Staples B&M Only - Buy $100 in Visa® or MasterCard® gift cards and get a $15 Staples® gift card After Staples Easy Rebate- Starts 11/11
 

This deal is listed in Page 9 of staples ad for the week 11/11 - 11/17. Limit 10 Staples Gift Cards per name/address/household. Of course, there is an activation fee of $5.99 on the $100 Visa / Master cards. Even after factoring in the activation fee, it is a potential $9 MM deal(in the form of Staples GC..) per VISA/Master card purchase.

This post can and should be edited by users like you :)
 

wiki "total rehab" by tintino, on Nov 20 - please keep it neat!

Rebate Information:

Rebate offer: 12-28680
Purchase must be made now through November 24 (weekly ad [staples.com])
In store ONLY!


Rebate Offer and LIMITS - clarified:
(confirmed by Parago and Staples customer support email/chat, see timeline below for links)

• -You get $15 in Staples Gift Cards for each $100 worth of Visa/MC you buy.
• -Rebate maximum limit (per household) is:
  • Buy $1000 in Visa or Mastercard gift cards.
  • Receive $150 Staples Gift Card
• Doesn't matter what denomination ($50 or $100 or $200) Visa/MC cards you buy.
  
• Doesn't matter how many cards you buy per transaction.

• -Limit is per household address.
  
  • Let's say you have 3 people in your address and each of the three buys $1000 in giftcards. Only one gift card rebate will be mailed and the other 2 person's rebates will be DENIED!

Official (ambiguous) wording:

Quote:

Promotion: Get a $15 Staples Gift Card on Purchase of $100 or more on Visa and Mastercard Gift Cards at Staples Stores Only Rebate Reward: $15.00 Gift Card Valid Dates: 11-11-2012 through 11-24-2012 Postmark Date: Purchase Date Plus 60 Days Promotion Details: Purchase must be made between 11/11/12 and 11/24/12. Requests MUST be submitted online or postmarked within 60 days from date of purchase. To submit online go to www.stapleseasyrebates.com and follow the instructions. To mail rebate STAPLES STORE PURCHASE: Send ONLY the completed ORIGINAL rebate redemption form printed from the cash register, the ORIGINAL submission form printed from www.stapleseasyrebates.com, or the ORIGINAL PDF submission form provided by a Staples store. Photocopies not accepted. Offer valid in US only. Good for actual purchases by end users; excludes resellers and distributors of products and their families. You should receive your Staples Gift Card within 4-6 weeks after claim is received. Staples Gift Cards may be used toward the purchase of merchandise and services only at a Staples U.S. retail store. For balance, or if you have questions about your Staples Gift Card, call 1-888-609-6963 or visit staples.com/giftcards. Value can be added to this card at any Staples U.S. retail store. See Staples Gift Card for complete terms and conditions. We are not responsible for lost or misdirected mail and illegible entries. Staples logo and product names are trademarks of Staples and their respective companies. Limit 10 Staples Gift Cards per name/address/household. For questions or a status inquiry about this rebate offer call 1-877-266-6483. Fraudulent submission of multiple requests could result in federal prosecution under the U.S. Mail Fraud Statutes (18 USC, Section 1341 & 1342). Keep a copy of your documents for future reference. Additional Information: Purchase $100 or more on Visa and Mastercard Gift Cards at Staples stores between 11/11/12 and 11/24/12, then submit online or mail it in to receive a Staples Gift Card. Limit 10 Staples Gift Cards per name/address/household. Mail this form and the proof of purchase (listed in the promotion details) to the following address: STAPLES ( Dept. 12-28680 ), PO Box 540036 EL PASO, TX 88554-0036 Please allow 4 - 6 weeks after we receive your submission to receive your rebate. Offers requiring activation and/or service agreements may take longer. Please refer to the Terms and Conditions portion of each particular offer for specific details.

Useful Info:

Staples gift cards:
(this will be your rebate reward):

• are accepted ONLY IN STORE - not on phone or online.
• cannot be used to buy any type of gift card found in Staples stores.
  

Visa / Mastercard gift cards:
(this is what you're buying for the rebate)

• -Purchasing Visa/MC gift cards, does NOT count towards Staples Premier Status.
• -Using a Visa/MC gift card, to pay for another one:
  • It is against store policy to use any gift cards to buy other gift cards (some stores are even denying the use of any credit cards to buy gift cards).
  • However, the system will accept the transaction, if your cashier lets you, and many have had success (YMMV).
  • If paying with credit card, if your total is over $500, the transaction will require a manager to approve the transaction, which will bring additional attention to the purchase.

Cashing out $1000 of the Visa/MC cards with NO FEES:

• • via Amazon Payments (AP) (Requires SSN)
    • you need 2 AP accounts (different names/social security number, but can be same address. There is no credit report pull.) - create AP account [amazon.com]
    • register your cards at www.giftcardmall.com/mygift [giftcardmall.com] in the name/address of AP account#1.
    • Log into AP account #1
    • go to "Edit my account settings"
    • go to "Add, edit, or delete my credit cards [amazon.com]"
    • add your cards that you registered earlier at giftcardmall
    • go to "Send Money [amazon.com]" and send it to AP account #2.
    • It will ask you if "cash advance" or "purchase". Select PURCHASE.
    • It will ask you what amount and what card to fund the transfer with. Select maximum amount on your card (ie:$200)
    • Do the above for each card. For example if you added five $200cards, do 5 transfers, each of $200
    • To withdraw, you need to add a bank account and verify it, to account #2.
    • Maximum amount you can receive or send is $1000 per month.
    • There are no fees for personal AP accounts (only for business AP accounts)
  • via Amex Serve (Serve)
    • register your cards at www.giftcardmall.com/mygift [giftcardmall.com] in the name/address of your Serve account. If you have an apt. number, it is suggested you leave it blank.
    • Log in to Serve account
    • goto "My account" > "Bank and Cards [serve.com]"
    • link a new DEBIT card
    • enter your Visa gift card, and details exactly as you entered them when you registered on giftcardmall.com. If you have an apt. number, it is suggested you blank out the "Address Line 2 (optional)" line.
    • Once you linked your card successfully, you can click on ADD button [serve.com] on the left side of your Serve screen, and fund it from your linked Visa Debit Gift card.
    • The money should be available instantly to your serve account.
    • You can send money money to another Serve account , or withdraw it to your bank account (i believe limit is $200 per day?)
    • You can also use your Serve card to pay merchants, and have it withdraw from the Visa gift card you attached to your serve account. For example use it to buy another Visa Gift Card from Staples.
    • Fees are waived until March 13.
    • Warning: Serve frowns upon linking a credit card and withdrawing to bank account and has been reported to issue warnings, and/or close serve accounts.

