CHECK YOUR INK!!!
So, I've gotten frustrated here before when looking for items that they didn't have, in the past. That however isn't even why I am giving them a low rating.
*I wrote this about 3 months ago but forgot to click "post"
Over the past 3 days I've been back to the store 3 times all over a stupid ink cartridge. So I bought an XL version of the ink I usually get. Actually, I almost didn't, I was waiting in line with it and decided to check on my android for a cheaper store. While I was standing there, the manager cordially said "She'll be right with you, just checking her system" or something like that. I said "no problem", then my phone showed it at a store down the street for about 3 bucks cheaper. It was worth the 2 minute drive so I put the ink back on the hook and went to leave. As, I'm exiting the manager gives me this WTF look. I said, "found it cheaper at another store". He offered to price match. After seeing the price he said they wouldn't match it because I would get 10% back on my staples reward card and then could get 2 bucks to recycle it. He offered to check my card to see if I had any unused rewards. I thought I might since I've never used it but bought a laptop, computer desk, some journals and other assorted stuff there but it wasn't so. I decided to buy the ink there and get the rewards since it would work out to be about a dollar cheaper. So I get home, it clicks into the slot but the printer doesn't recognize it. I go back the next day to exchange it. The same manager is there, but now he's looking at me kinda suspect. I get that he's doing his job, but still. The same girl that rang me up the first time looks at the cartridge, mumbles something like "It's good", then the manager grabs it and starts inspecting it like he's inspecting the hope diamond. I thought he was gonna pull out a special ink cartridge loop or something! Then he grabs a similar cartridge from the recycle bin and hand-measures the weight or something. Then he simply walks off. Even the cashier (who reminds me of Michelle Rodriguez) just throws her hands up like "Okay?" She says, I'll just take care of it I guess. I grab the High-Capacity cartridge I usually use and she does the exchange. So, I get home and a while later I decide to put the ink in. I notice the box is open even though I don't remember opening it. Whatever. They must open the exchange when you return an opened product. I pull the ink out and it's an open XXL cartridge! I call the store and they say, oh the cashier must have made a mistake. Just bring your receipt and we'll fix it. I make it back over there the next afternoon. Faux Michelle Rodriguez is there. Awesome! Hopefully she'll remember me. She does. It's a different manager today, however. This time the exchange goes smoothly and I open the box and check it right in front of them. The cashier even mentions that they have problems with people putting used cartridges in a new box and gluing it shut. She looked at the box and said thats what it looked like happened. So after the whole ordeal I got my ink, but I'll be damned if that wasnt an annoying experience! read more