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15% off Nintendo eShop, TCN The Kids/Teen/Him/Her/Cinema/Pamper/Pub&Bar/Restaurant, Google Play Gift Cards @ Coles

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Saw this today at Coles.

15% off gift cards including Nintendo eShop, The Kids/Teen/Him/Her/Cinema/Pamper/Pub/Bar/Restaurant gift cards and Google Play gift cards ($50-100 only)
Starting 25/11 ending 1/12

UPDATE: cards not activate or not scanning/discount at checkout. Coles are pulling all cards out and refund. Some people reported some cards are fine. Wait until this is resolved. Such a shame.

UPDATE 2: some people reported that JB-Hifi has lifted the restriction on $500 max Gift card purchases, so you could try your luck. Please buy max 5 cards only and leave them for other people (including me, haha, got none so far) so everyone can have a smiling Black Friday purchases.

PARTY IS OVER. Well done to those who got the cards. Pity to the people who could not get the cards (me too, tried 5 times, gave up, friend gave me few cards). What a good deal with such a shameful operation that left many people frustrated.


Mod Update:

Participating Retailers
The Kids Card Nike, JB Hi-Fi (Max $500), H&M, Foot Locker, Xbox, Platypus, Surf Dive n Ski, Hype DC, Booktopia, The Athlete's Foot, Toyworld, adidas, ASOS, Bounce Inc, Culture Kings, Holey Moley Golf, IMAX, INTERSPORT, New Balance, Quiksilver, Scooter Hut, Skechers, Strike, SurfStitch
The Teen Card Nike, JB Hi-Fi (Max $500), adidas, Foot Locker, Xbox, Platypus, Hype DC, Tommy Hilfiger, ASOS, Glue Store, Universal Store, Calvin Klein, Culture Kings, Surf Dive n Ski
The Him Card Nike, JB Hi-Fi (Max $500), ASOS, Universal Store, Culture Kings, Tommy Hilfiger, Hype DC, Platypus, Foot Locker, Xbox, Aquila, adidas, Glue Store, Drummond Golf, Academy Brand, Calibre, Calvin Klein, Diesel, Edge Clothing, Neverland, Surf Dive n Ski, SurfStitch, Timberland, Van Heusen, H&M
The Her Card Nike, JB Hi-Fi (Max $500), ASOS, Kookai, MAC, Princess Polly, adidas, Showpo, H&M, Universal Store, Sportsgirl, Platypus, Calvin Klein, Forever New, Glue Store, Adore Beauty, Aveda, Hype DC, Seafolly & Sunburn, Tiger Mist, Culture King
The Cinema Card All major cinema chains or local cinemas that accept eftpos
The Pamper Card Use this gift card at salons, day spas and beauty clinics that accept eftpos around Australia.
The Pub & Bar Card Use this gift card at pubs or bars that accept eftpos around Australia.
The Restaurant Card Use this gift card at restaurants and cafes that accept eftpos around Australia.

T&Cs

Excludes $20 and $30 Google Play Gift Cards. Excludes The Home, The Online and The Baby Card Gift Cards. Limit 5 Gift Cards per customer. While stocks last, no rainchecks. Offer valid from 25/11/20 to 01/12/20. Refer to individual gift card for terms and conditions. Google Play and the Google Logo are trademarks of Google LLC.


#Mod 24/11: "A maximum of $500 of Cards may be redeemed at JB HiFi (including online) in any one transaction". See pinned comment below.

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closed Comments

    • Don't think this is the case. Bought 3 gift cards from Coles around 8am this morning went to JB Hi Fi at around 8:55am (15min drive), cards didn't work. Checked balance on one of the cards online around 10am and at that time it showed $100. Went to JB HiFi & all 3 cards worked. No need to activate online. Just wait & check online before heading to JB HiFi to save time & fuel.

  • +5

    Bought 5 cards at 11:45am, balance is finally showing on the site at 3:45pm.
    Patience my friends!

  • has anyone got instant activation after purchase?

    • nope.. waiting for 30 mins… still shows 0

    • yeah I did but bought them at 7:15am in Melbourne. Purchased 13 "Her" cards, waiting for JB to open at 8am and had no issues using them right away.