Buying five $200 Visa cards in one transaction:
(maxing out the rebate in one transaction)

• You will pay $1034.75.
  
• If you pay with credit card, because the amount is more than $500, a manager will need to come to the register to authorize it (which is normal procedure).
• The register will print a Redemption Form, showing that you bought five $200 Visa cards. But "Rebates you're eligible for using this rebate redemption form" will only show 1. It means your receipt is eligible for "one" of staples current rebates. Again, this is fine.
• Submit Staples Easy Rebate online. Your rebate status typically won't be updated for several hours. So for several hours you won't see what you qualify for. Usually you get an e-mail with subject "Thanks for submitting your rebate!"
• Later (usually you get an e-mail with subject "Update! Your rebate is being processed"), you should see the attached status, showing that you qualify for "Staples Gift Card for $150.00".
• rebate status will say:
  Quote:

  Rebate 1: Rebate Offer: 12-28680 Get a $15 Staples Gift Card on Purchase of $100 or more on Visa and Mastercard Gift Cards at Staples Stores Only Products Purchased: $200 VISA GIFT $200 VISA GIFT $200 VISA GIFT $200 VISA GIFT $200 VISA GIFT Validation in progress. * Staples Gift Card for $150.00

Developments Timeline:

Nov 11, 2012:
Promotion is live.
Limits and rewards are not clear based on official wording of the rebate.
Many people start experimenting - buying Visa/MC cards in different denominations and, upon submitting their receipt discover that:

• -denominations other than $100 Visa or $100 MC, work for rebate as well
  
• -buying $100 Visa or MC produces $15 Staples Gift Card rebate
• -buying $200 Visa produces $30 Staples Gift Card rebate.
  Great news! The $200 Visa has only $6.95 activation fee.
  Only $1 more than the $100 Visa, but double the reward.
  
• -buying 2 x $200 Visa in one transaction produces $75 Staples Gift Card rebate (glitch, mistake), instead of expected $60
• -buying 3 x $200 Visa in one transaction produces $135 Staples Gift Card rebate (glitch, mistake), instead of expected $90
• -buying 4 x $200 Visa in one transaction produces $150 Staples Gift Card rebate (glitch, mistake), instead of expected $120
• -buying 5 x $200 Visa in one transaction produces $150 Staples Gift Card rebate
  

Nov 12 - Nov 18:

• -Poor rebate wording causes a lot of confusion about the limits. Nobody really knows the limits.
  
• -A lot of speculation and discussion takes place, about the glitch and supposed limits, and whether or not Staples will fix it and adjust the rebates.
• -It is advised that you should do 2 transactions to max the rebate limit potential, based on the glitch, and unclear rebate wording regarding limit and reward...

TRANS 1: 3x$200 Visa cards (pay $21 activation fee, and maybe receive $135 Staples card)
TRANS 2: 2x$200 Visa cards (pay $14 activation fee, and maybe receive $75 Staples card)

Nov 18:

• -someone contacts Parago (rebate company) customer support via email and asks if buying $200 Visa will result in $30 Staples Card rebate.
• -Parago confirms it - customer support email posted (thanks phazein)

Nov 19, 2012:

• Staples sends out emails to all customers who submitted rebates where the amount shown was wrongly calculated due to the glitch.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Staples email sent to customers Dear Valued Staples Customer, We have identified you as one of the consumers who may have visited the Staples Easy Rebate site to track your rebate. Upon tracking your submission, you may have noticed that the value of your rebate might have calculated incorrectly. Please know that we are working to correct this issue. When you receive your Staples gift card in the mail, it will be loaded with the correct reward value. We apologize for any confusion this may have caused. As always, thanks for shopping at Staples. Sincerely, Staples Rebate Team

• -more confirmation from Parago customer support (online chat) that buying 3 x $200 Visa results in $90 Staples Gift card reward. online chat posted thanks teamhurtado
• -FINALLY! A confirmation that maximum limit is $150 reward in Staples Gift cards, for buying $1000 in Visa or MC gift cards (regardless of denomination). staples online chat posted thanks stm69

Dec 1, 2012:

• Some people starting to report that their rebates show the corrected amount now (ie: $90 for buying 3x$200 Gift Cards) and confirming we will get $15 for each $100 bought.
  
• AMEX SERVE is locking accounts of people who added the Gift Cards and withdraw, and asking for copy of SSN and copy of front and back of "all credit/debit" cards.

No you can't buy GC with rewards

Holy moly! That's a good deal. I did this last month and it was only for $10 GCs. Going to do it again. Thanks!

$5.99 fee?

All the GC have an activation fee ..staples got smarter

No, only the Visa/MC prepaid cards have that fee, other gift cards don't.

Deal even more sweeter for Amex BCP card owners..Huge YMMV
 

Currently Safeway/Vons is running a promotion where you buy $100 in Visa/Mastercard gift cards and you get a coupon for $10 off of your next purchase at Safeway/Vons. There is a $5.99 activation on these prepaid cards at Safeway too. However, if you have a high cash back card like Amex Blue cash preferred, then this fee is offset by the cash back. Use the prepaid Visa/Mastercards purchased at Safeway to buy Visa/Mastercards at Staples and get $15 staples GC.

I know this is a huge YMMV because staples might not allow you to buy one Visa/master card with another one but if your stores lets you do it, then you will end up with a coupon for $10 off of next purchase at Safeway/vons +$9 worth of Staples GC ( $15 GC - $5.99 activation fee). A net gain of $19(in the form of free groceries at safeway + Staples GC) for every $100 Visa/Mastercard purchase...

You can then take them and buy cards at Officemax the following week.
$15 reward on $100 card :D
OR if you are into the Itunes thing $15 off $50

Yes you can, just not in store

can u buy gift card w/ gift card? like buying it w/ staples gift card?

buy 1 $100 gc and get $15....use $100 gc to buy another $100 gc and get $15 more? will it work?

Don't forgot 5x ultimate rewards on purchases with ink bold

Yes, provided you activate the Visa/MC before you try to use them on the next transaction.

You could buy one card, activate it, then use it to buy another one, etc., until you reach the max limit per rewards account. This would permit you to stack-up the Staples GCs.

