STAPLES AD April 25 thru May1st FREE BATTERIES ARE BACK!

dks123 said: 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.

RE:
With Staples you have to do that.

You give your check at Staples and anything left over is given back as a coupon.

yesidonoitall said: Again an OD fiasco is mentioned, I see or heard of no such a thing.Put on your glasses and hearing aids.

yesidonoitall said: Again an OD fiasco is mentioned, I see or heard of no such a thing.

Well, there was a confusion on what is the limit of items you can buy per day. Their print ad said limit 2 per item per day. their website said total of 2 items across all eligible products. It eventually got cleared up and limit was confirmed to be 2 per each eligible item. See the OD thread.

OP,
I think you got the $89.99 HP Officejet model number wrong. According to the posted ad, it is the HP Officejet J4680, Not the J6480. There is a huge difference in prices between the two. Correct me if I am wrong, anyone?

I bought these in December and never got the rewards. I called and they said they mailed it but would resend it.
Still never got it. I don't know what else to do! They are so frustrating.

yesidonoitall said: You give your check at Staples and anything left over is given back as a coupon.Yes, but you can only do that once (i.e., you have to spend it all in 2 transactions). With OD you spend it in as many pieces as you want.

On the other hand, when you spend Staples Rewards they are tax free. When you spend OD rewards, it's like using a gift card. And they take a LONG time to show up.

patricia43m said: I bought these in December and never got the rewards. I called and they said they mailed it but would resend it.
Still never got it. I don't know what else to do! They are so frustrating.
I bought one package when they first offered this deal, and I never got a rewards check either.

billrubin said: Ivanist said: 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.So I guess the one solution to this if you have a rewards check > purchase price is to tell the cashier you want to charge $1 on your credit card, then give the coupon to scan. But I wonder if this will work since my experience is that the register will no longer take a coupon once you're in the payment "phase". Anyone tried this?

Or if necessary overbuy so you get over the value of the coupon, then return the extra stuff. That is probably safer.
What happens when you return items purchased with a rewards check? Do they do a pro-rated refund like when a coupon was used?

And was it ever confirmed that those who paid for "free after rewards" items in full with rewards check didn't get the rewards? AFAIK, it was just that it showed up online with a net purchase amount of $0, and that freaked some people out.

For the in-store $50 HP printer trade-in, how does that appear on the receipt? Is the serial number of the new printer recorded?

We have two broken printers and would like to see if one can be used for the Staples $50 trade-in and the other one for the HP $75 trade-in. Thanks.

billrubin said: poohbie said: What happens when you return items purchased with a rewards check? Do they do a pro-rated refund like when a coupon was used?
That's a very good question. I was under the (possibly mistaken) impression that like with most stores you'd first get back whatever cash you paid, then the store credit. But you're right, since this is a coupon it may work differently.
And was it ever confirmed that those who paid for "free after rewards" items in full with rewards check didn't get the rewards? AFAIK, it was just that it showed up online with a net purchase amount of $0, and that freaked some people out. I thought the problem was that because the net purchase amount was zero, it didn't show up in their system at all.

It would be nice if we found out that they fixed their system and these free after rewards items will now show up immediately as rewards eligible on the SR website so it is clear that you've earned the rewards, rather than having to wait for the Rewards check to show up (or not to) before you realize that something is broken. I guess we'll find out soon. I'm not expecting that they did.

My experience with returning items purchased with a reward check was that we actually lost that part of the reward check. The logical thing would be, to get them back in another coupon issued at the store with the original expiration date. But, unfortunately, when I did it at the beginning of this year, I only got back the cash/credit card portion of it back. (Bought something during BF '09, tried to return it since I won't need it.) The manager even showed me the screen where it showed refund amount = the payment I made, but without the reward check portion of it. Not sure if that's the way Staples does things now, or what. But that's my experience. Hopefully that clarifies the reward check return issue for someone.

