Staples Black Friday Deals

[amdskip]

Vikroda, same thing here I think.

 

[nealh]

Vikroda..sounds like a BenQ..what is the firwmare?
If it is B7xx(retail BenQ) or G7xx(OEM fw from BenQ) then it is a BenQ

 

[Ryland]

I just found that the EZ Rebate for the 160GB harddrive was rejected due to incorrect purchase date, huh?????? I bought it on the 26th and it was valid on the 26th...

 

[kwo]

Originally posted by: Vikroda
I finally got my i/o magic drive. I opened it up and didn't see anything on it to tell if it is BenQ or BTC. I tried dvdinfo and all it said was "DVDRW IDE 16x". The label says it was made in China. I'm assuming that it is not a BenQ. The sticker on the face plate says to update the drivers at www.dvrupdate.com, which seems to be down. Anyone know who the manufacturer is?

Look in this thread
here

There's a couple ways dealing with box size and the specs on the side I think BTC has 4x in places where the BenQ has 2.4x and BenQ is 40x CD but BTC is 48x or something...just look in that thread!

 

[jolycu]

The saga continues: The lady from Staples called back this morning and I was here to get the call. She said she had placed the order for me and it was scheduled for Tuesday delivery. She said it would show the full price of $129.94 on my credit card, but when it ships, she will refund $90 back to my credit card making the drive cost $39.94 and I won't have to mess with the rebates or anything. I don't know which drive it will be, but I'll post again when it gets here. Stay tuned....

UPDATE: I received the drive as promised and the final cost was $39.94! Unfortunately, it is the BTC drive but I guess for less than $40, I won't complain.

 

[gwlam12]

magicspin and www.drvupdate.com are BTC

 

[racefan]

Staples took care of me today. I wanted the shredder and they only had maybe 5 so I heard while at office max in line that staples would let you order it online and get the price so I went back at 9.35 am and got in line and never got to order. At 10.50 I had to leave and went to see the store manager and explained my dalema and asked if I could leave my information and they could order one for me and I would then return and pay for it, he said he could not do that but to just stop back on Friday and he would take care of me. Today I stopped and there was a 6 page shredder waiting there for me instaed of the 5 page and it was $0.01 out the door no rebates. He had to show a sale or it was stealing but a penny versis rebate no problem

 

[Vikroda]

Originally posted by: kwo
Look in this thread
here

There's a couple ways dealing with box size and the specs on the side I think BTC has 4x in places where the BenQ has 2.4x and BenQ is 40x CD but BTC is 48x or something...just look in that thread!

Thanks, my drive lists 48x CDR so it's a BTC. Also, thanks to gwlam12. Time to exchange it. Sigh.

 

[Ryland]

They have rejected my EZRebate for the 160GB harddrive because of "invalid purchase date". I bought it on the 26th and it was valid on....the 26th!!! Sigh

 

[terminalmind]

Originally posted by: Ryland
They have rejected my EZRebate for the 160GB harddrive because of "invalid purchase date". I bought it on the 26th and it was valid on....the 26th!!! Sigh

Same here. I just got the e-mail this morning

Thank you for submitting your rebate request(s) through Staples Easy Rebates. We have received rebate information for the following product(s):

Maxtor 160GB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive

Unfortunately, the requirement(s) for the promotion were not met, and your rebates have been invalidated for the following reasons(s):

Invalid purchase date

We apologize for the inconvenience. Thanks for shopping Staples!

Conveniently the rebate center is only open monday-friday so there is no way to contact them till monday.

Maybe they should change the name to Sleazy Rebates or Easy Headache.:disgust:

 

[prona]

does anyone have the rebate offer number for the ATT Trimline phone?

 

[LightningStrikes]

Originally posted by: prona
does anyone have the rebate offer number for the ATT Trimline phone?

Here are a bunch of rebate offer numbers, with the ATT Trimline phone offer on top.....

04-87496
$30 Rebate for an AT&T 900 MHz Cordless Phone w/ Answering Machine (SKU 575476) or an $8 Rebate on an AT&T Trimline Phone (SKU 465913) at Staples

04-87572
$20 Rebate with the purchase of a Techko 6-Sheet Straight-Cut Shredder (SKU 519618) AND Select Tax Software at Staples.

