Metcash Christmas Club – Terms and Conditions
The Metcash Christmas Club Program (“Christmas Club”, “Program”, “Christmas Club Program”) is operated by Metcash Trading Ltd ACN 000 031 569 (“Metcash”, “we”, “us”, “our”).
About the Christmas Club
Under the Program, you authorise us to direct debit a set amount from your bank account or credit card at regular intervals during the year, until 15 November.
Between the 16 and 30 November, we will provide you with a Gift Card or Gift Cards with the aggregate Initial Value set as the full value you contributed. Gift Cards will be issued in accordance with the Gift Card Terms and Conditions and can be used at Participating Stores.
About these Terms and Conditions
These Terms and Conditions set out the terms of participation in the Christmas Club Program.
You should read these Terms and Conditions carefully. At the end of each Christmas Club Year your Christmas Club Balance will be used to provide you a Gift Card or Gift Cards on the Gift Card Terms and Conditions as in force at that time. You should also read the Gift Card Terms and Conditions so you understand what you will receive.
You agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions by registering for the Christmas Club.
IMPORTANT NOTE: These terms and conditions were updated and published on 16 November 2023.
They come into effect:
- immediately, if you join the Christmas Club on or after the date of their publication; and
- after 30 days, in circumstances where there is a revision to these terms and conditions and where you are already a member of the Christmas Club at the date of publication. Before the expiration of the 30 day period the prior published terms and conditions will continue to apply to you.
If you are already a member of the Christmas Club and are not happy about a change in the terms which will apply, you will be able to cease your membership and receive a full refund of your contributions under the section ‘Leaving the Club’ below. You will not be charged a Termination Charge in these circumstances.
Definitions
In these Terms and Conditions:
“Christmas Club Balance” in relation to a particular Christmas Club Year means, at any time, the value of all contributions made by you to us in relation to the Christmas Club for the relevant Christmas Club Year at that time.
“Christmas Club Year” means the period starting on 1 January and ending on 15 November.
“Gift Card” means a gift card issued by us and available for use at Participating Stores in accordance with the Gift Card Terms and Conditions. Gift Card Terms and Conditions are available at https://www.metcash.com/gift-cards-terms
“Gift Card Terms and Conditions” means the terms and conditions available at https://metcashgiftcards.com.au/policies/terms-of-service
“Initial Value” has the same meaning as in the Gift Card Terms and Conditions.
“Nominated Amount” means at any time the amount you have most recently nominated as the amount of each contribution you make. (Changes to the Nominated Amount take effect as described under “Changing your details“.)
“Participating Stores” means participating Supa IGA, IGA, IGA X-press, IGA plus Liquor, IGA Everyday, Cellarbrations, The Bottle-O, Porters Liquor, Mitre 10 and Home Timber Hardware stores and any other stores that accept Gift Cards, as notified on the Website.
“Payment Frequency” means at any time the payment frequency (weekly or monthly) you have most recently nominated for us to receive contributions from you using the Payment Method.
“Payment Method” means at any time the payment method (being direct debit from an Australian financial institution account or from a Visa or MasterCard scheme debit card or credit card) you have most recently nominated for us to use to receive contributions from you. (Changes to the Payment Method take effect as described under “Changing your details“.)
“Termination Charge” means the reasonable costs we incur when you decide to cancel your participation. It is made up of the costs to us of receiving your payments (which is usually between 0.75% and 1.3% of the Christmas Club Balance you ask to be refunded, depending on your Payment Method), the additional cost of returning the payment to you (usually 1% of the amount to be returned), and an administration charge of $10 that covers our administrative expense of cancelling your participation and making the payment.
“Website” means the website at https://metcashgiftcards.com.au/
A reference to “you” and “your” is a reference to the registered Christmas Club member.
A reference to “we”, “our” and “us” is a reference to Metcash.
Registering for the Christmas Club
You can register to participate in the Christmas Club by following links at the website. You will need to provide your name and address, electronic contact details, and details of the bank account or credit card that will be used to make your contributions.
You will also choose the Nominated Amount of contributions and the Payment Frequency at which we will initiate a direct debit or a credit card payment.
