Need to Use Up Those eBay Bucks? Discounted Staples Gift Cards are One Idea

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


Many of you have eBay Bucks to use which will expire soon.

If you can't think of anything to buy, you can buy Staples eGift Card.  You will pay $100 for $110 of Staples Gift Cards.  These are eGift Cards which are sold by PayPal Digital Gifts.  Keep PayPal limits in mind.


If you are looking to make a purchase at Staples, buy these first with Chase Ink.  You should still get 5x Ultimate Rewards points, 2% in eBay Bucks and a portal.  If you pay with eBay Bucks you won't get portal points if my memory serves me right but I might be wrong.  Always worth a shot.



Any other ideas? Post them in the comments!  Thanks

Staples 25% in Staples Rewards and 9.5% off at Raise

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

Staples is offering 25% off in Staples Rewards for in Store purchases

Coupon code is 31502.  You can find all the Staples Coupons for this week here.  What's nice about this one is that it doesn't exclude items on sale.

Terms and conditions (ie - not on any good products)

Friday Raise Extra 5% Includes Staples Gift Cards - Over 10% off Currently

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

Raise $10 off $100 Sitewide - Staples Gift Cards at 6% + $10 off Available - Not much Time Left

Update:  There is plenty of Target gift card availability at $1,000 and 3% off.  HT @chucks - AKA - super DoC Blogger


Gentle reminder that Raise is offering $10 off $100 of gift cards sitewide with coupon code CM10

As of the writing of this, there are staples gift cards that are 6.2% off.  Spend $100 or more and you will get another $10 off.  The day is almost over!

Amazon Sells Staples Gift Cards - Buy Staples Gift Cards for 25% off with Your American Express Offer!

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



HT - Yossie


I did not realize it but apparently Amazon sells Staples Gift Cards as well so you can use your new American Express Offers for You to save 25% off Staples Gift Cards.  You can never have too many Staples gift cards ;)


They only sell them in denominations of $25, $50, $75 and $100. You can either buy 1$75 gift card
and save 20% ($15 credit) or you can buy a $50 gift card and purchase something else for $10 and ean 25% off.  Whatever works.

iPad Mini 4's $100 off at Staples Next Week! Buy Those Gift Cards on eBay Now!

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


Shawn of Miles to Memories sent me a tip to check out the staples circular for this coming week.  He said I would be happy and he was very right.

First of all, you should be buying Staples Gift cards for 15% off on eBay in anticipation of this.

Next week, Staples will running a sale on iPad mini 4s on Sunday and Monday.  They are $100 off, bringing the price down to $299.

Here is a link to the upcoming ad

$200 Staples Gift Cards for $170 from PayPal Digital Gifts! - Limit of 2

Disclaimer: I receive a referral commission for the following link(s) and I greatly appreciate supporting the site:  eBay, Shop At Home

HT - Dan's Deals




$200 Staples Gift Card for $170 - Limit 2

These are really great for reselling merchandise from Staples.  You know what to do.

These are Digital gift cards sold by PayPal Digital Gifts so you will receive 2% cashback from ShopAtHome.com and you should receive 5x Ultimate Rewards points as well so you are not sacrificing anything with that.

No brainer unless you want to wait for increased eBay Bucks.


There is a limit of something close to $1,000 of gift cards bought from PayPal Digital Gifts in any 30 day period and this will count towards those limits.

Can't Find Enough to Buy on eBay with 4x eBay Bucks? Lock in Great Savings at Staples with eGift Cards on eBay

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


HT - Ryan

If you can't think of what to buy on eBay and you don't want your 4x eBay Bucks to go to waste, you can buy Staples eGift Cards from PayPal Digital Gifts on eBay.

There is a maximum of 5 Staples Gift Cards that you can use on any purchase.  They sell denominations as high as $100 on eBay so be aware of that.

You will earn 8% eBay Bucks and 5x Ultimate Rewards points if you use Chase INK so there is little downside if you know you can use the gift cards.  You should also earn 2% from ShopAtHome.com. Physical gift cards excluded from cashback, but eGift Cards are not.

You can always buy an iPad (or 2!) this week from Staples since they are on sale and it can really juice up your margins.  You will still earn your regular Staples Rewards and portal points when you pay with gift cards.

Buy $50 Staples eGift Card and earn $10 Promo eGift Card from CashStar - Limit of 4

Cashstar is running a promotion on Staples eGift Cards.  Buy a $50 Staples eGift Card and earn a $10 eGift Card.  You can also buy 1 $200 eGift Card and earn 4 $10 ePromo Gift Cards.  You will see the ePromo cards added to your shopping cart before you have to buy.

