Staples Gift Cards Available for 15% off - Great for Merchandise or Free Points

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eBay is currently having a great gift card sale on Staples gift cards.  You can buy $100 Staples Gift Cards for $85 with a limit of 5.


There are a ton of people who want Staples gift cards to buy merchandise at Staples for personal or reselling purposes and this is a great sale, but if you don't have that in mind, this can be a good opportunity for some free points when reselling the gift cards.

You can try to resell them on Raise but that involves a measure of risk if they don't sell and a hefty commission as well if you aren't bulk.

Another possibility that would work well for a lot of people is to sell to an exchange that has a very good payout.  There is a lot less risk since you buy it and sell the eGift Cards within an hour or so.


The best payout I know of right now is Gift Card Mart.  They are paying a full 85% for the gift cards which means that you make all of your money back on the exchange and you get to keep all of the extras.

The extras include:

2% in eBay Bucks ($8.50)
Credit Card Points - You can either use Chase Ink for 5x Ultimate Rewards for buying from PayPal Digital Gifts on eBay or you can buy eBay gift cards using MPX app.  From MPX you will  earn 2-2.5 United Airline Miles (850-1062 miles) depending on whether you have a United credit card and you still earn your regular credit card points.  Assuming you earn 2% from your credit card that will be another $8.50
Portal Points - Right now Shop at Home is 1.5% so you will earn ($6.37) from the portal, though your portal points may be negated if you use eBay Gift cards.



The whole process takes about 5-10 minutes so it may be worth it for some.

Keep in mind that Gift Card Mart only buys from Bulk Sellers.  If you aren't a bulk seller you can email them at bulk@giftcardmart.com  to try and become a bulk seller.

If you don't to become bulk with Gift Card Mart it looks like SaveYa is buying eGift Cards at 84.5% so you don't lose much on the exchange.  Verify that before purchasing.

7% off All Gift Cards on CardCash - YMMV

HT - Vincent 

This is a little YMMV but there is a coupon code available which makes every gift card 7% off on Card Cash

Use coupon code ECODE7OFF

Some have gotten it to work and some have not.  Use your Chase INK for 5x Ultimate Rewards.

Use the Sunshine Rewards Shopping Portal for additional 1% cashback on orders of $1,000 or below.

 I have never used them before but we will both get $2 for signing up.  You can refer other people for $2 as well.

Move fast!

Additional 6% off All Gift Cards from CardCash + 1% Shopping Portal

HT - Dan's Deals

Today you can save an additional 6% off already discounted gift cards from CardCash.  Use Promo code 6YEARS6OFF

I bought quite a few gift cards from Bed Bath and Beyond for 14.5% off!  This is just one order ;)

$100 eBay Gift Card for $95 + 5x Ultimate Rewards with Chase Ink

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HT -  Dan's Deals

PayPal Digital Gifts is selling $100 eBay Gift Card for $95 - Limit 1 per Account.  

These gift cards can be used to buy other gift cards or anything else on eBay. When you purchase non eBay gift cards you will also get eBay Bucks.  eBay gift cards are not eligible for eBay Bucks.

Many Gift Cards Going on Sale on eBay (Not Live Yet) - Staples is Useful

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eBay is having a nice sale on some gift cards coming up.  These links will work once the deal goes live.  We won't know the limits until the deal is live.  I don't know how long it will take before it's live but it may be a few days or even a week.  I will put out a new post once I know it is live.  Please let me know with a comment or tweet (@orensmoneysaver) if you see that it is live and I have not posted yet.


For the most part this is good for those that are interested in using the gift cards, but there are some reselling moneymakers, especially if you count the 5% from Inbox Dollar or a 5% match from Top Cashback.


These are sold by PayPal Digital Gifts so they should qualify for 5x Ultimate Rewards points if you pay with Chase Ink.  They are all eGift Cards.  You can only buy up to $1,000 in gift cards from PayPal Digital Gifts per 30 days so keep that in mind before you purchase.

So, here we go:

$100 Staples Gift Card for $85
Buy a $75 Sephora Gift Card and Get an Additional $15 Gift Card
$50 TGI Fridays Gift Card for $40
$50 Lord and Taylor Gift Card for $40
$50 Gilt Gift Card for $40
$50 Aeropostale Gift Card for $40
Buy a $50 JCPenny Gift Card and Get a $10 Gift Card Free
Buy a $50 Steak N' Shake Gift Card and Get a $10 Gift Card Free
Buy a $25 Legal Sea Foods Gift Card and Get a $5 Gift Card Free


Here is a link to all gift cards sold by PayPal Digital Gifts in case I missed something.

