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Coles website down after viral Reddit post sees customers buy cases of alcoholic drinks at nearly 80% discount
Supermarket’s website and app go offline as customers save more than $100 on some 24-packs
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The Coles website and app have gone offline hours after a viral Reddit post highlighted a nearly 80% discount on 24-packs of premixed alcoholic drinks.
For several hours on Saturday, both the Coles website and app displayed a message advising “we’re currently offline – but not for long”. The website and app came back online, before the website went down again during the afternoon. It was back up at about 4pm AEST.
It came after a post by an Australian Reddit account on Friday about a discount on 24-packs of Jack Daniel’s & Cola 330ml bottles sold via Coles by subsidiary Liquorland which were marked down from $130 to $27, a saving of $103, or just under 80%.
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The apparent error was spotted by a Reddit user about 1am on Saturday, with cases of alcohol normally worth more than $100 appearing online for as little as $27.
“Found this. I’m assuming it’s a mistake?! Go get it before it runs out (or they notice) I guess,” the user wrote.
The post quickly took off, with the original poster saying it had attracted about 184,000 views by midday.
Shoppers flooded the comments with screenshots of their bargain orders, with some claiming they had successfully collected their purchases before the error was fixed.
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The drop wiped out about A$965 million in equity value. Coles ended Friday at A$22.82, marking its fourth session of losses in the last five.
The technical issue emerged following the close of ASX trading. As a result, no stock prices have reacted so far. The initial market response will be seen on Monday, a day ahead of FY26 results.
Online prices for certain 24-packs plunged by close to 80%. A Jack Daniel’s pack was reduced to A$27, down from A$130. A Smirnoff case decreased to A$29, previously A$202.
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