$25 for FREE at Staples (or $5 off $25 if you have no rewards)

I have $20.60 in Staples Rewards to redeem:

There is a printable coupon for $5 off $25 or more that expires 11/17:

This means - $25 for FREE at Staples!  Holla!

Staples: Made $10 on Rebates

This was cool.  Went to Staples yesterday with my $10 off $20 coupon in hand.  I bought 2 packs of pastel paper ($8.79 each) and a pack of Copy Paper ($5.49).  All had a 100% rebate (Sunday & Monday), but I thought the coupon would bring the rebate total down - but didn't look that way when I submitted them on StaplesEasyRebates.com.  After tax, I spent $13.89 and when I did my rebate, I should be getting $23.07 in my PayPal account.  Not bad.

The Copy Paper will be donated to my son's school and we'll use the Pastel colored paper for crafts and whatnot.  I'm really wholesome and obnoxious like that.

Free Crap at Staples Today (after Easy Rebate)

If you go to Staples today, you can buy some stuff and get the purchase price back in Easy Rebates (I get mine put into my PayPal account).

What can you score?

Copy Paper (500 sheets).  $5.49 each.  Limit 2.
Staples photo paper.  $9.99 each.  Limit 2.
Staedtler Ballpoint Pens 8-pack.  $5.99 each.  Limit 2.
Kleenex 2/pack.  $2.99 each.  Limit 2.
Avery 8160 Address Labels.  $12.79.  Limit 1


Holla for free crap!

Occupy My Wallet: Day 23

Hit today out of the water: Another new phone and 96 K-cups and only .20 cents spent!  Yahoo!

I set a new record for myself - less than 4 days before I broke a phone.  In my defense, I didn't do anything to that sucker.  It was just possessed.  A quick trip to my favorite Apple Store (Derby Street Shoppes in Hingham, of course) helped in that department.  The geniuses there determined it was possessed and just gave me a new one.  They are so nice at the Apple Store.  The customers - not so much.  As I was standing at "the bar", a man with a cracked iPod screen came up all distraught.  He told his "genius" that his 11 year-old daughter broke it.  I chimed in, "Yeah, I broke my screen last week and I'm 32 - you can't really use her age against her."  He was not amused.  Then some girl with hot pink nails, a hot pink MacBook and a hot pink iPhone chimed in on me and said one of her old iPhones used to freeze all the time.  So I talked to her for a little bit and then said "Wow, you're all fancy with a 4."  She corrected me all serious:  "It's not a 4, it's a 4S."  Yeah.  Okay.  I really have no idea what that means.  If you're expecting to win "cool" points with me, it's not working because I have no idea what you are really even talking about.  I told her that I don't even know what I'm doing half the time with my iPhone 3.  My genius informed me I have a 3G.  Okay.  Again - you all lost me.  Then back to guy with the iPod issue - his tech guy was saying it might be so bad that it might not be fixable.  So the dad said "Well if I have to buy a new one, fine.  My daughter was crying her eyes out."  I really wanted to say "Well, why don't you just have her play with some Barbies - they probably won't shatter."  I didn't though.  I should have.

Now to my K-cups.  A Facebook friend of mine said on her timeline that she scored K-cups for $12.50 at Staples (box of 48).  So I ran up to my Staples - and they had the same boxes for $12.50 (.26 a k-cup).  I had $24.80 in Staples Rewards and I guess there isn't tax on k-cups - because after the cashier rang up the two boxes, my total due was 20 cents.  I handed him 2 dimes and felt empowered.  This was at the North Weymouth Staples on 3A.  They also had lots of boxes of 16 count French Vanilla and some various teas for $3.50 a box (.21 cents a k-cup).  So if you are near a Staples and need some cheap k-cups - check them out.  Use the price scanner though - the 48 count-boxes were marked $22.50 but rang up at $12.50.  No idea why or what the deal was.

So all and all - a good cheap day here in the Occupy My Wallet front.  No material possessions (except the phone - but that replaced my other phone so it evens out).

Staples: 100% back in Staples Rewards Items! (that means FREE!)

I dig Staples.  This week, there are some killer 100% back in Staples Reward deals.  I'm sitting on almost $25 in rewards so I may have to do some of these.  Buying stuff with "rewards" or "gift cards" don't count against my 'Occupy My Wallet' movement....


Avery heavy-duty binders (reg. $6.99-$32.99) Limit 4


Staples Letter/Legal plastic storage tote (reg. $12.99-$13.49) Limit 2


Staples economy storage box 10/pack (reg. $16.79) Limit 2



***Also - check your ad - there is a $5/$25 purchase there. ***

Triple Recycling on HP printer cartridges - get $6 back per cartridge when you spend $50 on HP ink.

REAM OF PAPER!  

My school asks for donations of reams of paper.  This week, HammerMill 500 sheets is $5.99 - but you get $4.99 back in Easy Rebates (different from Staples Rewards).  You can submit your rebate easily online and get it back in your PayPal account.  Or a standard check.  Limit 2 on this offer.

Lots of Dollar Deals to be had!

Notecards
Envelopes
Business Card holder
Glue Sticks
Magic Tape
Staples Stickies
Staples Photo Paper (after easy rebate)
Dry-Erase markers
Scissors
Writing pads

It's a great week to stock up on your office supplies!

$5 off $25 at Staples

Print THIS COUPON to score $5 off $25 at your local Staples store.  Expires 1/7/12.  Extra great if you can couple it with Staples Rewards.  I have $24 of them burning a hole in my wallet so I should probably use them up before they expire.

Staples Rewards on your Phone!

Have you ever found yourself in Staples and thought "Gee Whiz!  I forgot my Staples Rewards!" or "I wonder if I have any Staples Rewards to redeem!".  Well I have.  Seriously.

So a few weeks back, I was in this situation.  Since I'm addicted to my iPhone, I decided to just look up my rewards on Safari.  It's easy - go to www.Staplesrewards.com.

After you log in, you can keep it so your phone knows you.  Now, whenever I go to Staples, I don't even print out my rewards - I just pull them up on my phone for the cashier to scan.  See:

Isn't that cool?  What's even cooler is that because of this blog post, I learned how to take a screen shot on my iPhone.  Simple things amuse me.  Save paper, save time, use your iPhone!