~~~~ Rebate Tracking Thread -- Updated 3-12-03 ~~~~

[KokomoGST]

Originally posted by: fuzzy bee
Anybody gotten back a Fuji CD-R rebate yet? I mailed mine in on 6 January (IIRC) after printing a form on www.myrewards.info. To date, it still shows that they haven't received my rebate form. For some reason, the 866 number they have listed always rings busy for me.

Me neither... it says it's been processed on their website but I haven't seen a check yet.
Also, I'm waiting on a WD HD rebate from BB... is there a website for that?

 

[1Cheap2Crazy]

Originally posted by: fuzzy bee
Anybody gotten back a Fuji CD-R rebate yet? I mailed mine in on 6 January (IIRC) after printing a form on www.myrewards.info. To date, it still shows that they haven't received my rebate form. For some reason, the 866 number they have listed always rings busy for me.

Fuji is usually better then this I did/mailed my stuff on Jan. 21. I called today and they said they haven't received my paperwork. Luckily BB prints out a rebate form so I still have the original receipt. They said if I faxed it to them they would send out the check. No fax, only snail mail for me. The number was busy, I hung up pressed redial and got in. I should of asked if they gotten my paperwork from OM deal that I mailed on Feb. 4. Oh well, maybe they'll screw up and mail me the rebates twice.

 

[horhaycurioso]

Made my last purchase at best buy.

Last December bought some memory (PNY) with a rebate offer. Completed it and mailed it by the deadline and received a Certificate of Mailing from the PO confirming mail date. PNY sends back a postcard denying the rebate as late (it was not). After calling PNY 3 times, waiting for average of 20 minutes was disconnected each time. Called Best Buy. The rep stated that they would not cover the rebate unless I furnished to BestBuy the ENVELOPE in which I submitted the materials to PNY. To me this seems an impossible condition. When I pointed that out to the rep she got indignant and threatened to cut off the call. I asked for her name and I was immediatelky disconnected. Best Buy does not seem willing to honor their rebates. They make it subject to an impossible condition. As I said, no more purchases at Best Buy.

Any advice short of small claims court? :|

 

[lungster]

Originally posted by: fuzzy bee
Anybody gotten back a Fuji CD-R rebate yet? I mailed mine in on 6 January (IIRC) after printing a form on www.myrewards.info. To date, it still shows that they haven't received my rebate form. For some reason, the 866 number they have listed always rings busy for me.

I've never had a problem with Fuji's online rebate system. I usually get an email within a few hours confirming the rebate I entered. 20 days is a little optimistic, perhaps 20 working days is more like it (4 weeks). I've yet to have it go much longer than a month and change. At the moment, I have 2 outstanding with them and one is exactly 1 month old. Keeping fingers crossed.

 

[lungster]

Three from Belkin today.
$5 for 50-pack slim CD jewel case from OM 11/17/02. They took their sweet time, but Belkin has yet to fail me.
$5 for canned air at OM 12/1/02. Equally slow
$3 for 10-pack CD jewel cases at OM 12/1/02. Same story.

 

[Cpaladin]

horhay,

Have you tried this BB number?

"800) 369-5050 opt. 5 - Customer Relations - when all else fails to get a Best Buy rebate."


Listed amongst all the contact info at the beginning of this thread. Failing that, time to file a complaint with the BBB & AG.

 

[ZowieHowie]

got my rebate on the Artec 16x dvd drive from staples. It took about 3 weeks!!! now thats quick

 

[NogginBoink]

I have three rebates that can't be tracked. Anyone have any success with any of there?

-$30 MIR on Pinnacle System Studio AV version 8 from CompUSA, Pinnacle offer #9261, purchase 8/1/02 thru 12/31/02

-Canon $50 MIR on S820, purchase 9/28/02 thru 12/31/02

-Circuit City $15 rebate for MTV branded MP3 player, purchase 12/14/02 thru 1/31/03

All three of these went to different fulfillment houses and don't show up on the respective tracking websites. I'm on terminal hold with Canon right now.

Stupid me sent 'em without delivery confirmation.

Please PM me if you have had success with any of these rebates.

 

[sorgaw]

Anyone has trouble with the logitech 20% rebates??

i submitted two rebates to them in Jan. I called yestreday, and they said they dont have any records. They told me to resubmit the things, but i couldnt find the receipts anymore!!

do u guys have the same problem on that rebate?

 

[WolverineGator]

Originally posted by: Takan
I sent in Black Friday rebates for both MS mouse and keyboard ($14.99 each). The ad said nothing about only one can be submitted, but the deal was the same one, and looked like one or the other. But, after talking with csr, he said that they are now honoring both. Just call BB rebate number and talk to csr, if one of your 2 MS black friday rebates weren't fulfilled.