Dell Monitor on Sale at Staples - Resell Opportunity

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Today is a crazy day for me and I will be completely off the grid tonight until after Tuesday night (Happy Rosh Hashanah everyone!) so i won't give full details.  You should be able to figure out all the math yourself.

Dell 22" Monitor $90 at Staples (Let's say $95-100 with tax).  Available online only so you can't use the 25% off coupon.

The same monitor sells on Amazon for about $125.  FBA fees make your takehome about $107 if you sell at $125.

Rank #156 in monitors.

You'll still get up to 5% in Staples Rewards and portals points (Upromise 5% or United Shopping 3x Miles - 4x if you have the United card).  I will use it as well to use up my expiring Staples Rewards.


Use Chase Ink and you will earn 5x Ultimate Rewards points for the purchase.  Almost 500 points per monitor.

$100 eBay Gift Card for $95 + 5x Ultimate Rewards with Chase Ink

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HT -  Dan's Deals

PayPal Digital Gifts is selling $100 eBay Gift Card for $95.  I did not see a limit, but I would not buy more than a few as I think orders would end up being cancelled.

These gift cards can be used to buy other gift cards. When you purchase non eBay gift cards you will also get eBay Bucks.  eBay gift cards are not eligible for eBay Bucks.

iPads on Sale at Staples with 5% Cashback from Be Frugal - $20++ Reselling MoneyMaker

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HT - Big Habitat


Update 3 - Back in Stock

Update 2 - Currently Out of Stock.  They may come back into stock so check the Staples site every once in a while this weekend  


Update: Be Frugal terms and conditions exclude tablets.  Use Upromise instead for the same 5%.  Anyone who needs a referral to Upromise can email me and we will both get $20 (though it takes a long time to get paid).


Staples is having a nice sale on iPads, up to $100 off .

There are a few opportunities here for reselling.

The iPad Mini 3 is on sale for $289 (That's actually $110 off).

The space gray version goes for $349 on Amazon and it is the only one in stock until about $370.

Let's assume you are paying $310 after taxes.

$50 iTunes Gift Cards for $40 from PayPal Digital Gifts

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$50 iTunes Gift Cards for $40 from PayPal Digital Gifts

This is not a reselling moneymaker since they can only be sold for about 60% of their value according to Gift Card Wiki, but if you use iTunes, this is a nice discount.

$100 eBay Gift Card $95 on eBay from PayPal Digital Gifts

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HT -  Frequent Miler Quick Deals

PayPal Digital Gifts is selling $100 eBay Gift Card for $95.  Limit of 1.

These gift cards can be used to buy other gift cards. When you purchase non eBay gift cards you will also get eBay Bucks.  eBay gift cards are not eligible for eBay Bucks.

Start your purchase at Top Cashback and you may get an extra 1.2% cashback.  Terms and conditions exclude eBay gift cards from 1.2%.  One time I didn't get the 1.2%, but lately I have been getting it.

Use a Chase Ink Business Credit Card and you might get 5x points per dollar spent at eBay on items sold by PayPal Digital Gifts.

There is a limit of $5,000 in eBay gift cards that can be used in 180 day period.

PayPal also has unknown velocity limits so you may not be able to buy the gift cards or use the gift cards once you buy them.  Very frustrating sometimes.

Multiple Ways to Save at Staples Right Now

Update: Gift card portion is dead. 


I will be on vacation until Wednesday so please forgive me if you email or tweet at me and I don't respond immediately.  There are posts prepared and ready for Monday and Tuesday.

There are multiple ways you can save money at Staples today.

In Store Only - 25% Staples Rewards on One Item

HT - @single_flyer on Twitter

Staples has their 25% back in Staples Rewards on one item this week.  You can find it at Staples.com/coupons

Valid in Staples® U.S. stores only. Membership number must be supplied during purchase to receive benefits. Not valid on prior purchases or purchases made with Staples®Procurement or Convenience Cards. Limit one coupon per customer, nontransferable. Purchase a qualifying item and earn 25% back in Staples Rewards. Standard percent back in Staples Rewards will be excluded. Price eligible is amount paid at checkout after application of all promotions, coupons, instant savings and rewards redemptions and does not include tax or shipping. Not valid on desktop or laptop computers, tablets, netbooks, Amazon products, 

Basically, the coupon is not useful for all the things I normally resell, but that doesn't mean you won't be able to find anythign good.  Think outside the box and check the prices on Amazon as you are browsing.  If you find anything interesting, be sure to comment.

Online - A few ways to save

1) $30 off your purchase of one regular-priced item.  Use Coupon code 68813.  Expires 7/29/2015.  Limit of One.

2) Buy Discount Gift Cards at 15% off - PayPal is selling $200 Staples eGift cards for $170.  You might even get 5x Ultimate Rewards points if you use a chase Ink Card. Be aware that since it is sold by PayPal, there are unknown reasons why the transaction often does not go through.

