dead! Maxtor 80G L01P080 8MB HD for $30 after rebates at Staples

[mysterX]

http://www.staples.com/Catalog/Browse/Sku.asp?PageType=1&Sku=499949

Staples rebate
http://www.staplesrebates.com/weblogic/rebateshq/staples/searchPromotionsBySKUOrUPC?FindValue=499949&exitUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Estaples%2Ecom%2FCatalog%2FBrowse%2Fsku%2Easp%3FPageType%3D1%26Sku%3D49994 9%26bcFlag%3DTrue%26bcSCatId%3D3%26bcSCatName%3DTechnology%26bcCatId%3D18%26bcCatName%3DPeripherals% 26bcDeptId%3D1429%26bcDeptName%3DDrives%2B%2526%2BStorage%26bcClassId%3D140461%26bcClassName%3DHard% 2BDrives

Maxtor rebate
http://www.maxtor.com/en/support/rebates/pdf/CM0356026.pdf

It will work whether you purchase the drive online or BM. Both rebates goes to two different PO Box.

[pd123]

By coincidence, I purchased this drive last week and was just about to send in the Staples rebate. How do I send in for both rebates when I only have one UPC code on the box? Thank you MisterX

[sage117]

Also how do you figure $30? I can only find a $15 off $100 coupon. The price would then be 110-15-30-30=$35. Not that $5 will kill me just wondering if maybe you had a $20 off code or something.

Thanks

[JackHammer]

Motherf....I bought one last week and already sent in my upc for the staples rebate.

[mysterX]

coupons!!! :angel:

I forgot to mention you can use a coupon. :amidala:

Code: 23700 $10 off $50 (exp 4/30/03)
Code: 93512 $15 off $75 (exp unknown)
Code: 71119 $15 off $100 (exp unknown)
Code: 74767 $15 off $100 (exp unknown)
Code: 37126 $20 off $100 (exp unknown)

[mysterX]

Originally posted by pd123
By coincidence, I purchased this drive last week and was just about to send in the Staples rebate. How do I send in for both rebates when I only have one UPC code on the box? Thank you MisterX

Notice on the Staples rebate form highlighted in red color

Your Staples sales receipt is required to process this rebate.

And also
To Receive Rebate:
1. Print and Fill Out Form
2. Include UPC and Sales Receipts in an envelope

It didn't mention if you must have an original. You should be safe using a copy of the UPC :cheers:

[pd123]

I called Staples Rebate Center and they said it was OK to send in copies of UPC. If anyone wants to call to confirm, their number is 888-241-6208.

[DaNewbie]

mmm...nice deal; personally don't like rebates, so i'll skip on this one :)

[avlena]

yay! i've been itching to get a new HD, cuz i keeping running out of room on my 120gig :D thanks mysterX!

[mcs328]

Oooh...very good deal. Better than the Compusa deal a few weeks ago. Hmmm...do I really need 80 gig plus the 180 I have yet to install? Decisions decisions.

[bachviet]

I just got a Maxtor 160GB (8MB) from CompUSA last week and I'm itching for two of these 80GB drives (RAID0). Right now I have 3 hard drives {160GB Maxtor, 120GB WD (SE), and 40GB IBM (DeathStar)} but soon enough one of these drives will go to my new Dell, which has a 60GB in there.

[avlena]

Originally posted by mcs328
Oooh...very good deal. Better than the Compusa deal a few weeks ago. Hmmm...do I really need 80 gig plus the 180 I have yet to install? Decisions decisions.

:D u can never have enough! no matter how big my HD is, i always manage to fill it up... i'm expecting the 80 to last for about 2 weeks... ;)

[djradam]

i know the po boxes are different #s (they're VERY close though). it's weird because both rebates seem VERY similar, i don't know if that will work. i also couldn't get the above coupons going. i check another link off of the deals page for staples that had 15$ off 75$ order, it came to taking off 20$.

SO, even if both rebates don't work, 60$ for an 80gig HD isn't that bad of a deal at all :)

[Joshua]

Alright, screw it.. I'm in.. Although I clearly don't need it, it's just too good to pass up.

[pd123]

NOTHING BUT LUCK FOR ME TODAY. LIKE THE MOVIE WITH RICHARD DRYFUSS CALLED "ON THE NOSE" about a betting bumb who just can't do anything wrong, he was haveing a really good day. Well so am I.

I fell into this one by accident. I ordered it last week, order cancelled because they were out of stock, but they credited me the $20 coupon for a deal that never happened. Staples called, it was back in stock, this time I used a $10 coupon and there is a $30 rebate from staples. I did the rebate, sealed the envelope but in my normal procrastination, never mailed it. Now I see MisterX deal, I fall in all the dates, I called Staples, they said I can use copies for everything so it appears I'm also getting Maxtors rebate so an extra $30 rebate. A little confusing for me to figure, but I think my net cost is net profit of $10 because I fell between the slots, just pure luck and MisterX help. I could never repeat this again. I hope it goes through but as someone said if it won't go through, a drive like this for $60 is great.

[CynJon]

OK, got mine too. Too good to pass up even though I don't "NEED" another HD at this exact moment...;)

Sucks, though, that there are no Staples in Hawaii (or Best Buy, or Fry's...:angry: ) but I thought it was strange that Staples online didn't even give me the option of having it shipped here...Oh well, having it mailed to my parents in MN so it's all good. Just makes the rebate thing a little more of a hassle, that's all.

