AM's good deals thread

I thought I would start a thread of all of the hot deals, freebies etc you can get get around the place.  If you seem em post them up on here.

Going to start with the Dublin.

Headache on AM got me onto this.

Two for one t-Bone Steaks at the Dublin Tuesday nights and Two for one drinks.

I got 2 pints of Hahn Super drys, 2 champagnes and a huge imperial pint of some expensive beer (which i cant remember the name of) all for 20 bucks. Not often you can 3 pints of beer and two wines for 20 bucks these days.

Bargain barganza

Half price pizza at the Rob Roy on Tuesdays.

http://www.robroyhotel.com.au/index.html

Really good quality too.

this should be renamed the thrifty tightcunt thread


and he posts it on a wednesday

  Still feel pretty full too. :pats tummy:

few of us are goin there Sat to try the haggis



(cool thread)

I quite like the Dublin. Some cafe at Flinders uni sells yesterdays rolls for about 2 dollars. A nice saving considering that they are usually 7 or 8.

Freebies! Free product samples sent out to you:

http://www.mysavings.com/free-product-samples/user-favorites/

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/

New deal every day...

I dont mind baggin a bargain every now and again ey

and...

www.zazz.com.au
www.oo.com.au
www.1-day.com.au

Free stuff:

http://whirlpool.net.au/wiki/?tag=Freebies

just get an entertainment book and you have discount to pretty much everywhere in adelaide.

well worth the $$$ if you like to eat out or go to yearly events...

Yeh I couldnt get one this year, it was too hard the chic at work didnt get me one.

Free drinks friday night in the Main room :

Want to drink for free at HQ!!

HQ is turning 2 & to celebrate the party is on us.

August 15th come and help us get jiggy for our birthday with free drinks between 8pm & Midnight for all the VIP invited guests.

All you have to do to get in on the action is fill in the survey by clicking on the link below.
http://www.hqcomplex.com.au/html/survey/HQSurvey.html


(Im going to this by the way, oh yeh! )

agreed. Lauren and i got one a few weeks ago and have probably already made the $65 back. Having it there encourages you to try new things/places too

great thread.

i give away cheap or possibly free roots depending how hot you are, just pm me

Good deal isn't it. Everything on the plate is quality too. You may have seen myself and two of my dodgy friends there last night. Although I had already eaten, hence just took advantage of the drink specials 

I do 2-4-1 deals on Wednesday nights.

I rocked up with two guys. I was sitting up by the wii area in a booth.

Between the three of us we ordered 4 T-bones (so we could fully take advantage of the 2-4-1 deal) and the boys ate 1 and a half each  

The hot chips on the plate are awesome too! Yumo

The tunes aren't bad either for a tuesday night. even a little dance floor with disco lights

oh yeh.

The only thing I think they could improve on is that it should come with a bread roll. I am a strong believer on getting a bread roll with a countery  

The stag has friday night work drinks upstairs. Bring 2 extra people with you (You need some card that you can pick up from the stag) and get a 5 free drink card for Beer, Wine and house spirits. Good little starter, especially when you bring three more people with another card and they don't want their drinks.

Yeh When you join the Stag Club online too you get a VIP voucher for $50 bucks worth of free drinks

I dunno if its worthwhile the free drinks to be hanging out at the stag though haha

http://www.staghotel.com.au/

Stag's alright if you go friday night till about 6.30pm and then leave before the RnB starts upstairs.

Don't know if the Havey still does two pints & 2 schnittas on Thu & Sat nights for $18? When I used to live near there it was cheaper than cooking dinner for two (when one of the two is Peachey especially!)
They also had a good deal going with chicken caeser salad and glass of giesen for $14.90.

Went to Rundle Spices the other night with a few of the girls before going to the movies, and for about $27 you could get entree, main and a movie ticket to Nova or Palace. Not too bad!

Oriental has your choice of their curries and stir-fries, plus a roti for $12.90 from Mon-Wed.

AFAIK it is still going on!

Edit.. It is!

Erika, i can get entertainment book's if you still want one.

Timboh you plastic fucker, pm sent.

