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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
106
value
93
shipping
62
returns
60
quality
78
Ohio
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I was hoping that my order got delivered, but I checked later and it said "CANCELLED". I called and asked them why they didn't send me an email or something to let me know about it so I had to take care of it right away. They said that they didn't think it was safe to email me. But they had emailed me the receipt with the order information. It really bothers me that big companies do things like this. I needed the item at a certain date and now it's impossible! Second time, I called again. They explained the mistake I made when I ordered it the second time. I explained what happened and the lady said that I can't make the order online anymore. I asked if I can leave a review at the end of the call and she said NO. How can't I leave a review? Why? It makes me think it was because she knew I was not going to leave a good one. Of course not! I didn't have a good experience so why would I give a positive review. I am so upset right now. On top of that, she sounded like I was trying to do something suspicious and that made me more upset. I tried to explain many times what happened so I could purchase the item right away. I kept defending myself because I know I don't have the need to trick or steal from anyone. I am glad I can support myself and never see myself in a situation where I have to steal from anyone. This is my first time buying from staples and what an frustrating experience. I am only buying from this store because I have a giftcard, but next time I will look for better option.

Date of experience: March 28, 2019
New York
1 review
1 helpful vote
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The item was not in stock, I ordered online in the store, the next day delivery is a lye the item never showed up and the next day I was told that they did not have the item. The following day they said that they were going to delivery the item, but that time I decided to buy another computer. Now they do not want to return the total amount of purchase and I do not how long I have to wait to get my money back. Staples is a scammer.

Date of experience: March 23, 2019
Virginia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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My fiance is an employee at Staples and has been there for sometime now and really like what she does. The GM that runs the store is a racist and he talks about his employees and also plays around with her schedule. We have huge bills to pay and giving somebody 40+ hours one week and then giving them 15 hours the next week because she called out SICK on one day SICK THROWING UP how dare you. Ive never seen this kind of job who treats other people the way that they do so unacceptable.

Date of experience: March 23, 2019
Virginia
26 reviews
55 helpful votes
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Quick service!
February 7, 2019

I don't know how they can ship 8000 sheets of paper to my home for free, but they did. Quick and reliable. I will definitely order from them online again

Date of experience: February 6, 2019
Canada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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If you buy online make sure you deliver it to the NEAREST STORE, otherwise you'll never get the item (unless you're sitting at home and waiting for the package). They don't call when they're about to deliver - they deliver between 9 and 5 (when everybody works) - they never deliver on the weekends - and they have 3 attempts. To make things worse, delivery guys enter the building without permission - I never got a call from downstairs, I was nearby, I could have come to take the package. Simply ridiculous! NEVER NEVER NEVER buying again with staples online! Don't bother calling the customer service 877 number - they can't do anything. And then you wonder why Best Buy takes over the business.

Date of experience: January 31, 2019
Virginia
36 reviews
124 helpful votes
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LIARS!
January 15, 2019

I have been stuck in my house for five days. As luck would have it, I VERY MUCH need a computer part that broke three days ago. Staples.com on their website said if I ordered, I could have NEXT DAY delivery. Of course like a fool, I chose pick up in store (it's a hike by foot, but doable) to save the shipping fee. What a crock of crap! They just sent an email that delivery was DELAYED (no reason why) and it will be ready for pick up TOMORROW (and that is not what those SOBS claim on their website ["order today; pickup the next day"])! That means I have been with a broken computer for FIVE DAYS! I chose this lying unreliable store because I can walk to it. I don't like waiting and I do NOT like BROKEN promises. NEVER EVER will I shop online with these lying sacks of crap and I just may be done with their brick and mortar stores too! STAY AWAY! THEY LIE!

Date of experience: January 15, 2019
New York
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Misleading Advertising
January 2, 2019

In an e-mail, Staples offers $30 off $60 purchase. Below are pictures of ink, laptops etc, Below the pictures is written in small writing that ink, laptops etc. are not included.
How stupid is that?

Date of experience: January 2, 2019
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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We recently bought an hp laptop from staples. It gradually got so it didn't work at all. Took it back. "Sorry, contact the manufacturer. We can't help you. " HP service is almost impossible to contact. We're still doing battle and stuck with a $600 laptop that is a lemon. Beware.

Date of experience: November 27, 2018
Alabama
195 reviews
362 helpful votes
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Nice.
November 28, 2018

Whatever you need for your home office or any type of office, they products here are authentic. Don't waste your money on fake sites saying they can help you save money. Stables has the best deal.

Date of experience: November 27, 2018
Canada
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Steer Clear!
October 26, 2018

I am an office manager for a small business in Toronto, ON.
Staples has caused more headaches with their deliveries than I care to recall, however save yourself the headache and just avoid their online services all together. I ordered a case or paper among other item, on Monday and STILL have yet to receive the case of paper and have been given nearly every excuse for the business to be held accountable.

To add insult to injury, the third representative I spoke to advised me to go to my nearest store to physically go pick up a case of paper. Not only does that completely defeat the purpose of using the online services to begin with, I now have to take time from my day to leave the office and purchase paper.

I promise that our office will not be using Staples for online services ever again at any point. Such a disappointment.

Date of experience: October 26, 2018
Massachusetts
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Great customer service.
September 26, 2018

I bought new office furniture at the hyannis location at a great price and they even assembled for me. I got great treatment from Irena, even though it wasn't her department.

Date of experience: September 26, 2018
Kansas
21 reviews
18 helpful votes
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Office supplies
July 30, 2018

They have a great selection of office supplies. Their prices aren't too bad, and they have great sales.

