Staples -- Great Rebate Deals on School Supplies -- Some Items Free After Rebate, Others Not Much More

If you're ready to stock up on school supplies, this is a great week to head into Staples. They have a wide assortment of deals you can pick up that'll save you a lot on those school necessities.

These are valid in stores only, not for on-line ordering. So make up a list of needs and head on over while they're in stock.

The following are free after rebate (these are easy rebates, the kind you do on-line so it dowsn't even cost a stamp):
- 10-Pack Zebra Cadoozles 0.7 mm mechanical pencils ($2.99 rebate)
- 5-Pack Zebra Sarasa retractable gel pens, medium, black ($4.99 rebate)
- 4-Pack Pentel Handy Lines retractable assorted highlighters ($4.99 rebate)
- Staples Slim-Line pencil sharpener ($10.00 rebate)
- Buy any backpack, get full amount back as Staples rewards (may be used for anything at Staples)

$1.00 Deals (no rebates needed, limit of two per person)
- Accel Little Notebook, College Ruled
- 3-Pack Staples Mini Legal Pad
- 5-Pack Pentel RSVP pens, assorted
- 4-Pack Expo Fine markers, Assorted
- 3-Pack Pentel Hi-Polymer Latex Free Eraser
- Staples Binder Hole Punch

This one comes to $1.00 after an $11.98 rebate (limit 2):
- 50-Pack Staples Photo Supreme Paper, 8 1/2" x 11", Double Sided Matte

$2.00 Items (no rebates, limit 2 of each)
- Dry-Erase Board
- Pilot Erasable Gel Pens
- Staples eraser/grip combo pack
- Staples Stickies adhesive notes
- 12-Pack Staples .7mm Mechanical Pencils

There are also some other offers throughout their circular this week, such as Buy One Get One Free on graph ruled notebooks, composition books, filler paper and pads (starting at 99¢), Buy Three Get One Free on Binders and Buy Two Cases of Hammermill® copy paper, get rebate making one free.

If you pick up these supplies now, you'll really be a long way toward filling those bookbags for the school year ahead, without denting your budget as much.