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bajirao on 12/12/2020 - 14:07 files.ozbargain.com.au (259 clicks)
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Target has an unadvertised special (do share if you are able to spot any ad) - 10% off TCN THE KIDS Card. There were $30 and $50 KIDS cards at my local target and they were 10% off. I tried bunch of other cards (Him, Her, ultimate, teens etc) but the price check showed regular price on other cards with no discount so don't bother with other cards.
There is no special price tag as well.
Combine with 10% cashback via GPay/Apple Pay using Zip Visa card (don't mention anything about Zip to cashier - just pay as usual with card but using GPay/Apple Pay). You will need to go to assisted checkout so that's a bummer due to weekend rush.

Go fly my friends to Target.. fly :) Happy Hunting.

Credit to @popsiee for mentioning this in Zip 10% cashback Saturday deal-
https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/588546?page=10#comment-980…

This is how the card looks - https://thecardnetwork.com.au/pages/the-kids-card
Valid at JB Hi-Fi, Nike, H&M, Foot Locker, XBOX (don't know which store would that be), Platypus, SurfDriveNSki, Hype, booktopia, The Athlete's foot, ToyWorld and Adidas

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    • webtherapist on 12/12/2020 - 18:22

      nope

      • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 16:34

        Just got 100 suspended for no reason

  • toobzy on 12/12/2020 - 18:31
    +1

    Lol so many paranoid people on this post

    • PriceHound on 12/12/2020 - 20:45
      +1

      Exactly

    • webtherapist on 12/12/2020 - 22:08

      go ahead and spend few thousands and then being treated as a criminal, see how you feel :)

  • PriceHound on 12/12/2020 - 19:41
    +1

    Comeon guys…this is considered a very good deal… Not sure why people are targeting this particular post, when others similar ones had hundreds of votes. I just had a look at their Facebook page. Very few issues compared to thousands of happy customers. Thanks Op.

    • shiba on 12/12/2020 - 19:54
      +2

      that's because they removed a post full of complaints in the comments overnight

      • webtherapist on 12/12/2020 - 22:06
        +1

        they indeed did, very dodgy and dishonest company. but people are not stupid to not take photos or screenshots of comments and posts before being removed forcefully, at least I did as part of evidences to shovel up their asses if still not able to use what I paid for.

  • chrischeese on 12/12/2020 - 20:00

    Bought a fair few earlier today and still not active, wish I saw this post beforehand.

    • PriceHound on 12/12/2020 - 20:20

      Where did you buy?

      • chrischeese on 12/12/2020 - 20:22

        Target Forest Hill, checked a few cards online and it states thats they're active but with $0 balance. Has anyone else had this issue?

        • PriceHound on 12/12/2020 - 20:30

          I had plans to get some from my Woolies place but now having 2nd thoughts about it. Generally it takes few hours to show the balance from what I gather based on previous comments. When did you activate?

    • ce5himm on 12/12/2020 - 21:18
      +1

      last time when coles were selling at 15%, it took them up to 8-10 hours to actually load money, so maybe just wait.

    • frazel on 12/12/2020 - 21:20

      Coles told me they take 24 hours to fully activate

      • webtherapist on 12/12/2020 - 22:05

        mine were activated and been sitting for a week, then double checked prior spending yet still got suspended without notification even I did registered my cards on their website aka they obtained my info including my phone number and email. don't you think it is minimum decency to even contact me first, no. they don't even bother to apologise sincerely or take action to rectify their wrong doing.

        • frazel on 12/12/2020 - 22:08

          What cards did you buy?

      • ce5himm on 12/12/2020 - 23:06

        on the wws activation docket, it says could take 48 hours. lol

  • Snoop on 12/12/2020 - 20:14
    +1

    (From some of the complaints I see) Am I right in thinking that a whole heap of people have tried to dodge the system by grabbing them from alternative stores, and TCN have reacted by suspending the cards… possibly until they can ascertain their validity?

    • PriceHound on 12/12/2020 - 20:46
      +1

      Looks like yes and others are mostly to do with the restaurants cards where the list of merchants is shrinking…

      • Ash-Say on 12/12/2020 - 20:53

        Not applicable for everyone for e.g. my case. Some people had card suspended without reason and there is absolutely no response from TCN. Someone posted above that they deleted their Facebook post full of complaints, so it verifies their dodgy practice.

        For people who got it from other store to redeem in Coles, they did wrong but isn't TCN also holding funds illegally. I mean these people paid 85% value of the card so how TCN can withhold funds.

        Yes absolutely there is no argument that people who got it from other stores and redeemed in Coles were wrong.

        • popsiee on 12/12/2020 - 21:31

          LOL maybe they should have done small trials earlier to find out which store match and have no problems .
          Lacking a little R&D :)

        • webtherapist on 12/12/2020 - 21:58

          Yep, I did went into Coles and grab whatever available and paid, yet still be treated unprofessionally and disrespectfully by TCN. when I complained on their Facebook page, they deleted them and blocked me, same as others. Dodgy AF. Their explanation as others been moving cards from other stores to scan at store that is running discount is very lame too, as if people are so stupidly desperate to steal and potentially get caught with crime for just 10-15% saving??? Common

          • Ash-Say on 12/12/2020 - 22:04

            @webtherapist: Did they specifically say you got it from another store?

            At least you got a response…

        • G-Bard on 15/12/2020 - 07:31

          Taking something out of the store without paying for it is stealing 😂

          Simple as that

    • Bargain-er on 12/12/2020 - 20:51
      +1

      Yeah, i was thinking to grab some his cards from target n paid in woolies but i thought it's not very ethical. Good thing, i didn't go ahead.

      • webtherapist on 12/12/2020 - 22:01
        +1

        not only it was unethical, but also risky for yourself. do you think it is worth it to get caught with criminal charge for a discount?

        • Bargain-er on 12/12/2020 - 22:11

          If you didn't do those dodgy practices, can you report your case to ACCC?

  • pravni on 12/12/2020 - 22:37
    +2

    Very sad to hear about the people who are affected by this. I am actually on the other side of the boat.
    I purchased a few for Cole’s at 15% off, a few from BigW and finally some from WW today. Used them to pay for iPhone 12 pro and Apple Watch. All went smoothly. May be I was one of the lucky ones.
    Note: I didn’t take cards to other stores to pay for them and didn’t buy any restaurant cards either.
    I only had HIM/HER cards.
    Hopefully the issues affecting others will be sorted soon

    • dorikin on 12/12/2020 - 22:45

      how long do the cards take to activate once they've been paid for?

      • frazel on 12/12/2020 - 23:17

        It looks like there is a 2 stage activation.

        Stage 1 is like the recongise the card is been sold; this happens while you are in the shop and it says on your receipt.

        Stage 2 is credit applied to the card and the card can be used. This can take up 24 hours.

        • dorikin on 12/12/2020 - 23:40
          +1

          is the only way to check Stage 2 by scratching off the pin?

          • ce5himm on 12/12/2020 - 23:44

            @dorikin: yes you have to. otherwise how do you know?
            how about this
            balance is still 0, but you do not know. you went to a shop, siwpe,SCRATCH the pin number. transaction is declined, now what, you have a card with scratched pin and balance 0.
            it is the same as you scratch now, worest is a scratched card with balance 0.

          • frazel on 13/12/2020 - 09:02

            @dorikin: Correct

      • pravni on 13/12/2020 - 11:52
        +2

        Stage 1: you pay for the cards at the checkout and it takes a minute or two to process and the receipts are printed. If successful the receipt says successful with amount mentioned

        Stage 2: it’s take a few hours typically 3-4 hours if the website is not bombarded with activations. For some people it has take more than a day.

        Unfortunately only way to check is scratch the pin and enter the details on their website to check balance. Make sure you remember the email address you entered cos if you want to check the balance again and don’t remember the email then you won’t be able to

        • dreamykitten on 13/12/2020 - 12:45

          I don’t even know why they need your email address and mobile number just to check the balance. Just harvesting your personal information.

        • popsiee on 13/12/2020 - 12:51

          Unfortunately only way to check is scratch the pin and enter the details on their website to check balance.

          After 24 hrs you can turn up at JB and fire away as more than 99%+ are activated by then .
          I've never bothered checking balances to date at their WS .

          • ce5himm on 13/12/2020 - 12:55

            @popsiee: Sometime they want to use it asap. Otherwise, yes,when you wakeup. Should be fine.

  • POWER1 on 13/12/2020 - 15:27

    Called my friend, who is a manager at one of the Woolworth Supermarket, he advised me not to buy TCN gift cards. He said many people are having issues with them, and it is not worth the risk to save few dollars. He said the headache is more than the saving. He told me when you buying these, you are basically gambling your money.

    He also said the system doesn't allow for returning these cards.

    • ce5himm on 13/12/2020 - 17:27

      I guess most of them maybe experience the balance 0 issue and complaint to wws. If they are not familiar with it.

