Originally posted by: Mentat
Originally posted by: alanhchang
Hey there,
I just came back from Office Depot and had a very awful experience from 3 OD. Lame excuses, ex. No PriceMatch with Costco or coupon doesn't apply to tech.
Well, long story short. Both my friend and I went to the Laptop section and ordered 3 online. Few minutes later, went to counter and asked for pickup. As soon as Circuit City has them back in stock, go back to OfficeDepot and Pricematch the difference without any rebate hassle. Find yourself a 10% off $199 purchase coupon along with the $40 off $199 coupon and you got yourself a spankin' $150-160 Retail 3yr. Warranty LCD Monitor.
This is HOT!
first off, welcome to anandtech. this was your first post.
cheers. secondly, what happened exactly? you bought it online, walked up to the customer service desk and asked for pick up, but they were out of them? so you are going to wait for them to have them back in stock and then use the 10% off a $199 purchase in conjunction with the $40 off $199 coupon and price match the LCD monitor as well. But don't they price match the monitor only AR, not before. So the likelihood of a 22" LCD monitor being less than 180 after rebate elsewhere is extremely small.
Mentat
Thanks.
I remember the Acer special about 2 weeks ago for $200 at Office Depot and I wanted to jump on this offer. Many people were reporting back with denied offers and excuses from managers around the country. There were also coupons availably provided by members from forums such as HardOCP, SlickDeals (Most comprehensive), and Anand. So I told my friend about this 3 days ago and we agreed that this offer is HOT. Friday night, I went over to one of the OfficeDepots located in San Mateo,CA and the night manager/supervisor rejected my coupon because it doesn't apply to technology. WTH! Fine, I moved on and went back home to San Francisco.
Saturday. Morning went over across the bay to visit my aunt, uncle and my 10-month old cousin. While I was there near San Leandro, I went over to one of the OfficeDepots to look for the AL2216Wbd. Fortunately, the manager there was nice enough to bring it out and went ahead and rang it up. I told him that I had a $40 off $199 purchase and he said it won't apply because of technology item. I told him that I also have an original OfficeDepot $30 off coupon and he said OD and other competitor's coupon will never work because of technology item. We also went to a buffet for dinner and I happened to call my friend up. I told him I probably won't be able to get the monitor due to "technology" restrictions and the store closes soon. Left there and my parents and myself drove back home across the bay.
Today. Morning went to church to run sound system. After noon, called my friends that I was going to call the BBD and file a complaint against several OfficeDepots against their Low Price Gauranttee Policy. Never bothered and went home. I asked my friend to check on Circuit City again and surprisingly the price dropped again on the Acer! Along the way, I knew that there was a Circuit City and OfficeDepot next to each other in a shopping mall nearby. Went into CC first and asked for the model number, and the salestech told me they don't exist in their inventory. I looked at the system and they were out. Then I went into OD and asked a supervisor if they had the Acer in stock, 3 total. Just the right amount we were looking for! I went out there and headed back home. Drove to my friend's house and picked him up (My other friend went studying at school for finals) and along we go. We had all printed documents and coupons to show proof for the Pricematch. Arrived at OD and asked for the 3 monitors. One of the Department Manager was about to bring them out till I asked her to pricematch CircuitCity's price of $180. Then we had a little chat about why OfficeDepot doesn't pricematch online deals and how they don't pricematch Costco because they are wholesale. BULLSHIT! I had the policy with me and we searched and saw Costco as one of the participating competitors. An addition, the department manager told us that she can't offer all 3 monitors but can only pricematch 1 of them. BS! Said thank you and walked around the store. Then I told him that some or a few members on forums have tried ordering the monitors for a local pickup and asked for coupon promotion mark-off on the LCD and worked. Considering we had the AAA 10% off $199 purchase (thanks me), 3x $40 off $199 purchase, OfficeDepot policy, and some other papers, we knew we were prepared. I have 3 of the monitors in my trunk and ready to load off. Also, the department manager said they can't pricematch online store deals to in-store deals. WTH! Hence, we used one of their laptops to order online. We actually called 1800GoDepot and asked them to have the monitors picked up. Total bill came out to be about $1200! Crazy. When we received our printout receipt, they originally charged $399 for each Acer 22" LCD plus an additional mark-off price to get to $269.99.
Facebook
Twitter