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Staples has released its weekly ad and this Sunday will be offering $200 Mastercard Gift Cards with no purchase fee. Note that this time there is a limit of five per customer per day this time, which appears to be the new norm.
The Deal
- Staples will be offering fee-free Mastercard gift cards from 10/25/20 to 10/31/20
- Direct link to weekly ad (see page 7 of next week’s ad)
Key Details
- Valid 10/25/20 to 10/31/20
- Valid in-store only
- Limit of 5 per customer per day
Quick Thoughts
Note that Mastercard gift cards have been subject to a higher rate of problems than Visa gift cards in the past. I haven’t kept up with recent data points on that, but if you buy these, I recommend using them as soon as you can. There was a time last year when these were auto-draining at some stores even though the purchase was declined at the register. That eventually got resolved, but it was a headache for those involved.
That said, if you’re buying, make sure you’re using a card that earns one of the best category bonuses at office supply stores. For example, with the Chase Ink Cash card, you’d earn 1,000 Ultimate Rewards points for each $200 Mastercard you buy. If you can buy 5 at a time, that’s potentially 5,000 points per day. Alternatively, this could be an easy way to pick up spend towards a big spend bonus. Note that there is usually a limit of 1 per customer, this week’s ad states 5 per customer per day. I’ve never had trouble buying multiple at the stores I frequent, but in areas where enforcement of 1 per customer on past deals has been strict, I could imagine some pushback on the terms (you may want to have a copy of the ad handy).
See our Current Visa and Mastercard Gift Card deals page for other currently-available deals.
This deal recently ran on the following dates:
Fee-free Visa Gift Cards
- 10/11/20-10/17/20
- 8/30/20-9/5/20
- 8/2/20-8/8/20
- 7/5/20 – 7/11/20
- 6/7/20 – 6/13/20
- 2/23/20 – 2/29/20
- 1/12/20-1/19/20
- 12/15/19-12/21/19
- 11/3/19 – 11/16/19
- 9/29/19-10/5/19
- 9/1/19-9/7/19
- 8/4/19-8/10-19
- 6/30/19 – 7/6/19
- 5/5/19 – 5/11/19
- 1/13/19 – 1/19/19
- 11/11/18 – 11/17/18
Fee-free Mastercard Gift Cards
- 7/19/20-7/25/20
- 6/14/20-6/20-20
- 3/22/20-3/28/20
- 10/20/19-10/26/19
- 7/21/19-7/27/19
- 4/21/19-4/27/19
- 3/24/19-3/30/19
H/T: GC Galore
