Hey all,I registered so I could post my story with this...
My wife and I went to Staples around 7pm on 1/9/02.Came in armed with a copy of the Sams Club receipt,one of the Staples PM receipts,and a print-out of their return policy.I left my wife do the talking since she seems to be the better one at argueing

Anyways,she showed the broad at the counter the Sams Club receipt.The girl at the counter tried to give us some lip about not PMing a wholesaler,but quickly found out she was wrong

The sales clerk calls Northwood,Ill, to verify it.Well apparently whatever sale they had on the drive is over and the price was $79/$89(don't remember which she said).
Nevertheless,I figured with 30 bucks knocked off $50 wouldn't be that bad so I tell my wife to go ahead with it.Well the nasty-ass looking manager steps in and start going on about how it wasn't rational to PM something from Ill(Im in SC BTW).She made the sales clerk call Sams in Augusta,Ga(about 45 minutes away)So while the sales clerk is on hold my wife whips out the good 'ol print-out of the Staples PM policy and points out the line "Anywhere and Any store".
The manager at this time tells the sales clerk to go ahead and give it to me at receipt price.Well instead of ringing it up at the new $79 price she goes with the $58 price on the receipt.So in the long run I got the burner for $54.70.
Ultimatly,54.70-$30 MIR=$24.70.Not too shabby.Too bad I didn't have one of those $10 off coupons to make the deal even more cherry

Remember,you don't have to get ugly with them,just be persistent and point out the facts.
Good luck