2000 Bonus Flybuys Points (Worth $10) on $100 & $250 Coles Mastercard Gift Card ($5 & $7 Fees Apply) @ Coles (2024)

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  shap08 on 17/05/2024 - 12:11

  +3

  Perfect time as I just got yello $10 off Coles $100

  • 

    zuruhara on 18/05/2024 - 00:18

    Can it be used to buy a gift card?

    • 

      browser on 18/05/2024 - 08:49

      +5

      Officially no, but they don't know.

    • 

      V003 on 21/05/2024 - 10:04

      i have bought ubereats giftcard, it worked last month

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  TEER3X on 17/05/2024 - 12:19

  +20

  Seems like more trouble that it's worth.

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    jimmy1593 on 17/05/2024 - 12:47

    +5

    Still you won't find any on shelves from Wednesday

    • 

      Dark Zeus on 17/05/2024 - 18:22

      -1

      Only if you live in regional (Broken Hill / NSW or Warrnambool / VIC or Mildura / VIC, you will be able to find it.

    • 

      Rimas on 17/05/2024 - 21:57

      You'll find them in the most unexpected shelves if you look close enough

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    rekke on 17/05/2024 - 14:05

    +2

    10500 Velocity points for $50 (2 accounts), not a bad trade imo

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    Dealseeker21 on 17/05/2024 - 16:58

    Okay best you don't bother then, I'll happily get 10.500 Velocity points (2 account) which is 6,774 KrisFlyer miles which is worth around $200

    • 

      Magnai on 17/05/2024 - 19:31

      +1

      How do you get 10500 Velocity points from this deal? Im guessing its 5250 if you have 1 account..

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      jrvb42 on 18/05/2024 - 08:57

      +1

      I was with you all the way up to 6774 Kris miles is $200 - excluding overvalued upgrades, how? I make it around $67.

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        Dealseeker21 on 18/05/2024 - 09:27

        I only redeem for business class fares, not upgraded

        Sydney - London 130,500 miles + AUD 116.07, which is around $4,000.00 if purchased (as a round-trip, more if one-way)

        So 3,883.93 (taking out taxes) / 130,500 = 2.9 cents per mile

        6,774 * $0.29 = $197

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          Craze on 18/05/2024 - 12:54

          @Dealseeker21: It's 6774 * $0.029= $197

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      TEER3X on 19/05/2024 - 21:38

      I've seen a few comments in previous deals where cards were hacked.

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  Ozfanmel on 17/05/2024 - 12:19

  -1

  Is max allowed 5 card per flybuys account ?

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    WookieMonster on 17/05/2024 - 12:23

    +4

    I’d say yes, because the deal description says…

    Limit 5 Gift Cards per Flybuys account.

    … and

    BONUS POINTS can be awarded more than once for each Gift Card type including different denominations of the same Gift Card but can only be collected up to 5 times per Flybuys account.

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  Poor Ass on 17/05/2024 - 12:22

  +3

  sucks that QLD hasn't got the 10% off Coles Mastercard GC deal like when NSW did

  must be punishment from getting all those electricity rebates

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    trixieb on 17/05/2024 - 12:33

    WA also didn't get those 10% off Coles MC that NSW and VIC got. Probably a year ago since we got 10% off

    • 

      hawkeye93 on 17/05/2024 - 12:35

      +1

      Better wait for those Giftcardz.com.au deals.

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        Poor Ass on 17/05/2024 - 12:57

        +1

        Those $250 10% off were pretty epic indeed

        Issue was like 1. half of the transactions couldn't go through and 2. also issue of them being hacked

        But I use them all in the same day any way

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      jrvb42 on 18/05/2024 - 08:48

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      Didn't your state budget also just announce power rebates. It's punishment, just like Poor Ass says :)

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        trixieb on 18/05/2024 - 13:36

        Yes being punished for that :)

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  me1stt on 17/05/2024 - 12:27

  -3

  Hi @WookieMonster. Do you if I can use TCN Luxury eftpos gift card to buy this Coles one?

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    WookieMonster on 17/05/2024 - 12:30

    +1

    No idea, because I have not used an eftpos gift card with the same BIN as the TCN Luxury eftpos gift card to purchase any gift cards at Coles in over two years.

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    Poor Ass on 17/05/2024 - 13:00

    -1

    Just spend the money

    You'll save jack all from stacking GCs on these <5% discount deals

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      rekke on 17/05/2024 - 17:10

      When they work… assuming 5% for each stack, $1000 spend would return somewhere near $100. For about an hours work, I'd take that.

      Or if you are converting to Flyer points … it could be much more too.

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        Poor Ass on 17/05/2024 - 20:55

        Issue is there's always restrictions

        Feels like those daigous with milk formula few years ago

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  New Chump on 17/05/2024 - 12:36

  +5

  It has been posted many times before, but use these cards immediately.

