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Free Replacement Green Bags ("Bag for Good" Brand) @ Woolworths

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Free Replacement Green Bags ("Bag for Good" Brand) @ Woolworths
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pennypincha on 17/01/2019 - 19:29 woolworths.com.au (7122 clicks)
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6 months into the removal of so-called 'single-use' plastic bags (I never used them only once…), the handle tore off one of my Woolies "Bag for Good" green bags. Yes, I overloaded it. Yes, I'll probably do it again sometime.

As I was throwing it away, I saw the below text, emblazoned on the side of the bag:
"Use this bag again and again. If it gets damaged, we'll replace it for free."

In all the months of using it, I'd never noticed this!! Guessing others out there will be the same, so am sharing to save fellow OzB'ers who might've been in my same boat. And, for the naysayers who say it's not a deal.. I think it is - it saved me 100%!

The Woolies site has more info (see link in post):

Introducing the Bag for good™.
We’ve launched a new reusable bag in our stores called the Bag for good™. It’s yours to use again and again, and if it ever gets damaged, we’ll replace it for free no matter when you bought it from us. Simply bring your damaged bag to the Customer Service desk in any of our stores and we’ll swap it for a new one. We’ll even recycle your old one so it can keep doing good.

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  • hippocrit on 17/01/2019 - 19:48
    +65

    Great PSA but I always use a competitor's bag when grocery shopping.

    • pennypincha on 17/01/2019 - 19:52
      +1

      Haha, I don't care where I'm shopping from now on - these 'Bags for Good' will be my go-to.
      I can take them back whenever they break, and get a replacement. Irrespective of whether I shop at Woolies or not :)

      • AssociatedAlic85 @ Woolworths on 18/01/2019 - 09:21
        +18

        Dude, Woolies announced this right from the start, but everyone was too busy complaining to pay attention 🙄 amazes me people are only catching on now!

        • resisting the urge on 18/01/2019 - 09:33
          +1

          This program only works for a minority of consumers.

          Every time I am in a Woolies, I have a competitor's bag, or my own, or a box. Every time I am in a Caltex, I have a Coles fuel docket. Every time in BWS or Liquorland I have neither, and I mostly shop elsewhere for grog anyhow.

          This is just another poor but lucrative long-term marketing campaign trying to buy loyalty for a few cents, or loyalty for the free use of a plastic bag with a considerable carbon impact from production to collection and then on to occasional recycling and/or disposal.

          Call me cynical, but Wollies and Wesfarmers are worse*

          • Another example: They don't release any stats on the impact of bag production, how many they make//sell/give away or recycle. They make claims but provide no transparency into what they actually manage to do. Worse, they've even been caught out landfilling the bags people return for recycling, or sending them overseas for eventual recycling or landfill. Worse, there has been nothing said or done that will make them stop behaving like bullying liars again.
    • matt-ozb on 17/01/2019 - 22:58
      +2

      what's PSA?

      • marquise on 17/01/2019 - 23:03
        +36

        Something older guys need to worry about

      • m0nkeycheese on 17/01/2019 - 23:05
        +9

        Public service announcement

        • Daabido on 28/01/2019 - 19:36
          -2

          The only PSA I recognise is "with guitars".

      • Niroshansira on 18/01/2019 - 07:55
        +1

        Walnut check

    • picklewizard on 17/01/2019 - 23:30
      +3

      Oooh be careful, you might cut yourself on that edge

  • dangerdanger on 17/01/2019 - 19:49
    +10

    Old news…

    • pennypincha on 17/01/2019 - 19:54
      +29

      Nice oxymoron.
      Speak of morons, I consider myself one for not noticing/knowing about it sooner. Not old news for me!

      • jv on 17/01/2019 - 20:20
        +21

        It was announced from day 1

        • Savas on 17/01/2019 - 20:30

          And doesn't it exclude general wear and tear or something

          • dangerdanger on 17/01/2019 - 21:05
            +6

            @Savas: Wow, JV upvoted me!!! But others downvoted me… sad…

          • Daabido on 28/01/2019 - 17:49
            +1

            @Savas: Nobody at Woolies is going to debate you about general wear and tear of your bag.

      • bargainparker on 17/01/2019 - 21:34

        How could you notice when you were busy playing the game

    • tessel on 17/01/2019 - 21:08

      Fake news?

    • JTTheMan on 17/01/2019 - 22:23
      +5

      Speak for yourself.

