[MacDV] Re: $80 120Gb drive at circuit city

[JuanM]

Shirley:

The only time I don't get rebates is when I don't file the paperwork in 
time. I have always got my rebates. I do agree that rebates are a bit 
of a scam -- although if people don't fill out the paperwork they only 
have themselves to blame. Many rebates' status can be tracked now on 
the internet.

good luck

Juan

On Sunday, May 4, 2003, at 02:48 PM, ShirleyK wrote:

> How do the rest of you fare when it comes to actually getting rebates? 
> I just got a post card from Canon saying I would not be getting a 
> rebate because I didn't include the original UPC. Of course I did 
> include it and I have a scan of exactly what I sent as well as the 
> hole in my box. But so far, my batting average is far from 100% in 
> getting rebates.
>
> I personally think this whole rebate thing is ripe for some 
> investigation into some very shoddy practices. For one thing, if you 
> live in an area that the Post Office does not deliver to, you have to 
> get a PO Box to get any mail at all. Almost all rebate forms say they 
> will not send a check to a PO Box. In the case of the ZR40 rebate, I 
> didn't even know there was a rebate and I didn't know how much it was, 
> so I decided to use the PO Box anyway and tell them that this is a 
> home address and the box number was required. I suspect that is the 
> real reason I got the post card and they just have a standard card 
> that uses "no original UPC" as the reason for everything.
>
> At any rate, I am no longer swayed by the promise of a rebate.
>
> Shirley