Unlike Prepaid Visa Gift Cards that is offered by ANZ the Cometrue giftcard can only be used within Australia where EFTPOS is available.

Some may see the EFTPOS only as a barrier, it really shouldn’t be as many locations that do accept VISA/Mastercard within Australia have EFTPOS available.

The ComeTrue giftcard is a no frills version of the Prepaid visa cards. They have a shorter card life as card will expires within 6 months of being issued. The Giftcards cannot be reloaded or topped up with additional funds as  the value of the gift card is set at the time of purchase.

Just like cash, if you lost it, it’s gone forever, you won’t receive a replacement cards.

Fees are minimal, $0.20 per sms balance inquiry though this can be reduced if you check your balances online. There are no transaction fees for EFTPOS transactions.

Fees & Charges (just an overview)

$5.95 - Cost of the Gift Card
$0.50 - SMS Balance inquiry
$0.75 - attempt to make a transaction with Insufficient funds
$1.50 - ATM denial Fee.

To review all of the Cometrue Gift Card fees and charges here

While some of the features may be a barrier for some, I believe that this service works well with the last minute shopper market and I personally would look forward to Christmas with Cometrue gift cards rather than boxers and Socks.

Another great feature about the Cometrue giftcard is that for every Cometrue giftcard purchased, $1.10 is given to OzChild Charity.

So if your out of ideas and need a gift that you know they will use, consider using the Cometrue giftcard service and help support a great charity.

For more about the Cometrue Giftcard visit Cometrue.com.au