Thanks! One of mine was denied and I just resubmitted my material and was approved!

 

[Hi8]

I got Fry's thanksgiving Pinnacle Studio 8 $50 rebate today. Now I do not have to worry about spending $50 on useless software. It cannot make a good aspect ratio VCD from AVI source.

Also $20 Office Max 100 Pack CD-R rebate.

 

[lchen66666]

I have same problem with Logitech 20% rebate.

I called them yesterday, they don't have my record too.
They asked me to fax copy of receipt and rebate form. Of course I don't have
UPC code(already mailed to them 2 months ago).

The fax number(317-805-5581) doesn't work too. I will call them again.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: allen074
i am so friggin furious right now - i send in my rebate for $50 for turbotax and quicken... 9 weeks ago i receive $29.95 not the $50 i should have. I call up and am told that I should send back the check and they will reissue me one for $50 asap. I wait and wiat... today I RECEIVE ANOTHER $29.95 CHECK!!!!!!!!!!


AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH im so mad right now

anyone have any ideas?

the rebate company is parago/rebateshq

Thanks!

Doesn't surprise me. I got a $10 check yesterday from Parago for my Turbotax State and it was supposed to be for my full purchase price up to $29.95, in my case $24.99. The copy of my Costco receipt has it plain as the nose on your face. I was steamed to. Attached to the $10 is a little form that you can fill out that lets you pick checkboxes for how satisfied you are with the rebate, and you are supposed to send this back to Parago, after putting a $.37 stamp on it. NOT! I hunted all over Intuit's website for a number to call, poked around and found nothing. When I found an 800 number (1-800-555-1212 = long distance information), I got in a voice routing system that eventually told me to log onto their website and hung up on me. For the rest of the story see my next post...

 

[Muse]

This concerns Intuit TurboTax rebates. I've been doing rebates for years, quite a few of them by now and I always get my money... until now. I'm real careful when I fill in the forms, make my receipt copies, etc. etc. I make sure I go through all the hoops, cross the T's, dot the I's, you get the picture.

Last year I went to Costco and bought TurboTax Federal and Turbotax State (CA), and got my $10 rebate from Costco for the Federal but when I read the fine print on the Intuit 100% rebate (product is "FREE") for the TT state, it said I had to mail it to them within 30 days of purchase. I'm sure they knew that a whole lot of folks would buy it when they saw it in the stores and not get around to doing their taxes until April, and I was no different. So, I got stiffed by Intuit for that $24.99. I bitched, sent emails, big deal. Of course, nobody got back to me. No surprise there. But I was mad!

This year (probably after a lot of bad feedback like mine) they didn't try that trick. Of course, I checked the fine print this time the minute I got it home. I sent for my rebates immediately, before doing my taxes, too. Yesterday I got both rebate checks:

$10 from Costco for my TurboTax Federal ($33.99 - $10 = $23.99, + taxes, of course). That was OK.
$10 from Intuit (through Parago) for my TurboTax State. I paid $24.99 + tax. It was supposed to be for the full purchase price up to $29.95, and the confirmation email I got after sending in the rebate form does say up to $29.95. I had sent them a copy of my receipt that showed as plain as day that I'd paid $24.99 (plus tax) for my TT state.

I couldn't find a number to call at the Intuit website, so I called long distance information (1-800-555-1212) and got an 800 number for Intuit. I went through the routing system and heard a message encouraging me to check out their website and it hung up on me. I went to Yahoo Yellow Pages and looked up Intuit and got some not toll-free numbers and dialed one. I got their corporate offices and a human and was told to dial the 800 number but I should pick the option to buy Turbotax and I'd get a human. I did this and told them my story and was given eventually an 800 number for rebate problems (800-605-2652). I called that and retold my story and was asked to fax them my receipt showing I'd paid $24.99, include my rebate tracking number and I would get a reimbursement check. They gave me a fax number, 317-805-5581. I scanned my receipt, wrote a cover letter and tried to fax it all to the supplied number last night (9 PM) but got a message that the number had been disconnected. I will have to call the 800 rebates number again this morning and ask them what's up with that. This all makes me extremely suspicious about the Turbotax programs. How can they be doing a good job for you when they are evidently trying to stiff you for your rebates? I'm going to have to give very careful thought to finding a better way to do my taxes, folks!

Edit: I called them today and told them the fax number I was given was a disconnected number. I was asked what number it was and put on hold. After one more hold I was told they would send me a check for what they still owe me within 15 business days, no fax necessary. So I guess that's it. I bet there will be a LOT of other folks to whom this happens. It's just impossible for me to believe that they misinterpreted what I sent them. It couldn't have been clearer.

