[Expired] Staples: No Purchase Fee On $200 Mastercard Gift Cards (7/21-7/27)

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The Offer

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  • Staples is offering no purchase fees on $200 Mastercard gift cards in store

The Fine Print

  • Valid 7/21-7/27
  • Limit 1 per customer

Our Verdict

Make sure to use a card that earns at a high rate at office supply stores, there is also an amex offer.

Hat tip to GC Galore

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Jan B
Jan B (@guest_790697)
July 29, 2019 13:52

Missed this one! The local Staples store was closing within a fortnight. Gift card rack purged of every card. Was gonna warn to make sure one didn’t drive to a store not knowing a final closing was imminent, but was super busy.

Chase-ing UR points
Chase-ing UR points (@guest_789910)
July 27, 2019 06:49

Just realized yesterday after buying that Staples is no longer showing on my Dosh account. Seems like Staples & Dunkin Donuts got removed and replaced with JC Penney instead (at least in my area and another zip code in a different state that I bought VGCs at earlier this month)

James Bond
James Bond (@guest_789958)
July 27, 2019 10:34

Same here. Staples $5 posted as pending yesterday and today it is not in Dosh.

dayTradeIt
dayTradeIt (@guest_790158)
July 27, 2019 21:25

Wow! And I was thinking why is it not working for me anymore? Staples isn’t in Dosh is a really big deal. Will be missing it

FlyingHigh
FlyingHigh (@guest_791217)
July 30, 2019 12:33

I saw cashback from Staples up until 7/26 and then it disappeared on 7/27! This was sweet while it lasted. I’m sure they caught on to the game.

MCT
MCT (@guest_789323)
July 26, 2019 13:39

First time in years that they are sold out (or management is hiding them for some reason). Last time I went there someone pulled the tabs off a bunch of cards, so I told the manager. Usually the store is fully stocked.

Abe
Abe (@guest_788432)
July 25, 2019 13:41

Purchasing a $200 MC gift card from staples using my amex everyday card did not trigger the $10 on $40+ amex offer nor the double MR points on staples purchases amex offer on the card.

bax
bax (@guest_789006)
July 26, 2019 12:10

Dammit, I’ve got 4x of that $10 Amex CB offers.

bax
bax (@guest_789987)
July 27, 2019 12:01

I got it for all, 4-for-4.

Lantean
Lantean (@guest_788279)
July 25, 2019 09:12

My Staples that usually doesn’t care how many they sell had these behind the register… so i went last night and the cashier said one per customer.
I went again this morning and a new cashier sold me 6 no problem.
YMMV.

Ro
Ro (@guest_787898)
July 24, 2019 13:38

Wondering whats the best way to liquidate these Mastercard Gift cards..

cowsareverywhere
cowsareverywhere (@guest_788957)
July 26, 2019 11:51
  Ro

Any good blender should work, they are not very thick.

Ro
Ro (@guest_790238)
July 28, 2019 04:27

Haha.. it surely did work 🙂

Gus
Gus (@guest_787623)
July 24, 2019 00:19

So I recently upgraded to a BCP and am working on reaching the minimum spend to get the offer. On my most recent trip to Staples, I added this $200 GC to my purchase.

Now that I have purchased the GC and read that Staples actually sends L3 data, I am wondering if this will void my welcome offer, or if it simply will not count. What if I spend over $1200? Will that count?

Superman
Superman (@guest_788435)
July 25, 2019 13:43

Your $200 Staples purchase will not count towards the $1,000 MSR, but will not cancel out your $1,000 organic spend either. Amex looks at it like this: $1,200 total spend -$200 GC = $1,000 organic spend = BCP welcome offer NOT voided.

Gus
Gus (@guest_789909)
July 27, 2019 06:28

Perfect! Thanks, Superman.

James Bond
James Bond (@guest_787346)
July 23, 2019 17:23

Has anyone had success with Dosh 3% credit posting? Back in May they posted. Today no pending message.

Gus
Gus (@guest_787624)
July 24, 2019 00:20

I actually just got the pending message. Will update if it posts.

Gus
Gus (@guest_788394)
July 25, 2019 12:22

The Staples offer posted. Got a sweet $5 back.

AKJohnny
AKJohnny (@guest_787716)
July 24, 2019 09:15

Dosh has been 100% loyal to me for both Kroger and Staples. I’m almost $200 in cash back from Dosh this summer which is a sweet deal.

James Bond
James Bond (@guest_789960)
July 27, 2019 10:36

There was 2 day delay before it posted as pending. Usually its posts as pending immediately after the purchase.

arch
arch (@guest_787336)
July 23, 2019 16:59

Today the Staples where I routinely buy 10 cards at a time said their new policy is one card per credit card. This sucks but I’ll try the other Staples tomorrow to see what’s up there. Hope this is a temporary change. (Oops, shoulda read the other posts here before posting)

calwatch
calwatch (@guest_787658)
July 24, 2019 01:49

You’re more likely to be able to do multiples on the first day than later in the week. At least that’s what I’ve always found.

arch
arch (@guest_787701)
July 24, 2019 08:56

Hope you’re right in this case but I’ve never had a problem at this store in years

captainsave
captainsave (@guest_787715)
July 24, 2019 09:13

My staples gotten so strict the employee has to call and the let the manager know even 1 gc if being purchased.

AKJohnny
AKJohnny (@guest_787719)
July 24, 2019 09:16

I walked out with 5 on day 1 and just 1 yesterday… no big deal… I’ll easily hit $25k with CIC before my 1 year is up to max out 5x UR points:)

calwatch
calwatch (@guest_786936)
July 23, 2019 02:13

These MCs qualify for the 1% rate on Plastiq, if you don’t want to mess with pressing buttons at your favorite Walmart.

Jo
Jo (@guest_787259)
July 23, 2019 15:04

Thanks for pointing it out. That’s what I just found out, and I was surprised to see 1% fee. Is this just a promotion running by Plastiq? Can we pay mortgage using these mc giftcards?

calwatch
calwatch (@guest_787274)
July 23, 2019 15:35
  Jo

1% is the normal rate on debit cards. It does not work on the variable $500 MCGC from places like Giftcards.com (I use FFD on that instead) but sometimes works on $100s and $200s from places like Lowes, Staples, and the grocery stores.I always like MCGC because I can use them to pay mortgage.