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10% off Coles Mastercard Gift Cards ($5 or $7 Purchase Fee Applies) @ Coles

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tightarse on 08/02/2021 - 17:03 files.ozbargain.com.au (7160 clicks)
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Not a bad deal - some free money. Stay safe, and enjoy :)

Limit of 5 gift cards per customer. 10% discount will be applied to the value of the card including the applicable purchase fee. While stocks last, no rainchecks. Offer valid from 10/02/21 to 16/02/21. Refer to individual gift card for terms and conditions. $5 purchase fee applies to $50 & $100 GCs. $7 purchase fee applies to $250 GCs.

As per the terms, the purchase fee is included in the discount making the final price even better:

  • Buy a $50 gift card for $49.50 - $0.50 profit - ($55 x 0.9 = $49.50)
  • Buy a $100 gift card for $94.50 - $5.50 profit - ($105 x 0.9 = $94.50)
  • Buy a $250 gift card for $231.30 - $18.70 profit - ($257 x 0.9 = $231.30)

And thanks to RichardL for the percentages:

  • Buy a $50 gift card for $49.50 - 1.00% discount
  • Buy a $100 gift card for $94.50 - 5.50% discount
  • Buy a $250 gift card for $231.30 - 7.48% discount
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    • samehada on 11/02/2021 - 01:05

      you can only load it using EFTPOS card but even if you do that Auspost will block your account.

    • Coops1 on 11/02/2021 - 09:18
      +1

      Seriously, why complicate things.

  • kyle on 10/02/2021 - 22:59
    -5

    Are some of you over thinking what you can do with the gift cards? Once you've made the initial profit by buying the cards, then it's more a matter of diminishing returns. Why over think on how to pay rego or other stuff that doesn't allow split payments? I'm sure there are other areas in your life to spend those cards.

    • Cluster on 10/02/2021 - 23:09
      +2

      For me the usage case is easy: I buy food, alcohol, diesel, pay for electricity, gas, water. I buy collectable antiques. All these things are perfect for $250 gift cards. I don't mind if I can't pay for registration or insurance with these cards as there are over a dozen places I will use these cards instead.

      • kyle on 10/02/2021 - 23:15

        Exactly. Very simple and straightforward.

  • burningrage on 11/02/2021 - 08:10

    Knox (both coles) and Stud Park (Rowville, VIC) are now out of all cards as of 4pm yesterday.

  • madmo on 11/02/2021 - 08:36

    Been to a few coles and some of the cards are not scanning. Getting error message item not found. :(

    • popsiee on 11/02/2021 - 09:20
      +1

      I run into one store with the old aqua coloured Coles MC's that expire 2024 and these wouldn't scan .

    • Neoika on 11/02/2021 - 10:05

      Due to min 3 years to use them.

  • bigchunguss on 11/02/2021 - 08:38

    i bought something and the merchant couldn't fulfil the order and they refunded me. This will get refunded back onto the card no problems right?

    • brisdaz on 11/02/2021 - 08:42
      +1

      Yes due to aml money refunded to source of payment.

      • bigchunguss on 11/02/2021 - 08:42

        ok no worries. guess ill check the balance online in a couple days. cheers :D

        • King Tightarse on 11/02/2021 - 09:14
          +3

          Don't worry, it definitely works. I have watched various refund go back on these cards quite a few times.
          Always happens

    • c64 on 11/02/2021 - 10:32

      should all be described in the t&cs

  • tofu_soldier on 11/02/2021 - 09:53

    Anyone seen coles mastercard giftcard in their local store still? I live in Eastern Suburb Victoria, just wondering if anyone seen any. Thanks

    • popsiee on 11/02/2021 - 12:29

      Your area they were queued up at opening nearly all locations yesterday .

  • itsme56 on 11/02/2021 - 10:01
    +1

    Wonder if stores will get restock?

    • capslock on 11/02/2021 - 10:17

      It's possible. At some random day and time over the next week. Might have to camp out in front of the gift card aisle.

    • Peck on 11/02/2021 - 10:56
      +1

      In my experience, they have restocked during similar value deals.

  • brisdaz on 11/02/2021 - 10:56
    +4

    Crowdmapping availability of Coles MasterCard

    Setting up a crowdsourced mapping using ushahdi

    Please click https://excelcius.ushahidi.io/views/map (Is ushahidi.io safe?) for availability of MasterCard $250 and $150 cards.

    Also if you're at the store please add in your contribution.

