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RebateStatus.com Files For Chapter 11, Your Rebate May Be Affected

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Digitallysick
11/19/08

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90% of rebates i mail off i never get, or the bar codes get stolen and they mail it back and say i never put it in the envelope,
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FiveLiters
11/19/08

@Digitallysick: I have a better one:I bought a cordless keyboard and mouse combo from Radio Shack for $20,with what was supposed to be a $20 rebate,making it free. I go to send in the forms,only to find that the $20 =$10 rebate from the manufacturer,and $10 from Radio Shack. I made copies of everything and sent the stuff in,ony to find that BOTH of them wanted the 'original UPC from the box! So I got $10 back from the manufacturer (as they had the UPC), and have never shopped at Radio Shack since.
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Purple Dave
11/20/08

@FiveLiters:
Now, _that_ is truly special. I know that some rebate companies like to make the requirements so convoluted that you are likely to miss Step 3.4a because it was written on the second receipt that you forgot to grab before leaving the store (and then the rebate delay is long enough that you don't find out you screwed up until the deadline is at least a month gone), but I've never heard of a rebate requirement that was physically impossible to properly submit. That would be the point where I'd be calling up the Shack's 1-800 number and suggesting that they might want to honor the rebate in spite of the UPC not being included on the basis that if they _were_ offering a rebate that you couldn't claim, they could be facing a nasty class-action lawsuit over it.
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A Pimp Named DaveR
11/19/08

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Rosewill is a Newegg house brand????? How did I never learn this before?

I iz dum.
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Toshie
11/19/08

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Hopefully the entire rebate industry scam will collapse and burn. Next stop - gas stations listing prices as 1.99 (and 9/10ths)...
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/19/08

@Toshie: Actually, blame taxes for the 10ths of a percent.
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Serolf Divad
11/19/08

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Rebates suck. I never factor them into the final price of the item I'm buying. And lets'face it: if the rebate is for less than, say $20.00 you're probably going to be too lazy to fill it out and send it in anyway.
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nutbastard
11/19/08

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GOOD FUCKING RIDDANCE

These assholes dicked me around for MONTHS saying my purchase wasn't made in the correct timeframe - it, in fact, was. I sent in all the proper documentation.

Fuck you, rebatestatus, i hope a dog shits on your grave.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/19/08

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This is why I don't bother buying things w/ "rebates". You never quite know if you're ever going to get the damn check or not. And now, whether or not that check is any good.

Of course, this IS chapter 11, and not chapter 7. Which means the company is still operating.
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Log1c
11/19/08

@Lite: I have yet to not receive a rebate when I purchased something from newegg. I don't understand why people have this irrational fear of rebates...
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bobman1235
11/19/08

@Lite: Meh, I just make sure it's an OK deal before the rebate. Rebates take so LONG, even when they do come through, that it's always like getting found money 6 months later. "Sweet, a check for 23 dollars!" And if it never shows up, chances are I already forgot about it.

It's like a surprise lottery, only not QUITE as retarded as the actual lottery.
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ripfire
11/19/08

@Log1c: The only rebate where I did not get back is when I bought something from Best Buy. So far, Newegg has been pretty good with rebates.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/19/08

@Log1c: I have received less than 1 in 10 rebates I have applied for. The best luck I've had are the places that allow you to file for your rebate online. Was it Office Max that was doing that?

Having worked in the same office space as a company that processes rebates/contest entries, many of these companies are as low budget and fly-by-night as one can get. The office basically smelled like a combination of stripper in daylight, trailer park, meth lab, and cocktail lounge.

People would walk out w/ a mail crate of entries (your personal information) and never return. Or, they'd be doing entry at home and their trailer would burn down. Or any number of oddly appropriate calamities related to this.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/19/08

@ripfire: I prefer when the company simply sends rebate coupon to manufacturer, and manufacturer pays company. Keeps me out of the middle, and I get my "Instant rebate" which is what those typically are.
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ripfire
11/19/08

@Lite: Ahh. So that's how it works.
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mrAnderson
11/19/08

@bobman1235: When I get a check in the mail for $23 or $3.83 (car insurance likes to do that), I think, "Gee, thanks. Now I have to deposit a freaking check. Will it cost me more in gas to get to the ATM? What can I buy for $23? No, that costs $299 ..."
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bucho54
11/19/08

@Lite:

"This is why I don't bother buying things w/ "rebates"."

"I have received less than 1 in 10 rebates I have applied for."

Soooooo, do you or don't you?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/19/08

@bucho54: I did, and then I stopped.
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
11/19/08

@mrAnderson: You could tape them all together and use them to wipe yourself with, but you might as well do that to the rebate forms, just grab a bunch. Only, they're not as comfy and tape is expensive.
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