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10% off $100 & $250 Mastercard Gift Cards ($4.50/$6.30 Activation Fee Applies) @ Coles

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10% off $100 & $250 Mastercard Gift Cards ($4.50/$6.30 Activation Fee Applies) @ Coles
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Coles has 10% off $100 & $250 Mastercard gift cards starting on the 15th June to 21st June. Additional purchase fees apply ($5 or $7 depending on the card).

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Offer only applies to $100 and $250 Coles Mastercard Gift Cards. 10% discount will be applied to the value of the card including the applicable activation fee. Total cost for $100 gift card is $94.50 ($90 for card and $4.50 for activation fee) and for $250 gift card is $231.30 ($225 for card and $6.30 for activation fee). Limit 5 Gift Cards per customer. Offer valid only in store at Coles Supermarkets (excludes Coles Online, Coles Express and purchases via giftcards.com.au), subject to store availability. Excludes $50 Coles Mastercard Gift Cards. While stocks last, no rainchecks. Please note Coles Mastercard Gift Cards will have a minimum 4 hour activation delay. Coles Mastercard Gift Cards cannot be used to purchase any other gift card sold at Coles. Offer valid from 15/6/22 to 21/6/22. Refer to individual gift card for terms and conditions.

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    • team teri on 21/06/2022 - 14:18

      It should as long as the terminal does not enforce chip. I believe some countries have made chip mandatory.

      They specifically mentioned a 2.5% currency conversion fee.

      • ilikedeals on 21/06/2022 - 15:02
        -1

        Damn that’s quite a bit of $$ gone in currency conversion

        • Coops1 on 21/06/2022 - 15:17

          Better than quite a few cards out there!

  • patyau2003 on 21/06/2022 - 15:17

    Can I pay my VicRoad registration by the Coles MC GC ?

    • capslock on 21/06/2022 - 15:21

      Sure. If you change to quarterly billing then you will be able to pay your quarterly bill with a $250 Mastercard.

  • patyau2003 on 21/06/2022 - 15:23

    any other ways to pay that $800+ in 1 go ?

    • cma on 21/06/2022 - 19:18

      I specifically asked this question at the Exhibition Street VicRoads hub when trying to pay for the rego last week (with a couple of Coles MC in hand), and was basically told no.

      I presume they want to divert you down the quarterly billing path with the extra service fee if you want to go down the split payment path.

    • HopSkipJumpFallSplat on 21/06/2022 - 20:38
      -1

      If Bill Fairies accepts these cards, there'll be a surcharge, you could buy Bill Fairies giftcards and then use your Bill Fairies wallet to bpay an $800+ bill.

  • patyau2003 on 21/06/2022 - 15:27
    +6

    There will be extra $2.5 overhead per bill if change to quarterly bill. Not acceptable by Ozbargain spirit.

  • jcft on 21/06/2022 - 15:41

    Melbourne…stock $250

    Warringal Mall….. Heidelberg

    But….pls call them as stock might have gone.

    • danielh on 21/06/2022 - 15:47
      -1

      Which Melbourne one?

      • jcft on 21/06/2022 - 17:21
        +1

        Warringal Shopping Centre - Heidelberg
        Rosanna Rd, Heidelberg VIC 3084

        (03) 9459 7011

  • sirspiff on 21/06/2022 - 15:43

    Bundoora square has a box of $250s but they're inside the storage. At a rough guess, maybe another 80 cards.

  • Yola on 21/06/2022 - 16:50
    +2

    No $100 or $250 in

    Tooronga
    Malvern
    Caulfield
    In the latter 2 none behind service counter.

    • DoctorCalculon on 21/06/2022 - 17:12

      You didn't go as far as Chadstone or Oakleigh, by any chance?
      Probably too late now.

      • Yola on 21/06/2022 - 17:21

        No. Good luck. Strangely I was in Caulfield yesterday and there were maybe 40 $100 cards. Then 24 hours later zilch.

    • dealsgrabber on 21/06/2022 - 19:46
      +1

      Coles Tooronga has stock of $250 at the service desk, probably about 60-70 cards left unless they have more in the drawers.

      • danielh on 21/06/2022 - 20:30

        Damn, I was there at 7.15pm tonight to get my Coles Mastercard receipts scanned for FlyBuys. I didn't check with the service desk. Grrrr.

        • slam on 22/06/2022 - 10:35

          Can you get points for these mastercard purchases?

          Are you implying you can take the receipts back to coles and get flybuys points added to your account?

          • RTY on 22/06/2022 - 10:52

            @slam: Yes you get points. You will need to go the store you bought it from.

      • 17833 on 21/06/2022 - 20:51

        Thankyou so much, you're a champion. Finally managed to get 5 on the last day. I had given up.

        • dealsgrabber on 21/06/2022 - 22:35

          No worries mate, here to help.

