Screwed by Canon Rebate

M Berger wrote:
Can you show us some examples of where companies advertise
that they will make great efforts to disqualify claims?
I can't imagine many reputable companies would hire them.

I doubt that any company will ever actually advertise that they are
going to purposefully act in an unethical manner.

Particularly since they don't have to: what the shopping business is
going to care about is how much they're going to have to pay, so the
company can advertise that their redemption rates are "better" than
their competitors.

Here's one such example. Even though the company's now kaput, the
Wayback machine has preserved their marketing pitch:

http://web.archive.org/web/20020616215954/http://www.frontlinenow.com/newsletter/redemptionrates.html

And just to re-archive the meat of their sales pitch:

"...TCA Fulfillment stands behind these rates. If you are using another
fulfillment company, add 20% to these redemption rates."

Rebate Award $5 $10 $15 $20 $25 $30 $40 $50

Retail Product Price

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$5 15% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
$10 20% 30% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
$15 20% 25% 35% N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
$20 20% 30% 30% 35% N/A N/A N/A N/A
$25 20% 30% 30% 30% 40% N/A N/A N/A
$30 15% 25% 30% 30% 35% 50% N/A N/A
$40 15% 25% 25% 30% 35% 45% 40% N/A
$50 15% 20% 25% 25% 35% 40% 40% 50%
$75 N/A 20% 20% 25% 30% 40% 40% 50%
$100 N/A 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 30% 45%
$150 N/A N/A N/A 15% 20% 25% 25% 40%
$200 N/A N/A N/A 10% 15% 20% 25% 35%


"Compiled from rebate redemptions during the period of 7/1/98 - 6/30/99
based on sales of consumer electronics in retail stores..."

FWIW, you'll notice that the highest redemption rate on this table is
only 50%, and that basically only occurs when the rebate roughly equals
the full price of a modestly priced product ... ie $30 for $30, $50 for
$50, etc.


-hh

-hh wrote:

And just to re-archive the meat of their sales pitch:

[quote]

"...TCA Fulfillment stands behind these rates. If you are using another
fulfillment company, add 20% to these redemption rates."

Interestingly, TCA is out of business. Coincidence?

Bill