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Staples

2.6

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Staples Reviews Summary

The overall reputation of the company reflects a significant divide in customer experiences. On one hand, some customers appreciate the helpfulness and professionalism of store staff, particularly in urgent situations. However, a prevailing sentiment highlights dissatisfaction with delivery reliability, order fulfillment, and customer service responsiveness. Many reviews express frustration over delayed shipments, unhelpful support, and issues with returns, leading to a perception of inadequate service. This inconsistency suggests a need for improved operational efficiency and customer communication to enhance overall customer satisfaction and loyalty.

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service
107
value
94
shipping
62
returns
60
quality
79

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Virginia
23 reviews
70 helpful votes
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Deals
December 1, 2015

Good deals, not too bad with the hassles of online sopping and they are also free shipping.

Date of experience: November 30, 2015
New Hampshire
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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This is must be the worst online store ever. Placed an order twice in three days and cancelled twice, I was not notified neither by phone or email, funds were charged to the credit card.

Reason for cancellation because I don't have a land line phone at my address.

I am a military and I don't stay more than 6 months in one place.

So money gone, item not received, cancellation was not notified
Could it be worse than this?

Thank you for reading this and before you place your order.

Date of experience: November 27, 2015
Tennessee
35 reviews
51 helpful votes
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Office supplies
November 27, 2015

Office supplies and friendly customer service! Affordable prices as well! Hey have a great selection of office supplies. Their prices aren't too bad, and they have great sales.

Date of experience: November 26, 2015
Washington
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Worst Company ever
November 26, 2015

Pre-ordered iPad Pro and accessories on 8 Nov - then they cancel all three orders and say they are out of stock - don't waste your time with Staples - go direct to apple.com - bigger fool me for using these idiots

Date of experience: November 26, 2015
Canada
6 reviews
3 helpful votes
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I love Staple.com. They have great prices on coffee packages for Rivo LavAzza. Much better than Keurig! And they offer free shipping. Great!

Date of experience: November 17, 2015
New Mexico
11 reviews
10 helpful votes
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Office supply center
November 15, 2015

Here you will find good prices and service- their print shop is excellent

Date of experience: November 14, 2015
Oregon
5 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Staples customer
November 12, 2015

They have good quality office supplies for reasonable prices. <3

Date of experience: November 12, 2015
Pennsylvania
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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A little more expensive than I'd like to pay, but they have so much office stuff.

Date of experience: November 10, 2015
Virginia
3 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Very easy to use friendly website, if you sign up for there rewards, you will get 10% discount on the ink cartridges and toners, with that, price is reasonable. If you don't have that 10% discount, their price is kind of high but again, you pay for the convenience.

Date of experience: November 9, 2015
Germany
2 reviews
5 helpful votes
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The support staff were very helpful, they allowed me to use a foreign credit card with no issues

Date of experience: November 8, 2015
Georgia
7 reviews
5 helpful votes
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Awsome
November 8, 2015

Staples is a good store to go to for school and business supplies. They'll have what you need, and if you want it to be cute than they'll have it. Service is good Quality is good. Also they do give you your money back, which is always great.

Date of experience: November 8, 2015
California
22 reviews
39 helpful votes
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I ordered a desk chair online, and it came the next day. Since I've ordered printers, ink, office supplies, and the arrive in perfect condition, and Really fast. Very pleased with Staples site.

Date of experience: November 3, 2015
Canada
3 reviews
3 helpful votes
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Love.
October 28, 2015

Staples, in my opinion, are an example of what more sites should be like. I ordered some duo-tangs which I misunderstood as being a multicoloured pack, and when I got them, they were all red. So I wrote them requesting a return and within 30 minutes they responded. They gave me my money back and told me I can keep the product as well, and said to donate it to a school or organization. I thought that was absolutely amazing. Also, it got here in no time. Literally. I ordered it one day, it was here the next. Amazing service. Will be ordering my daughters school supplies from there every year.

Date of experience: October 27, 2015
PG
6 reviews
57 helpful votes
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I am very happy with this website. Very good services.

Date of experience: September 29, 2015
New Jersey
9 reviews
19 helpful votes
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Useful
September 28, 2015

|Always helps me find the right ink. What's not to like?

Date of experience: September 28, 2015
North Carolina
26 reviews
17 helpful votes
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Excellent
September 24, 2015

This is one of my favorite office supply store where I can find most of my items but lately the service has been lacking in my Baychester Bronx area by the mall.

Date of experience: September 23, 2015
New Jersey
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Great Service in NYC
September 23, 2015

Great service to NYC. I get my orders delivered the next day at no cost.

Date of experience: September 22, 2015
Texas
20 reviews
16 helpful votes
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Same as Office Depot
September 21, 2015

Hard to believe they are two separate companies unless one owns the other. Products are slightly different, you have to read the specs on electronics to see the difference.

Date of experience: September 21, 2015
Wisconsin
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Beware the rebates...
September 22, 2015

Staple's has been running some pretty attractive sales lately with many apparently decent prices. Kudos for that. But please pay close attention when receiving VISA card rebates. If not utilized and cashed immediately, they are quickly diminished in value by having fees applied to their value. They eventually become virtually worthless if not used. Just don't delay in spending your rebate or suffer my fate and lose hundreds.

Date of experience: September 21, 2015
New Jersey
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible customer service experience@ Staples on Fresh Pond in Cambridge, MA (11am Fri 9/18/15). I waited in line then asked the store manager about the rebate number that was not working on the rebate site. The mgr told me to go to support area for help which I complied. The support clerk asked me to wait again, so he can help another customer on the check-out area where I was original at. Now, I have waited approx. 10 minutes. I complained and the clerk apologized, because my time is valuable as well. What makes me more upset is that the store mgr said the support clerk was correct. If that's Staples customer service, then it deserves to lose more businesses and will close more stores. Congratulations of losing a life time customer! No more spending thousands of $ per year@ Staples. Costco is so much better.

Date of experience: September 18, 2015