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[NSW, ACT] 10% off $100 and $250 Vanilla VISA Gift Cards When You Scan Flybuys ($5.95/ $7.50 Activation Fee) @ Coles

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RichardL on 20/03/2023 - 00:03 shopfully.com.au (2317 clicks)
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10% off $100 and $250 Vanilla VISA Gift Cards when you scan flybuys @ Coles

Limit of 5 Gift Cards per Flybuys account per day. 10% discount will be applied to the value of the card including the applicable activation fee. Total cost for $100 gift card is $95.36 ($90 for card and $5.36 for activation fee) and for $250 card is $231.75 ($225 for card and $6.75 for activation fee). Offer valid only in NSW and ACT only in store at Coles Supermarkets (excludes Coles Online, Coles Express and purchases via giftcards.com.au), subject to store availability. Excludes all other States. Excludes $25, $50 and $400 Vanilla Visa Gift Cards. To qualify for this offer you must present your Flybuys card at the time of purchase. While stocks last, no rainchecks. Vanilla Visa Gift Cards cannot be used to purchase any other gift card sold at Coles. Offer valid from 22/3/23 to 28/3/23. Refer to individual gift card for terms and conditions. Flybuys' privacy policy applies. Standard Flybuys terms and conditions apply and are available at Flybuys.com.au. Vanilla Visa gift cards are issued by Heritage and People's Choice Limited trading as Heritage Bank ABN 11 087 651 125 AFSL 244310 pursuant to a license from Visa Worldwide Pte Limited.

  • $100 gift card = $95.36 ($90 for the card and $5.36 for activation) = 4.64%.
  • $250 gift card = $231.75 ($225 for the card and $6.75 for activation) = 7.3%.
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        • trixieb on 22/03/2023 - 12:29

          Sorry was thinking of previous offer of bonus FB points where you can probably scan later. This is 10% off with FB

        • Neoika on 22/03/2023 - 13:10

          Must have already exceeded the 5 limit.

    • Homr on 22/03/2023 - 13:37
      +1

      How can someone just blindly pay $2575? Do they not look at the EFT machine before tapping??

      • Neoika on 22/03/2023 - 14:14

        He would rather have his bank card declined like someone above.

      • EmployeeJollystacker @ Coles on 22/03/2023 - 14:24

        he cashed it up

      • shane23 on 22/03/2023 - 14:46

        and blindly buy a extra 5 cards more then your allowed lol

        • EmployeeJollystacker @ Coles on 22/03/2023 - 18:29

          double dip

    • Koipanda on 22/03/2023 - 18:14

      You can't buy more than 5 though??

      • nsingh21 on 22/03/2023 - 20:18

        @Koipanda, I think Coles' controls this time is via Flybuys, which is uniquely tied to one person via Mobile number & Email. Last time I remember, you didn't need Flybuys so the control check was store reps remembering your face.

        Now it's much tighter! Appreciate this move, managed to grab 5 today 😇

  • bird380 on 22/03/2023 - 14:33
    +1

    Plenty of 100s in chatswood coles, but none 250s :((

    • Zippy7 on 22/03/2023 - 16:24

      Thanks for the heads up. Will check later in the week - last time I know they got a restock at the weekend.

      • bird380 on 22/03/2023 - 18:41

        That’s the coles at Chatswood Chase
        Not sure the one at Westfield

      • bird380 on 23/03/2023 - 19:16

        URGENT! They have 2 boxes of stock available at the service desk, just now chatswood chase

      • bird380 on 23/03/2023 - 19:17

        @Zippy7

        • Zippy7 on 23/03/2023 - 19:58
          +1

          Thank you @bird380 - I got some at the Chase.

  • Maglia Nera on 22/03/2023 - 16:29

    Plenty of $250’s at Hornsby Westfield - at service desk

  • ilovefullprice on 22/03/2023 - 17:04
    -1

    Looks like these doesn’t work on Wise anymore.

  • tranmerlance on 22/03/2023 - 17:23

    Does Vanilla inception work? Can you use these cards to buy more? Anyone tried?

    • bruceclipse on 22/03/2023 - 18:28

      Curious as well has some tried it yet?