      • that's right, need to redeem asap before the news spread to JB.
        I should done this, but I need back to work and came back again at 1pm and too late.
        on POS cashier already have note printed of tcn T&C

        • I was skeptical on whether it would pay off or not. If not I would have ended up with extra cards which tbh would have been used on other things eventually, they last 3 years i think so worth the gamble

  • Just a thought. Are you allowed to change a payment method after you've purchased something? Eg. pay with your own card now to secure stock (at JB), and then when these gift cards finally show a balance, go back and ask them to refund the original payment method and process with the gift cards?

    • +1

      I've actually tried this before last year at one of the JB stores. The lady was really nice about it and written down on the receipt that I will be back the next day to pay with additional gift cards. She was also the same person processing it the next day (i.e. refunding the amount back to my CC and debiting the same amount from the gift cards). YMMV

  • Bought at midday, all my cards have zero balance!! Anyone had luck calling them, just rings out

  • +2

    some of the JB HI FI stores are catching up on the max $500.

  • Just grabbed some and self checkout had a limit of 3 instead of 5.
    Staff let me put it through in two transactions thankfully.

    All show approved so no issue with activation it would seem
    Now to see how long till funds appear on card.

    • dawn, I've been to so many Coles and non have stock left

      • This one (Armidale) had heaps of $100 him cards (but the ones wthout jb logos)
        I got the last of the $100 Her cards i could see

    • showing as active but no balance yet when i check on tcn site

    • 5 hours later, still $0 balance :/

  • Purchased gift cards at 11am, showed approved on Coles receipt, active but $0 showing when checking balance on The Card Network.

    It took 3.5 - 4 hours for the loaded money to appear on the gift cards

  • Purchased at 10:12am, 1:22pm now, active but $0 :/

  • from experience today, they take about 3-4hrs to activate before you can use them, not the end of the world if your not desperate to use them instantly.

    • I was planning to get a TV from jb in 1 hour. Trying to go to Coles now too. No use getting him card because it will take 3 hours to reflect?

  • +1

    I too bought 2 "Kids" $30 cards from Coles (1pm), and till now (4:30pm), they are still nil balance even though the cards are showing as "active".

    Hopefully it will come through soon, as I need to use them asap to get a gift from JB hifi

  • Can anyone confirm if/how physical 'The Restaurant Gift Card' can be added to Google Pay?

    • Found you can do this from their webpage (https://card.gift/pages/the-restaurant-card) under Go Digital.

      • +1

        Will they combine if you add multiple cards to the app? Or will i have to ask the restaurant to split payment if there is not enough left on one card?

        • They are showing as separate cards in Google Pay. I presume you would need to ask restaurant to do split payments if you don't have enough on a single card.

  • I only found some ‘home’ gift cards in my local Coles, is it no difference if I just want to use it in jb hifi ?

    • +1

      no 15% off the Home gift cards

  • bought a few at 13:45 today, so far $0 balance

    • +1

      Bought some at 12pm, balance just got updated around 5pm… don't think their system was built to handle the sustained volume of activations

      • now it's 20:45pm still nothing

  • +1

    Ok update from my 4 this morning purchased at St Marys at 7:46am, my coles have refunded me for the 4 I purchased. New cards on sale and let me go get more no issues. Got 20 (3 max through self check out but they let me just do then one after another. My local JB (will confirm store tomorrow) told me no limit on gift cards just will need a copy of my licence over $500

    • I got refund as well, while the local store will not sell any card like that. I will try in another store tomorrow.

    • I am on the way there. Did you buy new HIm or Her cards?

      So you processed 20 X $100 GCs through self serve checkout in 7 transactions?

      • Both 7 her and 3 him. Still some there didn't want to get to many

        • +1

          Thanks mate

          Hopefully my refund won't be issue and they will let me buy more

          • @Ash-Say: The young girl at self check out was awesome just let me stand there haha.

            • @BMX221: Going to try at self checkout. Hope she is still there

              Did you get refund first from service desk and then went inside to grab cards?

