enthusiast.hardocp.com— If you use mail in rebates for virtually any product in North America, you will want to read up on this and start making sure your money is safe.
Nov 13, 2008View in Crawl 4
Out of your entire paragraph, the only part of it that validates Mail In Rebates as a scam is "..or the MIR is simply never redeemed by the company." The rest of your paragraph is simply about a consumer who purchased a product with a rebate and is incapable of following directions.
I just received a 50$ rebate on a printer where I was able to fill in all of the information online the same day I made the purchase. I received the money in one of those pre-charged debit cards. The printer was a good enough of a deal without the rebate, but I'm not about to turn down that much money for 5 minutes work. What really gets me is the rebates for 2-5$. Definitely not worth the effort.
Mail in rebates. What a joke. I wasted hours filling out, copying, cutting off UPC code off box which voids the warranty by the way. And on top of that I never got a dime, ever. I guess around 30 rebates I sent so far with nothing to show but grief. Someone needs to sue them for a billion dollar rebate to put them all out of business. All they do is steal money, there's got to be a law. When money is concerned aren't they suppose to honor their contract?
fknightNov 14, 2008
Out of your entire paragraph, the only part of it that validates Mail In Rebates as a scam is "..or the MIR is simply never redeemed by the company." The rest of your paragraph is simply about a consumer who purchased a product with a rebate and is incapable of following directions.
publiclurkerNov 14, 2008
I just received a 50$ rebate on a printer where I was able to fill in all of the information online the same day I made the purchase. I received the money in one of those pre-charged debit cards. The printer was a good enough of a deal without the rebate, but I'm not about to turn down that much money for 5 minutes work. What really gets me is the rebates for 2-5$. Definitely not worth the effort.
3denNov 16, 2008
Right - but the "Beware!" in the story is aimed at manufaturers using this company (Which is losing their money) - not at the consumer.
hangemhigh2000Dec 5, 2008
Mail in rebates. What a joke. I wasted hours filling out, copying, cutting off UPC code off box which voids the warranty by the way. And on top of that I never got a dime, ever. I guess around 30 rebates I sent so far with nothing to show but grief. Someone needs to sue them for a billion dollar rebate to put them all out of business. All they do is steal money, there's got to be a law. When money is concerned aren't they suppose to honor their contract?