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[Nexus 7 (2013) General] daijizai:
Just got this price matched in Office Depot based on the coupon on my phone. No fuss, no hassle. Though at first they did say they do not carry it yet, and I had to tell them that they in fact do, and they have stock. Apparently they are trying to sell out the old before placing the new.

Since Best Buy did not price match I immediately walked _next_door_ to the Best Buy and returned the one I bought there.

Thank you Office Depot for saving me a hour and change round trip to Office Max; thank you Best Buy for encouraging me to buy my BluRays online.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] tvdang7:
just PM'ed at office depot. Awesome! 199 OOT!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] baolongn:
I just asked to ask about whether they have any in stock and it looks like they discontinued the 16gb at OM. I bought a 16gb so I will be returning it and getting the 32gb at OM for less than the 16 GB at bb.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ramdyc:
So I went into two Best Buys yesterday to try to get them to price match my already purchased Nexus 7. The first one turned me down, saying they don't do price match on coupons. With all the success that everyones had here I decided to try another Best Buy. When I told them I wanted to price match, they turned me down at first, again saying they don't price match coupons. But this time I told I would be back later to return the device so that I can go purchase it at the lower price over at OfficeMax (I had no intentions of actually doing this because I had purchased the Nexus 7 with store credit I had but just wanted to see if it'd make them budge.) The employee went to get her manager and after they talked for a bit they gave me the price match.

Moral of the story, act like you'll return your Nexus 7 if they don't want to do the price match!

Also, OfficeMax apparently doesn't show the 16GB Nexus 7 on their site so I think they quoted me the price of the the old 32GB model at $250 - 20%. So I got $30. I didn't wanna push them much more so I just went with it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] hohoeyo:
Just got a price adjustment at Best Buy. No issues or hassles - just requested nicely and they gave it. Got a $25 credit from an Amex offer as well for the original purchase at Best Buy. So all in all ~$210 for the 32gig.

For those interested in the Amex Best Buy offer, it showed up in my offers when I logged in on the website, also shows up if you use the mobile app under Offers.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] rumatt:
My local Best Buy said they don't match coupons. Only online advertised prices. Any secret wordings to get around this?

Otherwise I'll just return it and buy from office max, but I'm trying to avoid that if possible.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] antoniouslj:
Not really. I just walked in and said, "I bought my Nexus 7 last Friday and have really loved it, but then I found this today". I then showed them the coupon and asked if I could price match. I originally told them I'd like to return the 16 and buy a 32 at the price matched price. They then said they don't carry the 32. So then I said, well what if I keep the 16 and just get a price match refund? They then agreed to do that.

Per their own price match guarantee:

That coupon can easily be interpreted as an ad. You really need a local Office Max to help seal the deal though.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] rumatt:
Interesting. I said, "My friends got this price matched at other Best Buy's" (I guess we're friends now, hahaha) and she said that this was a mistake by the manager at those locations. This is a COUPON which is explicitly excluded from Best Buy's price match policy.

Ah well, I'll just buy from Office Depot.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] zeus_chingon:
Officemax is refusing to honor the coupon, saying it's fake, not this district, etc. On the coupon there is no mention of exclusion on which states. This reminds me of Staples debacle from last week. If anyone successfully purchased a nexus with the coupon in Houston let me know.

Location: Houston
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Tryptonite:
I ordered form Best Buy online and it hasn't shipped yet but I emailed customer service asking if they would do the price match and they said that they would be happy to. They said that since it hasn't shipped or been charged to my card yet they can't do the adjustment but once it ships and has been charged then they can credit me back the 20%. They opened up a case on this and I have a case ID so it should be good to go but you never know. Also, I had pre-ordered the 32gb but they sent me a 16gb so I made sure to mention their mistake when asking for the price match.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] seattlecard:
Success at the Redmond WA staples. Honored the coupon. Grand total for 16gb was 200 out the door.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] witeboy07:
I went to one best buy by my house and they told me they cant price match on something you already bought, they could only price match if they lowered the price. So I went to another one and returned my 16gb and exchanged it for a 32gb and showed them the coupon, they pricematched it and I got it for $231 taxed! :laugh:
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] crazyjimbo:
Office depot will accept this coupon, as well.

