Plink Question
 

When buying multiple GCs (each GC is over $100) at Staples and ringing them up as seperate transactions, does Plink give 300 points per GC or just 300 points for the overall visit to staples?

300 points per GC. But be careful because it might raise suspicious activities to your CC issuer.

Not to mention that it drives Staples cashiers crazy and give you the evil eye :D

I purchased 10 $200 gc at staples and got the lady to do a split tender on each card, used 2 diff ink bold from same account, got a call from chase. Won't be doing that again haha
It's not worth risking something like that with such a great card issuer like chase.

I made 15 109.90$ transactions at Sears during their promo... all the plink points posted as expected

You created two chase logins for each ink crad just for plink! Wow that is too much work!

I have had to contact plink to manually add points when using my Chase Freedom. They claim that communication between chase and plink is down, yet when I enter my login info, everything seems alright.

Anyone else experienced this ?

I haven't had any points post on my account since 11/6, even though I have had 10+ transactions at Staples.

On a related note, how does Plink handle returns?

I had some transactions (both Staples in-person GC purchases and online GC orders from Kmart) not post. I emailed a copy of my CC statement to [email protected] and I had all my points manually added. They also told me their support team would fix the issue so I wouldn't have trouble with points posting in future, which at least so far has been true. Their FAQ says you should wait 7 days for the points to post then contact them. In my case my statement had just cut when the 7 day period hit, so it was easiest to just send them a PDF of that, but you can also scan and email receipts.

Returns are supposed to (according to their FAQ) lead to the points being taken away like with CC rewards or portal cash back. They should have no problem detecting the return unless you can get the store to give you a refund other than by returning to your CC. You might be able to get a GC with a receiptless return, but stores generally ask for ID when you do this to prevent people from returning shoplifted goods and they will cut you off if you do it too much. Since they give you the points a lot faster than a portal, I'm not sure what would happen if you had a negative balance and stopped using Plink. They might just write it off (though they could probably in theory send your account to collections), but I don't think it's worth it to find out because it's too good of a long-term thing to mess up. I've never personally returned anything that I got Plink points for.

Keep in mind multiple Plink accounts is against their ToC and you could be banned if caught. One transaction for each GC is safe, but multiple Plink accounts so each GC can be split into multiple $60 purchases might be going too far, and in addition to the risk of a ban from Plink, it might lead to Staples deciding to end their relationship with Plink because they have to be losing money paying for 900 Plink points on a $200 GC.

If it does raise a red flag with the CC issuer, a quick chat with the fraud department where you explain you are splitting the transactions to take advantage of a promotion should clear things up.

Happened every time I changed my account info.

Am I the only one who's not so keen on giving my CC login information out in order to plink? Anybody have any issues so far?

I have been in the information security industry for my whole life. There are two and only two groups of people I have met. People who concern too much about information security and lose something. And people who do not concern enough about information security and lose something. I choose to be the latter, what you choose is up to you.

Same here

Email them.

I buy at most 3 or 4 each visit with separate transactions (per GC) and one time 2 separate stores on 1 day. I haven't gotten a call from Chase. Maybe that's under their radar.

I had serious issues with them, and with a bit of persistence they were VERY helpful and gave me ALL my points! Email and keep emailing every few days.

+1
. Neither my Chase Ink nor any of my personal cards login.

I asked the FM and he trusts them. But not sure I want to risk this for some points here and there.

They could be a fine company like Mint Mint, I have comp security friends who work there and it's solid.

Work in very large database security management , PCi, Hipaa and security compliance. and do not share this view. But again this is very personal.

You are not liable for fraudulent charges on your card anyway, so see no reason to be paranoid....to each his own though

I almost got a heart attack when one of my transactions was declined and I had to pay with a different CC. Luckily, I called Chase and was able to clear up the fraud alert they placed on my account.

I emailed them yesterday afternoon, received an email back in a few hours. They are aware of the issue and are going to manually credit me the points.

Also worth checking out the app for iOS/Android. Downloading give you an extra wallet slot, promotions, and an extra 5 points per check-in/purchase.

7 eleven
 

Anybody else also seeing 7 eleven points still posting? These seem like new ones, not old ones just posting.

The fact that I volunteered my id/pwd will put me in a very difficult situation with Chase. Thinking Discover card for I use it on small purchases and could fit this spending pattern. Could be handy and have just one account and very little to lose on that one.

I am sure they are aware that this drawback keeps a lot of people away. Hopefully they will come back with a better security model or are bought by a major Bank.

This just in:

Did you get an e-mail about it? I saw the fine print on the Staples tab on Plink but I'm not sure how long they have had it there, since I recently made some purchases at Staples.

Yup. Via email. But only one, and I do have three accounts . . .

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so sad :( but :cool:

Them having your Chase id and password does not give them any access to your cc # or cvv code, which someone would need to make charges on your card...I think you may be a little paranoid for this game. I see no value in using a Discover card, but to each his own. I will continue this as long as it lasts, which probably will be kiled soon.

Time for some new accts to be opened with new rules of 10x/month now

Per gc purchased

Has anyone tested the 30-day rolling limit of Staples at Plink? I have nine transactions over the last month, the first three on the 5th, 9th and 13th. I'd love to get in 2 more transactions before the deal is shut down.

Looks like it's going away on 3/11.

Did you mean the web site will go away?

On Plink website, the Plink offer for Staples is expiring on 3/11.

damn! this is sad news....i wonder if its still worth to ink $200 GC's once this is gone....

Love this... I earned 1k amazon gift cards with Plink@staple 2 months ago. I haven't done it since my last 2 months because I am working on my MS ^)^

Either you're counting-challenged or you have 34+ Plink accounts...

Or possibly before Plink had the 10 transaction per month limit?

Regardless. Sad day for Plinkers. I used this both for purchasing cards as well as other Stapling activities.

Looks like Office Depot will become a new Plink partner after Staples ends:

"Not to worry, Office Depot will be joining Plink on March 12th for all your office and school supply needs! Look for this great new offer next week. " (From an email Plink sent me.) It remains to be seen if the deal will be as good, of course.