Renewal of Registration
Where you are an existing Christmas Club member we will provide you with a notification of renewal at the time we deliver your Gift Cards to your nominated address. That notification will confirm your Nominated Account and Payment Frequency and will provide you with information as to how to leave the Christmas Club if you no longer wish to participate in the Christmas Club for the following Christmas Club Year.
If you do not tell us that you want to leave the Christmas Club 14 days prior to start of the next Christmas Club Year (1 January) you will be re-enrolled for the Christmas Club for the next Christmas Club year.
Password and user name
You will need a user name (a valid email address) and a password for your Christmas Club registration. You should select a password that you can remember but will not be easy for others to guess.
You should not share your password with anybody. Anyone who has access to your password will be able to request changes to your Christmas Club membership.
If you think your password may have been compromised or there has been unauthorised access or changes to your Christmas Club membership, you should contact us immediately.
Your contributions
During each Christmas Club Year we will collect your Nominated Amount by initiating a transaction to your Payment Method, at the Payment Frequency (weekly or monthly) that you have selected. You can visit the Website at any time and check your Christmas Club Balance (being the total of your contributions for that Christmas Club Year).
The amount of each contribution will be added to your Christmas Club Balance once we have actually received the amount in cleared funds. This may be later than the day that we initiate the transaction. Where a transaction would fall on a day that is a Saturday, Sunday, or public holiday, we may initiate the transaction on the next business day in Sydney, even if that is in the next month.
Changing your details
At any time you can make changes to your Christmas Club registration. Changes you can make include:
- changing your Payment Method (including by updating the details of your nominated Payment Method or nominating a different Payment Method) by logging into your Christmas Club membership through the website;
- changing your contact details, including the physical address where we will send your Gift Cards;
- changing the value of your contributions.
Suspending or re-activating your contributions
At any time you can:
- suspend your contributions,
- Re-activate your contributions if they are suspended,
by logging into your Christmas Club membership through the Website.
If you suspend your contributions, we will cease attempting to collect your Nominated Amount from your Payment Method. While suspended, you remain a registered member of the Christmas Club, and your Christmas Club Balance is retained. At the end of the Christmas Club Year, your Gift Card will be distributed in the same way as for Christmas Club members that are not suspended.
When do your changes take effect?
We will be entitled to rely on any change or any suspension or re-activation request as an instruction from you if made through the website using your user name and password.
We endeavour to make the changes effective promptly and by no later than 14 days after the change is requested.
As delivery of Gift Cards will take place as soon as practicable after the end of each Christmas Club Year, the delivery address for Gift Cards for a particular Christmas Club Year cannot be changed after the end of that Christmas Club Year.
What if you miss a contribution?
You should check that your Payment Method will have a sufficient balance for each contribution to be processed. If your Payment Method has insufficient funds to respond to a transaction we initiate, the provider of your payment method may charge you a fee.
We will inform you if a contribution is dishonoured and we will not re-attempt the transaction for that Payment Period. This will mean that Christmas Club Balance at the end of the Christmas Club Year, and the Initial Value of your Gift Card will be lower than the expected value.
If consecutive contributions are dishonoured, we will suspend your membership of the Christmas Club and make contact with you.
Sending your Gift Card
Soon after the end of each Christmas Club Year, we distribute your Gift Cards by post to your nominated address.
If your Gift Card does not arrive to your nominated address, you may contact us at 1300 409 245 or https://metcashgiftcards.com.au/contact/ and we may reissue a Gift Card of equivalent value in circumstances where the card has not been activated.
Leaving the Club
If you change your mind or your circumstances change, you can cancel your participation at any time before 15 November in any Christmas Club Year. If you do cancel, you will get Gift Cards to the value you have contributed during that Christmas Club Year, less a Termination Charge that represents our reasonable costs relating to your participation in the Christmas Club.
We will do so promptly after we are sure that we have received all contributions that have been made.
By law, if you terminate, we can charge no more than our reasonable costs that flow from your termination. These include transaction costs of accepting your contributions (as we would otherwise defray these when you use the contribution to purchase goods from IGA) It may take us up to 14 days from the date you cancel to cancel any future payments. If you give us less than 7 days’ notice, it is possible that we may initiate a transaction for a contribution after the date you request termination. Any such amount will be included in the Gift Card we issue to you.