Sent from my Wicked Fast Nexus 4
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] DjDonFrancisco:
Picked on one yesterday by price matching the coupon at Office Depot. Yesterday also happened to be the last day of no tax weekend here in Tennessee, so that worked out in my favor as well.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] paniro187:
I was just told this is not a good coupon and there is a email going around to all managers that this is not a good coupon

---------- Post added at 09:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:10 PM ----------

I'm standing in the store right now btw
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cyberguycpt2:
What store are you at ? Yeah don't expect for this to last long especially if some manager is really not happy about doing it and goes out of there way to let corporate know to try and kill it. I really don't get it, it's not like they have a shortage at BestBuy
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] normalsailor:
BB honored the deal on prior purchase

I bought 32gb unit at Best Buy Friday, during sales tax holiday. I took the ad and my receipt to BB today and a manager approved the credit. It was processed as a return at the original price and a purchase at the discounted price causing me to incur the sales tax but it was still worth the effort.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cyberguycpt2:
Yeah that happened to me before, I purchased a phone from a store in Las Vegas, and went to return it in Los Angeles and ended paying higher tax and got back less money...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] paniro187:
Yep called corporate they said no :/
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] DammitCubs:
Thank you for showing me this. after best buy refused to price match a coupon. I happily walked over to Office max and picked up one for 215+tax.

Then walked over the best buy and returned my nexus 7.

Money saved! Thanks dude!!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cyberprodigy:
Will they really? Are they the same company or do they pricematch?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] parmend:
I just asked my local office max and the told me the coupon was a error .
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] witeboy07:
Im reading now that their portal and all managers are refusing to allow this to work with the tablets. They are saying someone added tablets to the coupon. So if your out there and havent snagged this deal, hurry on.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] jblazea50:
Most of these stores (Office Max, Office Depot, Staples, Best Buy) generally accept competitor's coupons. As it has been mentioned throughout this thread, some of these stores are pricematching/accepting the coupon. You have to try it out as there's nothing to lose.

I did online chat on Office Depot to get the 20% off.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cyberprodigy:
Hopefully the OfficeMax I go to tomorrow will accept the coupon. Regardless, I need a new Nexus 7 because my current one has some pretty bad display issues.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] paniro187:
Mine was hip to it :/
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cubfan99:
Yes, the tablet was clearly pasted in. If I got one using this coupon, I would feel guilty for taking advantage.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bkarlsen:
I had bought mine online through Staples with their $30 coupon last week. Was able to bring in the sales slip and this coupon to one of their stores and the manager was able to pricematch and gave me a credit back for a difference. Awesome deal, thanks for posting it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Lexord:
Excuse me, but how is that clearly pasted? I mean its not a picture coupon, its text.. i dont get it
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] DsturbD:
dang it! got mine on amazon, it arrived today, but got it on my amazon card so didnt really have the cash anyways, but would have been nice to get a 32g for less than my 16g...oh well live and learn
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cubfan99:
The picture of the tablet was clearly pasted into the picture, and the text altered. Besides, why would it say "Tablets and eReaders now included"?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Lexord:
Damn it! :( I was counting with that discount to buy it tomorrow
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bso44:
But that domain is what OfficeMax uses for their coupons:

http://officemax.ed4.net/profile/signup.cfm
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] jblazea50:
That's not true. If you read the exclusions at the bottom of the page, nowhere does it mentions tablets and ereaders. It would be difficult to photoshop the small texts. Also, this coupon was emailed to people on OfficeMax listing (I believe it's a regional coupon).
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
Please stop making stuff up.

