Staples

Not a good first experience here. I drive out here to get some office items and they are closed… at 4pm in the afternoon! Really???

Generally, I used their website and take advantage of free shipping, but this was a stock up time. Found some great deals in the store and took advantage of coupon specials. Even bigger surprise were the rebates on purchased products. Love saving money but saving money and getting money back is so sweet.

Staples used to have awesome deals on all kinds of tech and they had a large range of pens and pencils and notebooks to choose from. Recently, they’ve emphasized selling laptops and cameras and cut back on some core office supplies, which has made me shop there less. Their prices on brand name goods are comparable to any other office supply store, but their store brand is where the value ISN’T. The Staples store brand used to be a high quality brand that cost MUCH less than anything else out there. You’d get a ream of good paper for $ 3 or a pack of great gel pens for $ 4. In the past 3 or 4 years, though, Staples has tried to make its store brand a national brand and they increased their prices to match their competition… so you can pay $ 5 a ream for Hammermill paper or $ 5 a ream for Staples paper…
You have to shop here often to catch good clearance deals; I go weekly. When you find a good value, you have to jump on it because there’s no telling how long it will last. They’ve started selling Pilot G-​Tec 0.4mm gel pens, which is nice, but they have a very limited selection of pens that don’t have a 0.7mm or 1.0mm tip.
Overall, a decent rating for the store. The copy shop and print center are pretty good, too. The staff is fairly helpful, but the Easy Tech associates are not tech experts. They are there to sell extended warranties.