~~~~ Rebate Tracking Thread -- Updated 5-19-03 ~~~~

[lsman]

got a rebate declined post card from Trend Micro,
about a deal around June for Pccillin 2003 upgrade rebate $25 from amazon.
dept. TM010.

funny rejection reason: submission for the 1040 TurboTax or TaxCut rebate was postmarked after offer end date.

call in and was told the system pull from a perious April record that involve the 2 products. May be they reuse the rebate # or something. Check will be mail within 10 days. so the $25 is safe.

 

[PCHPlayer]

OMG. The latest Fry's $30 rebate for Creative Labs Audigy 2 requires that you send the entire box top that contains the UPC sticker. The box top is at least 12 inches long. I'm sure many people will get screwed when they send in the UPC part of the box top, not the entire box top. Maybe I'll just flatten out the entire box and send it in.

 

[Kelemvor]

Does EasierRebate really suck or am I just having bad luck. I'm still waiting for my CDR $17 rebate from some eWorks CDRs back in February. Their contact us page never gets me a response (tried half a dozen times) and their status check says they never received my documents. I emailed the email addres that a whois search turned up for the domain and am about to file a BBB complaint.

What else can I do? WIll OfficeMax do anything to help us out if that's where I bought it from?

 

[Cpaladin]

Originally posted by: quincy2002
I have a question regarding Cendyne rebates from OM via this rebate form: rebate

Has anyone successfully received rebates on 2 different items on this form from a prior month? The fine print says "Limit ONE rebate per person, household, family or address." This reads, to me, that I can only get a rebate for ONE of the items only. Plus, the entire form has only one offer number. I called the phone number on the form and the guy said that I could get a rebate for EACH of the items if I bought one of each of them. This seems to not agree with the fine print. I don't trust those rebate house CSRs much (you talk to any number of them and they seem to give you different answers to the same question). I'd rather hear from someone here who has received rebates on 2 different items on the cendyne Mfg rebate form from a previous month. Anyone?

Well, you want two answers to two variations of the question.

#1 - Is the CSR correct? Do the terms of the rebate allow you one rebate PER ITEM and thus, one rebate on each item.

Answer - 100% hell no! That CSR is dead wrong.


#2 - Has anyone successfully received rebates on more than one item in regards to these cendyne single offer number situations?

Answer - Yes. What happens is the second submission for a second item will get rejected, the reason being that... a duh... limit 1 rebate per person for this offer has been exceeded. Then you gotta call parago, hope you get a pliable CSR, and get them to validate the submission.


Your reading of the form is correct. The CSR is incorrect. I wouldn't do a second rebate but that's me.

 

[lsman]

Originally posted by: FrankyJunior
Does EasierRebate really suck or am I just having bad luck. I'm still waiting for my CDR $17 rebate from some eWorks CDRs back in February. Their contact us page never gets me a response (tried half a dozen times) and their status check says they never received my documents. I emailed the email addres that a whois search turned up for the domain and am about to file a BBB complaint.

What else can I do? WIll OfficeMax do anything to help us out if that's where I bought it from?

i think OM has email for their rebate: omxrebates@officemax.com
try to complain there and let us know.

 

[crazygerman]

fyi - after almost exactly one year, yesterday i finally received my $30 visiontek mail-in rebate for the geforce4 ti4600 i bought last year in july, right before visiontek filed for bankruptcy. so if anybody else mailed in for a visiontek rebate, there's hope after all.

 

[zemel]

Latest Parago Scam.....

Staples had the Maxtor on sale with an $80. rebate, if you bought it 6/8/03 - 6/21/03; offer# 03-58872.

Bought it 6/19/03; sent in form on 7/16/03 (of course I got receipt form USPO for mailing on 7/16/03).

Their C/S dingbat claims they got my submission on 7/24/03 and are denying rebate because a) they didn't get it until 7/24/03 (nonsense, as the date of mailing is what's important) and b) they claim the rebate period expired on June 30, 2003 (nonsense, the rebate form clearly says the above dates and "...must be postmarked by 7/21/03."

Told them, to "read the form !!!!!"; their denial of rebate is a "willfull fraudulent act" and if they don't approve rebate, I'm going to file a complaint with Florida Attorney General and demand [politely] they be fined for violation of consumer laws....

Also told them I will notify Maxtor and Staples they are willfully refusing to honor a fully complied with rebate submission.

Let the fun begin !!!

:disgust:

 

[Cpaladin]

Originally posted by: zemel
Latest Parago Scam.....

Staples had the Maxtor on sale with an $80. rebate, if you bought it 6/8/03 - 6/21/03; offer# 03-58872.

Bought it 6/19/03; sent in form on 7/16/03 (of course I got receipt form USPO for mailing on 7/16/03).

Their C/S dingbat claims they got my submission on 7/24/03 and are denying rebate because a) they didn't get it until 7/24/03 (nonsense, as the date of mailing is what's important) and b) they claim the rebate period expired on June 30, 2003 (nonsense, the rebate form clearly says the above dates and "...must be postmarked by 7/21/03."

