Unexpected M$ bonus... Staples Unclaimed Property
Feb 22, 2024, 4:34 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 135
Unexpected M$ bonus... Staples Unclaimed Property
I got a letter in the mail this week about unclaimed property, and it was for 2 staples $300 VGC I purchased in 2018. It said I registered them, but they were never used. I claimed them with codes, and a day later got virtual cards and immediately put a $600 credit on my Amazon account.
Has this happened with anyone here?
Thing is, I've kept solid records in a spreadsheet with undrained cards, MOs and deposits, and through close to a million in MS since 2018 I have only ever lost a single $300 VGC, sometime in 2020. This was free money falling from the sky because of some mistake in the money stream, only because I registered the cards at that time. Maybe it's because the expiration dates of those old cards are rolling over now. Crossing my fingers for more that might come.
Has this happened with anyone here?
Thing is, I've kept solid records in a spreadsheet with undrained cards, MOs and deposits, and through close to a million in MS since 2018 I have only ever lost a single $300 VGC, sometime in 2020. This was free money falling from the sky because of some mistake in the money stream, only because I registered the cards at that time. Maybe it's because the expiration dates of those old cards are rolling over now. Crossing my fingers for more that might come.
Feb 23, 2024, 3:24 am
#2
Join Date: Oct 2015
Posts: 226
I got a letter in the mail this week about unclaimed property, and it was for 2 staples $300 VGC I purchased in 2018. It said I registered them, but they were never used. I claimed them with codes, and a day later got virtual cards and immediately put a $600 credit on my Amazon account.
Has this happened with anyone here?
Thing is, I've kept solid records in a spreadsheet with undrained cards, MOs and deposits, and through close to a million in MS since 2018 I have only ever lost a single $300 VGC, sometime in 2020. This was free money falling from the sky because of some mistake in the money stream, only because I registered the cards at that time. Maybe it's because the expiration dates of those old cards are rolling over now. Crossing my fingers for more that might come.
Has this happened with anyone here?
Thing is, I've kept solid records in a spreadsheet with undrained cards, MOs and deposits, and through close to a million in MS since 2018 I have only ever lost a single $300 VGC, sometime in 2020. This was free money falling from the sky because of some mistake in the money stream, only because I registered the cards at that time. Maybe it's because the expiration dates of those old cards are rolling over now. Crossing my fingers for more that might come.
Feb 23, 2024, 3:22 pm
#3
Original Poster
Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 135
Here's a scrubbed version. I removed about 3000 rows of transactions. There are some long dead cards mentioned in there, but hopefully you get the idea. It stops in 2022, when I got enough of a raise that I decided to take a break ever since. Copy and tinker with it, I can't provide tech support though.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1193094846
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1193094846