Woolworth No Longer Allows Multiple Online Accounts

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  Superpower21 on 08/10/2024 - 16:19

  Thanks for the heads up.

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  jackvdbuk on 08/10/2024 - 16:52

  +1

  I did this yesterday worked fine, was this today?

  just use a new name , mobile and emaill..

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    xsolider on 08/10/2024 - 17:00

    I used the same name though with a different address, phone number and email address.

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      Alan6984 on 08/10/2024 - 19:36

      +1

      I used the same name though with a different address, phone number and email address.

      Interesting.

      I'd bet there are at least two distinct individuals with the name 'John Smith' somewhere in NZ, with different addresses, phone numbers, and email addresses, but that would mean that only one could have an account with Woolworths.

      I wonder if there is something else going on - maybe you used the same endpoint (PC, tablet, phone or whatever) and let them drop a tracker (such as a cookie), or maybe you used the same IP address (your home internet connection for example) both times?

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        xsolider on 08/10/2024 - 20:00

        I actually signed out my original account and created a new account straight away. But don't think that matters as the final new account under my wife's name using a different credit card worked. All done on the same device without a private window. So maybe a different card is necessary for a new account.

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          Alan6984 on 09/10/2024 - 19:21

          @xsolider:

          I actually signed out my original account and created a new account straight away. But don't think that matters as the final new account under my wife's name using a different credit card worked. All done on the same device without a private window. So maybe a different card is necessary for a new account.

          You're probably right - a different credit card number makes some sense I guess as it is likely the most difficult piece of the puzzle to get new ones.

          I see you posted below that you are going to choose via a Wise Credit Card Number, so that will be interesting as they make it trivial to generate new card numbers :-)

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        xsolider on 08/10/2024 - 20:01

        BTW, I contacted Olive using my new account. But the agent figured out my original account and asked me to use that…

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          CJ on 09/10/2024 - 15:45

          @xsolider: so one for personal, one for biz wont work?

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            xsolider on 09/10/2024 - 15:57

            @CJ: Not sure about the business account.

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  xsolider on 09/10/2024 - 17:21

  I just created another new account using a family member's name, a random address, and a new phone number. I paid with my credit card. The order got cancelled in 5 min. So I believe that using a different credit card is the key. Will try Wise later.

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    Jexla on 09/10/2024 - 20:34

    There's some services that give you different CC numbers each time too.

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      Alan6984 on 09/10/2024 - 23:09

      There's some services that give you different CC numbers each time too.

      That's what Wise does (if you want) that XSoldier refers to.

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  xsolider on 10/10/2024 - 10:05

  Same name, random address + random phone number + wise card failed. I suspect that they put bluc.club email addresses on their blacklist. Can anyone suggest another disposable email service?

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    ace310 on 10/10/2024 - 10:38

    Gmail. All below emails are the same as [email protected]

    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    [email protected]
    [email protected]

    Remember, some sites don't like + sign in the email address and won't allow you to sign up.

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      xsolider on 10/10/2024 - 11:27

      Same name, random address + random phone number + wise card + the gmail trick and it still failed…I'll now try in on a private tab + a random DOB. Didn't expect they would go that far.

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        xsolider on 10/10/2024 - 12:31

        Still cancelled, LOL. I'm wondering if they have someone manually approving all the new account orders. When they see it's the same order and pickup store, they know it's me…

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          Alan6984 on 10/10/2024 - 13:09

          @xsolider:

          Still cancelled, LOL. I'm wondering if they have someone manually approving all the new account orders. When they see it's the same order and pickup store, they know it's me…

          You're a marked man!

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          Nil Einne on 11/10/2024 - 12:05

          @xsolider: Alternative might be they are flagging certain new orders for approval. If I understand correctly, you're using the same browser each time? Logging out might not clear all cookies and of course it will be the same IP etc. If they're trying to crack down on this wouldn't be surprising if they flagged any new account orders when there is probably cookies plus the IP etc. Depending on the person reviewing it and other factors, they might reject it and the more you do, the less likely they are to approve it. Using a Wise card or anything else which makes it easy to generate new cards e.g. Revolut or prepaid cards could easily be another red flag and might mean they are unlikely to approve your new account order. (AFAIK, it wouldn't be that hard for them to add something which will detect the card provider.)

          Yes your wife's order was approved but that was early on plus do they have reason to think your wife is a real person that lives at the address? For example, does she have her own Everyday Rewards? Has she interacted with other Woolworths brands before? E.g. Petstock? In any case I'm assuming you used a NZ bank card for her order so it might have been naturally less suspect.

          BTW, if you're using the Gmail trick, it would be trivial for Woolworths to mark these all as the same email automatically internally. I strongly suspect a bunch of more sophisticated websites already do that e.g. Amazon. In other words, it's useful for a website which doesn't care but useless for a website which does.

