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Deal is on again beginning week of 20 Oct and looks like only $100 and $250 eligible. $5 and $7 fee applies per respective amount and limit of 5 per customer

Coles Mastercard Gift cards cannot be used to purchase any other gift card sold at Coles.

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How to check if your card has been swapped out - The card ID MUST match the last 11 digits of the barcode.

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- - - - Ozpe1903 on 25/10/2021 - 16:49
        
        +1
        
        @WookieMonster: I strongly believe the second answer is the right one as i entered the card details manually and it still didn’t work
      - Ozpe1903 on 25/10/2021 - 16:50
        
        +1
        
        @WookieMonster: When i swiped the card, it instantly said error.
        Then it gave me option to enter the card details and expiry date.
        
        Once I entered these details it gave me error message again
        
        WookieMonster on 25/10/2021 - 16:53
        
        @Ozpe1903: Oh wow, I actually thought Coles would never allow that to happen!
        
        That’s actually quite concerning, because that could actually enable fraudulent “card not present” transactions to occur at Coles…
        
        F1ProjectOne on 25/10/2021 - 16:59
        
        @Ozpe1903: Was that at self or manned checkout? Or did you say you would pay by card/eftpos?
        
        WookieMonster on 25/10/2021 - 17:04
        
        @F1ProjectOne: If they tried to pay via Gift Card, the POS system should only allow them to scan a gift card barcode (and that is only present on gift cards issued by Coles Group Ltd). The system usually doesn’t allow you to swipe a gift card if you select Gift Card.
        
        snorkey on 25/10/2021 - 17:24
        
        @Ozpe1903: Heya. Did you select card and then swipe or gift card?
        I didn't know that the terminal allows you to manually key in a normal card.
        As per WookieMonster comment, that's very concerning
        
        Ozpe1903 on 25/10/2021 - 17:28
        
        @snorkey: Will try again in 3 mins
        
        snorkey on 25/10/2021 - 17:29
        
        @Ozpe1903: Wow. Thanks
        
        Ozpe1903 on 25/10/2021 - 17:37
        
        +2
        
        @snorkey: All good. It
        Worked.
        
        There are 3 more cards.I really want to buy them one by one but I feel like they’re watching me you and I’m not doing anything wrong
        
        snorkey on 25/10/2021 - 17:49
        
        @Ozpe1903: Sweet. Thanks for going back and trying.
        My local hasn't restocked since Friday. I'll try a bigger Coles tomorrow mid morning.
        
        Yola on 25/10/2021 - 19:24
        
        @Ozpe1903: They do that, be brave. One time the operator at the self checkout had a male colleague stand nest to her the whole time I was purchasing these cards. I am in my 60's and was more than polite. As soon as I left he did also.
        
        Ozpe1903 on 25/10/2021 - 17:48
        
        @snorkey: I went to get the second one. This time
        I used normal check out, and I didn’t work
        
        snorkey on 25/10/2021 - 17:50
        
        @Ozpe1903: Haha. Confusing system.
        Guess I won't go to the bigger Coles tmr after all.
        
        apple0604 on 26/10/2021 - 02:13
        
        @snorkey: I think restocking is really random. We have two Coles near us,about 2km apart. The small Coles still got stock for $250 cards on Wed afternoon and restocked on Sat. The big Coles didn't run out of $250 till Wed night but didn't get restock. And I didn't bother to go again yesterday and today. I won't bother tomorrow too.
        
        snorkey on 26/10/2021 - 10:05
        
        @apple0604: Thanks
        
        apple0604 on 26/10/2021 - 13:11
        
        @snorkey: You are welcome. I mean you can drive around if you have time. I have to work and find it very time confusing. Yes I would like to buy more but I couldn't be bothered too much if it takes couple of hours a day and no guarantee there is any available and staff would let me buy them.
        
        I didn't bother with $100 cards this time. Much prefer $250 cards, less transactions.
        
        truetypezk on 25/10/2021 - 17:53
        
        @Ozpe1903: Wait how did you get to the point where the system ask you to manually key in card numbers / expiry?
        
        Ozpe1903 on 25/10/2021 - 19:27
        
        @truetypezk: This time as soon as it said error after swiping my card, i decided to pay with my card as the cashier was the same
        Girl
        In the morning…… and she was giving me unhappy face….
        