No, you can't buy gift card w/ Staples gift card. You may buy gift card w/ Visa/Master gift card.

The last deal - $100 gc and get $10 - limits 10 Staples Gift Cards per name/address/household. You can try if you want ;)

Each card will cost you $105.99 , so using the previously purchased card will require you to still pay $5.99 more.

I'm debating whether it's worth it to make $9. I dunno.

I need to get my account to Premier status again before the year's up...so I have to get to that $1000 benchmark.

Will buying this gift card count towards that $1000 requirement?

No...GCs do not count...I figured that out last year the hard way.

No, Gift Card purchases in any flavor do not constitute Qualified Purchases:


(Per Staples Rewards T&Cs):

2. Qualifying Purchases

A Member is eligible to receive credit ("Rewards") on the Member's account for qualifying purchases made by the Member ("Qualifying Purchases"), as defined below, that are made at Staples stores in the U.S., by phone at 1-800-333-3330 or online at staples.com® and for which a Membership account is identified. All Qualifying Purchases are subject to verification by Staples before being credited to a Member's account.

The following Qualifying Purchases are eligible toward earning Rewards:

Ink and toner used in copiers, fax machines and printers excluding printer, fax and copy machine drums, label maker ribbons, and refill kits;

Case and ream cut sheet paper excluding photo paper, dot matrix/"computer" paper, fax thermal paper, résumé, stationery, invitations and specialty paper, paper rolls, labels, carbon and carbonless forms, notebooks, pads and filler paper;

Copy & Print services excluding postage stamps, shipping and shipping supplies, merchandise used in assembling Copy & Print jobs, custom printing orders placed online, and third party services;

Other products or services as may be included from time to time by Staples, in its sole discretion.


Qualifying Purchases made by the Member but for which the Member's account number was not used at the time of the transaction can be added to the Member account if Staples is contacted with the original 17-digit receipt barcode number from the store receipt or order number, and the Member’s account number at staplesrewards.com or by calling 1-800-793-3320 as promptly as possible after the date of the transaction, but within the current quarter or the two previous calendar quarters only. Only purchases made by the Member may be added to the Member’s account. Purchases are credited upon verification within five days after they are requested. Qualifying Purchases that have been verified are applied to the Member’s account with a transaction date of the date approved. A maximum of 10 purchases may be requested to be credited per day. Qualifying Purchases cannot be transferred, sold or bartered.

ETA:

4. Rewards

The Members' accounts will receive credit for Qualifying Purchases equal to 10% of their total Qualifying Purchase Amount for purchases made during the applicable calendar quarter if the Reward minimum, as defined below, is met. Qualifying Purchase Amount is the amount paid at checkout after application of all promotions, coupons and Rewards redemption. Amounts spent on taxes, postage stamps, delivery charges, pre-paid phone cards, Staples® gift cards and third party gift cards do not count toward earning Rewards. Purchases on ink and toner manufactured by Hewlett Packard are excluded. Staples, in its sole discretion, may include additional products or services as exclusions from Qualifying Purchases from time to time without prior notice.

Not worth it if you have to drive to staples

All depends on the limit...

Can you load these GCs to Serve account and transfer to bank account?

Not if its a STAPLES GIFT CARD

isn't there a transaction fee that serve charges?

Yes I think its 2.5% and its considered a cash advance and I dont know if a prepaid card allows it.

Yes sounds like a good strategy to buy one of these VISA cards and then use it to buy the next one and so on. You still have to pay the extra $5.99 but at least you don't end up with $1000 of VISA gift cards at the end. You only end up with one and out $59.99 in extra cash and have $150 in Staples Gift Cards (after submitting all those SERs and hopefully getting the cards).

I thought if you pay with rewards they get netted from any rebate amount. No? So of if you buy ut online using rewards as earlier poster said you may not get this bonus- right?

The transaction fee is waived until sometime next year.

And I have used Serve with prepaid credit cards, VISA gift cards, and regular credit cards. It is sometimes hit or miss with individual cards, but it has worked on all of those groups before.

Serve has waived CC loading fees until March. However, I got an email threatening to close my account after loading with a CC and withdrawing to a bank account. It goes against their T&C point regarding that it is not allowed to be used for cash advances (can't send it to someone else either). So either load up a bunch until March and just withdraw a lot at once, or plan to unload the serve card via amazon payments or just buy stuff with it.

they are not staples GCs, they are standard generic Visa/MC, check the screenshot.

If you bought Mastercard GCs from Staples last month, check your Rewards account. I was surprised to see my GC purchases were counted towards "Year-to-Date Spent" in my rewards account. Honestly I didn't expect it but I take it. Go figure.

any cash advance fees from any of those loads?

Hmm, mine don't show in YTD spent. How did you manage that?

If you are going to buy a bunch of stuff with your Server card, why wouldn't you just buy a bunch of stuff with the VISA gift card instead?

Anyway thanks for info about Serve as I didn't know they frown so much on that and I will try to use my card more.

i assume if you have multiple staples stores around you, you can go about to each one everyday to not raise any suspicion (seeing as some stores won't allow you to do that); these shouldn't be gone on day 1 right? lol

Exactly, I currently see serve as only good for consolidating GCs and/or getting a bit more spending toward some bigger minimum spend bonuses. $100/day $250/month limit on loading with CC also limits that.

clone wars!!!

No idea. If I have to come up something, I say the cashier scanned my Rewards card. when you don't expect it, it may happen. :)

Thanks for doing the math and repped! Awesome deal, they way you layed it out!!

I've been wanting to upgrade my Nook Simple Touch to a NST with Glowlight, so this will make it near free! Awesome!

for only $9? not worth it at all.

you get free activation for Amex cards instore too?

I hate Staple GC since I cannot use it online and on the phone. I have a 150$ GC for 1 year and did not find a good deal to use it.

sure you can. staples gift cards can buy anything in staples stores including amazon gift cards and so on. staples rewards are different though.

I'm not sure about the Visa cards, but the MasterCard GCs are through USBank, which for some reason doesn't play nice with Serve - you won't be able to load your serve account with them. AP should work though.

I wouldn't call it a $9 money making deal, since Staples gift card is not money. This is more like getting Staples gift cards at 40% off, which is not bad.

Have you tried both? I like the physical buttons on the Nook ST and how easily integrates with Calibre. I'm not tied to Amazon in any way for ebooks.

If Paperwhite is indeed better, I'll go for it!

