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Update 4/14/24: Deal is back for 4/14-4/20, I assume limit 10. (ht MoonWorth2430)
The Offer
Check your Office Depot/Max store for the following deal:
- Buy $300 in Visa gift cards and get $15 discounted instantly at the register.
The Fine Print
- In-store only
Our Verdict
Buy a $200 Visa gift card and a $100 Visa gift card or buy two $200 Visa gift cards. The best way to maximize is to buy three $200 Visa gift cards. It should be possible to get more than one $15 discount in a single checkout.
Fees are $5-$8 per card, but can be more-than-offset by this $15 instant discount. They usually offer a deal the week following Staples.
Use a card like the INK Cash/Plus which earns 5x at office supply stores. Also note, Dosh offers 2% back at Office Depot/Max and Rakuten in-store offers 5x/5%, though the terms on these exclude gift cards from earning. Some people might have a Chase Offer/Bank Amerideals for Office Depot as well.
Post History:
- Update 3/17/24: Deal is back for 3/17-3/26. Limit 10. (ht to reader abe)
- Update 2/18/24: Deal is back for 2/18 – 2/24. Limit 10. (ht to reader Fred)
- Update 1/19/24: Deal is coming back for 1/21 – 1/27. Limit 10 per household business. (ht Steve J)
- Update 12/24/23: Deal is back for 12/24 – 12/30 (ht reader Olympia WA) Stack with Chase Offer for 10% back. Office Depot is currently on Dosh for 10%, though the terms there exclude gift cards.
- Update 11/26/23: Readers are reporting that this deal does not seem to be taking place this week. False alarm.
- Update 11/25/23: Deal is back 11/26-12/2
- Update 10/26/23: Available again next week for 10/29 – 11/4. Hat tip to buttonstraddle
- Update 10/4/23: Available again, limit 10. Hat tip to Jay – ⒿⒶⓨ
- Update 9/3/23: Deal is back 9/3 – 9/9 (ht buttenstraddle). Stacks well with the Chase Offer/BofA.
- Update 8/6/23: Deal is back 8/6 – 8/12 (ht reader Fathiss who bought $600 and got $30 off). It’s limit 10, so you can get up to $90 off $1,800. Stacks well with the Chase Offer/BofA as well.
- Update 6/11/23: Deal is back 7/9 – 7/15. Stacks well with the Chase Offer/BofA as well.
- Update 6/11/23: Deal is back 6/11 – 6/17 (ht reader KH)
- Update 5/14/23: Deal is back. Datapoint of 5×200 triggering $45 off. Didn’t work for others.
- Update 4/16/23: Deal is back and valid 4/16/23 – 4/22/23
- Update 3/20/23: Deal is back and valid 3/19 – 3/25. Hat tip to reader Steve J
- Update 2/19/23: Deal is back and valid 2/19-23 – 2/25/23 (ht Berry-Momma)
- Update 1/22/23: Deal is back and valid 1/22/23 – 1/28/23 (ht Abe and Stephen)
- Update 12/17/22: Deal is back and valid 12/18-12/24 according to reader Allan
- Update 10/9/22: Deal is back for 10/9 – 10/15, image below (ht Eric)
- Update 8/28/22: Deal is back for 8/28 – 9/3 (ht FM)
- Update 7/30/22: Deal is actually through 8/6.
- Update 7/24/22: Deal is back from 7/4 – 7/30. (ht XscapeVelocity)
- Update 5/21/22: Deal is back from 5/22 – 5/28. Hat tip to FM
Is anyone else struggling with the new giftcards*com website? I can’t figure out how to register my cards for online purchases.
Haven’t had an issue myself, registered 3 yesterday. Have you tried clearing your cache or another browser?
Did you actually get the card from that site? The old site’s registration is still up and I used it today. https://mygift.giftcardmall.com/
The new site’s registration link is https://www.giftcards.com/activate
I only had an issue w the new site when trying to use their feature that lets you change the address of an already-registered card. IIRC, that card was initially registered on the old site.
You can change the address of an already-registered card? Cool, never knew that. Of course, never needed it but nice to know it’s there. 🙂
No, I bought them at Office Max. They’re already activated, so it gives me an error when I use that feature and then try to change the address.
You’d update the address after clicking the Check Balance link. I just updated one.