      • Yola on 22/06/2022 - 13:57

        At Tooronga - did they let you purchase some?

        • 17833 on 22/06/2022 - 14:05

          Yes I was able to purchase and there were quite a few others purchasing as well.

  • Monkboo82 on 21/06/2022 - 17:52

    Coles Tamborine Oxenford Rd GC had at least 50 x $250 cards at 4:45pm today

  • marquisite on 21/06/2022 - 18:24
    +2

    At Ingle Farm SA (with two Coles) today during lunch time…

    Coles (South) had no $100 or $250 on the shelf.

    Coles (North) next to Kmart:

    • 3 $100s on shelf
    • 0 $250s on shelf.
    • $250 available at the service desk. I secured three $250s, unsure if there are more. Success on the last promo day!
    • birdnw on 21/06/2022 - 20:39

      I haven been to a couple of Coles in Adelaide Metro today but no luck. Good to hear that you got some :)

  • dealsgrabber on 22/06/2022 - 07:30
    -3

    Does anyone know if these cards can somehow be used to pay the credit card bills?

    • danielh on 22/06/2022 - 08:17
      +2

      Question has been asked a few times in this (admittedly long) thread. The basic answer is no as you cannot pay a credit card with another credit card.
      There are some ways to better use these cards to pay for things like car rego, tax etc though so I would probably start to think about how you would use the Coles Mastercard for things like that and the cash NOT SPENT on those items to be used to pay for your regular CCard bill.

      • dealsgrabber on 22/06/2022 - 08:55
        -1

        Yes, I already know that and paying the some bills, rego etc using this but I was specifically asking for CC as I have accumulated quite a few if this cards.
        I understand it has been mentioned on this thread before, but is there any risk in pre-paying the tax to ATO (so as to convert the cards into cash via refund in my bank account) when I am more likely to receive some refund on filing the return even if I hadn't pre-paid anything to the ATO?

        • Neoika on 22/06/2022 - 09:15
          -1

          Even if there is a way, it'll soon be blocked after someone mentions it. Wise debit card topup with a small cost was a feasible way mentioned in the same deal last year.

        • Jessie Ryder on 22/06/2022 - 10:23
          +2

          You can't pre pay the ATO.
          You can only do this if you are setup for PAYG instalments

        • dealsgrabber on 22/06/2022 - 12:26
          -2

          Why neg my comment? What wrong have I done?

    • team teri on 22/06/2022 - 18:33

      Indirectly, yes, see my comment below. Instead of bank account, pay to your CC.

  • danielh on 22/06/2022 - 10:13
    +2

    I probably should add that if you bought a lot of Coles Mastercard gift cards to go back and claim your FlyBuy points at the store you purchased them from for the points as well. You have 7 days to claim.
    Basically you get $1,156 points for 5 x $250 gift cards which represents a bonus 0.5% for you.
    DO IT NOW!!!

    • slam on 22/06/2022 - 10:38

      Does this need to be at the store you purchased from? Or could it be any other coles.

      • danielh on 22/06/2022 - 10:41

        Store you got it from.

        • slam on 22/06/2022 - 10:42

          Thanks mate, I'd pressume you need to go up to the service desk and talk to them to get them to scan the receipt and your flybys card.

          • danielh on 22/06/2022 - 10:49

            @slam: Yep. Had to do it in three separate stores last night.

    • Bdawg on 22/06/2022 - 11:17

      Oh I didn't scan my flybuys because I thought you don't get points on gift cards?

      • WookieMonster on 22/06/2022 - 12:20

        You do not earn any Flybuys points on any purchases of gift cards issued by Coles Group at Coles (e.g. Coles Group & Myer, Coles Express, Officeworks).

        You will earn 1x point per $1 spent on purchases of Coles Mastercard gift cards at Coles, as they are actually a third-party gift card (i.e. they are not issued by Coles Group). Coles Group allow InComm and Heritage Bank to use the Coles branding on these gift cards under licence, but these gift cards are not issued by Coles Group.

        • SydneySwan on 22/06/2022 - 12:47

          What about Bunnings GC? Do you know if these earn FB points?

          • WookieMonster on 22/06/2022 - 13:58
            +1

            @SydneySwan: Probably.

            I bought a Bunnings gift card from Coles last year and earned Flybuys points on the purchase of the gift card, but that was before you could earn Flybuys points at Bunnings.

            I'm not sure whether this is still the case now you can earn 1x Flybuys point per dollar spent around Bunnings too. My guess is you still can, because Bunnings gift cards are not issued by Coles Group, which means you may be able to double-dip.

      • miztadave on 22/06/2022 - 12:46
        +1

        I've been occasionally been told by Coles staff when these promotions are running that FlyBuys points won't be awarded. As per the above, this is incorrect. Thankfully I've ignored their "advice" :-)

        • team teri on 22/06/2022 - 18:20
          +1

          Was told the same, knew better. Rather than argue I decided to say: can't hurt to swipe it though, right?

