10% off Sitewide for 12 Hours ($10 Cap) @ Special Gift Cards

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10% off Sitewide for 12 Hours ($10 Cap) @ Special Gift Cards

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foxes28 on 23/02/2024 - 16:05 special.com.au (9826 clicks)
Last edited 29/02/2024 - 11:19 by 3 other users

FLASH29

~~12 hour sale - Code will be posted on their Instagram account on 28th Feb (I will update it then)~~

On different note, they will stop selling Super Shopper card after 28th Feb

Everything you need to know…
⚡The codeword can only be used ONCE per account.
⚡The 10% discount is capped at a $10 maximum
⚡This Special offer is available exclusively to the first 1500 account holders only

EDIT:
Sorry about the sh*tshow guys. ~~If you can, leave a comment on their Insta where they posted this so-called deal and maybe with more people voicing disappointment, they can try to make it right.~~
*Update: they seem to have disabled their comment section

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- - foxes28 on 01/03/2024 - 11:54
    
    F*kin loser
MiscOzB on 29/02/2024 - 11:05

+1

Anyone else still not received their gift card? Nearly an hour later and still nothing, says it's "scheduled" and "Sit tight. Your order is still processing." in order history. Money came out of account immediately after ordering.
- supervvvvv on 29/02/2024 - 11:07
  
  +1
  
  received the card almost immediately after order placed
  - Grale on 29/02/2024 - 11:46
    
    did you manage to activate it as well?
    - Julia1408 on 29/02/2024 - 12:13
      
      Got my gift card but when i click activate, access denied.. now website not working either
    - supervvvvv on 29/02/2024 - 13:26
      
      yeah, I did via the desktop not the app
      - Grale on 29/02/2024 - 15:21
        
        @supervvvvv: also doing via desktop but getting the same errors as everyone else but might be related to the whole website crashing.
        will wait and see if it works once it's been restored.
trixieb on 29/02/2024 - 11:06

Did anyone manage to buy with a Virgin Money debit card?
It has rejected the card twice via website on phone and desktop.
I'm now on the phone with Virgin, waiting for them to answer
- Smallman on 29/02/2024 - 11:15
  
  OK with Ubank but failed with Virgin
  - trixieb on 29/02/2024 - 11:41
    
    Thanks. After wasting more than half an hour on the phone (incl. waiting) with Virgin, they had no idea and said the website is probably rejecting Virgin
Some Guy on 29/02/2024 - 11:14

+1

seems to be working now. just bought a $100 woolies card on two accounts. $90 each.
zakarados on 29/02/2024 - 11:16

+2

We are working on something Special, and we can’t wait for you to see it. Please check back again soon.
- foxes28 on 29/02/2024 - 11:17
  
  I got this message when trying to activate the GC on the app too. Try on desktop - it worked for me there!
  - Firexx on 29/02/2024 - 11:21
    
    +1
    
    I'm seeing the same message on desktop :/
    - foxes28 on 29/02/2024 - 11:21
      
      Oh no :(
- ATangk on 29/02/2024 - 11:32
  
  +1
  
  Better be bringing back individual Amazon or eBay cards. Without the super shopper, the platform is just not very kind. I hate having to keep track of partially spent funds on these ewallets.
Grale on 29/02/2024 - 11:16

+1

managed to snag 2 just then. good luck to everyone else.

edit: cards received in email but registering an XML error. FML
lemonteh on 29/02/2024 - 11:27

+2

They took my money but no card and no record of purchase!!
Bdawg on 29/02/2024 - 11:33

Oh dear, I'm going to use up all my remaining special gift cards ASAP and never touch them again.
joeiwu on 29/02/2024 - 11:34

+1

Looks like they blocked ALL prepaid cards (not just gift cards).
- trixieb on 29/02/2024 - 11:51
  
  Not sure who is blocking who but Virgin debit card is also rejected, even with the SMS verification.
  Virgin blamed Special for rejecting
zdb97 on 29/02/2024 - 11:54

+1

The APP is working, can confirm I am able to purchase the 10% off Woolworths card from APP and activate.
ozzzz on 29/02/2024 - 11:55

So they sent me an email for the card but when I click the link to activate it, it says Access Denied. Did I just get scammed? lol
- Jessie Ryder on 29/02/2024 - 12:11
  
  -1
  
  Yes, give them a call if you can
- Julia1408 on 29/02/2024 - 12:14
  
  Same thing happening to me
kickling on 29/02/2024 - 11:57

+2

Broken?

THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY!

We are working on something Special, and we can’t wait for you to see it. Please check back again soon.
- Some Guy on 29/02/2024 - 16:53
  
  I too am getting this on the APP and the website when I try to activate the card from the email link. I also get this message when going through google links looking for a contact:
  
  "This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below."
  
  What a fail this has been. Generated nothing but anger and distrust.
WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 29/02/2024 - 12:04

It's not working, where is the bargain ???
- roughana on 29/02/2024 - 13:12
  
  It is such a bargain that has been ozbargained.
polbarber on 29/02/2024 - 12:13

Access Denied?? Now I can use their website as a random number generator! lol
Tamtim on 29/02/2024 - 12:23

After activating the gift card, I got the message "this card cannot be used. Special has suspended use of this card"
- io on 29/02/2024 - 12:46
  
  So was that a scam? Was money taken out of your account?
  - Tamtim on 29/02/2024 - 18:53
    
    Its still showing pending in my Cba account, but I got the message my gift card is ready to use now. Maybe they were going through everyone to weed out those who bought multiple times…
io on 29/02/2024 - 12:34

+1

I activated the card. And it was stored in the account. Did not capture the card numbers. Now the site is not working.
zhaoweizhi on 29/02/2024 - 12:38

Activating the gift card hours ago and added to Apple Pay, I just got the message "this card cannot be used. Special has suspended use of this card", what a joke? Will special want to cancel my order? Only purchase one.
- io on 29/02/2024 - 12:45
  
  How did you add to Apple Pay? Was the app working for you? For me the app is not working from the morning.
  - zhaoweizhi on 29/02/2024 - 13:10
    
    App was working before, not now
Bargain-er on 29/02/2024 - 12:38

Wow, for $10 saving the risk is real!
cache on 29/02/2024 - 12:48

Site is down. Guess the 1500 is all sold now.
cateyneow on 29/02/2024 - 12:50

site has been down for hours since i started checking at 10am :(
io on 29/02/2024 - 12:54

What do they mean by “… we can’t wait for you to see it” is this a joke? What should I expect???

Anybody is planning on chargeback?
- foxes28 on 29/02/2024 - 13:02
  
  A bit too early to do chargeback. Wait few more hours I'd say. (I bought two and I'm experiencing the same issue)
  - io on 29/02/2024 - 13:21
    
    You are right. They might be down due to this promotion. May be they could not limit the 1500 sales so turned the site down.
  - io on 05/03/2024 - 20:26
    
    +1
    
    Got all three of my cards working (three separate accounts, two debit cards used). Added to Apple Pay Wallet and purchased three $100 wish gift cards from Woolworths. All transaction was successful. Thank you for the post, saved $30. Glad that I did not revoke my vote! Will buy from Special again if discounted.
    - foxes28 on 05/03/2024 - 20:56
      
      +1
      
      Nice! Buy at your own risk though :D
    - Coops1 on 06/03/2024 - 07:39
      
      +1
      
      Special isn’t a scam. But it was a disastrous promotion, poorly done.
      
      When I added Woolworths to wallet and it declined at checkout was really annoyed. Worked again a few days later still. Doesn’t deserve an upvote.
Firexx on 29/02/2024 - 13:00

App seems to be working for me on and off, just enough that I have now been able to get a copy of the card details and add it to the wallet in between it reverting to the "We are working on something Special" message.
Haven't tested to see if the card will actually work when attempting to use it.

For those who didn't/haven't paid already, you may be missing out on $10 savings, but fortunately you're also missing out on dealing with this and maybe losing $90 - so I'm not sure which is the deal yet ¯_(ツ)_/¯
bcYield on 29/02/2024 - 13:25

+1

After stressed test the whole morning, Special decided to give the server (them) a lunch break. lol
ZuzuBone on 29/02/2024 - 13:35

+2

Interesting that they turned comments off on their insta page. They know this has turned shit-show
AsukaST on 29/02/2024 - 13:52

+2

I can't believe they have now shut down their entire website, and the $100 WW Special gift card in my Google Wallet shows "suspended"…
This is new low from my years of gift card game.
fishandchips on 29/02/2024 - 13:59

+1

This shown on my screen:
white-logo
THANK YOU FOR STOPPING BY!

