Staples: $20 Visa Rebate With $300 In Visa Gift Card Purchases 10/23-29

The Offer

  • Buy $300 worth of Visa gift cards from a Staples store and get a $20 Visa Prepaid card using the Staples Easy Rebate system

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The Fine Print

  • Valid from 10/23 until 10/29
  • Limit 1 per household

Our Verdict

Best option is to use a card that earns at a high rate on office supply stores. Not as good as the recent OfficeMax/depot deals, but still profitable.

Hat tip to slickdeals via reader @J_Turnbow

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max
max (@guest_309076)
October 25, 2016 12:45

Can I unload these with a swipe?

tim
tim (@guest_308788)
October 24, 2016 09:54

A profit of $6.10 – even with the 5X points you get on $412, is not worth the gas and time it takes to drive to Staples to buy these – especially when you consider having to keep track of how much money is left on 2 $200 gift cards, possibility/hassle of loss of the cards, etc

Moose Cow
Moose Cow (@guest_308795)
October 24, 2016 10:20

I see you don’t know how to MS

TYRONE
TYRONE (@guest_308821)
October 24, 2016 13:59

not everyone likes to MS

Dima
Dima (@guest_308832)
October 24, 2016 15:40

If you don’t want to MS you can always overpay your cell phone / internet / insurance / … bill and not worry about that for a couple of month. Not that much hassle.

Mountain Man
Mountain Man (@guest_308850)
October 24, 2016 18:03

If that is your calculations, you’re reading the wrong blog.

dan
dan (@guest_308999)
October 25, 2016 08:43

call first to see if the stores have the $200 ones; going out of the way to get there to find out that they don’t have or only $100 ones, then it’s not worth it

fauxblogger
fauxblogger (@guest_308489)
October 22, 2016 15:44

RE: more than 1 rebate per household: Staples rebate IT software application looks at name, address, phone number and email address to determine uniqueness. If any of these fields is the same across more than one rebate then it is rejected as a duplicate. Also, you cannot be logged into your Staples account when submitting the rebate since important fields from your account profile replace the fields that you keyed into your rebate form which will invariably cause the duplicate error downstream in batch rebate processing.

Jason
Jason (@guest_308775)
October 24, 2016 08:42

Good summary, “faux blogger.” This is exactly the limitation on more than one rebate per household. If one rebate is not enough, best to submit rebates for friends, family, etc at totally different addresses, with totally different identifiers and log-in credentials.

Lela
Lela (@guest_308215)
October 21, 2016 08:04

If you’re one of those few folks without access to a 5% office supply card, like myself, Amex has a deal out right now if you’re targeted. It’s $25 back after $100 spent. No guarantees if gcs will trigger when purchased at store. Online I think they will Not.

Gene
Gene (@guest_307983)
October 20, 2016 14:30

since the limit is 1 per household, you cannot do 3x $200 GCs ($600 total) & receive 2 rebates like OD/OM allows?
so the best options is 2x $200 (206.95) GCs -> 413.90 – 20 = 393.90?
thanks.

Jeremy Liu
Jeremy Liu (@guest_308031)
October 20, 2016 17:08

Does the 100 vgc have lower fees?

Lantean
Lantean (@guest_308118)
October 20, 2016 21:44

by a dollar

Nancy14
Nancy14 (@guest_308178)
October 21, 2016 02:37

Why is getting 2×200 better than a single 300 GC? Thanks!

Bobby G
Bobby G (@guest_308219)
October 21, 2016 08:38

$300 are on-line only, not in the store

Lantean
Lantean (@guest_308224)
October 21, 2016 08:55

because there are no $300 visa gift cards in stores

tbradnc
tbradnc (@guest_307968)
October 20, 2016 13:26

Define “limit 1 per household”…. The closest Staples from me is 40 minutes. If I’m limited to 1 $20 rebate it’s not worth the drive.

iahphx
iahphx (@guest_307977)
October 20, 2016 13:53

I sometimes see folks say they can get more than one rebate per address, but the only time I ever tried it (a few years ago), it was denied. Has anyone had more luck with this? Otherwise, you can bother friends and family to use their addresses, and hope you get the cards back from them. 🙂

JP
JP (@guest_307988)
October 20, 2016 14:37

There is still a trick out there for getting multiple rebates at one address but it’s hush hush.

No. I don’t know what it is.

CtownBin
CtownBin (@guest_307996)
October 20, 2016 14:59

I have been able to get one for myself and one for my wife at the same address for quite a while now, never any problems. But never tried pushing it more than that. I try to word the address differently- Rd and Road, spell the street name with a different vowel but not enough that it won’t still get to me, etc. Who knows if that helps avoid some automated check.

There is definitely an actual trick out there though- I’ve seen it referenced a ton in a lot of places but always without specifics, and I have no clue what it is! It has definitely managed to stay very quiet for a long time somehow.

Shahr
Shahr (@guest_308050)
October 20, 2016 18:11

Since it pretty much doesn’t work anymore I’ll say it
Old trick was to use your house and just attach Apt 101, 102, 103, 201, etc… til infinity. Since it’s a house it’ll get to you no matter what.

But Staples now auto rejects same address even if you’re in a legit apt building. You have to contact them for each one to get it manually pushed through. Annoying

dan
dan (@guest_307962)
October 20, 2016 13:06

do staples have the variable $200 visa like OD/OM?

Tory
Tory (@guest_307952)
October 20, 2016 12:37

Excited. I’ll be in my small hometown this weekend; all the Staples around Los Angeles seem to be cleaned out of VGC by the time these roll around. I can only imagine these promos exist to get rid of remaining gift card stock…

John
John (@guest_307901)
October 20, 2016 08:53

These are always in-store only deals.

Corey
Corey (@guest_307897)
October 20, 2016 08:36

Is this offer in-store only or can it be used for online orders?

Jason
Jason (@guest_307911)
October 20, 2016 09:51

In story only, on page 6 of weekly ad (10/23-10/29) of staples