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Office Depot and OfficeMax stores have returned with its profitable gift card deal on Visa gift cards through 8/9/25.
The Deal
- Buy $300+ Visa gift cards at Office Depot/OfficeMax & get $15 off instantly.
Key Terms
- Valid August 3-9, 2025.
- Limit 10 per household/business (different stores may try to impose various limits that don’t correspond to the ad).
Quick Thoughts
As always with these deals, the best option is to buy in three card increments as Office Depot/Max gives a $15 discount for every $300 you spend. Buying three cards means you’re spending $600, which takes off $30. Buying nine cards means you should get $90 off, but YMMV as to whether a store will let you do that.
For every three cards you buy you’ll pay $23.85 in fees (3x$7.95), giving you a net $6.15 in profit in addition to any additional rewards. Buying nine cards at a time triples both the profit and rewards (but will likely involve an ID check to make sure that the payment that you’re using is yours).
In addition, it’s worth keeping an eye out for linked offers that might stack.
Past Office Max/Office Depot $15 off $300 deals
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July 7-13, 2024Valid June 9-15, 2024Valid May 12-18, 2024Valid April 14-20, 2024Valid February 18-24, 2024Valid January 21-27, 2024Valid December 24-30, 2023October 29th to November 4th, 2023October 1st to October 7th, 2023September 3rd to September 9th, 2023August 6th to August 12th, 2023July 7th to July 15th, 2023June 11th to June 17th, 2023May 14th to May 20th, 2023April 14th to April 22nd, 2023March 19th to March 25th, 2023February 19th to February 25th, 2023January 22nd to January 28th, 2023December 18th to December 24th, 2022.November 12th to November 18th, 2022.August 28th to September 3rd, 2022.July 4th to August 6th 2022.May 21st to May 28th 2022.
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I tried ordering online. Didn’t see the discount. I’m assuming this is for in store purchase only.
Yes. Staples, OfficeMax, and grocery store Visa and MasterCard deals are almost always in store only and have been that way for at least a decade, so we’ve probably taken that for granted here. I’ll add a note that it’s in-store only, thanks.
called 3 different stores in my area (SF bay area) and no one has them in stock. One store only has the variable amount but for Visa “Dining” only.
[…] Expenses: The gift cards have an activation fee and there are also costs in getting money orders. Lowering the activation cost can significantly change the value proposition of this MS method, thus all of the excitement when gift cards go on sale. […]
This won’t work in Hawaii cooperate caught on to this so they no longer carry visa gift cards
thanks for this information.
Does Amex card if you buy these while working on a sign up bonus on a new card?
what are you saying?
Thank you for letting us know!
What is the most number of discounts anyone has received on one purchase? I’ve bought as many as $1800 worth of gift cards, which triggers six $15 discounts. The ad says that there is a limit of 10 per customer, which I assume means that you could buy $3000 worth of $200 gift cards, and triggered 10 $15 discounts. Has anyone tried?
Last month I bought $3K worth of $200 VGCs. Discount was $150. Fee was $119.25 ($7.95 x 15). Net cost was $2,969.25.
Excellent! Thanks for the confirmation.
Confirmed working today in south Florida for visa
Will Barclays Hawaiian Miles card treat gift card purchases from Office Depot as a cash advance?
Does Chase Care if you buy these while working on a sign up bonus on a new card?
They don’t care. Chase can’t see exactly what you’re buying.
Yes, to an extent, Chase CAN see what you are buying. Just not EXACTLY. The credit card charges each have classification codes, and that classification code is part of the credit card transaction from the merchant.
That said, Chase absolutely DOES accept GC buys for signup bonus; I did it several times. It is an office supply, which earns it that 5x on CIC. And we would not be seeing it offered at all, unless both Office Depot management and Chase Bank ownership agreed to this whole 5x points for office supplies thing. That was a major business decision on the part of both companies’ stockholders, so they obviously both REALLY want this available.
Local Office Depot didn’t offer and actually said they never have offers such as this 🙁
They lied. Seriously. Some store managers are offended the GC’s are used as we use them (to pay bills and shop), even though it’s legal. It can be a problem. More than once they actually tried to falsely accuse me of fraud. It’s all to fondle their sanctimonious self-righteousness in public. I called a cop, then filed a complaint. He was gone when I returned.
Where I live the 2 OD stores have 1 Visa GC. Maybe Blackhawk will send inventory.
They lied. Seriously. Some store managers are offended the GC’s are used as we use them (to pay bills and shop), even though it’s legal. It can be a problem. More than once they actually tried to falsely accuse me of fraud. It’s all to fondle their sanctimonious self-righteousness in public. I called a cop, then filed a complaint. He was gone when I returned.
The mob or similar in DFW area go in to all the stores that allow them to buy out the whole lot. Assuming they have system to resell or wash the cash while getting the 5% with a card. So assuming they get most their money back or have a way to wash them plus racking up tons of points and turn those. Sucks the regular guys can’t get their hands on them since they all go to bad actors. Maybe those guys that try to rip off elderly folks with gift card scams use them for that racket.
The published limit is ten per customer.
The deal is not active where I live…tried to ring it up and it didn’t take off the fee
It won’t appear until the final screen before payment is applied. They can show line items w/o discount – UNTIL the summary is displayed.
A common scam they use because this “offends” the occasional store manager with ideas of his own. Some even falsely imply it’s not quite legal. They always back down when called out.