04-87694
Receive a $5 Rebate When You Purchase a Belkin 6 Outlet Surge (SKU 485687) at Staples

04-87746
$35 Rebate on a Maxtor 160GB 7200 RPM Internal Hard Drive (SKU 504516) at Staples

04-87740
$10 Mail-In Rebate on a PNY 256MB Attache USB 2.0 Portable Storage Drive (SKU 521255) at Staples

04-87986
$10 Rebate on TurboTax Deluxe 2004 (SKU 583649) at Staples

04-87984
Purchase TurboTax Deluxe 2004 (SKU 583649) with either Quicken Basic (SKU 574435), Quicken Deluxe (SKU 574436), Quicken Deluxe Mac (SKU 574438), Quicken Premier (SKU 574440) or Quicken Home & Business (SKU 574441) & get a $30 Rebate at Staples

04-87730
$15 Rebate on a Linksys Etherfast 10/100 LAN Card at Staples

04-87686
Receive a $60 Mail-In Rebate When You Purchase a Netgear Wireless G Kit (SKU 564600) at Staples

04-87724
$20 Rebate on a Techko 5 Sheet Shedder (SKU 577319) at Staples

04-87504
$20 Rebate on a GBC 9" Laminator (SKU 581654) at Staples

04-87990
Purchase TurboTax Deluxe 2004 (SKU 583649) and TurboTax State 2004 (SKU 583655) and get up to a $29.99 Rebate at Staples

2008585
$15 Rebate on a SanDisk 512MB Compact Flash Card or a SanDisk 512MB SD Card (SKU 494891 or 513117) at Staples

04-87544
Receive up to a $15 Mail-In Rebate When You Purchase a Teon Products at Staples (See Qualitying SKUs and Product Descriptions below.)

-LS

 

[prona]

thank you!!!

 

[Salvador]

Easy rebates sucks so far for me. I've been waiting to try and use it, but I keep on getting an error on the last page. I think I'll just submit it the old fashioned way, especially considering that everyone is getting their so-called easy rebates denied on the 160gb drive anyway.

Sal

 

[Nick5324]

Originally posted by: Rauthoen
Finally figured it out. Your best bet to get a rebate offer number is to call up or physically visit a store. The staples rebate website and the call center do not have the numbers listed/available with them.

For those interested
Labtec Web cam - 04-87400
I/O Magic 16x DVDR - 04-87750

I just searched for the rebate on the rebate website, then went to the print out the mail-in form (instead of filing online), and the mailing address has a Dept #, which is the offer number.

However, even though i finally got my submission in online, when i track it, it says they are waiting on the mail in portion, WTF?

 

[dennisja]

I too printed out the mail-in portion had it in the envelops with stamps ready to go. Then I tried the easyrabates site once more and all my rebates finely went thru. Then just now checked the status and it says "Invalid Wrong Purchase date" I just called a CSR at Staples she claims all 11-26 purchases did not get billed until 11-29 due to volumes and Monday the clearing house will check all denied rebates and fix those actually ordered on the 26th.

Nick5324, There are two sites to check status for easyrebates online and one for mail-in I have been to both make sure you are using the correct link

Dennis

 

[gwlam12]

1-877-266-6483


Call to fix your rebate.

It really is easy.

They say that your postmark date got entered in as your purchase date, thats why it's invalidated.

 

[Ryland]

I don't have a postmark date since I did the rebate via EZRebates...or maybe they are using the date I actually entered the information in...

 

[Z80]

I submitted my EZRebates last Thursday on the I/OMagic burner, Maxto 160GB disk and TEON media. They all show as pending. Staples would only accept one rebate on the TEON media even though I purchased both the DVD +R and the DVD -R spools. My bad, after rereading the rebate terms I guess you only get to submit one rebate no matter how many TEON products you purchased. One good thing though is the DVD -R's are burning at 12X and the DVD +R's at 8X in the I/OMagic (Benq) burner.

 

[gwlam12]

i kept my BTC burner and its working fine so far with the latest firmware. messed up 5 dvd+rs before new firmware

 

[nealh]

from what I have been told you can get more than 1 rebate on the Teon dvd+r/-r but they needed to be on separate receipts...but we shall see

 

[Vikroda]

Originally posted by: nealh
from what I have been told you can get more than 1 rebate on the Teon dvd+r/-r but they needed to be on separate receipts...but we shall see

I bought one pack of + and - on one receipt. I only got one full rebate receipt to print out and I couldn't register the easy rebate twice; however, the system saw that both were on the receipt and took them both.

I finally found a BenQ (using the hints above and in the other thread).

 

[ishmael2k]

I just got notified that all of my rebates have been accepted and that they will be processed shortly.



Rob

 

[rcraig]

Has anyone gotten through on the phone recently to have their rebates corrected? Their system has apparently been down for the last week.

Also, I ordered two Teon DVD-R's because the rebate form said 2 per household.

LIMITS PER CUSTOMER/ADDRESS:

2 For Rebate #04-87754

Has Staples been honoring this? My invalid notice says invalid amount, too.

Invalid purchase date
Product Limit Exceeded


RCraig

 

[DrZepp]

Four of my BF rebates were invalidated because the order date was supposedly invalid. This afternoon I managed to get through to a rebate CSR @ 866-737-4933 after a short wait . The CSR said he'd patch their mistake but I haven't checked it out yet. My shipping invoice shows the order date as BF so I expect they will honor their rebate offer one way or another. Wear earplugs if you call - their Muzak is awful. :music::frown: