Gift Cards at Supermarkets

[tuan_nobel]

In that case a $200 V1 is worth $7.95 as it nets ~621 points. 1.28c/point

Still a tad more than 0.3c/pt for those that can get V1 $100 at 5% discount at woolies.

 

[albyd]

well, used my PE at an officeworks store recently and just realised the points come in at 3:1. Online order at officeworks only seems to be 2:1. It's quite confusing.
But still, second best option compared to woolworths 5% discount

Thanks for sharing your experience with OW. Hadn’t considered them before. Agree, more expensive than WOW method but that’s now gone for our favourite merchant so one to crunch the numbers on.

What’s the availability like in store. Assuming there might be a run on OW stores now

 

[tuan_nobel]

Thanks for sharing your experience with OW. Hadn’t considered them before. Agree, more expensive than WOW method but that’s now gone for our favourite merchant so one to crunch the numbers on.

What’s the availability like in store. Assuming there might be a run on OW stores now

Actually, went through my point statements and there are quite a few places that are not major supermarkets but still come through with 3:1: Kmart, Target, Dan's Murphy Online. It seem to be the stores that belong to major super market chains.

 

[Mr_Orange]

Actually, went through my point statements and there are quite a few places that are not major supermarkets but still come through with 3:1: Kmart, Target, Dan's Murphy Online. It seem to be the stores that belong to major super market chains.

I knew about DM online but KMart and Target are new ones to me. I default to my Charge in these stores so it is worth the experiment since I will still get 1ppd either way and possibly 3.

 

[SOPOOR]

anyone had their only1 visa cards blocked?
I know the stupid T/Cs that says if you try and use it or even check the balance before 24 hours, they can void

which is a ludicrous T/C and very against at least one consumer law

ive just had about 4 out of 30 blocked

 

[JohnK]

I'm thinking of paying Medibank premiums using Amex>V1 cards (using the postbillpay option to break it into lots of $100). Has anyone done this? (Just worried that either postbillpay might get coughty about multiple payments to the same biller, or that Medibank might not like it.)

Last year I paid Medibank directly with Visa One cards. Only issue was I paid end of March but the payments were not applied using the old premium.

I complained and after a few emails back and forth I ended up getting 1-2 weeks free cover.

In December 2017 I paid with a $500 Visa gift card which should take me through to part of April this year so interesting to see if payment is applied at old premium all the way through.

 

[Dave G]

Hi - Has anyone figured out if you can / how to BPay using Only1 gift cards ?
Cheers

 

[Jeffrey O'Neill]

I knew about DM online but KMart and Target are new ones to me. I default to my Charge in these stores so it is worth the experiment since I will still get 1ppd either way and possibly 3.

Should be buying you 5% discount wish egift cards at cashrewards. Still get 3 points per $. Buy through cashrewards for a few extra % cashback too.

 

[Mr_Orange]

Should be buying you 5% discount wish egift cards at cashrewards. Still get 3 points per $. Buy through cashrewards for a few extra % cashback too.

It is news to me that WISH cards are accepted in KMart and Target!!!

 

[Stu Roughton]

Should be buying you 5% discount wish egift cards at cashrewards. Still get 3 points per $. Buy through cashrewards for a few extra % cashback too.

Cash back as well as the 5% discount? Not aware of this being the case through CR

 

[burmans]

Cash back as well as the 5% discount? Not aware of this being the case through CR

You are now and I can guarantee it is true.

 

[flying_duck]

You are now and I can guarantee it is true.

Excuse my ignorance, but how? Or is this a secret? All my past transactions purchasing woolies egc through CR show the saving (ie $5, $10) but not any actual cash back in my CR account.

 

[tuan_nobel]

Excuse my ignorance, but how? Or is this a secret? All my past transactions purchasing woolies egc through CR show the saving (ie $5, $10) but not any actual cash back in my CR account.

I think burmans meant you get 5% discount with the egc then order with DM using the egc via CR for cash back. But DM is currently not accepting online egc processing atm.

 

[burmans]

I think burmans meant you get 5% discount with the egc then order with DM using the egc via CR for cash back. But DM is currently not accepting online egc processing atm.

That's the one. 5% off and 3ppd on buying the egc then whatever CR offers when you actually use the egc on buying something.

 

[Stu Roughton]

Ah yes thanks for that. Yes well aware of that method. From the post by Jeffrey i thought he was meaning to buy an egift through cashrewards to get the 5 % discount plus a percentage kickback of some sort for buying that egift through the CR portal. Thanks for the clarification Burmans!

 

[tlam]

It is news to me that WISH cards are accepted in KMart and Target!!!

You can get 3 pts with PE but you can’t use Wish cars at Kmart and Target

 

[Mr_Orange]

You can get 3 pts with PE but you can’t use Wish cars at Kmart and Target

I know very well that you cannot use WISH cards at Kmart and Target. The post I quoted, somewhat bizarrely, seemed to imply otherwise!

 

[tuan_nobel]

it seems there is a 5 vs1 limit on every rewards card. Was trying to put through some vs1 at the checkout, and all cards after the first 5 was declined. The sales rep had to refund those and put through new cards without me scanning the my everyday rewards, and these worked. It seems the limit could be 5 vs1 per day.

 

[aspro2]

it seems there is a 5 vs1 limit on every rewards card.

Depending on how you did the first transaction, that might be the wrong conclusion. AFAIK, there's a limit of $500 in gift cards per transaction, certainly, unrelated to your Rewards card. Did you actually try scanning the Rewards card for the further purchases? (And just by the by, there's no value in scanning your card if you're only buying giftcards, as you can't earn points on giftcards.)

 

[tuan_nobel]

the sales lady did put through 5 at a time. So the order of events was:
First time with everyday reward scanned: worked.
2nd time with everyday reward scanned: failed.
3rd time without everyday reward: worked.