Woolworths gift card thread

[get me outta here]

I cut and paste between each charge. And don't forget to press the email receipt between each one. It's tedious, so you have to concentrate. I usually make a note on a piece of paper of the last one in case my mind wanders.

Planning to sit down and do the same on Saturday but will be my first time. Just want to be sure, it is perfectly acceptable to do many $96.46 payments in a row?

 

[astrokid]

LTO you mentioned Platinum Edge. Am hoping to put about $30,000 to $40,000 a year of WW gift cards on it.

what will you do with 40K in Woolworths gift cards?

 

[get me outta here]

Just did Amex chat and they have approved the payment, but Amex is waiting for WOW to contact them for payment. Very slow.

normally it took me 4-6 hours.. but i will just get $500 most of the time..

 

[astrokid]

I've done it before. No issues yet (except with the super fund, accountant gets worked up about it). Accountant told me to go for my life with non super.
It does take some time to make the payments. I generally buy up the GCs in the lead up to the quarterly payment so I have a good chance of finding sufficient supply.

Heya! Can you please explain this to me? We can top up our Super Fund with Gift Cards? Apologies for my ignorance If I am wrong...

 

[lovetravellingoz]

Heya! Can you please explain this to me? We can top up our Super Fund with Gift Cards? Apologies for my ignorance If I am wrong...

Only if your fund takes VISA and most will not.

 

[get me outta here]

I finally have an email with a pdf of my orders. What do I do with it actually? Once I have the only1 cards in my hands and go to a checkout, what next?

I hope all my newbie q's are not too irritating.

 

[purpleparrot]

I finally have an email with a pdf of my orders. What do I do with it actually? Once I have the only1 cards in my hands and go to a checkout, what next?

I hope all my newbie q's are too irritating.

1. Choose "e gift card" as payment option.
2. Enter amount of payment.
3. Type gift card number into eftpos terminal, type PIN into eftpos terminal.
4. Repeat for each payment.
5. Endure frustrated looks from staff and other customers waiting to use checkout

 

[Mr_Orange]

1. Choose "e gift card" as payment option.
2. Enter amount of payment.
3. Type gift card number into eftpos terminal, type PIN into eftpos terminal.
4. Repeat for each payment.
5. Endure frustrated looks from staff and other customers waiting to use checkout

Especially this since you will only be able to process 4 only1 GCs at a time due to the $500 limit on GC transactions.

Enjoy!

 

[get me outta here]

Great thank you. Looking at my pdf, there are numbers of about 150 characters long. On a physical card, there is an obvious pin, but where how on an ecard. Bloody hell this is a pain. Wouldn't it be great if WOW actually provided some instructions.

1. Choose "e gift card" as payment option.
2. Enter amount of payment.
3. Type gift card number into eftpos terminal, type PIN into eftpos terminal.
4. Repeat for each payment.
5. Endure frustrated looks from staff and other customers waiting to use checkout

Especially this since you will only be able to process 4 only1 GCs at a time due to the $500 limit on GC transactions.

Enjoy!

 

[d00dz]

The WOW app is the best!

Copy and paste card number from phone into app easiest thing to do.

The instructions on the pdf are pretty clear I think.

 

[get me outta here]

I don't seem to have any instructions, just an xls. and. it's like 2pt font. I've opended the app.

 

[Mr_Orange]

I don't seem to have any instructions, just an xls. and. it's like 2pt font. I've opended the app.

The spreadsheet is just a list of links that take you to a PDF of the actual GC. The number and PIN will be on that. I didn't manage to get the app link to work so added them manually.

 

[Colin 2905]

The WOW app is the best!

Copy and paste card number from phone into app easiest thing to do.

Don't even need to copy and paste since a recent update; just select the hyperlink in the e-mail and there's an automagic option to add it to the Woolworths Money app for you.

The instructions on the pdf are pretty clear I think.

Agreed. For in-store use, it's the 10-digit version that you enter, not the "150 character" version. And 4-digit pin, of course. If using the app, swiping is a quick way to move to the next card.

EDIT: I should add that I've never bought more than a couple at a time, so I've never received the "spreadsheet" version.

 

[Mr_Orange]

Don't even need to copy and paste since a recent update; just select the hyperlink in the e-mail and there's an automagic option to add it to the Woolworths Money app for you.

I found the link was not clickable .

 

[get me outta here]

My links are not clickable. This whole thing is not to be recommended. Very sorry I didn't start just ordering one small card. Not sure what to do next as it's getting too complicated for me.

I found the link was not clickable .

 

[Colin 2905]

Not sure what to do next as it's getting too complicated for me.

Want me to come over and take a look?

 

[get me outta here]

Oh Colin, thank you so much for your kind offer! It is the only thing that has made me smile since 2pm. If I get to the state of throwing the phone out of the window, I may take you up on it. It there a time by date on that offer ..?

Meanwhile, perhaps the AFF extreme experts and I can solve it. Meanwhile, I am practising my extreme swearing.

 

[Colin 2905]

It there a time by date on that offer ..?

I haven't started the new job yet (maybe Monday week), so I have fairly high availability at the moment. Just send me an e-mail if I don't appear to be on AFF at the time.

 

[albyd]

Heya! Can you please explain this to me? We can top up our Super Fund with Gift Cards? Apologies for my ignorance If I am wrong...

I'd been buying the GCs to use to pay super tax on the ATO portal and reimbursing myself from the fund. Accountant didn't like this. Have gone back to using BPay. Sad to see those points going to waste but not worth it if it's going to cost me a lot of money in accountant's time to explain it in the event of an audit. Not worth the risk.

 

[astrokid]

I'd been buying the GCs to use to pay super tax on the ATO portal and reimbursing myself from the fund. Accountant didn't like this. Have gone back to using BPay. Sad to see those points going to waste but not worth it if it's going to cost me a lot of money in accountant's time to explain it in the event of an audit. Not worth the risk.

oh hey! oh i see so you were buying the Visa cards and using those to pay yes?