Woolworths gift card thread

 
Dr Ralph said:
From Wednesday January 5:
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Would be interesting to see if anyone can decode these bananalabs offerings, I've almost given up. Seems that they sell boxes which are experiences like Redballoon, but I can't quite work out how these cards (which I don't see at all on their website) link in to that. The half price may seem appealing but after a bit of googling I am pretty sure that there's some major catches involved.
 
33kft said:
Would be interesting to see if anyone can decode these bananalabs offerings, I've almost given up. Seems that they sell boxes which are experiences like Redballoon, but I can't quite work out how these cards (which I don't see at all on their website) link in to that. The half price may seem appealing but after a bit of googling I am pretty sure that there's some major catches involved.
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I had a quick look I thoguht it was 50% off for the $100 gift boxes.
Had a look at the ones avail in my state, nothing too appealing.
Some of the $600 boxes if they were $300 would appeal to me eg hot air ballooning, skydiving
 
SOPOOR said:
I had a quick look I thoguht it was 50% off for the $100 gift boxes.
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It does appear that it is, this is from their FAQ:

I received a Him / Her box purchased in a retail store, is it the same as the ones sold on BananaLab’s website?

The HIM and HER boxes sold in retail stores are the equivalent of the His Bucket List and Her Bucket List sold on our website. Both offer access to the same set of amazing experiences, only the packaging has changed.
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Talk about confusing, It seems that the card = box and the His and Hers are identical, both are the same box which is this one:

We Wander | The Experience Gift Box | Live Outside the Box

The best experience gift. Gift Boxes for her, him and couples. Let them choose the experience of their dreams. Experiences available in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, and all Australia wide! Perfect gift for Birthdays and Christmas. Same day delivery. Digital offer.
bananalab.com.au bananalab.com.au

Not a lot is worth even $50 in there. It's a strong pass for me.
 
 
Dr Ralph said:
get 20 x points on Event cinema, Visa ONLY 1 Fast Food, Westfield and Red Ballonn gift cards.
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According to OzB, the Westfield cards are standard eftpos cards that can be used at most eftpos terminals. If you can make use of them, you'd effectively be paying $5.95 for 2000 WWR points.

I wonder if you can use one to purchase the next, and so on and so forth.
 
sudoer said:
According to OzB, the Westfield cards are standard eftpos cards that can be used at most eftpos terminals. If you can make use of them, you'd effectively be paying $5.95 for 2000 WWR points.

I wonder if you can use one to purchase the next, and so on and so forth.
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The game is always changing. Remember that Woolworths recently stopped you being able to use a perfect gift card to purchase another perfect gift card. So I'd be wary utill confirmed.

Also, whilst these used to be unrestricted EFTPOS cards, they can easily be restricted by a merchant.
 
sudoer said:
According to OzB, the Westfield cards are standard eftpos cards that can be used at most eftpos terminals. If you can make use of them, you'd effectively be paying $5.95 for 2000 WWR points.

I wonder if you can use one to purchase the next, and so on and so forth.
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Dr Ralph said:
From Wednesday February 2, get 20 x points on Event cinema, Visa ONLY 1 Fast Food, Westfield and Red Ballonn gift cards.

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Just an FYI, I just bought some of these. Unable to check the balance here:

Check Balance | Westfield Gift cards

Order your Westfield Gift Card quickly and conveniently Online. Spend at participating stores in Australia where eftpos is accepted. Available for Purchase Online & in Centre.
www.westfieldgiftcards.com.au www.westfieldgiftcards.com.au

Going to try to spend them now as an EFTPOS card.
 
Dr Ralph said:
Just an FYI, I just bought some of these. Unable to check the balance here:

Check Balance | Westfield Gift cards

Order your Westfield Gift Card quickly and conveniently Online. Spend at participating stores in Australia where eftpos is accepted. Available for Purchase Online & in Centre.
www.westfieldgiftcards.com.au www.westfieldgiftcards.com.au

Going to try to spend them now as an EFTPOS card.
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My experience is that anywhere that takes EFTPOS will work
Lots of availability currently
 
Dr Ralph said:
Just an FYI, I just bought some of these. Unable to check the balance here:

Check Balance | Westfield Gift cards

Order your Westfield Gift Card quickly and conveniently Online. Spend at participating stores in Australia where eftpos is accepted. Available for Purchase Online & in Centre.
www.westfieldgiftcards.com.au www.westfieldgiftcards.com.au

Going to try to spend them now as an EFTPOS card.
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Be aware. This just failed for me. Got 'savings not available' on the EFTPOS machine.
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andye said:
My experience is that anywhere that takes EFTPOS will work
Lots of availability currently
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Seems things may have changed

Update: now tried at 3 different stores (Coles, Chemist Warehouse, Ampol). 'No savings account' comes up every time.

There's two possibiities:

1) My card hasn't activited correctly. I can't check the balance online I get 'INVALID CARD DETAILS'. So this could be the issue. But the Woolworths receipt indicates 'activation was successful'
2) These are no longer EFTPOS anywhere cards and can only be used at Westfield stores.

The game may have changed!

Update 2:

I have spoken directly to Westfield gift cards. Seems my card hasn't yet been aciviated. I've been told to wait 48 hours and try again.

I will update after that time as to whether these are still functioning as an EFTPOS card.

If you are buying these, my suggestion is to check the balance before you try to spend.

Update 3:

1 hour 24 mins later I can now see my card balance online.

Update 4:

I have now used multiple activated cards with different merchants in the usual way an EFTPOS card is used, including Coles, BP and a local bottle shop. All fine.

Update 5: Purchased 20 more tonight. None have activately so far. 3.5 hours later. There seems no consistency with activation time.

Update 6: Cards purchased last night have still not activated more than 12 hours later.
 
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Excellent recon @Dr Ralph

I've just returned from a store near me where I was grilled by the cashier followed by the store manager for buying 20 x $100 cards. They made me do purchases in 4 x 5 lots and I had to explain why I was purchasing so many. I'm not sure if they thought I was a scammer, being scammed or just plain odd. I left with the impression that they weren't happy that they couldn't prevent the purchase.
 
Dr Ralph said:
Be aware. This just failed for me. Got 'savings not available' on the EFTPOS machine.
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Seems things have changed

Update: now tried at 3 different stores (Coles, Chemist Warehouse, Ampol). 'No savings account' comes up every time.

There's two possibiities:

1) My card hasn't activited correctly. I can't check the balance online I get 'INVALID CARD DETAILS'. So this could be the issue. But the Woolworths receipt indicates 'activation was successful'
2) These are no longer EFTPOS anywhere cards and can only be used at Westfield stores.

The game may have changed!

Update 2:

I have spoken directly to Westfield gift cards. Seems my card hasn't yet been aciviated. I've been told to wait 48 hours and try again.

I will update after that time as to whether these are still functioning as an EFTPOS card.

If you are buying these, my suggestion is to check the balance before you try to spend.

Update 3:

1 hour 24 mins later I can now see my card balance online.
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I have had Westfield Reds take a few hours to activate from WW. The ones from concierge have been instant in my experience.
Game may not have changed-will have to see 😀
 

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