$30 for an 80 Gig 8MB cache--awesome! Thanks MysterX!:thumb:

<edit: it was out of stock all day for me, was in stock tonight, so keep trying!>

[zoomee]

Staples typically takes copies of UPC codes.

[notallan]

Did you guys notice that the staples rebate form says not valid with any other rebates, offers, and promotions.
The kicker is that the address on both the Maxtor and Staples forms is sent to the same city and state, they are probably a couple P.O. boxes down from each other. These are going to be processed by the same rebate people. I seriously doubt we're going to see both $30 rebate checks, but it is worth a shot and the drive is worth $60 anyway.

[sage117]

The one thing that bugs me is that although it has an 8 meg buffer it still only has a 1 year warranty. I like how the WD SE have the 3 year warranty. I have 2 Maxtor HDs in my computer right now and I have sent both of them back to get replaced at one point. They are really good about doing the replacement though.

[attgig]

can't beat 30bucks for 80gigs...


that's like....sub sub pennies per mb

i think like .0003 cents per mb...that's killer.

[sage117]

Haha, did not think people still talked in mb. It is roughly $0.50 a gig if you have to pay tax like me. Or it will be about $0.875 a gig if the second rebate does not come in (not so great anymore).

[ufcrusher]

I can beat that...I remember paying about $200 for a 3 gig hard drive when 3 gigs was considered outlandishly large. I still have that drive and the receipt. I had to partition it because my bios didnt even support drives that large.

Ah the idiocy of youth with more money than sense. I went in to get a larger HD and a new vid card, ended up spending close to $400 on the two things....this was to upgrade my $3000 Gateway P60 with flawed pentium chip. I just had to be on the cutting edge of everything back then.

[barfbag]

Take a good look at the rebate form that prints out at Staplesrebates.com for this drive. #2 - Attach the following proof of purchase to this form: - Staples Store Receipt.

Not a word about a UPC. It seemed too strange so I called them and got the same story: "For this rebate no UPC is required"

[yippiekiyeh]

Here's hoping I get both rebates!

[avlena]

dumb question, but i've never done rebates for things i've bought online before... is the receipt considered the thing they send me in the email, or that piece of paper that comes in the shipping box (happily marked "not an invoice" in big red letters)

[djradam]

i always use the packaging receipt... so what comes with your shipment.

[itedin]

this better work MysteryX!

j/k, awesome deal

[Photon]

Am I the only one who can't get Staples coupons to work?

I type in the 5 digit code, and then it asks for a 16 digit coupon code. What's the trick??

Thanks for the help!
Marc

[djradam]

i don't know what i did ... first off, i couldn't get the above codes to work, but i found some others on this site ... and still had problems, keep trying and keep trying different codes, eventually it went through for me

[bobstudent]

Don't forget to ebate! (I always do)

[K2]

umm.. so i was checking the status of my staples rebate..

my HD was purchased on the 15th which is in between the purchase dates..

and staples rebate center says this:

We apologize for the misunderstanding, but your rebate is invalid because the product was not purchased within the dates specified by this promotion. A postcard acknowledging your invalid reason will be mailed to you.

so what do i do? anybody else get this?

[kellybrf]

hopefully you copied your rebate form, otherwise youre probably out of luck. call them up, explain the situation, you may have to resubmit it (they can usually do it asap via fax.) i had this happen w/cc once, the csrs had different dates than advertised.

[hotpills]

Did you guys notice that the staples rebate form says not valid with any other rebates, offers, and promotions.

For those wondering if the deal worked out....
Both of my rebates show up approved. :)

[notallan]

For those wondering if the deal worked out....

Hmmm...I only have one Maxtor rebate showing up when I check Staples.com and rebateshq.com. :( Maybe it is still early yet.

[djradam]

Originally posted by notallan


Hmmm...I only have one Maxtor rebate showing up when I check Staples.com and rebateshq.com. :( Maybe it is still early yet.

mine says PENDING because i still need to send in the receipt...
BUT, go to www.rebateshq.com that's where the other one should show up. mine did there too, so i should get those $60 in rebates :)

[NullUnit2000]

Woo Hoo! Both rebates went through!

80 gigs, $30! What a country!

[notallan]

Hmmmm...so those of you that had both rebates go through, if you go to www.Staplesrebate.com and type in your name and stuff, there are two rebates listed for the Maxtor drive? I only have one, and when I click on it to check the status, it links me to Rebateshq.com. Do other people have two rebates listed when they check one or the other site(rebateshq.com or staplesrebates.com)?

[notallan]

Ok, nevermind. The other one went through today. :) Thanks!

[dwb]

Originally posted by K2

We apologize for the misunderstanding, but your rebate is invalid because the product was not purchased within the dates specified by this promotion. A postcard acknowledging your invalid reason will be mailed to you.


My Staples rebate is approved, but I got the same message on my Maxtor rebate. They are, of course, wrong. But there doesn't seem to be much you can do online, I guess we have to wait for the postcard.

[mixer107]

Woohoo, I finally got both rebates back. I actually didn't have any problems with maxtor or rebateshq. It just took a long time (2 months) to get the money back.

[yusiye]

Originally posted by djradam
i don't know what i did ... first off, i couldn't get the above codes to work, but i found some others on this site ... and still had problems, keep trying and keep trying different codes, eventually it went through for me

Could you share the "working" coupon code? I tried all the available coupon and none of them worked:confused: Thank You!

[NullUnit2000]

Check the date on the first post. This deal is from back in April.

[kellybrf]

i hate when these posts are topped and i dont realize its two months later!

[mixer107]

Ooops.... my fault. I was so happy to get both my rebates that I had to post it.