Woolies shopper goes viral over his "iconic" rewards card "hack" – and it works!


We bet it's not every day that you get to read about a supermarket "hack" as novel and as committed as this one.


Most of us here have probably already experienced forgetting to bring our rewards cards in supermarkets, only remembering them when it's already too late and we're already at the checkout counter. Such a waste of points!

That is probably what drove this one bloke to go above and beyond just to make sure he NEVER forgets his Woolies Rewards card ever again.

Read further to find out what he did!

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The man can be seen moving his arm to the checkout scanner. Credit: Tiktok/@ralphrivera247.
In a now-viral TikTok video, Ralph Rivera can be seen at a Woolies checkout buying a $1.95 bottle of Sprite. Seems pretty normal so far, right?

But then after scanning the fizzy drink bottle, viewers were shocked when he leans over and put his right forearm over the sensor.

And the sensor read it successfully. "Your Everyday Rewards card has been added," said the machine.

While most customers prefer simply taking their cards out from their wallets or downloading the Woolies app on their phones, Rivera went above and beyond and actually had his Woolies Everyday Rewards card barcode tattooed on his right arm.

"See, it worked," Rivera told his friend while pointing at the screen, much to the surprise and disbelief of hundreds and thousands of users who have seen his video.



Rivera captioned his TikTok video, saying: “tattoo hack” and well, he’s not totally wrong.

It is indeed a nifty hack, but you have to be extremely dedicated to Woolies to have their rewards card tattooed on your arm.

Hundreds of users commented on the video, saying they were impressed with the ingenious “tattoo hack” and called it the ultimate time-saver.

"This is iconic," wrote one user. Another agreed and added: "Omg that’s such a good idea!"


Others even joked that Rivera's tattoo hack inspired them to also get their Flybuys and barcodes of other various store cards tattooed on their arms.

Even the official TikTok account of Nando’s Australia chimed in, saying: "We need this with our PERi-Perks barcode."

However, not everyone was left impressed. Some folks in the comments had mixed feelings about the barcode tattoo.

"Too bad the rewards card numbers change every few years," one concerned user pointed out. A second user added: "Imagine getting the tattoo and it didn’t work."


What do you think of his tattoo, folks? Do you think the hack is brilliant? Or is it just plain silly?
 
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Woolies shopper goes viral over his "iconic" rewards card "hack" – and it works!

We bet it's not every day that you get to read about a supermarket "hack" as novel and as committed as this one.


Most of us here have probably already experienced forgetting to bring our rewards cards in supermarkets, only remembering them when it's already too late and we're already at the checkout counter. Such a waste of points!

That is probably what drove this one bloke to go above and beyond just to make sure he NEVER forgets his Woolies Rewards card ever again.

Read further to find out what he did!


C42UqVlAiVm8jIcOL22CNLBc8EzxMzkg-B01dqvrFUu8BSXTVQ0ta7ApvAtV6ygdqIMmbg1UqHrFbyMKsymJsNmIhcJd2PzXgd8G6vAdxXeUacCxpmXqkWOiXTiCT-DWtTJ-0cCR

The man can be seen moving his arm to the checkout scanner. Credit: Tiktok/@ralphrivera247.
In a now-viral TikTok video, Ralph Rivera can be seen at a Woolies checkout buying a $1.95 bottle of Sprite. Seems pretty normal so far, right?

But then after scanning the fizzy drink bottle, viewers were shocked when he leans over and put his right forearm over the sensor.

And the sensor read it successfully. "Your Everyday Rewards card has been added," said the machine.

While most customers prefer simply taking their cards out from their wallets or downloading the Woolies app on their phones, Rivera went above and beyond and actually had his Woolies Everyday Rewards card barcode tattooed on his right arm.

"See, it worked," Rivera told his friend while pointing at the screen, much to the surprise and disbelief of hundreds and thousands of users who have seen his video.




Rivera captioned his TikTok video, saying: “tattoo hack” and well, he’s not totally wrong.

It is indeed a nifty hack, but you have to be extremely dedicated to Woolies to have their rewards card tattooed on your arm.

Hundreds of users commented on the video, saying they were impressed with the ingenious “tattoo hack” and called it the ultimate time-saver.

"This is iconic," wrote one user. Another agreed and added: "Omg that’s such a good idea!"



Others even joked that Rivera's tattoo hack inspired them to also get their Flybuys and barcodes of other various store cards tattooed on their arms.

Even the official TikTok account of Nando’s Australia chimed in, saying: "We need this with our PERi-Perks barcode."

However, not everyone was left impressed. Some folks in the comments had mixed feelings about the barcode tattoo.

"Too bad the rewards card numbers change every few years," one concerned user pointed out. A second user added: "Imagine getting the tattoo and it didn’t work."



What do you think of his tattoo, folks? Do you think the hack is brilliant? Or is it just plain silly?

Ridiculous
 
These days doesn't everyone carry a phone. An easier way would be to download the Stocard App and store your loyalty cards in the app.

This way, you can then remove the physical card from your wallet/purse and downsize said wallet/purse.
 
Woolies shopper goes viral over his "iconic" rewards card "hack" – and it works!

We bet it's not every day that you get to read about a supermarket "hack" as novel and as committed as this one.


Most of us here have probably already experienced forgetting to bring our rewards cards in supermarkets, only remembering them when it's already too late and we're already at the checkout counter. Such a waste of points!

That is probably what drove this one bloke to go above and beyond just to make sure he NEVER forgets his Woolies Rewards card ever again.

Read further to find out what he did!


