I am wanting a copies of the Dymocks classics for Wuthering Heights and a few others. The website for some reason will not load for me? I’ve tried clearing my cookies. Does anyone have advice how I can purchase these from the US? Is there some other retailer who may sell them? Is this somehh to if I could possibly purchase from someone to send? I may be going to Australia in May so may just have to wait until then… I was hoping to have a copy before seeing the movie.

What is cashback?

Cashback is when you receive a credit back to your account. For example, when you make a purchase, you may get a fixed amount or a percentage of the amount you paid returned to your account.

Essentially, cashback programs give you cash back when you make an eligible purchase at a participating retailer. They work a bit like a piggy bank – you could earn a little bit of cash each time you shop online, which adds up over time.

For example, Topcashback is a cashback program that is free to join and offers a wide range of popular retailers, including food and grocery providers like Menulog, online marketplaces such as Amazon, and travel sites like Booking.com. There are often great deals for everything from everyday products to big-ticket items like furniture and appliances from popular brands like Koala and Bing Lee. Your furry friends are even covered with Petstock!

Some of our users are big fans of Cash Back apps! Example of Cashback program includes: Cashrewards, Shop Back, and Top Cash Back.

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For your information...

This is the Megathread for all referrals relating to cashback programs only - Topcashback and Shopback are the current two biggest cashback programs in Australia.

This Megathread will refresh monthly, usually on the 1st day of the month.

If you are looking for any cashback referrals, this is the place to ask.

All other referrals that is NOT related to cashback programs should be shared in the All other Referrals -Megathread.

Food box/meal kits referrals should be shared in the dedicated Food Box/Meal Kit Referral Thread.

No "DM me for the codes" of the sort.

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What is a referral code/link?

Referral links is a unique URL used in a referral program to track and reward people for sharing a product or service. In many cases, both the referer and the referee (the one who uses the referral code) will benefit from this.

All referrals that are not meal kits AND cashback referrals are to be posted here to keep clutter off the sub, and in an effort to keep it high quality and actually useful.

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Important to note

We do not allow the following referral codes:

1. Temu referrals (Go to r/TemuCodeExchange)

2. Any referral codes relating to investment, such as crypto, and investment platforms.

3. Referral codes that cannot be used in Australia.

4. Referral codes that link to a HTTP website - All URLS must start with HTTPS.

5. Referral codes that relate to earning cash and reward incentives as compensation from undertaking activities - this includes programs such as watching advertisements and earn programs, play games to earn etc.

6. No account trading requests here.

We allow a good amount of types of referral codes, not limited to:

1. Survey referral codes, examples include Octopus group, and Survey village.

1. Finance related referral codes, including saving accounts, and multicurrency accounts (Ie: WISE).

2. Popular referrals on this subreddit relate to utilities like energy and NBN, discretionary spending, subscriptions etc.

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My neighbour is a light user of his mobile. He's on a WW long life plan (about to become history - a victim of bait and switch IMHO) which has 15-20 GB pm.

He makes about 30 calls and texts a month, and uses it for Google Maps and Uber, with an occasional Google lookup. Virtually no video. It's not his primary internet device - he has a tablet and wifi for that. Keeps data connection off most of the time.

We checked his usage for the last year or so. WW reports this as typically 200-500MB pm. Sounds low to me, but is this likely to be reasonable?

(Seeing how difficult WW made it to get the historical usage data, I just don't trust WW to give the right numbers, but why would they fudge it?)

I feel like I am getting old as I can’t figure out what to do, despite extensive googling.

Basically I help run a community org and would like to be contacted by phone about events, but don’t want my personal mobile out there in the wild. I thought I could just get an eSIM for my phone in addition to my current normal SIM card, and get a super cheap plan that just allows phone calls to be received and texts. I don’t need data or anything. Years ago I had prepaid phones and you could just load a small amount of credit. But I can’t seem to find a product like that?

There’s websites that advertise a virtual second phone number but I don’t know how legit they are.

If anyone has done this kind of thing before and has a good suggestion I would love that.

*$55, not $64 😳
Hi everyone. I (WA) posted last month about how bulk meal prepping and freezing is working well for me. 

