OfficeMax in-store MaxPerks Bonus Rewards offers 11/23-11/24: 20 pack batteries Pay $16.99, get $16.98 back in rewards; Microsoft Windows 8 Pro, Pay $59.99, get back $30 in rewards

What is this about rewards expiring in three months? Mine both say one year on officemaxperks.com, is that right?

Quote from richardxthripp : What is this about rewards expiring in three months? Mine both say one year on officemaxperks.com, is that right?

Because you are special (Florida resident).

Quote from tenderidol : Because you are special (Florida resident).

Wow, cool, you're right. It says "Reward Cards expire 90 days from date of issuance, except in Florida where they expire one (1) year from date of issuance."

Quote from richardxthripp : Wow, cool, you're right. It says "Reward Cards expire 90 days from date of issuance, except in Florida where they expire one (1) year from date of issuance."

Unfortunately they can't get things done in Florida as fast as the rest of us........... like counting the votes in a national election.

Hopefully we'll get the elf yourself coupon to bring down the tax on the batteries.

Quote from tenderidol : Because you are special (Florida resident).

Why is Florida resident special?

Quote from xxxHolic : Why is Florida resident special?

Their rewards and gift cards have a 1 year expiration date, or in some cases no expiration date, by law.

Quote from xxxHolic : Why is Florida resident special?

By law it can't expire for a year.

Quote from adamant : Staples rewards don't reduce Easy rebate offers right? Need some FAR items to unload the staples rewards.

The general rule is that paying for Staples Easy Rebate items with Staples Rewards does not reduce the rebate payouts.

Quote from GoHalos : Unfortunately they can't get things done in Florida as fast as the rest of us........... like counting the votes in a national election. Hopefully we'll get the elf yourself coupon to bring down the tax on the batteries.

Quote from xxxHolic : Why is Florida resident special?

Think of Florida as whole other counrtry. They have good cuban food, good off shore fishing and nothing but really old retired folks. LOL JK. Maybe in FL they want the people to "expire" before their officemax rewards expire?

Quote from Superocean : Think of Florida as whole other counrtry. They have good cuban food, good off shore fishing and nothing but really old retired folks. LOL JK. Maybe in FL they want the people to "expire" before their officemax rewards expire?

I love Floridians. They buy a lot of my stamps on the bay............ and several have told me they buy more when they get their SS funds so I know it's the old folks.

I hope we get some more online deals that I can roll my rewards on... OM no longer has the couple of items (that were actually listed at MSRP) I was going to cash out on if I had too. ;(

Quote from GoHalos : You also get $10 back for spending only $75. Regular reward cards have to spend $500 to get back $25 and if we don't make it that far we get nothing back. If you brought in ink cartridges and spent real money on the chair you could have additional rewards as well. If you don't like waiting 3 months for rewards, you might want to get a regular card.

I DO want to get a regular card, but it's not as simple as it sounds. When I asked them to change me over to regular, they said no go. I'd have to cancel the teacher one, lose all Rewards, then start a Regular one. And it wasn't even clear if they'd let me cancel the Teacher one if it contained Rewards, or if I'd have to wait until the Rewards balance went to $0.

So the only way out is to try finding some actual non-Reward stuff to buy at a decent price and drain all Rewards to $0. Then cancel, rejoin, and start rolling every month. Or not every month. On the quarterly plan, waiting until the end of the quarter looking for a good rolling deal is dangerous if there are no deals, while on the regular plan, not finding deals in the month you're planning to roll, is no big deal. It just means you occasionally roll 2 months apart, not 6.

I did spend real, qualifying money on the chair. $80 + tax for the chair, $70 rewards plus the $10 for hitting $75. I'm more concerned about rolling than the extra $10, which is why doing the Teacher plan was a HUGE mistake. Yet one that I'm not going to take a lousy deal on something to get out of. Probably should, but just can't bring myself to overpay even to get on the Exit ramp. Should probably just go to a sale instore, and buy stuff flippable on ebay at breakeven. Then cancel, resign as Regular.

Quote from NikonF7 : I DO want to get a regular card, but it's not as simple as it sounds. When I asked them to change me over to regular, they said no go. I'd have to cancel the teacher one, lose all Rewards, then start a Regular one. And it wasn't even clear if they'd let me cancel the Teacher one if it contained Rewards, or if I'd have to wait until the Rewards balance went to $0. So the only way out is to try finding some actual non-Reward stuff to buy at a decent price and drain all Rewards to $0. Then cancel, rejoin, and start rolling every month. Or not every month. On the quarterly plan, waiting until the end of the quarter looking for a good rolling deal is dangerous if there are no deals, while on the regular plan, not finding deals in the month you're planning to roll, is no big deal. It just means you occasionally roll 2 months apart, not 6. I did spend real, qualifying money on the chair. $80 + tax for the chair, $70 rewards plus the $10 for hitting $75. I'm more concerned about rolling than the extra $10, which is why doing the Teacher plan was a HUGE mistake. Yet one that I'm not going to take a lousy deal on something to get out of. Probably should, but just can't bring myself to overpay even to get on the Exit ramp. Should probably just go to a sale instore, and buy stuff flippable on ebay at breakeven. Then cancel, resign as Regular.

OM won't transfer the rewards to another card but that doesn't mean u can't open a new acct. Use a family member's name......... it's one per person.

Personally, I think one day we'll wake up and find out rolling doesn't work any more. When I don't know but I think our days are numbered. I'm trying to whittle my rewards down.

Quote from GoHalos : OM won't transfer the rewards to another card but that doesn't mean u can't open a new acct. Use a family member's name......... it's one per person. Personally, I think one day we'll wake up and find out rolling doesn't work any more. When I don't know but I think our days are numbered. I'm trying to whittle my rewards down.

What happens to Office Max rewards at the end of the year? Other than Florida will everyone's accounts reset to zero? TIA this is my first year in the OM program.