  • hindo on 13/12/2020 - 16:15
    +1

    Used $1700 worth of Him/Her cards today at JB without issue. These were a mixture of Coles cards and some bought yesterday from Woolworths. I have already redeemed $500 and $1800 without any problems.

    I appreciate there is also an inherent danger when purchasing something which leaves you as an unsecured creditor but my experience with these cards has been smooth.

    • salman2sms on 13/12/2020 - 23:09

      Did you register or checked balance before using them?

      • hindo on 14/12/2020 - 17:25

        Checked balance to make sure they were loaded before redeeming but did not register the cards.

        • salman2sms on 14/12/2020 - 17:26

          I am also able to check balance.

  • digitalane on 13/12/2020 - 16:46

    Seems most of the people complaining are those who circumvented the t’s and c’s and bought either more than 5 or did a dodgy store swap thing. I’m glad TCN are clamping down on that. Too many people taking the p*ss which means genuine shoppers miss our and likelihood of offers like this being repeated is zilch

    • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 17:06

      What about me that had 100 suspended for no reason?

      • pravni on 13/12/2020 - 17:40

        That’s bad, suspending for no reason is very bad. Was it one $100 card?

        • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 20:17

          Her card

    • Ash-Say on 13/12/2020 - 18:58
      +1

      @digitalane So you are being Salty because you missed it?

      People could have went with their partner and parents to buy 5 card per person. This is absolute horrendous excuse to suspend a card.

    • webtherapist on 13/12/2020 - 22:09
      +1

      so, what is wrong for you and your partner getting 10 cards in total as per 5 cards each? mate, stop judging others unless you are working for TCN and/or getting benefit(s) from them. don't preach people here when TCN is on the wrong side of a lot of things here: changing Ts and Cs without notice to their customers, suspended without proper reason/ground but assumption (that … people stole cards from one store to another etc), ignored complaints then also removed contact phone number off website while people are stuck and frustrated with money out of pockets for legitimate purpose - to save some money (and it is TCN's intention too with the discounted promotion)

  • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 20:19

    Hi There!

    Thanks for your enquiry. Your request (XXXX) has been received.

    Due to your support, the Coles promotion has been an overwhelming success.

    However, because of the increased volume our customer service team has been a little busy. If you are still waiting for a response, we will bet back to you shortly.

    We will ensure all enquiries are addressed as soon as possible, so you can be rest assured we will get back to you.

    Please be aware that typically gift cards can take up 6-24 hours to activate from the time of sale at retailers.
    Please note, due to the promotional limit of 5 cards per person we can only assist each customer with 5 cards.

    Thanks again for your support and patience and we look forward to getting in touch with you soon.

    The Card Network Team

    • bajirao on 13/12/2020 - 20:31

      This 5 cards per person limit - is that for purchase at Coles only or at BigW/Woolies/Target as well?
      It would be very easy for them to suspend cards especially for low value multiple cards in 1 transaction or for those who checked balance online giving same email / phone number.

      • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 20:38

        That is what I did. I have 9 Cards at my email address and phone number. I did 2x transaction total 10 cards

        • bajirao on 13/12/2020 - 20:50
          +1

          Were these all from Coles or also mixed from Big W/Woolies? Were they ever working? If the reason for suspension is more than 5 cards, then the onus should have been on Coles to enforce limit! I hope TCN refunds you. It's holiday season and people could be buying multiple to give gifts to others.

          • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 20:52

            @bajirao: All from 15% Coles. All my card were suspended straight after activation. Looks I did the mistake of activate it using my email and phone. Staff from JB told me I should register before using it however saw some people saying I should use it straight away without register after couple hours

            • ce5himm on 13/12/2020 - 20:55

              @Dienk: You don't need to register anything. If you want to check whether they are loaded. Just check 1 card from same batch. Normally if 1 ets loaded, then all the batch so.

            • bajirao on 13/12/2020 - 21:07

              @Dienk: Where did u register? Is this the one where you check balance online (to make sure it's loaded) or add it to app?

        • Ash-Say on 13/12/2020 - 20:52

          But why are you providing email and phone number?

          Balance can be checked just using card number and PIN via link below.

          https://www.eftposgc.com.au/

          • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 20:53

            @Ash-Say: My card is HER

            https://cms.thecardnetwork.com.au/checkbalance

          • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 20:55

            @Ash-Say: Your link showed that

            Date Value Vii Receipt Number Description
            01/12/2020 0.00 Suspend card - m by [email protected]
            30/11/2020 100.00 WEB_load OPERID incomm

            • Ash-Say on 13/12/2020 - 21:01

              @Dienk: So now you know nick manually suspended your card.

          • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 21:10

            @Ash-Say: This link

            [email protected]

            I didn't know other link

            • Ash-Say on 13/12/2020 - 21:38

              @Dienk: You need to email [email protected] and seek reason for suspension

              Good luck and mine is another person and still awaiting a response after dozens of emails.

              • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 22:47

                @Ash-Say: Just got a message from their Facebook. Try to contact them through there

                • dreamykitten on 13/12/2020 - 22:57

                  @Dienk: What did they say?

                  • Dienk on 13/12/2020 - 23:12

                    @dreamykitten: They will call me tomorrow

                    • Ash-Say on 14/12/2020 - 19:34
                      +1

                      @Dienk: @Dienk

                      Did they run you and what was the outcome?

                      • Dienk on 14/12/2020 - 20:14
                        +1

                        @Ash-Say: All sorted. Got a email from [email protected] unblocking my cards

                        • bajirao on 14/12/2020 - 20:37
                          +1

                          @Dienk: Excellent. Very happy with the positive outcome. I used mine today at JB without any drama (except the amused cashier and my own guilt of taking so much of her time as I wasn't able to get a single $100 one and so had bunch of $30 ones)

          • salman2sms on 14/12/2020 - 00:52

            @Ash-Say: I am able verify my cards from this link and it says active and shows amount as well.

            • Ash-Say on 14/12/2020 - 08:20
              +1

              @salman2sms: Good for you. Use them quickly before they randomly decide to suspend without any reason.

              • salman2sms on 14/12/2020 - 10:52

                @Ash-Say: Yup. Hope there is no limit at jb on number of cards cause I got too many $50 cards.

                • Dienk on 14/12/2020 - 12:07
                  +1

                  @salman2sms: There is no limit. It was just at the first day so far I am aware

                • bajirao on 14/12/2020 - 20:36

                  @salman2sms: I had bunch of $30 ones - wasn't able to get even a single $100 :(

                  • salman2sms on 14/12/2020 - 20:55

                    @bajirao: Same for me even I didn’t get any $100 cards. All $50 i got 28 cards now 😬
                    Want to buy iPhone 12 128GB

                    • bajirao on 14/12/2020 - 23:25
                      +1

                      @salman2sms: Should not be a problem. Just the receipt might be couple of meters long :)
                      One thing to note is that in case any GC doesn't work during payment, I was told they won't be able to cancel transaction and you need to cover via alternate means. Thankfully all my GCs worked well.

                      • salman2sms on 15/12/2020 - 00:16

                        @bajirao: Thanks for the info. I will the check the balance in all then.

  • [Deactivated] on 16/12/2020 - 11:23

    I bought them with Zip, does Zip cover you like a Credit Card?

    I have to pay my zip account today, however I was going to directly transfer. Hopefully they work at JB next year!

  • affinity on 19/12/2020 - 04:50

    On the 10th December, I brought 2x HIM $100 cards when I first spotted them as having instant 10% off.

    Later in the early evening of the 15th I decided to get more GCs from WWS. This was after researching a product that I wanted and finding a good deal for it at JB HiFi on their website. I hadn't realized how good the 10% off was, but with this major purchase, I was going to get as many cards to help as possible to improve the deal. The original price at JB was $1,449, I paid $1,379 plus $55 for the delivery — now the delivery is free, but it was a good deal at the time already with other retailers charging over $1,700 for the same product! But you never know with JB HiFi, they can have a good price one day and it's up the next, so I made the deal.

    In the late afternoon, early evening of the 15th, I managed to visit a number of WWS and collected a further $970 value, 14x $30 TEEN, 11x $50 HIM/HER (all the $100 cards were gone). Everything worked fine when buying the GCs with one exception, when I got the 14x $30 cards from one WWS, they made sure that I wasn't being scammed and they had to do two transactions as the register would only do 10 cards at a time. But there was no question about limits other than the WW checkout system requiring each single transaction be limited to 10 cards maximum.

    Not long after returning home, I went to JB HiFi to get the best deal on a product that I wanted — they had no stock but I wasn't in a hurry and they also had a delivery option that I was happy with, so I placed the order and immediately paid $1,170 with the 27x GC that I had in hand. I paid the balance with JB's own giftcards that I had due to some other offer almost 12 months ago (non-expiring $400 JB HiFi Gift Card with mobile number ported to Telstra plan). Anyway, the sale went through with a really good deal and the checkout person was very patient and very happy to process all the cards, one at a time for each amount at face value. And yes, my receipt is very, very long indeed. This was also very close to their closing time, so I could not complain about anything at JB.