So net +$90 if you churn this 10 times in seperate transactions?

That's a lot of work for $90. God knows they're not going to let you check out ten times in a row at the store. You'd probably have to hit multiple stores for multiple days. Probably too much fuel and time wasted...

Also, as others have mentioned, the resulting staples gift cards are not able to be used online or by phone. Not a huge deal, but still a bummer.

:rolleyes::rolleyes: Uhm, the reabate sent to you is a staples gift card, hence his post "can I transfer the gc to my serve account".. GC=Gift card. If he meant trnasfering his visa/mc balance to his serve act then of course, any cc can be used for that purpose.

As far as using the visa /mc , well, you can pay off many everyday bills with these, unless you're a youngn with little to no bills.... which begs the question, How could you afford these in the first place... but I digress.

If I buy a $1000 gift card in a single transaction, then do I get $150 in staples gift cards? Or would it have to be 10 x $100 gift cards if I want to get $150 in Staples GC's?

There is no point in using amazon payments with Serve card as it is easier to just use ap directly. I guess the best thing is to keep loading your card and withdraw it all at once and if they close it ask them to f**k themselves

Actually not all the Gift cards (Visa, Mastercard, Amex) cannot be used on Serve. There is some issues. Mastercard gift cards definitely does not work as I found out from the last deal from staples. About Visa gift cards also, not all work. So, cashing these Gift cards is difficult AFAIK.

here, here.

What do you mean use ap directly?

Any issues opening a new account after they shut one down? Another bonus at least that way :D

Does serve put a $1 hold on a card like amazon payments?

Amazon payments, wasn't thinking.

Not for me so far!

HA, just got a fraud warning from using an AMEX card to load SERVE account.

I have used Visa gift cards with Serve, from various rebates like Norton and Staples too. I think I have used some MC ones as well but not certain there.

I preferred the buttons on the basic kindle! Also integrates with Calibre quite well.

The BIGGEST problem with the Nook and Calibre is that, unless you are rooted, you are limited about 200MB of space since 1GB is completely reserved for BN purchases, and 700MB or so for OS. The nook does have a micro-SD slot so expansion is not an expensive problem, just annoying. The kindle doesn't have the expansion, but has much more space for saving anything on it.

can I use CC to buy visa/Mc gc ?

Those Visa cards which you get from rebate work on serve. But I am not sure about the Visa gift card which you purchase from stores. I tried one of the visa gift cards I purchased from OD but it did not work in serve. I believe it should be the same with this deal also.

I've read the Verge review, and it didn't help me much, as I don't really care for Topolsky. The CNET video helps some, but I'd really rather hear from someone who has used both devices (night and day), who has an opinion of which is better.

I wonder what the 'feel' difference is. The Nook ST feels very natural in my hands. I'll have to visit Staples and see how the Paperwhite feels.

So basically this is a $15 Staples GC for $6, right?

Not on my location ad, sad

Found it oh, at pg 6, super small. Thanks

Max denomination is $100 ea. So 10X, but you will get combined Staples GCs for ea transaction. So 10 one 1 transaction is 1 $150 GC Rebate.

Yep. Plus any cash back depending on what cc you use. If you use one or not decide to roll them one by one.

If I understand it correctly, here is one possible math

Buy $100 x 10 gift cards at staples in one transaction. Pay $1060 in this transaction.
You come back and fill in Staples Easy Rewards. You get back $150 in Staples gift card.

Is this $150 GC a one time use? or can I spread it out over multiple uses.

Also, does Staples GC has an inactivity or annual fees? Can I keep it and use it after say 2 years?

Do the Visa/MC cards that I purchased have an inactivity or annual fees? Can I keep them and use them after say 2 years?

Thanks so much..

Yes, you can use it over multiple purchases. No, there are no fees for Staples gcs. It is Staples Easy Rebate. Not Rewards which are something entirely different.


"Terms for Staples gift cards:

• Redeemable in more that 1,600 Staples stores
• No expiration dates
• Gift Cards are redeemable only at Staples US Retail stores.
• Use of this Card constitutes acceptance of the following terms and conditions: This card may be used just like cash toward the purchase of merchandise and services at any Staples U.S. retail store; your receipt will show the remaining balance on the card. For balance, or if you have questions, call 1-888-609-6963 or visit staples.com/giftcards. Value can be added to this card at any Staples U.S. retail store
• Terms and Conditions: Valid only if purchased from a Staples U.S. retail store, at staples.com® or from an authorized reseller or distributor, or received from an authorized distributor; Staples reserves the right to not honor cards obtained from unauthorized sellers, including Internet auction sites. Card has no value until activated. Lost, stolen or damaged cards replaced only with valid proof of purchase to extent of remaining card balance. May be used only in Staples U.S. retail stores. Cannot be used for credit card payments or to purchase other gift cards (including Staples Gift Cards) or wireless cards. Not redeemable for cash or credit except where required by law. No more than five cards may be used for any single purchase. Cards may not be consolidated."

buying GC with reward has its down side though because the face value of the rewards isless than its real worth because of how tax is calculated, this is only a tremendous deal when you have just received a CC that you need to hit a spend limit on for a sign up bonus, this happened to me the last time this deal was up I couldnt have been luckier lol and at the time i had already used up AP and serve

Uh oh snap, at least on one of my accounts, I got credit towards premier for MC purchases.

Staples visa silver works.

So anyone do this last time they had the $10 rebate and did the rolling purchase method? Any issues?

what is that visa silver? does the card have that name or just the color of the card? Can you let me know what color the gift card package is? Since the gift cards are packed in some different themed packages, it will help if we know what we are looking for! Thanks in advance!

Yes, someone did. Must point out that it seemed like it was pretty long and drawn out. Definitely need a game CSR as well as no line behind you.

Well you could just get back in line every time if necessary. I have never tried it myself and not sure if it will work, but I figure I will buy one the first day and then just try it and if doesn't work, maybe will be able to come back the next day and do it or try at a different Staples.

With gas cost what it is, can't afford to be running around but if one is near your normal route, then could be worth it to try to roll it a few times at least, if not 10.

Also with the rollover method, you would have to do a split payment if these things are $105.99. The previous VISA gift card would only pay for $100 of it and then you would have to pay for the rest with another payment method. Does Staples let you do this in the checkout process?

I was just thinking about this. This most likely will involve CSR/MGR intervention who may
or may not shutdown the purchase of a visa gc using another visa gc.

