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Staples Stores: Purchase $200 Visa Gift Card

($7.95 Value, In-Store Only)

No Fee

$208

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Staples Stores [Link for reference only] (store locator): offers No Purchase Fee when you purchase $200 Visa Gift Card. Offer is valid In-Store only.
  • Note: You may locate this offer at the bottom of page 2 in the Weekly Ad
Thanks to Community Member Thinker for sharing this deal.

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  • About this deal:
    • Valid October 15th - October 21st
    • Limit of 8 per customer per day
  • Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.

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Staples Stores [Link for reference only] (store locator): offers No Purchase Fee when you purchase $200 Visa Gift Card. Offer is valid In-Store only.
  • Note: You may locate this offer at the bottom of page 2 in the Weekly Ad
Thanks to Community Member Thinker for sharing this deal.

Editor's Notes

Written by citan359 | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • Valid October 15th - October 21st
    • Limit of 8 per customer per day
  • Please refer to the Forum Thread for additional discussion regarding this deal.

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If you use a Chase Ink card, you will net 1,000 Ultimate Rewards Points which is $10 cash (or more, depending on which card you have and how you use the points.) You can use it to pay estimated taxes to the IRS and they will charge you around $2.50 per card (since these are considered debit) so these net you a profit of $7.50. However, the IRS limits you to 30 payments per year, so you can only do this with 30 cards.

If you have more than that, you can use it to pay estimated taxes to your local state. Each state is different, but most states charge around 2.5% so you will still net a $5 profit on each card. Even if you overpay your estimated taxes, you will get all the money back at tax time.

You can read more details of this at:

https://frequentmiler.com/pay-tax...edit-card/
It would be easier to mow your neighbor's lawn for $20/hr than this deal.
There are 3 different processors that the IRS allows you to pay with (Pay1040, ACI, and PayUSA). You can make 2 payments to each of them per quarter, so each quarter you can make 2 x 3 = 6 payments. Since there a 4 quarters, 6 x 4 = 24 payments. You can also make 2 card payments per processor for regular tax payments at the beginning of the year, so that is 2 x 3 = 6 more payments, for a total of 30 payments.

If you file an extension on your taxes, I have read on some sites that it is possible to get another 6 payments, but that starts getting too complicated for me.

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Oct 12, 2023
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dualityofman
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I can see this being very beneficial if you have a credit card and you need to hit a spending threshold to hit an initial signup bonus.
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Rookies1000
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What's a good way to liquidate there VISA cards back into your bank account?
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roadmasta
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They take PayPal, Chase 5% back this 1/4.
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Quote from roadmasta :
They take PayPal, Chase 5% back this 1/4.
Chase Ink and AMEX Business cards I have both are 5% year round at Office Supply stores. These net me $10 a card, if I want the hassle of finding them as well as spending them.
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fw301350
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Quote from roadmasta :
They take PayPal, Chase 5% back this 1/4.
They accept PayPal online only, no instore purchase allowed.
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Quote from Rookies1000 :
What's a good way to liquidate there VISA cards back into your bank account?
No one will tell you their secrets. Liquidating VGC'S is probably the most secretive thing in travel hacking. but if you find out, please share via PM. 😆
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Quote from Rookies1000 :
What's a good way to liquidate there VISA cards back into your bank account?
Find merchants that will issue refund to a different credit card. So if you use this Visa GC to buy something and return the item back to the store for a refund, have the refund go to one of your credit card. After 2-3 months of negative balance, the credit card will issue you a check.
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Silme
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i like to spend them in Costco but it's Chase Freedom category this quarter.. Pay utility bills?
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$200 MasterCard has no fee this week.
Last edited by AlfWong October 13, 2023 at 01:33 AM.
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Quote from taiwan :
Find merchants that will issue refund to a different credit card. So if you use this Visa GC to buy something and return the item back to the store for a refund, have the refund go to one of your credit card. After 2-3 months of negative balance, the credit card will issue you a check.
That may work once or twice before you will get banned from that merchant.
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Quote from Rookies1000 :
What's a good way to liquidate there VISA cards back into your bank account?
If you use a Chase Ink card, you will net 1,000 Ultimate Rewards Points which is $10 cash (or more, depending on which card you have and how you use the points.) You can use it to pay estimated taxes to the IRS and they will charge you around $2.50 per card (since these are considered debit) so these net you a profit of $7.50. However, the IRS limits you to 30 payments per year, so you can only do this with 30 cards.

If you have more than that, you can use it to pay estimated taxes to your local state. Each state is different, but most states charge around 2.5% so you will still net a $5 profit on each card. Even if you overpay your estimated taxes, you will get all the money back at tax time.

You can read more details of this at:

https://frequentmiler.com/pay-tax...edit-card/
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z4m
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Quote from Rookies1000 :
What's a good way to liquidate there VISA cards back into your bank account?
Money order.

Walmart is most economical. $1 fee (max) for up to $1000.

Alternately, try your credit unions and ask for cashiers check. No limits and no fees for some. I'm personally using this to cash out $5000+ of GCs.


Venmo may work also although rate of failure is high. Send money to friend using GC and ask them to send it back to you. Transfer funds to bank account. No fee.
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cobjones
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Quote from z4m :
Money order.

Walmart is most economical. $1 fee (max) for up to $1000.

Alternately, try your credit unions and ask for cashiers check. No limits and no fees for some. I'm personally using this to cash out $5000+ of GCs.


Venmo may work also although rate of failure is high. Send money to friend using GC and ask them to send it back to you. Transfer funds to bank account. No fee.
These will be limited at Walmart for money orders.
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z4m
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Quote from cobjones :
These will be limited at Walmart for money orders.
How do you mean? Walmart won't accept them? They're debit cards with a PIN, which should make them work.

7/11 is an another option. I personally use my credit union to keep the fees down to $0.
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deshwasi
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is it safe to hold them for any period of time? which one is better, visa or MC?
i have heard some stories..

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