For all your office supplies look no further than Officeworks. The Gilles Plains store never seems…read moreto be busy so it is super easy to get in and out without too much hassle. Unless you, like myself, love new stationery! I also love the fact layouts don't seem to change much between stores so you won't spend hours trying to find that folder you need. Not only every type, size, and colour of stationery is available but also extensive printing facilities. If you want super cheap and instant photos Officeworks is your best bet. Often they aren't that busy so they'll print your order off straight away or at best give you a chance to browse the store while you wait. I always head straight here when I need an assignment printed and bound (perhaps the morning it is due....) in a hurry. Being open from 7am-9pm weekdays is ultra handy as well.

I use one of those printers that refuses to work if it's out of light cyan and yellow ink, even if…read moreyou never even want or need to use those colours. It also happens to use cartridges that can't be refilled. Bummer. Enter this Cartridge World, where the staff member was so helpful he advised me that I could purchase double the amount of ink for nowhere near double the price. I really appreciated this as obviously he'd make more money if I kept buying the ones I had been, but instead he gave awesome customer service and I keep coming back. In a nutshell - more bang for your buck!

I do like this shop when I'm having a printer emergency. You know what I'm talking about? You've…read moregot a deadline to meet, and your printer doesn't want to cooperate. It doesn't matter whether it's for uni, for school, or for work (inevitably the day before you're due for a performance review), it's always the worst time. In my case, I don't use a printer very often. You'd think I'd have a hard time running out of ink, but for some reason, it's been designed to run out of ink within one week, regardless of how much printing I do. So when I was unexpectedly caught short on ink, I went in here and they sorted me out fairly quickly and reasonably cheaply. While I prefer to buy my cartridges online (where it's much cheaper again), this place is awesome when you can't wait and need ink right effing now.

So everyone pretty much knows what Officeworks is and what they sell. You also all know how vast…read moretheir range of products is and how great their specials can be. The best part about Officeworks though - the opening hours! They open really early every morning and do not close till late each night. It's great of you need to stop in and pick something up on your way to work or to get things done on the way home. I love going in there in the evenings if I have to get photo's done or things bound or basically if I have to use any of their great services because they are always busy during normal business hours and you have to leave stuff there to be done and pick it up later. I have found going in the evenings they are not so busy and usually I can get my jobs done while I wait.........which unfortunately gives me 5 minutes to browse the store and probably buy more things i don't really need! Also I have not seen a store without parking right out the front - which is good when you buy too much. They have normal trolleys as well as the bigger ones for larger purchases. Check out their website with all specials and full online shopping availability too.

Officeworks are pretty much the stationary masters when it comes to office supplies with everything…read morethat you could possibly need for your home office. Apart from pads, pencils, pens and scrapbooks, you also have a great range of technology too that includes laptops, software, graphics calculators and more. I once bought a desk from this particular Officeworks. At around $79, the desk has lasted me at least five years and the staff were helpful enough to assist me in getting it out the store into the parking lot, which was very helpful. What I particularly like about Officeworks though is their printing service. I have had a couple of A2 posters printed from their stores and the quality is superb. For $20, they do a good job of getting the image onto the cardboard and also cutting it to the right size. In terms of their pricing, it is really good when items were on special. Back in the day when core i7 laptops were new, they had specials where you could get an i7 enabled laptop for under $999, which was definitely something, considering competitors would charge $1299+ for the same sort of laptop. Their specials aren't necessarily as good as they were but they are still definitely worth checking out. Something that I also like is their 3m of whiteout correction tape for 39c. That is definitely something worth investing in. They also have had some really good specials at this store in particular with 59c highlighter pens. Keep your eyes peeled in January because thats when all the stationery specials are.

Usually I'm a big lover of stationery, especially when it's bright colours and available in pink…read more But I do find the Smiggle products a bit expensive and the quality is terrible as I have had no luck with all the products I've purchased here. I've brought a number of pens here over the past year as I like the range of colours the smiggle gel pens come in. Unfortunately the lids broke on all five of them and one even stopped working a few weeks after I brought it. So I thought maybe it was just the pens but just now my Smiggle backpack broke all because the zip was not installed properly in the first place. When the backpack was made, there was no end placed on the zipper and it was just cut off and stitch in place causing the entire zipper pull to come off when I unzipped my bag. I went into the marion store to show them what had happened and I was told I was carrying too much stuff in my bag and I had a good run out of it. I've only had this bag a few months and it's in great condition. I thought Smiggle products were built for school kids who can give their bags a beating? I only carry a few things to work each week and now I can't use the bag at all because of Smiggle's faulty product construction. The sales assistant told me to go online to make an enquiry and turns out she gave me the wrong information because they told me to go to the store with the problem. Usually the staff are nice and talkative but I wasn't satisfied with the service I received when I wanted to make a complaint. I'd suggest to buy here if you like bright tacky stationery and you don't care about quality and how long the product will last.