    This is a Work in Progress.

    Need some reviewers as well. Please PM me if you want to help.

    • Trance N Dance on 11/02/2021 - 12:08

      If there's a mandatory box for 100s and 250s remove the mandatory requirement for description

      • brisdaz on 11/02/2021 - 13:59

        Thanks for the feedback. I don't believe thats possible.

  • [Deactivated] on 11/02/2021 - 11:50

    Can someone please clarify if we can use this card to pay for council rates/water/gas bills?
    Thanks.

    • cloudie9 on 11/02/2021 - 11:52
      -3

      As long as it doesn't go more than $250 per bill (to the max of one GC)? I am not sure if council or utility company can accept spilt payment (I doubt)

    • Trance N Dance on 11/02/2021 - 12:07
      +1

      Yes, just paid my gas and electricity bill with these.

    • Cluster on 11/02/2021 - 12:12

      I paid my council fees today. Had no problems splitting the payment between 2 cards.

      • Mandalorians on 11/02/2021 - 12:52

        Only used bpay before, how did you split the payment? is it via post office?

        • Cluster on 11/02/2021 - 13:57

          My council's web site allows users to put how much they would like to pay for their rates bill. So I paid $250 on one card, and the rest with another.

    • PVS7 on 11/02/2021 - 15:10
      +1

      I have paid my Council rates (VIC) yesterday at Australia Post with 10 $250. Australia Post said that they can accept multiple gift cards.

      • mmcs on 11/02/2021 - 18:59

        Thanks for the info. Will do the same on Monday.

        • Craze on 13/02/2021 - 15:35

          Hopefully you have luck with your local, I think it could be a hit and miss dependent on the staff. My first attempt was unsuccessful (said couldn't split more than 2 payments) but manage to do it in a different store. I'd also try to go in at off-peak hours as it will take more time (depending on number of cards) and may attract unwanted attention from other customers :)

  • Peck on 11/02/2021 - 12:07

    Does anyone know if this could be used at Aldi without paying the surcharge, and if so how? Thanks

    • Trance N Dance on 11/02/2021 - 12:09
      +1

      Can't surcharge will apply as they're mastercards

  • IanC on 11/02/2021 - 12:28
    +1

    Coles stores have received the inevitable "apology" notice from HO and further stocks are very unlikely

    • popsiee on 11/02/2021 - 12:38

      So are you saying all those stores that supposedly started with 0 aren't going to get a restock for the senior staff ?

      • IanC on 11/02/2021 - 12:51

        No I am not saying that.

        "Coles stores have received the inevitable "apology" notice from HO and further stocks are very unlikely"

  • itsme56 on 11/02/2021 - 13:07

    Pay off Zip balance with these cards?

  • Ash-Say on 11/02/2021 - 13:09

    Just visited 2 local stores and both have apology stickers.

    Didn't notice such thing with TCN or any other previous promotion. Either they are bombarded with enquiries or they intentionally hid the cards to avoid loss.

    • OzBrogains on 11/02/2021 - 13:23
      +3

      I think a more likely outcome is staff got wind of the promotion and hid the $250's cards out back. Who doesn't like free money for almost zero effort.

  • Frozensage on 11/02/2021 - 13:32
    +1

    its like free foot traffic for coles, these kinds of deals, you gotta go in 2 days early to hide all the gc and then go in on the day and pay for the secret stash.

    • yht on 11/02/2021 - 13:38
      -6

      Why we don't get the cards day before and take them home. Come back to store on the promo start day and voila, you got the cards in your pocket, rather than hiding them in store.

      • OzBrogains on 11/02/2021 - 14:35
        +2

        Because some of us don't want a criminal conviction under our names?

      • burningrage on 11/02/2021 - 18:14

        And if you want to do that, please keep it to yourself because you wont find love in here. Although personally, I think hiding them doesn't make you angels either.

    • popsiee on 11/02/2021 - 13:55
      -1

      Just make sure you hide them in the $50's for me :)
      I'm up to a crazy amount found there now .

  • [Deactivated] on 11/02/2021 - 13:33
    +3

    So annoying when the shitty news gets a hold of this shit and then posts an article on Facebook causing all the regular peasants who would've never heard of this promo to clear the stores out.

    • WookieMonster on 11/02/2021 - 15:19
      +1

      To be fair, it's on page 48 of this week's digital version of the catalogue, so a lot of people would have known about the promotion anyway.

