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[Hack] Save 2¢ Per Transaction at Self Serve Checkout @ Woolworths & Coles

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Churna on 15/08/2025 - 11:00 woolworths.com.au (1530 clicks)
Last edited 15/08/2025 - 12:21 by 1 other user
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Here’s a quirky little hack to cut a couple of cents off your weekly Woolworths or Coles shop.

At a self-serve checkout that accepts both cash and card, choose Split Payment.

Click to pay with card first then enter an amount that is 2 cents less then the total.

The remaining balance will show as 2c, which the system rounds down to $0.

Takes no extra time and an easy hack to stack with the other gift cards / rewards programs.

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Comments

  • bob98 on 15/08/2025 - 11:01
    +332

    thanks can retire this year now!

    • Churna on 15/08/2025 - 11:04
      +129

      split your 10 item purchase into 10 different sales to save 20c
      100 items, 100 times saves $2
      I can keep going

      • Save 50 Cent on 15/08/2025 - 11:15
        +102

        Please go on.. i like where this is going.

        • Murkymerv on 16/08/2025 - 08:20
          +2

          Are you bored ⁉️

      • TerryJustTerry on 15/08/2025 - 11:19
        +11

        What if i had 13069390305828 items ?

        • iDroid on 15/08/2025 - 12:30
          +54

          Then $261,387,806,116.56. Please report back when you finish.

          • dontpanic on 15/08/2025 - 14:20
            +4

            @iDroid: The outlay on the purchased items is killer though.

            BUT, if you turned around and returned everything straight away, you should be able to fund it - assuming they don't note the rounding.

            Might be easier to do in a BigW than Woolies, assuming the POS systems are the same.

            Oh, and you'd probably need a small army working for free to beat the human mortality time constraints.

            But otherwise, completely doable.

        • colossus on 15/08/2025 - 13:02
          +5

          You'll need a large shopping trolley, and some serious strength as even with an average item weight of 100g that's 1,306,939,030,582.8 KG. 😃

        • braddsey on 15/08/2025 - 12:17
          +28

          Yes - but this is to prevent them going to landfill or floating into the ocean.

        • gapa11302614 on 15/08/2025 - 12:24
          +2

          Hey hey this you get 5x more per item 😄

        • chkz84 on 15/08/2025 - 12:44
          +36

          I have seen a few elderly people in our suburb who collect cans and bottles from others' bins (with owners permission). Life isn't the same for everyone and those silver coins could mean having dinner or not having dinner for some people.

      • motion2082 on 16/08/2025 - 08:08
        +1

        How much is your time worth?

      • arcticmonkey on 16/08/2025 - 08:17
        -1

        Slowing down the self checkouts like that might make the billion dollar scum executives have something to think about.

        The population has accepted the free labour they now have to do at the checkout, at the expense of many jobs for Australians.

      • drewbytes on 16/08/2025 - 08:22
        +1

        Aint nobody got time for dat.

      • SydneySpendthrift on 20/08/2025 - 09:55

        What is the cheapest item I can use with this exploit to maximise savings as a percentage of total value purchased?

      • akerr on 30/08/2025 - 08:57

        “Rounded down?”

    • kungfuman on 15/08/2025 - 14:24
      +70

      meh don't think its worth it, thats my 2 cents.

      • Roddi on 15/08/2025 - 16:41
        +2

        Thanks Dad.

    • nightelves on 15/08/2025 - 14:29
      +1

      Don’t forget to thank OP when you do.

      • pappabosley on 19/08/2025 - 15:29
        +1

        I'll split my savings with them (rounded down of course)

    • gelo41 on 15/08/2025 - 20:50

      I can finally save up for a house

  • A female dog on 15/08/2025 - 11:01
    +139

    Unemployment final boss

    • johnfuller on 15/08/2025 - 12:14

      dont think its the boss, i think its the cleaner

  • jv on 15/08/2025 - 11:05
    +9

    Save 2c at Woolworths at Self Serve Checkout

    So 0.0067% off my $300 shopping bill?

    • Churna on 15/08/2025 - 11:05
      +49

      Or 2% off a $1 purchase.

      inflation reducing deal

      • MorriJ on 15/08/2025 - 12:05

        It's only 1.96078431% as you can't get 2c off a $1 purchase; it's 2c off a $1.02 purchase.

