Tricky Staples! Last month I wrote about recycling ink cartridges and featured Staples since they give you a $3 coupon good towards the purchase of new ink when you drop off your old cartridge.
Well it seems that they have changed the rules of the game since February. Tonight we had an ink crisis and Tech Savvy Daddy took our empty cartridge to Staples to buy a new one and found they wouldn’t accept our old cartridge without a Staples Reward Card. Staples now attaches your $3 reward to a “monthly ink recycling reward” which comes separately from your Staples Rewards statements. For details, click here.
I’m not sure about the changes to Staples’ ink recycling rewards program. I liked the instant gratification of getting and spending my $3 certificate. And to be honest, I’ve had a Staples Teacher Rewards Card since I started teaching and have never received a dime worth of rebates for all the stuff I’ve bought from them. You would think that bulletin board borders, stickers, pencils, and all the other miscellaneous items I spent my own money on through the years would have added up to some kind of teacher rebate…
So just know that if you head to Staples, take your reward card and know that you are limited to returning 10 cartridges a month. And let me know if you get your ink rebate in the mail so I can stop being a skeptic!
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That’s what I’ve heard too. Check your address with the Staples people because I have heard that people get checks from them. I’ll let you know if I get my $3 from taking in my ink cartridge.
Agree with previous comment, check with Staples to make sure your info is correct. I get a check from them almost every month. Sometimes its about $4 others its been in the teens and more! Come Fall I get a huge check because that’s when we get our school supplies. I too enjoyed getting my three dollar coupon and the instant gratification, but it seemed to be a waste of paper the way they were doing it. I would have my cartridges when I checked out and they would have to fill out the coupon, detach and scan and basically throw away when all they had to do was enter a scan number that would give me credit for having recycled a cartridge. I like the new way, but they could offer you a choice of instant savings or future spending. Good luck!