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Staples.com Gift Cards Not Usable - Gift Cards/On Line Use, Not

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Posted By: JB912 on 12/31/2006

I went to a Staples store to purchase a toner cartidge, they did not stock it in the store. No biggie, they offered to order it there, but since I was in a hurry, i figured I would just order it online that the next day. I did this then tried to use a cash card that I got from a return and a gift card I was given-both were from Staples and both said Staples.com on them.

The problem is, you can not use either on there web site! So, I 800 number, again, there was no way possible to use either card. I was told that I have to go into the store to use them. I told them the store does not stock the item. It didn't matter, I had to go back to the store, to place the order for something they do not stock in the store in order to pay with the cards. The nearest Staples is 30 minutes away. That is why I shop online! No where in the store does it tell you this. Online you do not find it out until you finish your order.

Time to shop elsewhere.

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    *Brenda* (01/01/2007)      
    http://www.staples.com/sbd/content/help/using/orders_payment.html

    http://www.svmcards.net/staples/ShowDetails.cfm?ProdID=148&CFID=2162066&CFTOKEN=29347986


    Please note: StaplesĀ® Gift Cards are only valid at StaplesĀ® stores and cannot be redeemed by phone or online.

    It's pretty clear on the website. Only took me 2 or 3 clicks.

    Extended Warranty (01/01/2007)      
    "I was told that I have to go into the store to use them. I told them the store does not stock the item."

    Was that the point that you expected they would magically accept them?

    Sparticus (01/01/2007)      
    I can understand your frustration. My wife has a few iTunes gift cards she wanted to use to buy something from the Apple store (the new shuffle). If you go to iTunes.com, the first page they advertise is their mp3 line of players with links to buy them. But for some reason they gift cards can't be used to buy a player. Only music/movies etc. Doesn't make sense...

    ghostbuster (01/01/2007)      
    Good shop elsewhere, Brenda found it in two or three clicks. Staples does not need a customer that cannot read properly or someone that is too lazy to click on the mouse more than once.

    JB912 (01/01/2007)      
    Brenda, you are correct, if I go online to purchase a Staples giftcard it says that you can not use it for online purchases. Of course if you make a purchase of merchandise online, as I had said, it does not tell you that it can not be used for online purchases until you are done shopping and try to pay. If you purchase the card online, it says it can not be used online for purchases. If you are in the store, and I not only looked in the store but asked the clerks and manager, it is not posted. The workers in the store were nice about about it and agreed with me that it was a problem (seems I was not the first to complain).

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    *Brenda* (01/02/2007)      
    I got a Staples giftcard for Christmas and it says right on the back that it can only be used in store.

    rhondam718732 (01/02/2007)      
    I don't get why you didn't just order the darn thing when you were there, use your cards and be done.

    jeffosoft (02/20/2007)      
    Order at the store kisok and pay at the register

    AlleyS (07/06/2007)      
    Your welcome Brenda! lol.. I would do what Jeff suggested.

    AlleyS (11/30/2007)      
    I'm almost a year late with this comment.. but JB, if people could read, it CLEARLY says, on the cash card at least, that you can ONLY use it in store.


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