From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Tue Jul 10 2001 - 01:15:46 EDT
why does everyone offer rebates..??
why not just drop the price..??
is it to buy your confidential info..??
hard to say..
i shy away from rebates all the time..
they take months to get and much followup..
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve C." <stevec50_at_yahoo.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2001 12:35 AM
Subject: Re: memory from Best Buy, they suck!
> I didn't do anything wrong, they just plain won't
> honor their rebates! After calling and writing about
> it, they said they would send it but never did. I even
> yelled at the store manager and threatened him with
> physical violence a couple of times. He said he didn't
> care so after a while I gave up, it's not worth the
> months of hassle for $20.00, so I say to Hell with
> B.B.!! Shop there at your own risk, they suck!
>
> --- Alan King <Alan_at_nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > Bought many many things from BB, at least in the
> > 30's or 40's on
> > rebates, and log what goes out. Not once have I not
> > gotten the rebate.
> > I'd suspect your mail service or your not having
> > everything exactly
> > right or postmarked in time (sometimes are very
> > short on leeway) before
> > I'd suspect them. Or else your handwriting is so
> > abominable that they
> > can't tell where to send it..
> > Exactly how many rebates have you sent off for
> > from them before you
> > trash them? Not from the manufacturer or other
> > companies or ones where
> > 'I must have sent that off' but where you have
> > copies and it was to Best
> > Buy and you know for sure you never got a check
> > back, and didn't just
> > forget about putting it in the bank? Between myself
> > and two friends who
> > get the Best Buy loss leaders after Sunday lunch,
> > not a single failure
> > on the rebates in the couple of years we've been
> > doing it. Easily over
> > 100 rebates by now, I've done 5 in a week at times.
> > "No rebate is ever paid in only 6-8 weeks!" That
> > statement alone
> > makes me think you're spouting off general wisdom
> > and haven't done any
> > rebates from Best Buy at all. Anyone who's done
> > even one or two knows
> > they're fast. Can't say the same for ones that are
> > manufacturer's
> > rebates, but the one's through the Best Buy Rebate
> > Center are among the
> > fastest from anyone. Only thing I can remember off
> > hand that was much
> > faster was Logitech, I don't think it was even 2
> > weeks before I had the
> > check in hand..
> >
>
>
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