:disgust:

Just call again and get a different CSR who *isn't* an idiot. Get said intelligent CSR to validate it.

Also, you said the csr said the rebate period expired on june 30th. You mean the promotion itself or the postmark date? Or did you mean may30th? What? Cause if they promo ended on the 30th, clearly the 19th of june would put your purchase before the expiration of said date.

 

[quincy2002]

Originally posted by: Cpaladin

Originally posted by: quincy2002
I have a question regarding Cendyne rebates from OM via this rebate form: rebate

Has anyone successfully received rebates on 2 different items on this form from a prior month? The fine print says "Limit ONE rebate per person, household, family or address." This reads, to me, that I can only get a rebate for ONE of the items only. Plus, the entire form has only one offer number. I called the phone number on the form and the guy said that I could get a rebate for EACH of the items if I bought one of each of them. This seems to not agree with the fine print. I don't trust those rebate house CSRs much (you talk to any number of them and they seem to give you different answers to the same question). I'd rather hear from someone here who has received rebates on 2 different items on the cendyne Mfg rebate form from a previous month. Anyone?

Well, you want two answers to two variations of the question.

#1 - Is the CSR correct? Do the terms of the rebate allow you one rebate PER ITEM and thus, one rebate on each item.

Answer - 100% hell no! That CSR is dead wrong.


#2 - Has anyone successfully received rebates on more than one item in regards to these cendyne single offer number situations?

Answer - Yes. What happens is the second submission for a second item will get rejected, the reason being that... a duh... limit 1 rebate per person for this offer has been exceeded. Then you gotta call parago, hope you get a pliable CSR, and get them to validate the submission.


Your reading of the form is correct. The CSR is incorrect. I wouldn't do a second rebate but that's me.

Thanks, Cpaladin. That's what I thought - only one item per rebate form. I don't need that hassle. I think I'll return this 48x cendyne (its a Benq anyway) and go for the 52x this sunday. The last couple 52x cendynes I bought were Lite-ons. It looks like there are no more 48x cendynes that are actually Lite-ons left.

 

[Finalnight]

Just got my Maxtor 160 GB Ultra Hard Drive $70 Compusa MIR from 5/25

 

[UTmtnbiker]

Best Buy $8 MIR for Microsoft Multimedia Keyboard
Sent to Calias, ME
Valid for the dates 6/15 to 6/21
Mailed out on 6/23
Received 7/26
4 weeks turn around time.

I've been very happy with Best Buy rebates. Have always received them in a timely manner. Not like with Viking flash products and TCA in particular. Stay away from Viking/TCA.

 

[zemel]

Prago update....from my previous post.....

They said "...send us a copy...".

Instead of mailing it in and waiting 3 months for them to find it and read it....I did one better.....I scanned my receipt and the rebate redemption form printed by the Staples' register and converted it to a jpg file and then sent the jpg file [it was a very large file, about 700k] to them..... After conversion, I tested it; reducing the image size meant problems reading it, as the print on my copy was already reduced in my copy machine; didn't want to give them another excuse....

APPROVED !!!!!!


Now the wait for the check / postcard.......

 

[tigerbait]

Parago is still trying to screw me on my Sony CDRW from Dell



This is the reply I received, after proving to them that Dell advertised the rebate.



--------------------------------------------------------------------------------


Dear Sean M: Rebate ID: 42340077

Thank you for your rebate inquiry. We have received your submission,
but unfortunately, the purchase location shown on the receipt is not
valid for this promotion.

Please send us a email providing the correct purchase location.

We appreciate your participation in this promotion. If there is
anything else we can do to assist you, please contact us at
rebates@parago.com. We are always happy to help. You can also track
the status of your rebate, using the Rebate ID above, at
www.RebatesHQ.com.

Vera
Promotions Customer Service

On Sun, 27 Jul 2003 09:45:38 -0500 you wrote:

>have not received postcard yet, but saw the invalid rebate while
checking
>status online
>
>info:
>
>>
>Sony CD-RW Drive $20 Rebate Promotion
>Promotion # 03-55884
>P.O. Box 028509
>Miami, FL 33102-8509
>
>
>you stated the following:
>
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>Tracking Results: Status Details
>
>Rebate: $20.00 Rebate Check
>Rebate Information For: S M 70001
>Promotion: Sony CD-RW Drive - $20 Rebate
>Submission Type: MAIL
>Date Received: 07-14-2003
>Status: Invalid
>Status Detail: We apologize for the misunderstanding, but your
rebate is
>invalid because the store you purchased this product from does not
honor
>this particular promotion. A postcard acknowledging your invalid
reason will
>be mailed to you.
>-----------------------------------------------------------------
>
>The store (Dell) advertised the rebate on their site. In fact, the
rebate
>form was on Dell's site. See here:
>http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/rebates/A0064381.pdf
>
>
>
>Thanks

 

[CoolTechie]

does easierrebates have a phone number?? I received a rebate rejection notice due to past post mark date.. BUT i have documentation showing i mailed it WAY before the postmark date and on their own fvucking site it says they received it way before the postmark date.. crazyness

any help?