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            xsolider on 11/10/2024 - 12:34

            @Nil Einne: My wife didn't have a WW account, and I placed the order with my Amex card. I just created a new outlook email address and a WW account under my kid's name. Fake address, phone number and DOB, a new Wise card number, same order, same pickup store and time slot. It's been an hour and the order still survivies.

            So I believe the important things are: a new identity + a new credit card (Wise is ok) + a new email address (don't use the gmail trick or disposable email service).

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      Alan6984 on 10/10/2024 - 12:22

      Gmail. All below emails are the same as [email protected]
      
      [email protected]
      [email protected]
      [email protected]
      [email protected]
      [email protected]
      
      Remember, some sites don't like + sign in the email address and won't allow you to sign up.
      

      Worth also noting that some places strip off everything after the plus sign automatically, although I haven't seen that myself for some years now, but then I haven't used plus addresses myself for a long time either - I use my own domain to create ad hoc addresses such as woolworths@mydomain on the fly and they all go to a separate mailbox that is not my primary inbox.

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        Nil Einne on 11/10/2024 - 11:54

        I think a bigger issue is that it's trivial for any website/service to automatically mark these as the same email and probably some already do which might include Woolworths. So it's useful if you're just using it for someone who doesn't care. Not so useful for someone who does.

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    coach on 10/10/2024 - 21:04

    Apple’s hide-my-email feature comes with every paid iCloud account, Anonaddy, Simplelogin and Proton Pass are also viable options.

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      saxasianguy on 10/10/2024 - 22:36

      I used Apple's hide my email feature when I had to make an account to use an app thinking I won't receive spam….I did get spam!!

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        coach on 11/10/2024 - 00:05

        That’s not how it works. They are unique email addresses that receive emails as usual, including spam. But you have the ability to simply disable them to stop receiving emails altogether.

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          saxasianguy on 11/10/2024 - 11:11

          @coach: If they still receive emails, why bother hiding your email? Just use an alt email for spam only. I don't really see the point if it just hides your email and still sends spam to your main email?

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            Nil Einne on 11/10/2024 - 11:31

            @saxasianguy: I think the point is you never know who is going to leak your email or otherwise start sending you spam. If you give a unique email to each site, you can easily see who's causing you to receive spam. I don't know who you're trusting but are you really sure you can trust even Woolworths let alone Burger Fuel, Burger King NZ, KFC NZ, heck even Cheapies? Every year sites are compromised leaking various stuff often including customer email addresses.

            More significantly, if you're ordering from a slightly dodgy site or whatever else (logging in to a forum whatever) you don't trust while you order is processing you can enable that email so you don't have to worry about missing out on important updates and once it's done disable it. If you leak your email, spam you whatever after you've disabled it you'll never have to see it. You can enable it again if you ever want to use the site again and again receive those emails without missing them during that time. (Well unless they leak it so badly that you receive a ton of spam on that email.) If you only have one low priority email you give to all dodgy sites, you can't so easily only focus on only receiving emails from one untrustworthy site when you need to. Sure you can fool around with filters etc, but that adds work and stuff can change or they might do something else for e.g a tracking number or whatever else that will be missed in your filter.

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              saxasianguy on 11/10/2024 - 11:53

              @Nil Einne: Well I've been using Facebook and Google for the past decade so my info has already been Zucc'd by them thousands of times.

              Just saw that hide my email is only available on iCloud+ on a monthly subscription with the minimum being $1.69

              First time i'm hearing you can enable then disable an Apple Alias icloud alias email or hide my email feature - why wouldn't you just use an auto generated temp mail that you can always access? I've found a temp email product that I can always access months later and that can receive verification emails as some don't actually receive those.

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                coach on 11/10/2024 - 13:02

                @saxasianguy: Nil explained it pretty well, the benefit of using an Alias is traceability and the ability to disable them once they’re not useful anymore. My real email address got leaked multiple times by Adobe and Canva. Those breached databases are often used by spammers to send out mass emails. With an Alias that wouldn’t be a big issue as you can simply disable them at will. Some dodgier websites also don’t honour or make it really difficult to opt-out of their mailing list. Data brokers also use your unique email address to build out a an extensive profile of you from multiple sources. Having a unique email would solve that. Apple’s Hide-my-email is definitely the cheapest option, Proton Pass is bundled together, if you’re already in the Proton eco-system, and Simplelogin and Anonaddy allow you to add your custom domain for a professional look, so you could replace your email hosting provider with them such, as GSuite or Microsoft 365 Business.

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  Associatedfelixfurtak @ Woolworths NZ on 12/10/2024 - 09:54

  Such a lot of effort to save $15 lol. You could probably just go to Pak N Save and get the same $15 saving.

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    xsolider on 12/10/2024 - 12:09

    $15.5 for 1kg prawn cutlets after the discount. I've never seen that price at my local PnS.