        • phun on 15/08/2025 - 13:00
          +12

          No it's 2c off a $1 purchase

        • Meeb on 15/08/2025 - 14:18
          +6

          Why not? Total amount due: $1. Split Payment - card: $0.98. Remaining 2c is rounded off to 0. So it should be possible to get 2c off a $1 purchase.

          • MorriJ on 15/08/2025 - 14:35
            +8

            @Meeb: I stand corrected, thanks for correcting me @phun @Meeb

    • nightelves on 15/08/2025 - 11:07
      +7

      Don’t spend it all at once jv.

    • King Steuart on 15/08/2025 - 11:09
      +4

      $300 Woolworths grocery bill is the least ozbargain thing you could do

      • dontpanic on 15/08/2025 - 14:31

        I'm pretty sure I bought about $300 worth of toilet paper during this deal:

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/192255

        Lasted me all the way through the Covid shortages too.

        • King Steuart on 15/08/2025 - 15:08

          Did this code work

        • AdModnar on 15/08/2025 - 19:28

          for just you?
          how many rolls, n how many sheets per roll.
          ways exist to make a 200 sheet roll last over 3 months for one person. That's 2 squares per day

          • Pusdi on 16/08/2025 - 22:03

            @AdModnar: How, out a cork up it?

            • AdModnar on 17/08/2025 - 10:03

              @Pusdi: take 2 squares. fold one square in half. wipe with that doubled part. fold that over, so you have half of the other square still single thickness. wipe with the 3 thick part. fold that over. wipe with that. is possible to fold that in half in the other direction and wipe with that but this is not often needed. been doing that since the covid times, made shopping less stressful because didn't need to fight for loo paper!

              • Pusdi on 17/08/2025 - 21:14

                @AdModnar: That reminds me of some lines from John safran's not the sunscreen song:

                You can wear undies four times:

                Forwards, backwards, inside out forwards and inside out backwards

      • Oz em on 15/08/2025 - 17:36

        Unless you buy in bulk the half price or less specials.

        • King Steuart on 15/08/2025 - 18:37

          How often do you do this with the 2c hack?

    • EatSleepOzBargainRpt on 15/08/2025 - 11:10

      Almost as good as the latest ShopBack deal! /s

    • BROKENKEYBOARD on 15/08/2025 - 19:38

      Purchase every item individually for max savings.

  • DingoBilly on 15/08/2025 - 11:06
    +50

    Assuming this adds about 30 seconds to the total time.

    That means you're saving 4c a minute, or $2.40 an hour.

    Getting paid/saving at a rate of $2.40 an hour is abysmal…

    It's cute but a waste of time.

    • Churna on 15/08/2025 - 11:07
      +24

      takes like 5 extra seconds tbh

      • Gorby on 15/08/2025 - 12:30
        +13

        So $14.40/hr

        • brisdaz on 15/08/2025 - 22:49
          +3

          Remember it's tax free and if you're on the highest marginal rate of 40 odd percent that's ~$25/hr after tax!

          Meh i'm not sure if my maths is exactly correct but it's in the ball park.

    • surfingedge on 15/08/2025 - 11:23
      +9

      That only works if you would be using that hour to earn more than $2.40

      • Smol Cat on 15/08/2025 - 12:38
        +14

        Oh so you value your free time off at $0/hr then? Ok.

        If anything I value my free time higher than even my salary rate / hr coz it’s so scarce and valuable.

        • Jaspa7 on 15/08/2025 - 14:28
          -1

          er.. I think that was his point

        • Ryven on 15/08/2025 - 15:12
          +6

          I value my free time at my full salary, including weekend penalties, taxes and super contributions. My friends love asking me for help moving.

    • End3vour on 15/08/2025 - 11:25
      +1

      All the little things add up.

      • marcozmitch on 15/08/2025 - 14:10
        +4

        Not really. They tell that story to make people think being frugal down to this level is life changing.
        It isn't.
        A similar sentiment to,"if you watch the pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves…"

      • ankti231 on 15/08/2025 - 16:48
        +1

        The very little things add up very slowly

      • JIMB0 on 16/08/2025 - 08:30

        For years they laughed at me for doing stuff like this, until I paid off my house at 35. Now I’m laughing while they cry inside.

        • Donutpuss on 16/08/2025 - 19:12
          +2

          Pretty sure you didnt pay your house off by defrauding woolies at this ROR.

          • JIMB0 on 16/08/2025 - 22:29

            @Donutpuss: It was just one of many little things.

