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OfficeMax Drops Mail-in Rebates

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cash-in-hand dept.

DrEldarion writes "Looks like OfficeMax is dropping mail-in rebates. 'Rebates were the #1 customer complaint we were getting,' said Ryan Vero, OfficeMax's chief merchandising officer. Hopefully other retailers will realize what a good idea this is and follow suit." The best part is that the discount is applied now at the register, so those of us who always thought that the rebates were a scam (or were too lazy to mail in the card) finally get some savings.

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  1. Re:As an ignorant foreigner by B5_geek · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I will give you an example of what I have found.
    I was out buying a new office chair, and I saw a 'sale-bin' of 100 spindle DVDR's with a BIG price next to them that said: 100 pack Maxell DVDR $4.99 and in very tiny print under that on a different sign: $24.99 before rebates, $20.00 mail-in rebate.

    The second sign was very hard to see and not obvious that it was with the DVD's for $4.99.

    I brought my 4 spindles + chair to the register, the total cost was almost $100.00 MORE then it should have been. I mentioned that they used the wrong price for the DVD's, and they said, "No Sir, that is the correct price." I made a fuss, the manager came out, showed me the sign.

    I told them what I thought of their false advertising tatics, and threatened to NOT buy the $400 chair, if I didn't get the disks for the Posted $4.99.

    They didn't care, ...blah blah...company policy ...blah blah...

    So, I left that store empty handed and have never returned.

    My point; too many times they post the "After Rebate" price, over/above and bigger then the actual price. It is deceptive. Too many online retailers are doing this too. Sony DVDRW-DL $25.00* you only see the Actual Price in the checkout.

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    "The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men." ~Plato (427-347 BC)
  2. Re:Good-bye free products by jasonditz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sure glad I don't have a choice in the matter anymore now that I can see you guys understand the value of my leisure time so much better than I do.

    My personal information is being bought and sold by a million other people too, and they didn't give me free shit for my trouble.