Promotion ends 8/29/2015 and the ePromo card can be used from 8/30 until 9/12.

The $200 eGift Card is sent immediately.  The $10 promo gift cards will likely come on 8/30/2015.

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

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



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.

Gift Cards on Sale on eBay - One Reselling Moneymaker

Disclaimer: I receive a referral commission for the following link(s) and I greatly appreciate supporting the site: eBay and Top Cashback

HT - Dan's Deals

Unfortunately, 4x eBay Bucks is gone, but there are some discounted gift cards on sale on eBay  that are nice if you are interested in these merchants.

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)

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

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



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.

Gift Card Wiki is Really Powerful!

Update:  After posting on Twitter, Chasing the Points pointed out that I may have the incorrect filter.  When I changed on Raise from View 25 to View All, the higher denomination gift cards showed up as well. I don't know why they don't show up when you filter based on value.  I would think the highest denominations would be in the top Top 25 when you filter based on value, but for some reason they are not.  Lesson learned, always change to view all when on Raise



Recently, Miles to Memories introduces Gift Card Wiki to the blogosphere.  See here and here.

I tried it and saw that some information was not updated yet and good old Gift Card Granny was more correct.  I concluded that for now I need to check both to be sure because others were still having more success with Gift Card Wiki.

This morning, I saw how powerful Gift Card Wiki is.

I was searching for some Staples discount gift cards.  I went directly to Raise to see their prices.
I like to buy my gift cards off of Raise because they allow me to use American Express Gift Cards.  This adds an extra 1.9% cashback to the transaction (2.25% from Top Cashback with free shipping minus activation fees).


Raise showed me that I could buy Staples Gift Cards for 6.9% off, but the highest denomination was $100

That's a nice discount, but I like high denomination gift cards since Staples only allows 5 gift cards per transaction.

I checked Gift Card Wiki and this is what I saw:

Wow!  All these high denomination gift cards showed up from Raise.

I clicked on one (The second to last one) and it took me directly to that gift card on Raise

I was able to add it to my cart.  Wow!  Even raise couldn't find that card and Gift Card Wiki found it!
I didn't buy it yet so that I could see if Gift Card Granny could do the same.

I then went to Gift Card Granny to see if I could duplicate the success.


Here is what I see:

They also found high denomination gift cards, including the same one I clicked on before.

When I clicked on it from Gift Card Granny, instead of taking me directly to the gift card, it took me to Raise's site with all of their Staples Gift Cards.

Once again, Raise couldn't find anything higher than $100.



Gift Card Wiki was more powerful than Gift Card Granny and even Raise in finding Raise Gift Cards.  It isn't perfect, but it is a great tool to check.

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.

One Crazy Day of MS Activities...

Today was a majorly hectic day for Manufactured Spend activities for me.

• It all started with this post from Doctor of Credit.  eBay was offering 20% off any item with a maximum discount of $80.
• I tried to buy eBay gift cards, but PayPal hates me, sometimes.  I wasn't able to buy anything sold by PayPal.  Instead I bought $400 of Staples gift cards sold by Gift Card Mall for $330.32 which is 17.4% off because of shipping fees.  
• I also earned $6.60 in eBay Bucks and $3.63 from Top Cashback.  That was a great start to the day!
• The deal went dead before I could post about it.  It came back again, but died very quickly again

Today was a Great Day of Deals....

There were a bunch of great deals that came out today.  Here are the highlights:

• Big Habitat - Staples went a little crazy today trying to sell their wares for as little as possible - 25% Rewards Coupon available all week and $240 of eGift cards for $200 via Cashstar.  $200 card arrives immediately, $40 of promo cards only arrive on 6/21/2015.
• Chase Ink won't give you 5x for buying the cards since it isn't sold directly from Staples.  I used my newly minted NBA card, hopefully I will get 5% cashback, assuming they pay out for online purchases.
• Top Cashback should be paying 2% for cashstar purchases, but they direct you to one specific gift card site. I clicked on "Powered by Cashstar" on the bottom and go to the regular site from there.  Hopefully, I get an extra 2%.  If I don't, no biggie.

Using Your Targeted Extra eBay Bucks - Staples eGift Cards from Paypal Digital Gifts

Disclaimer: I receive a referral commission for the following link(s) and I greatly appreciate supporting the site:  eBay and Top Cashback


Yesterday, I wrote that I was targeted for an extra 4x eBay Bucks for a total of 8% in eBay Bucks on purchases over $100 or more.

I didn't really find anything worthwhile to buy so I was going to not buy anything, heaven forbid.

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.