 

[hallf]

w00t! Got both of my $30 Maxtor rebates (80G HD from Staples back in mid-May) today...technically they were pretty close to 8 weeks after I mailed the stuff in (said 6 to 8 weeks on the rebates).

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: CoolTechie
does easierrebates have a phone number?? I received a rebate rejection notice due to past post mark date.. BUT i have documentation showing i mailed it WAY before the postmark date and on their own fvucking site it says they received it way before the postmark date.. crazyness

any help?

Here's the WHOIS info from them. I tried emailing the guy at his AOL address and got no response. I filed a BBB complaint instead and am now contacting OM...


Registrant:
Harry Sherman/Sherman Marketing
222 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 7
Lake Forest
IL 60045
US

Domain: EASIERREBATE.COM
Registrar: DomainBank.com

Administrative Contact:
Sherman, Harry
hshermanmedia@aol.com
222 Wisconsin Avenue
Suite 7
Lake Forest
IL 60045
US
PHONE: +1.8472830102 (FAX) +1.8472830105

Zone Contact:
Sherman, Harry
hshermanmedia@aol.com
222 Wisconsin Ave
Lake Forest
IL 60045
US
PHONE: +1.8472830102 (FAX) +1.8472830105

Technical Contact:
Sherman, Harry
hshermanmedia@aol.com
222 Wisconsin Ave
Lake Forest
IL 60045
US
PHONE: +1.8472830102 (FAX) +1.8472830105

Record created on 2001-11-02
Record expires on 2003-11-02
Database last updated Mon Jul 28 17:26:25 EDT 2003

Domain servers in listed order:

NS7.ZONEEDIT.COM
NS4.ZONEEDIT.COM

 

[Lanyap]

tigerbait, send an email back asking them to show you where on the rebate form it says anything about a limitation on where you purchased the item.

 

[tigerbait]

Originally posted by: Lanyap
tigerbait, send an email back asking them to show you where on the rebate form it says anything about a limitation on where you purchased the item.

thanks for the advice, but look at this.. I require a "special team"


Dear Sean: Rebate ID: 4234xxxx

Thank you for your rebate inquiry. Because your issue requires
further research, your email has been forwarded to a special team. We
are working hard to research your issue and will respond to you as
quickly as possible.

We appreciate your participation in this promotion. If there is
anything else we can do to assist you, please contact us at
rebates@parago.com. We are always happy to help. You can also track
the status of your rebate, using the Rebate ID above, at
www.RebatesHQ.com.

Braulio
Promotions Customer Service

On Tue, 29 Jul 2003 10:17:51 -0500 you wrote:

>Since you don't agree that Dell is the store I bought it from and
they
>advertise and host your rebate forms, then where on the rebate form
it says
>anything about a limitation on where you purchased the item?
>
>
>Sean
>
>

 

[Kelemvor]

Originally posted by: lsman<br

i think OM has email for their rebate: omxrebates@officemax.com
try to complain there and let us know.

Well that seems to have worked. I emailed the OM email address a week or so ago and today got something from a Shirley McGee that simply says: "Customer will receive rebate within 30 days."

Guess I'll see what happens...

 

[dethman]

just received $150 dell inspiron rebate from purchase of a 600m about a month and a half ago.

 

[tigerbait]

I explained the RebatesHQ.com story to Dell on their message board, and they hooked me up with a $20 credit. I'm still upset by the way Parago denied the rebate for no reason... they should have paid me, not Dell.

 

[ZowieHowie]

Has anyone received the $25 rebate from the48x Khypermedia drives that were FAR at Officemax in May? I have received the $45 one, but am still waiting on the $25

 

[Fiend]

Originally posted by: ZowieHowie
Has anyone received the $25 rebate from the48x Khypermedia drives that were FAR at Officemax in May? I have received the $45 one, but am still waiting on the $25

I was scanning this thread specifically looking for info on this rebate (and here it is, in the last post!). I am in the same boat as you... got the $45, but no sign of the $25. This went to Parago and their site still shows "...Your rebate is valid and in the last stages of processing..." I think I will try to call them tonight to get some more info on this... I'll let you know what I find.....

 

[Slyfrogger]

Originally posted by: hallf

Originally posted by: Slyfrogger

Originally posted by: hallf
Has anyone seen either of the two $30 rebates on the 80G Maxtor HD from Staples (rebateshq)? My first has shown as received since 6/4/2003 and has said "should be mailed within 30 days" since then - now it's heading towards 2 months since I sent it in. The second rebate is showing the same "30 day" status. I've had 3 other rebates that I submitted 2 and 3 weeks later (for lesser amounts - $10 and $13) all processed and the checks in hand already.

I received the first of the $30 rebates this week (Tuesday). The check was dated 7/10/03.

The second rebate is still showing the following status.

Your rebate is valid and is in the final stages of processing and should be sent to you within the next 30 days

Well...mine have both switched from 30 days to the 10-15 days message, which hopefully means they're on their way.

Well 30 days have come and gone but no change of staus for second check. I guess I have some work to do. I'll give it a couple more days into August and then I'll go after them.

 

[Slyfrogger]