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An introspective, completely unsubstantiated view of the technology enthusiast, in late 2007
More than a few times someone asked me why does
all that global warming stuff
, or
defense tech
, or
automotive breakthroughs
. There's a good answer to that, but its not a simple one.
In 2004 I already saw the writing on the wall. PC technology started commoditizing, and at a brisk clip as well.
When I got my first K6 processor, it was not just the overclockers that cranked up that 66 MHz front-side bus. Anyone who bought a computer had to know some of the essential differences between MMX and 3D-Now!. A lack of knowledge, in those days, would set the up and coming computer user back hundreds of dollars if he wasn't careful.
Whether you agree with Karl Marx or Karl Rove (or anyone in between), a telltale sign of commodification occurs when the manufacturer stops focusing on tangible aspects of the product and starts pushing less tangible selling points. This often occurs when competing products are too similar, or at least indistinguishable from the purchasers point of view.
Where have we seen this before? Well, my HTC Hermes did everything the iPhone did a year beforehand, but
I'm pretty sure Apple sold a whole lot more iPhones
. Look at today's motherboards: any manufacturer would tell you its all-solid capacitors are better than the next guy. And don't even get me started on the memory industry ...
I remember the exact instant when computer hardware became a commodity. Steve Jobs got up in front of one hundred journalists and in less than 60 seconds, a million Apple zealots went from ardent Intel naysayers to hardened Intel devotees. In that moment I realized it didn't really much matter to anyone which CPU was better than another, it only mattered what Steve Jobs told everyone to think anyway.
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As someone that worked for a PC manufacturer for a few years, I do see the shine fading from the high-end PC industry.
Why? There's no real true reason to upgrade your rather recent PC if you bought smartly a few years ago.
A several year old computer runs XP just fine, and outside of playing games at the highest settings, it will be able to run just about everything out there decently. Vista for all intents and purposes, has been a flop. Outside of a few visual differences, there is no real compelling reason to upgrade to it at this point. XP is stable, solid, better on resources, runs everything, and most people already have it.
Outside of a few games that push the hardware envelope, you can have a really enjoyable experience on just about any machine out there. (Again, if you bought correctly a few years ago)
The majority of the American public have PCs now, as do many in the connected world. Grandmoms get on the net. The former "status" symbol of having a PC is no more.
Additionally, outside of the Keyboard/Mouse vs Controller argument, Consoles can deliver a very similar gaming experience to PCs now. This wasn't the case when you were comparing a NES or SNES to a PC 15-16 years ago. Why pay $3000 for a high end PC, when you can get a similar experience on a $400 console?
Additionally, The $300 computer can do 95% of what that $3000 computer can do.
I can speak from my own experience. I've been a PC gamer since 92.
I have a machine, a Sempron 3100+. Radeon 9550 video card. It's 3 years old.
Last year, I built a Core2 Extreme X6800 with a 7900 GTX. I played a few games on it, but nothing too heavily. (I'm not big into FPS, RTS, or MMORPGs so that limits my new PC gaming selections) I sold it, and still use the Sempron 3100+. I can do everything I typically did on the beast.
Basically it boils down to this. In an effort to mainstream computers and the internet, it's all gotten watered down. The hardcore PC gamers with money to burn will still buy the latest and greatest, while the rest won't because they don't have to. The list of reasons to buy the latest and greatest is getting smaller and smaller, as dropping another $500 on the new video card on the market doesn't make much sense when all it's doing is giving you an extra 5-10 fps on an already playable amount of fps.
The technological leap just isn't there right now, and until it is, high end will be stagnant.
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Watkins and Burton told authorities the gym bag belonged to Hawkins. Officers found more than 1 gram of meth in a baggie between the couch cushions. Police also found a plastic bag containing a rifle charging handle, a muzzle brake, a scope mount and a drill bit elsewhere in the room, and a brand new black-and-yellow Cub Cadet push lawn mower in front of the bathroom, the report states.
Hawkins told police that he paid $50 for the mower a man sold him a night earlier, the report states. Police called several hardware stores selling that brand of lawn mower, eventually reaching an employee at the Tractor Supply Company on Cross Pointe Drive. After police sent him a picture of the mower in the room, the employee confirmed that it was the same lawn mower stolen from an outdoor display of mowers at the stores entrance.
