It is just terrible since there is no activation mechanism to protect the card from stealing. My two norton cards were stolen and used. Now it is more than a month since I filed the dispute, I don't even hear anything back from the rebate center or the card issuer.

Got the VISA rebate card and verified with $200 credit. Used it to pay Verizon bill and what a pain in butt and got ripoff for transaction charge. Apparently it charges you $1 each time you use it so when I pay Verizon $200 it took $1 off so the balance is $199 and it got declined because the balance is $199. I did it 2 more times before I figured out that it takes a $1 off for fees and now it only had $197 left. So I applied $197 to the bill and this time it was good. I'll have to dispute this with either Staples or the card issuer tomorrow. I remember reading footnotes somewhere that we don't get charged for transactions. Anyone have this transaction fee problem?

ANightShopper said:hkteaman said:Got the VISA rebate card and verified with $200 credit. Used it to pay Verizon bill and what a pain in butt and got ripoff for transaction charge. Apparently it charges you $1 each time you use it so when I pay Verizon $200 it took $1 off so the balance is $199 and it got declined because the balance is $199. I did it 2 more times before I figured out that it takes a $1 off for fees and now it only had $197 left. So I applied $197 to the bill and this time it was good. I'll have to dispute this with either Staples or the card issuer tomorrow. I remember reading footnotes somewhere that we don't get charged for transactions. Anyone have this transaction fee problem?Do not worry. You need to go to Verizonwireless B&M to pay their bills without $1 authorisations. They have billing ATMs there. Wait couple of weeks for the release $3 back to your card before going to do it. And don't drop the card balance below $1. It won't take it.

To the people saying it doesn't matter and paying for gas with this. It matters because credit cards pays you Cash Back as little as %5 at the pump.

I guess its too late now that I used the $197 that was left after the 3 attempt from Verizon to charge $200 initially.

Thanks for the replies.

VivYip said:how long does the visa take to arrive from the time rebateshq says the card has been mailed?

Personal experience is 7-10 days.

With some of my recent purchases I would have to carry a 2nd wallet just for these Debit Cards.

Does anyone know if there is a way to provide feedback to St@ples that we would prefer a choice of Visa Debit Card or Check?

After all, St@ples has been a very customer friendly store thus far and they just might listen. Who knows???

jacquesb said:If you purchase an item at a retail store with that Visa Prepaid Card, and later return that item, will the retailler give you Cash Back, or will they only give you a store credit?Neither. They're suppose to refund back to the card.

So, don't throw away the card until you know you're done with it. More reason to either use it on consumables (gas, food, etc.) or buy a store gift card.

paid myself via paypal. One reg account to my bus account. they take 41.75 per $50, so i kinda sux, but its a way to get cash out of it.

I did request some checks for these debit cards before and I got them within one week. However, recently, I've been waiting for a month and haven't got my checks yet. They said that I had to wait for 4-6 weeks. Has anyone experienced this delay?

1brooklyn1 said:To avoid getting those annoying debit cards, and get a check instead, dial 866-496-6189( even though the number is for symantec debit cards I found it to work for any easy rebate debit card) press 0-0-tracking number- 4 -2 to get customer service, (- = followed by). Get the tracking number by going to rebateshq.com, it will generally take a few days for the tracking # to show up at rebateshq.com, after it was submitted on StaplesEasyRebates.com. Also, don't request the check until you see that the debit card was sent out, which can be seen at rebateshq.com, usually 3-4 weels on an easy rebate. The only downside to getting the check is you will have to wait an additional 7 to 10 days,which I still do anyway.

I missed $30 on one check too and it has been month and nothing changed. If the checks don't come within 3-5 days, for sure something wrong is happening. The CSR and supervisor insisted that I had to wait 4-6 weeks. They don't know what is going on. Should I file a BBB complaint?

Izpoof said:woodsley said:I did request some checks for these debit cards before and I got them within one week. However, recently, I've been waiting for a month and haven't got my checks yet. They said that I had to wait for 4-6 weeks. Has anyone experienced this delay?

1brooklyn1 said:To avoid getting those annoying debit cards, and get a check instead, dial 866-496-6189( even though the number is for symantec debit cards I found it to work for any easy rebate debit card) press 0-0-tracking number- 4 -2 to get customer service, (- = followed by). Get the tracking number by going to rebateshq.com, it will generally take a few days for the tracking # to show up at rebateshq.com, after it was submitted on StaplesEasyRebates.com. Also, don't request the check until you see that the debit card was sent out, which can be seen at rebateshq.com, usually 3-4 weels on an easy rebate. The only downside to getting the check is you will have to wait an additional 7 to 10 days,which I still do anyway.

loL. I GOT MY CHECKS IN ABOUT 3 DAYS. But.... I was supposed to get $500 on one check but only got $410, so im followig up on that. Secondly.. I use a 2nd address with a different zip code to get more rebates for when I go over the limit and I had $250 converted on those and I got one big check for $250 4 days later however it came to my 1st address address! lol.
On the phone now trying to find out where my missing $90 is at. And I still have like $1500 in credit/debit cards to go. Gawd this is a pain, but its worth it.