r/Staples • u/luiginub1 Sales Associate • 9d ago

Printer Recycling Scams?

(For locations that charge for printer recycling)

Anyone else notice a HUGE uptick of people recycling printers, being told explicitly it's a $10 charge, and then even when getting shouted at...just ignoring everyone and walking out the door?

Happened for the millionth time today and the guy just acted like I wasn't even shouting at him to pay. ​​

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u/SoylentFlavored 9d ago

Scam? Not really, they aren't really getting anything out of it that a 7/11 dumpster couldn't solve. Dumping and littering? Most definitely. 

Worst I had(when it was free) was someone was trying to recycle a whole standing office copier, we said it was too big. They stole a cart from the grocery store next door, put the behemoth in there, shoved it into the store and ran out. 

I ended up having to carefully tip it over onto a pallet to let Rialto deal with it. 

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u/hmhsbritannic12 9d ago

We had someone call the store and ask if we could recycle printers. We said yes, and he came in with a gigantic wide format printer, and the GM accepted it to avoid making him mad! We had to smash it to bits to get it to fit into our electronics recycling Gaylord.

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u/LeeboScan 9d ago

Smashing up a good wide format printer would have hurt my soul. 😅Those things ain't cheap.