PNY 512mb PC133 SDRAM Staples pays you $12 after PM and Rebate

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DestruyaUR

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Staples Live Support - Linkified Should work.

They don't list the hours, though - PLUS you can place your order over this - if you're not timid about giving your credit card no. over the internet.
 

datallah

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I actually just did this... PM to CompUSA... i ended up paying $73 incl. tax... but with the $50 rebate it only is $23.
Works pretty well for getting stuff right when you want it.
 

RyceBoy

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I think it is better to PM to NewEgg.com, they have it for $52.00

Or Buy.com when it is in stock. They have it for $52.88

 

craftech

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I tried the "live help". "Adam" would not pricematch Newegg because it was OEM. Would not pricematch Compusa because with the shipping charge figured in Staples was cheaper and when I told him that I was ordering two of them he told me that they would figure the shipping charge TWICE.
I tried the recipt that was posted here and he said that he would have to know which store the receipt was pricematched to. The receipt itself wasn'tgood enough. Too much time spent in the last two days on this "deal"
 

maLLupaPPi

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When I went into staples I told the manager I was planning on spending some money. He gave me a grin and basically did what I said. He was morfe than happy to pm because I got two sticks of memory and the 60gb hd (maxtor from another thread). It all came out to 200 dollars. Then I gave him a coupon for 50/200 (actually 40/200 plus stackable 10/50) and took it down to 150.10. I have two 50 dollar rebates from pny and 50 dollars worth of rebates from maxtor now. Making my total spent after everything $0.10. I guess I was lucky and got a cool manager. If you are in atlanta then try the store in Buckhead.
 

RyceBoy

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AHHHH I check the only 3 staples around my area.. NONE of them carried any 512 !! I called them to make an order and pricematch to buy.com and could only PM to $116.xx because of the %50 rebate and the $13.xx shipping from buy.com

SON OF A.......

Gotta keep calling back until I get a cool CSR.

Any other places i can PM to??
 

Witchdoctor120

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I live in Atlanta but went to the Snellville Staples and the luck was different. They PM the COMPUSA price to 49.99 w/rebate which actually was 99.99 (they factored a staples $50 rebate to 49.99). I bought two sticks and used a 30 off $150 and got a 110% PM but came out to 73.82 after my 2 rebates. Not terrible but not .10 either.
 

DainBrammage

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Read this and answer your questions:

Staples 110% price-match guarantee

If you find a lower price, anywhere else, on a new identical item, just show us the lower price when you buy the item at Staples or within 14 days after your Staples purchase - and we'll give you 110% of the difference.

Our 14-day price-match guarantee is good on everything from office supplies to the latest technology. The item must be in-stock and available for purchase at that price from a company located in the U.S.

If you find a lower price in a Staples store, Staples catalog or on our website, www.Staples.com, we will match the lower price. The additional 10% of the price difference does not apply.

The item must be identical. For example, it must have the same U.S. manufacturer's warranty. It must also have the same model number and contain the same components. As another example, for pagers and wireless phones, the service plan, service provider, and other terms must be the same.

Staples reserves the right to verify another company's product availability and price before issuing a price match guarantee.

Available coupons and rebates will be deducted from the Staples price to come up with a net Staples price when calculating the price match. For example, if you buy an item from us for $100, and we offer a $20 rebate, the net price is $80. If the item is available from another company for $80 or more, there will be no price match. Another example would be if you buy an item from us for $159 and you have a $30 coupon the net price is $129. If the item is available from another company for $125, the price match will be for $4.40 (110% of the difference).

Shipping and handling charges are included. When comparing our price to another company's delivery price, the equivalent shipping and handling charges will be included. If proof of the other company's shipping and handling charges are not supplied, then $5 will be added to the other company's price. (For example, if you buy an item from us for $100, with free delivery, and the item is available from another company for $90, with overnight shipping and handling charges of $7, then the difference is $3. You receive 110% of $3, which is $3.30.)

If another company offers a product that comes with a free or discounted item and Staples does not carry the free or discounted item, there will be no price match. For example, if another company offers a free product with the purchase of printer, and Staples price for the printer is equal to the other company's price for the printer, there will be no price match if Staples does not carry the free product being offered.

We may limit the quantity of an item that may be price-matched. For example, if the other company limits the number you may buy, we may also limit the number. In addition, Staples reserves the right to limit quantities sold to a Customer.

