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Shmuel

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Well, I guess the retailers of this country are doing things wrong because that is how most of them work. As for day after Thanksgiving ads, unless your local newspaper does not publish on the holiday the ads *do* appear on Thanksgiving Day, when, contrary to your opinion, people obviously do read the newspaper. And given that the stores were busy (certainly my local Staples was), obviously people DO read the ads. For Sunday ads, if you get home delivery of your newspaper you will often receive the ads on Saturday, but until fairly recently people got their ads on Sunday and had to deal with it.

FIrst of all, even if everyone does it tht way-doesn't mean it's smart-it could be that one store once upon a time did it that way and since "that's the way it was always done" they always did it that way without thinking about changing it.
Second of all-I know they priinted it only on Thanksgiving day but that was only one day before the sale and many people have family stuff that day and don't have time fo rthe paper.
Thirdly-I was not referring to Sunday ads-those are available the entire Sunday (and many times Monday) this was only available for three hours in the morning.
Lastly-who told you the stores were busy? I went to a Staples and a BB and they were both pretty empty.
 

BillRubin

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Interesting that the rebate forms say 2/17-18 only. If that's the case, then maybe we won't see them on Staples.com starting today (Thursday).

One thing I didn't see at my local store is the Envision 5100 LCD. Do you have them at your store?

Bill
 

BillRubin

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<< Second of all-I know they priinted it only on Thanksgiving day but that was only one day before the sale and many people have family stuff that day and don't have time for the paper. >>


Given the throngs of people who hit the stores looking for advertised items on Black Friday morning, I have to say that you are wrong.


<< Lastly-who told you the stores were busy? I went to a Staples and a BB and they were both pretty empty. >>


The Staples I went to was busy until around 10am when it cleared out. That was when the specials (and for the most part, the stock for those specials) ran out. I don't have a BB in my immediate area but I heard they were busy as well.

Bill
 

sharpie00

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I just bought my 8100 Scanner :)

The rebate kicks in starting the 2/14/02 and right now it's 2:26am on 2/14! woohoo :)

I used the 20 off 100 coupon and got my scanner for 6 bux (damn that tax). :D

thanks! :D

sharpie00
 

BillRubin

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Indeed, as I had expected, the rebates have begun. I found the $70 rebate for the Envision 15" LCD there as well -- look under Staples in the manufacturer's list. I do not see the rebate for the webcam yet, even searching on SKU. Now if someone can find the rumored $20 bags which are also free, I can just print my $30 off $150 coupon that I got via email and go into my local store and buy there! I don't need another scanner (just bought this one last week), but it's too good a deal to pass up and it will help bump my Staples Business Rewards account over the amount I need to get a check this quarter.

If you buy the scanner, and have an AMEX card such as Blue that has the Best Value Guarantee, be sure to call after buying it to price match at Andara Tech for $59.95.

Bill
 

MysticMan1

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BillRubin, nice heads up on Staples sometmes listing the rebates early, I had forgotten about that.
 

BMdoobieW

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<< also like 50 of the HP 851 printers, they are gonna be 69-20 mir
-Bubbadu
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What is the HP 851 printer? I do not see it listed on HP's website. Did you mean to say a different model number? I'm interested in knowing which printer will be on sale. Thanks.

Edit: Answered my own question - it is the HP 841. I went to Staples Rebates and did a search for HP and came up with the $20 rebate good for the 17th and 18th.
 

Shmuel

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Given the throngs of people who hit the stores looking for advertised items on Black Friday morning, I have to say that you are wrong.

The Staples I went to was busy until around 10am when it cleared out. That was when the specials (and for the most part, the stock for those specials) ran out. I don't have a BB in my immediate area but I heard they were busy as well.

Bill


Shrug...all I can say is what I had heard and seen and it seems to me that I have seen Staples and BB stores during regular holiday sales and they were much much much emptier during the Black Friday early bird sale. Perhaps in your area it was different...

BTW Bill, can you tell me what Andara tech is??
 

MysticMan1

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You got lucky, they are not suppose to let you do a PM and use a dollars off coupon on the same order.
rolleye.gif
 

Humdogie

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the guy was way cool.....said "just plug it into the system and see if it will work". It did, I was amazed, they were amazed.............I expect these to disappear fast.
 

bubbadu

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alright i am back and i DO have the flyer in hand, turns out we had them for weeks, but they were hidden in the corner!, i plan on starting a new thread within the next couple of minutes with ALL the specials listed. My access to a scanner has been cut, so unless someone could send me one (Hint,Hint....) i am just gonna have to detail every item in the ad..

-Bubbadu
 

GetReal

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<< alright i am back and i DO have the flyer in hand, turns out we had them for weeks, but they were hidden in the corner!, i plan on starting a new thread within the next couple of minutes with ALL the specials listed. My access to a scanner has been cut, so unless someone could send me one (Hint,Hint....) i am just gonna have to detail every item in the ad..

-Bubbadu
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If you work at Staples why can't you get one of the hundreds of Visioneer 8100s that each store seems to have for this sale. My local B&M had a pallet full of them this morning.
 

bubbadu

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yes i know i should have a scanner, but i dont, i was gonna get one tonight but didnt wanna sell out the cash. I will very soon though

-Bubbadu
 

MysticMan1

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Humdogie

Do yor have a better scan of the $100 coupon? Part of the bottom is missing form the one you posted, so it might be hard to get Staples to accept it .
 

lizardboy

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incredible - i had the scanner & some paper clips in my cart plus a $20 off $100 coupon - about to check out & staples nukes my cart

now if you search for almost anything listed in the ad it gives you an error - they must be removing sale items from teh web site
 

Humdogie

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lizardboy

Do yor have a better scan of the $100 coupon? Part of the bottom is missing form the one you posted, so it might be hard to get Staples to accept it.

No, sorry. There is a larger scan floating around but it is the same photo.

 

kulki

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do u think its legal to use that 100 off coupon? ALso can I use it for online purchases?
 

Kelvrick

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Can I get a scan of that 20 off 100 staples coupon please? I can find the online coupon, but not a scan of it.
 

bubagump

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<< yes i know i should have a scanner, but i dont, i was gonna get one tonight but didnt wanna sell out the cash. I will very soon though

-Bubbadu
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bubbadu, I am having a problem with a staples manager here who is a complete ahole and maybe you can answer my question about staples pricematch policy since you work there.

Whenever I try to pricematch anything at this store the manager looks into his computer and then tells me that he cant pricematch it because its below staples cost. When I said that the policy doesnt state anything about pricematching prices below staples's cost and that other stores and staples.com are doing the pricematch he just said that they are wrong and said that staples is not in business for losing money on an item. I said that the pricematch policy is to compete with the market and has nothing to do with the price.

Anyway, what are my options to get this manager to pricematch items and where can I lodge a complaint so that it reaches the higher ups at staples?

thanks