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Clip the 25% coupon and S&S (although you get almost as big a discount without S&S)

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08238K9F1?tag=phtwllt-20

@booksleuth said in Staples - 100% back in rewards for K-cups. In store only. Max $40. Exp 10/4/25:

So this in In-store and O/L for delivery? Why can Staples not send us this in advance!!!

Not sure what you mean by O/L… I don’t think it’s a standard acronym. Do you mean Out-of-Luck or Online?

This is in store only… but there’s always kiosk.

Use Code Bulb2
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CG5VDC8P/?tag=phtwllt-20

@mrvietnam said in Ibotta Daily Drop - possibly free money - ends 11/30/2025:

@dangeruss

Interesting. Maybe it’s your web browser. I used Firefox. It worked for me.

Yea, funnily enough neither chrome nor opera worked (although opera did put something about a captcha that was supposed to show up). Firefox actually worked.

@mrvietnam said in Ibotta Daily Drop - possibly free money - ends 11/30/2025:

@dangeruss said in Ibotta Daily Drop - possibly free money - ends 11/30/2025:

@mrvietnam said in Ibotta Daily Drop - possibly free money - ends 11/30/2025:

Any winners today?

How do you get the form to work? No matter what I do the submit button stays disabled.

There is a video you have to watch and 2 boxes you have to check.

Yep doing all the things and putting in my email, and button still not clickable.

@mrvietnam said in Ibotta Daily Drop - possibly free money - ends 11/30/2025:

Any winners today?

How do you get the form to work? No matter what I do the submit button stays disabled.

@marvomatic thanks.

Some of the stores prices have really gone up. We found one that was reasonable and my wife went and was able to use the coupon for my kid, I went a few hours later and after getting the haircut they pointed to a sign saying they don’t participate.

@mrvietnam said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN May 2025 Recycle 6 ink carts at store get $15 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

It appears the Staples recycling offer has changed downwards starting 5/1/25. I recycled on my two accounts this afternoon and instead of giving 500 points each for 10 cartridges ($25 in savings), they now only give 500 points for 6 cartridges ($15 in savings). I recycled 10 cartridges and I only got 3,400 points (for a total of $17 in savings vs the $25 in savings I got last month). The other 4 cartridges they gave me only 100 points each. Recycling an alkaline battery once a month still nets you 500 points (or $5). Still a good deal as the 10 carts only cost me $2 from eBay, but not as good of a deal as it was.

That does seem to be the current offer.

Fun fact, you can still buy the plus membership, but it won’t activate. If you’re lucky, you can convince the CSR to send a ticket to activate it, but that boat may have sailed. I was able to activate 3/4 accounts.

@my4mainecoons said in Laptop processors:

@mtnagel I prefer business machines. Machines for home use have always disappointed me.
I have other Rewards accounts and I use the points on those to buy stuff.

You might have to do what I did and buy the macbook using chase points when they have 20% off apple.

@my4mainecoons If you aren’t going to play games, I would just get a Mac if you can. It’s really night and day between PC laptops and the M series Macs.

Gemini agrees that the one with the faster CPU is better, if you were to buy the dell.

https://www.amazon.com/l/20906613011?tag=phtwllt-20

https://amzn.to/44DPm9Y

Clip both coupons on the page

@mrvietnam this happens all the time, sometimes when they scan your barcode they scan it into the wrong field.

I tried to do a kiosk plus items from the store order this past weekend and apparently you can’t do that anymore? The kiosk order needs to be paid for separately.

@my4mainecoons said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN 1/5 to 2/1 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@dangeruss I didn’t think that buying Plus would be as good as spending real money. You have to be a loyal customer to spend $1K. Then, if all the Plus account does is recycle they’re not going to “reward” that account.

The plus accounts I had when they converted to easy rewards remained at 20 carts, despite me spending a ton of money last year. The regular accounts remained at 10 even though I just bought plus.

@my4mainecoons said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN 1/5 to 2/1 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@mistercheap said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN 1/5 to 2/1 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@sonofzeus said in Staples - New Offer STARTS AGAIN 1/5 to 2/1 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

@my4mainecoons Make/model? Via Ebay?

Not sure I agree on printer ink, because you don’t earn the rewards when you pay with rewards and staples tends to be high.

Have to give some thought to this on what the best options may be.

I bought ink for resale to keep Premier status. Figure $1000 for ink, get back 50% in Rewards. Resold ink. Used the Rewards to buy more ink or other stuff for resale. I think I broke even or maybe made a profit. Having maintained Premier consistently they gave me 400 points for 30 empties/month with the new program.