              • @Ash-Say: I went there first, I must have been the first one as she was to sure what to do and had to call someone so while she was doing that I got the new ones. They will scan one card then put in the amount you paid in their computer to refund you the correct amount.

    • Sorry bought 10 not 20

      • Got refund without any issue, however no $100 was left.

        Didn't bother with $50s

        • Oh bummer there was some when I left. I might check it out again in the morning and I'll let you know.

        • St Marys only had $30 and $50. Just left

  • +1

    Bought at 10:10 WST, it's now 14:18 and still $0 balance

  • Got a him card today from coles as grabbed the prezzie offer earlier today.
    But is there not a way to check balance of the him card without scratching the card for pin?
    I believe some have not got anything in there cards or takes a bit of time for it to go in.

    What if i scratch off the pin and nothing is there would coles not think i already used it?
    Probably not use it till mid next month or possibly sooner or even grab more if there is something i fancy before then.

    But my receipt says it's activated but that means nothing if no money in it which i would need to know.

    • MM same, how are Coles supposed to accept a refund if the pin is scratched off?

  • bought 5 x HIM cards ! money loaded

  • +5

    Woot. Purchased 5 X $100 at 11:56 . Finally activated 16:20.

    Straight into JB and am typing this on my new replacement Flex 5 Chromebook.

    Bit of debacle really. I think next time I'd just buy at normal Black Friday price for all the grief (yes you can take away my Ozbargain badge :p )

    • How is it? Good laptop?

    • same reason I'm grabbing them.
      Flex 5 at $425 is a deal

  • Is this the right card to buy?

    https://ibb.co/2qY5Vdv

  • +2

    got a second batch of cards at lunchtime as we decided was more at jb we wanted. they were just loaded with funds not long ago so bit more that 5 hrs if that helps… phone to try to get it done asap like first batch was no good even with one of my calls back to tcn being with guy that helped this morning… there system must be in true ozbargain meltdown lol

  • Looks like jbhfi are limiting the cards Top Ryde said can only use 5

    • dep if you get someone who follows the managements directive for limit.. some have been lucky , not me though…all good its still a $75 saving on top of the sale discounts

    • +1

      5 cards or $500 of cards?

      Was planning to go there tomorrow morning and I have $500 across 10 cards.

      • Yeah tried to use 6x $100 him cards for a coffee machine

    • Unlucky, I was there too, I said it was under managers discretion

  • Went to Coles at Indro QLD, didn't have any but was told they were all taken down due to the issues mentioned by people. Although I did see someone walk away with a bunch of the cards in hand, might have just missed any that were on shelf. Although by the sounds of it maybe I best wait to see if issues still persist but it does just sound like a delay in credit showing on the gift card due to the volume people must have been buying today. Wont get another chance to go look until the weekend, so fingers crossed they have a few left over. I did manage to find the Swap GC's in Woolies though if people were looking for them.

    • I brought some Nintendo card, him /her /kids card, and swap for eBay. My Credit card looks a bit ugly.

  • Got in touch with TCN over facebook, the following is their response:
    Cards are showing up in our system and will be loaded within 24hrs.

  • I bought $50 gift card, do I need to scratch the pin to check the balance? It went through smoothly through the counter and have stated $7.5 discount.

    • Yes,you will need the pin to check balance

      • And what if no balance?

        • wait,wait and wait. TCN said within 24 hours.

          • @ce5himm: I have not scratched pin yet to check but when i do and say after 24hrs pass and no money still then what.
            Coles receipt says active and i just asume it has the money or will.
            But coles would just laugh at me trying to return a card with pin scratched off.

            • @bwatt72: well, if you do not want to scratch, then you will never know. what's the point of buying this. even if you want to buy something, you will need the pin, and then you will know whether the transaction went through or declined. without pin, this is just a piece of plastic.

              • @ce5himm: All cool did scratch the card for pin and was funds on card, i waa just curious if there was never funds added who would be responsible coles or the guys who do the card.
                As so many had issues i was just curious how this would go as both could just said it was used.
                To be honest its crazy there was issues in first place dont normally show pin on card until i use or have retailer do it.
                And as i had got one i thought i better see if i got what i paid for sooner than later.