      • webtherapist on 23/03/2023 - 09:45

        they fixed that

        • nightelves on 23/03/2023 - 13:17

          At self checkout only though right?

    • JIMB0 on 23/03/2023 - 16:38

      Any card with a balance of $18.25 may get cancelled.

      • lilkid28 on 23/03/2023 - 16:46

        Can it be cancelled just like that??

  • FujiFruit on 22/03/2023 - 18:52

    I went again in the evening and they said no stock

    • bird380 on 22/03/2023 - 19:00

      I am going to my local store at around 11 pm to see if they have restock…

  • marka on 22/03/2023 - 19:09

    Do these get restocked in the middle of the sales period?

    • Homr on 22/03/2023 - 19:34

      I hope so

    • SabreTooth23 on 22/03/2023 - 20:06
      +1

      Last promotion the local Coles manager told me that they get random deliveries within the day. It looks like the same this time as I went in the morning before 9am and oos then come 6pm and they have the full box of gc.

  • hijupic on 22/03/2023 - 22:38

    Does purchasing these gift cards count towards flybuy points?

    I couldn't find anything about it on flybuys page. Accidentally purchased a Coles card for money spend to count for Status credits. None of the points counted and then I found a clause on giftcards.com.au that they don't count.

    Do the VISA cards count? Can i purchase VISA cards with my Coles gift card?

    • shane23 on 22/03/2023 - 23:20

      yes you can

    • Trance N Dance on 23/03/2023 - 01:13
      +1

      They count towards flybuys in the sense that you'll earn flybuys points and they'll include the spend total to calculate those spend $X get Y points offers. But they do not count towards the VA SC that you get for every $100 spent in a month nor do they go towards fulfilling those spend $X get Y points offers.

      • hijupic on 26/03/2023 - 17:23

        Pity. But thank you for that.

  • Koipanda on 23/03/2023 - 07:55
    +2

    Looks like stock levels are very stable. I guess 5 max is stopping a lot of people

    • Techefy on 23/03/2023 - 15:16

      How does 5 max limits people when there are enough flybuys cards freely around the counters?

      • Neoika on 23/03/2023 - 15:26

        Most don't realize it. And too much mucking-around may result in paying full price inattentively, i.e. not scan a flybuys.

        If you have some barcode knowledge, you know that a random flybuys barcode can be generated easily.

        • easternculture on 23/03/2023 - 15:58
          +1

          No need to generate a barcode

          Pick up a temp card for the pile next to self serve checkout

  • easternculture on 23/03/2023 - 10:54

    Another 5 x 250 cards nom nom nom

    Thanks wealthy suburbs

    • Nom on 23/03/2023 - 11:25

      What should we do with this information 🤗

      • bird380 on 23/03/2023 - 11:31

        Run don’t walk!

    • SydBoy on 23/03/2023 - 20:02

      I drove 15km from work and bang wealthy suburb has plenty in stock and those who are buying are Asian… ! (4 people before me from same family each with 5 cards) … LoL

      • easternculture on 23/03/2023 - 20:09

        Nobody wants to reveal their wealthy suburb lol

        • SydBoy on 24/03/2023 - 05:20
          +1

          I bet if I disclose than not only this time but in next deal as well I won't be able to find card there.

          But only hint I can give is they are north of Sydney… So don't bother looking at western Sydney suburb.

          • Neoika on 24/03/2023 - 07:45

            @SydBoy: Totally untrue. I am not far from the location you mentioned in the topic.

            • SydBoy on 24/03/2023 - 09:03

              @Neoika: If you can find $250 card in any of Coles in western Sydney (excludes blue mountains) than either you are lucky or staff putting out small quantities everyday… !

            • easternculture on 24/03/2023 - 14:35
              +1

              @Neoika: Went again today to same store third time and they have about 100 x $250 cards stocked. If i mention suburb, game over

              • SydBoy on 24/03/2023 - 14:49

                @easternculture: agree, don't ever share suburb name and i won't that either else all my asian cousins (like me) will be there … with moms & dads and uncles & aunts… so one should not disclose suburb name at any cost… !

