplace. great machines. recently sold them both to get something more compact.

      • RedHab on 17/02/2025 - 15:47
        +1

        Yeah, I replaced the motherboard with that from a Lenovo mini-PC m93 a few years ago.

        It's still a great case for 5x3.5" HDDs - much better quality than more recent NAS boxes, cool and quiet.

  • Matt P on 13/02/2025 - 11:38

    Microsoft peripheral cashback deals that gave you new wireless desktop setups for pocket change. Then later on bluetooth stuff for mobile devices. Everyone in my extended family got Microsoft stuff for Christmas every year.

    Dell $9 hdd's

    Dick Smith closing down deals

    $200 Xbox One's at BigW

  • Frost2468 on 13/02/2025 - 15:45

    The $1 box expired soups. I hope the OP is still alive.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/130929

  • BartholemewH on 13/02/2025 - 15:53
    +1

    Sony 7.1 speakers for $249, down from $1199 everywhere else.

    Asked for a discount for paying cash, paid $246.50!

  • angelkulit025 on 13/02/2025 - 16:04

    Free Fuel when 7/11 glitch out and locked in $0.0008/liter

    Full tank = 40L = Free fuel

    • GoIdDigger on 13/02/2025 - 17:19

      I totally missed this. The early roll out of the 7/11 lock in was just all-round glorious

      • Korban Dallas on 13/02/2025 - 17:33

        I saved over $100 p/l 4 times.

        Glorious. Maxed out 150L nearly every time

    • RolandWaites on 15/02/2025 - 00:54

      Did nothing get raised at the counter (usually they say $2 minimum on the Bowser don't they?)?

      • angelkulit025 on 17/02/2025 - 10:39

        Voucher overrides the machine counter

  • megaclix on 13/02/2025 - 17:47

    My Waterford London Desktop Bar.

    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/239653

    Initially, I thought I would get one of these to impress my work colleagues, but then I thought I would do a broden, and bought 4. Unfortunately, it didn't work out (couldn't find anyone to buy them for more than I got them for), so they ended up in the garage where I keep them as a high yield investment.

    /s

  • megaclix on 13/02/2025 - 18:00

    But, on a more serious note, some of my recent wins are:-

    My Pixel 7a, just after release, launched at $750 was just $453 with everything stacked (cashbacks, vouchers, clickfrenzy)
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/774966

    Then the Denon x1800h receiver, which retails for around $920 was gotten for just over $540 after cashback
    https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/833429

  • localhost on 13/02/2025 - 19:06
    +4

    I think the best wasn't deal, but the guy cooking using public bbq…

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