"So, why don't you call the number on the rebate form? You know, the one that you kept a copy of, along with copies of the UPC and receipt?
I've done several thousand dollars of rebates over the last three years and I have never not received them in the end. On a few, I did need to call in when the turnaround date passed without a check. That's why it is really important to keep copies of everything you send in as well as the appropriate due dates for each."
And how much time,energy, and cost have you spent in doing so?
And how much time, energy, and cost does the retailer spend in processing the rebate (if they actually do at all). Save that cost and give the consumer an even BETTER price!
From a business cost standpoint, the whole idea is ridiculious. Just give the customer the savings at the point of sale and be done with it. From a customer satisfaction standpoint it is frustrating and equally ridiculious. The only rebate progam I have ever used was an instant dealer rebate on the purchase of an automobile. I simply will not deal with "mail-ins".
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"So, why don't you call the number on the rebate form? You know, the one that you kept a copy of, along with copies of the UPC and receipt? I've done several thousand dollars of rebates over the last three years and I have never not received them in the end. On a few, I did need to call in when the turnaround date passed without a check. That's why it is really important to keep copies of everything you send in as well as the appropriate due dates for each." And how much time,energy, and cost have you spent in doing so? And how much time, energy, and cost does the retailer spend in processing the rebate (if they actually do at all). Save that cost and give the consumer an even BETTER price! From a business cost standpoint, the whole idea is ridiculious. Just give the customer the savings at the point of sale and be done with it. From a customer satisfaction standpoint it is frustrating and equally ridiculious. The only rebate progam I have ever used was an instant dealer rebate on the purchase of an automobile. I simply will not deal with "mail-ins".