I was shopping around for copy paper due to urgency. I found adds from different stores and price/quantity were my one stop shop special. I was totally out of copy paper and clipped out coupons. I checked a large department store but left there to use last day coupon. Right inside the doors was the special for the coupon I printed out. I didn't need to spend $25 or $50 in order to use the coupon. I picked up the 5 ream bundle and went to check out but had another coupon for cents off regular item. I needed security envelopes and at check out I could use both coupons. The cashier was the friendliest ever and happy to make my purchase with Staples.
I live in another town from Staples so don't get into the store very often. Buying the 5 ream package is a winner for me as I use a lot of paper and now I won't run out before my next trip into town. Even though it mentions for black and white copies it works well with colour for my purposes which are for my personal and students' copies of knitting patterns.
It is incredibly free well I still had to pay sales tax. I don't have to buy any paper in the future. The use of the paper is main for kid's drawing printing and copying etc. Basic quality is sufficient. Most stuffs at Staples are overpriced. But I certainly enjoy free things and some heavily discounted stuffs during say back to school sales periods.
Staples offers amazing deals some of which are hard to pass up. However the rebate process does take a long time either by email or snail mail. But when a person can get five reams of paper free after rebate it's well worth the wait.