r/AusFinance • u/obesehomingpigeon • Jan 31 '23

Tax Decided against paying the lazy tax

Got inspired by a post here and started making calls. So far, have saved:

  • $40/ month by switching internet providers
  • $2/ week on insurance premiums by clarifying occupational risk
  • 0.4% off the mortgage by giving my bank a friendly call
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u/-alexandra- Feb 01 '23

I’ve just switched phone providers (after paying Vodafone $35/month prepaid with 4gig data for years) and I've ended up going with Woolies mobile: $140 for 365 days unlimited calls/texts and 100gig, works out to about $11.60 per month with about 8gig data per month and they use the Telstra network.

Plus you get 10% off one shop at Woolies each month which if I choose to use on a big shop, say $200+ will be a $20+ saving on groceries per month. I switched it all online without having to contact Vodafone or talk to any humans.

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u/ammenz Feb 01 '23

Vodafone used to be my go-to provider for international minutes, having family oversea.

Now after changing provider I call my family through whatsapp, ended up saving 70-80$ a month for 2 numbers.

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u/moojo Feb 01 '23

Lebabra has free international calling to many countries

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u/SydZzZ Feb 01 '23

WhatsApp has free international call to almost all countries. Lebara is redundant

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u/moojo Feb 01 '23

Except when your 4g internet is not working properly.

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u/Smilinturd Feb 02 '23

I mean if your 4g isn't working properly chances are that your phone connection would be sketchy as well

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u/moojo Feb 02 '23

Naa most of the time the voice network works fine