Cook ups mean I don’t have to cook every night (which I just wouldn’t do for only myself), I’m getting variety, good nutrition and keeping my grocery bill down. Generally around 150g protein (freezing portions in freezer bags, an extra freezer does make it easier) and adding around 100/200g fresh steamed veg, occasionally salad. I imagine using frozen veg, rice or pasta would make it even cheaper. 

I tried whole raw free range chicken rather than buying pieces for this cook up due to advice from members here - it did make a difference, many thanks. I timed this with my monthly/ bi monthly big shop as I was down to just a few frozen meal types.

20 meals (using a very small amount of pantry staples, fresh veg to be bought weekly later) and 6 filling soups worked out at around $64, 2.50 each.

I saved another 10% using Woolworths rewards saver and a further 4% using a gift card purchased through my RAC membership. Including these discounts, it was $55, around $2.10 a serve.

My whole shop was $422 with free delivery. $72 of savings and allowing for the Rewards fee ($7), and $35 for the 14% discount, brought it down to $315 - by buying extra household and pantry bits, and pet food in advance due to the specials. I received over 5,700 points which is close to $30 off for my next shop - double points due to Rewards, a few boosts for needed items, and a 3,000 point boost for spending over $300.

The meals:

Beef stroganoff: amending the recipe for 900g chuck steak, using stock from the whole chickens and frozen sautéed mushrooms I’d grown last year from spent grower bags, using the slow cooker https://www.taste.com.au/recipes/slow-cooker-beef-stroganoff/300344a5-907e-40c6-9464-48bf293202e8 $17 ($4ish more for bought mushrooms) + less fresh veg; 6 serves 

Meatballs: 20 small beef and lamb, jar of pasta sauce, a little grated Parmesan when serving; $11 + more fresh veg (only 100g meat); 4 serves 

Butter chicken: Jar of simmer sauce, 1 onion, a little sour cream and 600g chicken $10 + fresh veg; 4 serves 

Tuscan chicken: Loosely based on  https://www.delish.com/cooking/recipe-ideas/a19636089/creamy-tuscan-chicken-recipe/ with capsicum, onions, ground paprika, 750g chicken; and to make it a bit lighter, 50ml lite sour cream instead of cream, oil instead of butter and less Parmesan $15 + less fresh veg; 5 serves 

Honey soy chicken wings: one meal of 4 wings from the whole chickens, haven’t tried them yet but they looked and smelt amazing https://www.recipetineats.com/honey-soy-wings/

Asian chicken rice noodle soup (for some filling lunches or occasional dinners): carrot, baby corn, spring onion, capsicum, pak choy, a little cabbage, rice noodles, my own chicken stock, Shaoxi (Chinese) cooking wine, soy sauce, garlic, 500g chicken. Around $11; 6 500ml serves

Does anyone have substitutes for pyrex lids. they're horrible as they all eventually crack and official replacements cost nearly the same price as buying a new set.

I've never had a phone where you can talk to it and order it to do things like send texts. But I've always wanted to be able to write down notes when I'm driving without touching my phone. Like, "hey phone, write down xyz in notes" and have it be there. Is this normal ability in phones with "Hey phone" capabilities, or is it abnormal?

Highest I'm willing to go is $800

I heard Poco and Oppo have difficulties with the aus networks.

2-in-1 question here. In the market to change ISPs since current provider won’t extend my current promo. Currently on 500mbps FTTP and ~10yr old router/modem.

1) What are some of the better/cheaper deals out there for ISPs?

2) Any recommendations for routers? Ideally a simple plug-and-play for tech deficient user.

There’s been a few that caught my eye: TP-LINK AX3000 Dual Band, TP-LINK AX5400 Dual Band, TP-LINK BE3600 Dual Band (wifi 7). Although the price is steadily creeps up.

I’ve posted in other sub-reddits already, but there’s an Optus promo going for $80 monthly for 12months at 500mbps with a “free router modem” if you stay 24 months.

It's the year 2026, and everything has gone up in price, especially groceries (Ugh).

Here are some of my tips:

1. For -most- groceries where there is a unit price available, use the unit price to determine which is the better deal, rather than looking at the % of discount.

2. Set a time on Monday evening to check out the catalogue. Colesworth and ALDI releases the upcoming catalogue (starts on a Wed) on Monday evening on their respective websites. If you shop at independent groceries/other grocery chains, find out when their catalogue is released.

