It’s hard thinking about passing up a deal, especially when stores are practically giving items away.

Take a look at these OfficeMax products that you can get for free and you’ll earn money if you pay with discount electronic OfficeMax gift cards (eCODES).  For couponers out there, these ‘overage deals’ are not to miss!  But hurry, because these OfficeMax deals end on Saturday, June 30.

MaxPerks Rewards 101

In order to take advantage of these OfficeMax deals, you’ll need to register for a free MaxPerks Rewards account.  Sign up takes about 3 minutes and begins here.  You’ll be asked to create a user name and password which OfficeMax will associate with your account.  There are 2 different MaxPerks varieties: one is for the general public and the other is for teachers.  As long as you know which type of account you want and can type on a keyboard, your OfficeMax MaxPerks membership is only moments away.

Limited-Time OfficeMax Deal

According to OfficeMax’s website, you can make money on several desktop and writing supplies including your favorite brands like Sharpie, Expo, and Paper Mate right now.  All you need is to have a free MaxPerks account and discount OfficeMax gift cards.

Free Sharpie Products

I love Sharpies, don’t you?  Sharpie permanent markers are great for labeling freezer bags, name tags and files.  I don’t know what I would do without highlighting things on my to-do list.  Call me old-fashioned, but there are just somethings that are better physically written down.

Through this Saturday, you can snag free Sharpie permanent markers and highlighters.  Here’s how it works:

(1)  Go to OfficeMax.com and add a 3-pack of Sharpie Retractable Fine Point Markers, a 12-pack of Sharpie Fine Point Markers, and/or an 8-pack of Assorted Sharpie Highlighters to your cart. This deal works for up to 2 per Sharpie item listed above.

(2)  Checkout using both your MaxPerks Rewards account and discount OfficeMax gift cards.

(3)  For each of these items purchased, you’ll receive $5.99 per pack of retractable Sharpie markers, $8.29 per pack of fine point Sharpie markers, and $11.29 per pack of Sharpie highlighters on your MaxPerks Rewards card.  Plus, you’ll pocket an additional $0.42, $0.58, and $0.79 (respectively) per Sharpie item just for paying with discount OfficeMax gift cards.  It’s like getting all of these items for free and making up to $3.58!

Free Expo Dry Erase Markers (4-pack)

Expo dry erase markers are one of those writing utensils that make life easier.  If you mess up, just erase and try again.  They’re great for updating dry erase family calendars, memos, and brainstorming at the office.

You can make money when you buy eight Expo dry erase markers if you act quickly and order discount electronic OfficeMax gift cards now.

Once your OfficeMax eCODES arrive, just go the OfficeMax.com and add 2 packs of Expo markers to your cart.  Enter your MaxPerks Rewards account information and you’ll get an $11.98 credit to your rewards account (i.e. in-store credit) AND you’ll have made $0.84 just for buying Expo markers from OfficeMax.

Free Paper Mate Blue Ink Pens (12-pack)

Do your pens get legs and are one moment ready for you to balance your checkbook and days later without a cap and all dried out?  Now is a great time to stock up your ball point pen supply so you always have writing utensils at your fingertips.

Order 1 or 2 packs of Paper Mate ink pens (specifically blue, 12 count) and you’ll receive the list price as a credit on your MaxPerks Rewards card.  Through Saturday, you can get up to 24 Paper Mate pens for free and make $0.84 if you pay with discount OfficeMax gift cards.

Getting office and school supplies couldn’t be cheaper than free.  Order your discount electronic OfficeMax eCODES today from Plastic Jungle so you can snag these free Sharpie, Expo, and Paper Mate supplies by Saturday.  Just be sure to include your MaxPerks account info when you checkout at OfficeMax.com.

In an ideal world, my printer would not run out of ink at the most inopportune times like when I need to run out the door or when I only have a few minutes to quickly get what I need.

Thanks to OfficeMax and Office Depot there are a few benefits to buying printer ink which might just soften the frustration of getting one of those empty ink cartridge messages.

Get the ink and toner you need, quick.

When in a crunch for time, it can be even more stressful to try to find a store that carries the brand and type of printer ink you are looking for.  That’s why Office Depot offers an “Always Low Priced.  Always in Stock.” guarantee.  This mean that all national  ink brands (i.e. Brother, Canon, EPSON, HP, Lexmark, Konica Minolta, OKI, Panasonic, Samsung and SHARP) will be in stock at your local Office Depot store or Office Depot will waive the shipping fee to get the ink to your home.

Plus, you can score double discounts when paying for ink when you present your Office Depot Worklife Rewards card (enrollment is free) and pay with discount Office Depot gift cards.  As a Worklife Rewards member you’ll earn 10% back on your rewards account and with discount Office Depot gift cards you’ll save an additional 7%!  That’s a pretty steep discount for ink!

Recycle your old ink.

When your ink cartridges runs out, consider taking them to any OfficeMax or Office Depot store.  Through OfficeMax’s free MaxPerks program and Office Depot’s Worklife Rewards program, customers receive a $2 credit (a la your free rewards card) to the respective store for any brand of used ink cartridges, up to $20 per month (or 10 cartridges).  I love the idea of getting paid to recycle, don’t you?

Redeem your rewards dollars on your next purchase and then pay for the remainder of the purchase with discount OfficeMax or Office Depot gift cards to continue the savings.

Stop just buying ink, and start getting rewarded by putting more money back in your pocket, too!