  • Snagged 3, all approved..

    • +2

      I think there should be no problem on coles side national wide to sell these cards approved(if they are willing to sell). Tcn is slowly loading the money to people's card, at the end, everybody will be happy. Use these card at JB is another story.

  • +1

    It's bloody confusing. So many types of him and her gift cards. But none of the ones I see at copes are by thecardnetwork

    • Yes, I scouted them yesterday just to make sure. And then this whole fiasco this morning smh. Now I don’t know if all that work is worth the damn 75 bucks in savings…

      • All the ones I find are by the ultimategiftcard

        • +1

          Yep these are the ones I mistakenly purchased :-(

      • Yeah definitely not worth the headaches for me

    • +3

      Yeah I read and reread this thread and STILL managed to buy the wrong HIM cards (turns out my local coles had sold out of the correct cards). Managed to find the correct HIM cards at another store and now the original incorrect cards will go to family for birthdays presents over the next year so no real skin off my nose, but man I was annoyed at myself this afternoon.

      • +1

        Welll atleast you will make someone happy with those giftcards.

      • Yes I got a little confused at first but managed to purchased to get the right ones.

  • +3

    1225: 5 x $100 cards purchased.

    I last checked the balance about 1520 and nothing. I just checked now and all 5 cards have the balance loaded.

  • Birkenhead point coles staff were told me earlier today that there was something wrong with the 15% off gift cards and that they weren’t letting customers purchase them

    • Same thing happened at my local. They have cards but won't put them on the shelf until "the system is fixed"

  • Businesses must clearly state:

    • all conditions and restrictions on use of the gift card
    • the expiry date of the gift card, including the activation expiry date for cards that need to be activated
    • any limits on the number of transactions

    This is from ACCC. There was no sign at Coles saying you could only use $500 worth of these cards at participating retailers, so surely what JB is doing breaches the regulations?

    • they follow their manager direction on the 5 cards limit in JBhifi

    • They can do whatever they want if you buy gift cards you take the risk they don’t honour them. That’s what exactly I was told by consumer protection in WA.

      • -3

        Having lived in America I can confirm that ACCC is nothing but a toothless tiger. There's very little consumer protection in this country.

        • +1

          ACCC is there to tell consumers what are retailer’s rights and what you cannot do to go against them. I was once told by consumer protection instead of claiming in home warranty through the manufacturer I should bring the 65” TV back to the retailer for warranty claim. I said it was a 65” TV it would be risky not to damage it without the box I had already threw away and was told just put in the back seat of my car!? I asked if it could put that in writing so I can share on social media for a laugh then it hanged up on me.

    • +1

      It has actually been in The Card Network's terms and conditions from the outset.

      "A maximum of $500 of Cards may be redeemed at JB HiFi (including online) in any one transaction"
      Source - https://thecardnetwork.com.au/pages/terms-conditions

      Someone posted about this limit days ago here. It looks like JB Hifi weren't aware of TCN's terms and conditions until late this afternoon when it then starting enforcing this rule.

  • -1

    Out of stock at Coles Hurstville station!

    • +2

      Been that since 6AM

  • +1

    Bought at 12:30pm and $100 was there at 630pm. Just wait people :)

    • Which suburb?

    • Wish I was that lucky to snag one of them!

  • +2

    Drove to three Cole’s in Sydney. None at any store. Surprise surprise

    • I walked to two local Coles. No luck :(

  • +2

    Brisbane’s Sunnybank, Pinelands, Garden City, Upper Mount Gravatt, Mt Gravatt Plaza, Greenslopes, Carindale and Rochedale stores all said they completely sold out this morning with queues of people grabbing hand fulls. They’ve been dealing with disgruntled customers since this morning due to the $0 balance issues.

    A couple of stores did mention that they are expecting a second batch to be available on Friday if you’re willing to wait two days.

    • Wow what a surprise those areas sold out early….

    • We ran out at 7.01am, unless you were prepared to fight for one against 25 other people you missed out.

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