I didn't create this PDF, but the text and image are all printed *directly* from the OfficeMax promotion website (which is handled by eBay enterprise marketing)

You can go on the website now and it will show that text (and image).

This is a local promotion that is going around region to region. This isn't the first week it has been available but it is the first week for this particular region.

Further, OfficeMax has been issuing coupons forever. They know how to create coupons that are not good for technology products. If it was "faked" the computer would just kick it out and reject it. The registers are accepting w/o issue.

So if you still feel it is "faked/altered", it would have needed to be "faked/altered" by someone working for OfficeMax because they would have had to change the official marketing material as well as the terms of the coupon so the checkout register would accept it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bso44:
That's totals BS since this coupon was sent out via email from Office Max. Just open the link in the OP. Then hover your cursor over "Open in Web Browser" in the top\, right corner. It's a frickin' Officemax.com domain that redirects to the coupon.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] witeboy07:
In not saying is fake. I'm just reporting what I'm hearing. Good luck guys. Luckily I got my 32gb after some smart thinking. ;)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bso44:
Just to clarify, I wasn't doubting you. Just calling BS on those managers and anyone saying this was a faked or photoshopped coupon.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cubfan99:
Knock yourself out. Tablet looked pasted in to me, but perhaps THEY added it later. Odd that they would "now include" and then pull back.

Anyway, doesn't bother me because I have mine and am fine with the price I paid... $199. Amazon gave me a $30 coupon when I mentioned the deal from Staples over chat. :) Some of you might be able to pull that off with this one still. And no tax.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
These stores commonly create promotions to clear out older inventory then realize later on some newer releases would fall under the promotion, then they try and pull back. The left hand creates the promotions and the right hand stocks the inventory and they don't speak to each other.

Same with the Staple $30 off tablet promotion. It clearly included tablets. They intended it to expire before the new Nexus 7 hit the shelves but stores got their shipments early and they started selling. The coupon worked fine, then corporate realized the coupon was working on a product they didn't intend it to work on, so they tried to pull back.

This stuff happens all the time and it doesn't involve any customers altering the promotions.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cubfan99:
That one worked great for me... on Amazon. ;)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
Yup, you "faked" amazon out since Staples "pulled back" from applying the coupon. :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] tvdang7:
Got mine from office depot on FM 1960 &stuebner
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bso44:
For the 16GB, the discount is about the same when you factor in tax at the store. But for a 32GB, this Office Max coupon is a smoking deal.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cubfan99:
I seriously didn't hear that until you mentioned it just now.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
Especially when you factor in many states had their "tax-free" days this week.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cyberprodigy:
Plus there seems to be an offer to get a $20 Macy's gift card with any purchases over $175. So if you can pull off the coupon and the Macy's gift card then you have yourself one hell of a deal. I'm going tomorrow to get another 32GB since my current one has a bad screen. Hopefully my new one is perfect. I'll report how it goes.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] GrandMstrBud:
This is how I got mine, is there an LTE version of this?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Orite:
So I just called one of the Office Maxs around my house and they told me that this coupon is district specific. They said that their district (Baldwin Park,CA) will be running a 20% back to school promotion that includes tablets next week. I'm just going to return mine back to Best Buy for now and wait a week.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cyberguycpt2:
This is a good deal and worth a try, what do you have to lose by asking. Today I took ten of the $50 I got back and bought a case at GameStop. I Walked in and saw two for $20 and the guy asked if I needed help so I told him I'm looking for a case and if he had any less than $20. First he said no then he had went to check in the back and found two for ten each. Of course its a case for the first gen but its a pretty nice case which I'm sure cost much more when it was first released, it just doesn't have a camera hole.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cyberprodigy:
Doesn't auto-brightness work by checking how bright the area you're in is with the front facing camera? My old Nexus 7 case blocks the front facing camera and I thought that would break the auto-brightness so I never tried it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cyberguycpt2:
That might be another draw back but I myself don't use auto brightness, I keep it at one level.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] devilsmack:
Mine ended up being $216. I bought during the tax free weekend at best buy for $269 and I showed them the coupon and they refunded me $53. Thanks for the heads up on this.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] biggiestuff:
The one in meyerland is not accepting it as they say they are not part of the region but the one on Katy is. I was able to pricematch at best buy to that one. I had to return my tablet and rebuy it to get the price match but at least they let me buy the one I had back so I wouldn't have to configure everything up again.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] paniro187:
I live in Katy and went to the office max and the manager wouldn't honor it. The best buy across the street wouldn't price match . the office depot would match it but didn't have any
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] wrichards2009:
Thanks so much for this. Got a 32 GB for 15 dollars cheaper then the 16 I initially had
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] TG2708:
It would be helpful if you all can list the regions or states where the coupon is being accepted because not everywhere is honoring it.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] player911:
How did you get amazon to give you a credit. I talked to 2 different chat reps and they both said they don't price match anything except other amazon sellers. Both sent me a return packing label and told me to return it and buy locally.