    • bigspike on 22/06/2022 - 11:37
      +1

      Down side of this is crap bonus offers for the next while. I have found I get more points waiting for a bonus offer than scanning for stuff like this.

      • team teri on 22/06/2022 - 18:20
        +1

        You need a new FB card…

        • bigspike on 22/06/2022 - 18:21

          I already have 3. Plus, what kind of offers do you think I might get after 10k worth of gift cards?

          • danielh on 22/06/2022 - 18:57

            @bigspike: So far just a $100 spend one for this week.
            ——
            Collect 2,000 bonus points
            Spend $100 in one transaction at Coles!

  • W0nderb0y on 22/06/2022 - 10:28
    +1

    Went to a local Coles yesterday afternoon. There was a stack of $250 Coles Mastercard gift cards behind the service desk. Staff behind the counter said "they're not for sale" when asked.

    • King Tightarse on 22/06/2022 - 11:07
      +5

      Lol thats a new one

    • SabreTooth23 on 22/06/2022 - 12:18

      If that staff isnt the manager then I would ask for manager. It’s good to know the reason why they aren’t selling it just for the sake of my curiosity haha

    • BennyHe2018 on 22/06/2022 - 12:45

      Because they want to keep them for their own to rinse and repeat.

    • JIMB0 on 22/06/2022 - 12:50

      I went to a store where there were none available as the manger had ordered them all to be removed from the shelves. Not sure what the reason was.

      • vinnychase on 22/06/2022 - 13:19
        +3

        At this point I strongly doubt this deal will ever return.

        • SaintSteve on 22/06/2022 - 14:29

          Not for the $250 cards anyway

          Maybe the $100's

          • vinnychase on 22/06/2022 - 14:35
            +1

            @SaintSteve: People will go crazy for $100 too. Any deal with a multiplier profit effect is a occupational hazard with these folk. But yeah the absence of the $250 card may reduce the entropy(failed yr11 chem so not sure if i'm using that word correctly but i'm using it like you'd use the word chaos)

        • WookieMonster on 22/06/2022 - 16:21
          +5

          I think you’re right.

          I know I previously predicted (twice) in this deal that the next deal will take on 19 October 2022, but after talking to staff and seeing some of the antics in this deal, I’m very doubtful…

          • I visited one store over the weekend and had a chat with the self checkout assistant whilst I was waiting for my gift cards to activate. They mentioned that store management was very concerned about the number of people who purchased Coles Mastercard gift cards (particularly $250s) using cash, because this is a red flag for money laundering. They also complained about the number of people waiting outside the store at opening time, then getting cranky with the staff for not restocking the gift cards overnight (even though this is not how gift cards are restocked at that store… or pretty much any Coles store…).

          • When I visited a different store on Monday evening, the service supervisor on duty remarked that they never wanted to see this promotion happen ever again, due to some customers being quite rude. This included:

          • Customers complaining about not being able to purchase more than five cards, even after trying to recruit other people to purchase more cards on their behalf (and this store was trying to enforce a five-per-customer-for-the-entire-sale rule)
          • Customers complaining about not being allowed to do split payments when purchasing Coles Mastercard gift cards
          • Customers complaining about not being able to use Coles Mastercard gift cards to purchase any gift cards (including more Coles Mastercard gift cards)
          • One customer lecturing staff (including the store manager) the reason using Coles Mastercard gift cards to purchase more Coles Mastercard gift cards is actually a fantastic idea and then getting frustrated when the staff seemingly don’t get it…

          My guess is that if this deal was actually Vanilla Visa gift cards again (rather than the new Coles Mastercard gift cards), it would not have been as popular (or as chaotic), because the “rinse and repeat” method would have been largely unavailable.

          I guess we’ll see in four months whether Coles ultimately brings back this deal (or something similar), but I’m definitely not holding my breath.

      • Yola on 22/06/2022 - 14:01

        This would not surprise me. As I mentioned above about 40 disappeared from Caulfield in 24 hours.

        • WookieMonster on 22/06/2022 - 14:13

          I saw 60x $250 cards disappear from one store in the space of five hours, but I don't think it was due to store management wanting the cards removed…

  • bigspike on 22/06/2022 - 13:12

    One of our locals had 250s all the way to tuesday night, the other was out of 250s on the first day.

  • Peck on 22/06/2022 - 14:14
    +2

    The card works at Ozlotteries!

    • vinnychase on 22/06/2022 - 14:20
      -1

      Deposited funds cannot be withdrawn by customers. If you have accidentally deposited funds or require the funds back to your account, you can request a one-off refund by contacting Customer Support.

      • Peck on 22/06/2022 - 16:54

        Are you saying that any winnings will go back to the same card automatically?

