Woolworths gift card thread

[SOPOOR]

why do you need so many physical gift cards? Only place that accept physical cards and not egift cards is starmart caltex

I needed to give them to an elderly relative as a gift. They struggled with the idea of a ecard last time


Why do others on here need to convert ecard to physical her?

In hindsight I may do it differently next time

 

[jetcam]

I needed to give them to an elderly relative as a gift. They struggled with the idea of a ecard last time


Why do others on here need to convert ecard to physical her?

In hindsight I may do it differently next time

You needed to give an elderly relative 20k in physical cards?

 

[Cryptarcadian]

Used up a couple of the Only1 gift cards this weekend, one online payment gateway didn't accept them, but otherwise still OK.

Also haven't had problems checking the balance online either... nonetheless, seems prudent to not hang on to these unnecessarily.

 

[Dr Ralph]

All remaining visa only cards now spent. No problems, but glad to be rid of them.

 

[1jwoz]

All remaining visa only cards now spent. No problems, but glad to be rid of them.

Sorry if I missed it, I have read a few pages back but why were you so concerned about using up the remainder of your only1 cards? How are you going to use your amex where it's not accepted now? I always have a couple only1 cards in my wallet for this reason but it seems like you are worried about something i'm not aware of?

edit: ok so it seems you're using Harvey norman visa cards now, still unsure about your worry about these visa1 cards is

 

[Dr Ralph]

Sorry if I missed it, I have read a few pages back but why were you so concerned about using up the remainder of your only1 cards? How are you going to use your amex where it's not accepted now? I always have a couple only1 cards in my wallet for this reason but it seems like you are worried about something i'm not aware of?

edit: ok so it seems you're using Harvey norman visa cards now, still unsure about your worry about these visa1 cards is

It's not just my concerns with the VISA ONLY cards, others have also listed significant problems with these cards recently. For me three major reasons include:

1) Customer service. Inter alia, receiving replies to my enquiries which are partly in Spanish concerns me greatly. Especially if something goes wrong. Which in the past two weeks it has.
2) Cards failing because of indue system being down.
3) Security issues. I won't elaborate further in this forum but I am aware of a major security issue with this product which means that me purchasing them isn't worth the available risk.

 

[SOPOOR]

It's not just my concerns with the VISA ONLY cards, others have also listed significant problems with these cards recently. For me three major reasons include:

1) Customer service. Inter alia, receiving replies to my enquiries which are partly in Spanish concerns me greatly. Especially if something goes wrong. Which in the past two weeks it has.
2) Cards failing because of indue system being down.
3) Security issues. I won't elaborate further in this forum but I am aware of a major security issue with this product which means that me purchasing them isn't worth the available risk.

Spot on. I know how Dr Ralph feels.

You do all that work to gain points and save a few dollars and all goes down the drain if even one card gets lost or stolen or the company folds.

All that effort for nothing

I feel that I get a bit complacent when I'm buying these things of how much value I have on them and if I got robbed...

 

[LittleFokker]

Now you're worrying me! I guess I'm relying on Woolworths to make good if the supplier did something to make the card valueless.

Fraudsters (i.e. via the packaging compromise or card swap scam) are more of a concern - it's problematic that the cards don't have a pin - although the crooks can still reveal the pin and replace the scratch cover with ones bought off eBay.

I'm collecting 100 cards this afternoon - what could possibly go wrong :-/

 

[andye]

Must say I feel more comfortable holding a stockpile of Coles MC Giftcards than Visa1 or myperfect Eftpos. I try to redeem them quickly

 

[lovetravellingoz]

I'm collecting 100 cards this afternoon - what could possibly go wrong :-/

What store stocks 100 cards?

I never see more than 10-20 or so

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Fraudsters (i.e. via the packaging compromise or card swap scam) /

How does that work?

With the VISA1 when you pay you scan the barcode on the card (there is a slot in the packaging that exposes the cards barcode) and pay.

