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Reduced Purchase Fee on Officeworks Visa Gift Card: $500 Card for $503, $750 for $754, $1,000 for $1,004 Del/C&C @ Officeworks

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Reduced Purchase Fee on Officeworks Visa Gift Card: $500 Card for $503, $750 for $754, $1,000 for $1,004 Del/C&C @ Officeworks
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AssociatedBenny Hawk @ Blackhawk Network on 05/06/2025 - 13:38 officeworks.com.au (304 clicks)
Last edited 05/06/2025 - 13:55 by 1 other user

Officeworks are offering their branded Visa cards at a reduced purchase fee for a limited time:

  • $500 denomination (please note this doesn't apply to Activ Visa Green $500) - $7.95 fee reduced to $3.00 fee
  • $750 denomination - $8.95 fee reduced to $4.00 fee
  • $1000 denomination - $9.95 fee reduced to $4.00 fee

Offer available from 04/06/2025 - 29/06/2025 on the above gift cards. Available in-store only at Officeworks, subject to store availability.

Refer to individual cards for terms and conditions. While stocks last, no rainchecks. Gift cards can't be used to purchase other gift cards at Officeworks.

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  • askbargain on 05/06/2025 - 13:46
    +6

    No ATO, no Sniip.

    • puffinfresh on 05/06/2025 - 13:48
      +1

      Can I use it to pay my doctor to give me the snip?

    • kendo on 05/06/2025 - 13:59
      +1

      No 3x points Amex

  • AsukaST on 05/06/2025 - 13:51
    +3

    Hey rep, we want actual bargain, we want 10% off on gift cards like the good old days, not a reduced fee.

    • werdplaya58 on 05/06/2025 - 13:55
      +2

      10% off Officeworks GC is included in this: https://www.ozbargain.com.au/node/907738

      That's for gift cards and these not Visa debit cards. No idea why anyone would be interested in this deal though

      • timedzone on 07/06/2025 - 17:49

        That is a totally different card, you cant compare them with the open loop cards here.

        • werdplaya58 on 07/06/2025 - 19:20

          I'm aware they're different. The comment I was responding to was asking for 10% off gift cards so I provided an option.

          Separately from that, I see no use for these cards given all the restrictions and limitations noted in this thread. Do you have an example where this deal would be worthwhile? I am open to being persuaded otherwise!

  • Moderatoralvian on 05/06/2025 - 13:58

    Available in-store only at Officeworks, subject to store availability.

    As tested, free delivery and free click-and-collect available. Title revised.

  • discountdiva on 05/06/2025 - 13:58
    +4

    Terrible deal, still losing money

    • ryefig on 05/06/2025 - 14:45
      +1

      I really can't see why anyone would purchase these?…

      • timedzone on 07/06/2025 - 17:50
        +1

        To convert from Amex to Visa or rake up credit card spendings.

  • roughana on 05/06/2025 - 14:00
    +1

    Pay with Amex

  • swamp potato on 05/06/2025 - 14:01
    +6

    The marketing and product team must have been really proud for pulling together this promo.

    • Cheezbrgr on 05/06/2025 - 14:09

      Product-market fit goals achieved after posting it on Ozbargain

  • Cheezbrgr on 05/06/2025 - 14:08

    Advertisement, not a deal.

  • KH234 on 05/06/2025 - 14:08

    Hi
    Will get Flybuys 5x points for this purchase

    • AssociatedBenny Hawk @ Blackhawk Network on 05/06/2025 - 15:47

      Hi, points are not awarded for gift card purchases at Officeworks. See below:

      https://experience.flybuys.com.au/partners/officeworks/

      • Luigi Savadamoni on 11/06/2025 - 22:11

        @Benny Hawk, can you please clarify the issue of ATO payments?

        The T&Cs dated 25 May 2025 basically say that Activ cards can't be used for ATO payments.

        At the top of the T&Cs webpage https://activgiftcard.com.au/terms/ it states: From July 5th, 2025, our Terms and Conditions will change Activ Visa Gift Cards will no longer be able to make payments to merchants using the 9311 – Payments - TAX merchant category’. Read our updated Terms and Conditions for more information.

        I'm confused, what is the actual date of effect for this change?

        • AssociatedBenny Hawk @ Blackhawk Network on 13/06/2025 - 14:58

          Hi Luigi, the change on the 5th of July is to include the wider tax merchant category. Since the launch of Activ Visa, the ATO has been an excluded merchant. Let me know if you have any questions.

  • cornflakes on 05/06/2025 - 14:11
    +2

    What the hell is this junk of a post? Where's the deal? Where's the bargain? Dafuq?

  • bAps on 05/06/2025 - 14:13

    why tf is there a fee at all

  • MeatyOne on 05/06/2025 - 14:15

    These prepaid cards are dreadful. I had a $1000 and $750 one with the intent to use them on a laptop at one point. 2 shops just outright rejected them on the EFTPOS terminal and another 3 wouldn't go through online. Took me forever to use them, eventually just using them for groceries as that was the only place where I had minimal issues. Waste of time and money.

  • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 05/06/2025 - 14:30

    No ATO/Sniip/Amex 3x points, how is this a bargain ???

    • ryefig on 05/06/2025 - 14:46

      Yeah that's terrible. Do you mind if I ask how do you know they can't be used for ATO or Sniip?

      • askbargain on 05/06/2025 - 15:14
        -1

        Love the bandwagon downvoting.

      • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 05/06/2025 - 15:24

        BHN cards are blocked.

      • WookieMonster on 05/06/2025 - 15:28
        +2

        The prepaid gift card in this deal is an Activ Visa gift card with Officeworks branding.

        Transactions at the ATO have been blacklisted on Activ Visa gift cards since day one. Clause 1 of the Activ Visa gift card terms and conditions says that transactions at the ATO are not allowed. Additionally, a number of people (including myself) have tried making payments and the card was declined each time. Blackhawk Network also has a habit of blocking transactions at the ATO on their prepaid gift cards, as the same thing happened for OnlyONE Visa gift cards.

        The reason that Sniip appears to be blocked as a merchant is due to this comment and the fact that I tried to link an Activ Visa gift card at the end of last year to my Sniip profile and it was declined (even though the gift card was activated and had an available balance).

        • ryefig on 05/06/2025 - 15:49

          Okay I see. The reason I ask is I would not have known this at all and would not want to fall for this trap in the future.

          So in the future for other gift cards, someone would need to read the T&Cs to determine if they can be used at ATO - but as for Sniip… it's really a risk you have to try and see.

          • WookieMonster on 05/06/2025 - 20:00
            +3

            @ryefig:

            but as for Sniip… it's really a risk you have to try and see.

            Yep… or see whether other people have tried it first. There is this table in the Gift Card FAQ that is trying to track where various prepaid gift cards are accepted (or not accepted) for merchants that would be of interest to OzBargainers who are into prepaid gift cards.

            Keep in mind the gift card in this deal is a prepaid Visa gift card, and it is subject to individual merchant acceptance. For example:

            Also, there is a clause in the gift card terms and conditions that says you cannot use it to purchase any gift cards. In my experience, transactions at Card.Gift and HCF Thank You will fail, but I am not sure about other online gift card portals.

            • ryefig on 06/06/2025 - 09:41

              @WookieMonster: Wow, thanks very much for the insight.
              Definitely seems like there are a lot of factors to take into consideration when it comes to buying prepaid gift cards. Might just stick to buying Apple gift cards at 20x points at Coles/Woolies whenever I need them.

            • Untalentedllama on 15/06/2025 - 09:21

              @WookieMonster: Great comprehensive write up , thank you. Do you know if these would work at Auspost to pay for bills ?

              • WookieMonster on 15/06/2025 - 11:23
                +1

                @Untalentedllama: In-person, I have not tried this in nearly a year. This conversation is the most recent discussion I have seen on Activ Visa gift cards and Post Billpay in-person. As a reminder, keep the following in mind:

                • Some billers will not accept Visa/Mastercard payments if you pay via Post Billpay in-person (e.g. ATO, DEFT, City of Melbourne).

                • Some billers may apply an additional fee on a future bill if you pay via Post Billpay (e.g. Origin Energy).

                Online, I have not tried this, but the linked comment above says this worked a couple of months ago. (You can only pay bills through Post Billpay online if the biller allows this, and some billers may apply an additional fee on a future bill.)

        • tenpercent on 05/06/2025 - 15:53

          Are there any discounted gift cards that can be used to pay the ATO?

          • WookieMonster on 05/06/2025 - 20:55
            +1

            @tenpercent: No, not at the moment.

            • tunzafun001 on 16/06/2025 - 13:38

              @WookieMonster: @WookieMonster
              When does your crystal ball have the next Coles prepaid mastercard deal coming out?

              Either from Coles or Giftcards.com.au?

              I got a nice pile of bills…no cards left..

              • WookieMonster on 16/06/2025 - 14:21
                +1

                @tunzafun001: The crystal ball is suggesting there will be nothing for the next few weeks, and probably nothing for a while.

                I have a feeling that there will be another $250 Coles Mastercard gift card deal towards the end of this year at Coles, because there are still a heap of $250 Coles Mastercard gift cards at Coles stores that expire towards the end of 20281, plus I have not seen any $250 Coles Mastercard gift cards that expire in 2029.

                There are also $250 Coles Mastercard gift cards at Shell Reddy/Coles Express with the same impending expiry issue, but I am not sure whether you would see a deal there…

                1. Coles cannot legally sell them with less than 3 years before the expiry date, unless it is part of a temporary marketing promotion (e.g. bonus points, upfront discount). ↩

                • tunzafun001 on 16/06/2025 - 14:44

                  @WookieMonster: Good intel..thankyou.

                  Next easiest/ cheapest credit card points earning option?