      It's news to me, and helpful news too!

  • doweyy on 17/01/2019 - 19:49
    +15

    Thanks for the heads up!

    • 2ndeffort on 17/01/2019 - 19:57
      +7

      yep me too, didnt know, thanks for the advice OP

  • docians on 17/01/2019 - 20:06
    +1

    Didn't spot this either
    Thanks OP
    Will invest in a few and
    Do all my shopping with them
    And when they give way swap them over for a new one!

    How long before these bags get ozbargained :)

  • Marmaduke on 17/01/2019 - 20:09
    +3

    Remember you can recycle the old green bags at woolies and Coles in their soft plastic bins!

    • 11112007 on 17/01/2019 - 20:17
      +3

      Woolies will replace the older ones for free as well, had two replaced when they introduced the replacement policy and another 1 last week :)

      PS: I don't even shop at Woolies anymore :D

      • petry on 17/01/2019 - 21:19

        crap - wouldn't replace my bag when I had to return a piece of rotten meat .. .from woollies

  • jv on 17/01/2019 - 20:21
    +18

    This belongs in the forums

    • pennypincha on 17/01/2019 - 20:34
      +19

      Madam/Sir (has that been cleared up yet?)
      I respectfully disagree - it saved me $1 and 100% of an expense. And potentially will save me much more in future.
      In my humble opinion, and so far the 95+ upvoters, it is a deal.

      • 2024 on 17/01/2019 - 20:39
        +10

        If you look enough you could make quite a large list of items with lifetime warranty, so in your opinion should we list each of those?

        • pennypincha on 17/01/2019 - 20:43
          +7

          That's actually a pretty fair comment. How many of those items would everyone have:
          - multiples of;
          - that are used very frequently;
          - and require that the lifetime warranty be honoured on a semi-regular basis?

          If you can find one of those, post it.

          • jv on 17/01/2019 - 21:10
            +9

            @pennypincha: OzBargain is for bargains, not reminders for product warranties.

          • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2019 - 21:11
            -1

            @pennypincha: I can think of my gym membership card

        • Savas on 18/01/2019 - 08:08
          +6

          I wouldn't even call if "warranty"

          This replacement policy does not include any Bag for GoodTM bags which are merely dirty, stained or messy or which are worn or frayed due to normal wear and tear.

  • mlakmlak on 17/01/2019 - 20:36

    Does replacement cover manky bags where chicken juice has leaked everywhere?

    • pennypincha on 17/01/2019 - 20:40
      +10

      Step 1. Try getting a replacement bag. If that fails, proceed to step 2.

      Step 2. Hold bag firmly with one hand, forcefully yank the handle with the other.

      Step 3. Seek replacement for broken bag.

      Step 4. Return to this deal to advise of your success. I wait in eager anticipation.

      • Annie123 on 17/01/2019 - 20:55
        +6

        You know you can just put the bag in the washing machine to wash it. Why would you purposely damage the bag, that’s so unenvironmentally friendly.

        • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2019 - 21:12
          +16

          *environmentally unfriendly

          • SlickMick on 18/01/2019 - 09:53
            +4

            @[Deactivated]: I usually despise online grammar correction, but that one was necessary

            • S2 on 19/01/2019 - 11:38
              +2

              @SlickMick: Why do you despise online grammar correction? It is correcting incorrect grammar. How else will the writer and reader no?

              • SlickMick on 19/01/2019 - 11:42
                -4

                @S2: Did you ever think that maybe we aren't here for a lesson in grammar? Do you correct colleagues and friends emails too? Do they tell you how annoying it is?

                • S2 on 19/01/2019 - 11:52
                  +4

                  @SlickMick:

                  Did you ever think that maybe we aren't here for a lesson in grammar?

                  I see stupid in the world and try to lesson it. Even in your original reply you indicate it is necessary.

                  Do you correct colleagues and friends emails too?

                  Yes, how else will they know?

                  Do they tell you how annoying it is?

                  Sometimes and then they proceed to spell it correctly in future.

                  I also note you asked more questions and didn't reply to mine.

                  • SlickMick on 19/01/2019 - 12:03
                    -4

                    @S2: If you learned the art of communication instead of seeing communication as needing to be fixed, you would have found your answer. Let me spell it out for you: "I despise online grammar correction because it is annoying. I would have done to a grammar website if I wanted a lesson in grammar. I'm not here to be fixed, nor see you fixing others."

