HOT - Iomega External USB CD-RW 4x4x6 $89 ***dead F*CK U STAPLES***

lizardboy

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EDIT-2/27: if knew the gift card was iffy...but staples won't even price match the damn thing with compusa...i've tried several CSR's...they all received a memo not to price match this drive with compusa because staples price is $189 after the manufacturer's MIR...now keep in mind this exact same rebate is available at CompUSA...but POS staples does not care...when i talked to a supervisor her first question was 'where did you get that coupon code?'

the dollar days at staples are numbered

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1) go to staples and add sku # 31475 to your basket...it will show up as $239.98
2) place the order using any $30 off $150 coupon
3) use dash to save another 4%
(not counting dash in the equation since no one seems to like dash...why is this??)
4) call staples & price-match with compusa...they have the drive for $199.99
5) there is a $50 rebate offer thru iomega here
6) now here's where it get tricky...this weekend staples is offering a $30 gift check if you purchase any iomega item over $199.98...now they should factor this in before they give you the price adjustment...but i called the staples rebate center & they said it was 2 different offers...i called my local staples and the manager said to come by and he would give me the form to mail in for the gift check...i will update this after i get the form

even if the $30 gift check falls thu this is a damn nice external drive for $119 + tax
 

hoho

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you can fill out the rebate form online, the $30/$50 rebate just from staples not from iomega, so you get two rebates, one from iomega, another one from staples.

Can I get both of them?

"Offer not valid with any other rebates, offers or promotions."
------staples.comdetails
 

callgirl

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You might want to change the title to include "4x4x6", to save people that wouldn't be interested in such a drive some time.
 

sygyzy

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I don't think that is neccessary. If you have a notebook, you'd be lucky to find any external USB CDRW for under $100.
 

Davemeister

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do we need the original Iomega $50 rebate form or can we use the printout?

was the $30 Staples gift certificate only good for the weekend or does it extend a little into the week?
 

jaybittle

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TrojanDBA - I have to watch out your watch out..

Here's the direct quote from the web page:

* Requires Microsoft® Windows® 98. Does not support Windows 3.X/95/NT/CE/2000

It's a USB drive. Naturally it wouldn't support an OS that doesn't support USB (3.11, 95 OSR1, NT, and CE)

The curious choice is Win2k, as it does have USB support. Maybe a driver problem.

This drive should be okey on WinME.
 

buybye

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Yup, jaybittle, just checked that out also. I'm not so technically brilliant as some others here. Can someone please tell me what it means that it requires a 4X CD-ROM drive? It has to be that slow? Or at least that fast? Didn't think there was anything slower than that.