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ink/toner cartridge recycling primer/faq for Office Depot / OfficeMax and Staples (vers. 2020.07.15)
So, the below is what I have worked up so far. This is a work in progress and now I am looking for corrections/input/suggestions.
For example, what other information is wanted or what information included below is not wanted.
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ink/toner cartridge recycling primer/faq for Office Depot / OfficeMax and Staples (vers. 2020.07.15)
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FAQ section (vers. 2017.07.26):
Q. (OD/OM) Do you have to recycle or make a qualified purchase first?
A. It does not matter.
Q. Where can I get used ink/toner cartridges?
A. Family and friends, neighbors, thift shops, garage/rummage sales, and of course like everything else, eBay.
Q. If I purchase an item with Rewards will that purchase count toward my purchase requirement for recycling?
A. No. By the extent the purchase is paid for with Rewards, it will not count as a qualifying purchase for the purpose of the recycling purchase requirement.
Q. (Staples) Is there any way to have the opportunity to qualify to recycle 20 carts per month without making $1000 or more in qualified purchases?
A. There are two other options if you want the opportunity to qualify to recycle 20 carts per month but do not want to make the $1000 or more in qualified purchases to reach Premier:
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Office Depot OfficeMax Rewards Everything - the new rewards program beginning 07/01/2017.
The Staples Information Thread
Warning: Office Depot Worklife Rewards changing June 17
Office Depot Ink Recycling Policy: 20 cartridges per month as of 4/1/2010
Office Depot Ink Cartridge Recycling changing?
Office Max changes their ink recycling 05/10/09 (w/ additional policy changes 1/1/10)
Staples new ink recycling policy changes Starts July 1, 2010
Staples new ink recycling policy changes Starts Feb 1
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For example, what other information is wanted or what information included below is not wanted.
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ink/toner cartridge recycling primer/faq for Office Depot / OfficeMax and Staples (vers. 2020.07.15)
- Office Depot / OfficeMax:
- Recycle:
- Value: $2 in Rewards per cartridge recycled -- see purchase requirement below.
- Limit: 10 per calendar month - no per day restriction.
- Type: Ink or toner cartridge -- all brands -- OD/OM does not accept damaged cartridges for recycling.
- Purchase requirement:
- To qualify to recycle for a month, qualified purchases of $10 or more must be made in that month.
- Qualifying purchases exclude taxes; delivery fees; postage stamps; gift and prepaid cards; and purchases made with Rewards Certificates, Merchandise Certificates, and Merchandise Cards.
- Recycling Rewards:
- Issued:
- Recycling Rewards are paid out monthly together with Standard Rewards in the form of a Rewards Certificate.
- Rewards are paid out to the penny.
- Rewards Certificates are made available within 30 days after the end of the month in which the Rewards are earned. Generally around mid-month.
- Usage: Reward certificates may be redeemed on purchases (excluding all gift and prepaid cards) at Office Depot or OfficeMax stores in the U.S., Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands, online and by phone. Unlimited use until exhausted or expired.
- Expiration: Per the terms of the program, Reward certificates are valid for 60 days after the date of issuance. All reward certificates expire at 11:59 PM ET on the date printed on the certificate. In practice, Rewards certificates are valid for two months after the month in which they are issued. For example, for Rewards issued sometime in July, the Rewards are valid until the last day of September at 11:59 PM ET.
- Issued:
- Member services:
- Website: www.officedepot.com/a/loyalty-programs/office-depot-rewards/ [officedepot.com] or www.officedepot.com [officedepot.com] "Account" >> "My Rewards"
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone: 1.866.562.3872
- Terms and Conditions: www.officedepot.com/cm/help/rewards-terms-and-conditions [officedepot.com]
- FAQ: www.officedepot.com/a/content/loyalty/rewardsfaq/ [officedepot.com]
- Recycle:
- Staples:
- Recycle:
- Value: $2 in rewards per cartridge recycled -- see purchase requirement below.
- Limit: Membership Level:
- Standard: 10 per calendar month - no per day restriction.
- Premier ($1000 in qualified purchases): 20 per calendar month - no per day restriction.
- Plus (paid membership): 20 per calendar month - no per day restriction.
- Type: Any used ink or toner cartridge sold at any retail stores in the US.
- Purchase requirement
$30$50 in ink/toner purchases in the past 180 days.
- Recycling rewards:
- Issued: Monthly, on a separate rewards certificate from purchase rewards, usually in the middle of the month after the month in which the recycling occurred. The rewards certificate is printable from the rewards site (ink rewards certificates can also be emailed or US Mailed).
- Usage: Recycling rewards -- and purchase rewards -- are redeemable for most merchandise in Staples stores, online at staples.com® or by phone at 1-800-333-3330 but cannot be redeemed for or applied against taxes, cash, credit remittance, delivery charges, custom printing orders placed online, promotional products, any purchases made on print.staples.com, documents.staples.com, staplespromotionalproducts.com, staplescustomprinting.btobsource.com, shopstaplesmobile.com, appcenter.staples.com, Staples gift cards, third-party gift cards, prepaid phone cards, postage stamps, prior purchases, Staples Industrialsm purchases or any purchases made on other provider Web sites.
- Online: One transaction - must use full amount of reward check.
- In-store: Two transactions - a balance coupon is issued in-store if rewards check is not used all at once. Balance coupon has same expiration date as rewards check and must be used all at once in-store or online.
- Expiration: Rewards expire the last day of the month following the month of issuance, at the end of the day EST and cannot be redeemed after the expiration date. Expired, lost or misdirected Rewards will not be reissued.
- Member services
- Website: www.staples.com [staples.com] under "My Account" >> "Staples Rewards"
- Email: [email protected]
- Phone:
- Standard: 1.800.793.3320
- Premier: 1.888.891.3787
- Terms and Conditions: rewards.staples.com/SRC/RewardsTerms.do [staples.com]
- Recycle:
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FAQ section (vers. 2017.07.26):
Q. (OD/OM) Do you have to recycle or make a qualified purchase first?
A. It does not matter.
Q. Where can I get used ink/toner cartridges?
A. Family and friends, neighbors, thift shops, garage/rummage sales, and of course like everything else, eBay.
Q. If I purchase an item with Rewards will that purchase count toward my purchase requirement for recycling?
A. No. By the extent the purchase is paid for with Rewards, it will not count as a qualifying purchase for the purpose of the recycling purchase requirement.
Q. (Staples) Is there any way to have the opportunity to qualify to recycle 20 carts per month without making $1000 or more in qualified purchases?
A. There are two other options if you want the opportunity to qualify to recycle 20 carts per month but do not want to make the $1000 or more in qualified purchases to reach Premier:
- Staples MORE card (this is a credit card). No charge for the card itself and it offers an automatic upgrade to Premier: https://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/programs/credit/
- Staples Business Rewards Plus Membership. $49.00+ annual fee: https://www.staples.com/sbd/cre/m...ards-plus/
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Office Depot OfficeMax Rewards Everything - the new rewards program beginning 07/01/2017.
The Staples Information Thread
Warning: Office Depot Worklife Rewards changing June 17
Office Depot Ink Recycling Policy: 20 cartridges per month as of 4/1/2010
Office Depot Ink Cartridge Recycling changing?
Office Max changes their ink recycling 05/10/09 (w/ additional policy changes 1/1/10)
Staples new ink recycling policy changes Starts July 1, 2010
Staples new ink recycling policy changes Starts Feb 1
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1. Could I use other's rewards points along with mine stacked together for a one time purchase?
2. Given that I am a Standard Ink Member, I am limited with the expiration. This means that I need to use my Rewards within that time frame otherwise I'll lose it forever. Is there anyway or a loophole to go around that expiration? ..... through a gift card maybe? Is it possible to purchase Staples Gift Cards using the Ink Rewards? Do Staples Gift Cards expire?
3. Stacking for one purchase: My Rewards + Gift Cards (note the s) + Staple's Ad Discount on their circular + ejunkie Coupon = possible for one transaction online or instore?
4. For those experienced with these types of Ink Rewards Programs from all 3 stores, which do you think has got the best Ink Recycling Program?
Thanks.
2. May be nice to add this info to originalpost too. How do the returns purchased with rewards work? Do you loose the rewards money if you return?
Thanks
1. Could I use other's rewards points along with mine stacked together for a one time purchase?
OD's T&C states the rewards cards are not "transferable or assignable" but I have never read of anyone's account being merged/terminated for this reason. For an in-store purchase, the rewards cards have no personal identifier but a cashier might question why one person has two rewards cards with the same expiration date. Online OD accepts multiple gift/rewards cards as payment.
OM's T&C state rewards must be from the same account but I have never read of anyone's account being merged/terminated for that reason. In-store the cashier could question why rewards from two different accounts are being used. Online OM only accepts one rewards payment per transaction.
I have read that Staples may merge accounts when rewards checks from two separate rewards accounts are used on the same purchase and I have read that others have done it without any issues. I lean toward the conservative side.
Not that it matters for this conversation, but Staples Gift cards do not expire.
ejunkie coupons are YMMV in-store. For example, the Staples stores near me no longer accept the $20 off $50 coupons at all and validate any Staples coupon.
In-store it should be OK to use rewards + gift cards (not sure of the transaction limit) + sales price + legitimate coupon (one dollar off coupon per transaction and the rewards should not be considered a dollar off coupon for this purpose) but I have had to argue with individual cashiers about using both a coupon and a reward check on the same transaction. Since the register will allow it, I present the case if the register allows it, it should be OK.
Online rewards + coupon (again, one dollar off coupon per transaction, rewards not counted as a dollar off coupon) + sales price is OK (again, not sure of the transaction limit) but it is my understanding that gift cards are not usable online. If the purchase total is sufficient, both a dollar off and freebie coupon can be used on the same transaction (purchase total must meet or exceed coupon limits added together: $25 off $100 + free X with $150 purchase = purchase of $250 or more (shipping and taxes excluded)).
OM's T&C are silent on the matter so it should be OK.
