Staples - Deals & Shopping 4+

Make it easier on everyone!

Hello, I’m an associate at one of your stores and have been through the countless moments of having customers leave after realizing the process needed to sign in. For the sake of your customers time, please replace the initial “join now/log in” screen with the “join for free” button that appears once you finally open the wallet. This makes it simpler for the associate to direct the customer to the product we want to sell and it makes it 100x simpler on the customers who don’t have the time to create new passwords and for those who aren’t as tech savvy.

Developer Response ,

Hello, We appreciate you taking the time to share your experience and feedback with us! I have shared the recommendation with our product team.

What happened to the old app?

This new Staples, easy rewards app is useless. I have been a Staples plus member for at least a decade, and I shop only at one store, my local store. However, in looking at my information that supposedly transferred from the old app to the new app, there is no information under ‘In-store purchases’ except the words “It looks like you haven’t made any in-store purchases”. What the—?? I just recycled, several ink and toner cartridges for rewards, but there is nowhere in this new app to review the rewards from the old program. Under the FAQs I found the following: Looking for your remaining Staples Rewards? Your earned rewards from the Staples Rewards® program can we found in the Rewards center, in your February eStatement email or in the Staples® app under Account, then Other Balances. Only problem was the Rewards Center was devoid of any information (‘You have no rewards’); and in the new app under ‘Account’ there is no ‘Other Balances’. I don’t know why the developers felt the need to completely retool a program that arguably lots of loyal customers loved, myself included, into this clumsy, user-unfriendly, self-promotional tool. Hate to say it, but unless y’all can fix this disaster, Office Depot may soon start to see a lot more business—including mine. There’s a good reason for the old adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it”; you would do well to heed its advice.

please make it easier on us!

as a staples associate recommending the app is something we always do. but everyone always gives up in the middle of it because it’s so CONFUSING AND LONG!!! most customers just wanna get in and get out because the people we attract to the store are typically very busy and don’t wanna sit and download an app. please please make it easy so we don’t have to say it’s super quick and easy and then customers get mad at me when it’s not. for the love of everything PLEASE make it quicker.

most customers are surprised that after they put in their name email and phone number it’s still some more steps. and then they get mad at me and say “you said this was quick and easy” and then my management is confused as to why i’m not getting any downloads … please… help us out here.