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Coles on Ebay

chameleon54 — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:38:21 GMT

Just noticed a new icon between the Ebay deals and Help button at top left of screen.... " Coles on ebay ". ( a bit of major product placement there )

Coles online shopping is now available to some ebayers, based on postcode. One advantage appears to be that the purchases will be safe dropped at unattended residences. Order while at work and the stuff is on the doorstep when you get home. Would you use this function or just go direct to the regular Coles online site ?

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chameleon54 — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:51:35 GMT

make that order while at wortk and its on your doorstop 3 - 5 days later........

Afterpay is available. Could help some if there is no food in the house and no money in the bank.

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bright.ton42 — Fri, 18 Sep 2020 23:55:15 GMT

I suppose afterpay is a reason why I'd use it if i needed to otherwise i don' t see the point.

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lyhargr_0 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 00:28:53 GMT

No Coles ( or Woolworths ) home del in my town plus I do my main shopping at Aldi, so not much use to me

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domino-710 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 00:37:58 GMT

Just don't order from the frozen section.

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zanadoo_56 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 02:37:46 GMT

I'd stick with ordering from Coles online direct.

I assume Coles on eBay supplies items from a warehouse. I've noticed stuff I can get from the supermarket that does online orders for my area are not available from Coles on Ebay. Quite a lot of items actually.

Also Coles online delivery can be cheaper....or free if you spend over a certain amount.

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lyndal1838 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 04:21:15 GMT

IF you join ebay Plus you get free delivery from Coles on ebay when you spend just $49 which is a lot less than direct from Coles online. As I understand it the orders are dispatched from your local Coles online store.

I thought of joining Plus when there was a $50 voucher on offer so started looking at prices etc. What I did discover was that a lot of the local specials were unavailable, quite often it was impossible to get basic fresh veges like onions and carrots and even bread was a bit hit and miss even if you did not care what brand you got.

I think I will have to stick with the delivery direct from Coles online, not through ebay.

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zanadoo_56 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 11:15:27 GMT

@lyndal1838 wrote:
IF you join ebay Plus you get free delivery from Coles on ebay when you spend just $49 which is a lot less than direct from Coles online. As I understand it the orders are dispatched from your local Coles online store.

I thought of joining Plus when there was a $50 voucher on offer so started looking at prices etc. What I did discover was that a lot of the local specials were unavailable, quite often it was impossible to get basic fresh veges like onions and carrots and even bread was a bit hit and miss even if you did not care what brand you got.

I think I will have to stick with the delivery direct from Coles online, not through ebay.

Which store Coles delivers from is determined by whether they have the space for the coming and going of the delivery vans. I was told this by the drivers. My local Coles store does not have this space so my deliveries come from a store approx 35 km away (which I know well as it is the store near where I used to work). Unlike Woolies, my delivery store is actually part of the web address for deliveries so online customers should know where their groceries are coming from.

I too have looked at eBay Plus and I don't buy enough of anything on a regular basis to make it worth while. I tend to buy in fits and starts which is probably common for collectors which as far as eBay is concerned is what I primarily am.

Coles on eBay is BASIC as best. There's food I like to buy every fortnight that simply isn't available on Coles eBay. The only time I might find it useful is if I need the basics but the Coles website was not working. Even then it is unlikely as I'd probably just order from Woolies. 🙂

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davewil1964 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 11:45:43 GMT

I buy from my local Woolies.

Coles isn't a viable option, given the incentives Woolies gives me, and that they are 5km away, whereas Woolies is hobbling distance to the Post Office. And I wouldn't rely on somebody else to pick my fresh fruit and vegetables, so I don't do online, either.

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zanadoo_56 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 11:59:14 GMT

With Coles online it is a bit of a lottery sometimes when you are at the mercy of a staff shopper (I refuse to call them 'personal shoppers' because I'll bet they wouldn't choose mouldy strawberries or meat due to expire the next day for themselves or their friends). Thankfully, I've had less issues with that compared to other customers. Coles does have a nominate substitutes option but it is very rigid.

Woolies however lets you add notes to each item you've ordered - ie what you want as a substitute, longest expiry date for perishables etc so you do have more control. It also saves these notes.

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chameleon54 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 12:06:47 GMT

The Missus is blind and uses a talking computer programme to do virtually all of our shopping online. She mainly uses Coles as they often have same day delivery in our town and tend to be a bit cheaper, but is quite happy to use Woolies if necessary. I cant really see much advantage with Coles on ebay unless you needed to use afterpay.

I just thought the very high product placement at the top of every page was interesting. Ebay are obviously hoping it will take off and become a major feature for the site, drawing regular buyers in. I suppose they cant be shot for trying. If it works it will help all sellers out through increased traffic. Not holding my breath though.

