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go look at my server at http://www.oh-god.com/rebate After looking at what Tiger is offering, I will be offering my own rebate. Scroll down to see ....... Deluxe pack of chewing gum only 1 penny after rebate. Inaccurate rebate refund submissions will be redlined and returned for resubmission. Unlike some firms we intend to honor 100% of rebate refund requests. That is right, 100% . allow 8 to 10 months for rebate check. Original price for chewing gum is $450,000. After rebate ( $ 449,999.99 ) price to you is 1 penny. Gus S Calabrese Denver, CO 720 222 1309 303 908 7716 cell Please include and do not limit yourself to "spam2006". I allow everything with "spam2006" in the subject or text to pass my spam filters.

Jinx wrote: > What is a "mail-in rebate" ? Basically, you pay full price at the till, then you have to send your receipt off to the company and ideally they send you the cheque for the rebate amount. Apparently they try every trick in the book to get you to give up on claiming the rebate... "We lost your application", "it wasn't bought on the day of a full moon", "please wait at least 52 weeks for delivery of your cheque"... -- Phil. | Kitsune: Acorn RiscPC SA202 64M+6G ViewFinder spam_OUTphilpemTakeThisOuTdsl.pipex.com | Cheetah: Athlon64 3200+ A8VDeluxeV2 512M+100G http://www.philpem.me.uk/ | Tiger: Toshiba SatPro4600 Celeron700 256M+40G

>>What is a "mail-in rebate" ? > > > Basically, you pay full price at the till, then you have to send your receipt > off to the company and ideally they send you the cheque for the rebate amount. > > Apparently they try every trick in the book to get you to give up on claiming > the rebate... "We lost your application", "it wasn't bought on the day of a > full moon", "please wait at least 52 weeks for delivery of your cheque"... I fell for a HP's rebate. The reasons they gave were: 1. "Need to check", will get back but never 2. "Person in charge not around", will get back but never 3. "Change of Person in charge", will get back but never 4. "Sorry, your coupon is from the old promotion." will get back but never Still no money back. The rebate amount is one thing I was cheated, but was insignificant compare to the amount of time I was cheated. Ling SM

> I fell for a HP's rebate. The reasons they gave were: > 1. "Need to check", will get back but never > 2. "Person in charge not around", will get back but never > 3. "Change of Person in charge", will get back but never > 4. "Sorry, your coupon is from the old promotion." will get back but never > > Still no money back. The rebate amount is one thing I was cheated, but > was insignificant compare to the amount of time I was cheated. > > Ling SM I think you were cheated because you bought HP. :) That being said, I've never had a problem with a mail-in rebate, except the time it took for the rebate to get to me (no more than two months, though). -- D. Jay Newman ! Author of: .....jayKILLspam@spam@sprucegrove.com ! _Linux Robotics: Programming Smarter Robots_ http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! "Heros aren't born, they're cornered."

For the record, I've done a variety of rebates and have never had a problem getting my money back. There are a few reasons for rebates, the major one being that the manufacturer wants to move stock out of retailer inventory (to make room for a surplus, to make room for the next model, etc). Since the retailer has already purchased the items, they either can disburse money to the retailer for each item, or they can offer a rebate to the end consumer. Rebate redemption, I understand, is actually pretty high (80-90% range), so the manufacturer doesn't make a lot of money on lost rebates. The rebate fulfillment centers cost quite a bit of money to run (handwritten rebate forms, illegible receipts from different retailers, scam artists, etc) so in general the "savings" of those customers that never turn in rebates is lost in the cost of fulfilling everyone else's rebates. Another reason that I've wondered about, but never had verified is that some rebates are essentially a 4-6 week 0% interest loan for the retailer or manufacturer. You can do a lot with a few million dollars for a month. But that's me being capitalist/cynical. Many retailers in the US have heard the cry of the consumer against rebates and most are making it as easy as possible to get rebate fulfillment. Due to the ease which these things can be scammed, though, it's a non-trivial task. Retailers also can't control whether a manufacturer sets up a rebate for a product they carry, and if they don't advertise the rebate when everyone else does they may end up with dead stock that won't sell when the rebate is done - no one will buy the now overpriced merchandise. So it's a fairly complex system, driven mainly by the desire to move stock. But no one really likes it. Not the manufacturer, retailer, or consumer. -Adam On 7/25/06, Jinx <joecolquittKILLspamclear.net.nz> wrote: > I asked (before Googling for myself, tut tut) > > "What is a mail-in rebate" ? > > Don't believe that sort of marketing operates in NZ > > http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6l53f/confessionsofamailinrebatejunkie/ > > Not sure if appeals to me anyway, I'm not big on consuming > > -

M. Adam Davis wrote: > Another reason that I've wondered about, but never had verified is > that some rebates are essentially a 4-6 week 0% interest loan for the > retailer or manufacturer. That's not how I see it. I never bought stuff that I didn't need or that was overpriced without rebate -- basically only buying stuff that if I didn't get the rebate I wouldn't have the feeling that I got scammed; just not that good a deal then. So I bought a normal product for a normal price. After some time, with a certain probability, I get a part of that price back. I don't really see that as a loan to anybody, not more (and much less) than a normal purchase. This is a bit different when the product is only worth to you what you pay after rebate. Then you'd have to factor in all kinds of things: interest rates, cash flow situation, probability of reimbursement, effort to get reimbursed, ... Gerhard

On 2006-Jul 26, at 07:23hrs AM, M. Adam Davis wrote: For the record, I've done a variety of rebates and have never had a problem getting my money back. There are a few reasons for rebates, the major one being that the manufacturer wants to move stock out of retailer inventory (to make room for a surplus, to make room for the next model, etc). Since the retailer has already purchased the items, they either can disburse money to the retailer for each item, or they can offer a rebate to the end consumer. Rebate redemption, I understand, is actually pretty high (80-90% range), so the manufacturer doesn't make a lot of money on lost rebates. The rebate fulfillment centers cost quite a bit of money to run (handwritten rebate forms, illegible receipts from different retailers, scam artists, etc) so in general the "savings" of those customers that never turn in rebates is lost in the cost of fulfilling everyone else's rebates. Another reason that I've wondered about, but never had verified is that some rebates are essentially a 4-6 week 0% interest loan for the retailer or manufacturer. You can do a lot with a few million dollars for a month. But that's me being capitalist/cynical. ----- That is exactly what some rebates are all about. AGSC ---- Many retailers in the US have heard the cry of the consumer against rebates and most are making it as easy as possible to get rebate fulfillment. Due to the ease which these things can be scammed, though, it's a non-trivial task. Retailers also can't control whether a manufacturer sets up a rebate for a product they carry, and if they don't advertise the rebate when everyone else does they may end up with dead stock that won't sell when the rebate is done - no one will buy the now overpriced merchandise. So it's a fairly complex system, driven mainly by the desire to move stock. But no one really likes it. Not the manufacturer, retailer, or consumer. -Adam On 7/25/06, Jinx <.....joecolquittKILLspam.....clear.net.nz> wrote: > I asked (before Googling for myself, tut tut) > > "What is a mail-in rebate" ? > > Don't believe that sort of marketing operates in NZ > > http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6l53f/confessionsofamailinrebatejunkie/ > > Not sure if appeals to me anyway, I'm not big on consuming > > -