    My delivery is now coming later today, the 19th December.

    Aside from the running around to collect the cards, I had absolutely zero issues with buying them (other than not being able to buy them at one place and having to make do with the $30 and $50 cards only) or using them for payment; all GCs registered properly at each of the WWS checkouts.

    After paying for my JB order in full, I went home and a little bit later went out to see if I could restock my cards, but none of a number of other WWS had any to buy whatsoever; they were "cleaned out" as far as I could tell and I knew the offer finished on the 15th, so I wasn't surprised, I also knew the deal was talked about here at OZB.

    On Thursday the 17th, I did visit a WWS that I had previously visited on the night of the 15th and they had plenty of the right cards on hand (including $100 ones) and I thought they may have been hidden or removed from display, so I queried the staff and was told that they often keep extra stock that doesn't fit on the pegs of the display cabinet in storage behind the display. So, perhaps stores that had "none", actually had plenty, but none on display.

    I didn't know about the 15% Coles offer, so none of my cards come from there. WW didn't seem to have any actual limiting terms on the number of cards that were allowed to be purchased by one person, so at the one stop where I got 14 cards, it was still no problem aside from having to do two transactions.

    It wasn't particularly long before I got my last GC and was in store at JB paying for the order; I'm pretty certain it was less than 2 hours. I didn't count on having to wait for the cards to have value applied as I asked at WWS if I needed to do anything at all before using them and they told me that all I had to do was go to the store I wanted to use them and pay with them on the spot. I didn't notice anything on the receipt to say that it could take up to 48 hours to have the value added to the cards (it was actually on the receipts though, I just didn't notice it) and each receipt actually showed activation was approved and therefore successful…. So, no registration at any website, no checking balances, nothing like that. Again, I had zero problems. Had I seen the posts here before I got them, then I would have been worried and may have waited a day or two before going to JB, but as I expected, everything worked perfectly even after less than 2 hours after I had purchased my last GC from WWS.

    I'm glad the 48 hours wasn't a thing, because it could of put a spanner in the works.

    • bajirao on 19/12/2020 - 12:09
      +2

      Thanks for sharing. Glad to hear everything worked smoothly for you. Most like you and me did not have any issues with WWS or BigW or Target. It's just the Coles initial day had issues. I also noticed the Coles post listed 5 limit whereas WWS/BigW did not list any limit. The 10 per transaction is probably system limit at WWS which is not an issue as anyway the Zip cashback is limited to $30 so u need to make multiple transactions.
      The restaurant card on the other hand is causing lot of challenges for many. That's the one to avoid.

      • affinity on 20/12/2020 - 00:22

        Yes, I was only buying ones that let me use them at JB; I wasn't and never have gone near any restaurant GC options from any supplier as I see them as much more risk and less value to me. Also, I think that at least some of the suspended cards from Coles have gotten sorted. The question remains whom "paid" for the extra value, as someone said, they thought that Coles may have contributed something to the offer, but they didn't think WW would have..? Going by history though, it has been a clear winner for retailers selling short expiry GCs that get wasted because of expiry or even other losses, but these days I believe the retailer must give a 36 month expiry on most types of GCs (if not all). I much prefer no expiry, just like the deals with electricity — those ended in 12 months are a pain as you have to take action to deal with them again. Anyway, that's off topic, so I'll stop now.

    • affinity on 21/12/2020 - 21:14

      The free shipping….. got them to refund that for me.

      Tuesday, no free shipping, was $55.
      Ordered and paid for in full on Tuesday.
      Friday, free shipping on website.
      Saturday, got delivery.

      Today, visited JB, asked them to refund shipping due to free shipping offer occurring so quickly after the order and even before my delivery had arrived.

      First off, they said I got a deal already that included the shipping consideration; I said I got the deal and then shipping was a consideration after the deal price.
      Then he said that free shipping is for online orders; he checked the website, online wasn't necessary, local was and I am local.
      Then he said I paid with gift cards, knowing about the discount on them; I said that is just a payment method, it's irrelevant, which he agreed.
      Finally he agreed to give me a JB gift card for the $55 delivery charge.

      If you don't ask, you can't get it; I did ask, it took some work and convincing, but I got it.

      Had it been a couple of weeks or a month later, I wouldn't have tried to get the shipping refunded. But it was just 3 days after ordering that the free delivery was offered and my order didn't arrive until 4 days, so I thought, what the heck….

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