Hawkins admitted to police that he took the mower and planned to sell it, the report states. He was charged with shoplifting, and cited for false information to police. The mower was returned to Tractor Supply Company.
Though the meth lab inside the motel was inactive, the three suspects having the materials to make meth is enough to charge them with manufacturing methamphetamine, which accuses anyone who aids, abets, attempts, or conspires to produce the drug, Brown said.
Lt. Max Dorsey with the State Law Enforcement Division said the state is keeping a steady pace when compared with how many labs were found by this time last year.
Mondays lab is the second found in a York County motel this year, Brown said.
Location in a motel sort of speaks to (the labs) mobility, Dorsey said. People arent necessarily having to stay at home or stay stationary to cook this meth. Because of this mobility, because its so compact (and) these vessels are so small you can virtually do it anywhere.
Were finding them in hotels, motels, cars, boats, mopeds, ditches, in wooded areas and, of course, homes, he said. Hotels and motels get a lot of attention because thats an area where innocent people are concentrated in one building. The activity by the people in one room is going to negatively affect everybody in that building.
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- 1. How do I switch to O2 Home Phone?
- Try our Availability checker. All you need is your phone number and your postcode.
It'll tell you whether you can get broadband and home phone. If you can, all you need to do is place your order with us and we'll do the rest. Once you've placed your order, it will take ten working days before we do anything. This is to allow your current supplier to write to you and make sure that you're happy to leave them. It's a process that's set down by our governing body Ofcom.
- 3. What are your prices?
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- 4. Can I have one bill for my broadband and home phone?
- Our customers have told us that they want to have one bill for their home and broadband so that's what we've given you. Your bill payment will be taken from your existing Direct Debit if you've already got home broadband with us. If you're new to O2 Home and Broadband we'll get you to set up a Direct Debit.
All our bills are online. But if you need a large font bill, an audio bill or a Braille bill, please call us and let us know.
- 6. Do I need to sign a new contract if I have broadband already?
- If you're still in a contract period with us, you'll need to sign a new 12 month contract for your broadband and home phone. If you're out of your broadband contract, you can choose to sign up for a 12 month contract on broadband and home phone, or choose our 30-day rolling contract option. There's a £30.63 set-up fee for the 30-day rolling contract package.
- 8. Can anyone get a home phone with you?
- Most people can get a home phone with us, and we're able to install new landlines or switch you over from other providers if required. There's an £86.81 charge if you take The Basics or Access Package or a £43 charge if you take The All Rounder or The Works package.
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- 1. How do I switch to O2 from another broadband company?
- You'll need to ask your current provider for a MAC code, which is the code that we use to switch your broadband over. Once you've given us the code, we'll arrange for your broadband to be moved - the process shouldn't take more than two weeks and you shouldn't be without broadband for more than a few hours.
- 3. What connection speed can I expect?
- O2 Home Broadband is always fast. But broadband is an inexact science. The speed you actually get varies, and it depends on lots of things. Mainly, it comes down to how far you are from your local telephone exchange. The closer you are, the better the chance of getting a scorchingly-fast connection. If you're further away, we have to throttle back a little to make sure the broadband signal gets through OK. We always give you the highest speed we can - and as long as you can get O2 Home Broadband, it'll be fast enough.
Find out more about things that could affect your broadband speed.
- 4. What if I am not getting the speed I thought I would?
- Broadband speed can vary dependant on many factors outside our control, the main one being length of your landline. The further you are from your local exchange, the less speed we can give you. For the first 2 weeks of service we will monitor your speed to get a more precise reading. If we find you are not getting the speeds we estimated we are happy to adjust your package to a lower one (if available).
Find out more about things that could affect your broadband speed, or visit our help section to see what you can do to improve the speed of your O2 Home Broadband connection.
- 5. What if I don't have an O2 mobile phone?
- It doesn't matter if you have one of our mobile phones or not. As long as O2 Home Broadband is available in your area, you can sign up. After all, we like making new friends. But if you do have an O2 mobile phone we've a couple of extras for you. You can send and receive email and even keep your calendar up-to-date, all from your handset. And you'll enjoy a discount of £5 a month on our usual Home Broadband tariffs.