  I have had a good run with them, but one in my last batch was hacked a few days after purchase, and InComm won't give me a refund (having "investigated" but not given me any reasons behind their decision).

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    WookieMonster on 17/05/2024 - 12:56

    +1

    Did you ask InComm for a refund on a gift card that was already purchased and (partially) redeemed, or did you tell InComm you wanted to dispute a transaction?

    If you did the latter, did you then lodge a complaint with AFCA? Disputing a transaction is specified in the Cardholder Agreement as something you can do on these gift cards, and an AFCA complaint should get Heritage Bank to tell InComm to sort it out.

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      New Chump on 17/05/2024 - 13:57

      Thanks WM (was hoping you may respond!)

      I told Incomm I wanted to dispute the transaction (as per clause 14 of their Terms and Conditions). I have been considering next steps, and wasn't sure whether to try Heritage Bank first, or go straight to AFCA.

      Was also considering initiating a Chargeback on the credit card I used to purchase the CM card.

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        WookieMonster on 17/05/2024 - 15:10

        +3

        Sounds like you said the right things to InComm.

        I would be tempted to go straight to AFCA, because the Cardholder Agreement says if you do not agree with InComm’s assessment, you are welcome to take your complaint to AFCA.

        I would be wary of doing a chargeback against the merchant (e.g. Coles, Shell Coles/Reddy Express), because the problem lies with InComm (not the merchant), and I think it would be harder for the merchant to put leverage on InComm than if you went to AFCA instead. You also probably should not risk the merchant banning you and/or terminate your linked Flybuys account in response to the chargeback. I would treat a chargeback as a last resort (i.e. if the AFCA complaint fails).

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  cuteduck on 17/05/2024 - 12:40

  -1

  @WookieMonster Can I use ShopBack Supermarket Visa Gift Cards to buy? Thanks

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    WookieMonster on 17/05/2024 - 13:00

    +3

    I do not have a ShopBack account, so I do not have access to those gift cards. However, this comment from a couple of months mentions it worked, plus I have not heard nor seen any more recent report, so it probably still works.

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  Cluster on 17/05/2024 - 12:53

  +4

  I've used almost a hundred of these cards without problems… but, beware that the online site to check balances hasn't worked for months. I've given up on it. Need to call the number on the card to find out the remaining balance.

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    jimmy1593 on 17/05/2024 - 12:56

    I thought it was just me not able to check balance online

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    henrikoez on 17/05/2024 - 13:42

    did you use this https://www.mybalancenow.com/? I just tried with one of my used cards and it works for me

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      Cluster on 17/05/2024 - 14:09

      Hey, what do you know. It works again. Mybalancenow was offline for many months. Always returned a generic 'system error' for all the cards I tried it with.

      Good to see they finally resolved the problem.

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  Tangenyahu on 17/05/2024 - 13:00

  +1

  So are these working with the ATO at the moment? I recall there was some suggestion on other recent deals that they may have stopped working with the ATO.

  • 

    RTY on 17/05/2024 - 13:38

    +2

    Last time I used these to pay ATO was 26 April, worked fine

    • 

      coxymla on 17/05/2024 - 14:49

      Thanks, got my assessment due!

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  bigspike on 17/05/2024 - 13:03

  +3

  We buy them, go home and immediately pay rates or power bill. Easy. 25 bucks off is still 25 bucks off.

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    Craze on 18/05/2024 - 12:56

    Only if you value FB points at its face value; as you can get Coles GC at 3-4% discount.

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  Sortale on 17/05/2024 - 13:12

  +1

  does the trick of adding one random item to the mastercard giftcards and pay the whole lot with Coles gift card still work?

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    trixieb on 17/05/2024 - 13:48

    Didn't know about this trick

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    noelhoi on 18/05/2024 - 10:16

    I havent tried it myself using that particular trick but I thought Coles’ EFTPOS machines no longer accept any kind of GC for any purchase of any GC — whether by itself or mixed with other groceries — ever since they updated their systems last year and it would come up with ”Invalid Product Mix”.

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      Sortale on 18/05/2024 - 23:24

      thanks
      I was afraid this was the case

      See Also

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  unhsivzn on 17/05/2024 - 13:15

  I am new to Aussie. Can you please guide me which one to buy ?
  $100 card - I will get 2000 points and $250 card still 2000 points?

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    mmcs on 17/05/2024 - 13:34

    That's correct.

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      unhsivzn on 17/05/2024 - 13:35

      Thankyou. If get 2 X $100 - I will be getting 4000 FB points ?

      • 

        mmcs on 17/05/2024 - 13:36

        +1

        Yes.