HT - @gregstarling on Twitter

3) Use a Shopping Portal. You can either use the Upromise portal for 5% cashback or the United Shopping portal for 4x miles + up to 4,000 bonus miles for extra spending.

As always, use a Chase Ink credit card for 5x Ultimate Rewards points as Staples.  Also make sure to use your Staple Rewards # for up to 5% back in Staples Rewards (25% back for the first deal)

eBay Gift Card Deal coming - Buying eBay Gift Cards in Anticipation and Some Details

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Updated with more Gift Cards


Well, it's officially out there on the web.  Chuck from Doctor of Credit mentioned it was coming on Twitter and he was right.  Gentle reminder to follow your favorite bloggers on twitter.  They often discuss things that don't always make it onto the blogs.

Via Slickdeals, eBay seems like they are about to have a nice gift card deal. There are deals posted on eBay which are only available to preapproved sellers and the assumption is that these deals will become available to the public at some point soon.

Here are the deals that are posted, but not available:

Turnover Tuesdays - Loving that Groupon iPad Deal

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For those who are not familiar, I started a series a while back called Turnover Tuesdays. Every Tuesday I like to highlight one item that I have resold. This will include profitable and non profitable sales. I hope that there is always something to learn.

Week 1 - First attempt at reselling
Week 2 - My second straight fail
Week 3 - My iPad mini collection
Week 4 - Bed Bath and Beyond
Week 5 - An iPad Idea for Your Staples Gift Card Collection

Week 6 - An iPad idea for Manufactured Spending
Week 7 - The Great iPad Deal that Wasn't
Week 8 - Lenovo iPads
Week 9 - iPads at Staples

This week I would like to highlight a deal that I previously posted while it was available and show how it worked out for me.

Staples Gift Cards Can Be Used to Buy Visa Gift Cards In Store - If They Let You

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This may not be old news to many of you, but some may not know that the Staples register actually allows you to buy Visa Gift Cards.  If you check Frequent Miler Labs, you will see it mentioned there as well.

Most cashiers are trained to not allow it, but every once in a while you might find someone who lets you do it.

Today was one such day for me:

Turnover Tuesdays - $100 off Select iPads at Staples - Available Now - In Store Only

Disclaimer: I receive a referral commission for the following link(s) and I greatly appreciate supporting the site:  Staples, Amazon and Raise

For those who are not familiar, I started a series a while back called Turnover Tuesdays. Every Tuesday I like to highlight one item that I have resold. This will include profitable and non profitable sales. I hope that there is always something to learn.

Week 1 - First attempt at reselling
Week 2 - My second straight fail
Week 3 - My iPad mini collection
Week 4 - Bed Bath and Beyond
Week 5 - An iPad Idea for Your Staples Gift Card Collection

Week 6 - An iPad idea for Manufactured Spending
Week 7 - The Great iPad Deal that Wasn't
Week 8 - Lenovo iPads

This week I would like to highlight a deal that is still available so that some of you can still buy itif you are interested.

My Ideal Wallet Q3 2015

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These are the Credit and Debit cards that will either be in my wallet from July 1st until the end of September 2015


Make sure to sign up for Credit Sesame and/or Credit Karma to monitor any changes in your credit history for free (I have both).

• American Express Blue Preferred – 6% cash-back at groceries (up to 6k a year), 3% at gas and 1% everywhere else. There is a $75 annual fee so it is only for those who spend a lot of money on groceries or for those who have a close Supermarket that sells $500 Visa Gift Cards.
• $150 sign up bonus for spending $1,000 in the first 3 months
• You earn 6% on gift cards you buy at the grocery store as well.

• Discover it® - 5% cash-back on Amazon.com, Department Stores and Home Improvement Stores. Discover Doubles your rewards for a year so 5% becomes 10%! This is the new it card (see what I did there ;)
• 5% cashback for Discover is actually more than 5%.  I use them for Staples or Bed, Bath and Beyond Gift cards.  $20 in rewards is a $25 gift card.
• Must be activated before purchase to qualify for cashback bonus
• $50 sign up bonus via my referral link (or anyone else's).  $50 becomes $100 after 13 months.  Refer your spouse/friends/family members to earn $100 yourself for every referral!
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• Chase Freedom – 5% cash-back at Gas Stations and Kohl's.
• $75 maximum cash back per quarter. You need to activate the 5%.
• Chase Freedom 2015 5% categories
• $200 sign up bonus for spending $500 in 90 days (ends very soon), you will get another $25 bonus if you add an authorized user who makes one purchase in the first 90 days.
  

