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Free 'The Bar' 40g Chocolate Bars (for ING Direct/Coles Cred Card Customers) @ Coles Express

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Free 'The Bar' 40g Chocolate Bars (for ING Direct/Coles Cred Card Customers) @ Coles Express
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hamza23 on 04/12/2014 - 18:41 colesexpress.com.au (1009 clicks)
Last edited 04/12/2014 - 19:23

Last period free spring water deal has ended, the new offer is chocolate bars. See here for picture of bars and voucher.

Coles Express now have free 'The Bar' 40g chocolate bar ATM vouchers. You receive a voucher every time you do a balance enquiry or make a withdrawal at a Coles Express ATM in store. These bars usually cost $2.45 & there's around 8 flavours.

ING Direct will refund your ATM fees for both of these ($1 & $2.50). You can also use your Coles Credit card to make a balance enquiry if you prefer which is fee free. Non ING / Coles Credit Card users have to pay the $1 fee.

One bar per voucher, can use multiple vouchers though. For example 4 balance enquiries = 4 vouchers = 4 chocolate bars as I did today.

Vouchers available until 7/1/15, but can be used until 21/1/15.

ING Reminder: "Every single ATM in Australia is FREE. Simply deposit $1,000 or more per month." Coles credit card customers have no such requirements.

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  • kronicmacstigator on 04/12/2014 - 18:47

    Anyone tried multiple vouchers in the same transaction and had the counter staff crack the shits?

    Can so see this being ozbargained!

    • hamza23 on 04/12/2014 - 18:50
      +3

      No problems reported using multiple vouchers last time and I had no problems today, see here

  • kronicmacstigator on 04/12/2014 - 19:14
    +11

    Can imagine ING ringing up 'Why did you need to confirm you had $1 in your account 10 times in under 2 minutes today'

    • hamza23 on 04/12/2014 - 19:16
      +12

      Short memory :)

    • Scrooge McDuck on 04/12/2014 - 22:51
      +3

      "Because you gave me a free chocolate bar for it each time."

      "Oh I see."

      • Diji1 on 02/01/2015 - 20:42

        That makes sense :D

  • ayuanx on 04/12/2014 - 19:22

    Wrong date or it would be last year's deal.

    • hamza23 on 04/12/2014 - 19:23

      Fixed thanks

  • PLANT on 04/12/2014 - 19:26

    Are you sure coles credit card no fee?
    I thought those ATM's in express are independant and charge $2 no matter where card from?

    • hamza23 on 04/12/2014 - 19:28
      +2

      Very sure, I tested with both Coles Platinum Mastercard and ING today. Only ING prompted for the $1 balance enquiry fee. I also used Coles a couple times last period for the spring water just to mix things up.

      • shortgum on 05/12/2014 - 02:58

        confirm you no fee for coles credit card with coles express ATM. is the only reason I kept this card

  • PLANT on 04/12/2014 - 19:31
    +1

    So just ask for balance enquiry right thats it?

    • hamza23 on 04/12/2014 - 19:33
      +1

      Yep. Insert card, enter pin, choose savings or credit, choose balance enquiry on screen, choose free voucher, finish or repeat.

  • nismo on 04/12/2014 - 20:31
    +1

    I've tried the high protein ones (when they were half price) and they are quite nice. Good deal.

  • marquise on 04/12/2014 - 21:10
    +1

    Awesome, they're low carb!

  • No ONE on 04/12/2014 - 21:21

    Just to be clear, using ING DIRECT will coles charge fee for balance enquiry and will the balance equiry fee will be refunded by ING DIRECT (if I have not desposited $1000 a month)?

    • kronicmacstigator on 04/12/2014 - 21:38

      You need to deposit $1000+ to get the free ATM deal

    • sn00ze on 04/12/2014 - 21:40

      only if you had deposited $1000 in the preceding month will all ATM fees be waived

      • hamza23 on 04/12/2014 - 21:43

        https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/170018#comment-2370682

        The $1000 requirement only applies if you had a ING account for more than 6 month and/or are on 2% rebate.

        So yes need to deposit $1000+ as kronicmacstigator says unless you are a new customer of less than 6 months on the 5% still.

      • marquise on 04/12/2014 - 23:04

        Oh in preceding month? That makes more sense than current month. I was making sure a transfer went through on the 1st of each month

  • carwashhair on 04/12/2014 - 21:35
    +5

    maximising an existing offer + using on a free item = the essence of Ozb for me. Love this, thank you!

  • illumination on 04/12/2014 - 21:38

    Awesome deal lol definitely keen to try it out

  • King Tightarse on 04/12/2014 - 21:57

    Free chocolate cant be wrong…

  • Azn310 on 04/12/2014 - 22:19

    Whats the expiry date on those bars?

    • Scrooge McDuck on 04/12/2014 - 22:52
      +1

      Looks like September or October 2015.

    • hamza23 on 04/12/2014 - 23:06
      +1

      Yep that's right. Best before September and October 2015

      • Azn310 on 04/12/2014 - 23:34
        +2

        Wow thats very generous of them. I ll probably be standing at their atm whole day tomorrow

  • shortgum on 05/12/2014 - 04:05
    +1

    such awkward moment when you printing out all these vouchers at the atm near the checkout and the staff is peeping at you doing this…

    feel very awkward last time when printed out 6 vouchers

    • TheOneWhoKnocks on 05/12/2014 - 05:54
      +3

      Just tell them you're member of OzBargain.