That's a good idea, I am always on the lookout for quality food that's not going to cost me $50 a main.
That said, I will pay $50 a main if it's going to be worth it, gauchos for example.

You're wasting your time, Spacey. The cunt hasn't replied to mine.

The Brighton Metro does $7.50 schnitzels on Wednesday and Thursday nights. I had always been sceptical as to the quality of the food but I had heard from a couple of different people that it is actually quite good. Decided to bight the bullet last night and try it and was shocked. The schnitzel was actually pretty big and certainly on par, if not better than your average pub parmy costing $15+. It didn't cost any extra to have parmigiana over pepper sauce or for veggies instead of salad. The chips were decent and it also came with a nice, soft bread roll.

Two thumbs up!

Edit - Actually Wed and Thur nights

Oh yeh, gotta love the bread roll.

You need your own Headaches bargains thread 

I would try this deal, however I am not too keen on the B.Metro

 

Yeah it's not the greatest pub around, it was definitely an arrive, order, eat and piss off as soon as we were done affair. Still, can't really complain for $7.50.

There is no way in hell i would eat a $7.50 schnitter.

Genuine bargains aside, there are limits on how nasty cheap & crap food can get when i think "fuck that, i'll happily pay double for better food"... you only live once, enjoy the finer things as much as you can 

That was my thinking originally, but then as I said I got told by a few different people that it's good, and it is. It was quite busy with lots of people buying beers etc... so I guess that's how they make the money back.

Oh yeh, and a fucking 18 dollar schnitzel deep fried to buggery is going to be better in comparison to a $7.50  schnitzel- just because you paid more. Its all crap deep fried food you know no matter what you pay for it.

What a arrogant stupid opinion.

I mean, I am one person who enjoys wining and dining in fine restaurants and paying top dollar as I enjoy good quality food  but to say that you are basing your opinion on the price of a meal is pretty pathetic in my opinion. Ive been to some of the most expensive restaurants and I have eaten crap there too. Price does not necessarily always equal quality. One time for a birthday I spent nearly $400 dollars on an expensive meal for 2 and it was fucking CRAP. SHITTEST MEAL EVER. Stale Profiteroles, tough duck etc etc.(Dont go to Silvestris in Clarendon everyone!)

Plus, if going by what he has recommended with the Dublin... Im gonna take his word for it!

I'd eat 2 for that price

For sure! Go for GOLD!

 At that price you can't afford not to eat two!

I don't think he was saying expensive = good, but rather that too cheap probably = bad. There is a minimum price it costs to make a meal and if you are charged less than that there's probably a reason!

If we're talking cheap mains here, Cafe Kowloon on gouger FTW! Most mains are $9 to $13 and spirits are hand poured at $4.50 each (last time I checked.)
Hand poured meaning a glass which is half bourbon, half coke. Three of them and I was incredibly happy!

thats pretty how much i see a lot of things. "if i don't get 2 at that price, it's pretty much costing me money"

to get people into their pubs?

I'd have thought the booze markups would cover some 'specials' the pubs have with food?

exactly. It gets you into the pub and drinking

Proper schnitzels** not deep fried with chips and salad and a mutherfucking bread roll* for $10 at Marble every weeknight. Don't come on Monday though, I hate having to do work.

*butter included

**or stir fry, S&P squid, lasagne, Caesar etc..

...errrr gaming lounge

Too right.

Pubs do specials to bring people into their establishment. When people leave happy, they come back for more dont they?

My parents used to have a pub, and they would do $5 specials for lunches. They were massive meals and good quality too. Lots of chips and veg with a roll too. Love the roll bizness. The schnitzel they had was proper meat, none of the processed stuff.

The reason they did it was to get heads in the door. Most of the profits are made from the bar, not the meals.

They didnt do too bad though as they bought stock from the meat markets at auction and then paid a butcher to cut them up and they would end up not having a middleman. Also, my parents knew the quality of meat was actually good and where it came from and they were selling top cuts. 

Anyways this is the good deals thread. If people want to whinge about deals being too cheap, then go elsewhere. 
If you dont have a deal to contribute then stay out bahaha

 This is the bargain basement thread not the rant thread 

errrr what about it? Talking about why pubs do cheap meals, not why people throw their life down the slots

YEAH!