Can i use rewards and buy it online?

Oh well at least you don't lose anything for trying...yes time and gas $, which is definitely a real factor but gas $ is minimized if you combine Staples with other errands.

At the very least you end up with $15 Staples gift card for $5.99, which I can deal with.

yes they allow it. Just tell the cashier that you are paying on $100 from that card and rest on separate card...

NO.

"In store only. Subject to availability. See gift cards for details, terms, conditions and (if applicable) fees. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. The Visa® gift card is issued by Metabank™, member FDIC pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. The MasterCard® gift card is issued by U.S. Bank National Association, pursuant to a license from MasterCard International Incorporated. MasterCard® and the MasterCard® Brand Mark are registered trademarks of MasterCard® International Incorporated."

http://weeklyad.staples.com/Staples/BrowseByPage?StoreID=2396057&PromotionID=83237

So it comes through on the CC side as a regular purchase instead of a cash advance? Or does it depend on which CC you use to load?

I've been told by cashiers that it takes some time for the prepaid CCs to activate, while the regular GCs activate instantly. Don't know personally though.

It depends. I was able to use a prepaid CC only a few minute after activation. YMMV

For all the cards I've used and probably about 15 different ones, including 5 different regular credit cards, it never was recorded as a cash advance and charged any fees. Always treated as a regular purchase for me.

Buy 100$ Visa/MasterCard gift card and get 15$ Staples Gift Card - Staples Upcoming Weekly Ad - 11/11
 

In the Staples upcoming weekly ad for 11/11/2012 - 11/18/2012, when you buy a 100$ worth Visa or Master Card, you get a 15$ Staples Gift Card after a Staples Easy Rebate (SER)

http://weeklyad.staples.com/Stapl...ViewMode=2

[Click on the Upcoming Ad]

Fee associated with a 100$ Gift Card is $5.95.
The gift card can be used for 100$ of worth of purchases at all locations where Visa or Master Card is accepted. Visa/MC Gift Cards CANNOT be used for Debit Card Purchases or Pin Based Purchases. No cash Back allowed from these cards.

You can essentially make $9.05 of staples gift card credit by buying this card, making this a money making deal.

Math: 15$ (Staples Credit) - 5.95$ (Card Fee) = 9.05$ in Staples Gift Card. [Money Making]

I could not find the terms and conditions yet. So how many rebates allowed per household or for each Staples account is yet to known.

repost.. there has been a big thread for this with lots of discussion!http://slickdeals.net/f/5464428-S...rts-11-11?

So, this $10 off at Safeway is for what amount. Is it $10 off 10 or more. Also would it be possible to roll one $100 in Visa/Mastercard gift cards for another with $5.99 out of pocket, so that we end up with one card eventually for $100 in GC and 10 in number for those $10 off coupons and 10x5.99 times out of pocket ?

Has anyone tried this with Safeway anytime.


Also if u don't mind can u please explain this statement to me - "if you have a high cash back card like Amex Blue cash preferred, then this fee is offset by the cash back."
Is it like if I use the Amex Blue cash preferred to purchase the Visa/master card at Safeway, I get back almost $5-6 for every $100 in GC ? Is this what u meant ? Please reply.

Thanks

Fees are currently waived.

not sure how it rolls now, but i made over $300 in CATs when the safeway offer worked with safeway gift cards. just buy 1 (no fee), get $10 + sfw gc, then use sfw gc to pay for next transaction. :D

[QUOTE=adamant;54615310]Does serve put a $1 hold on a card like amazon payments?



Did for me when I tried to order a $100 GC from Amazon. Had to call in, spoke to a Serve rep who actually put $101 on my account and the transaction finally went through.

so can i buy a visa/mc gc, and then turn around and use it to buy another mc/visa gc?

I have never had a CC mark a serve load, or an amazon payments payment as cash advance. It was serve who detected that I was CC loading then withdrawing to a bank account, and called that cash advancing.

I can see upcoming ad for the week of 11/11 on staples website, but do not see any VISA/MC deal. Is it regional.

Thanks.

Edit: Ok I found it. Was on page 6. No mention of limit though.

Valid November 11 - November 17
In store only. Subject to availability. See gift cards for details, terms, conditions and (if applicable) fees. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. The Visa® gift card is issued by Metabank™, member FDIC pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. The MasterCard® gift card is issued by U.S. Bank National Association, pursuant to a license from MasterCard International Incorporated. MasterCard® and the MasterCard® Brand Mark are registered trademarks of MasterCard® International Incorporated.

Dominicks is part of safeway. Where do I get confirmation about the safeway deal? Do I walk into Dominicks and ask cashier?

so dont we have to pay tax on the Visa GC purchase which will make it much less than $9 in staples MM?

I dont think so. You do not get tax for GC purchases.

no tax on gift cards if I have that right

great! i have a United card coming.. i can do that 1000 in 3 months all in one shot!

Yes you can depending on how long line is behind you... on a quieter day and happy cashier you just need to buy one card and then roll it on...

That would be double taxation as you pay tax on the goods when you pay for them with the gift card.

Go to their website and find the weekly ad. It should be in the weekly ad for this week. It is for Von's which is owned by Safeway. http://www.dominicks.com/IFL/Grocery/Home

Can I use Staples gift card to buy other gift cards?

right, but you have to call in to activate it right... so can;t you just go away for a few minutes, then come back? or am i just imagining everything wrong (never done this before, first time :) )

EDIT: oops, these are for hte GCs that come in the mail, never really gotten one in stores, so no idea on the activation stuff
nope

Not unless you can slip it by the cashier. Highly YMMV.

"Terms for Staples gift cards:

• Redeemable in more that 1,600 Staples stores
• No expiration dates
• Gift Cards are redeemable only at Staples US Retail stores.
• Use of this Card constitutes acceptance of the following terms and conditions: This card may be used just like cash toward the purchase of merchandise and services at any Staples U.S. retail store; your receipt will show the remaining balance on the card. For balance, or if you have questions, call 1-888-609-6963 or visit staples.com/giftcards. Value can be added to this card at any Staples U.S. retail store
• Terms and Conditions: Valid only if purchased from a Staples U.S. retail store, at staples.com® or from an authorized reseller or distributor, or received from an authorized distributor; Staples reserves the right to not honor cards obtained from unauthorized sellers, including Internet auction sites. Card has no value until activated. Lost, stolen or damaged cards replaced only with valid proof of purchase to extent of remaining card balance. May be used only in Staples U.S. retail stores. Cannot be used forcredit card payments or to purchase other gift cards (including Staples Gift Cards) or wireless cards. Not redeemable for cash or credit except where required by law. No more than five cards may be used for any single purchase. Cards may not be consolidated."

