Aside from my ranting above I want to agree with those that say this is borderline fraudulent. If there were as many law suits for malrebate practices as there were for malpractice in the medical field, companies would surely think twice about screwing the consumer through rebates.
(((Beyond this if the companies really wanted to give you the money and sell you the product at such a great price, the price in the store would just be as low as the after rebate price, without the rebate. Anyone who disagrees with this is an idiot, end of story.)))
I still stand by my earlier statement that some form of legal action is necessary. Just look at the turmoil HMO's are going through, Doctors are getting sued on close to a daily basis with malpractice lawsuits. If the general public grew a backbone and stood up to these btards we could present a case that might change things so we wont have to rant and rave in forums.
I wanna just add one more parallel I just thought of, which is probably better than the malpractice one. Recently in California the government mandated a do not call list. This forbids any company to call your residence trying to pettle their product, because it borderlines harrassment. If you are on the list everyone but people you have actually done business with are forbidden under federal law from calling your residence. I think this is a big step foreward in the right direction, other states will soon follow. To rap this up I would think a do not rebate list or somthing along those lines is necessary if they want to improve the customer and retailer relationship. Because in the end who keeps our money? They do! And how do they do it? FRAUD plain and simple.
I rest my case