[CQ-Contest] Quiet Monitor on sale again

[Larry Johnson]

I tried emailing that Staples store about the availability of the
Envision monitors. Never did receive a response back from them. Of
course now, the sale is over.

So much for Staples Customer Service and "sales" to get you into the
store (second time I fell for their "special price ad".)

LJ



"Leigh S. Jones" wrote:
> 
> I'm located in Canyon Country, California, and my local Staples store
> is quite nearby on Soledad Canyon at Via Princessa.  Our telephone
> book sadly only lists the "other" staples store which is across the
> Santa Clarita Valley from here on The Old Road in Stephensons
> Ranch. It's 661-286-2700.  Although this is not the same store it's
> somewhat likely that they'd stock the item just as the Staples around
> the corner from me does, and they'd be likely to know the number of
> the Canyon Country (or is it Newhall?) store if they don't stock it
> themselves.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Johnson" <larryj at teleport.com>
> To: "Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com>
> Sent: Thursday, January 09, 2003 6:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Quiet Monitor on sale again
> 
> > Where are you located? I'll tell my local Staples stores, but I
> doubt
> > they'll try anything but to sell me a more expensive one.
> > Thanks,
> > LJ
> >
> >
> > "Leigh S. Jones" wrote:
> > >
> > > I just returned from my local Staples where I found about
> > > ten of these in stock...
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Larry Johnson" <larryj at teleport.com>
> > > To: "Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll at juno.com>
> > > Cc: <cq-contest at contesting.com>; <rfi at contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 08, 2003 6:44 PM
> > > Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Quiet Monitor on sale again
> > >
> > > > I've found that it's not available at the stores, either. It's
> in
> > > this
> > > > week's Staples ad good through next Saturday, but going to the
> local
> > > > store, the only one left was the demo unit which they won't
> sell.
> > > >
> > > > They checked the Staples.com site - none available.
> > > >
> > > > They checked the stores within 100 miles - none available.
> > > >
> > > > Rain checks? Not available.
> > > >
> > > > This happened last time they were on sale, too. But they were
> happy
> > > to
> > > > try to sell me a more expensive monitor.
> > > >
> > > > LJ
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Dave Hachadorian wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Staples has the Envision EN-710E 17 inch Computer Monitor
> > > > > available for $69.98 this week after rebate. The deal is
> > > > > $149.98 minus $80 mail-in rebate = $69.98.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have two of these monitors, and they are very clean from
> > > > > the standpoint of HF RF emanations. I've only found one
> > > > > or two low-level (S-1) birdies in the HF ham bands. Both
> > > > > of these were pure single-frequency tones, down in the
> > > > > ambient noise level. Others report similar clean results.
> > > > >
> > > > > The monitor is usually available at staples.com, with free
> > > > > shipping, but I was unable to find this model on the web site
> > > > > tonight. I guess for now it is available only at the physical
> > > > > brick-and-mortar Staples stores.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> > > > > Yuma, AZ
> > > > >
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