 

Who profits from people throwing their lives down the slots?

 

Man. I think I have the potential to turn into a psycho in this thread

HAHA 

Thats how much pub meals mean to me

 

yer no shit

however the topic was why pubs do cheap meals. I believe they do this to bring people in. Outlandish as it sounds, some people aren't interested in pokies. Perhaps, oh, i don't know, its schnitzels they are into. Cheap ones

True story. They subsidise so much.


But not Carlton FC apparently, which would explain a lot.

wow-that was poor even by your standards

  Yeah.


In reality the salary cap should effectively negate any missed profits from pokie revenue as it puts all clubs on an equal footing. That makes my comment completely invalid, uninformed and, dare I say it, plain silly. I'm so sorry to anyone on AM who thought they were in for some informed AFL commentary.

actually while on that OMG CHEAP SCHNITTAS FTW

yep, yep.

**nods**

schnittas.







seriously though, the Oxford on O'Connell do an awesome, hyooooge burger with all the trimmings plus more with tasty seasoned proper cut potato chips and a becks for under $15 on someday. investigate it, the burger is phenominal!

Those chips are awesome! That's a good deal.

  oh lordy!
i hadnt even considered the pokie-draw factor, my apologies
*even less reason to go there, i hate the fucking things*

bad expensive restaurants aside, if you're saying there's never any difference between a $30 steak and a $10 steak (in a non pokies pub) erika, then i'll leave you to it




anyways, the oxford burger/chip combo is awesome, def one of my fave delights in adelaide. the beer thrown into the deal is like a sweet bonus. money for jam

Of course they do it to bring people in. Bring them in so they will play the pokies because that's where the money is.

I should know. I paid for a fair percentage of the snazzy renovations at pubs in and around Adelaide.

 

we're all getting helichoppers!

i'm buying a couple!

Yeah I'll grab a few of them man, can't go wrong.

Site is well down though, apparently the helis are up now, but there is not much I can do about it.

Forgot about time dilation between here and the eastern states. Damn Einstein.

helis are up now for 30 mins, i cant join cos the site is flooded

I want one too

first bargain gone, first bargain missed. i might try and grab a wii.

won't even let me login damnit!

unhappy birthday to you catch of the day. hmph

There is always this http://www.shoppingsquare.com.au/product.php?id=275 but their postage is $10 and it keeps going up as you get more...

COTD has a $10 postage no matter how many you buy, I was gonna get 10 and take them down to ELH on a Wednesday and sell them for $6 each, would have been great fun! Can you imagine that beer garden with ten of the cunts buzzing around! Oh well.

there will be another time, teh rc heli dream is still with us all 

yep, liam i will let you know as soon as they're back!!  promise!

not quite as cheap as the COTD helli's but try this - not sure on their shipping though

http://www.oo.com.au/RC_Toys_C764.cfm

Infact check the whole site

http://www.oo.com.au

I can't even get to the COTD homepage now, I wonder if it's wii time yet

yeah same, if i happen to get on whilst they are up there i will bag one no questions.

It was the ipod nano, now a gay picture frame, next up is the steam mop apparently.

great, so now i can get online.  Steam mop up now

Dorrien Estate is having a massive wine sale on Saturday in the BV.

Wine from $2.50 a bottle with premium stuff just $8.50.

Me thinks I'll go and do some stockpiling.

Heli's are back on COTD. A little more expensive this time - $14.95

http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/smallfish_info.php?products_id=853

But if you want one, you can grab one today

jetstar flights to melb are only $39 at the moment

One way before taxes I assume?

Just got 18 pairs of socks for $17.95 off catch of the day. My feet will thank me once they are surrounded by cushiony soft breathable goodness 

18 pairs? Im definately stealing one or two...

I can't see them on there I need socks too.

really? musta been popular.. they were under the 'small fish' thing on the side.

That's pretty cheap. One pair for a dollar, they're not even that cheap here in Bangkok! Bargain.

$1 a pair at rivers until Thursday.

Try that on for size.

Fuck that's alright. Might have to stop past Harbour Town on the way home from work.

