Coles gift card offers

[NoName]

Made a run to my local coles just then and seems they may be managing the stock levels on the shelves. So this store had no $250 cards yesterday and then plenty this morning. I went again just after lunch and they were all out only to be overflowing again this evening. Hoping the refill is a daily occurrence.

Anyway, a good first day.

 

[Happy Dude]

Hopefully there are still $100 cards on the shelf tomorrow and I can go back and buy them with the $250 cards I bought today.

I'm trying to get my head around the sums, but wouldn't you be better off buying $250 cards, if you can get them, instead of $100s?

 

[NoName]

Definitely get the $250 cards if possible. $100 cards only worth it as a last resort IMO.

 

[TripleB]

I'm trying to get my head around the sums, but wouldn't you be better off buying $250 cards, if you can get them, instead of $100s?

If there are $250 cards available I'll be all over them - but my experience is that the $250 cards are rarely in stock after the first day of promotions like this. The stores I visited yesterday afternoon mostly just had $100 cards in stock.

 

[andye]

If there are $250 cards available I'll be all over them - but my experience is that the $250 cards are rarely in stock after the first day of promotions like this. The stores I visited yesterday afternoon mostly just had $100 cards in stock.

My feeling is if you've invested the time to get into the shop, might as well recycle yellow to a purple or few

 

[NoName]

The main reasons I generally don’t bother with the $100 cards is because of the small profit ($5.50 per card) plus the much longer time it takes to recycle them. Buying a $250 card with a $250 card is one payment. Buying a $250 card with $100 cards requires 3 payments. I want to be in and out as fast as possible. Come the last day or two I will consider getting $100 cards to keep and use later for legitimate purposes.

EDIT: Yes I could pay for the $100 cards with my credit card but I also don’t want 10s of thousands of dollars tied up in these things at the end of it.

 

[Happy Dude]

OZB really makes for terrific reading sometimes. In this case, in regards to outright aggression and ways to further milk value from these cards.

 

[Maisy33]

Couldn’t get to Coles until this morning. Yokine WA store sold out (she said they sold $24,000 worth yesterday). Managed to get some at another store.

 

[SydneySwan]

Come the last day or two I will consider getting $100 cards to keep and use later for legitimate purposes.

So are you using the $250 cards for illegitimate purposes? Do tell!

 

[Dr Ralph]

(she said they sold $24,000 worth yesterday).

So just one person buying them?

Post automatically merged: Jun 16, 2022

Dude in front of me this morning bought five using cash.

I also saw people buying today and using cash. There's two reasons for this:

1) They don't have a credit card
2) Money laundering

Otherwise why wouldn't you just use EFTPOS?

 

[SydneySwan]

So just one person buying them?

Post automatically merged: Jun 16, 2022

I bet it was you Dr Ralph!

 

[Dr Ralph]

I bet it was you Dr Ralph!

I've been modest in purchasing these this time around.

Previously I did have a ridiculously high special levy for my strata which corresponded to a substantial purchase of these cards.

This time I'm more focussed on inception. Which I expect to achieve by the end of today.

And just as an FYI, I've noticed a number of stores restock the $250 cards overnight (I suspect that they didn't put them all out yesterday).

 

[MooTime]

Is the 4hour wait after activation strict on each occasion?

Even thou the website says balance of $250, won't be able to use till this 4hour window has ceased??

 

[Dr Ralph]

Is the 4hour wait after activation strict on each occasion?

Even thou the website says balance of $250, won't be able to use till this 4hour window has ceased??

I haven't tried to check the balance or use sooner than 4 hours.

 

[andye]

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I haven't tried to check the balance or use sooner than 4 hours.

There is a countdown on the online balance site

 

[NoName]

So are you using the $250 cards for illegitimate purposes? Do tell!

Well it probably depends who you ask.

 

[Dr Ralph]

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There is a countdown on the online balance site

That website has never worked for me. I just get an error message.

I use the phone number on the back of the card instead. 48 calls to that number in the past 24 hours!

 

[MooTime]

i couldn't / wasn't allowed to buy another gift card with gift card I already had...... guy there told me you can't do it.

Should I have punched in card payment not gift card payment??

thanks

 

[andye]

i couldn't / wasn't allowed to buy another gift card with gift card I already had...... guy there told me you can't do it.

Should I have punched in card payment not gift card payment??

thanks

Yes card payment. I try to keep the payment method out of staff's view

 

[Dr Ralph]

i couldn't / wasn't allowed to buy another gift card with gift card I already had...... guy there told me you can't do it.

Why even show them what card you are using?