The Deal
- Earn 10% cashback or 10x Membership Rewards from Rakuten when paying with a linked card in-store at Staples.
- My Rakuten referral link.
- Direct link to offer.
Key Terms
- Expires December 24, 2023.
- US stores only.
- Maximum Cash Back of $15.
- Maximum 4 redemptions per member.
- Offer not valid at locations in US territories.
- In-Store offers not valid for online purchases and cannot be combined with other offers.
- Offer not valid for gift card purchases.
- Debit card purchases must be processed as credit to be eligible for Cash Back. When using a debit card, do not enter your PIN.
- If you add the same merchant on more than one rewards site or platform, you will only receive rewards through the most recently added Offer. Once you add an Offer, you may make qualifying transactions for up to 1 hour after initial redemption before needing to re-add the Offer. An added offer that has not been redeemed will automatically expire 75 days after it is added or on the date the offer itself ends, whichever is sooner.
Tips & Ideas
Earning 10%/10x at Staples is an excellent deal. I’m not sure if the maximum of $15 cashback (or 1,500 Membership Rewards) is the most that you can earn across the maximum of four transactions, or if you can earn $15/1,500 Membership Rewards per transaction.
It looks like the terms might be targeted as Doug reported seeing an expiry date of December 17 and being eligible for up to $30/3,000 Membership Rewards.
Gift card purchases are excluded but might track nonetheless. That said, I wouldn’t be surprised if Rakuten is keeping an eye out for amounts totaling $150 or $200, so it could be worth ensuring your purchases don’t equal those exact amounts.
Pay with a Chase Ink Cash or Ink Plus card to earn 5x, or with an Amex Business Gold to take advantage of the $20 monthly credit for office supply stores.
h/t Doug
This appears to be dead… disappeared from my Rakuten app overnight after only one use over a week ago.