Telstra will announce a rival deal for Queensland's pre-paid customers today – two days before Vodafone's launch – offering new and existing customers $200 credit for next month.

New users will have to buy a pre-paid pack with mobile telephone before August 30 to qualify for the deal, and existing users will need to register online.

Telstra consumer marketing head Jenny Young said the $200 credit could be used for voice calls, SMS and MMS messages and the Queensland-only deal was designed to counter Vodafone's campaign.

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,10500979%255E3102,00.html


Can't see any registration forms on the Telstra site yet. Sounds like an awesome freebie if it's true.

so all i have to do is register and i get 200 bucks worth of credit for next month?!?

thats awesome

Just went nextdoor to check it out (Telstra store at foot of building where I work)

Cheapest prepaid you can get from Telstra is a Nokia for $99. $200 Credit will be applied to your phone 1st September

Seeing as I need a new phone (battery is held on with rubber band heh), this is perfect.

I honestly don't see the need for all the extra s*** on phones these days. All I use a phone for is making a phone call. If I feel the need to text someone, I'll use EMAIL

VG Cats say it all

http://www.vgcats.com/comics/images/020530.jpg


last edited by HERMITech at 12:52:59 20/Aug/04

and what else rocks? Telstra's dropped the price of MMS to 50c now as well... that's for both picture & video mms - the picture mms is staying at that level until further notice, but the video mms will go back up again in a month or two's time...

meh, pitty all the other networks are still cheaper.
I'm quite happy with my 55/mo/7250i/optus deal.

meanwhile contract phone people seem to get SFA in the way of cheap deals and bonus's, pretty f***ing lame if u ask me.

Telstra just sent my prepaid a text message saying all I have to do is to register on a website that they sent and I would recieve the $200 credit as an existing user.

As a valued Pre-Paid Customer, Telstra is offering you $200 Pre Paid Credit to use for voice calls, text or picture messagingto ANY phone this September

All you have to do is register by August 30th

We’ll get your credit to you by September 2nd 2004 and send you an SMS as soon as it hits your account. Your bonus credit must be used by September 30th 2004 .

Sweet !!!

So you have one month to use $200?
Wouldnt people using that kind of volume be on a plan already to get cheaper calls? Unless they are drug dealers i guess ;p

Whats this new "Vodafone Lauch"?

I'm just on vodaphone redsim.

So we have to use the credit within a 1 month time period? meh can have some fun with this :)

Wouldnt people using that kind of volume be on a plan already to get cheaper calls?

I guess mebe, but this is how Telstra is combating Vodaphones pre-paid promotion this weekend.

I use prepaid cause I don't usually make that many calls an I don't want to be tied down to a contract that makes me pay X no matter how many calls I make. I'm not a compulsive mobile phone user. To me a mobile is a handy device to use when I can't get to a landline. Even when I'm out of credit, I can still recieve calls.

While I don't normally make that many calls on my mobile, if I have $200 worth of credit to use I will. Be a good time to call that friend I have in Sth Africa and my relatives up north without it costing me a cent

Sounds good to me!!

Yeah i know if you have it you will use it, and thats what telstra are counting on.. you getting used to making lots of calls and maybe changing to an expensive contract. But hell, thats what advertising is all about.

Yeha this is such bulls***, I am on a plan and I get sweet f*** all perks.
I guess you get the advantage of cheap rates etc but still!

Btw prepaid is such a ripoff (the call rates).

but we dont really get cheap call rates, best i get is 18c for 5 mins after 8, whoop de doo.

so changing at the end of my contract to someone else. i spend $60-120 a month and would expect to get some perks every once in a while but noooooo

f***ers

ACN will be a telstra/optus beater too.. Can't announce call rates yet but I can tell yas that it's free mobile to mobile all day every day :)

Also free local calls (landline acn to acn) and std calls acn to acn for a 35c flagfall then free for as long as you want :D

Optus has the 24/7 free calls bewteen optus prepaid dunn it ? The question is not if but when the offer will expire.

time to find s***loads of people with camera phones & go nuts methinks, who here has a phone capable of viewing pics? :)

doh, i'm cut :( I didnt get an invite sms for the free $200. You cant get the free s*** without it.

keep an eye out - you might still get an invite... apparantly the invite went out to something like 255,000 QLD Pre-paid Plus subscribers today.. It's a pretty groovy deal, although you a) had to have had an active Pre-paid Plus service as off August 17th or b) have to purchase a new handset kit between now & aug 28/30 (something to that effect) & activate it...pretty snazzy offer, although there were lots of disapointed ppl at work today when they found out you had to be an existing TPP customer before aug 17 to get the offer :D

Say - there's new Telstra mobile plans coming at the start of sept too.. we got a quick glimpse of them, before the info got pulled in case it got leaked - all we know is they're being launched on sept 8th.. Who knows what pricing etc they'll have..

theres no need to give percs to ppl on contracts, they;re looked in, so why give us anythign when they dont need to :( loyalty dont mean s*** to telslut. :(

i bet people have hacked the s*** system so they get free s*** whenever they want.
anyway whats the site for the telstra customers? i cant find it anywhere in the telstra.com site.

goto Telstra Blue Lounge

ive already got my invite via sms $200 4 me next month :)

last edited by threE deE at 18:02:25 21/Aug/04

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Terms and Conditions

1. If you received a special invitation via SMS from Telstra on your Telstra Pre-Paid Plus or communic8 pre-paid service to register on this website, you will receive a $200 credit on your Telstra Pre-Paid Plus or communic8 service (“Credit”).

2. The Credit is not transferable and must be used by 30 September 2004. Any of the unused Credit is forfeited and only one Credit per service will be applied. The offer closes Midnight 30 August 2004. The Credit will be applied by 2 September 2004. You will be notified via SMS when the Credit has been applied.

3. By registering, you consent to the information you submit in the registration process being entered into a database which Telstra may use for future promotional and marketing purposes (including notifying you of competitions, offers and rewards via SMS or email) and may use for future promotional and marketing purposes relating to other goods or services of Telstra, without any further reference or payment or other compensation to you.

4. However, if, once registered, you no longer wish to receive promotional and marketing material, you should call Telstra on 1800 039 059.

5. Telstra will not use or disclose your details in the manner set out in these terms and conditions, without your consent or unless otherwise required or authorised by law. Telstra's Privacy Policy can be viewed at www.telstra.com/privacy

Just registered for mine then. Only for month of september, but thats ok.

I got mine this morning. Who else did?

Not me, I didn't even get an invite, but then I haven't actually used my pre paid since I had it activated a month ago so I might not qualify.

f*** telstra. ive been with them for over 2 years on the same prepaid number and i havent got a sing f***ING bonus or free ounce of credit.

and no i didnt get my 200. what a f***ing joke why dont i register.

i did during my qcs exam :P lucky i had my phone totally silent or i would have been f***ed. yey! $200.65 credit atm!

^^^ ditto (+ 10 cents)

Lol vodafon redsim rocks for me, i get free internet and free ringtone sending, free picture messages. Go me.

Yep got me $200 telstra credit. Also got my vodafone credit too (2 phones) w00t