[Expired] Staples: No Activation Fee On $200 Mastercard Gift Card Purchase (11/29-12/5)

The Offer

Direct Link to offer

  • Staples stores are selling $200 Mastercard gift cards with no activation fees from 11/29-12/5

The Fine Print

  • Valid November 29th until December 5th
  • Limit 5

Our Verdict

Remember to use a card that earns at a high rate on office supply store purchases.

Hat tip to GC Galore
    William Charles
  • On November 29, 2020, 09:58
Tags: mastercard gift cardsstaples

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  • First time seeing this - at least 7 cards didn't have numbers printed on the front?? I been doing this for almost a decade and have seen fraud issues but I've never seen cards printed without numbers before. Anyone else experience this??

    • Find a local credit union in your area that allows a high opening deposit amount via credit card. In my area, I have 2 options that allow $5k funding and Chase codes as a purchase. @guest_1099845

  • Can add to PayPal, then use Scan and Pay to pay person 2. There is no fee till end of 2020. Person 2 can transfer fund back to bank account.

    • May I have a question? So, person 1 and person 2 both must have paypal APP in their phones? And then scan? Thank you

    • Seems like this may cause P2 to get audited by the IRS since scan and pay is supposed to be for goods and services.

    • adding MC cards to paypal is a pain. they require the card to be verified, which means you have to log into that horrible GCM website, and then wait several days for the verification charge to drop off.

      • Need to try twice to have it add to paypal. The second time it will go through but it will send a $1.95 verification charge with a 4 digit code to the account that you need to verify. The hold drops off in a few days so you'd need to wait 3-4 days if you want to send the entire amount.

        • I was able to add the card using this method, but there is still the transaction fee of 2.9% +.30 to send of receive using Paypal.

      • I was able to add Visa gift card purchased from Staples to PayPal last week.
        Today, I purchased a Master GC from Staples. Registered, checked balance, setup PIN. Then added it to PayPal. PayPal stated "Card was added successfully", however, there is a message "There is an issue with your card" next to the card. I clicked the message, it initiated a 1.95 charge on the card (will refund later). It will show on the card in 3-5 days, I need to verify a code on that transaction to use the card. Will report back how this goes.

  • Has anyone successfully run a MetaBank Mastercard through WM (using the change payment trick of course) since the major issues cropped with Meta VGC earlier this month?

    • As of 11/28, yes. Change payment, select debit and enter PIN before cashier puts total amount. If cashier puts total amount at any point before then it converts back to credit and declines.

  • According Amex CS, giftcard purchases do NOT count toward the spending requirements for new cards. Is the information correct?

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