Monday, June 25, 2018

Already!?!?!?

It's June 25th.  Tunkhannock schools end their year today.  Tomorrow is the last day at Abington Heights.  Dallas gets out at the end of the week.

And the first of the "back to school" sales is here!

Staples didn't call it that, but if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

Staples called it "ready for the year ahead."  The words are different, but make no mistake.  This is a back to school sale.

I have nothing against Staples.  I'm there all the time.  I buy things from its web site as well.  For the office/school supply people, back to school time is another Christmas.  It's huge.  The need to get things rolling early is not lost on me.

On a side note, I miss the competition.  The Scranton area used to have an Office Max, in addition to Staples.  It was nice to have a choice.  The Wilkes-Barre area was especially lucky.  There used to be Staples, Office Max and Office Depot all within a couple of miles.  Office Depot was on the expensive side, but I always found it had newer things first.  Office Max and Office Depot have merged, so it's a moot point now.

Remember that blog entry about "creep" a few weeks ago?  Back to school sales used to be a post-Independence Day thing.  Now, it's the end of June.  Who knows how early it will creep next year.