We price match almost everything. We don't price match Sprint long distance service, third party providers' products and services sold through our Business Services website or through third party representatives in our stores (for example, tax preparation, payroll services and corporate logos), and items sold at local or special events (e.g., grand opening, anniversary, or liquidation sales) or on Internet auction sites. We also don't price match taxes and typographical errors.

We don't price match certain products sold in our Staples Business Expo? stores (see Manager at those stores for details). Staples Business Expo stores are located at Reading Mall, Reading, PA; 4203 Union Deposit Road, Harrisburg, PA; North Dover Center, Dover, DE; 2285 North 2nd Street, Cumberland Crossing, Millville, NJ; West Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, PA; 1167 Berkshire Road, Wyomissing, PA; and Hampden Commons, Mechanicsburg, PA.

For more information, or a price match, see customer service, call 1-800-STAPLES or click for customer service.

This policy is subject to change without notice. ]

nuff said
 

Supertastic Fool

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Hmmm, rebates are in the mail. Does anyone know about how long it takes, thats a 100$ that i could be spending buying more ram... I have got 5 sticks so far. You would think the manager smart enough to take the sticks off the shelf when i came in every hour one day... they just lost $400. I love their policy.
 

Supertastic Fool

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Hmmm, Where should I send the other 3 rebates, will they cancel my 3rd 4th and 5th rebate if i it to the same address
 

DestruyaUR

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Just got my sticks today - slightly over the ~78 quoted - came out to a little over 79 - 29 bucks for a GB of RAM in the worst case scenario.

Only beef was I got one Samsung and one Infineon - would have been nice to get two matching.
 

K-squared

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DestruyaUR - what chips did you get on the Infineon - 7.5 or 7ns?

What was the chip markings on the Samsung?

Originally posted by: DestruyaUR
Just got my sticks today ....

Only beef was I got one Samsung and one Infineon - would have been nice to get two matching.

 

DestruyaUR

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The Infineon is clearly 7.5ns, as is the Samsung.

Part No. on Infineon is HYB39S256800CT-7.5 (pretty telling)

Samsung part no. is K4S560832C-TC75 (also pretty telling)

I'd probably expect 150Mhz CAS3 out of these at the very least. You could pair them with cheap 7.99 copper ram spreaders from SVC, but it'd be like shooting a dead horse full of steroids and expect it to win the Triple Crown
 

wsmith5

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I noticed last night the rebate to print out on the staples site is missing, lucky I printed it out last week just in case I lost the form you get on the reciept.....bought three but the third one doesn't make the computer any faster , actually slower on 3dmark tests so I think I'll put it in the spare computer.......
 

K-squared

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I [had] received the Infineon "75" chips as well. All the 512S133 I've seen in-store (yes, they still exist) have all been Infineon 7.5ns chips.

Was hoping the Samsung would have been a higher quality (chip speed) than the Infineon....


Originally posted by: DestruyaUR
The Infineon is clearly 7.5ns, as is the Samsung.

Part No. on Infineon is HYB39S256800CT-7.5 (pretty telling)

Samsung part no. is K4S560832C-TC75 (also pretty telling)

I'd probably expect 150Mhz CAS3 out of these at the very least. You could pair them with cheap 7.99 copper ram spreaders from SVC, but it'd be like shooting a dead horse full of steroids and expect it to win the Triple Crown

 

craftech

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Buy.com has it back in stock at 52.88 with free shipping so here is how this "deal" works from Staples in accordance with their policy:
They will add $50 to that price for EACH stick you order because they claim that you are getting back $50 per stick. When I told them that Rebates HQ would only honor one of them they confirmed that and then said that when the rejection card comes all you have to do is call them and they will call Rebates HQ and tell them to send out another $50 check (yeah right).
Then of course since Staples has free next day shipping they add the other vendor's next day shipping charges onto the "match price" as well (for EACH one ordered. For example with 2 at $52.88 the next day shipping is $15.73. So Staples will add $15.73 x 2 to the pricematch)regardless of whether you would have chosen the free shipping or not from Buy.com
Then they use the "110% of the difference nonsense" so that the net "savings" to you is a few dollars after the supposed rebates come through in a couple of months.
All this after you wait at least 30 minutes while they "confirm" the price match with management.
This was the 5th attempt short of going to a Staples store at trying to get this deal. More power to those of you who got around Staple's sucky pricematching policies.
 
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