  • Neoika on 23/03/2023 - 13:48

    Pretty sure some stores are selling proportional amount everyday now. Not many yesterday lunchtime, none this morning, a lot today lunchtime.

    • Trance N Dance on 23/03/2023 - 14:19

      Probably had more stock come in during the morning. They're usually courier delivered.

      • Neoika on 23/03/2023 - 14:24

        I didn't visit it yesterday morning as not planned to buy much. Also sometimes the delivery may have not arrived that early.

  • Sheng on 23/03/2023 - 18:46

    Why isn't the $400 one on discount :(

    • Sheng on 23/03/2023 - 20:40

      P.S Look at the belt register where they place gum and stuff.

  • SillYKiT on 23/03/2023 - 18:53
    +1

    not for VIC again ffs….

  • FujiFruit on 23/03/2023 - 19:09
    +12

    Yesterday i had a experience with a manager and she was acting all high authority and asked for my drivers license and bank card which i gave . She was staring at it for 2 minutes then gives it back to me, then she put it through and i said to put through split payment and she said no im not doing that i asked her why, and she said you just called me "shit" i said no i didn't , why are u saying that , then she smiled and said cause i can and i don't want to serve you and acting all high and mighty . I said let me speak to the supervisor and she said i am the only one here and i the manager. So i said well you are on camera for acting like this for no reason and im going to make a complain. So i rang coles complaints line and gave her name and said pls look at the video camera at the coles store how she was acting to customers before me and me as well.

    • Splashtash on 23/03/2023 - 19:33
      +1

      Good on ya mate

    • SydBoy on 23/03/2023 - 20:00

      She might be looking to get you back of the store but you didn't read the signal well… !

    • easternculture on 23/03/2023 - 20:08

      Was her name Karyn

    • Yola on 24/03/2023 - 09:55
      +3

      If you want action write to them and cc the CEO, several senior executives from their Customer Service, Current Affairs, The Age, etc. Provide all the info. Companies ignore verbal complaints. This way you get to send it again every week. Also with the cc's they have to take action so that if any of those people contact them they can explain what action they are taking.

      • ilovefullprice on 24/03/2023 - 13:02

        With Current Affairs, The Age etc, is it better to email the journalists themselves or the executives?

      • FujiFruit on 27/03/2023 - 16:26

        Thank you , no one has yet got back to me from the complaint department.

    • Ash-Say on 24/03/2023 - 17:55
      +2

      Why you did handover the drivers licence?

      If it's not in written policy, you should make a complaint and tell them their staff is breaching privacy laws and allege that they are going to committ fraud by using your personal information.

      • FujiFruit on 27/03/2023 - 16:25

        I thought they had the right to ask for driver license and bank card. When I made the complaint I did mention she asked for it. Well no one has rang me back about the complaint.

        • Trance N Dance on 27/03/2023 - 16:51

          If it's in the process of confirming the payment card does in deed belongs to you, they may request, but they can't demand. If you refuse the request they can deny accepting that method of payment if they suspect the card isn't your's.

  • w1nthrophy on 23/03/2023 - 23:24

    Can I use 3 x $250 of these in eBay to purchase an item worth $700?

    .

    • easternculture on 23/03/2023 - 23:34

      You would have to buy GCs with 2

  • daanish on 24/03/2023 - 12:14

    I'll be in Sydney for work next week and I'll have a rental car and a couple of hours to kill before the rest of my team need collecting from the airport. Can anyone suggest which stores closer to the airport might be worth looking at for cards?

    • SydBoy on 24/03/2023 - 13:44

      most suburb closer to airport are full of asian (like myself) so forget about trying anything there in my opinion… !

      • Neoika on 24/03/2023 - 14:15
        +1

        OK, BYO.

    • easternculture on 24/03/2023 - 14:36
      +1

      Just go to rich suburbs. You will find plenty

      Already bought 15 over 3 days from same store

    • shane23 on 24/03/2023 - 16:10
      -3

      Yes there is woolies nearby your location. If you have access to your team ask them to check the internet .

