T2 wrote in forum,

DOMAYNE Photostation is currently running a special deal of standard size 6×4″ digital prints for 15c. I think there is a limit of 200 photos per customer.

Sounds like a good deal to me! I have never used PhotoStation so not sure about their quality. From their on-line shop it appears that they are co-branding Fujicolors, which is the same as Harvey Norman reviewed here.

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I have just discovered a great website for Australian on-line shoppers — OzRewardS.com.au. From their website:

At OzRewardS we want to give you, the consumer, the opportunity to benefit from your Internet use. So we’ve teamed up with some of today’s best online retailers to bring you some fantastic shopping opportunities, and unlike many other sites, we will share our commission with you.

Basically, it rebates you the commision, when you purchase from their affiliates on-line. There are many great retail shops under their list, and for some of them you can earn rewards even without spending a cent!

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OO.com.au, an Overstock Outlet company which I have reviewed here, has now introduced their own reward/loyalty system, where every dollar you spent there will earn you one point reward. However, earning rewards shouldn’t stop here, and this article will be looking at maximising the rewards when you shop at OO.com.au

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Ken wrote in the forum about the 50% discount shared hosting deal at Destra,

Available only till June 2006

Promotion Code DES010

All Web Hosting Plans Feature:

• Affordable Plans from $199.50 inc GST per year
• Ultra Large Storage Plans from 250MB
• Unlimited Mail Boxes
• Unlimited Data
• Australian Based Web Hosting
• Business Grade Australian Support and SLA’s
• FREE 24×7 Monitoring
• Tier 1 World Class Data Centres
• 24×7 Onsite Physical Security
• Best of Breed Routers, Firewalls and Servers

Interestingly they provide “unlimited data” (subject to terms and conditions & acceptable usage policy). Personally I prefer to have an exact quantity so I can be sure I won’t go over it. Also the sevice is on Windows 2003 Server which includes Access database (extra charge for .NET). Ideal for your ASP apps.

Saw this in Harris Technology‘s latest catelogue.

SanDisk Secure Digital Card 256Mb

SanDisk SD cards give you plenty of room to capture and store all your precious photos, safely and securely. Fast, and built to last, you can count on SanDisk SD cards to be ready when you are, every day.

Advanced Features

• High transfer rate for fast copying and downloading
• Built to last, with an operating shock rating of 2,000Gs, equivalent to a ten-floor drop
• 5-year limited warranty

And HT is selling those 256Mb units for only $19. You can probably buy a nobrand one cheaper on eBay — if you are willing to buy big postage for it (whereas you can pick it up form HT in North Sydney).

It’s a cheap extra storage for your digital camera or PDA.

Good Guys Warehouse Alexandria is having their special sale at the moment, and the following small home appliances are selling for $9.95 from 2^nd to 28^th of May.

• 2 Slice Toaster — Crumb tray / Wide slots / Browning Control / Cancel Button
• Iron — Variable stream / Non-stick soleplate / Thermostat temp control / 1000W
• 1.7 litre Cordless Kettle — Fast boil / Water window / Hinged lid / Power on light
• Sandwich Grill — Non-stick plates / Automatic seals and divides samdwiches / Dual light indicator / 750W

It appears to be their normal sale. In today’s Southern Courier, they have another catelogue titled “Super Cool Gifts for Mum”. The same appliances are selling for $4.95 each! Limited stock, available until sold out, and expires on 14^th of May.

That surely beats RetraVision’s sale a while ago as it has no quantity limit. Vivian went there today to pick up a HoMedics Shiatsu Massaging Cushion (which was also on sale), and said many people have bought those cheap appliances.

Jumba is having their weekly special hosting plans every week. Last week they have their 50% off business plans, and this week they are giving away free .com domains with yearly personal hosting plans, or free .com.au domains with yearly business hosting plans.

They have very cheap personal hosting plans. AUD$35.40 gives you a yearly plan of 800Mb storage + 8Gb bandwidth cPanel account in their US server in Texas. A .com domain usually costs around $11-$13 AUD for annual registration — that makes their AU-P2 or US-P2 plan around $2 a month. I would recommend their Australian based plans, which this blog is hosted on. However they seem to have server issues at the moment which prevents them assigning up more accounts.

Here’s a tip of getting a JNC SSF-M9 20Gb MP3 player from Deals Direct for merely AUD$180. According to DD it retails for $399, though the cheapest I can find elsewhere is around $275. It has been on the market since Jan/Feb of 2005 I think.

1. Go to Deals Direct’s JNC 20GB Portable MP3 Player page. It is currently selling $199.
2. Buy it with Deals Direct’s 10% off coupon. It should give you $19.90 discount.
3. Deals Direct is also running a $1 delivery promotion at the moment. So the end price will be $180.10.

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I have previously blogged about Yahoo’s $2.99 domain sale and their indefinite extension, however since around end of March the $2.99 deal stopped showing up when you visit Yahoo domains. I thought, well, the cheap domain deal has finally finished.

Which is not the case.

