$20 Staples GC after 300$ MC GC
Mar 22, 2014, 12:39 pm
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$20 Staples GC after 300$ MC GC
MasterCard Gift Cards - Next weeks Deal at Staples.. See Page 12
Get a $20StaplesŪ Gift Card after easy rebate when you buy $300 or more of MasterCard Gift Cards
Not sure if we can get more than 1 Staple GC.. But still it will cover the fees
P.S. My first post
Get a $20StaplesŪ Gift Card after easy rebate when you buy $300 or more of MasterCard Gift Cards
Not sure if we can get more than 1 Staple GC.. But still it will cover the fees
P.S. My first post
Last edited by xazwa; Mar 22, 2014 at 12:41 pm Reason: Corrections
Mar 22, 2014, 12:47 pm
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thanks!
Mar 22, 2014, 12:58 pm
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Mar 22, 2014, 3:44 pm
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Mar 22, 2014, 7:52 pm
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If you want to think about it that way, you are paying $13.90 for the $20 Staples GC, which is a better deal. (I think about it as discount to face, you are getting a 20% discount to face value with Discover, this is just over 30%.) Stop and thINK about the additional benefits of this deal.
Mar 23, 2014, 2:13 am
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Mar 26, 2014, 8:30 pm
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Hi everyone, new poster here!
I've been doing a lot of reading on MS recently and have been doing the CC churn game for a few years now. Just recently came across the Staples/OD/OM ink recycling program and wanted to get some ideas of how to:
a) get to the Staples $1000 annual spend for Plus Rewards (sounds like GCs are not eligible purchases, and the idea of buying 3 32gb ipod touches and reselling on Amazon for a $10 loss seems like a lot of work)
b) use Staples Rewards. If they issue rewards each month and the rewards expire after only two months, it seems like you won't be getting much more than $80 in Staples rewards to spend at a time. Are you guys using these rewards to buy normal stuff, or to buy things to resell on Amazon/Ebay, or am I missing something? Doesn't seem like we could accumulate enough Staples Rewards to buy things like tablets or laptops outright.
Thanks for any and all advice!!
I've been doing a lot of reading on MS recently and have been doing the CC churn game for a few years now. Just recently came across the Staples/OD/OM ink recycling program and wanted to get some ideas of how to:
a) get to the Staples $1000 annual spend for Plus Rewards (sounds like GCs are not eligible purchases, and the idea of buying 3 32gb ipod touches and reselling on Amazon for a $10 loss seems like a lot of work)
b) use Staples Rewards. If they issue rewards each month and the rewards expire after only two months, it seems like you won't be getting much more than $80 in Staples rewards to spend at a time. Are you guys using these rewards to buy normal stuff, or to buy things to resell on Amazon/Ebay, or am I missing something? Doesn't seem like we could accumulate enough Staples Rewards to buy things like tablets or laptops outright.
Thanks for any and all advice!!
Mar 27, 2014, 3:44 am
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Hi everyone, new poster here!
I've been doing a lot of reading on MS recently and have been doing the CC churn game for a few years now. Just recently came across the Staples/OD/OM ink recycling program and wanted to get some ideas of how to:
a) get to the Staples $1000 annual spend for Plus Rewards (sounds like GCs are not eligible purchases, and the idea of buying 3 32gb ipod touches and reselling on Amazon for a $10 loss seems like a lot of work)
b) use Staples Rewards. If they issue rewards each month and the rewards expire after only two months, it seems like you won't be getting much more than $80 in Staples rewards to spend at a time. Are you guys using these rewards to buy normal stuff, or to buy things to resell on Amazon/Ebay, or am I missing something? Doesn't seem like we could accumulate enough Staples Rewards to buy things like tablets or laptops outright.
Thanks for any and all advice!!
I've been doing a lot of reading on MS recently and have been doing the CC churn game for a few years now. Just recently came across the Staples/OD/OM ink recycling program and wanted to get some ideas of how to:
a) get to the Staples $1000 annual spend for Plus Rewards (sounds like GCs are not eligible purchases, and the idea of buying 3 32gb ipod touches and reselling on Amazon for a $10 loss seems like a lot of work)
b) use Staples Rewards. If they issue rewards each month and the rewards expire after only two months, it seems like you won't be getting much more than $80 in Staples rewards to spend at a time. Are you guys using these rewards to buy normal stuff, or to buy things to resell on Amazon/Ebay, or am I missing something? Doesn't seem like we could accumulate enough Staples Rewards to buy things like tablets or laptops outright.
Thanks for any and all advice!!
Mar 27, 2014, 4:36 am
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Rewards still expire 2 months. It's when you hit Premier that you have 6 months to use rewards.
Last edited by envoy245; May 4, 2014 at 4:53 pm
Mar 27, 2014, 4:52 am
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Stapling is lucrative hobby -- though the deals and coupons are starting to slow down. It's fairly easy to hit Plus and Premier by buying their Free after Rebate stuff without needing to buy pricey gadgets. You can actually make money with FAR deals without having to resell it. I don't buy paper unless I'm paid to buy it.
I use rewards to buy FAR stuff to turn the rewards into real $. But time to time, I will save up rewards if I want to buy an Apple toy.
Staples has also a large selection of things outside of just office supplies. My purchases include household items like bathroom cleaners, paper towels, bottled water (all delivered to house for free). The trick is finding deals on these.
I started Stapling late last year -- stumbled upon it when I have a large amount of Staples GC's that I received from credit card points. I came upon SD and FW. I ended up buying an Apple toy. Ironically, I have since bought more than another $400 in Staples GC's.
Stapling is quite addictive. I find myself shopping there 1 to 2 times a week.
Plus lets you recycle 20 ink cartridges, but your rewards still expire 2 months. It's when you hit Premier that you have 6 months to use rewards.
I use rewards to buy FAR stuff to turn the rewards into real $. But time to time, I will save up rewards if I want to buy an Apple toy.
Staples has also a large selection of things outside of just office supplies. My purchases include household items like bathroom cleaners, paper towels, bottled water (all delivered to house for free). The trick is finding deals on these.
I started Stapling late last year -- stumbled upon it when I have a large amount of Staples GC's that I received from credit card points. I came upon SD and FW. I ended up buying an Apple toy. Ironically, I have since bought more than another $400 in Staples GC's.
Stapling is quite addictive. I find myself shopping there 1 to 2 times a week.
Plus lets you recycle 20 ink cartridges, but your rewards still expire 2 months. It's when you hit Premier that you have 6 months to use rewards.
Mar 27, 2014, 6:57 am
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Join Date: Mar 2014
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Thanks for the advice everyone!
At the risk of appearing lazy, could I quickly ask you if you have had any luck combining reward certificates from your account with that of your SO? Is that subject to YMMV, or banned outright? (I'm sure there are multiple data points in the FW and SD forums, but I hope you'll excuse my forum fatigue after reading 5000+ posts on the likes of ISIS/Serve and Citi Cee Vee Ess Q1 5x promotions in the last week. Thanks again!)
At the risk of appearing lazy, could I quickly ask you if you have had any luck combining reward certificates from your account with that of your SO? Is that subject to YMMV, or banned outright? (I'm sure there are multiple data points in the FW and SD forums, but I hope you'll excuse my forum fatigue after reading 5000+ posts on the likes of ISIS/Serve and Citi Cee Vee Ess Q1 5x promotions in the last week. Thanks again!)