    • JIMB0 on 11/02/2021 - 16:14
      +2

      Being on Ozbargain would attract more interest then the news site. Most people I try to explain gifts cards to think it's too much effort for $10 savings.

  • Cluster on 11/02/2021 - 13:51

    $250 sold out at Noarlunga Coles, but they have at least 30 $100 cards.

  • freo on 11/02/2021 - 14:17
    +1

    Can you load one of these cards as a Payment method in Google Pay or Apple Pay?

    • itsme56 on 11/02/2021 - 14:26
      +1

      No, I tried.

  • peso255 on 11/02/2021 - 14:47
    +6

    Coles Richmond Icon (VIC) just restocked all variants.

    • popsiee on 11/02/2021 - 14:50

      I didn't see a stack like that all day yesterday .

    • TripleJJJ on 11/02/2021 - 16:55

      All $250 gone…
      Someone is smashing All the $250 ones…
      Plent of $100 and $50 left at the time of post.

      • joyfulpatrick on 11/02/2021 - 18:06

        The staff are quite strict with 5 per person. Either a few people are clearing the $250s or someone is hiding them.

        • capslock on 11/02/2021 - 18:11

          Or maybe they just go to a different cashier?

          • joyfulpatrick on 11/02/2021 - 21:45

            @capslock: Yeah the staff recognised someone who went to a different cashier. Must be lucky I guess

        • fatice on 12/02/2021 - 14:38
          +1

          He could hold them all and waiting for the family members to come.

  • random12 on 11/02/2021 - 16:49
    +1

    I hope all the basement dwellers that hide cards, and get up early in the morning to clear out stores, end up losing a bunch of cards. That will wipe out the savings pretty quickly.

    • IanC on 11/02/2021 - 17:00

      Don't stress random.

      Some have problems.. envy, greed gluttony and sloth.

    • vikvance on 11/02/2021 - 21:15
      +1

      I hope so too.

      All it'll take is the loss of one card …

      Really hate the bloody card-hiders with a vengeance.

    • OzBrogains on 11/02/2021 - 22:08

      Can I suggest you check out the salt isle next time? Hehe

  • 1parle on 11/02/2021 - 17:48

    Just bought 5 250$ ones from Pacific werribee Coles, Vic. Didn’t see anymore left

  • Peck on 11/02/2021 - 17:57

    "Hey 'Coles', how about a raincheck?"

  • davewasthere on 11/02/2021 - 18:01
    -3

    I would avoid these like the plague.

    The reason they love these, is they know that people forget to use them (mostly men) and it's basically free money to them.

    Also if you ask for a brief extension, the heartless bastards at corporate couldn't give a crap about you. I'm making 2021 my year of not shopping at Coles after they kept $100, the complete balance of my gift card, which is now just a decorative piece of plastic. Haven't shopped there since Nov last year.

    • Cluster on 11/02/2021 - 18:13
      +1

      Yes, gift cards are a great deal for the seller because some people leave balances on the cards. The onus is on the user to make sure every dollar is used. I do that. I am a man too, so I guess I'm kinda weird for doing that eh?

      You have five years to use the balance on these cards. Half a decade.

      • t25 on 11/02/2021 - 18:18

        Most of my gift cards are quickly used up. I have a stack of bills, and I just used these to put my account in credit.

        As for the Coles/WW ones, I usually do big shops for family and relatives, so a $500 gift card is quickly consumed within a few days. Of course with COVID, my spending at the supermarkets have fallen drastically too.

    • JIMB0 on 11/02/2021 - 21:37
      +1

      This is how they can afford to discount them. If people used them in full and didn't let them expire with money on them you'd never see them under face value.

      Since the government made them have a minimum expirary date of 3 years there has been so much less discounting.

  • maximum on 11/02/2021 - 19:41
    +3

    Just got the last 5 $250 at coles Shellharbour when I went to get the pestos with the free gift cards offer. I didn't go earlier because I was sure they sell out ages ago. I had 2 self service people ask me if I knew about scams with gift cards. I don't think they believed me when I told them it's basically free money.

  • IUisdabest on 11/02/2021 - 20:23
    -7

    Sorry for downvoting but I’ve never been able to get one of these gift cards, e.g. him/her(jb) etc.

    • kerfuffle on 11/02/2021 - 20:31
      -4

      While stocks last

      Not a valid neg vote

  • Zippy7 on 11/02/2021 - 20:29

    None at my local 2 coles, none found in the cbd either.