    • furyou on 15/08/2025 - 11:35
      +5

      Yeah but I'm not getting paid for that. Instead of sitting on my **** for 30 seconds and getting paid zero now I earn 2c!!!!!

      • Davelovesdealz on 15/08/2025 - 12:41
        +1

        What tax bracket we talking? If top then its 4.80 an hour….

    • squaredonut on 15/08/2025 - 14:34

      What if I can automate it?

    • arcticmonkey on 16/08/2025 - 08:19

      And you're being paid nothing to scan your own items.

      • jlien on 28/08/2025 - 22:04

        no reason you couldn't do this at a manned checkout counter.
        They allow split payments there too.

        If they give you the side eye, say you got exactly that much left in your account.
        Now it's costing woolies an extra 30s of labour and you pocket the winnings

  • countmein on 15/08/2025 - 11:08
    +2

    What

  • cerealsmok3r on 15/08/2025 - 11:08
    +1

    @Emphasise youre inspiring others now

  • Ezekiel2320 on 15/08/2025 - 11:09
    +47

    Haha I used to do that when I worked there.

    Now I save a lot more money by shopping at Aldi instead

    • Churna on 15/08/2025 - 11:11
      +1

      tbh might work at Aldi aswell

      • mattmel96 on 16/08/2025 - 08:20
        +1

        At my ALDI, all self service machines are card only, so you would have to try it with a human cashier.

    • beefsandwich on 15/08/2025 - 13:33
      +5

      Now I save a lot more money by shopping at Aldi instead

      Post it as a long running 'hack'

      • Ezekiel2320 on 15/08/2025 - 13:35
        -4

        Meh at this point anyone doing their regular shop at Colesworths is too stupid to be helped

        • khrome on 15/08/2025 - 14:29
          -4

          Totally agree but there's a lot of them out there unfortunately.

        • CaptainJack on 15/08/2025 - 17:49
          -2

          Or well enough off not to care.

        • Ironic fear on 15/08/2025 - 21:59
          +3

          Lots of smaller towns don't have an aldi or even both Coles and Woolies.

        • keeperofthegood on 22/08/2025 - 10:55

          Grocery delivery from Colesworths costs more in dollars, but saves me substantial time and energy. Sadly I'm in a season of life where that's the more important resource to save, so I give the big ones more of my money… for now at least.

  • ak47wong on 15/08/2025 - 11:09
    +4

    You could have kept this to yourself and made $85,789.90 but now they'll probably fix the system.

    • JIMB0 on 16/08/2025 - 08:42

      It used to work the other way around on cashout. That was like a very slow money printer.

  • timhn on 15/08/2025 - 11:11
    +18

    Seriously, are we really that low?

    • Churna on 15/08/2025 - 11:11
      +117

      you must be new here

    • jackthefrost on 15/08/2025 - 11:21
      +13

      Hand over your ozbargain badge

    • DingoBlue on 15/08/2025 - 13:02

      We’re very tight and the “hack” element is a multiplying factor.

    • wetsandwich on 15/08/2025 - 14:11

      It actually gets much worse than this, unfortunately.

    • Pusdi on 16/08/2025 - 22:18
      -1

      The thought of "stealing" money from these greedy, immoral giants is also quite appealing. And we can't do it by stuffing a pack of eye fillets down our pants now that they have cameras in the meat sections.

  • joelmuzz on 15/08/2025 - 11:12
    +5

    If you buy the small chillies one at a time they can round down to huge percentage savings.

    • wetsandwich on 15/08/2025 - 14:12

      Now they don't sell them loose at all, only $3 or more for a plastic packet of them. I scan that packet manually as whatever chillis I can find in the system though, fk paying $3 for literally 10 cents worth.

      • Pusdi on 16/08/2025 - 22:21

        Mushrooms..

        Edit: oh, read on!

    • e8s5 on 28/08/2025 - 18:44

      I actually do this often, buy just 1 small birdseye chili.
      The self service machine then will say it can't weigh the item because it's too light. Then the staff would just give it to me for free

  • dwarves on 15/08/2025 - 11:12
    +36

    Reminiscent of a Townsville bloke who in the first days of supermarket rounding was banned from his local Coles for buying small mushrooms individually because they would come in at 2c and were thus free

  • Emphasise on 15/08/2025 - 11:13
    +10

    Shameless plug but I made a reel about this some time ago 🤣

    https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5HifqRB2TU/

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