Staples' T&C limit one per address.
I have read about multiple accounts at the same address for OD and Staples without issue and I have also read of Staples merging some of those accounts.
2. Given that I am a Standard Ink Member, I am limited with the expiration. This means that I need to use my Rewards within that time frame otherwise I'll lose it forever. Is there anyway or a loophole to go around that expiration? ..... through a gift card maybe? Is it possible to purchase Staples Gift Cards using the Ink Rewards? Do Staples Gift Cards expire?Haven't seen a loophole -- I suppose you could return w/o receipt if you want to go that route. They keep track of this though -- with your license. You get a limited #s of returns I don't know if it resets. If you get your spending, then you get a longer expiration date w/premier. But they still expire.
3. Stacking for one purchase: My Rewards + Gift Cards (note the s) + Staple's Ad Discount on their circular + ejunkie Coupon = possible for one transaction online or instore?I've stacked some combo of the above in the past, but I think they are more restrictive now. Last time something, I'm not sure what, didn't work as planned/hoped. Didn't want any discussion and got a decent price, so I just purchased the stuff.
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1. Could I use other's rewards points along with mine stacked together for a one time purchase?
2. Given that I am a Standard Ink Member, I am limited with the expiration. This means that I need to use my Rewards within that time frame otherwise I'll lose it forever. Is there anyway or a loophole to go around that expiration? ..... through a gift card maybe? Is it possible to purchase Staples Gift Cards using the Ink Rewards? Do Staples Gift Cards expire?
3. Stacking for one purchase: My Rewards + Gift Cards (note the s) + Staple's Ad Discount on their circular + ejunkie Coupon = possible for one transaction online or instore?
4. For those experienced with these types of Ink Rewards Programs from all 3 stores, which do you think has got the best Ink Recycling Program?
Thanks.
2. You can't buy gift cards with rewards; yes, you need to use them by the expiration or lose them.
3. You can use your rewards, multiple gift cards, one dollar-off coupon (ie, 25 off 75), and instant savings advertised on a single transaction.
4. I think OfficeMax is best, simply because you can buy gift cards (except OfficeMax gift cards) with the rewards. So I can use my rewards to buy Amex or Visa gift cards to purchase whatever I want at any store, or buy ebay gift cards to buy stuff on eBay. Staples and OD require you to buy merchandise at the store.
2. May be nice to add this info to originalpost too. How do the returns purchased with rewards work? Do you loose the rewards money if you return?
Thanks
OD: "Limit one Worklife Reward account per business/household"
Staples: "Staples Rewards accounts are limited to one account per eligible customer; each mailing address is also limited to one account."
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OD: "Limit one Worklife Reward account per business/household"
Staples: "Staples Rewards accounts are limited to one account per eligible customer; each mailing address is also limited to one account."
Basically keep a low profile whenever possible, be nice to the cashiers and managers, and do not do all your biz in 1 day, at the same store, do as much online as possible to avoid scrutiny, is my advice.
Basically keep a low profile whenever possible, be nice to the cashiers and managers, and do not do all your biz in 1 day, at the same store, do as much online as possible to avoid scrutiny, is my advice.
For example, if I use $30 ink reward coupon from staples to pay for the battery deal or paper deal where you get some rewards back, do I still get the rewards back or would it reduce the rewards.
What about the same in OfficeMax and Office Depot.
For example, if I use $30 ink reward coupon from staples to pay for the battery deal or paper deal where you get some rewards back, do I still get the rewards back or would it reduce the rewards.
What about the same in OfficeMax and Office Depot.
OM: purchases with rewards do not count as qualifying purchases//to date, items with bonus rewards purchased with rewards DO earn those bonus rewards
Staples: purchase with rewards do not count as qualifying purchases//since the battery/paper deals recently, items with bonus rewards purchased with rewards DO NOT earn those bonus rewards to the extent purchased with rewards (and with coupons for that matter).
Here are the adds to the FAQ:
Q. If I purchase an item with rewards, will I earn the standard purchase rewards (e.g. Staples 10% back on ink or paper purchases)?
No. Items purchased with rewards do not qualify as qualifying purchases for the purpose of earning standard purchase rewards.
Q. If I purchase an item that earns a bonus/special reward (100% back in rewards if item x is purchased, $25 back if item y is purchased) and I purchase that item with rewards, will I receive the bonus/special reward?
It depends.
Office Depot: not sure
OfficeMax: to date, yes, items that earn bonus/special rewards purchased with rewards do earn those bonus/special rewards.
Staples:
-- No -- to the extent purchased with rewards (or coupons for that matter). This is a recent change as detailed in the Duracell and paper reward deals recently.
-- Example A: if the reward is 100% back on the purchase of batteries, and $15 of the $20 purchase price is paid with rewards, the bonus/special reward payout would be $5 ($20-$15).
-- Example B: if the reward is purchase at least $40 in paper and receive $25 in bonus/special rewards, and the total paper purchase is $50 of which $20 is paid with rewards, no bonus/special reward would be earned because only $30 ($50-$20) of the paper purchase would be counted towards the $40 minimum.
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