{"id":126,"date":"2015-11-16T10:17:13","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T18:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/milespointsreselling.com\/?p=126"},"modified":"2016-02-14T08:31:57","modified_gmt":"2016-02-14T16:31:57","slug":"taking-advantage-of-black-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/first2board.com\/milespointsreselling\/2015\/11\/16\/taking-advantage-of-black-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Taking Advantage of Black Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/milespointsreselling\/files\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-15-at-7.16.51-AM.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-127\" src=\"http:\/\/first2board.com\/milespointsreselling\/files\/2015\/11\/Screen-Shot-2015-11-15-at-7.16.51-AM-300x94.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2015-11-15 at 7.16.51 AM\" width=\"650\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am excited about the <a href=\"http:\/\/milespointsreselling.com\/2015\/11\/11\/fantastic-ipad-deals-coming-for-black-friday-potential-for-150-profit-per-ipad\/\" target=\"_blank\">coming black Friday sales<\/a> at Staples. \u00a0I have to fight the strong desire to order as many $150 off iPads as I can. \u00a0The problem with that of course is that Staples may shut me down. \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/saverocity.com\/bighabitat\/5-17-15-staples-tries-to-bait-me-with-another-ipad-deal-staples-50-off-clearance-tablet-100-off-clearance-computers\/\" target=\"_blank\">See Big Habitat for issues about that.<\/a>\u00a0 So if I cannot take advantage via volume what else can I do? <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>First there are the typical culprits.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Staples Rewards<\/li>\n<li>Chase Ink<\/li>\n<li>Shopping Portals<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Typically, by combining these three you can leverage an additional 15%. \u00a0Staples Rewards will give you 2%, 3%, or 5% back depending on how much you have previously spent at Staples. 5% triggers after you have spent $1,000 so it is pretty easy to obtain.<\/p>\n<p>Chase Ink gives you 5x UR points at Staples. \u00a0If the Ultimate Rewards Mall is offering a portal bonus you can add on to the 5x. \u00a0Although, this would mean potentially missing out on other portal bonuses.<\/p>\n<p>Portal bonuses are a resellers best friend and uPromise runs 5% cash back as its standard offer for Staples. \u00a0A helpful website to monitor portal bonuses is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cashbackmonitor.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Cash Back Monitor.\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0This website allows you to see what the various portal bonuses are for a particular store. \u00a0I will be keeping an eye on this as we approach Black Friday to see if anyone can beat uPromise.<\/p>\n<p>These are the typical three deals and I have mentioned them before but are there are options out there to leverage these deals?<\/p>\n<p>A big one is\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/200-Staples-Gift-Card-for-only-170-Email-delivery-\/281848050639?hash=item419f73f3cf:g:4nMAAOSwjVVVqP9a\" target=\"_blank\">15% discount on\u00a0Staples gift cards<\/a> currently for sale on eBay. \u00a0You should also get 5x UR points when you buy these with an Ink card. \u00a0The limit is usually 3 and\u00a0this will add $90 to your bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>I am going to try and increase my volume but only slightly. \u00a0I signed\u00a0my wife up for Staples Rewards and I added her as an authorized user on my Ink card. \u00a0Once the sale hits I will buy 4 between both accounts. \u00a0Not a huge volume but I don&#8217;t want to get shut down. \u00a0I have to remind myself that pigs get fat and hogs get slaughtered.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am excited about the coming black Friday sales at Staples. \u00a0I have to fight the strong desire to order as many $150 off iPads&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.13 - 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