The Offer
Direct Link (page 6)
- Purchase American Express gift cards at Office Depot and Office Max with no purchase fee.
The regular purchase fee of $3.95 – $6.95 is waived.
The Fine Print
- Valid 11/15 – 11/21
- Not valid in VT
Our Verdict
This could be a good deal to rack up points with the Chase INK card. You’ll have to spend down the Amex gift cards, but at least you’ll be racking up 5x anywhere with no purchase fee. One good method of spending these down is to use them on Paypal (for any merchant which accepts Paypal), although you’ll have to deal with the $1 hold that they put on the card initially.
The variable-load cards won’t be able to be purchased with a credit card, but you should be able to purchase the $200 cards with a credit card and they’ll ring up automatically at the register with no fee.
[In the Office Depot/Max ad (page 7) there is also mention of the temporary Serve cards being fee-free, but I don’t know if the system will allow those can be purchased with a credit card. If they can, that would be a better deal since you can load them with $500 and the $1 monthly fee only hits after 30-days.]
HT: Slickdeals
