Archive for October, 2007
RaboPlus Saving Account Promotion - 7.1% Until Jan 2008
In the beginning there was ING Direct, offering high interest rate online saving account that beats even term deposit rates from major banks. Then came along Bank West, with its A Bette Deal promotion and 1 year honeymoon interest rate, they took the crown of online saving account in Australia. We all know competition ultimately [...]
20% Off Dell Inspiron System
I guess I have to blog this one as soon as I found the deal is working. You can get 20% OFF DELL INSPIRON SYSTEM using these coupon code mad__llama has posted. I have just test it out with an entry level Inspiron notebook computer, and… IT WORKS!!! 20% off is a huge discount from Dell, [...]
Weekly 25/10/2007 - Set Top Box, Dell Lappy and Subway Bike
Many great deals have been posted at OzBargain this week, and sorry about this belated weekly update. DSE Standard Definition Set Top Box $29 With analogue TV cut off day draws closer and closer, what is the cheapest way to keep your old CRT TV or old plasma TV alive? Buy a cheap digital set top [...]
Site Moved, Again
Oz Bargain Blog started its life almost 2 and half years ago, and has been on the domain, OzBargainBlog.com, since April 2006. At the beginning it was hosted on my home server off my ADSL connection, moved to off-shore budget hosting as the hard disk of my home server crashed, moved back to a [...]
Weekly 18/10/2007 - Big W Photos, Lonely Planet and Domino’s
How is everyone this week? There has been no short of great deals posted at OzBargain. Let’s check what were the best deals from the last 7 days. Daily Deals Catch A Thon #10 Wait. It is actually not a deal from last week. In fact Daily Deals‘ Catch A Thon #10 starts mid-day today! If you [...]
Price Breakthrough - 42in/106cm Plasma TV for under $1,000
While browsing through the latest Harvey Norman catalogue online, I spotted this on page 11: It reads Price Breakthrough — Plasma TV below $1,000. Indeed, thanks to advancement in technology, manufacturing, the strong Aussie dollar and cheap Chinese labour and currency, Harvey Norman is now selling this 106 cm/42 inch “HD ready” plasma TV, branded “Celestial”, [...]
Australian Freebie/Product Sample Sites
Alissa sent me her site to have a look at. She ran a site listing free samples in USA and Australia — FreeSamplesDirect.com, where you can get listing of free product samples. The site has a blog with new entries when the site gets updated, and RSS feed for those who wish to keep [...]
Weekly 11/10/2007 - Free Olympics Bin, Cheap Airfare, Lonelyplanet Discount
Another busy week at OzBargain. I know that I should not try to post anything past mid-night but it has also been a busy day for me. If you can’t understand what I am posting, hopefully I will remember to correct all the spelling and grammatical errors tomorrow morning. Meanwhile, here are some great deals [...]
RaboPlus Promotional Offer - $50 Free Credit When You Sign Up!
When I wrote about RaboPlus’ InfoChoice $100 Free Credit Deal 2 months ago, quite a few was disappointed that it was only available for one day and they have missed out. This week, RaboPlus, who currently has the best interest rate in Australia for online saving accounts (not including honeymoon rates), is offering $50 [...]
Congratulations to RetailMeNot.com!
I was at work this afternoon and one of my university friends, who knew that I ran a bargain website, IM’ed me a link, asking whether I knew about RetailMeNot.com. “Sure! I actually blogged about these guys almost a year ago!” When I came home after work, my wife asked me whether I have heard [...]
Weekly 04/10/2007 - Wii Remote Jacket and Cheap RAM
Some of the top deals that have been posted at OzBargain over the past 7 days. Free Wii Remote Jacket Thanks to MiCCAS for posting this deal, where Nintendo is offering Wii Remote Jacket for free for Wii owners! From the number of votes I think there must be a lot of Wii owners reading OzBargain. [...]
OzBargain got a mention on BRAN Podcast!
I am totally flattered when I learnt that OzBargain was mentioned on the BRAN podcast. BRAN is a like TWiT for the Australians, where three journalists Roulla Yiacoumi, Angus Kidman and Nathan Taylor chatted about the big tech news of the week. The only person that I actually recognise is Angus as I have [...]