We are working on something Special, and we can’t wait for you to see it. Please check back again soon.
fishandchips on 29/02/2024 - 13:59

+1

I hope you all report it to ACCC.
neo335 on 29/02/2024 - 14:06

-1

Their site and app has been down since 10am this morning
alexshel on 29/02/2024 - 14:07

+2

Received a response from them on FB messenger:

We are aware of a technical issue currently on our website and App. Our team are working on resolving this as soon as possible.

Once we can, we will communicate any relevant next steps.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we resolve this matter.

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
sintro on 29/02/2024 - 14:09

+3

Wtf, leap day sale failure…
trixieb on 29/02/2024 - 14:49

I managed to buy the Woolworths card with a Westpac card after Virgin card was rejected. Added to Google wallet and tried to use at Woolworths for Wish gift card and groceries. Green tick but transaction was declined. Now 'suspended' message on wallet.
bob19 on 29/02/2024 - 15:13

+1

"We are working on something Special, and we can’t wait for you to see it. Please check back again soon."
Just great! Can't even access the cards which I have purchased in the past.
- movieman on 29/02/2024 - 15:16
  
  Sounds like a scam lol.
lachlantula on 29/02/2024 - 15:20

+1

latest instagram post:

'We are aware of a technical issue currently on our website and App. Our team are working on resolving this as soon as possible. As a result we have had to close the sale for the day. Once we can, we will communicate any relevant next steps to affected customers. We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused.'

whatever 'party' there was is formally over, i guess.
VinceNT90 on 29/02/2024 - 15:32

+1

Well maybe they did not have the capacity to actually enforce those purchase limits resulting in more sales than planned, or one account buying multiple times (the discount was still applied when I tested a second purchase on the same account - lucky I did not go through with it as I knew they may pull this crap). So I'm guessing they're trying to work out which purchases violated the terms and cancel those respective cards. If they don't refund properly though they're in for a shitstorm.

P.S. Got mine added to Apple Pay just fine right after purchase, thought about using it right away…..I wish I did lol
- bcYield on 29/02/2024 - 15:41
  
  +3
  
  An online retailer that can't set a stock limit? It's not a joke.
  - VinceNT90 on 29/02/2024 - 15:55
    
    Not the first time for these people from what I've heard, so maybe they're a joke ;)
LLK on 29/02/2024 - 15:45

what a failure!
ZuzuBone on 29/02/2024 - 16:06

+4

Thanks OP for keeping us in the loop. Not your fault this became a shit-show, and seemed much more compelling than it ended up being (even if it worked flawlessly).
fishandchips on 29/02/2024 - 16:19

+2

can try this to satisfy your anger = https://au.linkedin.com/company/specialgiftcards
horice on 29/02/2024 - 16:21

Bought a woolies card , Loaded to google wallet but when i went to use it says
Suspended unable to be used
- AUEW on 29/02/2024 - 16:34
  
  I have the same issue! So bad and don't know what I can do next. Even now their website was down and no one I can contact with.
- trixieb on 29/02/2024 - 16:45
  
  I was able to tap the gift card at Woolworths (before the suspended message was displayed) but transaction was still declined
fishandchips on 29/02/2024 - 16:25

+3

or you can also productreview - https://www.productreview.com.au/listings/special
trixieb on 29/02/2024 - 16:43

+1

Contacted them on Facebook and got the same generic message:

We are aware of a technical issue currently on our website and App. Our team are working on resolving this as soon as possible.

Once we can, we will communicate any relevant next steps.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we resolve this matter.

We sincerely apologise for any inconvenience this may have caused you.
AsukaST on 29/02/2024 - 17:12

+1

So they've got more than a week to prepare for a very average deal, yet such result.
Any year 7 student can do better than this.
akanub on 29/02/2024 - 17:14

Card suspended on Google wallet. Enjoy the charge back, special
- jamiemack89 on 29/02/2024 - 17:19
  
  It seems people have had issues using chargebacks in the past according to Product review
  - akanub on 29/02/2024 - 17:44
    
    Ah yes it appears others have had issues charging back merchants when using the special card. I will be using amex to charge back special :)
    - Firexx on 29/02/2024 - 23:17
      
