Yeah...
Called both PNY and Amazon regarding that rebate (if you had pre-ordered and printed it out) and the card listing on Amazon...
Rebate:
According the the PNY rep, the model number of this card is entitled to the 70.00 rebate. So that is good (the name was just wrong on the form).
Amazon/Card:
Well Amazon claims that the manufacture told them they will not be able to ship stock to them for a couple of weeks...meaning for sale by Amazon LLC as opposed to a third party vendor as listed as being "in stock" with at the site now.
See a possible problem/issue here for any of us who pre-ordered the card? If that card doesn't arrive at Amazon, for say, another two weeks the actual purchase date as listed on the invoice would be the day you are charged for this, and with Amazon being the seller, that won't be until they ship it. So you would be charged the full 112.00 for the card, but not eligible for the rebate which would now be out of the purchase date range.
PNY had this convoluted suggestion of sending in partial information now, and then all the required information later (like we should trust that working).
So there are three choices:
1. Cancel the order
2. Wait and hope it ships before the 8th, with the risk of missing the rebate and eating the whole 112.00
3. Call Amazon, explain all this to them (being really nice...it gets you farther with the reps), saying that the reason you placed the order was that incredible rebate. They should do for you like me and if it ships out of the rebate expiration date, Amazon will credit you with an INSTANT REBATE for the 70.00!!!! (putting that all as notes on your order)
Heh, now I'm hoping it DOES take a little past the 8th to get these out! Instant rebate is better than waiting for one in the mail.
Hope this helps a bit for those who pre-ordered.