Latest in Rebate Craziness
Submitted by Steve Simms on Thu, 12/29/2005 - 1:14am.
The craze on rebates seems to have mostly died down, I think. There’s at least one exception, though! I just sent in two rebates for cell phones (one for me for $50, one for Christine for $100) that required:
- the dated sales receipt
- a photocopy of the UPC
- an invoice showing our account to be in good standing
- said invoice must be dated between 150 and 180 days of phone activation
- everything mailed and postmarked between 180 and 210 days of activation
If that isn’t a ploy to have as many people as possible not get their rebates, I don’t know what is. I put everything aside (except the invoice) and set an alarm in my calendar in order to remember this one. And I have an extra copy of everything on file just in case they complain (like my last cell phone company did, requiring three submissions before getting the rebate).
Kudos to Best Buy, Staples, Maxtor, and Western Digital (among others) for having a much nicer process.
