GIVE ME THE MONEY!
Here's a proposed state bill ya gotta love.
Two Gloucester County lawmakers have introduced legislation that would crack down on mail-in rebates.
No more filling out receipt after receipt. No more cutting the barcodes off the box the product came in. No more making copies of everything, IF (and that's a big IF) you actually can figure out which receipt or barcode they want.
I still haven't mailed in some $160 worth of rebates from my new computer I bought Oct. 10 because it's such a complicated process, and I can't seem to find the three or fours hours to do it.
Sometimes I think it's not worth the effort.
But that's exactly what product manufacturers want you to think.
Dirty scoundrels!
posted by Diana at 9:38 AM
3 Comments:
you'd think with a pc rebate you could do it all online!
The manufacturers offer those rebates precisely because they know that only a small percentage of buyers will do what is required in order to obtain the rebate.
If state law prohibits these rebates, no one -- not even those willing to work for the rebate -- will receive the price break. Thank you, Senator Dumbass. Next idea out of Trenton?
My dad bought a new computer last February. It came in three boxes: monitor, tower and printer. We thought we were the lucky millionth customer or something, because we got showered with what looked like a tickertape parade. Nope, it was just the rebate forms and the duplicate receipts for the rebates on all three items.
I filled them in, and I _think_ he got all the rebates. But next time, I'm just looking for the lowest bottom line price, instead of a $799 after two rebates deal.
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