Remembering I was low on copy paper I stopped at Staples. There, right near the door, was big pile of house brand copy paper packages, 5 reams, 2500 sheets, with a sign that made me laugh.
Copy Paper $9.99!!
After An Easy $17 Rebate!!
$26.99.
I got a second laugh when the cash register printed out a 49.5 inch receipt. Easy rebate? Oh really.
There's the actual receipt, some coupons, instructions for bitching online at the manager of this particular store, an offer to buy your old "qualifying" electronics for next to nothing, a chance to sign up for tons of spam, a second receipt for submitting to the rebate lords in Texas, the rebate form, and another foot of how you can do this all online instead of by mail.
So if I fill in the forms, in 4 to 6 weeks, JP Morgan-Chase or Metabank will bless me a Visa card preloaded with $17. And the fact that out the goodness of their vaults, will waive for six months the $3 a month service charge, gave me another guffaw.
Who knew paper shopping could be so entertaining.
