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On page 8 of the upcoming weekly ad, Officemax and Office Depot are advertising $20 off the purchase of $300 or more in Visa gift cards. Unlike Staples that requires a rebate, this discount is taken off instantly at the register.
Generally with deals like this one it is best to use a Chase Ink card to earn 5X Ultimate Rewards points or an Amex SimplyCash card to earn 5% cash back since both Officemax and Office Depot are categorized as office supply stores.
Key Terms:
- Valid 5/3/15 through 5/16/15
- Limit two (2) offers per customer
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[…] Then there are the occasional sales. OfficeMax, for example, often has deals on gift cards (such as this recent deal) where the discount more than offsets the gift card fees. Once you have these Visa/MasterCard […]
At first the OD by me was out of gift cards. I went to 2 more that had the $200 cards but they were cash only. I tried the OD by me again and they had a whole stack of $100 cards. Not as good as the $200 but better than nothing. I was able to buy 3 $100 cards and get the discount, then do another transaction to get three more. My wife then went in and also did two separate transactions and got the discount on both. So the profit isn’t so great but it’s 6000 UR points for free.
Cash for variable loads is all my Office Depot has left that is worth doing. $30 money maker, no points.
So, you’re buying 2x$500 with cash? Trying to see how you’re getting the $400 off. Maybe 2x$300?
Yes, 2 variable load cards totaling $600.
Only $10 in fees. $40 off.
Net 30 minus money orders.
They limit me to 2. But you could likely find an Office Depot that wouldn’t mind you carrying in 30k, buying 100 for $300 and netting $15×100.
Someone obviously did something similar on the $200 gc in my area. One day the shelves were stocked, next day gone. I tried too of course, but the cashier said no.
Where did you go that allowed getting the discount on 2 variable loads? I tried it twice and it didn’t register the discount…they cited it’s only good on the $200 metabank visas, not the vanilla visa…
Office Depot only had only the vanilla ones in my area. Both fixed and variable. 300/600 gave the discount regardless of fixed variable, but had to pay with cash if buying the variable.
Yah..that’s what I did. Didn’t give me a discount in Colorado
Ive been snagging blanks from my local grocery store and taking them into OfficeMax for activation. You’re Welcome.
Went to 2 of their stores today and as expected found no $100 or $200 cards despite the $20 discount displayed on the card rack. This isn’t the first time that I’ve found the same. When I complained to the manager and commented that Staples always has a supply even during such a promotion he said “we have more customers” which is far from the truth. I don’t know if corporate management or the store manager is to blame, but I’m disgusted.
It happens. Don’t blend them. Blame the rest of us!!
Don’t let the corporation get the feeling that we are ungrateful for the $1000’s hey are giving away.
I love you od/om in case you are reading. Run this promotion anytime!
Ive been snagging blanks from my local grocery store and taking them into OfficeMax for activation. You’re Welcome.
Went to 2 of their stores today and as expected found no $100 or $200 cards despite the $20 discount displayed on the card rack. This isn’t the first time that I’ve found the same. When I complained to the manager and commented that Staples always has a supply even during such a promotion he said “we have more customers” which is far from the truth. I don’t no if corporate management or the store manager is to blame, but I’m disgusted.
[…] Finally, today Office Depot has offically removed any reference to this deal from their ad. Go to the bottom of page 8 and the deal has been removed and replaced with the Office Depot & Officemax logos. (HT: Matt who left this comment.) […]
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Can you unload the vanilla gc to RB, or only the Metabank? Do they all have Pins and function as debit cards?
Yes. You can. You can choose any 4 digit pin and it will take it. Easy peasy. I have loaded several of these onto RB without any issues even after they stopped taking CCs.
[…] Frequent Miler, you’ll get $20 off when you buy $300 or more in Visa gift cards at Office Depot and […]
Shawn, would you please check if OD/OM at 77062 zipcode participate in this promotion? I do not see it on the ad this week? Thanks in advance.
Page 8, bottom of the page.
I looked at the Visa deal in the ad circular a few days ago and saw it, but now when i look again, it’s not there anymore. Am i going crazy? Bottom of page 8, right?
http://officedepot.shoplocal.com/OfficeDepot/BrowseByPage/Index/?StoreID=2670519&PromotionCode=OfficeDepot-150503&PromotionViewMode=1
No you aren’t crazy. It is gone.
