I feel like I'm writing an obituary for them. This morning, when I brought in my daily three inks in, one of the cashiers that is less then fond of me waived with glee, a paper that they recieved from corporate stating that effective Feb 1, they will only be accepting 10 recycled inks per month!
I don't know if this is nationwide, but if not, it is at least regional. Signs should be going up in stores in the next few days, as corporate sent over signs to each store. I am in the North East, if that matters.
I'm sure Office Depot's closing many stores played a huge role in this, as there is much less competition now. Time to bring in those inks. RIP
(for those that are not familiar, they currently give you a $3 credit for each ink towards your rewards for up to 3 empty recycled inks daily)
While this may be more appropriate in Deal Discussion, I think last time Staples made a change of this nature, it started in hot deals to allow the many people that it affects to notice, so I will do the same, as well.
Update: I added a very blurry picture from my cell phone of one of the new signs they posted. The cashier thought I was nuts for taking a picture of the sign!
Additional Update: It has been confirmed that Staples premier rewards card holders will be able to bring in 20 inks a month and that their rewards will have an extended expiration of double the standard time
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Message edited by: crazypalooza on 2009-01-30 11:37:52 CST
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ALL BRANDS OF CARTRIDGES NOW ACCEPTED!
1. $3 reward per "any" cartridge 2. 10 carts per month (10 at once if you prefer) for reward card members 3. 20 carts per month for premier rewards card members 4. Expiration date is 45 days (from mailing date according to CSR), 90 days for premier.
Message edited by: Blakester on 2009-04-02 17:02:14 CDT
my4mainecoons said:Pardon my ignorance, but where are folks coming up with more than 10 cartridges a month? (I replace one a year in my LaserJet.)Look on eBay (among other places) -cd
my4mainecoons said:Pardon my ignorance, but where are folks coming up with more than 10 cartridges a month? (I replace one a year in my LaserJet.) fleabay and other wonderful places.
On a seperate note, wow! boy the mods didn't give it a chance in hot deals! moved within minutes!
This is OLD news and has been discussed in the main Staples Ink cart Recycling thread for a few weeks now.
BTW if you are a frequent Staples ink cart recycler they neglected to run their nighly update on the 12/24 which reconciles injk cart redemptions from stores to Rewards accounts so no carts were credited for redemptions on the 24th. Even though Staples knows this happened they are refusing to go back and correct the mistake. They only way you will get credit if you turned in carts on 12/24 is to call them.
cnIsfg said:This is OLD news and has been discussed in the main Staples Ink cart Recycling thread for a few weeks now.
BTW if you are a frequent Staples ink cart recycler they neglected to run their nighly update on the 12/24 which reconciles injk cart redemptions from stores to Rewards accounts so no carts were credited for redemptions on the 24th. Even though Staples knows this happened they are refusing to go back and correct the mistake. They only way you will get credit if you turned in carts on 12/24 is to call them.
Didn't come up when i searched to see if anyone posted on this and frankly this deserves its own thread as that thread is over 20 pages long and is really dedicated to last years changes, so i think this important so people that it affects are made aware.
cnIsfg said:This is OLD news and has been discussed in the main Staples Ink cart Recycling thread for a few weeks now.
BTW if you are a frequent Staples ink cart recycler they neglected to run their nighly update on the 12/24 which reconciles injk cart redemptions from stores to Rewards accounts so no carts were credited for redemptions on the 24th. Even though Staples knows this happened they are refusing to go back and correct the mistake. They only way you will get credit if you turned in carts on 12/24 is to call them.I just looked at my December ink recycling and it is missing on 12/24 and 12/31. I also notice a couple of days in January also, 1/4 and 1/8.
I don't get it. Where do all these empty cartridges come from? Why don't they recycle them locally? It doesn't seem like it would be so cost effective to buy them and ship them all over the globe..
I was dreading this day. I was hoping the rumors floating around were false. Staples is the only one that accepts 02 HP "cartridges" ... I have 700-800 Left Any suggestions on how to get rid of them? :-P
Mr0ffic3r said:I was dreading this day. I was hoping the rumors floating around were false. Staples is the only one that accepts 02 HP "cartridges" ... I have 700-800 Left Any suggestions on how to get rid of them? :-PeBay, or 10/month per rewards account.
Mr0ffic3r said:I was dreading this day. I was hoping the rumors floating around were false. Staples is the only one that accepts 02 HP "cartridges" ... I have 700-800 Left Any suggestions on how to get rid of them? :-P
OfficeMax still takes them. Have a couple hundred left myself, but not worried, between the rest of this month @ Staples and every week at officemax, +the ten a month going forward, i'll use mine all up.
Message edited by: crazypalooza on 2009-01-12 11:27:39 CST
Mr0ffic3r said:I was dreading this day. I was hoping the rumors floating around were false. Staples is the only one that accepts 02 HP "cartridges" ... I have 700-800 Left Any suggestions on how to get rid of them? :-P
I'll send you a Rewards card and you can recycle them on my behalf
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Any suggestions on how to get rid of them? :-P