- 6. Do I have to sign a contract if I want O2 Home Broadband?
- When you sign up to O2 Home Broadband, you can choose between a 12 month contract or a 30-day rolling contract. If you're on the 12 month contract and you want to leave us before the 12 months is past, you'll have to pay a disconnection charge. If you're on the 30-day contract, you can leave at any time by giving us 30 days notice - there's a £30.63 set-up fee for this package.
- 7. How do I order O2 Home Broadband?
- It's easy to order O2 Home Broadband online. First we'll check you can get our service. Then we'll ask you to fill in our order form. The whole process only takes a few minutes.
There are a few things you'll need to hand:
- The number of the landline you want to use for broadband, if you already have a landline installed.
- Your home address.
- Your bank account details to set-up a Direct Debit Instruction.
- A valid UK debit card to verify your billing address.
- A MAC key if you're swapping from another broadband provider.
- Your mobile phone number, so we can text you when your service is up and running. It doesn't matter if you're not an O2 mobile customer.
- Your current email address, so we can send your registration details through.
- You can also order over the phone. Call 0800 380 0402 and someone nice will take you through the whole process.
- 8. How long will it take to get my O2 Home Broadband connected?
- We'll try and get you online as quickly as possible. But as there's quite a lot for us to do, it can be up to two weeks before everything's up and running. We'll send you a text message when it's all ready to go but you'll still be connected with your old supplier until the switch happens, when you may lose connection for a couple of hours.
- 9. Can I still keep my current phone number?
- You can almost certainly keep your phone number when you sign up to O2 Home Broadband. If you're switching your landline to O2 Home Phone at the same time, we'll make sure that you keep the same number. If you're staying with your current landline provider, you'll keep that number – we'll just add O2 Home Broadband to your existing service.
- 10. Will O2 Home Broadband work with my Apple Mac?
- Yes - and it's easy to get started, without using our set up CD. All you have to do is plug everything in and switch your O2 wireless box on. You'll be online straight away.
If you want to go wireless or change how your connection is set up, you can use the O2 Home Broadband advanced settings. And if you need help with connection problems or your email, you can give us a call.
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- 7. How much does an O2 Home Broadband Takeaway box cost?
- The box for the Basics and Access costs £30; the box for the All Rounder and the Works costs £50. This cost will be credited back to your first bill depending on which package you sign up for - The Basics and Access customers will be credited with £30, and those customers who take the All Rounder and the Works will be credited with £50. The box remains O2's and you'll have to return it if you leave O2.
- 8. How do I activate O2 Home Broadband Takeaway?
- Online: Go to www.o2.co.uk/broadbandtakeaway
By phone: Call our sales team on 0800 954 1427 Make sure you have available your direct debit details, the activation code shown on the side of your box and a MAC code from your current service provider (if applicable).
- 9. How long will it take to get connected once I've paid for the O2 Home Broadband Takeaway box?
- After you've signed up, we'll activate your landline within two weeks, if your line's brand new it can take a couple of days more. We'll send you a text message and email when it's done. Then just insert the set up CD into your PC or laptop and follow the on screen instructions to get connected.
- 10. Can I move between packages once I am up and running?
- Yes. You can move between our the Basics, the All Rounder and the Works packages at any time. The only restriction is that once you sign up to our the Works or the All Rounder packages, you won't be able to move to the Basics package for your first 6 months. If you're on our Access package you won't be able to change packages.
Like any broadband service, there are a few charges that occur only in special circumstances, for example if you cancel your contract outside the happiness guarantee period.
- Early cancellation charge
If you are within your contract term and cancel early (but outside any promotional money back guarantee period) you will be required to pay any outstanding monthly package charges owing until the end of your contract term.
- Home mover's charge: £51.06
If you move more than once in a year.
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- Reactivation charge: £10.21
If your account is suspended for some reason.
- Reconnection charge: £15.83
If you have to be reconnected - for instance if your landline provider disconnects your landline for not paying your bill.
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The recession has turned the East Valley into the king of empty storefronts.
The region has more vacant shops than the rest of the Valley, and the area also had the biggest gain of empty space in the last three months than any other part of the Valley.