Assuming it is a limit of at least 2, if we buy a $200 visa will we get $15 or $30 gift card? Anyone know?

Terms are ambiguous, but since it shows a $50 card in the ad it looks like 2x$50 would get a $15 gift card. Using that same logic a $200 should give a $30 gift card....

wait so does the register accept it? couldn't you just add a filler item or something then?

IIRC the register will take it. However, 95-99% of the posts involving those who have tried it have posted that they have gotten shot down pretty quickly.

Unclear as the last time this was MasterCards only and no one could find one for more than $100. IIRC, two $50 cards did work and so did multiples of $100 cards in one transaction but why pay activation fees on 2 $50 cards? When this hits the rebate system my guess is it would only show 1 sku for a $200 Visa card and thus only give $15 and not $30. Could be wrong about that. Need to see the terms on the rebate but last time they were pretty ambiguous so I expect the same type of ambiguity this time.

The safeway coupon is for $10 off $10 or more. It excludes all dairy products but should work on almost anything else on the store except gift cards. If I remember it right, these coupons expire in about 2 weeks from the date of issue.

Amex BCP card gives 6% cashback on purchases made at grocery stores. So, if you purchase a $100 Master card at safeway, you will pay $105.99 out of your pocket. If you pay this with Amex BCP, you will get $6.3594 cash back from amex ( 6% of 105.99 = $6.3594) back. This cashback you get from Amex offsets the $5.99 activation fee. The end result is that you pay $100 and get $10 off in coupons at safeway.. Hope this helps

Soon all rebates will be not be sent until after the holiday return period is over. This rebate should fall under the wire as I checked a rebate I submitted last year on 11/19 and I got the rebate in December.

ETA: Here is last year's return policy: The rebate hold period starts on Thankgiving AFAIK and ends 2 weeks after XMas Eve.
"Holiday Return Policy
Any electronic or furniture product, which usually fall within the 14-day return policy, purchased between 11/13/11 and 12/24/11 may be returned until 1/8/12 or as regular policy allows, whichever is later. This applies to all electronic and furniture products within Staples [fatwallet.com] regularly posted 14-day return policy.
All electronic and furniture purchases made on or after 12/26/11 will observe our existing return policy.
All other terms and conditions of our return policy apply.

4 minutes to make $9 when I have multiple reasons a week to got that way? Odd.

The $10 coupon fine print also says you can only redeem 1/day. Not sure if this is enforced by the system though. BTW, we should continue these discussions in the safeway thread :)

i dont know how i did that but i just bought my amazon gift card using my staples gift card and it went through. the register took it and the cashier didn't have to do anything special.

glad I didn't do it last time, too much work for only $4 in GC's, this time around it's much better though

I have used Staples gift cards to buy TMobile refill cards before..not exactly a gift card but should work.

Looks like next week I'll be spending plenty of time at Staples churning this deal... $6 for $15 in gift cards every time. $100 down payment.

The Visa pictured in OP attachment.

Office Max is doing similar deal on Black Friday $15 back on $100 MC or Visa

you cannot use staples gc online, store only. The only way to go around it is to use store kiosk computer, but some items can't be ordered through it in my experience.

the picture in the advertisement is the same card that generates the reward at Safeway...... it is active right away as I have rolled them at safeway in back to back transactions. I use these to place online orders at staples to avoid being blacklisted if credit cards overlap multiple reward accounts -- they do need to be registered to use online though.

At the B&M stores u cannot buy gc with rewards, but u can on line

I've never bought a visa gc before, just wanted to know how do I activate it? Does the cashier do that when I make the purchase? Tia.

It's automatically activated at the register after the sale.

so if we buy one MC =$105.95, roll 10 times

OOP = $100 MC
OOP =$59.50 activation fees

sell staples $150 GCs on plasticjungle =$118 cashback (78.75% payout)
=total "quick" cash money maker $58.63

is that right?

yes you could do that, but would be throwing away $32. You can easily use those Staples gift cards on many deals posted on here and get all of that back, plus whatever profit on the deal.

Looks like a good deal. Going to buy $2000 worth of visa gift cards (through 2 accounts) through my chase card which yields 5 points per dollar spent. Essentially a little over 5% cashback which will negate the $5.99 fee. Will liquidate these cards easily. Will then use the 2 $150 staples cards to buy $300 worth of amazon gift cards. Any flaw in my logic? Amazon gift cards is like money to me.

do u need buy the $100 card 10 times or just buy 10 cards together?

Someone above said that you can't use Staples gift cards to buy other gift cards. I'm not sure if you could get away with it but could give it a shot.

Instructions: This card may be used just like cash toward the purchase of merchandise and services at any Staples U.S. retail store; your receipt will show the remaining balance on the card. For balance, or if you have questions, call 1-888-609-6963 or visit staples.com/giftcards. Value can be added to this card at any Staples U.S. retail store.

Terms and Conditions: Valid only if purchased from a Staples U.S. retail store, at staples.com® or from an authorized reseller or distributor, or received from an authorized distributor; Staples reserves the right to not honor cards obtained from unauthorized sellers, including Internet auction sites. Card has no value until activated. Lost, stolen or damaged cards replaced only with valid proof of purchase to extent of remaining card balance. May be used only in Staples U.S. retail stores. Cannot be used for credit card payments or to purchase other gift cards (including Staples Gift Cards) or wireless cards. Not redeemable for cash or credit except where required by law. No more than five cards may be used for any single purchase. Cards may not be consolidated.

Card issued by Staples Value, LLC.

If it is used like cash and you can use cash to purchase gift cards then it should be OK? Not arguing against you and thanks for replying to me!

Either way you'll get the GCs, but it falls on how much you to spend OOP
The first method if you buy the MC with the one you just got until the 10th one, then you pay $100 and get $100 to spend
The second method, you would pay $1000 but get $1000 to spend

Question: does the register charge you the $6 at the register?

I did read someone got away With it (microkelvin I think) but it all falls on whether the cashier takes it or not

this is the blackfriday deal you are referring to, right?

noob question.. Can I load my SERVE card with this MC or visa giftcard? TIA

I think the matter is getting 15 or 30 for a $200 gift card. Maybe none?