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  Ozpe1903 on 17/05/2024 - 13:37

  +7

  Sick of seeing these flybuy promotions. We need the real deal. %10 off please come back soon

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    SnoozeAndLose on 18/05/2024 - 09:35

    When there is 10% off you won't find card anywhere

    • 

      Dealseeker21 on 18/05/2024 - 09:37

      -3

      Hide them a day or three earlier, easy

    • 

      BobLim on 19/05/2024 - 12:26

      +1

      IMO they should just keep them at the service desk during this week - order heaps of additional stock in preparation, then have them available by request only.

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        SnoozeAndLose on 19/05/2024 - 13:05

        so they will need to hire extra stuff to just sell them off the service desk.

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          BobLim on 19/05/2024 - 13:08

          @SnoozeAndLose: Could still process them at any register, just handled by the staff to prevent dodgy behaviour

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  Peck on 17/05/2024 - 13:42

  I use to top up my Oz Lotteries account via paypal. "You win some (very rarely) you lose more!"

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  Handacrobatic on 17/05/2024 - 13:45

  Can we use coles gift card to buy this?

  • 

    Peck on 17/05/2024 - 13:54

    No

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    quick-dry on 17/05/2024 - 17:03

    no, but you might be able to use cards bought on woolies deal to pay for these, I've used these to buy cards at woolies when the deals have lined up.

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  test8888 on 17/05/2024 - 15:18

  not topic related, if anyone know how to subscribe to post? was ok but now once clicked top button, it went to new window then nothing could do there.

  • 

    orangeblossom on 17/05/2024 - 15:43

    I'm having the same problem

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    Moderatormoocher on 17/05/2024 - 15:54

    Can you try clearing your browser cache and see if that issue still occurs? Thanks.

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    CodeXD on 17/05/2024 - 16:14

    Like subscribe so you get notification of comments?

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    tangible on 18/05/2024 - 07:24

    Yes, had the same issue, and clearing cache didn’t help

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  ilovefullprice on 17/05/2024 - 15:54

  Thanks OP

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  slam on 17/05/2024 - 17:06

  How much is 2000 flybys points worth in monetary terms?

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    rekke on 17/05/2024 - 17:14

    +1

    $10. Minus the purchase fee = $5 profit on the $100 card. Not so great…. however….

    If you transfer the Flybuys points to Velocity points, its a 2:1 ratio. So this promo would get you 5k Velocity points.

    Their value is arguable but if you redeem on Business Class international flights, you could roughly assign around 3-4c per point
    5000 x 0.04c = $200 worth of Business Class flights (optimistically)

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      keepsmiling on 17/05/2024 - 17:53

      Hi, I'm new to these Velocity Points concept. Could you explain how does this work?
      Do we need any velocity account?
      And can it be used to book only business class flights or international economy class allowed too?
      Does flight bookings needs to be done a specific website?

      Sorry for so many Qns, I'm just trying to understand it.

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        rekke on 17/05/2024 - 23:32

        +1

        Could you explain how does this work?

        I can do my best

        Do we need any velocity account?

        You don't need a Velocity account to earn the Flybuys points from this promo, but eventually you need a Velocity account to transfer the Flybuys points into the Velocity account at a 2:1 ratio (i.e. 2 Flybuys points = 1 Veloctiy point)

        And can it be used to book only business class flights or international economy class allowed too?

        You can do lots of things with them like gift cards, hotels, flights, car hire etc, but the best use of points will be on flight seats, in particular upgraded seats or booking business/fight class. So you can book international economy, domestic economy, etc but the redemption value will be less than booking business/first class

        Does flight bookings needs to be done a specific website?

        I don't know enough about the flyer programs/partner programs to answer this one in detail, but generally yes to redeem Velocity points you would use them on Virgin flights ideally a Classic Reward seat.

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          jrvb42 on 19/05/2024 - 08:45

          @rekke: Using points on things you wouldn't otherwise purchase, to get a perceived better value is not smart.
          Just because the airline tells you a flight upgrade is worth $x doesn't mean it is. It's worth what you'd pay if there were no points.
          Same with business and first class redemptions.
          Work out the value to yourself (not the price you are told the redemption is worth).
          Otherwise you are just getting conned into wasting points and helping the airlines sell overpriced business class seats, that might otherwise be empty. PS also reducing the chance people will get free upgrades like in the old days.

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            rekke on 19/05/2024 - 09:40

            @jrvb42: That's a good point and I've seen it made many times. For me personally… I want to fly Business/First class and the retail price is substantiated by people paying full price for those seats, so for me the value redemption is calculated based on the actual price for Busineess/Fight class redemptions.

            Work out the value to yourself (not the price you are told the redemption is worth).

