Thursday, June 12, 2014

What I Dislike About Staples

Staples is an excellent store to buy business supplies, albeit their prices are too high for print cartridges that don't last long enough, they have stopped carrying dark chocolate covered raisins and you have to wait weeks for a rebate check to arrive in the mail that looks like junk advertising.

Finally, folks, their disclaimer when dispensing a cash award reads like a Congressional Bill that will never pass the Senate. Here is only one portion of it for your displeasure:

Staples Rewards® cannot be redeemed for or applied against cash, taxes, credit remittance, shipping charges, custom printing orders placed online, promotional products, any purchases made on print.staples.com, staplescopycenter.com, staplespromotionalproducts.com, staplescustomprint.btobsource.com, appcenter.staples.com, gift cards, prepaid phone cards, postage stamps, prior purchases, Staples Industrial(sm) purchases, purchases made on staplesmobile.com, or purchases on third-party Web sites. Purchases eligible for rewards is the amount paid at checkout after application of all promotions, coupons and rewards redemptions. Purchases made pursuant to a contract with Staples Contract & Commercial, Inc., are not eligible for the Staples Rewards program. The sale, barter or transfer of rewards, except by Staples, is expressly prohibited. Abuse of the Staples Rewards program, including violation of program policies, or other improper conduct as determined by Staples, may result in legal action, cancellation of member account, exclusion from the program, forfeiture of all rewards accrued, and liability for past rewards redeemed. If reward is not redeemed in full on in-store purchase, a one-time-only coupon with the expiration date of the original reward will be printed for any remaining balances of $1.00 or more. No balance coupon will be given on online or phone orders. Balance coupon may be used for future store, online or phone orders. Expired rewards cannot be reissued. Staples reserves the right to change the rewards program at any time without notice.

Otherwise, their bathroom in Southbury, CT will never compare for cleanliness with the one in nearby Starbucks. I know. I've tried them both!

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