I'm using my ink bold to make purchases and i'll be needing those gift cards anyway since there is no officedepot nearby. anyone confirm that you can get staples gift cards by purchasing the $200 gift cards?

No one knows AFAIK. The last promotion was for MasterCards only and IIRC no one bought a $200 card as the only ones available were $100 cards. 2x$50 did work to get a Staples gift card but that is paying way more in activation fees than necessary but the person who did it only needed $50 cards.

Someone asked for the terms on the MasterCard/Visa gift cards. I purchased a Mastercard today at Von's(Safeway). It was issued by US Bank National Association. Same issuer of the Staples MasterCard. BTW, you can only get one $10 bonus coupon at Von's per DAY when buying $100 MasterCard. I bought two in 2 transactions and did not get a $10 bonus coupon on the second MC purchase. No biggie. Amex is paying the fee with 6% back on groceries with my Amex Blue Preferred.I did use the original $10 bonus coupon on the second transaction.

"U.S. Bank will deduct from your balance an inactivity fee of $2.00 per month after 12 consecutive months of inactivity, except where prohibited by state law."

To use online REGISTER your card at www.mygiftcardsite.com before you make an online purchase.

ETA: I am going to use the 2 $100 MasterCards I bought today to purchase $200 in Outback gift cards. You get a $20 bonus card for each $100 in OB gift cards. The $20 bonus card(s) can only be used between 1/1/13 and 2/10/13.

It says that you can't use it to purchase wireless cards, but I have done this successfully in the past. So it is probably YMMV.

staples ALWAYS has photo paper and other stuff that are free after rebate. You do no need to lose money. Staples rewards/gift cards are like cash. It just takes a bit longer to convert it to cash, but it is easily done.


On Black friday, staples has a TON of stuff that is free after rebate, that you could easily cash out on. If you have friends/family (with different addresses), that are willing to help you cash out those gift card, you can expedite the process of converting it to cash.


Each week, or nearly each week, staples has things free after rebate that you convert this to cash with..


by the way, im pretty sure buying amazon gift cards will not fly with the store.

Which Chase card is giving you 5% cashback?

Ink. https://www.chase.com/online/busi...-cards.htm

how sure are you? i just bought a $25 amazon gift card last week using a staples gift card. not even a blink of an eye from the cashier. the system had no problem taking it.

It has always been YMMV. The register will take it if the cashier will accept Staple Gift Cards for purchase of Mastercards/Visas and third party gift cards. So, knowing that the terms exclude it you cannot get PO'd if the cashier will not allow it. It would be great for me personally if it was not YMMV as I can get 6% back on purchasing Staples gift cards as grocery items with my Amex Blue Cash Preferred card.

did the system alert the cashier that the staples gift card has been scanned? i did not know about this. that's why i bought the amazon gift card just to get rid of my staples gift card. what i did was i scanned my staples gift card and she just told me the remaining balance due. i paid the rest with cash. if they really enforce this, then they should change their POS to treat it like Staples Rewards. i dont see any differences between staples rewards and staples gift cards besides the expiration date.

Leave the register system alone.:D We benefit from it not doing all that it could do. A Staples gift card is just another form of payment. There are huge differences between a Staples gift card and Staples Rewards.

1. Staples gift cards never expire. Rewards expire. You mentioned that already.
2. Staples gift cards are not a discount to the purchase like Rewards are. You do not pay sales tax on the amount of the Rewards.
3. Staples gift cards cannot be used online while Rewards can be used online.
4. Staples gift cards can be used across multiple transactions. Rewards have a limit on number of transactions they can be used for.

The two are a form of payment and that is about it. The differences are significant IMO.

it's great to know. thanks.
anyway, i got rid of my staples gift card on that amazon card purchase. luckily :)

if only it was online :(

Depending on how it stacks, and assuming that rebate limit is 10 ($1,000 again), it might actually be a money maker with the $200 Visas IF they give you 2 X $15.

$200 + 6.95 activation X 5 = $1034.75. 5% CB is $51.74, and then you get $150 on top of that. MM of $16.99 + $150 SR.

Otherwise, $100 + 5.95 X 10 = $1059.5. 5% CB is $52.98. So you pay OOP $6.52 and get $150 SR.

Question is, who's going to be the one to test :)

Someone with Amazon Payments who can drain them quick.;) I may test this out but I am PST not EST and stores do not open on the west coast until 10 AM and the rebate will take 2-3 hours to update. So that would be around 4 PM EST if it is a west coast person. Have to check if fee is still $5.95 on a $200 card first.

If the activation fee is virtually the same, I'll try it. I have a credit card bonus I'm working towards.

Fee I think is a dollar higher. Also, they have a 4 pack of $50's in the VISA denomination. Not sure what activation is but that might be good for Xmas gifts. Are you sure these are the kind that AP can drain? Think someone already said Serve cannot.

Absolutely, just a stop in between work and home...

The activation fee for the 4 pack one is about $15, just saw in the store today...

Serve seems to be a lot pickier than AP plus the monthly limit is $250 on ccs with Serve and $1,000 per account with AP. In any case, I know the MasterCard can be registered to use online for any address cross checking. Not sure about the Visa. Will it work on AP? Don't know for sure but I've never had an issue with PenFed rewards cards on AP. There is always the possibility AP will do a $1 authorization first and then will have to wait until it drops in 7 days before consuming the full $100.

Ok so i just created an AP account for this. Uhm from what I read, you can load up certain debit cards onto AP. Now it would be simpler to just buy 10 * $100 MC from one store, pay the $60 in activation and then load these cards up on AP and transfer to your bank account (is this possible or am I getting it wrong?)... otherwise there is still the buy one off the other option too
(this is my first time I'm using AP so if anyone can guide me through AP, i would appreciate it)

There's always the date trick. Put in the CC initially with the wrong expiration and many cards won't run the $1 authorization. Change it before you do your payment xfer. I guess I haven't done my AP for the month and I used the vanillas I found for bluebird.

To avoid issues with AP you need to have another AP account to send money to from a registered cc(includes these MC and Visa GCs). Do not create another AP account with your own information to avoid issues. Better if the other AP account is an SO or someone who you trust. You send them the money for services. They then can withdraw the money to their linked bank account. You cannot withdraw money from a cc in your own account. Limit is $1,000/month in sending money to another AP account. Do not have the "B" AP account send money back to the "A" AP account. Another gotcha issue with AP accounts. Only A to B.

