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Skriven 2006-11-27 18:14:50 av Maurice Kinal (1:140/13.1)
   Kommentar till text 8147 av Ross Cassell (1:123/456)
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Hey Ross!

Nov 27 09:23 06, Ross Cassell wrote to Maurice Kinal:

 RC> I have only failed to receive one rebate and the reason for that was, 
 RC> I exceeded the 1 per household limitation, I only received one check, 
 RC> not the two I submitted for.

Bummer.


 MK>> that in the new year those types of rebates would no longer be
 MK>> allowed, only the instant ones at the till.

 RC> Is that in Canada only?

Could be.  I'll let you know if it kicks in.  Personally I think it is a good
idea to eliminate it.

 RC> A. Its more often than not the mfr funding the rebates, not the 
 RC> retailer.

Doesn't matter to me.  The mfr should just give the retailer the break then and
let them deal with the overstock.

 RC> B.

 RC> Fraud..

Or C. pure unadultered crap which is most likely.

 RC> What keeps the person from paying the lower price realized at the 
 RC> register, then return the item a number of days or weeks later, 
 RC> withholding the receipt and the customer stating they paid regular 
 RC> price?

Who cares?  They more then likely got hosed no matter what.

 RC> This is in part why it takes 4-12 weeks for rebates to complete, they 
 RC> want to make sure no one is cheating them.

Thye can keep it.  Too much hassel buying that stuff to start with so no big
deal no matter what happens.

 RC> You can walk into most public libraries, Office Supply retailers and 
 RC> pay mere cents to use their copiers?

Too far to go and gas prices are way beyond that.  I don't live in an area
where these sorts of services are readily available.  No public transportation
either.

 RC> are frustrated by them. But on balance the rebate failure is the 
 RC> fault of the consumer.

Yep.  They shouldn't have bought whatever in the first place and saved much
grief.

 MK>>   Who do you work for?

 RC> Office Depot.. I work in the technology dept.

That explains it.  I am a consumer myself so I tend to side with them.  I have
yet to see a rebate on the good stuff since the good stuff can stand on it's
own merit and doesn't require suckering.  Pay the price and everything works
out as it should.

Life is good,
Maurice

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