OfficeDepot/Max: $15 Off When You Purchase $300+ In Visa Gift Cards [In Store Only]

The Offer

No direct link to offer, via Miles To Memories

  • Receive an instant $15 off when you purchase $300 or more of Visa gift cards from 12/18/2016 until 12/24/2016 from Office Depot or OfficeMax in store only.

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The Fine Print

  • Offer valid in store only 12/18/2016 until 12/24/2016.
  • Discount applied at register.
  • Limit of one per transaction
  • The Visa® Gift Card is issued by MetaBank®, pursuant to a license from Visa U.S.A. Inc. MetaBank; Member FDIC.

Our Verdict

The limit is one per transaction, so that is kind of annoying.

We aren’t sure if/what the limit is (likely to be 1 or 2) this is sometimes enforced and sometimes not (e.g it’s hardcoded by the register but some cashiers will let you do multiple transactions in a row). They usually carry both $200 & $100 gift cards, this deal is much better if it’s a limit of two per transaction as you lower your fees ($4.95-$6.95 per card). As always, make sure to use a credit card that earns at a high rate on office supply purchases.

Also a good chance to use the $20 off $100+ American Express offer. According to our Payments Workshop you can split between at least 8 credit cards at Office Depot & at least 6 at Office Max. That means even if the limit is 2 discounts per transaction you could split between 6 American Express cards with that offer, you’d save $120 in AmEx Offers and then another $30 from this discount. I doubt people have the offer on that many cards though.

They offered a similar promotion in November, so reading the comments there might be useful.

Hat tip to Miles to Memories

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fauxblogger
fauxblogger (@guest_329557)
December 20, 2016 15:51

Split tenders on gift card purchases strictly prohibited at ATL stores-enforced by store manager trained cashiers parroting, with clueless confidence, “fraud prevention”

Also noteworthy is that the $15 discount will not appear on the POS until after customer presses “Print” or “Email” option for receipt. Cashier pressing Total button alone will not deduct discount.

Larry
Larry (@guest_329134)
December 19, 2016 14:15

Is the Ink Cash $25000 5x limit totaled thru 12/31/16 or is it thru the Dec 2016 account closing date and where online can you see the total?

bob
bob (@guest_328875)
December 18, 2016 20:50

got to thinking: this is the first year i’m even plausibly getting close to my $50K yearly limit on the 5X purchases. Did the quick download and: $29.9K. So, if i had the Ink Cash, i’d be over the limit some time ago, but the AF pays off again!

There
There (@guest_328829)
December 18, 2016 18:04

All my OM/ODs are out of 200s. There isn’t even a spot on the GC rack for them. Wondering if the are phasing them out.

Jeery
Jeery (@guest_328816)
December 18, 2016 17:41

Five Back Visa Gift Cards get the discount. Tested this morning.

DB
DB (@guest_328805)
December 18, 2016 17:06

Cashier at OD would not let me split payment for 1x$100 and 1x$200 VGC for 2x$20 off $100 Amex offers. Said it was store policy. Anyone have luck with this strategy? Should I go back later and try another cashier?

MAG
MAG (@guest_328772)
December 18, 2016 16:32

Do 5 back work for this promo?

Martin
Martin (@guest_328850)
December 18, 2016 19:00

5 back worked for me at OD.

frank
frank (@guest_328755)
December 18, 2016 15:58

ughhh!! i just went yesterday to use the Amex offer for 3 of my cards!

Kevin
Kevin (@guest_328747)
December 18, 2016 15:28

I swung by 3 OM/OD. I was able to buy 3 sets of $400 at one OD, 2 sets of $400 at one OM, and one OD told me that there was a limit of one transaction for gift cards. Came away with 12,000 ultimate rewards and $30 for less than hour of my time.

Tim
Tim (@guest_328759)
December 18, 2016 16:09

I have two OD/OM in town. There is one manager at the one store who never allows credit card purchases on variable loads. Claims it’s illegal. No fixed Visas over $100 at my stores.

Roman S
Roman S (@guest_328740)
December 18, 2016 15:12

When I bought AMEX 100 dollars gift two weeks ago I was not given 20$ off for Office depot promotion, after short chat with amex representative he stated that merchant opted out of the promotion(not sure what it means).
I went to different office depot this morning and bought 2 more gift cards for 300 in total. Will see if I receive the bonus this time.