I've seen posts that trick works and sometimes it doesn't.

oh cool. then i might just use my dad's account to load up these cards, and have them sent to me. this would work right? they don't like cross verify any info right

That would work AFAIK. My SO is my wife and I also have my son with an AP account. I send A to B to C back to A if required. All have their own separate bank account but same mailing address.

Can anyone take out a Chase Ink card? I thought that was a business only card.

Probably buying $1000 tomorrow. This is a good deal and I'd finally hit Premiere status, which would be nice.

don't think visa/mastercard counts toward the $1000 for premier.

Gift card purchases do not count toward the $1,000 spend for premier status. Unless they screw up which some posts have indicated they have done. YMMV.

Ugg. Thanks for clarifying that! Repped as always.

Google around for info. Plenty of the forums like FlyerTalk are all about getting this Ink card to earn miles. They probably have more details. Or search this site.

Ugg. Thanks for clarifying that!

Can I buy a prepaid card with another prepaid card?TIA

I did when they had the deal before.

Anybody knows this is for GCs exactly $100 or works for more than $100 too?

TIA

Unlike Staples Rewards, use Staples gift card does not eliminate sales tax on the purchase. Unless coupon is used for the free after rebate items, the sales tax and card activation will pretty much cancel out the "profit" unless you are in a state where there is no sales tax.

Yes on the $100 gcs based on the last promo. No one knows how $200 gcs work with number of rebates given. Been discussed thoroughly in this thread.

For Amazon payments, is there that $1 hold? If I send $100 to another account, will that fly?

Thanks..

Input the expiration date wrong when setting up the card to avoid the $1 authorization charge and then fix the date. It works sometimes and not others. If there is no $1 authorization fee using the trick with the expiration date then you can send the whole $100. Else you have to wait until the authorization fee drops off. Or just incur the $1 auth, send $99 and use the card for Redbox with the free codes after the auth falls off the card. You will have $1 for Redbox authorizations.

Limit 10 Staples Gift Cards per name/address/household.


valid till 11/24

Wow, its 12 CST already :(

nvm...

when do i fix the date? after sending payment?

No before. Just after adding the card to AP with the wrong expiration date. Believe there is a message that the expiration date needs fixing IIRC. Just posting what others have posted. I usually just add the card, check if there is an authorization, and let the authorization fall off.

Except that there is no sales tax on these VISA gift cards. It doesn't matter if the Staples gift cards don't magically make sales tax go away when you buy something. You are the only one who even suggested that anyone would think of that odd possibility.

so after authorization falls off, i can charge the full $100?

Yes. You should be able to check your available balance at any time via the link they provide.

These cards do not work with Redbox. I have tried both Visa and MC after registering them.

They used to but ppl were using them with a couple of $ left on the card and they never returned the rental.

you can buy multiple of these at once, right?

like 3x $100 and do that 3 times

yeah, people are debating whether to do all 10 cards at once or not.

If you do it at once, there's no hassle, but you will end up with 10 x $100 cards.
If you buy one and use that towards next, and use that one for the next one and so on, then at the end, you will only end up with only 1 card, which is pretty easy to get rid of.

But, rolling the cards to subsequent transactions might be a tedious job, especially if the lines is long or if you don't like that kind of attention, if you know what i MEAN. LOL


I am planning on just getting all 10 cards at once and save it for something big on black friday and use them.

Thanks HD! I got denied and hence was wondering, maybe I'll try again today :)))))!!!!!

HOW TO TURN THIS $9.05 MM into a $29.05 MM (read below):

These MasterCards can be used at Rite Aid on Black Friday weekend to buy $50 Home Improvement cards and you will get a $10 coupon back, which is valid for 14 days, to buy almost anything at Rite Aid. So you can make $9.05 at Staples for buying the MasterCard and then you can use it to buy a couple of Home Improvement cards at Rite Aid and make another $20 with no additional money outlay. Then you can take the Home Improvement cards to Lowes and use them to buy gift cards for other retailers, such as Staples or many others.

YMMV on Rite Aid allowing you to purchase gift cards with a credit card though. If they allow it the system will process the transaction, but some Rite Aids have been known to insist on payment with either cash or debit card.


By the way, the Home Improvement gift cards are Discover-branded and have no fees whatsoever (inactivity fees or any other fee) and the funds never expire. So it is very safe to convert your MasterCards to these Home Improvement cards.

Click here [homeimprovementgiftcard.com] to find out more about the Home Improvement card.

Yeah, I don't think I will any problem spending them either, just problematic if you want to buy something for more than $100

The cards can be used everywhere otherwise, too bad you can't use rewards to buy them :/

well, you can use multiple of them at the same time, so if you are buying a big ticket item, you can use more than 1.

If all else fails, I can use them for gas, or for phone bill.

not online :)

I hate retail stores haha, the cards will most likely end up at staples on FAR deals, or on amazon as GC's

I'll buy food man... We spend over 1k per month on food alone. I'll go the Safeway route ...buy $100 visa from Safeway where I get $10 coupon for grocerys and turn arround and use the visa card to buy another visa card from staples with the visa card from Safeway . This x 10 times...do you think is gonna work?

well.. couldn't you just buy infinitely many cards at safeway then and essentially get fre groceries -the actication fee?

as long as all retailers accept the cards you should be fine, I don't know about safeway but staples take everything

visa gift cards can be used online.

I don't know if it still works but on one occasion, I was able to use it to order something off of amazon with it. I just used my regular billing address and it took it.

Also, visa might let you add a billing address, too. (Amex did it for customers for sure, but haven't tried visa)


And AT&T website definitely takes visa gift cards. Done it many many times.
Other carriers are YMMV, but I don't see why not. It's money!


I am sure I can spend ways to spend $1000. Not a problem :D

again, no more than 1 $100 card online (with some exceptions, e.g. hp.com), of course it can be used for anything $99 or less (if there is a $1 auth)

I read the posts, but not having tried this deal before it seems complicated. Would someone be able to update wiki with detailed instructions on how to use say only $100 out of pocket and work it to the fullest? I was hoping it could be used to reach Premier status, but appareently not. Also, what does AP stand for ? TIA

Can you still us a coupon to buy Visa Cards? I just did that last week. It worked for a good deal a few months ago. Yet I've had an order pending for like 3 days now.

I wish I had a free 1000$ to buy all these gift cards. You guys are lucky!

I don't think coupon works on any visa/master or other gift cards.