Originally Posted by
Churnman
I normally don't buy VGCs from office supply stores unless there's a special. There are enough per year that I don't want to waste my $50,000 Chase Ink spend limit on the normal deals even though they are also profitable. I find it better to wait for the specials like this week (although limited to how many addresses you have the rebate card mailed to) and the Office Max VGC sale they had in early March. It takes more patience, but I'll maximize my profit/spend ratio.
See, this route poses new problems. Because when a promotion comes along you have to hit it
hard in order to maximize earnings on this card. I feel like this is more likely to raise eyebrows over at Chase. You have to factor in availability and restrictions too. Like during the OfficeMax sale, they ran out of the $200/$100 GCs in a matter of hours here in Chicago. And the ones that did have stock were stingy about letting me do multiple transactions. You're right about the patience bit, but I'd really like to know how you're hitting the $50,000 cap without taking advantage of the normal deals.