[geeks] I was wrong (big 2.5" PATA drives)

[Shannon Hendrix]

On Feb 3, 2008, at 9:38 PM, Lionel Peterson wrote:

>> From: hike <mh1272 at gmail.com>
>> Date: 2008/02/03 Sun PM 08:16:17 CST
>> To: The Geeks List <geeks at sunhelp.org>
>> Subject: Re: [geeks] I was wrong (big 2.5" PATA drives)
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>> a few years back best buy pledged to drop rebates on their computer
>> offerings.
>> they have steadily moved toward that goal.
>
> Best Buy got caught "profiling" customers that only bought items on  
> rebate and
> was working to limit offers made to them - there was a great outcry  
> from the
> public about this (among folks that, you know, mainly bought stuff  
> that was on
> sale w/rebates) - this pushed Best Buy to reconsider rebates, IIRC.
>
> Rebates are stoopid, but sometimes the deals make them worthwhile...

I'm not sure... in the long run, I believe I've actually ended up  
losing most of the time.

My best guess is that I have gotten roughly 50% of my rebates back,  
and I'm being generous.

Most of the time I never see the money.

The most common reason is they claim they didn't get the information  
they needed.  That's a very convenient excuse for them to give since  
you no longer have it, and can't prove they received it.

It's the most common way for companies to rip you off on rebates.



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