                    If the writer and reader were able to communicate effectively, they've achieved their objectives.
                    Grammar nazis derail threads. Are we talking about shopping bags now?

                    • S2 on 19/01/2019 - 12:24
                      +4

                      @SlickMick: Reminds me of a nerd joke; there are two types of people in the world. Those that can extrapolate information from an incomplete set of data.

                      If the writer and reader were able to communicate effectively, they've achieved their objectives.

                      I agree with this, although bad grammar increases the chance of ambiguity and misunderstanding.

                      Grammar nazis derail threads

                      Ah, I feel like this is the trigger to the displeasure. If only grammar correction wasn't brought up as a topic by someone initially. It's not all bad though. Sometimes, derailed topics help people learn something.

                      Are we talking about shopping bags now?

                      What bags?

        • surfbum1 on 17/01/2019 - 23:09
          +2

          Don't you mean hand wash, brother?

        • capslock janitor on 27/08/2019 - 19:30

          They recycle it anyway

      • Wystri Warrick on 17/01/2019 - 22:14
        +3

        That you Scab?

    • ChickenTalon on 17/01/2019 - 20:40

      Probably does if that somehow causes a rip

    • jv on 17/01/2019 - 21:12
      +9

      I just use lots of free bags from the fruit section as insurance for leakages

      • bargainparker on 17/01/2019 - 21:37
        +4

        I just go to the markets. Cheaper and can get free bags too.

      • SlickMick on 18/01/2019 - 09:55
        +2

        I'm downsizing my bins at home to fruit-section-bag size

  • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2019 - 20:39
    +2

    nothing more frustrating than accidentally scanning the bag you bought on the self check out

    • pennypincha on 17/01/2019 - 20:40
      +12

      I get a permanent marker and blackout the barcodes. 10 secs of scribble on each bag saves 1 minute of pain at the checkout every second visit.

      • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2019 - 20:41

        thanks for the good tip

      • iand on 17/01/2019 - 21:17
        +9

        no need to scribble 1 or 2 vertical lines joining the existing vertical line invalidates the barcode

    • JTTheMan on 17/01/2019 - 22:31
      +9

      "nothing more frustrating than accidentally scanning the bag you bought on the self check out"

      *brought

      If you're 'buying' it then you should be scanning it but if you're 'bringing' it then it is frustrating if you scan it.

      Sorry, I couldn't resist the correction because I read it literally a couple of times and had trouble understanding the point.

      • Steptoe on 18/01/2019 - 00:08
        +7

        👵🚓

        • JTTheMan on 18/01/2019 - 00:42
          +4

          is that grandma police? :)

  • pennypincher98 on 17/01/2019 - 20:54
    +13

    I'm sorry but I noticed this the first time I picked one up. Forgive me for asking this but how can you possibly miss it? It's just about the only writing on the bag besides the massive "bag for good".
    Even while you are wheeling around Woolies it's being promoted via their "radio"

    • pennypincha on 17/01/2019 - 20:57
      +16

      I have 3 kids under 2. I don't have time to read text on a bag - a bag's a bag.
      They also prevent me from listening to the radio while shopping.

      I'm also male, I reckon 98% of us would miss it even without the above…

        • tromboc on 17/01/2019 - 21:59
          +5

          All you have to do is hit the report button and move on…

          I'd say the attention this deal has received, probably thanks in part to your ranting, warrants it's bargain status. Go figure.

        • Benjamin7711 on 18/01/2019 - 08:25
          +3

          Continually arguing about whether a single ozbargain post belongs as a deal or in the forums… What a life you must lead!

          • SlickMick on 18/01/2019 - 10:02
            +2

            @Benjamin7711: I think Ozbargain needs a PSA section, and needs to hire JV to move PSAs out of the bargain section

      • koolstik on 17/01/2019 - 21:16
        +6

        I started buying these on purpose for this reason when they were released, fast forward 6 months, noticed one with a rip in it as I was walking across carpark towards woolies the other day , aimed towards the bin to chuck it out and was just reading it as I crumpled it up and then laughed at myself when I realised . Went in and when I tried the swap it the girl had no idea what I was talking about ! Another staff member was able to advise her it was legit though haha

        This also being in Tasmania where we have been buying our bags for years unlike you lot :D

        • pennypincha on 17/01/2019 - 21:20
          +2

          Haha, I like that even the staff didn't know about it

        • BartholemewH on 18/01/2019 - 03:28
          +1

          Tell the staff to RTFB.