If the card was already activated it just will not process. Swapping VISA 1 would not make a difference as you scan the barcode on the card and not on the packaging.


If someone else had already activated the card, then you would be the winner.

 

[andye]

What store stocks 100 cards?

I never see more than 10-20 or so

I bought 40 across two stores recently but not seen more than that

 

[LittleFokker]

How does that work?

• Card swaps – A fraudster enters a location with branded prepaid cards or GPRs that are hanging on racks in card packs. The fraudster steals the card packs, uses a razor blade to open the card pack and replaces the real card with a dummy card. He then takes the card pack with the dummy card back to the location and waits for the dummy to be activated. When it is activated, the fraudster redeems the funds from the card.

• Packaging compromises – Fraudsters take the gift card or prepaid card from the rack and skim (copy the magnetic swipe data) from one card to another card and then wait for skimmed card to be activated. Once it is activated, they have an exact copy of the activated card. Skimming is very difficult to determine.

 

[Mr_Orange]

• Card swaps – A fraudster enters a location with branded prepaid cards or GPRs that are hanging on racks in card packs. The fraudster steals the card packs, uses a razor blade to open the card pack and replaces the real card with a dummy card. He then takes the card pack with the dummy card back to the location and waits for the dummy to be activated. When it is activated, the fraudster redeems the funds from the card.

How would a dummy card activate? Surely the system would not recognise a dummy card and there would be an error. What does the fraudster do with the real card having swapped it out?

I'm clearly having a senior moment since I just don't see the trick here...

 

[LittleFokker]

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How would a dummy card activate? .

The barcode on the back of the packaging is used to activate the card via the checkout terminal. You could have a slice of salami in the package and it would still work. It's only when you get home and notice (a) a meat product or (b) a random dummy card that you realize something is up.

 

[foggy]

• Card swaps – A fraudster enters a location with branded prepaid cards or GPRs that are hanging on racks in card packs. The fraudster steals the card packs, uses a razor blade to open the card pack and replaces the real card with a dummy card. He then takes the card pack with the dummy card back to the location and waits for the dummy to be activated. When it is activated, the fraudster redeems the funds from the card.

• Packaging compromises – Fraudsters take the gift card or prepaid card from the rack and skim (copy the magnetic swipe data) from one card to another card and then wait for skimmed card to be activated. Once it is activated, they have an exact copy of the activated card. Skimming is very difficult to determine.

I still don't get how card swaps would work? because you scan the barcode on the actual card to activate it.. how does that work exactly? take the card home and possibly having time to open the package to make it seem untampered and then copying the card numbers would be the only way I see it work. But then the said culprit would have to monitor it daily to see if it has been activated.

I guess I will have to look closer at the cards packaging next time i buy.

 

[LittleFokker]

I still don't get how card swaps would work? because you scan the barcode on the actual card to activate it.. how does that work exactly? take the card home and possibly having time to open the package to make it seem untampered and then copying the card numbers would be the only way I see it work. But then the said culprit would have to monitor it daily to see if it has been activated.

I guess I will have to look closer at the cards packaging next time i buy.

That's exactly what happens

 

[lovetravellingoz]

The barcode on the back of the packaging is used to activate the card via the checkout terminal. You could have a slice of salami in the package and it would still work. It's only when you get home and notice (a) a meat product or (b) a random dummy card that you realize something is up.

Not with VISA1. The barcode is on the card and not the packaging. There is a slot in the packaging that allows the code to be scanned. And indeed you have to cover the stock barcode on the packaging with your thumb otherwise the card will not activate.

 

[LittleFokker]

Not with VISA1. The barcode is on the card and not the packaging. There is a slot in the packaging that allows the code to be scanned. And indeed you have to cover the stock barcode on the packaging with your thumb otherwise the card will not activate.

You're right. In that case it would be the dummy card option rather than salami .

 

[lovetravellingoz]

You're right. In that case it would be the dummy card option rather than salami .

It would have to have the exact same barcode.