Budgeting Tips to Get out of Debt and Build Wealth

If you’re looking for ways to buy your favorite office supply goodies at Staples (I am a fellow office-supply addict, I feel your pain), then take comfort in the fact that you can save in multiple ways when shopping at Staples.

First, make sure you are a member of their rewards program.  If you pay the (usually) higher-than-Walmart prices for their file folders and binders and such and aren’t a member of the rewards program, you are paying a premium you should not be.  Every quarter Staples sends a check in the mail that is good toward your next purchase at Staples.  Last night I used my check for $16.25 on my purchase.

Another tip is to check their online circular (or in-store circular) for specials but especially for a % off coupon.  Just before I left, I checked the website and printed off a 15% off Staples coupon, and was able to apply that to my purchase.

Finally, Staples often has products offered with a mail-in (or online) rebate.

Beware, usually when they offer this kind of deal, the price advertised on the shelf is the AFTER REBATE price.   So you get a decent price on that box of printer paper or labels, but if you forget to do the rebate, you are back to paying an unnecessary premium.

So here’s my receipt from purchases last night:

And as you see on this receipt, yet another one Staples discount offers, they will give you $50 off the price of a printer when you recycle your old one.  (Cash for clunkers for printers, sort of.)

So I can actually say that once that rebate is processed, I will have made $2.66 on my trip to Staples last night.   It helps make up for my office supplies indulgence of the past.

Posted By: Frugal Living - Reducing Spending, Saving Money Shopping by Darcy