Whats the secret?

I'd love some money back. I'm half tempted to do this for $50. But my tab works great and I'm happy with it. But buyers remorse sets in when you pay $50 more then everyone else is paying.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] teiglin:
Not to add to the derailing too much, but the auto-brightness uses the ambient light sensor, not the camera. I don't know about the original N7 but these are sometimes adjacent to one another.

I tried the coupon today at OfficeMax in Olympia, WA. The cashier said that she'd used the coupon yesterday and it worked, but they were out of stock--tomorrow I'll see if I can get Best Buy or Office Depot to match. Keeping my fingers crossed.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] player911:
There is a light sensor built into most mobile devices. It doesn't use the FFC. Its the same thing that turns the screen off when your phone is up to your ear. Maps also uses it to display day vs night colored maps.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Orite:
Went to the Pasadena Best Buy and they gladly accepted my return when I told them I had a 20% off coupon. Then went to Pasadena Office Max to try and place an order (Even told them I'd be happy to wait for a backorder) but they told me their systems wouldn't let them since even the main warehouses are sold out.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cubfan99:
I don't know the secret. She just offered a one time credit. I said thanks. I buy a ton on Amazon. Perhaps she knew that.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Picao:
Got the same response from the Meyerland store, what a waste of time going there.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] chiikko561:
Im trying tomorrow
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Stanlehh:
I gotten this as well.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] zeus_chingon:
Is office depot and officemax the same thing?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] startrek1312:
Has anyone tried this out with Walmart? I unfortunately bought one at Walmart during Sales tax holiday without knowing this? :(
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sofakng:
My local Office Max was out of stock on the 32 GB version so I went to Best Buy and asked them to price match. I was pretty suprised but they did agree to match it so it's definitely worth trying!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] biggiestuff:
Katy one as in the one on Katy freeway at bunker hill. The only way I was able to get the price match was because the bb rep called there and they said they were honoring the coupon on that exact product.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] player911:
Still no movement on Amazon. 3rd time chatting with a rep and they keep saying they don't price match at ALL!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] chiikko561:
What are saying to use chat online for office depot because they told me only except coupon in store

Sent 4rm my Paranoid Nexus 4.3 LTE...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] zkosn:
Best Buy in Austin, not a moment of hesitation in matching the coupon for 16gb (they are out of stock at all OM's in town). Now they did have trouble calculating 20%, which meant two manager calls. But "A" for effort.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sfhub:
There's no I in TEAM. No child left behind.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] player911:
Amazon price matching. They're not budging. They won't offer a monitary refund of the difference or Amazon Credit, or anything.

They just say, "Nope, refund and buy locally then".
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] DualSportDad:
The only thing amazon price matches is TVs.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] nbock01:
Great deal! Just picked mine up from OM, last one in town!!!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] player911:
Yea thats what they say, but how are others getting credits?

