Some words of advice from a staples employee who gets no employee discount but rapes the Internet Price Guarantee.
*** PLEASE ALWAYS BE COURTEOUS TO SALES ASSOCIATES, YOU ARE GETTING GOOD DEALS AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW YOU APPRECIATE IT ***
1) If shipping is not included in the price the mangager/person on the phone will want to charge you an overnight shipping price (my gay mananger who pulled policyt out of his ass did the same) cannot do this. In the store on the price match guarantee statement it says that if shipping is not listed they add 5 dollar to the price
2) With the money you save, buy a protectoin plan, not only does it extend the warranty but the associate makes about a dollar, he will be appreciate.
3) Coupons always help, it doesn't hurt to ask an employee if you can use a staples.com coupon in the store because they use the same coupon codes. Also, the Staples SKU number is a 6 digit number identifying the product.
3) Many things in stock at the store can be ordered in the store. 1-800-711-0903 is the number employees call to check the stock in nationwide warehouses, just know the 6 digit SKU and your zip code and it will tell you if you can order one! If you want one goto the store and fill out a form.
4) Their return policy is as lax as their price match policy. There is no restocking fee on anything except for laptops so buy and return within 14 days. Got a lan party? buy a 8 port hub and return it. Need to burn some cd's? Just buy an external burner and return soon. ** JUST MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR RECEIPT ** Returning Items you did not buy is illegal on the other hand.
5) I have never ever seen them call the police on anything even for people trying to steal laptops out of the store ( But please do not steal goods off the floor, do it via a pricematch so staples makes some money). The consequenes for a fake pricematch is throwing you out of the store.
Here is a list of things that I have bought pricematched.
HP Scanjet 3300 Scanner.. 19.99
Lexmark Z22 Printer.. 43.49 - 30 dollar rebate (mail in)
Yamaha 8x4x24x buner: 99.99
Sony Spressa External 4x4x6x Burner: 79.99
6 foot Belkin Printer Cable: 6.99
Epson Stylus 500 Black Cartridge: 8.99
Just remember these rules, use common sense, be thankful and courteous to employees, try not to check out at customer service where the employee is more experiences, keep receipts and ask for duplicates if you send rebates.
Good Luck and tell me how you fare!
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What we do NOT need is a Stapled insider telling everyone how to cheat Staples.
You picked the wrong forum. Good bye.
AnandTech Moderator
*** PLEASE ALWAYS BE COURTEOUS TO SALES ASSOCIATES, YOU ARE GETTING GOOD DEALS AND MAKE SURE THEY KNOW YOU APPRECIATE IT ***
1) If shipping is not included in the price the mangager/person on the phone will want to charge you an overnight shipping price (my gay mananger who pulled policyt out of his ass did the same) cannot do this. In the store on the price match guarantee statement it says that if shipping is not listed they add 5 dollar to the price
2) With the money you save, buy a protectoin plan, not only does it extend the warranty but the associate makes about a dollar, he will be appreciate.
3) Coupons always help, it doesn't hurt to ask an employee if you can use a staples.com coupon in the store because they use the same coupon codes. Also, the Staples SKU number is a 6 digit number identifying the product.
3) Many things in stock at the store can be ordered in the store. 1-800-711-0903 is the number employees call to check the stock in nationwide warehouses, just know the 6 digit SKU and your zip code and it will tell you if you can order one! If you want one goto the store and fill out a form.
4) Their return policy is as lax as their price match policy. There is no restocking fee on anything except for laptops so buy and return within 14 days. Got a lan party? buy a 8 port hub and return it. Need to burn some cd's? Just buy an external burner and return soon. ** JUST MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR RECEIPT ** Returning Items you did not buy is illegal on the other hand.
5) I have never ever seen them call the police on anything even for people trying to steal laptops out of the store ( But please do not steal goods off the floor, do it via a pricematch so staples makes some money). The consequenes for a fake pricematch is throwing you out of the store.
Here is a list of things that I have bought pricematched.
HP Scanjet 3300 Scanner.. 19.99
Lexmark Z22 Printer.. 43.49 - 30 dollar rebate (mail in)
Yamaha 8x4x24x buner: 99.99
Sony Spressa External 4x4x6x Burner: 79.99
6 foot Belkin Printer Cable: 6.99
Epson Stylus 500 Black Cartridge: 8.99
Just remember these rules, use common sense, be thankful and courteous to employees, try not to check out at customer service where the employee is more experiences, keep receipts and ask for duplicates if you send rebates.
Good Luck and tell me how you fare!
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What we do NOT need is a Stapled insider telling everyone how to cheat Staples.
You picked the wrong forum. Good bye.
AnandTech Moderator
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