The increasingly ghostly nature of strip centers is the work of overbuilding followed by a harsh correction when the recession hit. The Valley's overall vacancy rate is now 12.2 percent, with the Mesa/Chandler/Gilbert sector at 14.7 percent.
"I don't think that we have been in waters like these in any of the cycles that any of us have seen," said David Josker, an associate director at CB Richard Ellis. "It's been at least two decades."
The Valley has 305 empty big-box stores, defined as spaces with at least 10,000 square feet. That's up from 299 at the end of March, according to CB Richard Ellis. Vacancies have been on the rise for 13 quarters in a row.
He expects the wave of departures is coming to an end, with the recession shaking out weak stores and healthier tenants getting lower lease rates as landlords try to keep their plazas filled.
"We're definitely back on track," Josker said. "People have adjusted their lifestyles. Any one who is in business now and has been in business four or five years, they have figured out how to survive."
Stores were more likely to exit newer areas as foreclosures deprived them of customers, he said, while more established areas tended to do better. Shopping plazas will recover as residents return to empty homes, Josker said.
But the recession will have doomed some plazas. Some neighborhoods have more commercial space than the population will support, and cities generally encourage owners to convert those properties to other uses.
That problem is most acute in Mesa, where 16 percent of space sits idle. West Mesa was hit especially hard about five years ago, when Mesa Riverview opened and lured many stores from old shopping plazas to a snazzier center that offers good freeway access.
Shoppers shouldn't expect to see stores in those old buildings again, said Bill Jabjiniak, Mesa's economic development director.
"I think that there's a significant amount that has to be changed," he said. "It's not just the recession. We were seeing empty big boxes before that."
Some places will have non-traditional uses like churches, charter schools or medical malls in existing buildings. Others will have to be razed for another use.
Mesa is aiming to transform its westside properties with a $17 million line of credit for real estate projects, which will focus on job creation, Jabjiniak said. The city is about to begin marketing the funds, which Jabjiniak said could create a big opportunity for improvement.
That part of Mesa will also get a boost in 2016, when three new miles of light rail open along Main Street. Reviving these properties will usually involve more than just signing leases with the kinds of tenants that had been there in the past, he said.
"Just because retail was there previously doesn't mean it's going to succeed again," Jabjiniak said.
Chandler has made a big push to revitalize struggling strip malls, said Christine Mackay, the city's economic development director. It's worked with landlords to fill vacant stores by studying neighborhood demographics and going after stores that seem to be missing from the area, she said.
But the city also does studies to see if that kind of effort is worthwhile. If the city can't find demand for more stores, it encourages property owners to move away from retail. Mackay points to the Warner and Alma School roads intersection, which initially was developed with retail on four corners. That made sense before the city had freeways and a mall, she said, but not today. The city worked with a landowner on that corner to convert a former Smitty's grocery to the Chandler Preparatory Academy, whose 800 students help support stores at the other three corners.
Chandler's vacancy rate had been one of the Valley's lowest, at about 7 percent. But that's jumped to 13 percent partially because Bashas' shuttered four stores in its bankruptcy reorganization, Mackay said. The city is working on those sites, Mackay said, but they are proving to be some of the biggest challenges to reuse.
The city also offers matching grants for façade improvements to plazas in the northern end of Chandler. That's helped bring life to mostly vacant centers, Mackay said. The city has made shopping centers an economic development priority because their visibility makes them an asset - or a huge liability if they sit vacant.
"Once the center starts to go, it really acts almost as a cancer and moves in the neighborhood," Mackay said. "To keep our community sustainable, it's important for the city to keep an eye on those centers."
The East Valley has some bright spots, such as Gilbert's 10 percent vacancy rate. The Tempe/Ahwatukee Foothills market is 9.7 percent vacant, according to CB Richard Ellis.
The numbers may paint a bleaker picture than exists today, Josker said. Tenants are signing leases in plazas where there has been no interest for more than a year, and more transactions have been taking place in the last six months, he said. Those tenants are working behind the scenes now as they prepare to open.
"Deals are starting to get done," Josker said. "Centers are starting to fill back up."