      Sorry if this is a silly question, but what is charge back?
      - highwind on 29/02/2024 - 23:20
        
        +5
        
        @Firexx: Chargeback is basically you contacting the credit card provider to contest a charge, and asking them to return the money to you. Usually done if there's fraud involved or the item is very much not as promised and the seller refuses to remedy the situation.
MiscOzB on 29/02/2024 - 18:35

+1

Website is back up, still haven't received the gift card I bought this morning though.
- Neoika on 29/02/2024 - 18:40
  
  Thanks for your info. Just activated the purchase in the morning.
  - jamiemack89 on 29/02/2024 - 18:42
    
    Did it let you add to wallet? If so I’ll try removing and re-adding
    - zhaoweizhi on 29/02/2024 - 18:43
      
      No now, I just delete and try to re-add Woolworths card to Apple Pay but failed
      - hellwolf on 29/02/2024 - 18:57
        
        @zhaoweizhi: Same
- foxes28 on 29/02/2024 - 19:46
  
  Thanks for the update- I just managed to add the Woolies card to Apple Pay
  - AsukaST on 29/02/2024 - 19:58
    
    It's still suspended in my Google Wallet.
horice on 29/02/2024 - 18:54

Shout out to their support and social Teams
As Anus Taylor would say
Fantastic. Great move. Well done
t25 on 29/02/2024 - 19:46

+1

Wow! Just like clockwork Special being special.

Luckily I didn't participate so no feeling of losing out here.
TantrumToBlind on 29/02/2024 - 20:06

+1

This is a complete scam! Most of the time the system was down. When it was up, it couldnt process payment.
Basically they just wanted to stress test their system and they had worked out its much cheaper to spend this $15k rather than employing proper testing tools.
zhaoweizhi on 29/02/2024 - 20:06

Anybody be able to re-add the gift card to the digital wallet after the original card is suspended?
- hellwolf on 29/02/2024 - 20:12
  
  I contacted them on Facebook just now and they fixed it so I could add it in again successfully.
  - horice on 29/02/2024 - 20:44
    
    I must have got a numpty whos raising it with technical team
Tamtim on 29/02/2024 - 20:09

+2

Just used my Woolworths gift card for some groceries, it works!
- foxes28 on 29/02/2024 - 20:29
  
  Finally some good news!
- TheMills on 29/02/2024 - 20:42
  
  +1
  
  Doesn't work for me.
trixieb on 29/02/2024 - 20:47

What a shit show! Still not working. I removed the suspended card from wallet but it won't let me add back to wallet. Have messaged them again on FB
- zhaoweizhi on 29/02/2024 - 20:59
  
  +1
  
  Same as me, still can’t re add it. I just contact them via Facebook messenger, hopefully they’ll fix it soon, won’t purchase in this website anymore
bb22 on 01/03/2024 - 09:58

Anyone is having issue using the woolworths gift card? I tried to use it at the store but the transaction is declined.
- comk789 on 01/03/2024 - 10:01
  
  you will need to message them on facebook during business hours. they should be able to fix it for you in a hour.
  - hothot on 01/03/2024 - 11:03
    
    My cards was showing as suspended on my google wallet, but was showing under "Active" cards on App.
    I messaged them on Facebook, and they ask for the card numbers, and now they are all cancelled now
    - hothot on 01/03/2024 - 11:09
      
      This is the reply on Facebook
      "We are sorry, we were overwhelmed with the response from yesterday's sale, and as a result, there was an issue with processing the payment for your gift card. We have now processed a refund for your purchase. It may take a couple of days to appear in your account.
      
      The Special website and App are now back up and running; from here, you can manage your account and any previously purchased cards and make regular purchases.
      
      We apologise for any inconvenience caused and will use this experience to deliver something more special in the future."
    - trixieb on 01/03/2024 - 12:04
      
      @hothot Sorry to hear. Did you buy more than one card?
      - hothot on 01/03/2024 - 12:24
        
        @trixieb: I bought 3, one from my, wife and daughter account
        All 3 added to my wallet and now are cancelled.
        They promised to refund the order in 3 to 5 days, let's see otherwise my $300 is in drain.
        
        I had purchased quite a few cards from them using various offers from Amex and CommBank and no issues, so trusted this brand, big mistake

This was posted 9 months 24 days ago, and might be an out-dated deal.

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