      • Wystri Warrick on 17/01/2019 - 22:18
        +2

        I'm also male, I reckon 98% of us would miss it even without the above…

        Hand in your Ozbargain licence! :P

      • ballsau on 17/01/2019 - 22:31

        You should double-bag

    • bogak on 18/01/2019 - 11:16
      +3

      Not only written text, it was also announced during the single use bag ban commercials. So if you don't have time to read it I'm sure you were told about it when the ban was introduced. But yes most people were probably too upset over it to notice.

  • papagoose on 17/01/2019 - 21:00

    In the UK, often even the equivalent of the 15c bags can be swapped for free - they call it a 'bag for life'

  • [Deactivated] on 17/01/2019 - 21:29
    +1

    Nice to see how your post coincides with recent news articles purporting other shoppers never noticed the big bold writing either until now.

  • ti6331 on 17/01/2019 - 21:30
    -2

    Please don't use these poor quality plastic bags

    • spaceflight on 17/01/2019 - 23:54

      What else do you suggest?

      Mine are several years old so do not seem poor quality.

      • SlickMick on 18/01/2019 - 10:08

        I don't bring any. I won't be paying for shopping bags - I'd go to Bunnings and bring back boxes first.

        I'm counting on the need for more checkouts because it's so much slower now will outweigh the profits from the bag scam, and we'll eventually see more practical bags reintroduced.

        In the meantime, my advice to you is avoid the self service checkout - I'm going to be there a while and I take up a lot of space.

        • spaceflight on 18/01/2019 - 17:26

          and we'll eventually see more practical bags reintroduced

          In the meantime, my advice to you is avoid the self service checkout - I'm going to be there a while

          A practical solution like a reusable bag you can bring with you to carry your stuff from the supermarket so that you don't need to waste 10 minutes of your time at the self serve checkout?

          • SlickMick on 19/01/2019 - 11:38

            @spaceflight: Sounds terribly inconvenient to me.

            Also, I haven't seen any bags that fit nicely in the holder and allow quickly moving from one bag to the next.
            My observation is everyone is slower, I'm just exaggerating it because I'm OTT… And want this to fail and go back to free bags that fit my bin and the checkout grocery holders.

    • AzuraAres on 19/01/2019 - 02:44
      +1

      It's the green canvas bags they're replacing for free, not the plastic bags.

  • lemonty on 17/01/2019 - 21:54
    -5

    Do people actually reuse these 'green' bags? I use mine as bin liners as a result of them taking away the much better/thinner grey plastic bags.
    I have literally hundreds of these green bags I 'gathered' during the 'free bag' period when they were forcing this bag policy on us.
    Anyway good to know if I find any of them broken/torn I can take them back for a replacement so my bin won't get dirty…

    • Nice one baby on 17/01/2019 - 22:22

      They are talking about the material bags that cost $1. Not the bags that they use to give out free or the 15c ones.

  • aquariuspark on 17/01/2019 - 21:57

    Coles will replace old bags as well. It may not be a policy that all staff know but it is there. They should scan it as a free item. So if any reusable bag is damaged you may get a new replacement of the same type of bag.

    • dimple on 18/01/2019 - 00:40

      Was gonna ask if anyone knew if Coles had the same thing as I have one that's about to rip from there. Good to know

    • 4wd on 18/01/2019 - 07:22

      Since replacements are free from both stores, they should replace each other's damaged bags - they get a bit more free advertising walking around.

  • ca6leguy on 17/01/2019 - 22:26
    +1

    Do they replace the insulated bags as well or they are not good bags?

    • Helenn on 17/01/2019 - 22:41

      I want to know this also, have a few that the zips have jammed on or the lining has torn

      • spaceflight on 17/01/2019 - 23:55

        You can normally remove the material from the zip and free it

    • Soothsayer on 18/01/2019 - 10:15

      I have had mine replaced no problem when the zip fails. The zip always fails..

    • desperate on 23/01/2019 - 16:33
      +1

      Yes, after reading this I took my insulated bag into Woolies, some of the stitching on the handles had come loose. I spoke to the guy on the service counter, he just waved me in the direction of the new bags and told me to grab a new one. He didn't take the damaged one so I can get an extra one if I want to in the future!

  • donotuse on 17/01/2019 - 22:42
    +11

    Can you get 2 replacement bags by tearing the old one into two and then exhanging each half for a new one separately?

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