Thanks for that!

Also, just picked up two of the surge protector powerboards on Catch of the Day. $64.95 for the two including shipping. Not bad at all. Have seen similar units selling at Harvey Norman etc... for $150+ each.

catch of the day has a huge list o crap up today!
the tv's look good value.. 42" full hd sharp aquos for $1599 or 47" full hd 100Hz philips for $2199. Second one i can vouge for as my sister just got one a few weeks ago. Awesome build quality, awesome picture, 3 yr warranty

I would love to see you vogue, Bezz...

Time to revive the thread.

www.catchoftheday.com.au

Sharp Aquos 37" Full HD 100hz 4ms LCD with a Japanese made panel going for $1,299.00 + $60 for P&H. Just picked up one for my bedroom.

As a guide, JB's online store (DigitalHome) are selling the same line but in the 32" size for $1,799.00.

Get in quick if interested, doubt they'll last all that long.

Astone 1TB External Hard DriveUSB2.0, eSATA, Western Digital Hard Drive

For only $150 on www.catchoftheday.com.au

I'm fuckin spewin as I only recently got a WD 1tb drive and (slightly better) enclosure for over $200 

i dont even know what all those letters and numbers mean but i just bought one lol

In short, they're good.

All you need to know is that it's BIG.
FYI, if you have an eSATA port, use it over the usb port.
I think their about 10x faster than usb.

fucking cheap as i'm getting on it 4 sure

it cost me maybe $10 3 years ago for my eSATA port for my back rack, and took me all of 1 minute to install.

if you can do up one screw and plug something in, you too have all the skills necessary 

That is if you have SATA ports on ur motherboard (which is pretty much standard these days).
And, like me, ur SATA ports don't fuckin work for some unknown reason u get stuck with USB.

i dont know what any of this means lol


what is a eSATA port and how do i find out if i have one?

its an external serial ATA (SATA) port, a couple of pics and a write up on wike (half way down page)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SATA

thanks 


will check my laptop when i'm home

sorry to say but you'll probably have to get one of these type of dealios   --->  http://www.cooldrives.com/2ra01espccal.html


eSATA is only just breaking into the desktop world

Was gonna say similar however you'll find eSATA on some of the latest model high end notebooks - Not an older one though.

USB/Firewire are really your only options

my laptop is old.


i am thinking of getting a new one soon.


USB will have to do for now.

Have you thoroughly checked your BIOS settings mate? They might be disabled. Some BIOS' use some confusing terminology for enabling/disabling SATA ports too which can confuse matters.

catch of the day currently have on offer everything that hasn't sold out on past days, there's a massive selection including...

SNUGGIE KNOCKOFFS FOR $13 DELIVERED!!@!@!!!11211

better get in cos they'll be gone before you can say OMGWTF I CAN'T BELIEVE ITS NOT A SNUGGIE

I'm pretty sure I'd have to kick my own ass if I ever wore a Snuggie.

its a cudlee

 




headache - my snuggie is awesome!!!!!

 

x2

Pretty confident I tried every option and it still didn't recognise the drive at all.
Oh well, at least I can use it now... albeit externally.

Looking into a new MB and CPU soon so it's not worth trying to sort out the problem.

1TB 7200rpm eSATA/USB WD Ext HDD on www.catchoftheday.com.au for only $130 today


bargain.

FYi:

MSY have 1tb drives for around $140-155, if you add shipping it's probably the same/slightly cheaper.

They also have internal drives for around $110, an external case will set you back $10-$20 and it's even cheaper. (As long as you know how to use a screwdriver you're set) Also internal drives have ~3yrs warranty, externals usually only have 12 or 24mth warranty.

And also... I've bought a things from catch, mostly without incident. However 2 items ceased functioning during the warranty period and due to the nature of their suppliers they obviously could do nothing but offer a store credit... Pretty damn annoying,

i bought that from catch a few months back and all going well so far

Woolworths liquor has got 20% all cartons of beer until tomorrow. Just went and picked up a couple cartons 

I got one a few months back too and it didnt work, had to send it back to melbs for repair.  Works ok now tho.  Brought heaps of stuff on cotd, wicked site.