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Screwed by Canon Rebate
John wrote:
I know that the institution of rebates is meant to rip you off so I'm quite anal about paying attention to the details and ALWAYS sending in the rebate with delivery confirmation. The delivery confirmation at least minimizes the "Sorry, we never received your rebate" or "Sorry, we didn't receive your rebate in time" excuses. I read the rebate forms several times looking for the "gotcha's". I know I go through way more trouble than I should for $20-$50 but it's the principle. They make it as annoying as possible to claim a rebate so that most people won't bother. I'm the one that bothers. I send in my rebate to Canon along with all the rebate form, purchase receipt and I cut out the UPC code from the box and put that in the envelope. My new tactic is to use wide tape and tape the UPC code to the rebate form. I checked on my rebate status just now. Error(s): An original qualifying UPC was not included Yep. No matter how hard I tried, Canon still managed to screw me over. Since they want "an original" qualifying UPC", my copy won't suffice. Canon, the next time I'm in the market for a product I'll remember this incident. Mail-in rebates are always a scam. Why do they do them? Because people buy based on this. 50-80% never claim them. Rebates take 8-12 weeks and often are never delivered, another 50% forget about them. They force you to call someone to fix the problem or ask where your rebate is 16 weeks past due delivery time. At the end of it all, according to various business studies, only 3% of rebates are ever paid out. So, they can boost sales with what might amount to a 0.5% overall discount paid. It is business genius. |
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