April 25 thru May1st Few okay deals to mention... $25 back in Staples rewards on ANY combination of ream and or case paper $40 or more FREE batteries after Staples rewards on Duracell 20/pk AA or AAA batteries 25% off compag and HP laptops $6.99 HP flash drive $1 hammermill copyplus paper (AR) Officejet j6480 $89.99 All versions of QuickBooks Premier $249.99 ($150 off) HP dv6-2150 (core ic-330m processor) $584.99 (AR) save 40% on sauder bookcases Montessa managers chair 50% off ($49.99) Staples 15 sheet shredder $90 off! Only $69.99 Other items throughout
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posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 8:20a
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Just got off a chat session with Staplez. After pressing the issue, they issued another $30 in rewards for the batteries... (more)
yoregano (Jun. 02, 2010 @ 11:16a)
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the battery rebates will begin shipping on june 15th and could take up to 3 weeks, per Staples rep
morecowbell (Jun. 09, 2010 @ 1:43p)
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I received my rewards for my April battery purchase in May.
The only ones who should be receiving their battery rewards in... (more)
bpvh (Jun. 10, 2010 @ 1:20p)
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goldenstyx
New Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 9:43a
Nice.
f2000sa
Ancient Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 9:54a
Staples keeps on giving free batteries. I can throw away my re-chargeable ones...
luvbugium
Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 10:39a
This is a Godsend for those of us with small children.
foche911
Senior Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 11:45a
You have battery operated children? Cool
dks123
Happy Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 11:52a
luvbugium said: This is a Godsend for those of us with small children.
BTW, Office Depot has same deal going on with Energizer this week. Limit is 2 8 packs per day (Some ODs have 8+2 bonus packs eligible for this deal). Next week they have Energizer Re-chargeable (4 pack) free after worklife rewards. (limit will be 2 packs per day). Between these two, yo can accumulate 100s of batteries for cost of sales tax. Of course you have to hope foe FAR deals when reward checks come back to cash them out
luvbugium
Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 12:29p
foche911 said: You have battery operated children? Cool
I would describe them more like the energizer bunnies but much louder.
VirginiaDC
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 12:34p
Crap. I just ordered a dozen AAA rechargeables!
ScottMalinowski
Geeky member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 1:05p
Thanks OP for the fair advance warning, was running low on AAA.
sam19777
Senior Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 1:14p
It is damn hard to get the rebate. I jump in this battery promotion in November last year. Each time you call or chat online, they just say they mail you the card but never. Until you contact them a lot of times they send it out to you. It take me totally more than 5 hours to get this "EASY" rebate. I wish I never bought it.
As mistercheap pointed out in another discussion, the paper deal is hot when you combine the Hammermill rebate & the 100% rewards. Use the 10% Appreciation coupon to make it even better. Here's the math:
Hammermill $6.49 x 2 = $12.98 (minus $10.98 rebate)
Buy an additional $31.47 of paper
Total cost: $12.98 + $31.47 = $44.45 - minus 10% coupon = $40.01 + tax
Get back $10.98 rebate + $25.00 rewards = $35.98
OOP is $4.03 + tax ($40.01 - $35.98). Not bad at all.
JesseKnows
Senior Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 2:17p
sam19777 said: It is damn hard to get the rebate. I jump in this battery promotion in November last year. Each time you call or chat online, they just say they mail you the card but never. Until you contact them a lot of times they send it out to you. It take me totally more than 5 hours to get this "EASY" rebate. I wish I never bought it. I received my rewards check in January, no fuss.
VirginiaDC
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 2:35p
sam19777 said: It is damn hard to get the rebate. I jump in this battery promotion in November last year. Each time you call or chat online, they just say they mail you the card but never. Until you contact them a lot of times they send it out to you. It take me totally more than 5 hours to get this "EASY" rebate. I wish I never bought it.
What the heck?
puddonhead
Nerdy Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 2:35p
how does the reward work if you use a coupon? e.g. if the 10% coupon is used - will that not reduce the Staples reward?
ZenNUTS
Deez
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 2:39p
What happens if you use a reward check to buy these?
Ivanist
Loyal Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 2:51p
ZenNUTS said: What happens if you use a reward check to buy these?
You'll get the reward check, just make sure you pay at least a partial amount with cash or cc. Some people reported not getting a reward check if you pay the whole transaction with another reward check.
hellyea81
Senior Member - 2K
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 3:10p
puddonhead said: how does the reward work if you use a coupon? e.g. if the 10% coupon is used - will that not reduce the Staples reward?
YES - I used 10% off coupon in December on batteries. I rec'd less than the $12.99 for that week. So it will lessen your rewards.
pkp413
Ancient Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 3:15p
Staples is way better than OD with their rewards promotions. Hope OD will learn and improve from their current rewards ad fiasco, even OM is reasonably good.
pkp413
Ancient Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 3:18p
sam19777 said: It is damn hard to get the rebate. I jump in this battery promotion in November last year. Each time you call or chat online, they just say they mail you the card but never. Until you contact them a lot of times they send it out to you. It take me totally more than 5 hours to get this "EASY" rebate. I wish I never bought it.
