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PlayStation 5 reduced from $800 to just $9 with Big W shopper's hack

A Big W customer has managed to score a mind-blowing discount. Here's how he did it.

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A Big W bargain hunter has shared a simple hack for scoring an $799 PlayStation 5 for just $9. The savvy shopper revealed how he managed to unlock a $790 discount, leaving hundreds of social media users in disbelief about just how easy it was.

The gamer explained that he stockpiled Everyday Rewards points throughout the year from shopping at Big W and Woolworths. Instead of applying the $10 discount received every 2,000 points earned to his next grocery shop, he locked the credit on his card.

He also supercharged his points along the way by purchasing prepaid Visa cards when Woolies offered bonus points on Visa transactions. He was able to earn extra points when paying his bills with the prepaid Visa, as well as earning points for every purchase he made with the card.

The shrewd customer said he also kept an eye out for other Everyday Rewards bonus points offers, sharing, "I kept getting really good ones. Some for 20,000 points."

He managed to accumulate over $1,000 across 18 months on his Everyday Rewards card, spent $310 and used the remainder to knock down the price of the PlayStation 5. The deal was made sweeter by the fact PlayStation 5 consoles have been notoriously hard to find in Australian stores, with distributor Sony experiencing both supply and logistical issues.


Members of the Markdown Addicts Australia Facebook group were impressed with how the Big W customer was able to work the system to his advantage, and were inspired to do the same. "Awesome saving. You've just motivated me to save my rewards dollars," one group member replied, with another adding, "This is just dead set impressive".

Has been said before but this is exactly why rewards points programs are set to expire after a while.

 

[BananaSplit²]

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10 days later, as of today, the PS5-exclusive FF16 still does not appear within the japanese pre-order charts

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As a side comparison, japanese pre-orders for Fire Emblem Engage are currently thrice the amount compared to Three Houses.

 

[AnOminous]

Has been said before but this is exactly why rewards points programs are set to expire after a while.

The number of people who successfully exploit these programs well enough to make money off them are so vastly outnumbered by people who buy shit and give over personal information without ever getting much out of the reward points that they usually are willing to put up with a few people gaming the system, just like a casino will put up with a few advantage players if they don't get too greedy.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

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10 days later, as of today, the PS5-exclusive FF16 still does not appear within the japanese pre-order charts
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As a side comparison, japanese pre-orders for Fire Emblem Engage are currently thrice the amount compared to Three Houses.

I hope that based af game does well enough outside Japan at least.

 

[huecoffs02]

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10 days later, as of today, the PS5-exclusive FF16 still does not appear within the japanese pre-order charts
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As a side comparison, japanese pre-orders for Fire Emblem Engage are currently thrice the amount compared to Three Houses.

I'm happy Engage is doing so good. I'm hyped.

Whatever happens with FF16 will be good. If it sells well we will see people crying about the lack of diversity. If it doesn't, we will see sonyfags coping about why it bombed and how it was no the fault of Sony buying the exclusivity for their shitty Kaiba Corp console.

 

[Two Dollars]

I hope that based af game does well enough outside Japan at least.

You’re talking about FF16, right? Surely you’re not implying that gay marriage animu dating sim is based, right?

Spoiler: why

please I just want a good fire emblem again I loved awakening but after that the series became gay weeb shit and nintendo wont stop shilling it and there are five hundred fire emblem characters in smash and intelligent systems can’t make any good games that aren’t warioware and they wont stop ruining paper mario please make it stop

Whatever happens with FF16 will be good. If it sells well we will see people crying about the lack of diversity. If it doesn't, we will see sonyfags coping about why it bombed and how it was no the fault of Sony buying the exclusivity for their shitty Kaiba Corp console.

Oh shit, it really does look like Kaiba

 

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[Gravemind]

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10 days later, as of today, the PS5-exclusive FF16 still does not appear within the japanese pre-order charts
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As a side comparison, japanese pre-orders for Fire Emblem Engage are currently thrice the amount compared to Three Houses.

I'm certainly in no hurry to buy FF16 due to console exclusivity, but, man.

Waifufags certainly are easy to pander to, regardless of the nationality.

 

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[Übertroon]

I'm certainly in no hurry to buy FF16 due to console exclusivity, but, man.

Waifufags certainly are easy to pander to, regardless of the nationality.

It comes out on PC, so I just hope it doesn't become a repeat of the epic games store exclusivity fiasco that was the FF7 remake.
Console exclusivity doesn't bother me at all since you got to be braindead to buy an xbox these days, and support for final fantasy games on nintendo is always expectedly lackluster

 

[Jonah Hill poster]

Gah! Stupid sexy Flanders Fat PlayStation!

 

[Gravemind]

It comes out on PC, so I just hope it doesn't become a repeat of the epic games store exclusivity fiasco that was the FF7 remake.
Console exclusivity doesn't bother me at all since you got to be braindead to buy an xbox these days, and support for final fantasy games on nintendo is always expectedly lackluster

I am aware. That's why I'm in no hurry to get FF16. It'll come to PC eventually, and I have zero interest in a PS5.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

You’re talking about FF16, right? Surely you’re not implying that gay marriage animu dating sim is based, right?

Spoiler: why

please I just want a good fire emblem again I loved awakening but after that the series became gay weeb shit and nintendo wont stop shilling it and there are five hundred fire emblem characters in smash and intelligent systems can’t make any good games that aren’t warioware and they wont stop ruining paper mario please make it stop

Oh shit, it really does look like Kaiba

Even Fire Emblem Awakening wasn't great, it's where the series started to go downhill. The last really good one was Shadow Dragon. As for Paper Mario, at least it hasn't been fagged up, they're just boring and play like shit.

 

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The worst part about Fire Emblem today, is that there is no incentive to revisit Advance Wars.

 

[Marissa Moira]

It comes out on PC, so I just hope it doesn't become a repeat of the epic games store exclusivity fiasco that was the FF7 remake.
Console exclusivity doesn't bother me at all since you got to be braindead to buy an xbox these days, and support for final fantasy games on nintendo is always expectedly lackluster

That's true even now, Crisis Core didn't do much on switch world wide.

The problem with 16 is that many people have become very invested in 7 Rebirth since it's a sequel to 7. That's supposedly still slated for late 2023 which means Square is putting out two mainline FF titles in a single year. That's not something that has ever happened where you get two new main installments mere months from each other. People don't know much about 16, but they know a hell of a lot about 7.

15 pulled in major western sales and that game turned out to be halfbaked and even the DLC doesn't fix it. 16 looks to be in much better shape than 15 was prior to release. The major complaint for 16 so far is stuff relating to aesthetics, because even the battle system to 16 is better than 15's.

 

[Quijibo69]

The PS5 controller sucks ass and hurts my hand after playing for over 2 hours at a time. The triggers are like sponges. RIP to the best PS controller, the PS4 controller.

 

[Thiletonomics]

The PS5 controller sucks ass and hurts my hand after playing for over 2 hours at a time. The triggers are like sponges. RIP to the best PS controller, the PS4 controller.

Does the PS5 at least have backward compatibility for PS4 controllers? Or is that not a thing, just to get people to buy more PS5 controllers?

 

[KorokiKokoro]

Does the PS5 at least have backward compatibility for PS4 controllers? Or is that not a thing, just to get people to buy more PS5 controllers?

Yes, the catch is that you can only play PS4 titles with it, anything that is a PS5 exclusive will only accept the DualShock 5.

Remember when you could play PS2 games with a PS1 controller? Sony sure doesn't.

 

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