Lexar 128MB USB JumpDrive for $8.99 at Staples AC/PM/AR

[fornax]

I just did this without any problems:

Buy.com has the Lexar 128MB USB JumpDrive for $49.12 with free shipping. Staples.com has it for $76.99. I used a $15 off $75 coupon making it $61.99 and after the 110% pricematch to buy.com it becomes $28.99. On buy.com there is a link to a $20 rebate directly from Lexar and there are no restriction on stores. Finnal price for me was $8.99 + taxes on $28.99 price.

Some things to point out the Staples CSR if they give you problems with the pricematch:

- at buy.com there's free shipping, shipps 24-48 hours
- at Staples.com this item is shown as ships in 3-5 days, so they shouldn't charge you shipping
- if they try to make fuss about the coupon, point out to them that buy.com has a $20 rebate and they don't, which more than compensates for the coupon

I didn't have to argue at all, everything went very smoothly for me. I got the $15 off $75 in the mail, but I'm sure your favourite coupon sites will have plenty of those.

 

[garsh]

Wow, nice deal. Thanks for sharing!

 

[cbragwel]

Couldn't you just pricematch to buy.com without using a coupon? You'd actually save a little bit more money with the 110% pricematch.

 

[vetteguy]

You lucked out then, because Staples has officially stopped price matching to internet stores as of last month.

 

[ziptree]

Originally posted by: cbragwel
Couldn't you just pricematch to buy.com without using a coupon? You'd actually save a little bit more money with the 110% pricematch.

PM to buy.com w/ 110%, then apply the coupon. =)

that's even more savings.

 

[fornax]

ziptree, yes, this is what I did. They pricematched their original price ($30 after 110%), without any hesitation. In fact, they didn't mention the coupon at all. So I took advantage of the coupon, pricematch to the original price ($77 versus $49), and then the $20 rebate. I don't see how you can do it any better, but I'm open to suggestions

vetteguy, Staples _B&M _ stopped pricematching internet stores. Staples.com never did.

 

[neils]

 

[neils]

err woops, sorry about the empty post (first timer here)

I hate to ask stupid questions, but I'm *REALLY* interested in one of these pen drives. So what exactly is it that I do? I print out the buy.com webpage, and then take it into staples? Tell them I want the 110 percent deal, and get it for 28.99, and then do the mail in rebate? Or do I somehow order it from staples.com and then call them up on the 800 number?

Sorry.. just confused, any help would be appreciated!

-neil

 

[fornax]

Neils, as vetteguy pointed out, Staples stores no longer pricematch Internet stores (although you may luck out). I did everything through the web site: placed an order (using the $15 off $75 coupon), and after 10 min or so called the Staples customer service and requested pricematch against buy.com's price. I told them to go to buy.com, search for Lexar 128MB, they verified the price and availability, and refunded me the $30 diffrence.

 

[XxParrotxX]

That seems like fuzzy math.

$76.99 - $49.12 = $27.87 (100% of difference). $27.87 * 110% = $30.66 (110% of difference). $76.99 - $30.66 = $46.33 (price before rebate). $46.33 - $20.00 = $26.33 (price after rebate).

Using the $15 coupon should have cost you more.

$76.99 - $15.00 = $61.99 (price after coupon). $61.99 - $49.12 = $12.87 (100% of difference). $12.87 * 110% = $14.16 (110% of difference). $61.99 - $14.16 = $47.83 (price before rebate). $47.83 - $20.00 = $27.83 (price after rebate).

Dunno how you figured that out...

 

[fornax]

parrotx, I beleive I mentioned above that Staples pricematched against their ORIGINAL price of $76.99, not against the after-coupin price. They did not mention the coupon at all. Please read what I wrote.

 

[alyosha]

yep, previous poster did it right the final price calculated in the topic is about 15$ off. Not to mention they will take the coupon off the order, once it will decrease by the amount of the PM. So you'll have to use a smaller coupon. The error in original calculation is he counted the 110% PM from 61$ to 49$ as bringing the price to 28$, which is a 300% pricematch, way to go

 

[fornax]

Well, I'm tired of explaining the obvious: my CSR did NOT pay any attention to the coupon, did NOT remove it prior to the pricematch, and as I said in my first post, you can always point out to them that buy.com has a $20 rebate which they don't have and which is more than the coupon. I gave in that post some talking points if you happen to get an obstinate CSR. For the final time, here is what I paid, this was DONE and is not a theoretical pricematch:

$76.99 - $15 (coupon) - $30.66 (110% pricematch) - $20 (rebate) = $11.33 + taxes on the price before rebate. In my original post I said $8.99 by mistake (it included the tax on the pricematch).

 

[cheapgoose]

Originally posted by: fornax
Well, I'm tired of explaining the obvious: my CSR did NOT pay any attention to the coupon, did NOT remove it prior to the pricematch, and as I said in my first post, you can always point out to them that buy.com has a $20 rebate which they don't have and which is more than the coupon. I gave in that post some talking points if you happen to get an obstinate CSR. For the final time, here is what I paid, this was DONE and is not a theoretical pricematch:

$76.99 - $15 (coupon) - $30.66 (110% pricematch) - $20 (rebate) = $11.33 + taxes on the price before rebate. In my original post I said $8.99 by mistake (it included the tax on the pricematch).

come one guys, read! it's pretty clear what the original poster stated. his csr probably forgot/screwed up and did not mention the coupon used. let's leave 'em alone. tks for the deal!

 

[cheapgoose]

for those that did a pm then coupon, there's a $10 off $40 coupon out there too.

 

[alyosha]

Wait till you get all the paperwork, 90% garantee they will remove the coupon afterwards... Happened before. The deal is basically to find a clueless CSR...

 

[fornax]

Out of countless pricematches with Staples I never had a case where a coupon was removed prior to a PM They tried a few times (VERY few) but I never had a problem talking them out of it

 

[AnimeKnight]

I don't see any rebates on buy.com for this product.. am I too late??