Can you buy the “Five Back” or “ Grocery “ Visa cards for this promo? Save a couple bucks if so.
Yes
anyone has the source of the promotion? walked in the officemax store. the guy said the limit is two cards. Tried to show the promotion (the limit 10) on the officedepot weekly ad. I even called the customer service but failed to find the one.
Anyone can share the sign in your store? thanks.
https://flic.kr/p/2pKHmsq
Many thanks.
Office Depot seems to always be a disaster for me. Manager was aware of the promo but said she could not override the transaction. Before ringing up, she said there might be a 24-hour period before you can use the card. I went ahead anyway and it was a giant fail. Three – $200 cards. Nope. 2. Nope. 1 Nope. $200 and $100, nope. Will wait for Staples next week.
Hi Waldo, Was your credit card locked by Chase after you attempted the purchase?
Today I got 3 x $200 at my local store and triggered the standard discount of $30.
I didn’t see any signage in store with regards to this “sale.” There were plenty of cards available.
These were the new cardboard VGCs and expire 2032.
Manager was off today so the new, scraggly assistant manager rang me up.
He insisted that I needed to give my rewards number, “to get the discount.”
Checked the balances before/after and they all loaded/drained.
Drained within 2 hours after purchase.
May i ask what do you do drain them? been trying to come up with ideas or asking for input on what to put them towards. I’m new to this and appreciate your time.
Most people use these for organic spend, using a 5% credit card to buy and pay bills they wouldn’t ordinarily get 5% on. Those few avenues of converting to cash are closely held to the vest with those that can still do so they can continue to do it for as long as possible.
I pay taxes/estimated taxes with them. You won’t be saving much but the fee for spending $200 with a debit card is a little less than the fee for spending $200 with a credit card.
I doubt that there are any strategies to drain a gift card that you can replicate on a national basis. natural spend is the “easy button” strategy.
Just got it earlier , 1×200$ and 1×100$ paid $299.9
this wasn’t advertised in the store, I took them and went to the cashier and asked her, she said yup, promo is on. So don’t be discouraged if you don’t see a sign in the store
Went to office Max and tried to check out but didn’t get any discount. Told them possible manager override but they said never heard of it.
Did you already purchase? If so, do they have the offer posted in the store? It’s usually on top of the gc stand. If so, I’d push them to give a manual credit.
Don’t do this.
They scanned three $200 cards but didn’t see any discount, so I didnt buy any. THere’s nothing on the top of the gc stand in the store I went to. Not sure it matters, but It’s an Office Max, not an Office Depot, but I don’t think it’s not closing.
I pulled the three $200 Visa cards left there, but I don’t which kinds they are. One of the three looks different from the other two, but all with $6.95 fee. I checked the back of the cards but didn’t find any useful information to identify the issuer.
That could have been the issue, being the old 6.95 fee. Not saying it was, but that it had happened before with the old stock.
Old fee cards work fine. I bought 6 of them on Sunday.
Bought 6 more at OM this morning.
That’s good to know, maybe the previous issues were a glitch. Unfortunately for Roy, there seems to be no explanation.
Maybe the diff is that it’s Office Max. IDK. But, I’m glad that you caught it before buying.
discount reflects when the cashier does the final total.
This is a nationwide promo hard coded into the PoS system. Only exception would be “going out of business” store that’s already been handed over to a liquidation company (uncommon), or you didn’t ring up at least $300 in VGCs. There is no ‘secret manager override’ to get the promo… just manager security numbers for when you buy > $500 in one transaction.
List of known 2024 store closings– https://tonernews.com/forums/topic/office-depot-to-quietly-keep-closing-stores-in-2024/
I bot 3x$200 which triggers a manager override. Will go multiple times this week.
Why not just buy them at once? It’s a max of 10.
Best per dollar maximization is actually 9. However, at 5+, you will have to provide FinCEN info, which 1) some don’t like the ‘privacy’ issue, and 2) many cashiers don’t know what to do when the info page pops up.
“Buy a $200 Visa gift card and a $100 Visa gift card or buy two $200 Visa gift cards. Best way to maximize is to buy three $200 Visa gift cards.“
Updated
Got one of these guys that think they are treasury agents telling me that my buying 3×200 on my card and my wife buying 3×200 is ‘illegal money laundering’.
All office depot employees have passed your state’s bar exam.
most are appellate court judges