      • TheOneWhoKnocks on 05/12/2014 - 17:54
        -1

        Dont know why that was applicable for a negative vote. Damn you negger!

        • Diji1 on 02/01/2015 - 20:45

          I actually had a Coles manager get a little p*ssy with me one time when I showed her an Ozbargain page :D

  • uggugg on 05/12/2014 - 10:26
    +1

    Just got my free bar. There were 4 offers in total, can't remember 2 of them but the other one besides the bar was

    Recharge mininum $40 Telstra pre-paid mobile and get bonus 1,000 FlyBuys points. This is worth $5 so it's quite worthwhile if you usually recharge $40 on Telstra.

    • hamza23 on 05/12/2014 - 10:56
      +2

      $2 oh! drink and $1.50 (1/2 price) fruttare ice cream are the other two.

    • Diji1 on 02/01/2015 - 20:46

      Pity we here at Ozbargain have been paying $8, $1 and $15 lately for 30 dollars Telstra prepaid credit though :D

  • FiDad on 05/12/2014 - 13:48
    +1

    Only works at coles express? just asking as my local coles store got one of these ATM vouchers machines just outside the shop. Always wondered what the point of it was.

  • ahly92 on 05/12/2014 - 15:44

    what should i do to my self…i still don't have an ING Direct card!

    • carwashhair on 05/12/2014 - 16:03
      +1

      Hmm, how about beat yourself silly?*

      *onani-style (and only once you get an ING card)

    • hamza23 on 05/12/2014 - 16:50

      @ahly92

      Click me

  • YadaYadaYada on 05/12/2014 - 20:56
    +2

    These are the bars you can get: http://thebarcounter.com.au/

    I had the Coconut and Cashew Nut one. It was more like a museli bar than chocolate bar.

    • marquise on 05/12/2014 - 21:48
      +2

      Crap they have maltitol in them. Might give you the farts.

      • marquise on 06/12/2014 - 15:15

        ok just tested, farting situation is ok.
        Unlike those Atkins chocolates

  • povertytrap on 06/12/2014 - 01:44
    +2

    Great deal OP, thanks. Did 5 enquiry transactions today to get 5 bars. Hope I don't get a call from ING tomorrow.

  • Scrooge McDuck on 06/12/2014 - 10:12
    +1

    Has anyone tried checking the balance of a Coles Gift Card?

    It said it would charge me $1.00 so I chickened out. :#

  • MITM on 06/12/2014 - 12:13
    +2

    "1 The Bar per voucher, per person, per day"
    Hopefully the checkout chick won't read the terms at the bottom of the voucher.

    But I did 4 bottles of water in one hit last.

    Runs out tomorrow - can't wait to see whats next.

    • marquise on 06/12/2014 - 15:18
      +1

      I got 3 before, and the service attendant had to do it in 2 transactions, as it only processes a max of 2 in one go.

    • marquise on 06/12/2014 - 15:20
      +1

      What do you mean it runs out tomorrow?

      • MITM on 07/12/2014 - 11:05
        +1

        My mistake, runs out next month (7th)

    • Azn310 on 10/12/2014 - 00:28

      Did 3 without issues, check out clerk must have thought it was similar to water bottle deals, or he just couldnt be bothered.

      They actually had to scan each voucher and each bar, so while i felt guilty when standing there watching him, the chocolate bars washed it all away

      • Diji1 on 02/01/2015 - 20:49

        Does self service scanning work?

        • Azn310 on 05/01/2015 - 03:30

          Only at coles express Shell servos.. I dont think there are any self service check out there

          At some servos, the check out person will only allow one bar per person, happened to me

  • MelbBargainChaser77 on 08/12/2014 - 01:07

    I did 2 with no issue

  • illumination on 20/12/2014 - 23:26
    +1

    Just did it today thanks OP.

    Best before 23/10/2015.

  • banchong on 23/12/2014 - 16:18
    +3

    Been stocking up on 4 or 6 of these a day as I go past a few different Coles Express' on my way around. Got a nice little tub filling up with them for when work comes back in early Jan.

    Favourites so far are Dark Choc & Cherry, Raw Chocolate and Chocolate Mint Crunch

  • shortgum on 31/12/2014 - 06:38
    +1

    Hornsby coles express guy only willing to do 1 voucher today. tried 3 vouchers before. perhaps just get in any coles express when you drive pass them

  • banchong on 06/01/2015 - 15:36

    1 day left to collect vouchers. I'm going on a bit of a spree at all the Coles Express's close by lol

  • Neoika on 08/01/2015 - 08:35

    New voucher should come out today!

    • Scrooge McDuck on 08/01/2015 - 15:34

      Nothing free AFAIK.

      • Neoika on 08/01/2015 - 17:01

        You are right.Coles Express updated its website,showing 4 choices,nothing free.Is nexba 355ml can worth $1?

        • Scrooge McDuck on 08/01/2015 - 21:14

          Is nexba 355ml can worth $1?

          Not for me.

          Oh well, I'll check back next month. ING was getting suspicious of my "activity" anyway. ><

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