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May 12, 2014
Two weeks ago, I wrote about one of the most exciting triple dip opportunities currently available:
- Go through online portal to Staples (5X to 6X portal rebate)
- Buy $200 Visa gift cards with credit card that earns 5X
- If credit card is business Visa card, earn back 1% through Visa Savings Edge.
Details of the above opportunity can be found in these posts:
Is the deal dead?
I didn't think the deal described above would last long. I explained my reasoning in the post "A great disturbance in the Force." Specifically, I wrote:
I would really hate to see this go, but it would make sense for Staples to stop paying out to portals for gift card purchases made on their site
And then, last week, a person who purports to run his/her own cash back portal posted on Flyertalk that Staples had sent a message about portal payouts ending for gift cards. Voyaging wrote:
Figure i'd post here about it first
Dear ____,
In order to ensure program profitability, Staples will no longer commission affiliates sales of gift cards. We have extended you a new program term with this exclusion. Please accept your new term as soon as you receive it . As always, don't hesitate to reach out to the team if you have any questions!
Best regards,
The Staples Affiliate Team
I don't think the $200 vgc will vanish, but i'm pretty sure the cashback will.
Voyaging then followed up with more details that suggest the end is nigh as of May 12 (today) or earlier:
Because I've run my own cashback portal well before TCB, credit card portals, shopdiscover, etc. Staples has pushed out new terms to their partners which must be accepted otherwise they are expired from their contract. Here are the details on which exact gift cards are no longer going to be commissionable.
As to the exact date of when is a good question. It varies from partner to partner. For me, I have to accept terms before 5/12. If the portals have already accepted the terms, then they no longer get paid for gift cards. It doesn't mean it won't track and portals won't pay out, it just means they won't get paid by Staples.
We do not yet have evidence that the above information is true (although it appears legitimate). Nor, do we have evidence that Staples has sent the same information to all portals. That said, I think it is likely that our portal options have closed or will close in the near future.
Is the double dip worthwhile?
With the full triple-dip in play, we've been making a profit while also earning 5 points per dollar spent. If portals are no longer in-play, we will no longer earn a profit. So, let's re-do the math:
Let's say we buy one $200 Visa card (in store or online) at Staples, and we pay with a 5X earning credit card, and we earn 1% back with Visa Savings Edge:
- Total price paid: $206.95
- Card value: $200
- Card fee: $6.95
- Visa Savings Edge rebate: $2.07
- Fee after rebate: $4.88
- Fee as % of card value: 2.44%
- Miles earned at 5X: 1035 (207 X 5)
We can then easily calculate our cost per point:
- Cost per point: $0.0045 (less than half a cent per point)
Or, we can use points earned to pay ourselves back for the fee (see "When category bonuses trump fees"):
- Points needed to pay back fee: 488
- Points after pay back: 547
- Fee free points per dollar: 2.74
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It's possible that the days of earning money and 5X points from Staples are already over. If portals no longer work (and the jury is still out on that), then we are left with either buying points at less than half a cent each (which is still a very good deal) or using points to refund our fees and earning 2.74 points per dollar, fee-free. These options are very good, but they're no longer better than all alternatives. For example, if you can buy $500 Visa gift cards and earn 2X or more, you'll do just as well or better on a cost per point basis (assuming points earned are of similar value) and you'll find that $500 cards are much easier to use.
As we go forward, please report in the comments in the Frequent Miler Laboratory if you receive portal payouts for gift cards bought at Staples.com on or after May 12 2014. Thanks!
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So who should get the blame here?
1) Readers of this blog and others than pounded this deal extra hard and bought 10k, 20k, 30k, of gift cards thus bringing this deal to the attention of Staples; or
2) Lazy bloggers who can't come up with unique content of their own and just reposted FM's hard work to attract readers.
Gotta say, both groups irritate the hell out of me. If I were FM I would definitely be holding back the truly amazing points earning technique because I know that there are people out there whose greed for instant gratification through obscene sums of points outweigh the patience of those of us looking for steady reliable sources of large but not crazy sums of points.
Even at about 0.5c, it is a good deal.
Understand that the Pudding Guy got 1M AA points for 3000$ = 0.3 cpm
The TIB 2009 deal was 0.7c and 0.4c if you deducted the cost.