Did you even buy these? They were not rebate, you automatically got the reward check as long as you used the rewards card while making the purchase (or entered that info later). I got 5/6 without any problem, 1 I had done a return/rebuy, that I had to call in to get the reward.
king0fSpades
Senior Member - 3K
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 6:03p
Then later you have to buy Brother Fax 575 to convert reward check to cash
dontcare4myname
Happy Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 6:06p
Is the battery deal one week deal or like back in november thru december for 4-5weeks? Just curious. Used up one rewards check and other one pending. will use that to buy this..
gopinathpl
Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 6:55p
waiting for batteries
peas
Thrifty Member
posted: Apr. 14, 2010 @ 9:24p
I get 999 batteries for free every time I buy a rechargeable
WingsOverVirginia
Senior Member - 3K
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 12:15a
hellyea81 said: puddonhead said: how does the reward work if you use a coupon? e.g. if the 10% coupon is used - will that not reduce the Staples reward?
YES - I used 10% off coupon in December on batteries. I rec'd less than the $12.99 for that week. So it will lessen your rewards.
Just the opposite, coupons reduce the total amount spent for calculation of quarterly reward amount. But they do not count against individual rebate or reward offers. I bought 5 sets of AA and AAA packs the last time and used $10 off $20 coupons (from OM) for each purchase and got back the entire amount spent on the batteries before coupon. Same was true on the 3 ring binders I bought all 5 on the same visit and used a coupon but still got back the full price for each binder. (They did have a screw up in the rewards system that only paid many members for only one binder even if more were bought and you did have to call in to get a check sent for the binder #2, 3, 4 or 5. But they knew about it and the call only took a few minutes and all you had to do was mention that you had bought more than one binder.) This is with Premier Rewards but I imagine that it's the same with standard rewards.
yesidonoitall
Greedy Member
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 3:29a
pkp413 said: Staples is way better than OD with their rewards promotions. Hope OD will learn and improve from their current rewards ad fiasco, even OM is reasonably good.
I was able to get $15 on Fleabay for this Norton Antivirus product two weeks ago.
c3
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 5:16a
WingsOverVirginia said: Just the opposite, coupons reduce the total amount spent for calculation of quarterly reward amount. But they do not count against individual rebate or reward offers.
Dollar off coupon does not reduce the bonus reward, but percentage coupon does.
roy7736
Senior Member - 4K
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 6:17a
c3 said: WingsOverVirginia said: Just the opposite, coupons reduce the total amount spent for calculation of quarterly reward amount. But they do not count against individual rebate or reward offers.
Dollar off coupon does not reduce the bonus reward, but percentage coupon does.
Yes, that's what I've noticed too. I used $10 off $50's (from OD) and $1.00 Duracell manufacturer's coupons in Nov/Dec and I still got the full amount back for the batteries. But a percentage off coupon will lower the price of each individual item on the receipt, thus lowering the reward.
IrfanPathan
Senior Member - 3K
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 7:18a
can u get rechargable batteries for free ? peas said: I get 999 batteries for free every time I buy a rechargeable
JamesTKirk
Senior Member - 3K
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 8:13a
IrfanPathan said: can u get rechargable batteries for free ? peas said: I get 999 batteries for free every time I buy a rechargeable
luvbugium said: foche911 said: You have battery operated children? Cool
I would describe them more like the energizer bunnies but much louder.
Agree, I have 2 young boys, they are very noisy. Now I just wish them go to college ASAP.
richiesays
Senior Member
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 8:56a
gotta get in on this paper deal!
oaxboss
New Member
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 9:42a
From 4/25-5/1, Staples is having a promotion, spend $40 on any case or ream paper, get $25 back in rewards.
the same week, they have the Hammermill Ream $6.49-$5.49 easy rebate (lmit 2)
here's the math break down:
buy the two hammermill reams listed above for $13.98
buy another any other ream/case paper totalling $26.02 or more
Get $10.98 back in Easy Rebates on the Hammermill Reams
get $25 in rewards back total on the $40 worth of paper
Xam
Ancient Member
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 10:00a
How does the OD "worklife rewards" work? Same as Staples 'store credit check'? Everyone eligible? Required mailing in?
TIA,
dks123 said: BTW, Office Depot has same deal going on with Energizer this week. Limit is 2 8 packs per day (Some ODs have 8+2 bonus packs eligible for this deal). Next week they have Energizer Re-chargeable (4 pack) free after worklife rewards. (limit will be 2 packs per day). Between these two, yo can accumulate 100s of batteries for cost of sales tax. Of course you have to hope foe FAR deals when reward checks come back to cash them out
wendyt
Senior Member
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 10:32a
I totally agree.That's why I never bother to buy any OD promotion.
pkp413 said: Staples is way better than OD with their rewards promotions. Hope OD will learn and improve from their current rewards ad fiasco, even OM is reasonably good.
dks123
Happy Member
posted: Apr. 15, 2010 @ 11:20a
Xam said: How does the OD "worklife rewards" work? Same as Staples 'store credit check'? Everyone eligible? Required mailing in?
TIA,
dks123 said: BTW, Office Depot has same deal going on with Energizer this week. Limit is 2 8 packs per day (Some ODs have 8+2 bonus packs eligible for this deal). Next week they have Energizer Re-chargeable (4 pack) free after worklife rewards. (limit will be 2 packs per day). Between these two, yo can accumulate 100s of batteries for cost of sales tax. Of course you have to hope foe FAR deals when reward checks come back to cash them out
Yes. Worklife rewards are similar to Staples rewards. Check details here. worklife rewards One good thing about OD reward is you get an OD gift card so you don't have to spend all reward amount in one go. With Staples you have to do that.
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bpvh
Senior Member - 3K
posted: Jun. 10, 2010 @ 1:20p
morecowbell said: the battery rebates will begin shipping on june 15th and could take up to 3 weeks, per Staples repI received my rewards for my April battery purchase in May.
The only ones who should be receiving their battery rewards in June are those who purchased on May 1st.
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