Deal at Office Depot netted close to free lunchbox

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I have been needing to get my girls new lunchboxes for their new school(can't have characters on them) and been looking for deals. (they also can't have backpacks at their school, so those deals are out for me). Well I noticed in the Office Depot ad there were many items for free (after rebate) or cheap (after rebate). Combining that with the $10/25 printable coupon they currently have available, I was hoping to find a decent deal on a lunchbox. I was right!
I found some lunchboxes that had coupons inside and a really great magazine/rebate offer. I can opt for a subscription to Parents magazine(I already have one) or a $4.96 refund(guess which one I am going to pick :)

So here is how my transaction looked:
1 Mr Sketch marker set $7.99
3 2 pack mechanical pencils $7.49 each = $22.47
1 Lunch bag $9.99
$40.45 - $10/25 + $2.51 tax = 32.96

Will send off for
1 x $7.99 rebate for the markers (limit 1)
3 x $6.49 rebate on the pencils (limit 3)
1 x $4.96 Parents/lunch bag rebate (limit 1) = $32.42

So $32.96 - $32.42 = $0.54 + cost of 5 Stamps
GREAT deal for a lunch box!

* I could have gotten it cheaper if I didn't buy as many items (I only needed to get to $25, so I could have bought just 1 set of pencils, the marker and lunch pail @ 25.47 -10/25 + tax = 16.75, get back 19.44 for a PROFIT of 2.69 less the cost of 3 stamps!)

Other items you can get for rebates are:
Swingline LightTouch Reduced Effort Stapler $13.99 - $13.99 rebate = FREE (limit 1 -my store was sold out)

Office depot brand multipurpose paper ream $6.29 - $5.29 rebate = $1 (limit 2)

Office Depot Brand Color-coded heavyweight sheet protectors 25 pk $7.59 - $6.59 = $1 (limit 3)

(If I was able to get the stapler and the markers with the lunch pail, it would have been a profit of $3.16)