C42UqVlAiVm8jIcOL22CNLBc8EzxMzkg-B01dqvrFUu8BSXTVQ0ta7ApvAtV6ygdqIMmbg1UqHrFbyMKsymJsNmIhcJd2PzXgd8G6vAdxXeUacCxpmXqkWOiXTiCT-DWtTJ-0cCR

The man can be seen moving his arm to the checkout scanner. Credit: Tiktok/@ralphrivera247.
In a now-viral TikTok video, Ralph Rivera can be seen at a Woolies checkout buying a $1.95 bottle of Sprite. Seems pretty normal so far, right?

But then after scanning the fizzy drink bottle, viewers were shocked when he leans over and put his right forearm over the sensor.

And the sensor read it successfully. "Your Everyday Rewards card has been added," said the machine.

While most customers prefer simply taking their cards out from their wallets or downloading the Woolies app on their phones, Rivera went above and beyond and actually had his Woolies Everyday Rewards card barcode tattooed on his right arm.

"See, it worked," Rivera told his friend while pointing at the screen, much to the surprise and disbelief of hundreds and thousands of users who have seen his video.




Rivera captioned his TikTok video, saying: “tattoo hack” and well, he’s not totally wrong.

It is indeed a nifty hack, but you have to be extremely dedicated to Woolies to have their rewards card tattooed on your arm.

Hundreds of users commented on the video, saying they were impressed with the ingenious “tattoo hack” and called it the ultimate time-saver.

"This is iconic," wrote one user. Another agreed and added: "Omg that’s such a good idea!"



Others even joked that Rivera's tattoo hack inspired them to also get their Flybuys and barcodes of other various store cards tattooed on their arms.

Even the official TikTok account of Nando’s Australia chimed in, saying: "We need this with our PERi-Perks barcode."

However, not everyone was left impressed. Some folks in the comments had mixed feelings about the barcode tattoo.

"Too bad the rewards card numbers change every few years," one concerned user pointed out. A second user added: "Imagine getting the tattoo and it didn’t work."



What do you think of his tattoo, folks? Do you think the hack is brilliant? Or is it just plain silly?

Of course, for this to work, you have to be doing a self-checkout. We shouldn’t forget our checkout operators - I will never self-check-out because this is a cost saving thing for Woolies, and a loss of a job for lots of people.
 
Woolies shopper goes viral over his "iconic" rewards card "hack" – and it works!

We bet it's not every day that you get to read about a supermarket "hack" as novel and as committed as this one.


Most of us here have probably already experienced forgetting to bring our rewards cards in supermarkets, only remembering them when it's already too late and we're already at the checkout counter. Such a waste of points!

That is probably what drove this one bloke to go above and beyond just to make sure he NEVER forgets his Woolies Rewards card ever again.

Read further to find out what he did!


C42UqVlAiVm8jIcOL22CNLBc8EzxMzkg-B01dqvrFUu8BSXTVQ0ta7ApvAtV6ygdqIMmbg1UqHrFbyMKsymJsNmIhcJd2PzXgd8G6vAdxXeUacCxpmXqkWOiXTiCT-DWtTJ-0cCR

The man can be seen moving his arm to the checkout scanner. Credit: Tiktok/@ralphrivera247.
In a now-viral TikTok video, Ralph Rivera can be seen at a Woolies checkout buying a $1.95 bottle of Sprite. Seems pretty normal so far, right?

But then after scanning the fizzy drink bottle, viewers were shocked when he leans over and put his right forearm over the sensor.

And the sensor read it successfully. "Your Everyday Rewards card has been added," said the machine.

While most customers prefer simply taking their cards out from their wallets or downloading the Woolies app on their phones, Rivera went above and beyond and actually had his Woolies Everyday Rewards card barcode tattooed on his right arm.

"See, it worked," Rivera told his friend while pointing at the screen, much to the surprise and disbelief of hundreds and thousands of users who have seen his video.




Rivera captioned his TikTok video, saying: “tattoo hack” and well, he’s not totally wrong.

It is indeed a nifty hack, but you have to be extremely dedicated to Woolies to have their rewards card tattooed on your arm.

Hundreds of users commented on the video, saying they were impressed with the ingenious “tattoo hack” and called it the ultimate time-saver.

"This is iconic," wrote one user. Another agreed and added: "Omg that’s such a good idea!"



Others even joked that Rivera's tattoo hack inspired them to also get their Flybuys and barcodes of other various store cards tattooed on their arms.

Even the official TikTok account of Nando’s Australia chimed in, saying: "We need this with our PERi-Perks barcode."

However, not everyone was left impressed. Some folks in the comments had mixed feelings about the barcode tattoo.

"Too bad the rewards card numbers change every few years," one concerned user pointed out. A second user added: "Imagine getting the tattoo and it didn’t work."



What do you think of his tattoo, folks? Do you think the hack is brilliant? Or is it just plain silly?

OMG what a moron!!! Seriously, just put your card in your wallet!! 🤨
 
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These days doesn't everyone carry a phone. An easier way would be to download the Stocard App and store your loyalty cards in the app.

This way, you can then remove the physical card from your wallet/purse and downsize said wallet/purse.
I was just going to talk about that too, but you beat me 😁😁
Stocard is the best app. I stored all cards that I got from loyalty cards, from all stores……..👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
 
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These days doesn't everyone carry a phone. An easier way would be to download the Stocard App and store your loyalty cards in the app.

This way, you can then remove the physical card from your wallet/purse and downsize said wallet/purse.
Never heard of this app:(, I have enough apps on my phone, I think I would rather justhave the rewards card in my purse.
 
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