Bonus points can only be collected once per flybuys account. Starts Dec 11. Enjoy :)
2000 Flybuys ($10) with $50 Google Play Gift Cards (also Kayo Sports, Gourmet Traveller, Spa.com.au) @ Coles In-Store
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Depends if you haven't been kicked off Netflix yet. I got kicked off yesterday after 18 months, so now have to grab Netflix gift cards during these sort of promotions.
How about Disney plus?
Don't know; don't have it. Try it out and let us know
So how did you get kicked off Netflix?
Six nag e-mails from Netflix telling me to change my payment method in the span of four weeks, then Google Play sent an e-mail saying my Netflix subscription was cancelled as I hadn't changed my payment method
@kerfuffle: Strange, my Netflix/Google payment still works. Have not received any emails from Google or Netflix.
@nagel: I've been paying for Netflix using GP credit for years, just checked my gmail (which i never read) and there are no emails about changing my payment method.
@nagel: Yeah, my friend who signed up years ago is still being charged via Google Play. There's another OzBargainer who also got kicked off (the thread topic is in the forums)
Yes for Disney+, no for Netflix (at least not anymore).
How do you pay for Disney+ with it? As far as I can see, the only options are credit card or PayPal…
Keep in mind $10 bonus for $50 is never 20%. It’s 16.66% to be exact.
Explain with numbers.
It's 10/60 not 10/50.
You basically have to buy $50 giftcard + $10 stuff to make it cost $50. 20% off would be if you paid $50 and got $10 back so it total up $40.
Oh ok makes sense.
This man understands maths and money, sadly many do not
@cloudy: I am surprised so many people are confused by this, especially on ozbargain where the average punter is far more saavy than your average Australian.
See but that depends on the opportunity cost, if you're gonna shop at Coles regardless of the bonus points then it is 20% off.
I dont agree with this logic
Say they handed you a crisp blue $10 note instead of giving you 2,000 rewards points. You would have to spend that $10 to realise that value, but until you do - you spent $50 on your CC but have $10 cash in your wallet/purse, so your net spend was $40 which is a 20% discount.
And you dont have to shop at Coles either, I convert all my Flybuys points into eBay gift cards which gives me access to 35,000 Aussie retailers (plus millions of private sellers)
@jmc787: It's just math dude you spend $60 and you only pay $50 there's nothing beyond that.
It doesn't matter if you intend to buy at coles in the first place or liquorland or w/e, you are still spending that money. Nothing changes the fact you have to spend $60 for $50.
For a site where people look for bargains the understanding of basic math is pretty poor.
@fishball: I understand the math, if i started with $50 to spend, and after the transaction I have $10 to spend, then I have spent $40 not $50.
If I am a retailer offering $2,000 cashback on a $4,000 OLED TV, is that a 50% discount or a 33% discount ?
@jmc787: 50% if cashback. 33% if store credit. It's pretty simple?
One is you spend $4000 - get $2000 (net $2000 - this is the cashback version).
One is you spend $6000 - get $2000 (net $4000 - this is the store credit version).
@fishball: ok in the cae of flybuys points converted to eaby gift cards, is that cashback or store credit ?
coz store credit i can use at millions of different private and commercial sellers is as near to cash as makes no difference.
@jmc787: It's still store credit, just easily usable store credit.
You're still going to be getting $60 worth of stuff for $50. Hence, 16.66%.
Lets make it simple you buy something on eBay for $60 and you use this giftcard + fly buys points for it. You paid $50 all up for that $60 item. 16.66%.
@fishball: Cash is also "easily usable store credit"
That is an excellent definition of it in fact.
If you were forced to stay within the Coles 'walled garden' then I would agree with the $60 logic, but the fact that you are free to spend your $10 credit basically anywhere (via eBay gift card) makes it a cash or cashback equivalent to me.
My purchasing power before the transaction was $50, my purchasing power after the transaction is $10. So I can go and buy any $10 item on eBay for $0.
The 'cashback vs store credit' is what this debate boils down to for me. Store credit implies one store, not millions of stores.
@jmc787: Can I simplify it to this point which those who believe its 20% believe the FB points is = cash, or as good as cash.
And those who agree its 16% believes FB is goods (ie, milk bread), but is not cash.
All I have to say to group 20% is, if your boss decided to pay you in FB points instead of $$ would you be fine with it?
To the average punter, they would say, that's not a comparable argument, this is 10 bucks worth of points, not a wage. But that is beside the point when calculating %. Math does not care how small or large the amount is. If you are happy with all your networth in FB points, I would say you treat it like cash, so you can say you are saving 20%. If you do not, you would be saving 16%.
But all in all, to the average person, it is argument over nothing, we can all agree the it changes nothing in our consumption, we all still get the gift card plus $10 worth of future coles shopping.
I've thought about this for way too long, but I do see the argument for 20% if a regular Coles shopper.
Let's say you always spend $100 per week on groceries at Coles. This week you see the promotion at the start of the week and grab it. Later in the week you buy your normal $100 groceries but choose to use your 2000 points to reduce the amount payable to $90. Incrementally you have spent $40 more than normal, but for $50 additional value. That is 20% off.
