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Best Buy to Eliminate Rebates

Posted by Zonk on from the that'd-be-nice dept.

plover writes "According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune 'In response to customer complaints, Best Buy, the world's largest electronics retailer, promised today to eliminate mail-in rebates within two years.' Can it be that we're finally nearing the end of one of the most hated marketing ploys of all?" Further commentary available at BusinessWeek.

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  1. Enough... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...with the April Fool's posts!

  2. Re:Geek Squad by dcstimm · · Score: 4, Funny

    geek squad what a dumb idea. oh wait...

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  3. Re:good riddence to a scam by toddestan · · Score: 5, Funny

    A month a go I built a new system from components, which I got at Frys ( too impatient to wait for NewEgg ). 2/3 of the ~20 components had rebates. As i think back, it seems that ~ 1/2 of the things i ever bought at Frys had rebates. they even print the rebates on the cash register reciept for you.

    Let me get this straight. You were too impatient for newegg.com, but you are willing to deal with the hassle of trying to collect on 13 to 14 rebates? That just boggles the mind.

  4. Re:About by The-Bus · · Score: 3, Funny

    I don't know if you meant the April Fool's jokes or the rebates, but I agree!!!

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  5. That's a by AvatarofVirgo · · Score: 4, Funny

    hell of a long time to be in a conference call. They're phone bills most be through the roof and in need of a major piss break.

  6. Best Buy to stop paying rebates? by cgenman · · Score: 5, Funny

    How is this any different than what they currently do?

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  7. Re:Best Buy should change other policies... by pipingguy · · Score: 5, Funny


    Still, if I pay cash - why should I wait for a check in the mail? Cashing a check isn't cheap for people who don't have checking accounts...

    What are you, some kind of communist?

  8. Re:Geek Squad by kalidasa · · Score: 3, Funny

    Fine. He didn't know Perl. Maybe he didn't even know *of* Perl or wasn't sure. Then why did he authoritatively reply?

    RadioShack Syndrome. Put someone behind the counter of a retail electronics store and he loses all sense of his own limitations.

  9. Re:It's like printing your own money by andrew71 · · Score: 5, Funny


    10. Goto 10 of branch #1

    No GOTOs here, please. Clean up your code.

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  10. Re:No, this is real.... by Deadstick · · Score: 3, Funny
    OTOH, if the story had added "...and prices will be adjusted downward by the amounts of the former rebates..." THAT would be an April 1st article.

    rj