Date of experience: July 30, 2018
Canada
3 reviews
1 helpful vote
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They have very Good service for customer. You can always find what you need there. But the price is always too high.

Date of experience: July 25, 2018
Ohio
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I was in the Findlay, Ohio Staples store this morning and they were short of staff. I was looking for two items and neither were on the shelves. Aaron who works at the store was kind enough to go to the warehouse area and hunt up both items and stock the displays with them. He was pleasant, helpful, and had a big smile on his face. He moved around quickly and came back with the items I was looking for.
I was well pleased with his great attitude and working qualities. The Findlay store and Staples, in this day and age, to have such an quality employ.

Date of experience: July 1, 2018
Oklahoma
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I placed an order with a representative on the phone. I had given the rep my correct address, but I saw in the confirmation email 3 hours later that they were mistakenly shipping the item to my daughter's home more than 1,000 miles away. I immediately called and asked the rep to correct their mistake on the delivery address. She said that she was unable to do that. She said that she had to cancel the first order and place a new order, so we did that. I paid for the 2nd order, had it delivered to my local Staples store, and picked it up the next day. Four days later, the first order that I was told had been cancelled was delivered to my daughter's home. I checked my credit card statement and saw that the first order had not been cancelled. I called again and asked to have the charge from the first order credited back to me. Staples will not credit that money back to me until my daughter delivers the item to UPS or to a Staples store and they verify that it has been returned. Staples made a mistake on the delivery address and on their failure to cancel the first order. They have wasted a lot of my time, and now they will also waste some of my daughter's time to get their mistakes corrected. This is a good way to drive long-time customers away from a business.

Date of experience: June 13, 2018
Oregon
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I went into the Albany, OR store to make copies from a USB drive. Not only did the copy machine keep canceling the print, the young girl who worked there said,"well, I can't do anything about it" She then proceeded to go back to sucking on her sucker hanging out of her mouth and ignored me. This is the 2nd time trying to make copies on machines that don't work. Same feckless girl both times. Never again!

Date of experience: May 31, 2018
Canada
1 review
3 helpful votes
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Went into the store on Monday to order an office chair - was told the item was in stock in the warehouse and would be delivered to my home on Friday between 9 and 5.

Friday came and went. Received an automated e-mail on Monday informing me that there was no stock of the item, and that my order was cancelled. No notice saying they have more on the way and I should expect it in x-xx days. Just cancelled!

Called customer service right away on Monday. They apologized, and said that they actually did have stock after all (there were apparently 54 at that time), and that I could place another order over the phone. Was asked for my credit card again. I thought ok, mistakes happen. Place an order a second time. Was told I the chair would be delivered the following day (Tuesday) between 9 and 5 pm, so once again made arrangements for someone to be at my home office to receive the chair. On Tuesday, the Staples truck DOES show up, but they're not delivering a chair. Apparently they were here to pick up a RETURN for an office chair. Later that day, I receive another automated e-mail stating that my second chair order has been cancelled due to the item being out of stock. WTF?

Called customer service yet again on Tuesday. Spoke to Keith this time. Explained the situation to him. He apologized and said he was going to call Cindy. Cindy is apparently the staff member who has the e-mail address of someone who works in the warehouse. One gatekeeper who relies on an e-mail inquiries to check warehouse stock. Are you kidding me? Staples clearly does not understand the importance of investing in a quality business process management system. Their inventory is not reconciled with their supply chain which means they have no idea when out of stock items will be replenished (or whether or not they are even on order). Keith assured me he would be in touch by phone or e-mail by the end of the day on Tuesday.

It's Wednesday. No e-mail/phone call from Keith. Called customer service yet again. I'm given the same run around treatment. "Must call Cindy. Cindy must e-mail the warehouse. Warehouse must reply to Cindy. Cindy must call the Customer Service Rep back. Customer service rep must get back to me." Doesn't this sound insane to you? In this day and age with all the cheap and readily available technology that can instantly make these kind of problems go away?! I'm baffled and so unimpressed! Goodbye Staples. Never again!

Date of experience: May 16, 2018
Ohio
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Bad policies
May 9, 2018

Got a staples card in 2017. Was hurt shortly after and had 5 eye surgeries in the next 14 months. Located the card and asked for them to honor it. Refused to and told me the monthly service charges of $ 3.00 had eaten up most of the balance. That amounted to a service charge 72 %. Will not spend another dime with them

Date of experience: May 9, 2018
New York
6 reviews
16 helpful votes
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Staples Rip off
May 7, 2018

I ordered Staples 4Drawer Letter Size Vertical File Cabinet Putty 265Inch
Item #******* Order NUMBER: *******364, from Staples website on dated 05/06/18. And charged by credit card $85.16. Today received an email, staples cancelled my order. Spoken to sales rep, due to their fault they put wrong price on web site! Staples is not responsible for the price they offered yesterday, when I bought this. As per there supervisor named Shauna, she cant do nothing and Staples is not responsible for there own error. In the mean time my credit card charged immediately and I don't see any refund yet for my credit card charges. Staples charge me credit card and use monies, and later they will refund, what a rip off. So please be careful for there website prices! I will never order from them in future.

Date of experience: May 7, 2018
India
2 reviews
2 helpful votes
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I ordered computer monitor for personal use and while they arrived quickly. They provided by good customer service and timely delivered product.

Date of experience: April 23, 2018

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Founded in 1986
Framingham, MA, United States
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