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FTC Tells CompUSA to Pay Up QPS Rebates

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the check's-in-the-mail dept.

prostoalex writes "FTC told CompUSA they will have to keep their word on paying out rebates for QPS equipment purchased at CompUSA. QPS is currently bankrupt, according to the article, although it's not clear whether they went out of business before or after the promised 6-8 weeks deadline came. CBS MarketWatch says this should spur rebate re-evaluation among other electronic retailers. The habit of offering rebate incentives seems be especially notorious in the consumer electronics and computer hardware industries as a third of shoppers for such goods bought a product with a rebate offered. Reason for such popularity? 41% of shoppers never send in their rebates."

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  1. Company expense - personal rebate by ch-chuck · · Score: 3, Funny

    I used to buy supplies (monitors, printers) on company expense and make a copy of the receipt before turning it into accounting. Then mail in the rebate myself and have it sent to my home. Cha-ching.

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  2. I have an idea - reprise by KenSeymour · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe they should get David Spade to do rebate fulfillment.

    (I replied to the wrong parent before. -- I'm lame.)

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