I’ve had premier/plus and those accounts where I let plus lapse didn’t get the higher limit. Now even with spending a ton of $ last year, still only 10 carts even after buying plus.

My wife went to recycle, did tech, battery and ink and no $10 off $30 came out.

@mrvietnam i might be willing to use them more if they showed up under grocery on my cc.

@mrvietnam said in At Staples B&M- 500 points for each cartridge - up to 5000 in points. Starts from 12/29 , 100% back in rewards on up to $50 in KCUPS B&M only:

@dangeruss said in At Staples B&M- 500 points for each cartridge - up to 5000 in points. Starts from 12/29 , 100% back in rewards on up to $50 in KCUPS B&M only:

@mrvietnam said in At Staples B&M- 500 points for each cartridge - up to 5000 in points. Starts from 12/29 , 100% back in rewards on up to $50 in KCUPS B&M only:

Now that Office Depot has run dry (pun intended) of case water sales, I have been using my $10 off $30 coupons that expire in a few days to buy case water over at Staples. Since Staples gives the points for practically free (just pay for the cost of the cartridges from eBay) I am not losing any money and making it more attractive by combining it with the soon-to-be expiring $10 off $30 coupons. The interesting thing is at one store they did not charge me CRV when paying with coupon/points and at the other store it charged me CRV on the case water but not on the individual jugs of water. Nice way to stock up on Arrowhead spring water.

Do kiosk order, order $60 worth, use $15 off $60, then $10 off $30, total $25 off $60. Can also get fancier water and PM, but the PM will dilute the $15 off $60.

Where do you get $15 off $60 coupons, I believe the $10 off $30 are for in-store purchases only. Does a kiosk count as an in-store order? I thought Staples stores didn’t have kiosks anymore. I don’t remember seeing them at my local stores. Staples allows to stack xx/xx coupons?

Kiosk counts as in store, which I learned the hard way when I didn’t get a bunch of points that had online only offer in easy rewards. Kiosks have been taken away but they can now place the order for you at the register (either on the actual register or a tablet/phone). The online coupons need to be put in as part of the order process and then you can add whatever items, do PM, and use the $10 off $30 at the register.

@my4mainecoons said in At Staples B&M- 500 points for each cartridge - up to 5000 in points. Starts from 12/29 , 100% back in rewards on up to $50 in KCUPS B&M only:

@dangeruss said in At Staples B&M- 500 points for each cartridge - up to 5000 in points. Starts from 12/29 , 100% back in rewards on up to $50 in KCUPS B&M only:

Do kiosk order, order $60 worth, use $15 off $60, then $10 off $30, total $25 off $60. Can also get fancier water and PM, but the PM will dilute the $15 off $60.

Thanks! I haven’t been using the $15/$60’s. Nice to know how to stack them!
I get my annual Maine Coon calendar from Staples kiosk. PM to cheapest online
($22 vs $14) and toss in an in-store filler (Ziploc bags, Kleenex 3-packs) so I can use a $10/$30. Resell the fillers.

There are currently 2 active $15 off $60 which are stackable and in theory $10 off $30 on top of it (and any in store promos that are going on, for example if they have $10 on every $50 spend, you can buy $140 worth, use 2 $15 off $60, then $10 off $30 and pay $100 and get $20 back. (The $10 on $50 was limit $200 in spend and one time use, so you might want to get something for $240 to max it out, but you obviously get a smaller discount. You can also PM, but the PM reduces the online coupon value (but the in store one is still good). Also those 15% off in store from way back when are still valid until 12/31, but personally I don’t love how they get applied. You can do a battery deal, $75 worth of batteries, $15 off $60, $10 off $30 and $50 back in points. Doesn’t have to be duracell either, but the specialty batteries might involve a CSR reach out, but so far they’ve given me the points.

@mrvietnam said in At Staples B&M- 500 points for each cartridge - up to 5000 in points. Starts from 12/29 , 100% back in rewards on up to $50 in KCUPS B&M only:

Now that Office Depot has run dry (pun intended) of case water sales, I have been using my $10 off $30 coupons that expire in a few days to buy case water over at Staples. Since Staples gives the points for practically free (just pay for the cost of the cartridges from eBay) I am not losing any money and making it more attractive by combining it with the soon-to-be expiring $10 off $30 coupons. The interesting thing is at one store they did not charge me CRV when paying with coupon/points and at the other store it charged me CRV on the case water but not on the individual jugs of water. Nice way to stock up on Arrowhead spring water.

Do kiosk order, order $60 worth, use $15 off $60, then $10 off $30, total $25 off $60. Can also get fancier water and PM, but the PM will dilute the $15 off $60.