  • easternculture on 24/03/2023 - 22:02

    Can confirm recieved flybuys points
    2200 so far which offsets the 0.6% fee for payment with credit cards for utilities

  • maverick1 on 25/03/2023 - 11:29

    Seems there is no stock of 250 in rich suburbs of Syd either.

  • Ash-Say on 25/03/2023 - 12:21

    Thanks Op, my $10k quota is completed.

    I was able to buy from my local store in 5 trips. They still had plenty left.

    • bargain-lover007 on 25/03/2023 - 12:24
      +1

      Mt Druitt ?

      • Ash-Say on 25/03/2023 - 13:57

        Yes

        • aeaeae on 26/03/2023 - 17:47

          Is there any left today?

          • Ash-Say on 26/03/2023 - 18:13

            @aeaeae: Dont know. I am done and dont need more for time being.

    • Sheng on 25/03/2023 - 13:22
      +1

      So its 5 per day.

  • Astro551 on 25/03/2023 - 14:26

    Has anyone used these at a merchant where it asked for pin (and couldn't skip this option, the "enter" key was greyed out). I selected "credit" I initially but wondering if I should've chosen a different option

    • WookieMonster on 25/03/2023 - 15:05
      +1

      It sounds like that merchant is mandating a PIN to be provided, which means that these prepaid gift cards are not redeemable at that merchant.

      In my experience, entering random numbers (e.g. 0000) as a PIN would not work, because you would then be attempting to authenticate the transactions using a PIN, which is something these prepaid gift cards do not support.

      I know on some St George- and Westpac-branded EFTPOS terminals, there is an option on the PIN prompt screen to authenticate using a signature instead, but judging by your comment, that does not apply to your situation.

      Selecting Credit was the correct thing to do, because these prepaid gift cards operate on the Visa network. If you selected Savings or Cheque, you would have been attempting to route the payment through the EFTPOS network, which is not a supported network on these prepaid gift cards.

      • nsingh21 on 25/03/2023 - 15:26

        This really sucks. Really limits the usefulness of these cards. Guess that's what Heritage bank wants anyways. Was able to use Coles MC from last time on Opal topup machines, however, with Vanilla VISA, the Opal top up machine says "Transaction declined by Bank. Please use a different card".

        @WookieMonster - I suppose other than merchants enforcing PIN, the card may not be redeemable in-store for purchases >$100 since those are mandatory to be PIN verified. Now I'm hoping to build up a list of Merchants that accept signature (e.g Westpac & St. George), and those that don't.

        • WookieMonster on 25/03/2023 - 18:01
          +1

          Really limits the usefulness of these cards. Guess that's what Heritage bank wants anyways.

          Signature verification is still very much a valid way of authorising a transaction, but it is definitely unusual in Australia. Although the ability to use signature verification for Australian-issued debit and credit cards in Australia was dropped in 2014, there are still a few scenarios where signature verification is still allowed, including:

          • Signature-only cards (and some Australian banks still issue these cards for accessibility reasons)
          • International cards
          • Cards with no chips

          It is not as though Vanilla Visa gift cards are the only reason signature verification still happens in Australia!

          I also would not blame Heritage Bank, as my understanding is that they only handle transactions on behalf of InComm (the gift card scheme owner). I would blame InComm, because they obviously do not want to spend the time and money updating the gift card scheme they own to allow PIN verification. It is even more curious that Coles Mastercard gift cards (which are basically rebranded Vanilla Visa gift cards) allow you set a PIN if you want to. To be fair, the Coles Mastercard gift card scheme is much newer than the Vanilla Visa gift card scheme, so Coles probably got InComm to come up with a system to let you set a PIN.

          the card may not be redeemable in-store for purchases >$100 since those are mandatory to be PIN verified

          Not quite.

          The threshold you refer to is for contactless purchases using a physical card. The threshold changes when you move away from this example. For example:

          • If you use a card from a mobile wallet via NFC to pay for a purchase, you will not be asked for a PIN. For example, I have purchased nearly $1000 worth of gift cards from Coles using a mobile wallet and was not asked for a PIN. However, when I tapped my physical credit card in another (similar) transaction a couple of minutes after, I was asked to provide a PIN.