  • King Tightarse on 11/02/2021 - 21:55

    My Coles has not had a single one of these cards since 8AM weds, just empty racks.
    Not even a $50

  • scar4ace on 11/02/2021 - 22:38

    So these MasterCard's CAN be purchased by Cole Myer physical gift cards and with Coles egiftcards (at 4% off) but CANNOT be purchased by flybuys dollars?

    Also full amount required on the gift cards for purchase (atleast on self checkouts)?

    • Neoika on 11/02/2021 - 23:07
      -2

      If you are keen on using flybuys dollars,

      Flybuys dollars => Cole Myer physical gift cards @ Non-Coles stores. There are many, just cant be Coles.

      • scar4ace on 11/02/2021 - 23:11

        Ok got you. So use FB$ to get the Coles Myer cards and then use those to get the Coles MasterCard's?

        • Neoika on 11/02/2021 - 23:13

          I think no. I used them to buy Ultimate cards before and failed. You have to do a workaround job if you want to.

  • carlenet on 12/02/2021 - 11:16
    +5

    For those with questions about whether or not Flybuys points are received on purchasing these cards, on Wednesday I purchased 5 x $250 and today received 1156pts from the transaction.

    • ChaseTheSun on 12/02/2021 - 11:56
      +1

      same

      • t25 on 12/02/2021 - 12:36

        Nice! That's got to be worth another ~$5?

        • King Tightarse on 12/02/2021 - 14:30
          +4

          Yes but your offer minimum spends will go mental

          • Craze on 13/02/2021 - 14:57

            @King Tightarse: Argh yes good point didn't think of that!!! I bought 7 in total between myself and partner (but on the same flybuys) so probably will get ridiculous min spend offers soon.

    • Craze on 12/02/2021 - 12:49

      Can confirm also received FB points from the giftcard purchase. Very pleased!

      • cloudie9 on 12/02/2021 - 13:14

        Just checked and yes got the FB points as well.

  • kickling on 12/02/2021 - 14:29
    -1

    Might have been mentioned before, but you can profit infinitely by using your gift cards to buy yet more gift cards… And repeat.

    • capslock on 12/02/2021 - 14:36
      +1

      I can't even find one card to buy in my area let alone infinite cards.

      • kickling on 12/02/2021 - 15:09

        I had to ask for them.

        Staff didn't restock the shelf. YMMV.

    • CVonC on 12/02/2021 - 17:46

      Yeah but you'll just have a whole bunch of cards with $18.70 left. It's the same profit if you just bought it with your own money and not with the GC

      • t25 on 12/02/2021 - 17:50
        -1

        Split payment will avoid this problem. But whoever does this without a legitimate reason will just spoil it for the rest of us struggling to find even one.

        • lgacb08 on 14/02/2021 - 14:51
          +1

          good luck with split payment unless the attendant is having a crush on you.

          • t25 on 14/02/2021 - 19:23

            @lgacb08: I've done it with Coles Myer gift cards from First Choice Liquor Amex deals. Not sure why you think it can't be done. Also done it with eGift Cards from Suncorp.

  • 3sky on 12/02/2021 - 15:42
    +2

    Coles North Perth is stocked.
    Got a couple of $250.
    Has 14 × $250, around 40-50 × $100 when I left.

    • t25 on 12/02/2021 - 17:13

      Missed out again! :(

      Went there and only the $100 card was left.

      • popsiee on 12/02/2021 - 17:25

        Why wouldn't you buy your limit of 5 saving $27.50 . All the folk I know are taking limits of $100's or if lucky $250's .
        But I can assure you not many $250's out there .

        • t25 on 12/02/2021 - 17:38
          +1

          Oh I did! Better to save some than none at all. In the ideal world I’d buy $250 cards. But since they are difficult to buy, the $100 will have to do.

        • 3sky on 12/02/2021 - 18:49

          Popsie, I didn't neg you, I'm just ozbargaining within my means. I had an initial outlay of $472.50 (for 5×$100 cardd) and used those cards to purchase more cards. Have done this cycling (at the risk of being neg'd myself as it seems unpopular to some??) a couple of times and now have $592.40 in value for the 472.50 outlay, so I'm happy with that. Also end up with less cards laying around, and I guess more left on the shelf for other hunters :)

  • monty168 on 12/02/2021 - 21:28

    Coles Myrtleford Victoria had decent stock remaining of the $250 voucher

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