Officemax is offering a $20 instant rebate with the purchase of $300 in Visa gift cards through 12/26/15. (This deal is not at Office Depot.) There is a limit of 2 per customer, meaning you should be able to purchase $600 in cards in one transaction and receive a $40 instant rebate.
Deals like this are popular because it is possible to earn 5% back or 5X points with cards such as the Amex SimplyCash and Chase Ink. Purchasing 3 x $200 cards for example would generate a $19.15 profit plus 2,904 points if you use a Chase Ink card to pay.
Which Cards?
As you may know, variable load Visa gift cards are cash only at Officemax. Fortunately fixed value cards can still be purchased with a credit card. Most stores carry $200 fixed value Visa gift cards that work well with this promotion.
Questions?
Visa gift cards sold by Officemax are issued by Metabank. For more info on setting the pin on these cards and liquidating them, see: Beginner’s guide to buying & liquidating Visa & Mastercard gift cards
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Does anybody know coupon or SKU code for Office Depot?
In our store manager doesn’t have it.
Cash only in Houston, TX 🙁
I was able to buy 6 – $200. No enforcement of limit. I took 3 up to register and asked if they had many more $200’s left and she said sure, get more if you want. So I took the last 3. I’ll have hubby check tomorrow to see if they put out more.
Success at my Office Max. Purchased 3 x $200 Visa gift cards and the rebate was implemented at point of sale.
So, if I buy a $500 vgc x2 with cash, I can make $50 (300 x 3)? Sounds good to me, like 5% cash back, eh?
Can’t buy $500 denomination with credit card
@andy- John asked about cash purchases
@john- yes you can, and that is what I usually do after $100&200 gc’s are gone at my local store
Is this one per household or per person?
They usually don’t enforce it anyway, not hard coded in the register
Most have learned to enforce it due to abusers who would buy thousands worth per store. I admit I used to buy up to 2k, but those days are gone due to so many in this game. Now, there’s little inventory. Some locations have very little to start with before the deal even begins. And some locations don’t carry anything over 100, but that’s rare and usually means that location will be shuttered soon.