                  Can I use these for council rates? $4.95 fee for $500 card.

                  https://giftz.com.au/deal/activ-visa-egift-card-birthday

                  • WookieMonster on 17/06/2025 - 10:48

                    @tunzafun001: It depends on whether your council accepts prepaid Visa gift cards as a payment method (particularly if you are paying online). I tend to find that online merchants are more likely to reject prepaid Visa gift cards for online payments than prepaid Mastercard gift cards. There should be nothing on Blackhawk Network's end to block transactions at councils (unless there is something strange going on with the assigned MCC).

                    Is there a reason you are looking at Activ Visa e-gift cards instead of the Officeworks Visa gift cards in this deal? Officeworks Visa gift cards are basically Activ Visa gift cards with Officeworks branding.

                    If you are wondering what I have been doing during this drought, I have signed up for debit/credit cards from St.George / Bank of Melbourne / BankSA that earn cashback at supermarkets (e.g. this $40 cashback offer, this 10% cashback (max $500 back) offer), then using these offers to purchase $500 Vanilla Visa/Mastercard gift cards at Woolworths.

                    • tunzafun001 on 17/06/2025 - 17:56

                      @WookieMonster: I just noticed they also have a 'bills" category Visa card.
                      I was looking at this option as it is online. But maybe you can get the officeworks cards online as well?

                      As for the 10% card. Cheers for that. I didn't know they exist.

                      • WookieMonster on 17/06/2025 - 20:12

                        @tunzafun001:

                        I just noticed they also have a 'bills" category Visa card.

                        That is merely just branding on the gift card itself. It is no different to an Activ Visa Green gift card, Activ Visa Birthday gift card, Activ Visa Emergency gift card, etc.

                        I was looking at this option as it is online. But maybe you can get the officeworks cards online as well?

                        Ahhh right, I was not sure whether you were near a physical Officeworks store.

                        You can purchase Officeworks Visa gift cards online and take advantage of this reduced purchase fee deal, but you may need to pay for delivery:

                        • Metro postcodes: free
                        • Regional postcodes: $9.95 (or free via OnePass)
                        • Rural postcodes: $25.95
  • T-man on 05/06/2025 - 14:46
    +1

    Avoid dodgy blackhawk

  • CodeXD on 05/06/2025 - 15:07

    this is the worst trade gift card deal in the history of trade gift card deals

  • Lizard Spock on 05/06/2025 - 15:11

    OP does the old dump and run. Has never actually responded to any questions or concerns. Average votes of -0.3 on Ozbargain doesn't look good either.

  • tenpercent on 05/06/2025 - 15:53

    This is almost as bad as free to air content being advertised as a deal, or when a subscription streaming service adds a new movie and that gets listed as a deal.

    • werdplaya58 on 05/06/2025 - 16:50

      It's definitely worse.

      I haven't seen anyone give a decent use case for these debit cards, and you'd be losing money (e.g. $503 for a $500 card).

      Can't earn Flybuys or Amex in the transaction, can't buy them with gift cards, can't use for the ATO. One user above even reports stores and EFTPOS sometimes not accepting them.

      At least with the deals advertising something you already have access to (e.g. free to air content), by making them aware it could hypothetically save someone some money that they might otherwise have spent on accessing similar content another way.

  • Neoika on 05/06/2025 - 17:04

    Only useful for someone got the AmEx OW statement offer this time.

    • timedzone on 07/06/2025 - 17:55

      OW is very reluctant in allowing spilling tx in my experience, even if they are all in your name and you have your ID to prove the cards match your name. You might end up wasting 10-15 mins for manager approval just to buy 1x$1000 card lol.

      Also this doesnt seem to apply to instore purchases so you still need to pay the full $9.95 fee, which is of course totally fine if you got Amex offers.

  • Fantalia on 05/06/2025 - 23:51

    I actually bought one of these recently because i had online bills (the ones without surcharge) to pay that wouldn't accept Amex. Not 0% but 1% was still good enough for the points. Strangely though i couldn't use it to pay my KFC via the APP. Still haven't went to Costco to try it out yet - that's one shop that I'd be happy to pay a 1% surcharge on to get my points.

    • timedzone on 07/06/2025 - 17:58

      BHN has recently blocked their cards for KFC in app purchases, greedy bastards lol.
      AP still works though, not GPay though interestingly.

      • Neoika on 09/06/2025 - 14:36

        No, it is KFC's action. It can not be used since 6-7 months ago. Not for HJ App, either. Probably only for McD's App now.

        My last purchase in McD App was also 7 mths ago. This statement may be not correct: If it were due to BHN, it would have blocked McD as well.

  • tongtong04 on 06/06/2025 - 21:44

    Hi,
    anyone know if this card works for VIC SRO?

    • Luigi Savadamoni on 11/06/2025 - 22:39

      I paid my land tax (Vic SRO) last month with the same cards linked above by OP. Also used these cards to pay my council rates in April..Had no problems. Couldn't see any limitations listed in the T&Cs

  • AkuroPlays on 08/06/2025 - 13:53

    Um. No thanks.

  • puffinfresh on 21/06/2025 - 15:00

    I just got a spend $150 at Officeworks and get $20 back offer from Amex. So it turns out this deal might come in handy.

    • puffinfresh on 23/06/2025 - 12:19

      Na, saw that they sold Coles Group cards, so went with that.

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