            Given I've been redeeming them on Business Class Reward seats, the points have been worth around 3-4c per point. I'm okay with getting conned by the airlines to spend more on my seats.

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  Robin2012 on 17/05/2024 - 17:11

  +1

  wait for 10%

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    Brick50 on 17/05/2024 - 20:24

    +1

    Anyone know when the next 10% deal is due?

    • 

      Kennnnnnnne on 17/05/2024 - 23:54

      +1

      I believe if giving 20x points still sold out
      they will not give the 10% off anymore
      I haven't buy it since it changes to point

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      Neoika on 18/05/2024 - 03:26

      Probably the week after. There was such pattern before.

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  JoeBogan on 17/05/2024 - 23:39

  -1

  Honestly given the potential risk of these cards getting hacked and the effort to go through as well, is $5 profit on the $100 card or $3 profit on the $250 worth it ? I don't understand the 80 something upvotes honestly, let the downvotes begin as I know it's coming for even posting this comment lol

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    Brick50 on 17/05/2024 - 23:57

    +1

    I mean if my council rates were due I’d save around $130 on them, you’re right it’s not the best deal going around but even if it took me a couple of hours to buy all the cards using different flybuys accounts I’d still probably do it

    The downside is having to track which accounts have flybuys $$ on them etc..

    Last year I paid my council rates with that 10% off online card deal, came to I believe $231 for the $250 Mastercards after the activation fee

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      JoeBogan on 18/05/2024 - 11:47

      +1

      This is my point though, I value my time more than the amount I would save and would rather spend it with family etc Unless the saving is large enough to warrant the effort. However, this is obviously subjective because everyone values time differently.

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        jrvb42 on 19/05/2024 - 08:34

        Sure, but people's time is valued differently. An unemployed or retired person might well be willing to spend their time.

        • 

          JoeBogan on 19/05/2024 - 09:28

          @jrvb42: That's literally the last line in my comment from earlier haha.

  • 

    l2argain on 18/05/2024 - 08:57

    +1

    I agree - $3 is not worth it. At least with 10% I got $20 off $250

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  Korban Dallas on 18/05/2024 - 06:54

  HODL wait for the 10% off…

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    Slo20 on 18/05/2024 - 07:40

    +1

    Or do both.

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  jrvb42 on 18/05/2024 - 09:01

  How about paying with an HSBC Everyday Global and splitting into payments of < $100 to get a further 2% off (rebate)?
  Does that work? If so, would reduce the $5/$7 activation fee.

  Thanks to OP for this deal, and for those who painstakingly explained how to maximise it!

  • 

    cyan00FFFF on 19/05/2024 - 16:50

    +1

    You could do that, although you have to use a staffed checkout. At Coles, self checkouts will not allow split payments if you are buying any gift cards (even including SIM cards).

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  browser on 18/05/2024 - 09:02

  Not bad if you happen to be at Coles and can find them.

  But hardly worth the trouble running around looking for them.

  • $100 + $5 - $10 = $95, effectively 5% off

  • $250 + $7 - $10 = $247, a miserable 1.2% off. Probably makes sense if you can get additional reward points from credit card reward programs.

  Max discount per Flybuys account is $25, but this is not instant money, it is from future spending.

  Still a good deal for people geniunely buying them for gift. It turns into a bad deal for people trying to profit from it.

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    wesman on 19/05/2024 - 23:06

    The logic you use is close but not actually correct. For example, for the $100 card, the correct way to calculate the % is: $110-$105 = $5. Then 5/105 = 4.76% ;-) Similarly, the $250 card comes in at 1.167%. Neither of them that great. Sigh

    • 

      Craze on 20/05/2024 - 11:39

      These are only useful if you just signed up to a new CC and need to hit the min spend for points.

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  keepsmiling on 19/05/2024 - 03:08

  +2

  Can this be used to buy gift cards at woolies?

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  Chopel on 20/05/2024 - 22:17

  Anyone use this card with samsung wallet?

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    WookieMonster on 20/05/2024 - 22:32

    No.

    Coles Mastercard gift cards do not support mobile wallets. I just tried adding one to Samsung Wallet (and then Apple Pay), and got card not supported error messages.

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      Chopel on 21/05/2024 - 07:30

      +1

      Thanks.

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  desafinado74 on 21/05/2024 - 08:38

  I live in Melbourne, and i am struggling to find the $100 giftcards in quite a few Coles supermarkets.
  Is anyone else having the same problem too ?

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    bigspike on 21/05/2024 - 09:57

    It doesn't start until wednesday and you only need 5 per account for the promotion. I find stores in lower social areas have more cards on the rack. YMMV.

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      Craze on 21/05/2024 - 11:32

      Odd going by previous threads it seem like chances are better in affluent suburbs, but really YMMV.