          • All refund transactions I have done using a mobile wallet or a physical card have asked for a PIN, no matter the refund amount.

          • When swiping a card on an EFTPOS terminal to pay for a purchase, I have found that different merchants have different thresholds before asking for a PIN. For example, Coles' threshold is around $35, Woolworths and BIG W seem to be about $1 or $2 (it seems to be incredibly low), some eating places always ask for a PIN, whereas other eating places will happily let me for a $15 purchase without asking for a PIN. It's really inconsistent.

          Now I'm hoping to build up a list of Merchants that accept signature (e.g Westpac & St. George), and those that don't.

          I do not think it will be as simple as that, because signature verification is reliant on whether the merchant is comfortable approving the transaction based on the signature provided and the signature on the card (and even the signature on any ID you may carry). For example, I know that Australia Post allows for signature verification, but an OzBargainer told me earlier this week that they were told by a staff member that they had to provide a PIN to authenticate any transactions.

          • nsingh21 on 26/03/2023 - 15:40
            +1

            @WookieMonster: Thanks a ton WookieMonster for yet another comprehensive guidance. You're doing God's work for us newbies here on OZB.

            Noted and understood re scheme owner. My bad for confusing the contactless payment & physical in-store card thresholds. I personally feel these cards aren't as useful as they should be given they're carrying the VISA logo. VISA should mean it'll work and be accepted anywhere without having to worry, I wonder if this merchant accepts NO PIN transaction.

            Nevertheless, the 7.3% discount is still great to have, so going to use my cards happily even though need to jump some hoops.

  • Sheng on 25/03/2023 - 15:27

    Saw someone buy 4 cards then wait to help desk lol

  • nsingh21 on 25/03/2023 - 15:31

    Saw a guy buy 30 x $100 Vanilla VISA cards. He was premitted to buy, got me really surprised. I wanted to take a u-turn and grab some more lol. Decided against it, Vanilla VISA are less useful due to signature verification.

    • googoogaga on 26/03/2023 - 11:11
      +1

      30 x $100 is hardly worth the time

      • nsingh21 on 26/03/2023 - 12:25

        Agreed! Barely worth the time in driving down to Coles and stacking up. Not to mention the stress thereafter in using or liquidating them all. Liquidation is gonna eat into processing fees so wasn't worth it. I'm honestly not so sure why I bought a couple $100 ones myself 🤦🏽

        Gonna pay up some online bills and get rid of em. Don't find it too exciting to carry these cards around and be hopeful that a merchant is accepting signature verification.

  • ilikedeals on 25/03/2023 - 18:55
    +1

    Got 5 x $250 at Rouse Hills Coles.
    Plenty of $100 left but $250s are fairly limited. Check out guy was lovely and pleasant, explaining how it’s a lot better now with the flybuys requirement (limiting how often people can do multiple times on the same day)

    • nsingh21 on 26/03/2023 - 12:30

      @marka - this was true for Coles MC cards. You can do self-serve PIN setup or enter any PIN in-store on your 1st transaction.

      Vanilla VISA website allows you to only register the card with your personal details - name, address, mob, email, even route the card through your home/work IP 😱 but not set PIN 🤦🏽

      To my experience, registering the card hasn't had any incremental benefits in performing transactions. Apart from PayPal, seems like cash advances are hard blocked.

      • marka on 26/03/2023 - 15:59

        Ah I see. you're right.

  • ilikedeals on 26/03/2023 - 19:34

    No $250s at all at Coles Windsor (NSW)

  • Peck on 27/03/2023 - 00:00

    Citibank Credit card fails when trying to purchase these gift cards, and they don't even to notify you. All that you get is fail transaction/failed PIN on the Eftpos Terminal!

    • easternculture on 27/03/2023 - 00:14
      +2

      Bought mine with citi credit card. Nil issues

      • vasya on 27/03/2023 - 13:56

        Same here.

    • Trance N Dance on 27/03/2023 - 07:39

      Might be Citibank fraud protection kicking in. What did Citi say?

      • Peck on 27/03/2023 - 10:07

        No email or SMS from them & I couldn't be bothered with calling and talking to foreigners. I used my NAB Debit card instead.

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