What if you wait until next time this offer comes around and use your $10 off to buy another gift card and get another $10 off? If you did that you discount would approach 20%.
It's still as good as paying $40 if you shop at Coles the next week.
You go back after the credit applies and can get $10 of stuff completely for free.If you weren't going to shop at Coles then the over complicated "spend $60" thing applies.
Also if you pay by CC with interest free period then you got the $10 of free stuff a month before you even paid the $50.
I think a slightly easier way to explain is if you had 5 flybuys cards and got this promo 5 times, you could use those points to then grab another $50 gift card. Therefore $300 worth for $250 = 16.6% discount
I think there are 3 base case scenarios for this:
Scenario 1:
- You only want to buy a $50 gift card and nothing else ever at Coles or its related stores (hypothetically)
— then there is no saving since those bonus points will never be usedScenario 2:
- You only want to buy a $50 gift card
— however, since you get extra points equivalent to $10 flybuys dollar and as a pragmatist you would use these points, then you buy other good/s using all of these bonus point
—- then you get the $50 gift card (which you want) and $10 worth of goods extra, effectively spending $50 for $60 worth of goods thereby a 16.67% discountScenario 3:
- You want to buy a $50 gift card and groceries at Coles worth equal to or more than $10 (for simplicity let's say $10)
— Assuming that the 2 transactions occur simultaneously i.e. buying the gift card immediately give you $10 which is immediately use to buy $10 worth of groceries that you also want, then, it could be said that you have save 20% on the gift card since you want to buy the $10 worth of groceries regardless i.e. spending $50 for $60 = spending $40 for $50 and then another $10.
—— Note: however, the assumption that the 2 transactions could occur simultaneously is unreasonable since it takes like a day for the points to be credited to your flybuys account, then the effective saving is less than 20% due to other opportunity costs such as time value of money, travelling.
——- The saving would get closer to 20% if your shopping behaviour negate the requirement for this assumption i.e. if you go shopping at Coles more than once a week, living nearby, etc.
This would be true if it was $10 added to the value of the purchased card but it is 2,000 Flybuys point that you receive. These points can be redeemed for $10 as Flybuys Dollars with little effort. The Flybuys Dollars can then be used just like cash at Coles, Kmart, Target, Liquorland or First Choice Liquor. In my mind this is equivalent to a 20% discount on the card as you receive a $50 card and $10 cashback ito spend at any of these stores.
It depends on the situation. Here, I see it as 20% discount on the gift card and no discount on the next purchase.
1) I landed from outer space and was handed a $50 note
2) I bought a $50 Google Play gift card which gave me 2,000 Flybuys points
3) I converted those 2,000 Flybuys points into a $10 Ebay gift card
4) I bought a $10 item on eBay for $0.00Some people in this thread would have me believe that I've spent $60, but that is impossible because I only had $50 to begin with.
And in this scenario
- discount on $50 gift card from retailer 1 = 20%
- discount on $10 ebay item from retailer 2 = 0%16.66% does not exist anywhere in this scenario, except in certain peoples heads
You got $60 worth of stuff and paid $50 for it. That's a saving of 16.66%.
How come you got 4 plus votes and I got 2 neg for saying the same thing ??? Stupidity at work.
@Red Hippo: Flogging a dead horse here: OP did not say anything about percentage, so why bringing it/them up and if one does, please clarify what is it about: bonus or discount ? Two different terms define two different numbers - nothing wrong with the maths, we are here now because definition/context are not properly set out or set out wrongly.
Edit - OP was talking about bonus not discount.
@z28: To be fair the OP (the original poster of the deal) did originally say effectively a 20% discount. That post has subsequently been changed. All good.
Where does 20% or 16.66% come from ? You made it up, bro ?
Can the gift card be used for my monthly supscription?
Yes; I use it for Dropbox
if the subscrption provider accepts Google Play as a payment method then yes
a couple of years ago I was using GP credit to pay for Office 365 and Plex Pass, and I'm sure there are plenty of others it will work with
This or wait for a 10% off Play gift card? Can I turn flybys points into cash?
Can I turn flybys points into cash?
No.
But you can turn them into eBay gift cards with 3 year expiry, which as near as makes no difference, imo.
Can i use the Google Play gift card to load credit to Uber. Never used Google Play gift card.
Great. Been waiting for Google play.
I currently subscribe to Kayo through Telstra. any idea if I can use these Kayo gift cards?
wasnt this order available last week? I bought a $50 GC and got 2000 flybuys points already
Different set of gift cards. That one was eBay, Netflix, Uber, and Ticketek.
if i used that offer, can i use this again?
Yes
Question, does purchase of gift cards count towards 4 week promo so as I can double stack?
No
Thank you
Maybe the GOOGL PLAY credits will be good for my Google1 storage and Tinder stuff
For those trying to purchase the spa.com.au/Ella Bache card, don't bother. The card hasn't actually been added into their system so it'll say 'Item not found' when trying to scan it. Have tried at two different stores.
Can you use google play credits to pay for Disney+ or Netflix?