The 100k Citi AA offers are really at 0.4c each as well (110k for 450$ fee, minus 200$ cash back and add 200$ for lost opportunity cost).
I, for one, do not think 5X will last for very long either.
I couldn't agree more!!!
5% payout on GCs was never going to last. Simple as that.
It lasted for years and was killed in 9 days.
I'm referring to the fact that it wasn't going to last after it was "outed."
SB had the terms on their website early Sat. morning for Staples when you went to the page. They also reduced their %age from 6% to 4% for Staples(not incl gift cards and gift wrapping).
A LOT of Staples purchases were/are in limbo and in a congo line awaiting fulfillment. If they are fulfilled post Staples' new terms, guessing a screw job for those ppl.
FT had ppl bragging how they racked up $40k+ in GCs in the last 2 weeks in order to meet their $50 5pts/$ for the year, with many stories of $10k in GCs in the past week.
Chicken and egg though. Did the dissemination of the deal spur them to go hog-wild before it closed b/c of the blog post or vice-versa. I think an innocent comment in a post about SB alerted you to them and the deal which was quietly getting pounded by the serious MS'ers, and brought to light their machine…
Oh well, every time I go to a seminar there is some deal that got closed….it is all a cycle.
I think the culprits are the people who bought 10K+ of these gift cards. However, I don't think anyone is really to blame.
This is a tragedy of the commons scenario. If everyone just buys VCG in moderation, the deal lasts for years and everyone wins. However, everyone assumes other people are going to buy as much as they can in as short a time as they can, which would result in the deal not lasting long. In order to avoid missing out, they then go all in themselves to maximize their personal gain. Thus, the deal is over exploited and is killed.
In my opinion, assigning blame is essentially arguing against a well-proven economic theory that has withstood a few hundred years of testing. Yes, it would be nice if everyone acted for the common good but that just has not proven to be a viable economic model.
Just wait until chase either lowers the point earning ability in 2X instead of 5X on Ink. Or caps it at 10 or 20K. Or both. Since the start of the Vanilla reloads at OD this has been probably a money loser for them. We will see who blinks first, staples or chase.
Uh, Staples already blinked.
isn't 7x possible with UR mall?
It's sad that online Staples VGCs lasted for years and were killed in 9 days.
The surprise is it took this long to die. Not that it died. Plastered everywhere. Guys announcing in hours they'd bought 25K. Frankly I'm glad it did die. A lot of jerkoffs have been showing up at WM with fistfuls of $200s and pissing everyone off creating long lines.
It's not a minor Staples deal that comes and goes that should bother people, it's the added pressure an already overloaded WM is seeing from VR fallout and the inevitable WM response (local managers are already refusing gcs – just wait until that is nationwide – then you'll hear whining!). That day is coming, sooner than later.
Posting this multiple times was reckless. Buying 10s of thousands of dollars in GCs was reckless.
There is already some anecdotal evidence that chase is researching changes to the INK bonuses via targeted surveys. In reading some blog feedback chase has already started making it much harder to get an Ink card via a sole proprietorship.
Man, do I feel like an amateur…only did 3k in GCs through TCB. Went this morning and the T&Cs say GCs don't qualify for cash back. Is that a change, or has it always read that way but still paid out?
Is the extra 2x through the UR portal still alive?
No one is to blame for this deal ending. Once Staples started selling the $200 cards, it just became too lucrative. No one can afford to just give away money, and when you're giving away money, people will take it — lots of it. Such activity is going to prompt a response from the merchant.
I personally was going slow on this one so as not to tick any of the players off (Staples, UPromise, Chase). I was typically ordering $1000 at a time. I haven't yet received cashback for a May 8 order. Hopefully, it will show up.
I ordered $3,000 on Saturday. Today at 12:01pm I got an email from Staples thanking me for contacting them to cancel my order and confirming that it had been canceled. Assuming this is probably related to the portal fall out. Anyone else get canceled?
