Stupid Stupid Rebates......

[Silearth 6]

Gotta love the rebates. Bestbuy and Compusa used to have tons of them. Your odds of getting the rebates.....well just don't figure the savings of a rebate into the actual price.

 

Many moons ago I was an early adopter--well I still am, but it's hard when you are always broke. So when the LS120 hit the shelves I was ready. I mean who doesn't want a 120 meg floppy drive? Compusa was selling UsaIdentity LS120's for $150.00 with a $100.00 mail in rebate. Well after about 20 years and a class action suit, I have yet to get my $100.00. To make matters worse, the thing died after a couple months.

 

In the email I sent to USAIdentity, I believe I told them that every time I looked at the computer I felt sick to my stomach and a bunch of other stuff.

 

So my latest rebate woe is from Newegg. The Raidmax Smilodon Extreme Black. The quoted price was close to $100 and the sale price was about $70.00. A $30.00 mail in rebate meant that I could get the case I wanted for a steal. But looking back at the LS120 thing, I had to ask myself if the case was worth $70.00 to me(It was!) But, the rebate is long expired(I mailed my stuff before it expired) and the tracking site still shows "waiting for your mail".

 

Kiss another rebate goodbye.

[gial 2]

hehe the old rebate scam.

 

At least mine (EVGA graphics card, NZXT case OCZ memory and PC Power&Cooling PSU) all show up as received. Whether I'll see the $$$ is another matter. They usually manage to lose the UPC or find some other readon to void your submission. That's why it's always 10-12 weeks to get it, too. They hope you'll forget.

 

Just hope I am luckier than most. It will be June before I can expect mine to show.

[gogoblender 3,071]

oooh, the word rebate makes me cringe, sil. There was a 200.00 rebate on my first comp a few years back... was too lazy to send it in. Serves me right, lesson learned I guess Gial, hope yers works out all right, at least you're following up on yours ^^

 

I wonder how much manufactures make with this rebate scam huh

 

gogo

[Silearth 6]

Lol, 20 years is a long time to hold a grudge but I still get burned up inside every time I think of that LS120.

[Spock 271]

Lol, 20 years is a long time to hold a grudge but I still get burned up inside every time I think of that LS120.

 

I have both an external and an internal LS120. They both work fine ... whenever I dust them off to try them again. Obviously, I don't use them much with 16GB Flash Drives so easily available.

[Silearth 6]

Yup, the LS120 was great in it's day. And the disks didn't suffer from my ultra powerful electric field. Seriously, I could render a 3.5 inch floppy unreadable simply by putting it in my shirt pocket. Lost a lot of important files that way.

[FrostElfGuard 9]

Yup, the LS120 was great in it's day. And the disks didn't suffer from my ultra powerful electric field. Seriously, I could render a 3.5 inch floppy unreadable simply by putting it in my shirt pocket. Lost a lot of important files that way.

 

Or--you have a really powerful set of speakers in your pc/stereo/cd/dvd player... or your light ballasts are out of wack... or your neighbours have the super powerful speakers..right next to where you hang out... Could be something else? Though I do believe some people have wacky wacky fields... I had a friend who could be used as the aiming device for the remote control for the tv... TV-remote was finicky --unless you aimed the remote at her!

 

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I bought a couple of educational games for my nephew at Costco. The clerk was lazy and scanned the same game twice. (they were different). When I applied for the mail in rebate I was refused... rebate required both games be purchased... not 2 of the same.

 

So. No rebate.

 

I bought a video card a long time ago... sent in the wrong part of the box with the receipt. No rebate. Re-sent the rebate in, too late. Expired rebate... no rebate.

 

So: I don't count mail in rebates to my purchasing decision. Marketers like to create 'pressure to buy'... as a consumer, the more they press for immediate sale, the less likely I am to buy. They must be lying is my learned response.

Edited March 25, 2009 by FrostElfGuard

[Silearth 6]

That's right. That's why I priced out my build without thinking about the rebates. It would have been nice to get a check in the mail, but.... Instant rebates are nice; my comp came with a few of those.