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At Staples brick and mortar stores, between Sunday July 26 AM until Saturday August 1st PM in 2015, you can get 15% off GAP gift cards. No coupon needed, they will be automatically discounted. This includes the whole GAP family of brands, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, etc.
Good until Saturday night (July 27 in 2015), at Rite Aid brick and mortar stores, if you purchase a $50 Rite Aid gift card, you will receive 500 Plenti points, which are the equivalent of $5 spendable dollars. The limit on this promotion for this week is two, so you can buy two gift cards and get 1000 Plenti points total. Needless to say, you must be a member of the Plenti program before doing this. It is free and fairly simple to join, you can even transfer your previous RiteAid rewards registration over. (see our earlier post on signing up for Plenti).
This is a YMMV promotion, but if you use the self-checkout machine at Lucky’s stores, it may spit out a promotional offer after you complete the transaction. The offer says that if you purchase $50 or more in any combination of iTunes or Google Play or xBox gift cards, their checkout register will spit out a coupon for $10 off your next purchase. You will pay full price for the gift cards. The discount will be on the next purchase after that. Limit two per customer. I haven’t done this promotion (yet at least), so I can’t tell you exactly how it works. If you are a regular Lucky’s shopper, this is effectively a 20% off on the gift cards, assuming you were going to spend that future money on future purchases anyway (eg you regularly buy groceries there).
iTunes cards have been easy to get at a discount for many years, but only recently Google finally decided to play the discounting game for their Google Play cards. If you have a Plenti rewards account (or sign up for one), during the week of July 12-18 in 2015, at Rite Aid brick and mortar stores, you can earn 250 Plenti points (= $2.50 in rewards money) when you buy a $25 (or higher) Google Play gift card. This is effectively a 10% off discount, assuming you can spend the 250 Plenti points later on. Limit two offers per card during this promotional period.
This offer is back! For the Staples brick and mortar shopping week from Sunday June 21 until the close of business on Saturday June 27 in 2015, if you purchase $300 or more in VISA gift cards, you can receive a $20 Staples Gift Card via Easy Rebate (nothing to mail-in, submit the rebate online). The offer is limit one per customer during this promotional period.
Strategically, this is profitable if you can get to $300+ using two gift cards. This would net you around a $7 net profit after rebate, essentially getting you a 2% return on investment with a one month vesting period. Easy Rebates are pretty reliable as long as you follow the deadlines and rules.
The Staples eGift Card promotion is back just in time for Father’s Day! If you purchase a $50 Staples eGift Card (electronic, not plastic) through the Staples Cashstar website, you will receive a $10 promotional eGift card. No coupon code is needed, the offer is activated automatically while it is live.
This promotion is limit four, and ends by 6/20/15 or earlier if they run out. In previous times, sometimes they do run out early, so don’t wait until the very last minute. You can only buy this offer online, since it is administered by Cashstar (the service provider), not Staples stores.
The actual $50 eGift Cards have the standard gift card terms, but the $10 promotional gift card is limited, must be used between 6/21/2015 and 7/05/2015. You won’t receive the $10 promo card immediately but on 6/21/15. You can only use one ePromo gift card per transaction (online or in-store).
If you are part of the Plenti Rewards program and are looking for a Google Play Gift Card at a better price, head on over to Rite Aid this week (ends Saturday 6/13/15). If you buy a $50 Google Play Gift Card, you will earn 500 Plenti points (that’s at least $5 in redeemable rewards in the future). This is a limit two promotion. This alone is a 10% off discount. Unlike iTunes, Google Play gift cards are rarely discounted, so this on its own is great.
But wait, there’s more! One of the Plenti RiteAid offers gets you 500 bonus points if you make a purchase of $25 or more in a single transaction. This is a one time use promotion. I don’t recall if you have to manually activate it or it is an “automatic offer”, so check your Plenti account to be certain before buying it. This promotion only works once per account during this promotional period (ends by 10/4/15).
TIP: while visiting your local RiteAid store, they have some other good non-Plenti deals: a 4pk of Nature Valley oats bars for $1 (two packs of two), and the various items inside the RiteAid mini dollar store!
For the brick and mortar shopping week of June 7-13 in 2015, at Staples stores, you can get a $20 Staples Gift Card via Easy Rebate (submitted online, nothing to mail or copy) if you purchase $300 or more in American Express Gift Cards. To get to $300, you typically need two gift cards. With the fees factored in, you typically make a profit of about $7, a 2.33% return on investment with a one month vesting period. Who else can guarantee this type of a return? 🙂
NOTE: The Staples promotions of this kind typically have Easy Rebates. The OfficeDepot/OfficeMax offers have a discount on the purchase price, so you get the discount right away at the register, no rebates, no house gift cards.
If you don’t hate the new Keurig 2.0 DRM coffee machines with an unquenched passion (or you are okay with using them with third-party unlockers), for the shopping week of May 31 to the close of business June 6 in 2015, at Staples brick and mortar stores, they are offering two freebies with the purchase of their 2.0 DRM coffee machines. Freebie #1 is instant, you get a nice looking Keurig travel mug. Freebie #2 is a Staples Gift Card after Easy Rebate (you submit online, nothing to mail, no bar codes to cut). The amount of the gift card varies depending on the price of the coffee machine ($20 or $25 or $30). Check Staples stores for details…
This promotion ended with over 9500 electronic gift cards sold through it…
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The VISA promotion is back at Staples brick and mortar stores. For the week of May 24-30 in 2015, if you purchase $300 or more in prepaid VISA gift cards, you can receive a $20 Staples Gift Card back via Easy Rebate, which can be submitted online (nothing to mail). Typically you reach the $300 minimum amount with one $200 and one $100 gift cards, which leaves room for a profit on the transaction, it is essentially a 2% return on investment with a one month vesting period (the time it takes for the rebate to be processed and delivered).
If you have an American Express card, check your latest AMEX offers! Among them is a new one from iTunes, if you spend $5 or more, you will receive $5 back as a statement credit. This can be used once per account and expires 8/31/15. Items must be delivered before then, so don’t use it on long term pre-orders. You must purchase content at iTunes, not gift cards, and not Apple devices or hardware. Terms and conditions are after the break for your convenience:
For the brick and mortar shopping week of May 10 until the close of business on Saturday May 16 (in 2015) at Staples stores, if you purchase $100 or more in Nike gift cards, you can receive a $20 prepaid VISA gift card via Easy Rebate. Easy Rebates can be submitted online, using just information from your cash register receipt – you don’t need to mail anything! This must be done in a single transaction and the offer is limit one per household during this promotional period.
For the shopping week of Sunday May 3 until the close of business on Saturday May 9 in 2015, at Staples brick and mortar stores, you automatically get a $10 off discount if you purchase $50 or more in gift cards from GAP, Sephora and Spafinder. The purchase must be made in one transaction with a $50+ total. No coupons, no rebates, an instant discount at the cash register.
Smart and Final stores are back with another gift card promotion running from April 29 until the close on May 12 in 2015. If you purchase $50 or more in gift cards from the following brands (JC Penney, Michaels, Macy’s, Yard House, Cold Stone Creamery, and Jiffy Lube) in a single transaction, they will give you a coupon for $10 off your next purchase at Smart and Final. The coupon will print on the register receipt. If you shop at one or more of those places, this is a pretty good deal!
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