billrubin said: It would be nice if we found out that they fixed their system and these free after rewards items will now show up immediately as rewards eligible on the SR website so it is clear that you've earned the rewards, rather than having to wait for the Rewards check to show up (or not to) before you realize that something is broken. I guess we'll find out soon. I'm not expecting that they did.During the last battery go-round, I bought them with all-cash, partial-cash, and no-cash. I had no problems with the rewards, except for the (all-cash) November purchase, which was encountered by many.

myempire said: billrubin said: poohbie said: What happens when you return items purchased with a rewards check? Do they do a pro-rated refund like when a coupon was used?
That's a very good question. I was under the (possibly mistaken) impression that like with most stores you'd first get back whatever cash you paid, then the store credit. But you're right, since this is a coupon it may work differently.
And was it ever confirmed that those who paid for "free after rewards" items in full with rewards check didn't get the rewards? AFAIK, it was just that it showed up online with a net purchase amount of $0, and that freaked some people out. I thought the problem was that because the net purchase amount was zero, it didn't show up in their system at all.

It would be nice if we found out that they fixed their system and these free after rewards items will now show up immediately as rewards eligible on the SR website so it is clear that you've earned the rewards, rather than having to wait for the Rewards check to show up (or not to) before you realize that something is broken. I guess we'll find out soon. I'm not expecting that they did.

My experience with returning items purchased with a reward check was that we actually lost that part of the reward check. The logical thing would be, to get them back in another coupon issued at the store with the original expiration date. But, unfortunately, when I did it at the beginning of this year, I only got back the cash/credit card portion of it back. (Bought something during BF '09, tried to return it since I won't need it.) The manager even showed me the screen where it showed refund amount = the payment I made, but without the reward check portion of it. Not sure if that's the way Staples does things now, or what. But that's my experience. Hopefully that clarifies the reward check return issue for someone.

Last time when I used Staples reward, I was able to return and get back full amount back as another Staples reward.

New one prints directly from receipt printer.

Also, if you use only portion of rewards, you get the rest in the same way.

I did get 60+ in rewards for the batteries I bought last time around..

got 2 $20 off 50 cards from Staples directly.. will put them to good use
dukerau said: Snoballego said: This looks like the deal that I'll go with...

2 x 122408 (HammerMill Copy Plus Paper) = $12.98 (-$10.98 Easy Rebates)
1 x 819274 (Norton Antivirus 2010 1-PC) = $39.99 (-$30.00 Easy Rebate)

$20 off $50 Coupon = $.99

$32.97 + Sales Tax + .$99 (Coupon Cost) = $40.98 in Rebates

I was able to get $15 on Fleabay for this Norton Antivirus product two weeks ago.

Where do you get the $20 off $50 for $.99?

The paper prices have been jacked up quite a bit. A case of paper which used to be less that $25.00 minus rebates is now $45. so you arr actually paying over $20.00 once the smoke clears. If you buy by the ream you can get about 7 reams for $15.00, oncluding the cheap Hammarhill, no bargin either.

wabjtam said: What should I do to get the free battery? Just buy two packs of batteries and then the checks will be sent to me? Anything I need to do?Are you a Staples Rewards member? You need to be a Staples Rewards member to participate in this offer. Sign up online http://www.staplesrewardscenter.com/ or in-store.

Then buy the batteries and then wait to receive the Staples Rewards check which will be sent in the US Mail near the end of May.

lazybummm said: I haven't received my reward check for the previous purchase yet, did everyone already get that?

Got mine in January like they said they would send them out. You need to call them.

I've yet to figure out what I'm going to do with the $70+ reward check.

mikecat said: Is this online only or also available in store?Valid in store, by phone or on Staples.com.

alsameer said: Those who are going for batteries please note this
"Staples Rewards are mailed monthly when the value of the Reward is at least $10. Monthly balances of less than $10 will roll over each month until the minimum is met for that calendar quarter. If the $10 minimum for the quarter has not been met, the balance will expire at the end of the quarter."
Batteries are only 9.99!
Two of them are $19.98

jteef1 said: bpvh said: mikecat said: Is this online only or also available in store?Valid in store, by phone or on Staples.com.
It says minimum purchase $150 required for phone and online orders for the paper rewards.

Where does it say that?

agentjfong said: Where does it say that?

everywhere