Comments on: Staples Offers Rewards for Ink Cartridge Recycling

By: betsy surles

betsy surles — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:44:46 +0000

why do i only receive $2.00 per cartridge recycle when advert on line states $3.00?

By: Cheap Ink

Cheap Ink — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:51:15 +0000

I have never sold mine back to Staples. I just donate them to someone else who could use the few bucks and do some good with it- or I just mail them in with the prepaid recycling envelopes. I think it is good when any big company tries implement or bring some awareness to green practices or improvements though.

By: Loretta J. Wright

Loretta J. Wright — Mon, 28 Feb 2011 16:58:34 +0000

In November 06,2010 I returned 6 (six) Ink cartridges to the store in Statesville, NC To this date I have not received the rebates for these ink Cartridges. I would like to have them so I can use them the next time I go to Staples

By: yson

yson — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 01:45:29 +0000

The refilling of this cartridge is messy therefore it is advised that gloves should be worn and the place where refilling is done should be covered with a newspaper or some other absorbent material

By: Steven G

Steven G — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 14:04:57 +0000

The way I see this, Staples gives incentives that win for both schools and for the environment. Staples will give you a few bucks to your students if they bring them. If they buy something for themselves or their school so much the better. The store generates a happy customer and you get something for nothing.

By: Gopi Krishan Garhwal

Gopi Krishan Garhwal — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 06:25:43 +0000

Yes this is the big issue that most of the cartridges are thrown away but they can work again if they are well maintained and recycled.

By: jim hum

jim hum — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 01:01:48 +0000

Some nut at HP told me that the reason they quit letting us reink, was because that resulted in bad printing.

I first re-inked a “computer” ribbon on an IBM printer in 1950, and a thousand times since, and it always worked great. This is the old razor and blade scam.

By: Isabel Torres

Isabel Torres — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 06:36:59 +0000

Just so all of you know.. Staples now accepts any brand of ink cartridges whereas plenty other competitors only allow specific brands like the Staples recycling program used to be. Now any customer with whichever brand of printer can participate in the recycling program and earn up to $30 dollars a month. Thirty dollars is thirty dollas so be grateful, if not, then go to Office Depot, where the customer service is not nearly as good.
When it comes to the issue of abusing the system.. people would go into the store with multiple $300 rewards certificates to buy laptops and other expensive electronics.. another thing.. people would find a way of obtaining ink cartridges i.e buying them online and turning them in for credit.. That is cheating the system. The whole point of this program is to recycle cartridges YOU used and being eco friendly.. NOT to run a company out of business.
Thank you very much.

By: Debbie Martin

Debbie Martin — Fri, 22 May 2009 04:38:12 +0000

Trying to get my reward credit for my ink cartridges that I turned in over a month ago. My new adress is 188 Blossom Way is Hayward, ca 94541. My old adress was 150 Haas Ave. 214 in San Leandro, ca 94577. my rewards # is 594-758-173-1

By: Inge Karlberg-Stannik

Inge Karlberg-Stannik — Wed, 13 May 2009 21:34:03 +0000

However, Staples continues to send out “plastic postcards” to announce their latest offers to Rewards members. Please send Staples the message that they need to be consistent with their green practices.

By: Angela Brown

Angela Brown — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:58:05 +0000

Abusing the program is overpaying for cartridges to keep other remanufacturers out of business. That’s what Staples has done for years and this is their “oops..” moment.

By: Joules

Joules — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 14:19:44 +0000

Laurie:

No offense…but that is a lame answer. Abusing the program by bringing in 3 a day? LOL…who cares if 1 person brings 1 in a month or 1 person brings in 3 a day. The purpose of the program was to bring in empty ink cartridges for recycling. Who cares who brings them in? Its like going out and cleaning up the environment for deposit bottles. I used to do this as a kid for spending money. I guess I abused the program since there is no way I drank that many sodas a day.
Joules

By: Laurie Yammine

Laurie Yammine — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 19:47:12 +0000

The difference between this program and the school funds program is that ANYONE can earn the value, not just a school. I agree, that they have reduced the benefits, but based on what a store employee told me, that is because people abused the program, personally turning in 3 per day (which is not obviously a personal use quantity). I like the fact that I can now personally participate, unlike before when it was only for school groups.

By: Angela Brown

Angela Brown — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:03:11 +0000

Please notice that Staples has been promoting this to look like it’s now an all-encompassing program and is very subtly inserting the detail that you can now ONLY EARN MONEY ON TEN INKJETS A MONTH. Whereas before a school could earn around $270 (3 per day) per month, now Staples is limiting them to $30.

Everyone has taken the Staples press release hook, line and sinker without noticing that Staples is actually not expanding the program at all. It is drastically cutting the monthly value that people can earn at Staples.