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Michael Burkhart
Sep 27, 2025
Raised the rating by a star for two reasons: the store responded with an apology (albeit a generic one), which I appreciate. Also, I purchased the printer I wanted (from a different company, see below for details), and returned this one to Staples. They were gracious enough to accept the return and provide a refund without hassle. (I was within the return window, and had carefully repackaged the printer in its original box.)
Original review follows:
The following is more of a review of the Staples web site than the store. The actual store deserves a better rating...
Left on Staples web site at conclusion of online order:
Created online account to process checkout. As a matter of personal policy, I add "+vendor" to email address as suggested by Gmail... but the Staples web site informed me that the "+" is an invalid character. This technique is valid on dozens (hundreds? thousands?) of other web sites, why not here?
Strike One
Set up for a pickup order, yet I had to enter a shipping address. Why? (Name and phone number of pickup person makes sense, but not a shipping address for a pickup order.)
Strike Two
Again, a pickup order, yet I'm being charged $9.95 Shipping fee. Seriously?
Possibly Strike Three, depending on if the fee is waived.
Is this really the way you welcome new customers?
Impress me. Please.
Followup and review of Staples (again, aimed more at the web site than this location):
Yeah... no. Not impressed.
Strike Three confirmed.
As it turned out, I had ordered a printer and stapler. The printer was for pickup, but for some reason the system decided to make the stapler a delivery/shipped item. By the time I realized this, it was too late to change the order.
When I went to the store to pick up the printer, I asked about the stapler. They said that the stapler had already shipped, and there was nothing they could do about it.
My fault? One could argue such, however...
When I was doing my research, I concluded that the MFC-L3780CDW was the printer I wanted. So I did a search for that specific model. Staples showed up in the top search results with a price tag that was considerably nicer looking than many competing vendors.
So I ordered it.
Big mistake.
What I got was the MFC-L3720CDW. At first glance, they're near identical: same shape, same color (mostly beige with a bit of black), same general appearance. Same basic machine, right?
I wish.
What I got is WiFi only: no Ethernet. I wanted Ethernet.
What I got prints about 19 ppm (simplex), the other is about 50% faster, at 31 ppm.
What I got does not have a USB-A slot for thumb drives, the other does have thumb drive support.
What I got scans one side of the page in the Automatic Document Feeder (ADF), the other will scan both sides (duplex scanning).
What I got will feed a single sheet of paper in the Manual Feed Tray, the other will accommodate up to 30.
What I got is about 3/4" shorter than the other (same footprint, very slight difference in height). Not a big difference to look at, but several crucial differences when you look more closely.
What I got is cheaper, sure, and it's a decent machine for the most part, but it's not what I though I was ordering.
So, I ordered two items (printer and stapler), but because I wasn't paying meticulous attention, both items in the order managed to have problems.
Staples' motto is, "That was easy."
Liars.
Oh, but wait, we're not done yet... the stapler was delivered.
They left it ON TOP of the drop box.
That, my friend, is deliberate incompetence. And the final icing on the cake.
I may shop at Staples again -- maybe -- but it's not going to be for a very, very long time. Even then, I will not shop online, it'll be in-store only, and believe that I'll be watching model numbers very closely.
Now we're done.