I'm a regular use on SlickDeals.net and I see Amazon PM all the time. I don't get it. Are people getting credits Prime Subscribers? Do the rules apply differently to them?
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] DualSportDad:
I see one person on here that says amazon price matched for them. Maybe he got lucky.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] ferrari248f1:
Wow I'll try it tomorrow!
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] MMakoto:
no luck in my local OM, 11096. the manager wouldn't even help me order one cuz he said their two local warehouses don't have them in stock. tried to do it at a staples too, but the manager said they couldn't even help me order it because it is out of stock online and their local warehouses.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] chiikko561:
Thank you bro... 32gb sold out everywhere here... Got a 16 at office depot in West Palm Beach...

Sent 4rm my Paranoid Nexus 4.3 LTE...
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bpear96:
Just got Office depot to match the coupon price via live chat. Order Total: $231.12.

They had to call to confirm and request payment, when the guy on the phone went to process payment he told me "Oh no we have some bad news.. the tablet you wanted just went out of stock" :/ anyways.. I got it ordered on backorder for the $231 price, and he said it should take 1-2 weeks.

Kinda mad that when i talked to live chat and when the rep on their made order it was instock, when I go to pay with that order number it was out of stock.. Just my luck

I can wait though to get a 32GB for pretty much the same price as 16GB
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] olmos.lalo:
How are you guys getting Office Depot to match it online? Twice they keep telling me "in-store only"
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bpear96:
I couldn't get office max(the actually store this coupon says it is for) but I could got Office Depot to price match it. They are on back-order now though sadly :/. Just go on their live chat, tell you have a Office max coupon and hoping they could match it for an online order. They will eventually respond saying they can only give you 10% unfortunately (at least they did for me) then just tell them sorry but im not interested I was hoping for 20%, They will then request for approval (or so they say) and they will come back (at least they did for me) saying they got approval to give you 20% off.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Cubfan99:
Might be the case. I'm a Prime subscriber and got the "one time exception credit of $30," but it's the second time they've done that for me in 5 months, so it really wasn't "one time."

Don't know why everyone doesn't do Prime. It's incredible.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] memfirst:
I just copped the 16 GB at Staples for $196.87 (tax included). I might try again this weekend because my state is having a tax free holiday. That would drop the total price down to $183.99.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] streetracer8605:
Glad I saw this thread. Just got back from Best Buy giving me an adjustment. The customer service rep called Office Max to validate the coupon, whoever answered at Office Max said it doesn't include tablets even though it clearly states it does on the coupon. So the Best Buy person they couldn't do it. I then called the customer service number on the coupon and asked the lady who answered if it does include tablets like the coupon says it does, she said yes it does. I handed the phone to the best buy rep and the Office Max customer service confirmed that the coupon does include tablets. Best Buy then made the adjustment and I left after getting $56 refunded back to me for my 32gb nexus 7. Fantastic deal. Again, so happy I saw this thread.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] cyberprodigy:
I just got back from Best Buy. I had a 32GB shipped to my local store and the guy took the 20% off when I showed him the coupon. Total was like $230 and some change. Awesome deal, can't wait to pick up my new one.

I think the best way to utilize this coupon is to go to a store that will price match.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] chiikko561:
Just went to another office depot found last nexus 7 32gb in palm beach county... thanks again returned 16gb....
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] olmos.lalo:
I still can't get office depot to freaking price match they keep saying they can't honor it online. Man 3 times and still nothing.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] sherpa:
A friend of mine just tried Office Depot chat method and it worked for him.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Lexord:
Any help? Went to Staples and BB and they didn't accept it.. Also, looked for the nearest Office Max (1 hour) And they are out of stock.. I really wanted this :/
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] bso44:
Any Office Depots near you? Might want to give them a try.
[Nexus 7 (2013) General] Lexord:
Just looked online, 9 stores out of stock.. Thanks tho