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Old Jan 31, 2016 | 6:14 pm
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Originally Posted by nfpa70e
Staples sells $200 VGC for $6.95 that's almost 3.5% in acquisition cost. How do you make a profit with a card that offers 5% bonus? Unless staples had some discount which they do from time to time. $150K at staples is still lot of BURNING with 200 VGC.
Well, that's true currently, but that hasn't always been the case.

Next, 5 points per dollar and 5% aren't the same thing unless you value URs at 1 cent each.

Finally, there have been many other deals at Staples over the years.
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