Woolworths gift card thread

[Dr Ralph]

Was it the Ultimate gift cards that people previously had issues with?

No.

They look similar but it's this range that's historically had significant problems:

The Card Network | Gift Cards With Popular Brands

Gift cards & vouchers with the most popular brands. Send your friends and family the perfect gift today.

thecardnetwork.com.au

Never had a problem with the advertised range of cards.

 

[Happy Dude]

Was it the Ultimate gift cards that people previously had issues with?

No online use which shuts out cash/shop back stacks , might be considered an issue by some....

 

[Nathant123]

I know the current promo earns 1k points per $50 kids voucher but anyone try purchasing a single $100 card for 2k points?

 

[ramamba]

I know the current promo earns 1k points per $50 kids voucher but anyone try purchasing a single $100 card for 2k points?

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according to the fine print at the bottom of the page, the offer applies to "all denominations of Ultimate xyz gift cards excluding variable load"

but answering your question directly, no i haven't tried myself yet.

have my eyes set on a bunch of Ultimate Home as they can be also used at TGG in addition to JB

 

[Nathant123]

according to the fine print at the bottom of the page, the offer applies to "all denominations of Ultimate xyz gift cards excluding variable load"

Right, I didn’t even bother reading the fine print as I assumed the promo only applied to the cards in the picture.

 

[andye]

I know the current promo earns 1k points per $50 kids voucher but anyone try purchasing a single $100 card for 2k points?

Based on past experience the bonus is likely to be same for each denomination

 

[GSP]

I spent ~$8500 off the top of my head earlier this year (mostly $50 cards) on an Alienware laptop for my brother and a couple other things and not only did it take ages to buy them at the Big W, it also took the lady behind the counter ages to process the transaction and the receipt they printed was never ending! She didn't seem too impressed but the guy that gathered all the items I wanted said I can pay with as many cards as I want. He gets the commission while the lady behind the desk does the hard work. Hope I don't get the same person again!

Haha, that's hilarious - as a matter of interest - how long did it actually take?

 

[Nathant123]

Haha, that's hilarious - as a matter of interest - how long did it actually take?

It took over half an hour. I went and got a coffee in the meantime. Took a while to scratch out the codes on the back as well. At least with these eftpos cards they don’t require a signature. I’ve used some of the prepaid visa1 cards and each transaction required a signature as there is no pin to enter. I’m going on a gift card shopping spree tomorrow and will be using some of them to grab the newly released MacBook Pro.

 

[SydneySwan]

It took over half an hour. I went and got a coffee in the meantime. Took a while to scratch out the codes on the back as well. At least with these eftpos cards they don’t require a signature. I’ve used some of the prepaid visa1 cards and each transaction required a signature as there is no pin to enter. I’m going on a gift card shopping spree tomorrow and will be using some of them to grab the newly released MacBook Pro.

How long was the receipt?

 

[GSP]

It took over half an hour. I went and got a coffee in the meantime. Took a while to scratch out the codes on the back as well. At least with these eftpos cards they don’t require a signature. I’ve used some of the prepaid visa1 cards and each transaction required a signature as there is no pin to enter. I’m going on a gift card shopping spree tomorrow and will be using some of them to grab the newly released MacBook Pro.

Good work. Did you bring a coffee back for the disgruntled employee?

 

[Nathant123]

Good work. Did you bring a coffee back for the disgruntled employee?

No, now that I think about it i really should have. I’ll offer the next staff member that processes my transaction a Starbucks gift card.

How long was the receipt?

It seems each transaction was on a different receipt, the MacBook Air receipt was taller than me and the Alienware one was just laughable.

Im not having too much luck so far with purchasing a new stack of cards. I got 9x $50 cards from townhall as that’s all they had. Off to the next store..

 

[andye]

Based on past experience the bonus is likely to be same for each denomination

I was wrong

 

[Nathant123]

I was wrongView attachment 233529

Problem is I’m struggling to find $100 cards. I’ve only purchased $50 cards and even had one come up with a deposit/gc error even though I was charged so had to manually match each little receipt with the card to see which one didn’t load.

 

[Dr Ralph]

As I indicated earlier. It was always going to be a catalogue error. It's still listed online incorrectly incidentally (Woolworths Supermarket - Buy Groceries Online)

Still doesn't explain why I only got 6000 points though for 10 x VISA Only cards. I did buy some different to the picture. But the wording states '$100 Only VISA' NOT just the pictured card.

