Screwed by Canon Rebate
The Real Bev wrote:
jeremy wrote:
"The Real Bev" wrote:
Why would I go to CompUSA, say, just to tell the manager that I'm
not going to buy the advertised special that brought me to the store
just
because it offers a rebate which I should have known?
I've had minimal problems with rebates. I figure that the people who
are too dumb to fill in the forms properly are paying me to do it
correctly -- always nice when stupidity carries its own punishment.
I would not go to a store if I knew they imposed rebates, but if I were
in one, and I declined a purchase because of a required rebate, I'd tell
them why.
I don't shop unless I know what I'm shopping for and how much it costs
before and/or after any rebate. You just go to a store expecting to buy
something but not knowing what the price might be?
Your comment about people being "too dumb" to file forms properly is
insulting and inaccurate. Many of us have experienced not getting
rebates that were properly filed.
Many people ARE too dumb to file forms properly. You may not be. I
only know that I've had very little trouble with rebates over the
decade(s) I've been dealing with them. Yeah, they're a nuisance, but
nobody else is going to pay me $50-$100/hour.
I guess you do not make very much money.
I choose not to go through the aggravation of sending in copies of
receipts and proofs-of-purchase, just to get back money that I should
not
have had to part with in the first place. Perhaps you have more time to
fool with that nonsense. Not I.
There are definite advantages to being retired. Perhaps taking
advantage of rebates is one reason I was able to retire early.
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