staples ad for the week of 1/6 is up more FARewards! (and other offers...including 3x recycling)

Does anyone know if you can buy $50+ of HP ink online and turn in cartridges at the store on the same day to get the $6 per cartridge rewards. I have a $25 off $75 coupon for online with no HP exclusion so I would buy $75 worth of ink - $25 coupon - $30 ink cartridges (5 carts returned at store) = $20 for $75 of ink.

my4mainecoons said:   We're "excited" because this is the only time all year that storage boxes & bankers boxes are free. The rest of the year its photo paper & copy paper. I guess the folks tracking binders have a use for binders. So that's exciting for them. .

I thought they also did the bankers boxes in early April ( before tax day), but it's possible I am mistaken....

DanoMcGarret said:   DealMavenGuru said:   my4mainecoons said:   
We're "excited" because this is the only time all year that storage boxes & bankers boxes are free. The rest of the year its photo paper & copy paper. I guess the folks tracking binders have a use for binders. So that's exciting for them.
If you spend your reward check and return the item you get a coupon equivalent to the value of the Rewards used and it has the same expiration date as the original Rewards check. No gift card. Same restrictions as the original Reward.

OK, I think I'm getting it now. I can take a very large reward check and use it for a FAR which will get a balance coupon. Then use that coupon for FAR and any other item(s). Simply return the remaining item(s) sometime afterward to get a balance coupon for that piece only. Effectively that legitimately breaks up a large rebate voucher into more than 2 transactions . Works for me. I agree the storage and bankers boxes are nice to have. I just wanted to make sure that the monetizing afterward would be doable. Thanks.I ran into a problem with scenario a few days ago - didn't get a 2nd balance coupon after making a purchase with a balance coupon and then doing a return. The cashier was new and wrang up the original purchase w/o using the $5/$25; took about 20 minutes with a manager and he couldn't re-generate a balance coupon. His solution was writing the new balance amount on the back of the original balance coupon, signing and dating it. Didn't have a problem a few days later with a different cashier and manager.

Dano

So you did not have problem using balance coupon and return OR you did not have a problem using signed/dated balance coupon?
In short, does system generate new coupon if 2 items are purchased with balance coupon and return 1 item out of it?

thanks

chikuMarwadi said:   DanoMcGarret said:   DealMavenGuru said:   my4mainecoons said:   
We're "excited" because this is the only time all year that storage boxes & bankers boxes are free. The rest of the year its photo paper & copy paper. I guess the folks tracking binders have a use for binders. So that's exciting for them.
If you spend your reward check and return the item you get a coupon equivalent to the value of the Rewards used and it has the same expiration date as the original Rewards check. No gift card. Same restrictions as the original Reward.

OK, I think I'm getting it now. I can take a very large reward check and use it for a FAR which will get a balance coupon. Then use that coupon for FAR and any other item(s). Simply return the remaining item(s) sometime afterward to get a balance coupon for that piece only. Effectively that legitimately breaks up a large rebate voucher into more than 2 transactions . Works for me. I agree the storage and bankers boxes are nice to have. I just wanted to make sure that the monetizing afterward would be doable. Thanks.I ran into a problem with scenario a few days ago - didn't get a 2nd balance coupon after making a purchase with a balance coupon and then doing a return. The cashier was new and wrang up the original purchase w/o using the $5/$25; took about 20 minutes with a manager and he couldn't re-generate a balance coupon. His solution was writing the new balance amount on the back of the original balance coupon, signing and dating it. Didn't have a problem a few days later with a different cashier and manager.

Dano

So you did not have problem using balance coupon and return OR you did not have a problem using signed/dated balance coupon?
In short, does system generate new coupon if 2 items are purchased with balance coupon and return 1 item out of it?

thanksI did not have a problem a few days later with a different cashier and manager using the new balance that was handwritten on the back of the original balance coupon and signed/dated.

Dano

Hello, all. Quick question from a noob.

Last week I bought the paper and the plastic lidded boxes. I received one rebate receipt for the paper, nothing for the boxes. I called and the cashier said - oh those 100% refunds go automatically to your card, you don't have to file anything. Is this right? There is a difference between FAR and 100% off?

I also turned in 10 empty cartridges on January 3. Whoops. I see now I should plan to hold the cartridges for the month and see what deals appear.

EmilNomel said:   Hello, all. Quick question from a noob. Staples Rewards for Beginners

EmilNomel said:   Hello, all. Quick question from a noob.

Last week I bought the paper and the plastic lidded boxes. I received one rebate receipt for the paper, nothing for the boxes. I called and the cashier said - oh those 100% refunds go automatically to your card, you don't have to file anything. Is this right? There is a difference between FAR and 100% off?

I also turned in 10 empty cartridges on January 3. Whoops. I see now I should plan to hold the cartridges for the month and see what deals appear.

FAR is Free After Rebate... you submit a rebate at stapleseasyrebates.com and wait for payment. The boxes are Free After REWARDS... it is a voucher Staples provides you in the future that you can use as payment against future purchases. Read this post end-to-end and you'll be ahead of the game-- http://www.fatwallet.com/forums/deal-discussion/1157891/

So in the last two weeks, the free (or almost free) after rebate stuff has been paper and photo paper. I know batteries were a few weeks back, and software deals sometimes come up. What other sorts of things do they sometimes offer? Trying to get an eBay plan in order.

December Rewards are available to print.

NoMoneyInMyWallet said:   my4mainecoons said:   December Rewards are available to print.Not for my account.

nothing in my account as well.

My entire dashboard still shows as if its Dec 31. Everything is Dec recycling and 2012 annual spending, etc. Also no rewards showing.

rewards finally showed up in my account.

seiromem said:   rewards finally showed up in my account.

seems like the system is still in the process of updating? when I tried to print the rewards, the value is 0.00

my4mainecoons said:   December Rewards are available to print.Dollar amount is there for ink recycling and batteries but only ink recycling value appears when I select print. Website says 1/10 so check back later.

Dano

VivYip said:   rewards certificates showed up when i logged in a minute ago...unfortunately, it's one HUGE certificate...$25 + $27.75 certificates for me. All, except $0.80 (paper), is for batteries.

in the past mine were usually 1 for 100 and the 165 on another and then an ink recycling one.

right now i'm only seeing 1 for 240+ and one for ink...sigh.

i'll try the "break it into two certificates" method today

update 1/10/13: I just called and spoke to a monica...who said the way rewards are portioned are determined by the marketing dept and once done, the rewards peopel can't do anything about it. I'm probably going to try calling again and hope that i can find a different answer.

Nov batteries gave me a single $55.xx reward (no unused rewards were in my account)
Dec batteries gave me a $20.00 + $28.xx reward (Nov $55.xx reward is still unused)

Any decent deals on HP toner? They have the $20 rebate when you buy 2 of the same HP toners, plus the double recyclying, you can get $40 extra for buying 2 toners. If you can combine with lets say $25 off $75, you are getting $75 for $10.

Any toners cheap enough to be worth it?

russ0519 said:   Any decent deals on HP toner? They have the $20 rebate when you buy 2 of the same HP toners, plus the double recyclying, you can get $40 extra for buying 2 toners. If you can combine with lets say $25 off $75, you are getting $75 for $10.

Any toners cheap enough to be worth it?

Are you talking about this? offer on website

I basically did the same thing focus did, but instead of a third paper your coupon gets you $2.06 worth of "free" (your choice) free stuff. Maybe that's another real of paper or maybe it's some gadgets or junk from the clearance section...