In Product details:
Batteries ‏ : ‎ 3 CR2032 batteries required.
Lol!
I’m ordering, but only because I have lots of CR2032 batteries… thanks Marvomatic!

Ok, fellow Staples bargain hunters, what’s the verdict on this Easy Rewards offer (must “activate”)?
38x points
on your purchase of $38 or more to celebrate Staples’ 38th birthday.
ends 5/4/24
Valid when shopping: Online

Disclaimer: Valid on purchases made online at staples.com only. Not valid on Ink, Toner, Printers, Instacart, Door Dash or Uber Eats orders. Offer available to Staples Easy Rewards™ member only. To be eligible for the offer, member must activate offer in their Easy Rewards dashboard on staples.com or Staples mobile app and provide membership number at checkout. Minimum purchase requirement of $38 must be met after application of all promotions, coupons, instant savings and point redemptions. Taxes and shipping are not included in calculating the minimum purchase. Nontransferable. Offer may not be combined with any other Staples Easy Rewards promotion in a single transaction. Not valid on prior purchases or purchases made with Staples Advantage In-Store Purchase Program. Offer is subject to change or cancellation at any time. Staples Easy Rewards program terms and conditions apply. For full program details visit staples.com/easy. Expires 5/4/24. 97452

@my4mainecoons said in Ink Rewards affected by Staples Program changes? Don't get cheated, obtained a good outcome, see post:

I bought a $200 visa gc and recycled a cable & 15 ink @ 400 points. I was expecting 7K points but only earned 6600. 🤔

Yeah, something similar when I recycled 20 inks on 2/8. I got 1,000 points “when you recycle tech, batteries and more”, then 400 points 19 times for the inks, for a total of 8,600 points.

On the bright side, they say I already have $43 of “Easy Rewards ready to redeem”.

But I definitely miss the ability to SEARCH site-wide on their website on my PC.
Have to use the Staples mobile app for that!!

As a (paid) Plus member with Staples who does a monthly 20 ink cartridge recycle, I was curious how this would work out. Once I finally got past all the new “selections” and pop ups, I finally got to a web page showing I’d get 400 points each, up to 20 cartridges.

However, in this month’s Rewards showing my $40 ink rewards earned from recycling last month, I see it’s “for in-store only”…! WTF? That used to only be for the $5 reward for a tech recycle, etc.

But the weirdest “new Staples” change IMO is the website change, at least on my PC. No way to search across the site, or access your account to change profile settings etc. Now it seems you need to use the Staples mobile app to do stuff like that!

Hoping I’m mistaken here, and someone can provide a URL that works on a PC to search across the site?

Staples is excited to announce that their new loyalty program won’t allow us to “game them” with their own Rewards program, lol!
Seriously, glad I didn’t recently buy a big batch of used ink cartridges!
Looks like I’ll be leaving a few months of my paid “Plus” membership on the table here.

The last year or so I’ve found few Staples online deals, and their online “clearance” stuff is often ridiculously expensive.
But their Rewards have come in handy on in-store clearance items, which occasionally include some great deals.
I’m fearful that our local Staples store might go belly up anyway, as I’ve noticed employees often outnumber customers…

@mistercheap Wow, $175 in groceries! You can always get a head start, and shop at Whole Foods!

@dangeruss Seems that RetailMeNot is offering $20 cash back on a Walmart+ new membership.
https://www.retailmenot.com/view/walmart.com?
Which if applicable to this half-price offer, would bring it down to a semi-reasonable $29 for one year.
However, for me this would test what a “new membership” is, as my complimentary free 3 month membership expired months ago.

Terms:
Cash back is earned for the qualifying purchase of a new Walmart+ membership sign-up after any discounts and before any fees, taxes, or shipping/handling are applied. Purchases of gift cards are excluded. Purchases on pre-existing Walmart+ memberships do not qualify for this cash back offer.

@marvomatic Wonder if this price will hold until Thursday, when Staples rewards are issued…
Assuming I could get an in-store Staples price-match, I could just about get this by cashing out. Looks like a cool tool!

@marvomatic I’ve gotten a free AARP membership in the past, I think from Walgreens, but don’t remember any outstanding discounts. I must have also paid at least one year, because I remember that vinyl trunk organizer. It didn’t last long (you’re warned)!

Sorry to be a wet blanket, but AARP and AAA both seem to exist mainly to sell life insurance–at least that was my impression. However, the AARP newsletter publication did have some good info in it. Their glossy magazine, on the other hand, not so much.

One last bit of advice is don’t supply AARP your main email address!

Suspicious only because unlike other emails I’ve gotten from them, the TopCashback logo at the top with a link to topcashback.com is missing…
Plus all the links go to links.topcashback.mkt6320(dot)com/(variousSuperLongStrings)
Also, I do not see this offer after logging into TopCashback…