This deal could be absolutely awesome as long as you are not shy with rebates…

I found this deal on a message board and will give a shout out to the person who posted it…Circiutcity.  If you have the cash and can afford to wait for the rebates then not only will you get a free laptop, but you’ll make money!!!  The laptop is an Acer that comes with the Pentium Dual Core T2080, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, 14.1′ display, SuperMulti DVD drive with double layer support, 5 in 1 card reader, and Windows Vista Home Premium.  This also include a free Epson CX5000 all in one printer after rebate.  Here’s how to do it…

This computer is on sale this week at Staples, you can find it on the bottom of page 1 in your local circular or on the online circular here .  Ok, so there is the computer and printer for your viewing.  Now Staples has a promotion where if you buy a computer you can get 20% off of software in the same purchase (in-store promotion only, I tried doing it over the phone and got shot down so I had to do it at the store).  You need to buy A LOT of software that has multiple rebates attached to them.  Long story short, after you submit all the rebates not only will they cover the software, they will also cover the cost of the computer, and they will provide you with around $300 cash in YOUR POCKET!  Here are the softwares you need to buy (there is a nice Excel spreadsheet saved online put together by “Onion” which can be found here , I recommend you look at his spreadsheet as it is very neat and detailed and explains all the rebates to you.  After seeing this spreadsheet I was comfortable with making this big purchase)