What a bummer. If I find a store near me that has stock, will they honor the deal because it was previously posted with a 5/16 end date? Or they’ve killed the promo for sure?
I’m not sure. I have reached out to Office Depot on Twitter to ask, but have not been to a store today.
I was in the store today @ 8:45 AM EST and the deal was still on and working. I did two transactions of $600 and each time paid only $580.85. I’m going to try another store in the evening to see what happens and report back my findings. Keep your fingers crossed…:)
I am happy to report that the deal is still going on. I visited one OD today that had several fixed value VGC in stock. I did few transactions of $600 each and the total came out to be $580.85 as expected. This time I didn’t provide my rewards # or my phone #, the discount was taken right after the manager entered his code and password.
I too had success today. I live in NYC, and the only OD/OM in the city is out of the cards and don’t know when they’ll be getting more. So i called around to the store in NJ close to the city and found one that had 2x $200 left. They were Vanilla VGC. I’m curious though how everyone is getting totals with the $20 discount and that’s it. Each of my cards had a $6.95 activation fee. So for $400, it rang up to $413.90, and then with the $20 discount, i paid $393.90. Though i was going to pay $380 at register…
It’s $580 because it includes two deals, not just one like you got with your $400 purchase.
That is correct. To max out the deal, you have to buy at least $600 that will get you $40 discount (max). So, if you buy 3 x $200 + 3 x $6.95 – $40 = $580.85. Hope this helps.
It does, thanks! 😛
$600.00 X 12 loads @ $49.99 = 22 minutes standing at KATE. A hassle but the 3K UR points + $20 is OK. Did 12 yesterday from my AMEX Plat & will do to12 tommorow with wifes SPG. May look at more later, but only 3 WM’s close & do not want to be seen too much at a store.
Are these Bancorp Vanilla Visas?
Just tried a 49.99 load with one at a WM in suburban Chicago and got a “debit not available” code 57. Anyone else?
I loaded 6 $200 dollar cards today.Also did the $49.99 each time.I always register them at the Vanilla Visa site. All they ask is your zip code.No problem loading them.
Yes, Bancorp Vanilla – $200 GC bought at OD.
Also – I do NOT register. Just set PIN @ 1st use. Use 9999 as easy to hit fast.
I went to my local Office Depot in Los Angeles and they do not allow use of credit cards to purchase these gift cards. CASH ONLY. It seems others are not having this problem.
So, who cleaned out all the OD’s in the Denver area already? I wasn’t holding my breath on the OM’s since OM hasn’t had $200 visas in stock since christmas around here (they still don’t). But all the OD’s I went to said someone came in early and bought all of them already (and I showed up around 1pm)
I was in Boulder yesterday and found some at the OD (got 6 $200 cards and they had more), but nowhere else I checked had any. A few stores were closed down already, or closed for renovations.
Boulder was cleaned out today.
What’s your email?
just saw this reply… it’s csu(dot)bomb(numbers 0 and 5) and you can find me at yahoo
Ok, I can’t figure out your code. Try me: super orb 8 1 (no spaces) and I’m at the mail from google.
Ive been snagging blanks from my local grocery store and taking them into OfficeMax for activation. You’re Welcome.
How is that not theft?
I went to 3 Office Depot/Max stores and called another in Austin.
First only had a few $100, second did not have any $100/$200, the third had some, the one I called did not have any.
They rang up 3 of the $200 cards together and it gave me a $40 rebate.
Apparently the new delivery of some cards?? arrives on Tuesday.
They did not allow me to do more than one transaction on the three $200 cards. He said 1 per customer but I’ll try to go back later if any remain. It seems many people had already been in the store by 45 minutes after opening.
The ad even says 2 offers per customer, you can probably just show them that.
When you figure out a better way, let me know; in the meantime, I’m gonna keep letting OD & Chase pay me to stay at the Park Hyatt NYC! If it takes a few dates with Kate, so be it…
I went to the 3 Office Max stores in my area this morning. Albany, NY. First one only had $100s max, second only had $50s max, third only had $100s max. I picked up 7 $100s at each of the stores that had them. Hit the first store at 10:30am. Employee at last store said they never even had $200s at the begining of day. I did check the secret storage area.