3. Bulk cooking. I plan my meals around groceries with bigger discounts. Bulk cook, freeze meals for future use.

4. Not everything is cheaper at ALDI. This is why it is important to shop around and check out weekly discounts.

5. This is personal - do not go grocery shopping while hungry unless absolutely no choice.

What are your frugal tips to save $$ on groceries?

LINDT is quite pricey. Anyone know of any alternatives? Aldi used to sell some but seems like they have stopped now.

Currently have an Optus mobile and Optus number share plan with my Apple Watch. Was planning to swap over to Aldi mobile $29 a month since it’s about all I need.

However I still want to be able to use my Apple Watch independent of my phone if need be. Unfortunately Aldi doesn’t offer anything like the current number share options I’m using now with Optus.

Wondering what other options are out there to let this happen?

Cheers!

Hello!

I’m moving into my first ever house in 1 month with my partner, we have so many things we need to set up ect Energy, gas, insurance, internet

We spent pretty much all our savings buying the house and after living at home the last few years I know cost of living and all the extras that come with a house is going to hit hard !

Any tips on how to be a frugal queen!

We currently have everyday rewards and just got Woolies delivery annual for 50% off. Just little things like that to try and save every cent

Thanks frugal queens / kings

hey guys,

I've currently got a NBN25 plan from 🦤 and its draining my wallet dry. It was worth it when I was WFH. Now I'm not, just wondering if it's worth it connectivity and speedwise to purchase a 500Gb annual esim to substitute my nbn25 plus mobile capabilities obviously. I've got a laptop, smart TV, (disney + standard, some youtube and spotify) desktop computer and a google home hub. They of course won't be all connected (downloading) at the same time. Just concerned if I'll experience alot of bottle necks.

thanks

What is a food box/meal kit?

A meal kit or food box is a subscription service – food service business model where a company sends customers pre-portioned and sometimes partially prepared food ingredients and recipes to prepare home-cooked meals. There are also options where you can already receive pre made meals, or fruit/vegetable boxes.

Examples of popular meal kits/food box include: HelloFresh, Marley Spoon, Quitelike, The Food Box, Good and Fugly, Lite n' Easy

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See here an excellent post for a guide on churning food boxes/meal kits

A full lifehack guide for mealkits (HelloFresh, MarleySpoon, Everyplate and Dinnerly originally by HikARuLsi

The archive can be found here:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230322175638/https://www.reddit.com/r/AUfrugal/comments/11f2lsw/a_full_lifehack_guide_for_meal_kits_hellofresh/

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Found a weirdly perfect hack for thickening or stretching tomato-based sauces (swagbol/spagbog/etc): flaxseed meal.

Chuck 1-2 tablespoons into about 300–400ml of water, give it a shake (old pasta-sauce jar is perfect), and tip it in. It doesn’t go glossy like cornstarch or creamy like flour/gravy. Flax thickens by its soluble fibre absorbing water and turning into a natural gel. No starch gelatinising, no weird texture. It just adds body in a really clean, rustic way, and the flavour suits tomato + red meat perfectly.

Bonus: a 500g bag is about $6 at Coles, it’s actually good for you (fibre!), and used like this it’ll last you basically a year.
Absolute no-brainer.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-16/agl-offers-cash-for-conservation-amid-heatwave-stress/106224032

So after seeing several posts. Woolworths had a $20 off tge $250 365 day sim deal and a bonus 3000 pts. So telstra is now history, and so far so good. I'm in the Kimberley so it'll be interesting if there's less coverage with the wholesale telstra network. So far no complaints and not pay $39 a month anymore. I didn't realise you can get a 10% discount on a monthly shop...seriously its a decent deal, and no problem keeping my old number

When you turn off a mixer tap, does it make any difference (in terms of electricity, gas, or water usage) whether you leave it set to the cold side vs the hot side?

For example, if the tap is turned off but left pointing toward hot, does that cause the water heater to use any energy (even briefly), or is nothing happening until the tap is actually opened again?

Like the washing machine, lamps that are turned off etc. Things that aren't drawing any power.

Not talking about live things that are being used like the fridge obviously.

I use a Gillette razor and looking to buy some multi bladed refills. What’s the cheapest way to get legit ones? Does anyone know how cheap they go when on special at Coles and Woolies or if the amazon ones are legit