Discounts/rebates on Visa/MC gift cards at Office Depot/Office Max(2014-2017)
Dec 28, 2016, 6:53 pm
#1651
Join Date: Aug 2009
Posts: 662
Last promo was really strange. I saw SE cards were in stock till the end of the week, and $20-200 regular visas were also available for a long time. Usually they are gone within first few hours, but now people don't know about GE/SE/DE, and don't buy them. I was mostly buying 5Bs though.
Dec 28, 2016, 8:45 pm
#1652
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: IAD
Programs: All of them to one degree or another
Posts: 447
Possible, but unlikely. These are still easily liquidated through several other, cheaper channels.
Probably had more to do with the fact that this promotion occurred during the week leading up to the Christmas holiday weekend and ended on the 24th.
Probably had more to do with the fact that this promotion occurred during the week leading up to the Christmas holiday weekend and ended on the 24th.
Dec 28, 2016, 10:05 pm
#1654
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Sacramento, CA
Posts: 376
I just don't consider it worth the effort any more.
Dec 29, 2016, 5:46 am
#1655
Join Date: Feb 2007
Posts: 647
Post Office is such a horrible choice... almost all of my grocery stores allow 4 swipes and Vanillas
Jan 15, 2017, 5:29 pm
#1656
Join Date: Sep 2015
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 742
I know the thread title spells out Visa/MC but this morning on my MS run at OD I saw a sign offering an instant $10 on AMEX gift cards $150 and up.
Fine prints says it's a limit of 1 per customer.
Fine prints says it's a limit of 1 per customer.
Jan 16, 2017, 6:49 am
#1658
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: The Phoenix Desert
Programs: Hilton Cubic Zirconia, Marriott Fools Gold
Posts: 1,692
Jan 16, 2017, 10:37 am
#1660
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 376
Went to OfficeMax and saw the signage for the deal. Sale goes to 1/21/17. Bought two $200 Amex gift cards (two separate transactions).
Jan 16, 2017, 12:50 pm
#1663
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 144
I went to an OfficeDepot today and tried to buy a variable with $150 on it. It rang up with the $10 off but then register said it was cash only.
Jan 16, 2017, 12:51 pm
#1664
Join Date: Jul 2014
Posts: 3,688
AGCs can also be drained @ Lowe's that sell FBs. Easy to figure out how to keep the $ rolling. If your Lowe's is one of those with cashiers that know how to do split tender, it's so easy to drain several AGCs to 5Bs and pay the fees with a 2x card. With your 5Bs, buy DE/GE/SE which you can drain to MOs at WM. This is easy for those who have Staples and Lowe's with next door WMs. If your stores are far apart, this may be inconvinient and not worth it even if this method is scale-able.
Overall, each one determines if anything is worth doing FOR them.
Overall, each one determines if anything is worth doing FOR them.
Jan 16, 2017, 1:43 pm
#1665
Join Date: Jun 2014
Posts: 163
Previously, up until as recently as the December 2016 $15 off $300 Visa sale, a message would show up on the screen telling the cashier that Office Depot gift cards and merchandise credits could not be used to pay. Now, this message has been replaced by one saying that all Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Serve variable-load cards are CASH ONLY ("CASH ONLY" is literally in all capital letters on the message).
I am not sure if the POS system would still accept credit if the cashier disregarded the message, since the cashier at my local store would not allow me to try.
I am not sure if the POS system would still accept credit if the cashier disregarded the message, since the cashier at my local store would not allow me to try.