        So once again, in selfcheck out the card worked but in normal check out my card did not work
apple0604 on 25/10/2021 - 16:45

Anyone tried linking these cards to PayPal and use PayPal to pay AGL? I am having problems, ie failed payment then funds on hold.
- Trance N Dance on 25/10/2021 - 16:50
  
  Haven't tried recently, but they've worked fine in the past. My normal way of paying AGL bills for the last couple of years.
  - apple0604 on 25/10/2021 - 16:52
    
    I didn't have problems last time, around June and July. Happened last week a few times already although some payments gone through. I couldn't figure it out if it was PayPal or AGL who rejected the payment.
    - Trance N Dance on 03/11/2021 - 19:45
      
      I just used one of the cards fine last night and tonight.
      - apple0604 on 03/11/2021 - 22:46
        
        +1
        
        @Trance N Dance: I had problems on 21 Oct 21. Then I tried again on 28 Oct all payments were successful. However, one of the payments I made on 21 Oct failed and funds was on hold till today. I rang Coles Financial Services and was told merchant PayPal had the funds on hold till 5 Nov. Funds will be released back to my card after 5 Nov. I asked why and they told me to contact PayPal. I didn't bother and decided to wait till after 5 Nov 21.
- fatice on 25/10/2021 - 17:52
  
  Just use the card directly.
- truetypezk on 25/10/2021 - 17:52
  
  They definitely works with Paypal and the exact merchant should not matter.
  - apple0604 on 26/10/2021 - 02:15
    
    I also thought so. Will try to see if it works tomorrow.
Ozpe1903 on 25/10/2021 - 17:58

No it was too much attention drawing . I just paid with my savings card. It was the same register that didn’t work in the morning
PVS7 on 25/10/2021 - 20:17

I have swapped one of the mastercard with Coles Fuel card at self-checkout without any issue.
scheminsteven on 25/10/2021 - 20:45

+1

Heaps of $250s at Tooronga Village. All the pegs at the registers full. 200+ cards
- Craze on 25/10/2021 - 20:51
  
  Wow, sounds like just re-stocked! Shame Tooronga is too far from me.
  
  Was lucky enough to get 2x $250 from service counter today- just paid bills and health insurance!
- Yola on 26/10/2021 - 14:58
  
  Went there to do my shopping, only 50's now.
IanC on 25/10/2021 - 20:59

Toombul QLD have had heaps for past 6 days and at least 20 BOXES on display still.

You have to get them at the service counter none on stand.
MrrMagic on 25/10/2021 - 23:34

Looks like my luck has ran out, I've finally come across one of my cards that has not been activated.

I assume its because a staff member told me i could only purchase 4 and removed 1, i assume she removed the one that was already scanned and left me with an unscanned card.

Or I've had the card swapped out of my packaging which was scanned (unlikely)

Or a team member has possibily scanned the same card twice and forgot to scan this one.

I'm not going to lie, I've visited a few stores within the last 24 hours, does anyone have any advice how I can find out where this has happened.

Im thinking of just biting the bullet and letting this $250 go considering the time it will take to chase this up when I could be buying more cards instead.

Thanks
- truetypezk on 25/10/2021 - 23:43
  
  I don't think it is possible to double scan a card in a single transaction, so it is likely to happen in a situation where you have put them through in more than 1 transactions and the cashier has rescanned a card in a subsequent transaction. That should help you narrow it down a little.
  
  I am just curious, if a card fails to activate, an alert will pop up straightaway telling the cashier to refund the customer. How could you/the cashier miss that?
  - MrrMagic on 25/10/2021 - 23:50
    
    You'd think so and it wouldn't work.
    
    Just an hour ago I watched a staff member charge another staff member for the card that she had just purchased 60 seconds prior, she thought they were all the same barcode. It approved the transaction and then failed the activated so the staff member was left with 0 in their balance.
    - truetypezk on 25/10/2021 - 23:56
      
      No reloading an activated card will result in a failed activation error. It will not empty the card. The card still retains its current value and will require a manual refund which usually requires a supervisor intervention. Alternatively, the cashier can activate the correct card via cash payment.
      
