Alive Again: Get Fee-Waived $200 Visa Gift Cards From Staples

In January I bought VISA gift cards with no fee to help spend for my Cash Ink bonus. I live in Brooklyn, and most Staples stores didn’t have the $200 denomination.

I called around, and one Staples store said they should be getting more “at the end of the week.”

Now, I need to buy a few more to finish my bonus spend. I went to that same store today, they were in stock, but they refused to sell them to me.

I was told they can only be purchased with cash or a debit card – not a credit card.

I showed her on my Chase app that on January 23rd I purchased the same item in that same store with my credit card. She said it must have been a mistake, and still refused to sell them to me.

She said the same applies for any gift card there (Home Depot, Delta, Lowes…etc…)

I will try other Staples stores, or perhaps this one again when a different set of people is staffing the store (today was Sunday, so probably different staff than weekdays).

Does anyone know anything about this supposed restriction? Does anyone have any suggestions?

Help!!! I need to spend just under $1000 by March 30th.

Thanks