Hello again friendly and knowledgeable Steemit community, this is Part 2, of Coinjar experience from a novice. There is a Part 1, here: https://steemit.com/teamaustralia/@truthdoesntpay/coinjar-experience-from-a-novice-part-1-setting-up-account-and-coinjar-swipe
Just a short one today. Australia-based, for those international readers.
Today I successfully used the CoinJar Swipe EFTPOS card for the first time - to purchase groceries. You select 'Savings' at check-out, and enter your PIN that was mailed to you with the card. Earned 5 CoinJar Rewards points from the transaction, which I can see when I log in to the website. Sure enough, the transaction and updated balance is recorded once you log in at Coinjar.com, or by checking at an ATM (if it's not a rediATM you can avoid the $2.00 fee).
As Part 1 explains, the value on the card is stored in AUD, or your local currency, not BTC, so to actually benefit from increased purchasing power you need to first exchange AUD for BTC when BTC is trading low, and then top up the card when the value of BTC rises (more than the transaction fee of a flat 1% according to the website: www.coinjar.com.au). Then the value on the card is locked at a higher value of AUD than you started off with - spendable wherever there is EFTPOS immediately, or even withdrawn in cash at an ATM.
Comments welcome, stay tuned for Part 3 when I work out how to use the Hedge account, hopefully with a real life example.