      Do not give the activation failed card to the cashier unless you are absolutely sure it has no value.
- MrrMagic on 25/10/2021 - 23:51
  
  EDIT: I've just looked over my receipts for the last couple of days and noticed I was charged for two cards with the same last 3 ID numbers. Doubt it would be a coincidence, I'll contact the store tomorrow.
  - truetypezk on 25/10/2021 - 23:58
    
    What are their status on the receipts? If they are both shown as activated, then they must be different cards with identical last 3 digits.
  - truetypezk on 26/10/2021 - 00:05
    
    +2
    
    Actually if the cashier has not noticed anything unusual while processing your cards, the most likely situation is that she removed a scanned card from your 5 cards and gave you an unscanned one instead.
    
    To confirm that, you need to go through all your receipts, match the 3 digits on your receipts with your cards, there should be an unmatched pair.
    
    Take that receipt and card back to the store, ask them if anyone else had an activation failure error after you have left while trying to purchase a card. Assuming the cashier did not try to trick you intentionally, that card should have been put back on the stand and will definitely trigger an activation error when being purchased by another customer.
    - MrrMagic on 28/10/2021 - 22:10
      
      Same 3 digits, card was scanned twice and both activated. They are refunding to my bank account the purchase price
      - samehada on 28/10/2021 - 23:56
        
        @MrrMagic: What a load of nonsense, the same card CAN'T be scanned twice on the same transaction, if the same card is scanned twice on 2 transactions, the 2nd transaction will have "Activation Failed" error. You clearly don't know how things work and don't say the whole truth about your story.
        
        The receipt only show the last 3 digit of the barcode and if both are activated successfully then it is from 2 different card that happened to have the same last 3 digit.
        
        MrrMagic on 29/10/2021 - 05:14
        
        @samehada: The fact that every card I have matches my receipts execpt this double up, its pretty clear. Obviously it's possible or they wouldn't be processing a refund.
        
        I'm not sure what other truth you think I want to hide? Lol
        
        samehada on 29/10/2021 - 11:00
        
        @MrrMagic: I can clearly tell you it is bullshit. They refunded you because they are stupid and most likely they just do it as goodwill, it is the Coles shop that mixed up need to refund you. If they check in their computer they can clearly see the full barcode number of these 2 receipts and it won’t be the same number. Coles should have started to print the full number on the receipt like WW did instead of just the last 3 digit.
        
        The same card number can NOT be activated twice and there is NO exception.
        
        apple0604 on 29/10/2021 - 11:43
        
        +2
        
        @samehada: You are absolutely right. I think og is more likely that he is lucky that Coles staff was nice by giving refund as good will. The same CAN'T be scanned twice in the same transaction. And the same can't be activated twice. It would show an error message the second time.
        
        So not sure what happened to Mrrmagic. Maybe magic. lol
        
        MrrMagic on 29/10/2021 - 19:44
        
        @samehada: Yea I guess that's fair but if that was the case wouldn't I have two cards with the same ID?
        
        samehada on 29/10/2021 - 20:29
        
        @MrrMagic: you surely should have these 2 cards and one of them must be the missing one, it is likely the one got kept by the shop instead of the unactivated one.
        
        MrrMagic on 29/10/2021 - 21:43
        
        +1
        
        @samehada: The store isn't refunding, the team from the card support were doing it.
        
        You'd assume they know what they are talking about considering they said this happens all the time.
        
        I'm not missing any cards, I have the exact amount that I have purchased, I have the correct cards in relation to the packaging and receipt except I have one receipt with the same card ID twice and I have a random card which was never activated. I don't think it gets anymore clear cut than that.
        By the messages I'm getting asking for assistance with similar issues I assume I am not alone.
        
        As for scanning an activated card, it's 100% possible as it happened right in front of me with a coles duty manager as they wanted to copy my process.
        
        She purchased her first card, used that to buy her second card, as she was opening her second card the cashier scanned that opened packaging thinking it was the same Barcode. She then paid 18.70 from her first card and then paid the remaining from the second card (paying for the card she is buying) the transactions were approved and the funds were deducted from both cards but the card obviously failed to activate.
        
        They had no idea how to resolve I told her to contact the number on the cards, I'll ask her how it's going when I'm down there next.
        
        Her receipts clearly showed the last 4 digits of the payment card matching ID on the card she was buying.
        
        Obviously this isn't meant to happen and I assume no error appeared on the screen as she scanned the card almost instantly after buying it, maybe it didn't activate in time.
        
        truetypezk on 29/10/2021 - 22:13
        
        @MrrMagic: The situation with the duty manager you have described is the intended behaviour. When she paid for the 2nd card with the 2nd card itself, the system is attempting to activate the same card (2nd card) twice and resulting in an activation failure, which is the right outcome.
        