• Chase Ink Classic (Business Card) - 5% cashback at Office Supply Stores, Cable, Phone (Landline or cell) and Internet bills.
• 20,000 Ultimate Rewards for spending $3,000 in 3 months.
• No annual Fee

• Citi Dividend - 5% cashback on Hilton Hotels and Airlines
• Up to $6,000 of purchases a year instead of $1,500 a quarter (up to $300 cashback for the year).  I haven't used it much this year.
• I might use this for airlines, but I am sure many of you can use this.
• You can't sign up for this card, but many people have reported that you can product change from a different Citi card to the Dividend.

• Bank of America Better Balance Rewards - $25 back for every quarter that you pay your full bill or more than the minimum balance in every month. Another $5 if you have a Bank of America Checking account.

• Best Usage - Set up a monthly bill on this card and auto pay the full balance. You never have to think about it and then every three months you will get $30.
• You can try to get multiple of these cards as well.
• Sign up for a card with a sign up bonus and then product change to the BBR card.

• Bank of America Cash Rewards - 3.3% on Gas into a Bank of America Checking account - 5.25% on gas if you have preferred rewards

• "Old" American Express Blue Cash - 5% cashback at groceries and select pharmacies after $6,500 of yearly spend at 1%.

• Fidelity American Express Investment Rewards – 2% cash-back everywhere else.
• This card is always in my wallet.  Discover it can replace this card for a year.
• Alternatively, you can use the Discover it Miles card for 3% cashback everywhere during your first year of the card.

• Charles Schwab Check Card – Unlimited Free ATMs Withdrawals at every ATM in the world
• This card is always in my wallet

Up to 3x eBay Bucks - Targeted - Start Using Those Discounted eBay Gift Cards!

Check your emails for an offer from eBay for extra eBay bucks. One of my accounts was targeted and one was not.

 

3x eBay bucks on any item of $50 or more.

Recently, there have been targeted eBay Bucks offers of up to 5x so this is not as good as previously, but it is still a great deal.  Sale continues until the end of June 19th.

Check out Doctor of Credit's post on targeted eBay Bucks promotions.

This a multiplier of the regular 2% eBay Bucks so 3x is actually 6% in eBay Bucks!



No eBay bucks given for eBay gift cards, but most other purchases earn them. eBay bucks can be used for later purchases and can be very valuable, especially when buying discounted gift cards.

I've earned over $150 eBay bucks since April which I will be able to use starting July 3rd.


There have been a few deals recently to buy discounted eBay gift cards (20% off any purchase and 10% off from Gyft which is still going on).  Now is the time to start using those gift cards.




Don't have anything to buy?  You could always buy Staples eGift Cards from PayPal Digital Gifts with your Chase Ink.  You will still get 5x points from Ultimate Rewards (if you aren't using an eBay Gift Card) and extra portal cashback.

$200 Visa Gift Cards fee Free at Staples, 1 per Order?

Twitter Follower @dcatast tweeted the following picture

Update: Fee is now being charged correctly.


Picture shows that there was no fee when purchasing a Blue $200 Visa Gift Card at Staples.  He then bought another four and got the $6.95 fee waived once.  It may be that every purchase can have one fee waived.

I have no personal experience here but I think it is worth it to check it out, especially if you are going to Staples anyways.

Make sure to use a Chase Ink card for 5x points.

Turnover Tuesdays - An iPad Idea for Your Staples eGift Card Collection

Disclaimer: I receive a referral commission for the following link(s) and I greatly appreciate supporting the site: Staples, Amazon


For those who are not familiar, I started a series four weeks ago called Turnover Tuesdays. Every Tuesday I would like to highlight one item that I have resold. This will include profitable and non profitable sales. I hope that there is always something to learn.

Week 1 - First attempt at reselling
Week 2 - My second straight fail
Week 3 - My iPad mini collection
Week 4 - Bed Bath and Beyond



Lately, there have been a few deals available to buy Staples eGift Cards at heavy discounts. There was the buy 3 $25 gift cards for $60, buy 3 $75 gift cards for $60 and right now you can still buy 2 $75 gift cards for $65.

Since the last deal is still available as of the writing of this post , let's show how I leveraged it for some relatively easy money (hopefully) and you can do even better.

$75 of Staples eGift Cards for $65 - 13.33%+ off - It's Back - Limit of 3!

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HT: Slickdeals via Doctor of Credit


Not quite as good as last week's deal, but still not bad.

eBay is selling a $75 Staples eGift Cards for $65 from PayPal Digital gifts.  Limit of 3 gift cards per person.  The gift cards will be emailed to you within 24hrs.

This is 13.33% off!

Use Chase Ink and you should get 5x points

Top Cashback is currently offering 1.1% for purchases on eBay.

You should also receive eBay Bucks (a minimum of 2%) towards a future purpose.

The last two Staples deals ran out quickly so buy it quick!