groobie

Saw this in the preview for next week's ad. One per transaction, not per person or per household.

SAVE $10 when you purchase $200 or more in MasterCard® and
Visa® gift cards**
Valid from June 9 - June 15, 2013
SKU:
Limit 1 offer per transaction. Activation fee applies.
While supplies last.
**Offer valid 6/9/13 thru 6/15/13 only. Limit 1 offer per
transaction. Activation fee applies. While supplies last.
Offer valid in store only. Limit 35 cards per store unless
prohibited by law. Minimum purchase of $200 in
MasterCard® and/or Visa® gift cards, before taxes,
required. Customers may purchase multiple Visa gift
cards and/or MasterCard gift cards in denominations that
cumulatively amount to $200 or more to meet the
minimum purchase requirement. Cannot be combined
with any other offer. No rain checks, except as required
by law. MaxPerks® Rewards are not redeemable for this
offer. Subject to availability. See gift cards for details,
terms, conditions and fees. All trademarks are property
of their respective owners. The MasterCard gift card is
issued by U.S. Bank National Association, pursuant to a
license from MasterCard International Incorporated.
MasterCard and the MasterCard brand mark are
registered trademarks of MasterCard International
Incorporated. The Visa gift card is issued by MetaBank™,
member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A.
Inc. Product may not be available in all states

TheDapperDon

Someone refresh my memory, are Metabank visas load friendly?

critten

seems like you'll have to buy them in smaller than 200 denominations (they dont have 200s at my store) only 25/50 or 75 packs so activation is more than usual 200 cards at OD/staples.

ddavid1101

Man...last time this was around, I was able to get 1K at one store...Just bought all of them. Though other stores were 1 per person.

thehawk75

Oh... I see 'fraud alert' kicking in on my CC...

groobie

$200s are available at both of my local OMs. I've never had a problem loading them to BB. Moneymaking manufactured spend - the best kind! ^

Corridor!

I have found that the $200 GC from OM is my favorite GC.

vagrants

Do you know if $10 back in the form of cash/check or OM GC?

MaineFlyer16

Use an OPEN card from AMEX get another 5% or 10% off.

katarn444

I don't utilize OPEN very often, can it be used in store? This post says otherwise?
http://boardingarea.com/blogs/freque...tag/officemax/
"Keep in mind that OfficeMax OPEN Savings apply only to online orders."

Is it best to use an Chase INK card.

Zamboni Driver

Good suggestion! I did a side-by-side comparison of Chase Ink Bold/Plus vs. Amex Biz card to see what would be more lucrative. I found that the valuation is very close, if you value UR/MR points the same. I assumed $10 savings are applied to the total purchase amount.

For Amex Biz Open:
Purchase Price: $400 (2 $200 cards, one transaction to get over $250)
Activation: $13.90
Savings: $10 (one $10 discount per transaction)
OPEN Savings: $40 (10% of total)
TOTAL: $363.90
Money earned: $36.10
Amex MR earned: 404
Points valued: $7.27
Total value earned: $43.37
Return: 10.84%

Chase Ink:
Purchase Price: $400 (2 $200 cards, two transactions)
Activation: $13.90
Savings: $20 (two $10 discounts)
TOTAL: $393.90
Money earned: $6.10
Chase UR earned: 1970
Points valued: $35,46
Total value earned: $41.56
Return: 10.39%

Hope this helps someone....

vagrants

.com purchases only.

ricohitman

We get clarification on how the $10 is paid out? Is it instant savings or something else?

athenakt

They're going to do this again? Really?

I'd be prepared for them to rescind the deal after the first wave hits. Maybe I could make some extra cash starting a betting pool instead!

groobie

It appears from the ad online that it's $10 off the purchase price (instant savings) - not rebates or rewards. ^ That's how OM has done it in the past as well.