        I am pretty sure what happened to you is that the cashier has scanned 2 cards with the same last 3 digits, and gave you an unscanned card after telling you the limit is 4 instead of 5. Assuming this was unintentional, the cashier took out the wrong card.
        
        The only way to avoid this is to thoroughly check your receipts immediately after purchase.
        
        MrrMagic on 29/10/2021 - 23:53
        
        @truetypezk: Yea I'm aware of them, I'm just stating it for the people who claim it won't even let them scan the card. In this case it even accepted payment.
        
        As for the receipt with the double scanned ID, this was a different store to the one who took away the spare card.
        
        Once again………. even the customer service claim this happens all the time.
        
        Still not sure what everyone Is finding hard to believe or even why they think someone would make lies regarding this crap. Lol
- truetypezk on 25/10/2021 - 23:52
  
  +3
  
  Btw when I buy these cards, I will do the following checks:
  1. Check flybuys card has been scanned for all receipts. (optional if you don't have a dedicated burner fb account)
  2. Check all cards status shown as "activated" on the receipts.
  3. Open all cards, cross-check receipt last 3 digits - barcode last 3 digits - card last 3 digits, and look for signs of suspicious glue traces. If there is any, empty the card immediately.
snorkey on 26/10/2021 - 12:14

+1

I stumbled upon some hidden cards at my local and was able to pay for them individually at self serve using cards from last week :)
Ended up with more than the 7.48% discount.
- apple0604 on 26/10/2021 - 13:11
  
  Good for you.
- lilkid28 on 26/10/2021 - 13:28
  
  -1
  
  Sure it wasn't you that hid them before? ;)
  - apple0604 on 26/10/2021 - 19:52
    
    -1
    
    Of course not. Didn't hide any. Maybe U should have. :)
Cluster on 26/10/2021 - 18:45

Lots of $250 and $100 cards are Noarlunga SA Coles. Either there's more stock than previous times, or the demand wasn't there this time.

The good news is these cards have 8 digits that change, up from 6 before. That increases the number of combinations by 100x, so thieves will have a much harder time brute forcing card numbers than before.
- popsiee on 26/10/2021 - 19:18
  
  -3
  
  My zone been dry mostly for 3 days but I'll give this a positive vote after doing my last batch just now .
  Tks OP one of the deal of the year besides the last one hehe :)
- samehada on 26/10/2021 - 20:08
  
  +5
  
  still nothing is better than block all transactions that doesn't pass through CVV.
Dealseeker21 on 27/10/2021 - 00:00

All my locals were restocked lots of $50 and $100 cards. Didn't bother
- affinity on 27/10/2021 - 03:32
  
  After visiting many stores during the afternoon/evening of the last day, I found only ONE store that had multiple $250s, most had plenty of $50s and many had $100s.
  
  Prior to finding this store, I had purchased from a different store the only available $250 GC they had, which was the first time that I had purchased using a $250 GC (as others had done previously).
  
  I was able to buy two further $250 GC at the "good" store until they refused to sell me any more as they were enforcing a "local?" rule of only allowing ONE transaction per customer (but I got two transactions by going to two different people, the 3rd transaction was denied) …. They didn't care about 5 cards per customer as the catalog says, so a bunch of $250s were left at the store. They also insisted that they weren't allowed to let people pay for GCs using another one; although that is exactly what I did.
  
  So, this time around, I now have cards as follows: 3x $18.70 + 1x $250
  - capslock on 27/10/2021 - 06:40
    
    +1
    
    Probably the only reason that store still had stock on the last day is because they were enforcing the 'no inception' rule.
affinity on 03/11/2021 - 04:40

I might have found another good way to use these.
- pay in to a https://www.thelott.com/join-up
- no fees to fill up account (I only did it once)
- draw back to bank? (I didn't try this).

Thoughts?
- UrMumsOnlyFan on 03/11/2021 - 07:48
  
  draw back to bank? (I didn't try this).
  
  Negative. You can only draw out winnings.
- UrMumsOnlyFan on 26/11/2021 - 00:50
  
  Discovered another problem with thelott …
  
  Sorry, you have changed or added too many cards. Please contact our Customer Support Team for further assistance.
jiaqi518 on 04/11/2021 - 08:42

Can you pay zip pay balance with these cards please? My after pay doesn't work.

This was posted 2 years 6 months 3 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

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