Not Hot: Cendyne Rebates being rejected! Cendyne Buyers beware!

[Northland]

I haven't received the second $30 rebate yet. It still shows as "valid" at http://www.maxmyrebates.com/promocenter/officemax/track.html

Northland

Originally posted by: ZowieHowie
for those who bought that Cendyne52x burners last month, did you get both checks yet? There were 2 $30 rebates, one from OM, and one from Cendyne. I got the Cendyne one today. Has anyone received both yet>

 

[xfarmer]

I just got the $30 rebate I was waiting for on a Cendyne 4x DVD+r drive. OM sent it to me with a little note on the bottom saying that Cendyne was no longer honoring this rebate and that OM was completing the rebate obligation.
this was great!!! Three Cheers for OM!!!

 

[Yai]

Here is a very funny thing on Verbatim Drive from Bestbuy. I submitted 2 of Verbatim rebate bought from BB at the same time (different name and address of course). I got one check from verbatim for $30.00 rebate but another didn't come through. So I called BB today and as someone said, BB rebate center will take care of this issue in 15 days after I re-submit rebate form. I'm still not sure if I should cash that $30.00 rebate check from verbatim.

 

[Salvador]

just got the $30 rebate I was waiting for on a Cendyne 4x DVD+r drive. OM sent it to me with a little note on the bottom saying that Cendyne was no longer honoring this rebate and that OM was completing the rebate obligation.

Same here. Isn't that great!? I got one from Staples and Officemax saying that Cendyne (the deadbeat company that it is), will not pay it, but OM and Staples will.

Sal

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: ww4397
Maybe we'll get some "real" deals now that Staples and OM have gotten bit by this Cendyne problem. In general, I don't mind rebates. But when almost every hot deal at OM requires two rebates, it is starting to be a bit much. There seems to be a trend toward multi-rebate deals and I'm not like'n it to much.

It's all about collecting marketing data about the customer.

It does bring up an interesting question though - when DRM gets mandated by law, and most DRM "lock-down codes" involve taking hashes of the user's computer components, including their serial numbers, and most users buy their components with rebates, and are forced to "register" or otherwise submit the individual serial numbers and identifying codes to the mfg's, resellers, and other entities... well, you can extrapolate the disturbing possibilities from there. It's bad enough that the newer ATA/ATAPI specs include support for "host-protected" storage areas, such as DRM key storage. Remember that in old-school Soviet Russia, and even today in some highly-restrictive countries, owners of things such as printing presses, xerox/fax machines, and other items capable of communication and/or publication, are required to be "registered" with the state. Given the extreme coziness between gov't and business lately in this country, it really isn't too far of a stretch to imagine that the same sort of things is secretly, silently, happening here. TIA, indeed.


Edit: Here's a nice little opinion piece about the state of high-tech society and consumerism today.