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lyndal1838 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 12:42:26 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
I buy from my local Woolies.

Coles isn't a viable option, given the incentives Woolies gives me, and that they are 5km away, whereas Woolies is hobbling distance to the Post Office. And I wouldn't rely on somebody else to pick my fresh fruit and vegetables, so I don't do online, either.

Give it 20 years Dave and you may feel differently.

I never thought I would ever have to rely on strangers to do my shopping but it is a stark reality that I might have to do so in the not too distant future.

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davewil1964 — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 12:53:35 GMT

I doubt I'll be around in 20 years, Lyn.

My old man made 24 more than I have now, and he beat everybody except the bog Irish convict.

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i-once-was-bump — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 12:59:17 GMT

Don't write yourself off too soon.

I like having strangers pick my fresh fruit and vegies because I can complain to Woolies if I don't like the quality.

I might try Coles one day but not sure if I would do it through ebay yet I never thought I would be buying cat food from catch this last 6 months, so who knows.....

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*tippy*toes* — Sat, 19 Sep 2020 15:24:34 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
I buy from my local Woolies.

Coles isn't a viable option, given the incentives Woolies gives me, and that they are 5km away, whereas Woolies is hobbling distance to the Post Office. And I wouldn't rely on somebody else to pick my fresh fruit and vegetables, so I don't do online, either.

I buy from Woolies and IGA. I hate Coles, and the eBay version isn't available here. I changed my postcode to Melbourne months ago to have a look and there was sweet FA on there that would interest me.

I have both Woolies rewards and IGA. It's surprising how quickly they stack up. I save them up so I can do a big shop and get it free. Plus, we recently changed over to Woolies mobile (who run on the Telstra network, who we were previously with). Paying half the monthly recharge, to get way more data and calls (not that I make calls). The big thing is, every month you can get 10% off your groceries. So, if you only do one big shop a month, or even a fortnight, you can have a significant saving. While 20 or 30 bucks doesn't sound much, it is when you add it up over a year.

My step daughter swears by Woolies online delivery. Fruit and veg is the freshest you could get. Meat has a long expiry, as does dairy. If something isn't right, she gets in touch with them and they start throwing vouchers at her. Usually in the vicinity of $100. One time she ordered 100g of deli ham and got 1kg. Another time they didn't put the milk in. She got a $50 voucher for that, and they delivered the missing milk. When they forgot the potatoes and carrots, she got a $100 voucher. She was the one that got us onto Woolies mobile.

Coles, meh.

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bright.ton42 — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:05:04 GMT

That's a good recommendation for online woollies. I have used coles for years and have to say never had any probs with them,, and fresh products ...veg fruit fish ...super fresh. But they don't have incentives like woollies seem to have so i'll check them out.

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*tippy*toes* — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 00:43:19 GMT

We have not ventured into the online grocery shopping yet, as like Dave said, we like to choose our own fruit and veg. Step daughter keeps hounding us to death to try it. She said regardless of when you order, you can choose a delivery time, e.g after 4.30, so you're not ordering in the morning, only to get home from work to discover your groceries have been sitting there for 6 hours in the hot sun.

Mind you, we are very much home bods, so any lockdowns this year have not caused any issues for us. So, going out to get groceries is a chance to leave the house for an hour or so. If we moved to online shopping, apart from work, we'd never go anywhere.

As far as the mobile phone stuff goes, living in a rural area, Vodaphone absolutely sucks. It really does. Optus is better, but still not overly great. Telstra is the best here. Therefore, moving over the Woolies mobile was worth a look. I can't fault it. Being on the Telstra network means we are getting as good a coverage as we were before. The 10% saving on our groceries, at the very least, pays for one month recharge on our phone. So, I'm effectively getting my phone service for free, with Mr Tippy getting a little off his.

You have to be a Woolies rewards member to get the 10% discount, and you have to link the rewards to your phone. It took about 5 minutes to do that. You are able to keep your same number.

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imastawka — Sun, 20 Sep 2020 03:12:07 GMT

Tippy, I don't know about anywhere else, but I'm in Melbourne and have done Woolies online shopping for many years now.

The voucher system no longer happens. If you don't get something, or something is wrong, you just get to talk to a bot, punch in the item number and it gives you an automatic refund.

Haven't had a voucher for well over 12 months.

But otherwise, having tried both Coles and Woolies.....I won't do Coles again.

Once was enough.

But Woolies 'personal' shoppers....If I say I want 4 bumps on the bottom of my capsicums, then that's what I get. (They sit better when cut in half and stuffed)

I don't have any gripes with the fruit/vegies selection.