. . "2013-09-17T00:00:00"^^ . . "1"^^ . "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.\n\nToday, 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?).\n\nSo 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."^^ . "11"^^ . "13"^^ . "15"^^ .