STAPLES OFFERS $50.00 FOR OLD PRINTERS

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Staples Offers $50 for Old Printers —Let’s Hope the Check Arrives
FRAMINGHAM,
Mass., april 2009  —-Staples, Inc. , the world’s largest office
products company, today announced it is rewarding customers by offering
free printer recycling and a $50 rebate with the purchase of a new
printer (regularly priced $179 and up) at all Staples 1,500 U.S. stores
and Staples.com through May 2, 2009.Staples, a leader in office
technology recycling, is hosting the printer recycling event for the
second consecutive year. During the 2008 recycling event, Staples
collected more than 100,000 printers, and expects to recycle even more
this spring. To make it easier for customers to recycle office
technology, Staples is also offering customers free recycling of any
technology product it sells on Earth Day, April 22, 2009, at any
Staples store nationwide. Customers can bring in any item Staples sells
to recycle at their local Staples, including telephones, digital
cameras, computers, laptops and GPS devices (one per item
customer).”Staples is a one-stop shop for a wide variety of technology
products, from computers and printers to digital cameras and GPS
devices,” said Scott Rankin, VP/DMM of technology merchandising,
Staples. “We are committed to making it easy for customers to make a
difference, what Staples calls EcoEasy, by providing customers with
recycling services. The printer trade in program is an easy way for
customers to recycle their old printers safely, and upgrade to a new
printer that best meets their needs.”

The printer recycling
event also offers significant savings on exclusive Staples EcoEasy
Edition printers by HP. Each printer in this line is an Energy
Star-qualified product and helps customers save resources with
automatic double-sided printing. Plus, with every purchase from this
line, Staples will make a donation to Carbonfund.org to offset the
average energy consumed over three years of product use. These
donations will go toward supporting Carbonfund.org’s Return to Forest
reforestation project.

The HP Staples EcoEasy Edition printers available at Staples stores include:

— HP Officejet Pro 8500 Wireless All-in-One Printer Staples EcoEasy Edition

— HP Officejet Pro 8000 Wireless Printer Staples EcoEasy Edition

— HP Officejet 6500 Wireless All-in-One Printer Staples EcoEasy Edition

— HP Color LaserJet CP2025dn Printer Staples EcoEasy Edition

— HP LaserJet P2055dn Printer Staples EcoEasy Edition

Every
day at Staples customers can earn $3 back in Staples Rewards or Staples
Teacher Rewards when they recycle any brand of ink and toner
cartridges, up to 10 per month. Staples also offers every-day free
in-store recycling of cell phones, PDAs, Dell computer equipment and
any brand of computer accessories, and technology recycling for
printers, laptops, computers and monitors for a $10 service charge.

Staples Offers $50 for Old Printers —Let’s Hope the Check Arrives
staples
program offers $50 for old printersEarth Day is coming soon, and
Staples has a promotional deal that’s bound to appeal to our green
side-in more ways than one.The office-supplies retailer is offering
free printer recycling and a $50 rebate with the purchase of a new
printer that retails for $179 and up. The deal is valid at all of
Staples’ 1,500 U.S. stores and runs through May 2, 2009. Staples ran
the same promotion last year and collected more than 100,000 printers.
It hopes to gather even more this year, the company says.

On
Earth Day, April 22, Staples will offer free recycling of any tech
gadget it sells, including phones, digital cameras, laptop computers,
and GPS devices. The company normally charges a $10 recycling fee.The
$50 rebate seems like a good deal, although I’ve had my issues with
Staples rebates in the past. Last year I recycled a few ink jet
cartridges there-Staples pays $3 per empty tank-and never received a
dime for them. When I phoned Staples, the company said it had sent me a
check, but added that the envelope resembles a promotional flyer. “A
lot of people just throw them out,” said the Staples rep.When I asked
for a new check, the rep said the rebate period had already expired-so
no check for me. Of course, rebate horror stories are nothing new, and
plenty consumer advocates would like to see the often-shady deals go
extinct.I’m still waiting for rebate checks from the last millennium.

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April 10, 2009 at 12:29 PM