I've received all my gift cards from orders on 4/28, 5/1 and 5/3. But only the 4/28 order has shown up at UPromise. The others, nada. So, pretty sure its dead as of around 5/1 at Upromise. Sucks. I bought $1800 to pay mortgage.
anyone over 3k will get cancelled. its been that way for a long time.
excuse me 2k
Why did you guys order $3000 at a time? This will definitely attract attention… sigh…
Simply not true. many ppl have been doing this for over a year. Its just wasnt published on any/many blogs. I think its the fact that Staples was made aware that they are losing money of the transaction that forced this to end. Cant rub their face in it publicly and expect it to continue
Sad to read comments from the supposed high horse mentality some folks here have. The less avenues there are the more demand the remaining ones see. Supply and demand.
Looks like Swagbucks may not be paying out for Staples Visa gcs anymore: I have 1242 SB pending for my 5/1/14 purchase of one $200 gc but 0 SB pending for my 5/8/12 order.
Anyone know if Discover still working?
I think the information is correct because so many of the portals have changed their wording to state that gift cards do not count.
What was the TIB deal from 2009?
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They've been doing a LOT more than just "surveys". I own a legit biz for many years and applied for one of the ink cards. I was grilled pretty hard about GC purchases on a different Chase card, b/c of a "we're not sure if you get the CC card" decision upon submission. I have a fair amt. of biz travel/purchases on the other card so it isn't pure GC purchases by a long shot. And the amts. weren't anywhere near the abusers of the GC purchases.
The chase rep can see ALL your chase accounts/interactions. ALL. And looks to be taking a more holistic approach to their C offerings. Yes, I have a few chase cards, but use them for hotel, air, office purchases, etc. So I'm sure that factored in. I still got a $25k limit on the new card, so it wasn't like I was borderline and yet I still was grilled.
So, I'm sure in the coming year those abusers will start whining about Chase doing FRs on them and/or closing accounts….for them, I almost hope they claw back their points. It'd really go a long way in keeping the people who ascribe to "the long play" not having to continually change strategies.
I placed an order for a few $200 GC on 4/30, the cashback showed up in Upromise (pending) on 5/7. Upromise's T&C for Staples has not changed from the 30th, no indicating that GC's aren't eligible.
OK, so no portal cash back for VGC… what about other vendor GC's like Home Depot? Any word on those? Thanks!
All, we won't know for sure whether the portals have stopped paying out until some orders have been placed post 5/12 and then we have to wait and see whether or not they pay out. I made a uPromise order on 5/13. If I don't get confirmation in about a week I'll believe that the uPromise route is dead.
FM, I made orders on 4/28 and 4/30, both of which showed up as pending in Upromise about a week later.
All orders after that (on 5/5, 5/6, 5/7, and 5/8) have still yet to show up as pending. I'm suspect.
Has anyone gotten order to show up in Upromise as pending for orders 5/5 or later?
That's helpful data. Prior to 5/13, my most recent uPromise order was 5/3 (and that did show up as pending). I also have a 5/5 order via SwagBucks that shows pending.
I also did orders thru upromise, 4/28 posted normally, but 5/2 and 5/8 have not. At this point, the normal posting time for the 5/2 has passed, but it is encouraging to hear that FM received credit for his 5/3 order, and the 5/8 order should be posting by the end of this week. I plan to submit a support ticket early next week if these orders don't go pending by then. Upromise has not changed the T&C on their Staples page, so until they do so, they should pay in my opinion, especially since their T&C encourage the purchase of gift cards "give the gift of easy gift cards at Staples". However, I don't plan any more orders for now.
Also, I am still awaiting the activation codes from the 5/2 order, although the cards arrived last Saturday.
Same boat here, received a pending for the 4/28 and 5/2 , but not the 5/8 order. I'm still hoping the 5/8 will get a pending post. Same on the activation codes envelope, awaiting for the 5/8 order.
I noticed that my local Office Depot has $500 visa gift cards again, which I think have a fee of ~$5, maybe ~$6, which works out to ~1-1.2%. Some web searches suggest that they reappeared in July 2013, and are purchasable by credit card. If that's true, that now seems like a better use of the Chase Ink family of business payment cards (5 points/$ at office supply stores).
I think those $500 Visa gift cards at Office Depot are cash only.
@adam, the variable load gift cards ($20-$500) have been cash only for a very long time. The fixed value gift cards ($200) are purchasable with credit cards. If the cashier says otherwise, tell them to try anyways.
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