We may provide a refund to the Payment Method that was used to make the relevant payments if you can demonstrate hardship. In these circumstances we may use other methods to provide your refund if we reasonably believe that a manner of refund would have an increased risk of fraud.
If you cancel your membership within 60 days of the date of your renewal notice (as detailed above under the heading Renewal of Registration) we will reimburse you any amount you have contributed to the Christmas Club following the renewal and without any Termination Charge.
If you cancel your membership within 30 days of notification of a change to these Terms and Conditions (see Communicating with you), we will reimburse you any amount you have contributed to the Christmas Club in that Christmas Club Year without any Termination Charge.
Direct Debit Agreement
Where you have nominated direct debit as your Payment Method and have specified a bank account (by BSB code and account number) in the direct debit request that is part of registration, you authorise us to arrange with our own financial institution for funds to be debited from that account, equal to each contribution to be made by you in accordance with these terms and conditions, at each time a contribution is to be made.
It is your obligation to ensure that there will be sufficient cleared funds in your account on each day that a contribution transaction will be initiated. You may stop a future payment by either suspending your membership or cancelling it as described above.
If you believe that there has been any error in relation to a debit to your account, you should notify us promptly at 1300 409 245 or https://metcashgiftcards.com.au/contact/. If you wish, you can also contact your own financial institution where the account is held.
You should carefully check the BSB and account number you wish to debit before completing the direct debit request, and make sure that your financial institution allows payments to be made by direct debit from your account.
Standing Authority to debit your card account
Where you have nominated a Visa or Mastercard credit card or debit card as your Payment Method, you authorise us to process a payment from that card, equal to each contribution to be made by you in accordance with these terms and conditions, at each time a contribution is to be made.
It is your obligation to ensure that there will be sufficient available funds in your card account on each day that a contribution transaction will be initiated. You may stop a future payment by either suspending your membership or cancelling it as set out above.
If you believe that there has been any error in relation to a transaction to your card account, you should notify us promptly at 1300 409 245 or https://metcashgiftcards.com.au/contact/. If you wish, you can also contact your own financial institution that issues the card.
Communicating with you
You agree that we can communicate with you in relation to your participation in the Christmas Club by email to your nominated email address or SMS to your nominated mobile phone number.
We will also alert you to changes to these Terms and Conditions through the electronic communication channels you have nominated.
We may discontinue or terminate the Christmas Club Program at any time upon 90 days’ notice. Notice of such discontinuance or termination will be made available on the Website and through the electronic communication channels you have nominated. By law, where we terminate the Christmas Club program, we must reimburse the amounts you have contributed in the relevant Christmas Club Year without any Termination Charge.
Liability
You are responsible for your Gift Card and are liable for all transactions made using your Gift Card, except to the extent of any fraud, negligence or other wrongful act or omission of ours.
We are not responsible for any failures or interruptions in the provision of EFTPOS facilities and Gift Card transaction functionality at any Participating Store. We do not guarantee that any particular store will participate in the Gift Card Program and accept Gift Cards.
Privacy
We have a Privacy Policy which is available at https://www.metcash.com/legal/privacy-policy/ The Privacy Policy governs how we collect or handle any personal information about you in connection with the Christmas Club Program, and describes your rights to request access or amendments, and how we handle complaints. If we do not collect information we would not be able to offer the Christmas Club Program. All information is held in Australia.
Applicable Law
These Terms and Conditions are to be construed in accordance with the laws of New South Wales, Australia.
Christmas In July 2023 Promotion
- Only available online at www.metcashgiftcards.com.au
- Subscribe to the Christmas Club during the month of July 2023 to receive a bonus 5% at the end of the subscription period.
- The subscription period ends 16th November 2023.
- If the subscription is placed on hold or cancelled during the subscription period, the 5% will not be received.
- The additional 5% will be provided in the form of Gift Cards.
- Bonus 5% up to the maximum of $500 per household.
- Reasonable personal use purchase limits apply.
- General T&C’s of using an IGA Gift Card apply https://www.metcash.com/gift-cards-terms/