 

[tjaisv]

ATNN: ANYBODY WHO PURCHASED THE WESTERN DIGITAL 2000JBRTL 200GB DRIVE FROM MICROCENTER.COM A COUPLE MONTHS AGO AND SENT IN THE $65 REBATE

Have you guys received a rejection letter from WD stating that the receipt/invoice you sent them didn't identify or match the store name [MicroCenter]?

I called up WD but didn't want to wait so I called microcenter.com and they said they'd look into it. Anybody else having any problems with this one?

TJ

 

[cdipierr]

Anyone get a denial on PNY Best Buy rebate for 128mb SD card? I bought it on 2/15 (which is in the included range of dates on the rebate form 1/26-2/15), but was denied because it supposedly fell out of the date range.

How do I go about contesting this? I have my receipt and the rebate form...the denial is from RebatesHQ.

 

[allisolm]

How do I go about contesting this? I have my receipt and the rebate form...the denial is from RebatesHQ.

Start by calling them at the numbers on the rebate form and see what they have to say.

 

[nimaxpro]

Hey everyone,

since this is a rebate thread and I have a rebate related question I thought I'd try and ask for some help here.....hope someone can help me out.

I bought a Nokia 3390 phone from Amazon.com in February when they had a $120 rebate on it, I printed out the rebate form and put it somewhere while I was waiting to receive my first statement from T-mobile (that I had to send in with the rebate)...well, now that I've got the statement I can't find the rebate form and there's a new one on amazon.com (with different dates, March 4-25, not February ones)...so my question is if anyone has the rebate form for cell phone purchase with T-Mobile service (from February) could you please PM me or email it to me? (at nimaxpro@hotmail.com)...I would really appreciate that.

Thanks,
Nick.


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EDIT:
After looking around on the net for a while I've found the rebate link to amazon from bensbargains.....so I don't need help anymore....but if anyone else is looking for the same thing here's a link to the
rebate from amazon.com.....hope this can help someone in the same situation as I was in.

 

[Shaka]

VICTORY!

There was this 256mb of DDR2100 at CC needing PM with Compusa deal in December I think. Anyhow, it required 2 rebates, one was $10 from CC and one was $20 from PNY.

Well, the $10 CC one came w/o incident. But I was denied for the $20 one because they said I had submitted multiple times from one person/household/whatever. This was very not true. So I emailed them twice, stating that if I had multiple submissions, could they tell me the numbers of the multiple submissions? They never replied. I did this twice, just in case the email was lost the first time. Anyhow, after 10 weeks (the rebate was supposed to come in 4 to 8 weeks), I got fed up and started emailing the CEO of PNY saying they were trying to bilk me out of $20. Then I filed a complaint against PNY using the links in this thread.

I had given up and decided to call it a loss vs Big Business. But then today, I got my $20 check!

So if you really want your rebate, just keep complaining and hopefully someone will listen.

 

[Winchester]

Just a gripe. I am just now starting to get my rebates that I sent off in OCTOBER. That is 6 months for rebates that claimed 8 weeks max. At least I am getting them. I thought I had lost a $150 mail in rebate in the mail or whatever, maybe I still have a chance of getting it. knock on wood and fingers crossed.

 

[Muse]

Originally posted by: Winchester
Just a gripe. I am just now starting to get my rebates that I sent off in OCTOBER. That is 6 months for rebates that claimed 8 weeks max. At least I am getting them. I thought I had lost a $150 mail in rebate in the mail or whatever, maybe I still have a chance of getting it. knock on wood and fingers crossed.

Oct. 9 to Mar. 9 is 5 months.

 

[jloor]

Does anyone know the address of the Rebate Center from those Cendyne DVD-r deals on Black Friday? I still have not gotten my rebate.


I believe it was Office Max .... maybe Office Depot. Thanks in advance.

 

[CADsortaGUY]

Seems as though Cendyne (or whoever is handling their acct) doesn't want to pay up I got a postcard today saying my rebate was invalid due to the postmark date. This is for the 48X12X48X burners they had from 12/22 to 12/28. I purchased 3 (me, my parents, and my brother) and we all sent in the rebates separately (on time) and we all got the "invalid" postcard

But....I just got off the phone with them (rebate place I assume - got the number from rebateshq) and now all of a sudden they are going to send it to me. wtf? you gotta send in your stuff and then still call to get it honored?

Well atleast my $30 should be on it's way in 4-6 weeks

CkG

 

[Boomer2]

Add me to the list Parago is trying to screw out of TurboTax rebates.

Received an email confirming submission of my TurboTax/Quicken rebate. Went to the site to see they are trying to give me only $10 instead of the full $40. Just emailed via their webpage. Can't wait to receive their excuse.:|

 

[jloor]

what is Parago's mailing address for rebates... they claim that i mailed to the wrong rebate center, thanks.