Okay. Yesterday I bought a HP Officejet d134, normally priced at $399, from Staples for $90. The thing is incredible. It scans/faxes/copies (color copies too)/prints, all in extremely high quality, If your Staples has them in stock you can get one for $90 as well.
Here’s how you do it.
Go to your local Staples and pick up the d135 and bring it to the counter. Show them this receipt http://www.windwizard.net/publicfolder/staples.jpg and tell them you’d like to pricematch it. They’ll probably tell you that it was a mistake or someone faked the reciept. Go ahead and tell them to call corporate headquarters and they will confirm that it’s valid. They will call and headquarters will indeed validate it. They will then punch in a code that will automatically deduct $200, bringing the price down to $200. At this point present them with the $30 off coupon which can be found here (make up a reasonable sounding e-mail address when it prompts you for one): http://65.108.247.49/jwong1268/$30off$150_exp._12-13-02.htm
They may argue that you can’t use more than one coupon. Reply by telling them that they used the first discount code, not you, and that it wasn’t a coupon, it was a corporate authorization. They should see the light at that point.
So now your price is down to $170 for $400 machine. Go ahead and pay for the thing but wait a minute after your reciept prints out because just after it an $80 gift card rebate form will print out. Follow the instructions on the form and send it in for your $80 gift card.
In the end, your price is, after all is said and done, $90 for a $400 machine.
Good luck and let me know if this works out for you. If you are up for trying it you ought to do it right away, because stores are selling out fast.
Best,
Chris
[ This Message was edited by: ChrisLaughlin on 2002-12-05 11:18 ]