April 5-11: Buy $200 Nordstrom Gift Cards, Get $15 VISA Prepaid by mail

For the week of April 5-11 in 2015, at Staples brick and mortar stores, if you purchase $200 or more in Nordstrom Gift Card, you can receive a $15 prepaid VISA gift card by mail after submitting an Easy Rebate. The Easy Rebates are submitted online, so you don’t have to mail anything or cut bar codes and such. Since store gift cards don’t have activate fees, it’s essentially a $15 profit for you.

PS: the prepaid VISA, Mastercard and American Express gift cards do have activation fees.

Feb 8-14: Pay $20, get $25 AMC or Regal Gift Card

At Staples brick and mortar stores, during the week of February 8-14 in 2015, you can get a $25 AMC or Regal gift cards for $20. No coupon, no rebate, the gift cards will be automatically discounted at the register. Limit one per transaction/customer says the circular ad fineprint.

In parallel, during the same time period, if you purchase a $200 Nordstrom gift card, you can receive a $15 VISA prepaid gift card via Easy Rebate. Easy Rebates can be submitted online, you don’t have to mail anything in. This offer is limit one per household.