The Offer
- Receive an instant discount of $15 when you purchase $300 or more in Visa gift cards from OfficeMax or Office Depot
The Fine Print
- Valid from August 21st – 27thÂ
- Limit of two offers per customer
- Discount automatically applied at register
- Visa gift cards are issued by MetaBank
Our Verdict
OD/OM usually carry $100 & $200 Visa gift cards (and $20-$200 variables). There is a limit of two offers ($600 in Visa gift cards) per customer, but doing multiple visits should work as there is no real way this is tracked. Make sure you use a credit card that earns at a high rate on office supply purchases. Also please remember this starts this Sunday.
Hat tip to Frequent Miler
Office Depot is currently doing the same offer this week in stores.
Forgot to add that it’s from Oct 9 – 15, 2016
Yup, this post is about office depot as well.
At the Office Depot, the VGC flat rate $200.00 cards were not issued by MetaBank, but Sunrise Bank out of St Paul, MN. Serviced by Blackhawk Network. Interestingly once out of the package, you cannot tell the difference between the two bank’s VGC on first glance. Basic gray color. Pin was last four CC num.
Tried $500.00 GVC + $200.00 GVC at OfficeMax. System popped up a message cash or debit card only.
Store followed system instruction. I canceled the sale.
Tried three $200.00 at Office Depot … successful CC purchase as described by others.
Purchased money order elsewhere and deposited money order in bank.
OPM strikes again.
How do you do a money order?
Post Office was my choice. Tell agent multiple cards. Carry $2.00 to cover fee unless you want an odd amount total less MO fee.
Some people go to WMT or some grocery stores.
Just tried this at OD in ATL despite no deal in flier nor any sale sign. Would’ve been $413.90 for two $200 MGCs So I asked to cancel the transaction as I have no cards that provide this category bonus. However, I forgot about the 3% cashback via Ebates linked cards, which doesn’t list GCs as exclusions. So perhaps I’ll try it later as that would almost cover the fees.
So you register your CC at Ebates and then walk in to OD ?
Since Ebates has the card registered, you get the Ebates rebate despite not ordering on line?
Ebates Website says:
Cash Back Terms
Exclusions: Cash back is not available on Business Services Division orders, Gift Card purchases, Store Pickup orders.
Special Terms: Use of coupon/promo code not found on Ebates may void Cash Back.
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So I am back to the same question – How can Ebates be part of an instore purchase?
afaik that ebates killed that instore cb two days ago.
Reading old and new comments.
There seems to now be a consensus that it’s OD that is accepting CCs for variable $200 Visa GCs and returning $30 off $600 purchase at the register. (zuber seems to have done best at $60 back)
The OM experience seems to be less successful. I guess YMMV and low expectation applies.
WC: Can you delete my last reply to zuber, please?
I misread and replied based on my miscomprehension. So sorry. Thank you.
Done
Thank you. 🙂
I was stupid enough to buy $200 Visa dining everywhere that get declined everywhere: safeway, walmart, fedex, online purchases). Online registration doesn’t help. I guess the only way to use it is restaurants only.
Is the dining everywhere visa really hard to liquidate?
Anyone facing the issue i am facing I tried to use ink plus and says card read error at office max and staples every other store readers work without any issue?
I just bought 6 x $200 and manager had to overide something, and I got $60 off. So $15 off 2 per customer isn’t hardcoded.
really?!?! i know 3 people who tried >$600 today in 1 transaction and all of us got only $30 discount. what product did you buy? i didn’t see an actual $200 visa all day- only 20-200 or OOS of everything but 100’s.
WC, please see below. Thanks.
I tried to buy 4x$500 variable from OfficeMax, the cashier didn’t allow me to pay with CC. Then I purchased 6 x $200 fixed value. Only got $30 off (6 x $5). So, it is hardcoded in my store at least.
I bought 3x$200 VISA variable with INK. got 3x $10 off. Nice! Thanks Doctor!
I didn’t look carefully, and I thought the $200 cards were always fixed value until the cashier asked me: “How much do you want to load on the card?” 🙂
My local store sell $500 VISA variable as well. I don’t know if they’ll allow me to use CC to buy $500 cards. I will try tomorrow.
you wouldn’t mind sharing where that store is would you?