    • capslock on 22/06/2022 - 14:29

      Turn your $250 into $25,000,000

  • bird380 on 22/06/2022 - 14:42
    +3

    Yesterday night around 11:30 PM went to Coles no $250 left, only a few $100 on the shelf. This morning around 10 AM went back to the exact Coles. The $250 card is full of stock. Don't understand why they are not letting people to buy it lol

    • SaintSteve on 22/06/2022 - 14:43
      +2

      People were inceptioning them

    • Poor Ass on 22/06/2022 - 16:53

      probably wanted to go home lol

  • team teri on 22/06/2022 - 18:30
    +7

    If someone has heaps of cards and wants to convert them back to cash: Wise (formerly Transferwise).

    Add $99.73 to use up a $100 card, add $249.33 to use up a $250 card. Once all added, do a transfer to your regular bank account, $0.57 fee.

    Wish I'd realised that a lot earlier than I did, would have bought a lot more cards in that case.

    • Neoika on 22/06/2022 - 18:49

      It works maybe due to the issuer change.

    • SaintSteve on 22/06/2022 - 18:50

      Wow that's great

    • HappyPanda on 22/06/2022 - 19:03

      Brilliant!

      What option do you choose?

      I selected Add money and Entered $249.33 as the amount, But it says $0.90 as the debit card fees.
      I tried with $249.1 and it added 90c to round it up to $250.

      Just want to confirm if you are using a different method to net extra 23c from $250 card?

      • team teri on 22/06/2022 - 19:19
        +1

        Yes, debit card is the correct choice.

        Once you add the actual card number the fee reduces to $0.67, bringing the total to $250 exactly.

        • HappyPanda on 22/06/2022 - 19:46

          Yep, it worked fine. Thanks!
          Used two cards, got blocked on the third, hehe.

          • HopSkipJumpFallSplat on 22/06/2022 - 20:16

            @HappyPanda: Wonder what the cool down period is before more than 2 can be used.

          • jiaqi518 on 09/07/2022 - 03:53

            @HappyPanda: I put my own Australian bank details as recipient, and then press send. I am trying to do AUD to AUD, but it says " sorry, you can't send between these currencies right now".

        • hawkeye93 on 26/06/2022 - 17:42

          Mine says card not in AUD and they charge extra $8.

    • knobbs on 22/06/2022 - 19:18

      Got through a couple of cards but they have blocked me using more cards now hehe. Good while it lasted

      • team teri on 22/06/2022 - 19:21

        Try again tomorrow. I believe they have an overall cap for the day, not user specific.

        • vinnychase on 22/06/2022 - 19:23

          Be careful. I did this last time. And they deactivated my account after a while

          • team teri on 22/06/2022 - 19:25

            @vinnychase: Did they give a reason?

            • vinnychase on 22/06/2022 - 19:30

              @team teri: Nope. No email. You get logged out of app and when u try to login it says your account has been deactivated

              • team teri on 22/06/2022 - 19:31

                @vinnychase: Wow, thanks for the warning. Too late for me though, I cashed all my cards already. I'll just have to wait and see.

                • vinnychase on 22/06/2022 - 19:33

                  @team teri: I had a bit more scale than you maybe?. Actually on the same day they deactivated my sister and mum/dads accounts which i was using for cash out.

          • toobzy on 22/06/2022 - 20:02

            @vinnychase: Yeah same thing happened to me, wasn't able to sign up again either

          • knobbs on 22/06/2022 - 20:16
            +1

            @vinnychase: Not again! I am still reeling from the ~$600+ scam from special.com.au gift cards and no response on my chargeback yet

            • vinnychase on 22/06/2022 - 23:36

              @knobbs: I didn’t end up losing much money but did lose an amount which I couldn’t be bothered following up on cause everytime I cashed out I would immediately transfer from wise to normal bank account cause I had ptsd from a similar scheme on PayPal

      • Jessie Ryder on 23/06/2022 - 23:18

        Any one been unblocked, used two cards and cannot use any more.

        • knobbs on 24/06/2022 - 11:00

          I still have pending topups. Got on chat with wise and basically said money laundering checks are going through. So need to wait 2 business days

    • truetypezk on 22/06/2022 - 22:02

      Doing it with "a lot more cards" is a pretty certain way to get your wise account closed.

      • team teri on 22/06/2022 - 22:04

        Which still is puzzling me as to why they would care. Surely the fees they charge cover their cost and perhaps create a small profit.

        • Craze on 22/06/2022 - 22:13
          +4

          I'd say most likely raise AML alarm bells.

          • truetypezk on 22/06/2022 - 22:25

            @Craze: Other than that I think card fraud might also be a concern. After they have sent you the money they have no recourse to get it back should a dispute arise.

    • mmd on 01/07/2022 - 19:44

      does this still work?

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