Bob told me the other day that he has registered another $2.99 domain from Yahoo using a different browser from a different location. I have also heard reports of Yahoo still offering the deal. Google search revealed that if you access the Yahoo domain website with a promo code attached, it’ll give you a different price. Here’s the promo code I found:

Yahoo domain registration for USD$2.99 per domain per year

You’ll see a strike across $9.95, and $2.95 displayed underneth. However, the “small print” has some changes this time:

• $2.99 is for 1st year only. Previously you can register up to 5 years.
• Promotion expires on 30^th of June.
• For customer’s own purpose only and non-transferable, i.e. you can’t buy for the sake of selling.

Still a good deal if you can abide the rules.

Since one of Deals Direct‘s staff gave out 10% off coupon 2 months ago, it has since expired, although we did purchase a few things with that code. I thought the 10% discount code was one of those once-off deal.

Now in the latest newsletter they sent out this afternoon, there’s another 10% discount coupon code!

Yes, the coupon code is:

INGRID

And it is only valid for one order per customer, i.e. you cannot make multiple orders using this coupon, although you can purchase multiple items in one single order. 10% off does not apply to delivery either.

It seems those “staff discount coupons” are actually not internal secrets anymore, but they look more like marketing strategies to me to attract customers. Not that I care, and I always welcome money saving bargains :)

People love Mothers’ Day. It is the day where mothers around the world should be honoured. Retail stores love Mothers’ Day. It is just another execuse for them to put on sales, even the products might not be directly related. However the shoppers don’t mind — a bargain is a bargain regardless the occation.

Toys “R” Us is having their Mothers’ Day sale on their “exclusive” email offer. I am not that interested in discounted Bratz or Crazy Flog stuff toys, however as “gadgets” somehow also fit into the category of “toys”, they do have interesting products on sale every now and then. Two caught my eyes this time —

• Save 25% on any digital camera.

  

• Save $10 on any MP3 players.

  

Both offer expire on 11^th of May. One coupon per purchase, but there does not seem to have limit on number of coupons or number of purchases each customer can have.

Here’s another temptation. Dell not only provides good price on personal computers, servers and monitors, they also sell LCD TV’s made by other companies at very cheap price.

From their latest email catalogue, Dell is now selling ViewSonic n4060w 40 inch LCD TV with $700 discount. Final price? $2,999 delivered. Only when you purchase on-line before 5^th of May 2006. 4 weeks delivery.

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Koorong wrote in forum:

For three days only — Thursday 27^th to Saturday 29^th April, 2006 — you will save:

15% off all purchases up to $100
20% off all purchases $100-$300
25% off all purchases over $300

Hundreds of titles are priced to clear, including the new blockbuster DVD THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE. Snatch up a copy for the special price of $34.95 — less 15%, that’s $29.71.

Not sure how I missed this one. Did anyone else receive this in email? Thanks Koorong anyway left the message in the forum. So it is now really “1 day” sale — you can still pick up cheap books tomorrow on Saturday.

Update: As Yang Ma Ma has spotted on Koorong’s website, this offer has been extended to 1^st May.

Bargain Blog now has a new domain under a new hosting provider. Woohoo!

New Domain

First of all, I think it is no longer appropriate to attach Bargain Blog to FOCUSer.net, which hosts individual blogsites for FOCUS members. Thus I bought a name — ozbargainblog.com — from NameCheap (which is my current favourite registrar). Here we are, a new domain.

New Host

The ‘oz’ in the domain stands for Australia, as Bargain Blog is really targeting the Aussies. Over the past few days I have also been trying to get my home server back into shape so I can host this site in Australia as well. Well, that did not work out. My home server is slow (7 year old 450Mhz Pentium III), and I might need to turn it on and off once a while to fix up various issues. The obvious choice for me now is — find a cheap Aussie host.

Then comes Jumba and their very well priced AU personal hosting.

I have previously looked at their free US-based hosting last year. It was a nice free hosting plan backed by a reputable company, no string attached. Jumba then released their AU free hosting plan this month, which would have provided sufficient storage and bandwidth for this blog. However just to be on the same side I decided to join their AU-P2 plan with 500Mb space and 5Gb monthly traffic for merely $2.95 per month (pay annually) with free setup.

And the best thing is, this website is only about 5 hops away from my home ADSL connection, with ping time of 11ms average. It just feels like working on a local site.

Jumba uses cPanel X, and provides many tools to get newbie web masters started, though it feels like many separated products glued together than an integrated product. Personally I still prefer DreamHost‘s own control panel. However I think I’ll spend little time in web-based control panels. Jumba also provides SSH access on request, and you’ll get shell in a jailed environment. Just feel like home again :)

So, new domain, new host. Let the bargain hunting continues.

Kingsford Easy Way has opened and they are offering a deal of buy one get one free from 24^th April to 7^th May.

Buy One Get One Free is at Easy Way Kingsford!

Come and enjoy our Daily Special offer between 24^th March to 7^th May! Our signature drinks cannot be missed! Pearl Milk Tea, Taro Milk Tea, Passionfruit Black Tea, Mango Blended Ice, Strawberry Milkshake and Ice Chocolate will sure go fast! Don’t miss out!

They are on 295 Anzac Parade (next to Satay Delicious), and last Sunday they even gave out test drinks for free. Vivian and I walked pass there yesterday and were very tempted to grab a drink, but somehow contentment and a very full stomach (just had a big lunch) held us back…