Sorry everyone, been dealing with some family and work stuff. I did reset MrV’s password 12 days ago and thought the matter was settled as he mentioned he was still logged in under that account on his phone. @MrVietnam @CheapCharlie9 please ping me if you’re still having issues, and sometimes I miss the chat notifications, so please email me if I’m not responsive.

@mrvietnam said in Staples - New Offer STARTS 10/6 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

We’ll see in the coming days what Staples plans too.

I just saw something on reddit where they are having cashiers check id when redeeming points. That’s going to make things a lot more difficult for those managing multiple accounts.

@mrvietnam said in Staples - New Offer STARTS 10/6 Recycle 10 ink carts at store get $25 in rewards make sure offer is activated:

By the way, MC, I just did change my password on PW and lately I’ve been going around site to site giving each account a unique password. It makes my job a little bit harder cause I have to remember all those passwords but it’ll be really tight security now on my accounts…

You should not be remembering your passwords. Either set up password manager in chrome, which will help you generate and store the passwords, or use something like keepass and put the password file on some cloud storage and sync with your phone.

@zerenia I second OOMA.

@my4mainecoons said in Chase Business Unlimited $900 Bonus cash after $6K spend in 3 months:

@dangeruss Am I correct in assuming that I can’t do it if I already have both cards and already did the offer in 2024?

I do not see anything in the fine print about not being able to have multiples of the same card or having done it recently.

Earn 90,000 bonus points with Ink Business Unlimited® card or Ink Business Cash® card.

https://www.referyourchasecard.com/21r/B3SWQNQQMB

The $900 offer is back. You don’t necessarily need to have a business, you can try applying under your own name. Need to spend $6000 in 3 months after account opening.

@mrvietnam I rarely find good offers on checkout51. Shopmium was slightly better.

Now we just need the Chase AARP 5% cashback on everything for 6 months deal.

@niniss said in OFFICE DEPOT 100% back in Rewards on select AA/AAA Duracells, limit 2 total 6% CB at RetailMeNot:

All those batteries, I just cleaned out a big box of them, more than 50% were leaking ( in unopened packages). Thank goodness I quit buying them more than a year ago.

If they’re not expired yet you can reach out to the manufacturer to get a replacement. Also they’re good for staples recycling. Will at the minimum get you a $10 off $30

@marvomatic interesting, it actually has wasabi in it.

@mistercheap thank you. Too bad arm and hammer is not included. Would store pickup receipt work for ibotta? I have items at multiple stores.

@mistercheap does the target $15 back on $50 track? Do you have the link to the rebate?

@marvomatic said in Flixflare Free Movies & TV Shows (DISCLAIMER ADDED TO OP):

@dangeruss Great advice!

Thanks. The nice thing about the site is the ability to stream to a compatible device. It’s better technology than half of the streamers out there. In fact there’s a training site I use, and it’s a real PITA to show it on TV.

@marvomatic said in Flixflare Free Movies & TV Shows (DISCLAIMER ADDED TO OP):

Someone said he had a virus, about a month ago.
The last time I was on, around the same time, I did not have a virus. I use Antivirus One.

If you visit on mobile there are definitely a lot of shady ads. No viruses, as far as I know, but also don’t just blindly follow any of the ads, because the other websites are shady and the things they ask you to install may very well be PUAs.

@mrvietnam said in Staples Rewards (ALL, not YMMV) Recycle 10 ink carts, get $25 in rewards. must activate offer ex 8/31:

No love on either of my Staples accounts.

Did you say show more? Was the last on my list of offers

@my4mainecoons said in Staples Rewards (ALL, not YMMV) Recycle 10 ink carts, get $25 in rewards. must activate offer ex 8/31:

@mistercheap IDK if its still this way but initially if you recycled eg 10 ink & a tech item you’d receive credit for 9 ink and the tech. The system counted an ink towards tech. I don’t want to give my regular 30 and get credit for 10 @ 500 and a tech item. I’m going to use the pre-loaded offers before the regular one.

Yea I always do the tech first in a separate transaction and then the ink. If you do them back to back yiu can double dip on the tech recycling sometimes too.

@ctujackbauer said in Boar's Head deli meat recall due to listeria outbreak:

@niniss said in Boar's Head deli meat recall due to listeria outbreak:

@ctujackbauer shot, I just bought some Friday. so what am I supposed to do, bring the food back to the store?

Yes. Although are you sure it’s on the product list? If you bought it Friday, most of those on the product list are past the sell-by date.

