Staples has lost their way. Back in the late eighties they hit the ground running with discount pricing on office supplies and quickly gobbled up market share.
Today, they are a large company and seem to subscribe to the "Gordon Gekko" mantra "That greed is good". My son and I went looking for a high end backpack that could stand the stress of a lap top and some heavy duty books. That backpack was over $100 dollars. I guess it was on sale from $130. We should all be so lucky to snag a $100 plus backpack (can you feel my sarcasm?).
So I decided to think outside the box and went into one of those sporting goods stores and snagged a better backpack (since it could accommodate a larger PC) in the $45 dollar range.