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The Offer
No direct link, offer should show in your local Office Depot/Max store:
- Get $10 off when you buy $100 or more in Mastercard gift cards from an Office Depot/Max store.
The Fine Print
- Limit one (1) offer per customer
- Discount applied at register
- Offer valid 8/16/20 – 8/22/20
- While supplies last
Our Verdict
I don’t think this one is being publicly advertised, but you should see the notice by the gift card rack in-store. If anyone has an image, please share and I’ll add it in.
Use your Ink Cash/Plus card for 5x points or use another card that has a bonus. You can also link your card to Dosh for 2% back, up to $10 per day; and the Payce app has Office Depot/Max too. These apps might not work for gift card purchases.
Hat tip to reader B.
Just got back from Office Max/Depot, and can confirm.
DOSH stopped tracking on my acct today, anyone else?
how long is “dosh” showing credit as pending before it posts normally? thx
Question from a GC rookie. Will Chase flag my account if I buy 10 of these this week from OD? Is there any data on being flagged for buying too many GC?
I bought 10 in one day at one store.. all separate transactions. Call to notify of a large purchase first.
Went to my local OD/OM store and found none of the $200 MCGC or even $200 VGC on the rack. The section had about the same amount of each denomination as it did for the last sale (lots of $25s and $50s). Was told by a store associate that the gift card section is restocked about every 2 to 3 months. I just won’t bother to go there as much in the future to save me from a wasted trip. Off to Staples.
try the diningeverywhere (or gaseverywhere, etc.). Those have lower fees ($4.95) and at least for me work just the same as a generic $200 MCGC when cashing out for a money order. they also are less likely to get cleaned out
@Peter The * everywhere cards are Visa, not MasterCard. Are you saying this promo works on Everywhere Visa GCs too?
I thought the Everywhere cards didn’t always work, like gas didn’t work for Walmart, but fashion did. Thanks for reminding me, maybe I can buy those for the next Visa sale. Now, if only they have those in stock.
Stack with DOSH for 2% cash back, up to $10 per day. Double-stack with Payce for an extra $5 cash back per month.
OD isn’t showing in my Dosh
Added, thanks
Dosh is starting to wise up tho…caveat emptor (id est count on Dosh as a bonus, not as profit margin…)
I don’t think payce will work either because gift cards are excluded in the terms.
Edited to credit poster’s name.
I added an image from a reader. Thanks
Why you people keep talking about Visa GC when the promotion is for Mastercard GC?
Hmmm, that’s a lot of visits to buy a $200 visa gift card. Unlike the old $15 off $300+ promo, this might not be worthwhile.
Best way to take advantage of this with a 5x/5% card is to get two $200 cards. Overall profit of $16.30.
What’s the activation fee on these? I’m trying to get how you arrived at $16.30
You’re still paying $1.95 fee per card. At that rate you might as well go to Staples and buy 5.
Any cards for these stores?
@raekwon, makes no sense to buy two $200 cards.. Buy one $200 card make $13 profit with 5% card (rounding), only get an incremental profit of $3 on the next card per normal without the promotion.
Buy them separately if they let you. Frankly I won’t be participating in this deal due to my unwanted hassle of dealing with MCGC. Always too much room for error with them.
@raekwon, then why only two using that logic? You get another incremental $3 for the next 100 cards. You don’t max by buying two even with your logic. You should buy as many as you can afford and is worth liquidating for a poultry $3 incremental profit (really less after paying for MO).
Most of us have a 2% cashback card for all purchases beside the 5% Chase Ink. The second $200 will earn you incremental $3 but then you lose the $4 earned by using your regular 2% card to make regular purchases on the second $200.
“poultry” s/b “paltry”.
SOZ, thank you for correcting my “chicken” shit spelling. 😀
If maxing ROI is what you’re after, then just the $100 GC is best at 8.85%.
https://imgur.com/35eiqNZ
Same if you include Dosh/Payce: https://imgur.com/WjtIaw5
Millennial, I think of it as return on effort and that’s different for everyone. I would buy at least the $200 card since it is the same effort to buy and liquidate as one $100 one. And the profit (assuming UR points are only valued at 1 cent which is too low I think) is $12 for a $200 card (assume $1 for the MO), but only $8 for a $100 one . ROI means nothing to me since I buy and liquidate the same day.
But for me to buy an additional $200 card without the promo means only $2 profit to buy and liquidate that card. Not worth the effort or risk for $2. But to each their own.
Can I redeem rewards on VGC?
Nah