Mintt was the smartphone brand that splashed the cash, claiming it was Australia’s best-value mobile brand when it launched in 2019.
They even threw cash at Channel Nine’s sponsor The Block and some weird journalists along the way who claimed to be an “Australian” smartphone company.
Visitors to your online site today find themselves with claims that they do not have smartphones to sell or mobile accessories.
An address at 166 Rouse St, Port Melbourne, Vic 3207 is on the front page of their website even though the business seems to have stopped trading despite Channel Nine, The Today Show along with the Sydney Morning Herald springing up on its product when were launched. .
Retailers and consumers alike have decided on Mintt’s mobile products, which were priced between $ 179 and $ 399.
It seems that consumers have chosen cheap Motorola and Samsung products over the mint offer which could not be offered by the major retailers or mobile operators.
As for the device, the only Australian thing about the products was that they were sold to them by an Australian company with the product coming from abroad.
Existing customers are asked to contact the corporate customer service team.
A message on the site states that for Mintt product support, use one of the following contact methods:
Visit our Help and FAQ Center
Leave a message by clicking the help widget at the bottom right of the webpage
Please send a “Contact Us” message using our contact form.
A visit to the contact page indicates that Mintt Australia Pty Ltd ABN 50 618 715 272 is registered at PO Box 3138, Burleigh Town LPO, Burleigh Heads, 4220QLD.
The sole director of the company appears to be Kok Aun Gui, a Malaysian national. The company was registered in 2017.
Following its initial launch in Australia, Mintt announced a new concierge service that offered and set up a new mobile phone.
For a fee of $ 69 called “Heroes,” the company said it would deliver one of the cheap phones of a customer’s choice in two days, then set up, transfer photos, contacts, install apps, and more, before run the client through the functions. of the new phone.
At the time, many in the industry said that this cheap mobile service was “unsustainable.”
When Ray Shaw, then working for Gadget Guy, was released, he said: with the sincerity of the Australian partners and the duration, they went to answer some difficult questions. “
ChannelNews has been unable to contact company executives.
About the author of the publication
David Richards has been writing about technology for over 30 years. A former Fleet Street journalist, he wrote the award-winning series on the Federation of Boat Painters + Dockers Union for the Bulletin which resulted in a Royal Commission. He is also a Logie winner for his outstanding contribution to television journalism with a story called The Werribee Affair. In 1997, it built Australia’s largest technology media company and before that it became the third public relations firm to become the founding company of Ogilvy PR. Today he writes about technology and its impact on both businesses and consumers.