UPDATE: Online chat and customer care via the phone completely clueless. Claim that they cannot see the items in the catalogue even when I provided the direct URL. I even got 'that promotion is only available online and that's why you didn't get the points.' Despite it being impossible to buy those cards online!

So far 1.5 hours spent trying to fix Woolworths problems. I reiterate my advice not to buy.

1 online chat, 1 phone call and 3 emails later my missing 14,000 points have been awarded. In total I was awarded 20,000 points for 10 x $100 ONLY 1 VISA cards.

Hard work!

They must be worried about reputational damage from this. I had a call this afternoon from Woolworths apologising for this and saying that they've taken action to ensure that it doesn't occur again.

I was awarded the missing points quite a while ago and thought that that was the end of the matter, so was surprised by the call.

 

[Dr Ralph]

From Wednesday November 25, get 1000 bonus points for a $50 or 2000 bonus points for a $100 gift card from the following list:

Swap Adventure & Liesure
Swap Entertainment
Swap Celebration
Binge

The Swap range of gift cards is new to me (Swap |). As I understand it you convert the gift card online to use at any of the stores listed on the card.

Swap your Swap Adventure & Leisure Gift Card for a Digital Gift Card from Acoor Hotels (sic), Webjet, Drummond Golf, Adrenaline and Anaconda.

Swap Celebration Gift Card for a Digital Gift Card from Sephora, eBay, Footlocker, The Iconic, City Beach, Lorna Jane, Red Balloon, Barbeques Galore, Dymocks and isubscribe.

Swap your Swap Entertainment Gift Card for a Digital Gift Card from Xbox, Hoyts, Eb Games, Binge, Kayo and Adrenaline.

 

[glasszon]

From Wednesday November 25, get 1000 bonus points for a $50 or 2000 bonus points for a $100 gift card from the following list:

Swap Adventure & Liesure
Swap Entertainment
Swap Celebration
Binge

The Swap range of gift cards is new to me (Swap |). As I understand it you convert the gift card online to use at any of the stores listed on the card.

Swap your Swap Adventure & Leisure Gift Card for a Digital Gift Card from Acoor Hotels (sic), Webjet, Drummond Golf, Adrenaline and Anaconda.

Swap Celebration Gift Card for a Digital Gift Card from Sephora, eBay, Footlocker, The Iconic, City Beach, Lorna Jane, Red Balloon, Barbeques Galore, Dymocks and isubscribe.

Swap your Swap Entertainment Gift Card for a Digital Gift Card from Xbox, Hoyts, Eb Games, Binge, Kayo and Adrenaline.

It's been a while since we have a 10% ebay gift card offer, is there a limit on how many Swap gift cards we can buy under this woolworths promo?

I hope Swap is better than the card network when it comes to ebay gift cards!

 

[Dr Ralph]

It's been a while since we have a 10% ebay gift card offer, is there a limit on how many Swap gift cards we can buy under this woolworths promo?

I think Ebay was last in June 2020. I still have stock from that offering.

No limit that I can see.

I hope Swap is better than the card network when it comes to ebay gift cards!

Issued by Blackhawk. So I have some confidence (this could of course be misplaced confidence ).

 

[glasszon]

I think Ebay was last in June 2020. I still have stock from that offering.

No limit that I can see.


Issued by Blackhawk. So I have some confidence (this could of course be misplaced confidence ).

Time to buy one gift card to test on Wednesday before loading it up. Given it is a new type of gift cards, I hope it will keep ozbargain people at bay long enough to load up on the Swap ebay gift cards in time for black Friday.

 

[HTG2016]

How soon 2000 WW Points will get converted to 1000 QF Points , used to be every 3months before but look like they changed now , I in need some quick QF before 30 NOV membership year end

Choose this to automatically convert 2000 Everyday Rewards points to 1000 Qantas Points.

 

[Dr Ralph]

How soon 2000 WW Points will get converted to 1000 QF Points , used to be every 3months before but look like they changed now , I in need some quick QF before 30 NOV membership year end

Choose this to automatically convert 2000 Everyday Rewards points to 1000 Qantas Points.

Should be the same day.