Hubby wanted me to post his great deal from yesterday. *sigh*
A little background … when I first met hubby he was just getting into the grocery coupon game. He followed me from fatwallet to bargainshare so he could learn from me. Eventually we met, and later married. I have always said he is the greatest deal I ever got online. 
Over the years he’s become a grocery coupon slacker. I’m not sure why he stopped, but he is kind enough to be my coupon mule gathering inserts when he travels, gathering tear pad coupons when he travels, and being the extra body I need when something is “limit one per person”.
However, he was always into electronic, computer and gadget deals and that never stopped.
Now, like many of you I print a lot. Between coupons and well, more coupons, my printer uses quite a bit of ink. I have an old inkject HP and it drives him crazy that I pay so much for ink cartridges (I once read an online account as to why HP does not refill very well, and it has something to do with the pins). He’s been bugging me to move on to a laser printer, and I have resisted. Ever see the price of those replacement cartridges!? Like a hundred bucks each! Still mister-unit-price finally convinced me because the cost per print is so much less with a laser printer versus an inkject printer.
So yesterday I needed to go to Office Depot. We had a $32 and change reward card that was going to expire today, and I was going to buy … ink!
Well needless to say that drove hubby bonkers.
We stopped for mail, and inside was almost $20 more in rewards.
Now hubby was determined that I was not going to “squander” $50 in rewards on ink.
Ummm ok, so I’ll pay cash next week instead!?
He gathered all his Office Depot and Office Max coupons (they take competitor coupons), his rewards (you know, the ones earned when I recycled my ink cartridges) and we headed for the store.
Walking in to Office Depot, he grabbed the ad.
Ut oh. There was a printer trade in deal going on; $50 off any laser printer originally priced at $299+ when you trade in an old printer.
The wheels are spinning.
I smell the smoke.
That hamster is getting tired.
He stops the manager to confirm that the HP model that is on sale qualifies. Manager confirms that even though it is on sale for $225, the original price was over $299 so he can get a $50 credit with a used printer turned in for recycling.
Bingo! Hubby is all over this.
He goes home, comes through out dead printers down the basement and decides to take in an old Lexmark that was too clogged to get the dry ink out.
He heads back to Office Depot and here is his deal:
HP color laser printer $225 on sale ($299.99 regular price)
- $50 printer trade in
= $175
- $25 off any HP printer Office Dept coupon
= $150
- $30/$150 Office Max coupon
= $120
- $51 Office Depot rewards
= $69
He was thrilled.
I am not sure I am though. This thing is HUGE compared to my old HP and each toner replacement is like a hundred dollars. That is gonna hurt when I go to buy. But these are the kind of deals hubby loves. You should have seen him years ago when we could get most electronics for free! He was like a kid in a candy store. Now he is resigned to cheap, but very happy when he finds a great deal.
