[Expired] Staples: Get $15 Rebate with $300 Mastercard Gift Card Purchase [8/13-8/19]

The Offer

Direct Link

  • Buy $300 in Mastercard gift cards and get a $15 Staples gift card via Staples Easy Rebate

The Fine Print

  • Valid Sunday 8/13 through Saturday 8/19 (starts Sunday)
  • In-store only
  • Limit one rebate per household

Our Verdict

This week (through Saturday 8/12) there’s a similar – but better – deal to get a $20 prepaid rebate with $300 Visa purchase; starting Sunday 8/13, the deal will be for Mastercard gift cards with a $15 Staples rebate. You can do each of these Staples deals once per household.

Learn more about Staples Easy Rebates in this post. As always, be sure to use a credit card that earns bonus points for office supply stores.

A lot of people buy two $200 Mastercard gift cards to rack up more INK points. You can alternatively buy one $200 and one $100 if liquidation is hard/costly for you. Also, check if you were targeted for 10% or 5% back on your Bank of America cards as another payment option.

Hat tip to Tacos
    Chuck
  • On August 13, 2017, 12:43

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  • Let me get this straight

    1) only $15 rebate instead of usual $20
    2) staples gift card instead of cash/visa/mc
    3) these are prone to fraud
    4) the rebate system may not recognize the rebate

    Pass!

  • Of course this a fraud prone USB card so liquidate ASAP. I bought them a couple days ago to dump to Kiva and I found out that $130 was already gone from the card. I am disputing it through US Bank, and the purchaser bought products from Go Daddy which should be easy to reverse, but it still is a pain.

    • hope u didn't throw the envelop away cuz they are in there on a separate piece of paper.

  • Can confirm that as of 8/15 early evening rebate forms were printing at register. I bought 2 x 200 MC (U.S. Bank).

  • As with others, rebate receipt did not print and earlier today when I tried to register online, I got the "eligibility will be determined" message - I stopped there and did not attempt to complete the rebate process. I just plugged in the receipt number to easyrebates again and it now shows a valid rebate offer and allowed me to complete the process online. Sounds like they might have fixed this.

    • My rebates from Sunday still say "Your eligible rebates are still being determined" :(

      I suppose best-case scenario is to wait until the system is updated, then the rebates will process without intervention right? The timebar on submitting rebates is 60 days so we can be patient...

      • Update: All of my rebates are now recognized by the intake system so I submitted. Looks like they updated the SKUs :)

      • As of Tues the 8/15 i got the same message. I did however was able to proceed to the end. Im not sure if that means it good.

        I did get the rebate printout though. I guess i can send it in as well.

  • In my apartment I can swipe my debit card to pay rent and there is no fee for debit card ( where as 3% fee for credit card). Can I use these visa / master gift cards to swipe and pay rent??? Will there by any fee???? I am new to buying visa master gift cards.

    • Nobody knows how your apartment will work unfortunately, depends on how the system is set up. Sometimes these gift cards will work on debit terminals and other times not. Only real way is to find out is to try.

      • I tried and it worked. I bought the visa gift card at Macerich mall when they ran the no fee promotion

  • I purchased (metro ATL) $400 USB MC and rebate did not print.
    However, I was able to submit it online and got message that eligibility will be determined.
    Well, whatever.

  • Same here - purchased but no rebate form - ad does state mastercard us bank. Submitted anyway on-line. Time will tell.

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