So the recalls are mostly useless. By the time they do the recall you’ve either already eaten some of the product or the stores have thrown it out.

@my4mainecoons said in PANERA Sip Club 3 mo. Free for Returning Members:

@dangeruss Does the hibiscus drink have caffeine?

@ctujackbauer So that explains all the new coupon codes for food.
I’d like to see a 50% off coupon for lobster rolls.

No caffeine and fairly low on sugar/calories

https://www.panerabread.com/en-us/menu/products/pomegranate-hibiscus-tea-naturally-flavored-herbal-tea.html

A caffeine-free naturally flavored herbal tea infusion of hibiscus and pomegranate juice.

Naturally Flavored Pomegranate Hibiscus Herbal Tea Infusion (Water, Allulose (Adds A Negligible Amount Of Sugar), Pomegranate Juice From Concentrate (Water, Pomegranate Juice Concentrate), Lime Juice From Concentrate (Water, Lime Juice Concentrate), Vegetable Juice (Color), Hibiscus Extract Powder, Natural Flavor (Natural Pomegranate Flavor With Other Natural Flavors, Natural Hibiscus Flavor With Other Natural Flavors, And Other Natural Flavors), Citric Acid)

@my4mainecoons said in PANERA Sip Club 3 mo. Free for Returning Members:

Cheaper menu items, more sugary items and this offer-- doesn’t sound like they’re doing well.

I quite like the new hibiscus drink

@ultrahugewallet said in Staples B&M via APP: Spend $50 in store, get a $20 promo card, stacks with rewards offers on items:

@mistercheap Does the promo card expire?

Yes, in about a month. Check the terms. Also you need to spend $50 after discounts and reward redemptions.

https://amzn.to/3zTBNpO

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09F5L7756/?tag=phtwllt-20

Click the $10.77 Coupon and checkout to get it for $7.70 before tax.

@my4mainecoons said in Nature Valley, Mott's, Fiber One Rebate Offer: Buy a Participating Product, Get up to $5.49 back via Rebate (PayPal / Venmo):

@dangeruss I have seen it work at RA but at RA it’s play money. The Ibotta is $1/1 and I’d rather have $2 back than maybe just save 50¢/2. Grocery store items rarely have “no mq” specified vs. WM often has it. This is the first time I can recall seeing the exclusion for a supermarket chain.

I’ve seen a bunch of them and I don’t think I’ve ever had a problem. On the other hand ibotta likes to go in and edit things after the fact with no notification sometimes.

@my4mainecoons said in Nature Valley, Mott's, Fiber One Rebate Offer: Buy a Participating Product, Get up to $5.49 back via Rebate (PayPal / Venmo):

Ibotta specifically excludes q use so won’t use the 50¢/2 j4u eQ.

Have you ever seen it not work with Qs?

@my4mainecoons said in Finish Dual Action Dishwasher Cleaner: Fight Grease & Limescale, Fresh, 8.45oz $1.74 S&S:

@dangeruss Excellent. Its taller than my Shop Vac but has ~ same footprint. I don’t use a lot of water so need less than a bag of salt ($8) a year. Last year my mixing valve was starting to stick again. Checked the water softener and sure enough, it was low on salt. Added salt and the valve un-stuck. I add a 40# bag of salt at a time. Recently got salt free on FB Marketplace and both “sellers” had an open bag with a scoop used so they must add a scoop at a time.

I have no way of knowing how much the softener has extended the life of my appliances but it’s eliminated plumber visits. It’s supposed to have annual servicing but I haven’t done that.

Did you do the plumbing yourself, or have someone do it? What unit is it and how much did everything cost?

@my4mainecoons said in Finish Dual Action Dishwasher Cleaner: Fight Grease & Limescale, Fresh, 8.45oz $1.74 S&S:

@mtnagel Have you tried running the machine (empty) with vinegar instead of detergent? Doing that regularly might help.

My neighbor cleans his washing machine by doing an empty load with bleach and something else… Maybe a load with vinegar? I’d never heard of cleaning a washing machine before.

I had to replace the mixing valve in my shower several times because of hard water. I’d remove the valve, soak it in vinegar and replace it. Moen even sent me another one so I had a demineralized one on hand. But it’s a tight connection and after I had to call the plumber (again) to do the exchange I got a water softener.

How’s the water softener? My wife askedf or one years ago, but I’m not sure we have the space for it, or how hard it is to maintain.

@mtnagel I use these once in a while and also sometimes use the powder I bought. Not sure they do much, but I think you’re supposed to use them every so often. I know the ones for the washing machine likely make a difference as we didn’t use it on our old one and the whole spider arm got destroyed.