OfficeMax:2 chairs @ $9.99 a/rewards (OOS online),desk $29.99 a/rewards + 20% back in rewards select furniture 5/13-19

Deal live-ish now. Showed as discontinued for me a few minutes ago after asking for my zipcode (Victorville, CA). Good luck all the late nite F5 hitters

Is there any way to check store stock online (to figure out whether it's worth going to the store to check on the Zeal in the morning)? Also, is it likely to come back in to stock online later in the week if it is indeed sold out now (and not just the weird temporary behavior)?

bpvh said:   
It's possible that the Zeal chair has been sold out by the pre-buyers but the Glee appears to be still available. The stock states will update as the site updates for the week.

I was able to get the glee mid back easy enough in MA.

JamesTKirk said:   bpvh said:   
It's possible that the Zeal chair has been sold out by the pre-buyers but the Glee appears to be still available. The stock states will update as the site updates for the week.

I was able to get the glee mid back easy enough in MA.One of the first chairs I bought for myself was one of those cheap office store chairs, and it was fine for a while. After about a year, the cushioning is all but gone and after about a year and a half the plastic arms that are all that support the back, broke. It's hard to beat $10 for a chair, even a temporary chair, but considering how much time you can spend in one over months and even years, I'd really suggested looking for a better chair, even if it cost you $100+ or more.

Right now I'm sitting in a Steelcase Leap chair that I bought for $30 from a donation/resale shop (had to fix it up a little). Before this my previous chairs were a Steelcase Sensor and Herman Miller Equa 2, all for $5-$15 from donation stores and each would have cost $500+ new. I'm not saying it's easy to get a good chair for cheap, it takes time and regular weekly trips to good donation stores in your area, but in the end you can have an hand-me-down chair that's many times better than what you can get from an office store, and at a fraction of the price.

bpvh said:   meulbr said:   I have read through your post and I still am not sure if I purchased a chair and used the Staples $25 off $75 coupon, would I still get the full reward value?
This is a fixed value rewards offer. Coupons generally have not reduced the payout of fix value offers. Ignore the bit in italics below. It was an over reaction to a term change that has not come to fruition. I really need to update this section again.

05. Does using coupons impact the rewards payout?

It depends on the type of bonus rewards offer:

---- if it's a 100% back bonus rewards offer, then using a coupon will reduce the rewards payout. Dollar off coupons are still useful in reducing the initial outlay, the eventual rewards payout, and the amount of sales tax paid if applicable.
---- if it's a fixed value net $0.01 after bonus rewards offer, then using a coupon will reduce the rewards payout. Dollar off coupons are still useful in reducing the initial outlay, the eventual rewards payout, and the amount of sales tax paid if applicable.
---- if it's a fixed value (buy X get $Y in rewards) bonus rewards offer, then using a coupon has not impacted the rewards payout to date although the recent offer terms change suggests using a coupon may reduce the rewards payout.

My store (Woodridge, IL) would happily take the 25/75 Staples q, but would not let me use my max perks card. It was an either/or deal. I wonder if I could attach the purchase to my rewards account after the fact?

meulbr said:   Just answered my own question...bummer:

I didn’t have my MaxPerks ID Card available when I purchased a Bonus Reward item(s). Can I make an adjustment to the Bonus Reward dollar amount in my account?
No. The only way for you to earn Bonus Reward(s) is if you present your MaxPerks ID Card at the time of purchase. However, you can earn credit for the qualified purchase dollar amount. Simply log in to your account to add your receipt information on the “My Rewards” page by clicking the Add a Receipt button.
As noted in the OP:

"Note 03: Member's MaxPerks ID card number must be scanned/entered at the time of purchase; no Bonus Rewards adjustments will be made after purchase."

So, while the MaxPerks system will not add the bonus rewards for transactions manually added via the rewards site per the terms of the program, MaxPerks customer service reps have been known to make a one time exception to the rule and manually add the bonus rewards.

Danzilla said:   meulbr said:   Just answered my own question...bummer:

I didn’t have my MaxPerks ID Card available when I purchased a Bonus Reward item(s). Can I make an adjustment to the Bonus Reward dollar amount in my account?
No. The only way for you to earn Bonus Reward(s) is if you present your MaxPerks ID Card at the time of purchase. However, you can earn credit for the qualified purchase dollar amount. Simply log in to your account to add your receipt information on the “My Rewards” page by clicking the Add a Receipt button.Easy enough, just buy another and return the first, or better yet, cancel the first if online purchase.

That doesn't help with taking both the Staples 25/75 q and max perks card.

Picked up the Zeal with the protection plan. I expect to "accidentally" break the chair after a year or so to get what I initially paid for back.

WishingOnAStar said:   Picked up the Zeal with the protection plan. I expect to "accidentally" break the chair after a year or so to get what I initially paid for back.

You'd better pray that the accident won't happen with you on the chair.

Went to Victorville, CA store and bought one of the Zeal II brown leather chairs, and got $10 voucher on recipt! Chair was -$0.01 inc rewards and the $10! Thanks FW & OP

If I buy the OfficeMax Zeal II Leather Task Chair and this is the first purchase I make on the MaxPerks Bonus Rewards, what will be necessary for me to "Roll Rewards" on future purchases?

bpvh said:   psm321 said:   In case this info helps anyone, I was able to order the Zeal over the phone, but I don't know how confident to be about actually getting it. The order number I got isn't showing up in the order tracking tool but I also just placed it.
Thanks for reminding me that this offer can be done over the phone.

I too placed an order via phone and asked for and have now received (about 5 minutes) an email confirmation of the order for whatever that is worth.

Now trying to decide if I should buy in-store just to make sure ....Mine is showing backordered. From past sales, does this likely mean that it's eventually going to be canceled or will it likely just take a while to ship? I knew I should've just gone to the store :-/

Just placed an order over the phone for the last Zeal chair in stock (according to the CSR). Didn't meet the limit of my coupon, but seems worth $10+tax. Anyone have experience amending their order to add items and coupons the day after placement?

hmm...see the chairs are now different...wonder for people that did the previous ones...if these would count as new offers ? (meaning we would also get maxperks for these new ones)

OfficeMax.com YET ANOTHER TWO CHAIR $9.99 after rewards: Fausto I Leather Executive $100 - $90 in rewards, Crawley High Back Executive $60 - $50 in rewards from 5/17-19

OfficeMax Fausto I Leather Executive Chair [22500919] pay $99.99, receive $90 in rewards, limit 2, online only LINK

OfficeMax Crawley High Back Executive Chair [23037483] pay $59.99, receive $50 in rewards, limit 2, online only LINK

bpvh said:   It appears that MaxPerks is double counting the 20% part of this hybrid offer for the Wednesday (Breckland, Oddessa) and Thursday (Fausto, Crawley) chairs but not the Sunday chairs (Glee, Zeal). Actually MaxPerks is fixed valuing the entire reward and then adding another 20% on top (with the percentage part of the award being impacted by coupons) for the Wednesday and Thursday chairs.
MaxPerks has removed all but the 20% back in rewards for the Wednesday (Breckland, Odessa) and the Thursday (Faust, Crawley) $9.99 after rewards chairs. This update is not impacting the Sunday chairs (Glee II, Zeal II) but then the Sunday chairs did not have the over-reward issue.

My guess is that MaxPerks is updating the rewards for the Wednesday and Thursday chairs and the correct, full amount will be noted fairly soon.