At staples - No Purchase Fee when you buy a $200 Visa Gift Card in Store Only (a $6.95 value) - 2/5-2/11 - Limit 8
Limit - 8
Link to the ad on page 12
https://www.staplesconnect.com/weeklyad
FAQ's:
- No, you cannot use Staples GC's to purchase these.
- No, these do not count towards your spend requirements for a premier membership.
- No, these do not earn you any Staples rewards.
- No, you cannot use coupons/ rewards to purchase these GC's.
- Yes, you can split payment between multiple cards (if your cashier permits it) YMMV
- The limit of 8 may or may not be enforced depending on your store/ cashier. YMMV
- Why is this a deal? Some members have CC's that earn 5% CB at office supply stores (INK and Amex Simply Cash). Others need to meet minimum CC spend.
- What if my store doesn't accept payment with a CC? Your store likely has had issues with fraud and it is managers discretion on what payment they will accept.
- Other chase cards may have special offers for Staples ($ limited). Check your chase account under chase offers.
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I agree that the website to check balance is a pain to use. Gives 'technical error' about a third of the time, and you have to go through the captcha again.
Regarding your first comment, can you clarify "capped to $200 per transaction"? Are you referring solely to Paypal?
Regarding your third comment, VGCs (and MCGCs) are activated at the time of purchase at Staples B&M. Are you thinking of the cards sold on Staples.com?
2. Who is actually using these internationally? I've never come across a vendor that rejected it for being international (used well into the hundreds of these cards).
3. No. These do not need to be activated. They occasionally need to be registered for the zip code to work but I have only seen that with local merchants and only for online use.
4. I agree the site to check balances is annoying and like another user mentioned, there is an error like 1/3 of the time.
5. This depends heavily on the location. Some keep them behind the counter and you have to ask for them. Other stores have users go to the store before a sale and hide them so they can buy them. One of my stores recently dropped the limit from 8 to 5 because a manager was upset they were wrong about what was stated in the ad so they said its their store policy since there have been issues activating more than 5 (BS).
And most WM's will not allow them. We're far from the good old days.
1. Not really... perhaps on many online vendors. Also, its not a good idea to run a lot of these through paypal.
2. Who is actually using these internationally? I've never come across a vendor that rejected it for being international (used well into the hundreds of these cards).
3. No. These do not need to be activated. They occasionally need to be registered for the zip code to work but I have only seen that with local merchants and only for online use.
4. I agree the site to check balances is annoying and like another user mentioned, there is an error like 1/3 of the time.
5. This depends heavily on the location. Some keep them behind the counter and you have to ask for them. Other stores have users go to the store before a sale and hide them so they can buy them. One of my stores recently dropped the limit from 8 to 5 because a manager was upset they were wrong about what was stated in the ad so they said its their store policy since there have been issues activating more than 5 (BS).
Regarding your third comment, VGCs (and MCGCs) are activated at the time of purchase at Staples B&M. Are you thinking of the cards sold on Staples.com?
3. No, I mean when it prompts you for a pin or zip or something. It happened a number of times when I tried paying in person, so I gave up. Seems like it works fine for other people though. Zip is set when you activate the card online and specify info like zip.
And most WM's will not allow them. We're far from the good old days.
1. Not really... perhaps on many online vendors. Also, its not a good idea to run a lot of these through paypal.
2. Who is actually using these internationally? I've never come across a vendor that rejected it for being international (used well into the hundreds of these cards).
3. No. These do not need to be activated. They occasionally need to be registered for the zip code to work but I have only seen that with local merchants and only for online use.
4. I agree the site to check balances is annoying and like another user mentioned, there is an error like 1/3 of the time.
5. This depends heavily on the location. Some keep them behind the counter and you have to ask for them. Other stores have users go to the store before a sale and hide them so they can buy them. One of my stores recently dropped the limit from 8 to 5 because a manager was upset they were wrong about what was stated in the ad so they said its their store policy since there have been issues activating more than 5 (BS).
2. A number of vendors are in Canada. Like if I pay for Todoist subscription that turns out to be Canada. Zealios for keyboard switches is also in Canada. Interestingly a number of vendors aren't international I think, but still reject it. I recall Patreon or somewhere had that happen to me.
3. Sorry, meant "register for the zip code". I've had that block transactions for me sometimes so I went ahead and registered every card so I don't have to deal with that BS.
5. Exactly. First few times the card rack is empty and I simply asked for some, they pulled out stacks behind the counter. Last few times (incl the experience I mentioned) they simply didn't have any even behind counter. I recall the first time I tried they also tried to limit the # of cards, but I said it was supposed to be 8 and they relented, surprisingly
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But double check Chase Offer as I get Staples / OD offers from Chase from time to time
My local car repair shop also allows split payments, if you have anything other than an oil change nowadays, it be easy to drain $800-1000 out of these cards
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