Staples Rewards Checks Must Now Be Redeemed In Full At Time of Purchase: No More Balance Checks Issued.
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Dear valued Staples Rewards member,
Thank you for being a Staples Reward member.* We are informing you of a program update to the Staples Rewards Program when shopping in our US Staples stores.
Staples Rewards checks must now be redeemed in full at the time of purchase. If a Staples Rewards check is not redeemed in full, the remaining balance is forfeited, and balance checks will no longer be issued. For full Program details visit staples.com/rewards.
Sincerely,
The Staples Rewards Team
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What a crock of SH**!!
So this is immediate I assume? they don’t even have the courtesy to give advance notice, like effective Jan 1?
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@mistercheap said in Staples Rewards Checks Must Now Be Redeemed In Full At Time of Purchase: No More Balance Checks Issued.:
What a crock of SH**!!
So this is immediate I assume? they don’t even have the courtesy to give advance notice, like effective Jan 1?
Effective immediately as far as I know. So glad I don’t shop at Staples anymore. Go Depot, Office Depot that is.
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@mrvietnam said in Staples Rewards Checks Must Now Be Redeemed In Full At Time of Purchase: No More Balance Checks Issued.:
@mistercheap said in Staples Rewards Checks Must Now Be Redeemed In Full At Time of Purchase: No More Balance Checks Issued.:
What a crock of SH**!!
So this is immediate I assume? they don’t even have the courtesy to give advance notice, like effective Jan 1?
Effective immediately as far as I know. So glad I don’t shop at Staples anymore. Go Depot, Office Depot that is.
I still do cause I have the plus membership paid for to get the 20 carts a month, but think I’m going to let it lapse. If they offer a 1/2 price deal to get, maybe I’ll jump back in but for $49 plus having to spend $60 in ink a year to earn rewards that I have to spend all at once now makes me leery. I also don’t like that if I buy something with rewards I need to return, I likely won’t even get a refund coupon (got that as long as the rewards were still in date). Granted $480 in rewards for $110 outlay isn’t bad but ink carts are also way up in price like $50-60 or more for 300 so that’s another close to $50 oop I have to factor in to recycle 240 carts a year.
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It appears you can return items purchased with rewards and get a voucher valid through the original expiration date. It would be a hassle, but a work around if you cannot find something in store to use your entire certificate on.
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As MISTERCHEAP said, the cost of buying ink cartridges on eBay has gone up. I’d love to be able to get 300 for $50 to $60 as I haven’t found a deal like that in several months. As long as I can still manage to accumulate $80 every 2 months, I can manage to spend $80 at one time to stockpile toner cartridge, printer paper, toilet paper, paper towels, laundry detergent, etc. With my toner cartridges running about $87 each, if my investment is the cost of 40 empty cartridges and $10 (two months of the cost of buying ink to qualify to redeem 20 a month), I’m still doing well. I don’t like the change to having to use all of the reward at one time, but I can live with it. Just hope they don’t make any other changes.
