Staples B&M Coupon, $100 off HP TouchPad Tablet VALID 8/5-8/7

Staples $100 off HP TouchPad:

Coupon 98980 valid 8/5-8/7

Fine print:
Valid through 8/7/11 in Staples® U.S. stores only. Discount applies to the HP TouchPad tablet only, product no. 344193 or 344195. Limit one per customer, nontransferable. Each item purchased can only be discounted by one coupon, applied by cashier in order received and prior to tax. Coupon not valid if purchased or sold and must be surrendered. No copies/facsimiles. No cash/credit back. Not valid on prior purchases or purchases made with Staples® Procurement Cards or Convenience Cards. Coupon not valid unless sent directly from Staples.

Awesome. I might have to pick up a second one for my wife at this price.

According to an article by engsdget i believe. The msrp of the tablet went down another 50$

Bringing the total to 350 with coupon

Such a useless coupon. None of the 16G in stock in my area. None of my local stores will let me order from the kiosk. They are not even planning to get any by the end of the week. Anyone else having luck from the managers on letting you order from the kiosk?

It makes no sense for the store to not allow customers from ordering through the kiosks and use an instore coupon. I don't understand why any managers would do such a thing. Do Staples stores lose money on this deal? They should be happy that it generates more revenue.

We should start calling Staples Corporate/ Office of the Presidents to complain about those specific stores and managers.

cilantro said:   It makes no sense for the store to not allow customers from ordering through the kiosks and use an instore coupon. I don't understand why any managers would do such a thing. Do Staples stores lose money on this deal? They should be happy that it generates more revenue.

We should start calling Staples Corporate/ Office of the Presidents to complain about those specific stores and managers.
I don't know. They may be happy getting people to come into the store.

cilantro said:   It makes no sense for the store to not allow customers from ordering through the kiosks and use an instore coupon. I don't understand why any managers would do such a thing. Do Staples stores lose money on this deal? They should be happy that it generates more revenue.

We should start calling Staples Corporate/ Office of the Presidents to complain about those specific stores and managers.

RE:
Do Staples stores lose money on this deal?

Surely they fund the coupon....
or
Maybe they split it with HP, as with rebates.

thedude8 said:   can we just use the Staples coupon at OD if they have the HP touchpad? That is how a lot of people got the transformer using Staples' coupon at Office Depot.
I walked right into OD and used the previous coupon to buy a Transformer. Took like 7 minutes.

dvrvarma said:   Why do I get blank screen when I load the page for the coupon ?

Click on the picture of the coupon in the OP and it should pop up.

Lol, ship date 8/8 on St8ples.com. Great timing you scummy fellas!

And I'm certain using in the store will be scrutinized the the nth degree. I'm beginning to think St8ples management is purposely becoming stiff with these types of coupons.

Oh well, it's good free marketing that ends up earning other office stores business.

yesidonoitall said:   Another coupon with
Limit one per person....
Hate it.

Unless you live in a small town it shouldn't be a problem to just go to two seperate Staples. Or just go back after shift change. Or just go back a couple days later. Or give coupons to your wife, gf, kids, parents, friend, classmate, co-worker, local homeless, winos, vagabonds, etc... Use your noggin!

Hi I am new here,

I just called Staples, and she said you COULD use this coupon via the kiosk. Just pay at the register and the coupon should be applied. I am going to my local Staples today to try it out.

HP.com will be selling the TouchPad for $399 from August 5-7. I'm guessing the Staples coupon was meant to match that by using $500 as the base price. So maybe they do have them in stock really but were waiting for the Aug 5-7 promotion to sell them.

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/04/the-hp-touchpad-is-now-100-chea...

I would stay away though. Nothing instills confidence behind a product line like a 20% price cut a month after release (40% if you can manage to get Staples to match HP.com's price and use the coupon on top).

goog40 said:   HP.com will be selling the TouchPad for $399 from August 5-7. I'm guessing the Staples coupon was meant to match that by using $500 as the base price. So maybe they do have them in stock really but were waiting for the Aug 5-7 promotion to sell them.

Why would Staples hold back an item that it can potentially sell for $449 and wait and sell it for $399?

http://techcrunch.com/2011/08/04/the-hp-touchpad-is-now-100-chea...

I would stay away though. Nothing instills confidence behind a product line like a 20% price cut a month after release (40% if you can manage to get Staples to match HP.com's price and use the coupon on top).

Why would Staples hold on to an item that it can potentially sell for $449 and wait a few days and sell it for $399?

How do we know it's not Valid today, 8/4? Coupon doesn't mention 8/5

If you can't get it at Staples then check Office Max. They have the same offer with a $100 coupon. They are offering this in-store and online.

For those that think this got bad reviews, that's too bad. Here is a review from me: It's awesome!

After the last patch and with easy to perform overclocks, this thing SCREAMS in performance with unmatched multitasking.

These price discounts are not bad signs, it's how HP operates with all their products.

I went to see the HP Touchpad at Staples. What an inelegant looking device. Really surprised me how bulky and heavy it was to hold compared to an ipad 2. Unfortunately the unit had crashed and soI couldn't play with the OS.

I then went to see an Acer tablet and the Xoom. Same thing. Both just very inelegant designs and bulky (and both not working haha). All in all, it was like comparing the tight lines of a more expensive vehicle (BMW, Mercedes, Lexus) compared to a toyota corolla. If it's not comfortable to hold and handle, $300 isn't cheap enough.

All these units reminded me of the early days of PC, where the clones would give you nice specs (or better) and shove the parts into an ugly gray box. Oh btw, I don't own an ipad 1 or 2 so not biased that way.

Does the in store kiosk take coupon codes? Just curious

I was able to use the coupon and take advantage of the HP $100 instant discount for this weekend. 32 GB Touchpad for 399.00. The 16 GB version would have been 299.00. They are allowing combining here in Atlanta.

The coupon link worked for me. I took it to the Staples here in Hollister, CA (not a big town) and was told I'd get $200 off. The guy said he only had one 32 GB unit in stock (no 16 GB ones), which was fine. But when he checked, the unit was a return with a bad display, so he ordered one for me. I paid $432.99 with tax.

Steve